Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History
By: Marc Leepson
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Battle of Monocacy, which took place on the blisteringly hot day of July 9, 1864, is one of the…
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1. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
By: Michael Shaara
4.33
Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more
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"Never let them see you run."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
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"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
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2. Wiseguy
By: Nicholas Pileggi
0.00
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"Wiseguy" is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of li… read more
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3. A Stillness at Appomattox
By: Bruce Catton
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the P… read more
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4. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
By: James L. Swanson
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more
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5. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History
By: Marc Leepson
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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6. The Enemy (Jack Reacher, #8)
By: Lee Child
3.78
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Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's … read more
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7. Gettysburg
By: Stephen W. Sears
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A masterful, single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original sourc… read more
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8. The Kaiju Preservation Society
By: John Scalzi
3.99
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more
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"I lift things."-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
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9. A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.03
Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe… read more
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"Before God, our blood means nothing. Virtue is in deeds, not the skin."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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"The three of them sat there - A Ministry agent, a half-djinn, and a cat (likely), staring out past the balcony to the sleeping city they somehow had to find a way to save."-P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
10. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
By: Martha Wells
4.10
Format: 19 pages, ebook
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"The Corporation Rim has always been a slave state, though it calls its institutionalized slavery “contract labor."-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
"It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. Whether that thing is a hostage of conditional value, or a very expensively designed and equipped enslaved machine/organic intelligence. You’re a thing,…"-Martha Wells, Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
11. Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
By: Martha Wells
4.47
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human cre… read more
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12. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
By: Jon Meacham
4.46
Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more
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