13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
By: Lon Tinkle
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle b…
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1. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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- historical
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
2. The Fall of Berlin 1945
By: Antony Beevor
4.29
Format: 490 pages, Paperback
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945
3. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- military fiction
- nonfiction
"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
4. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
By: Ian W. Toll
4.61
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The devastation of Pearl Harbor and the American victory at Midway were prelude to a greater challe… read more
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- american history
- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
5. The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
By: James Donovan
4.03
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The gripping and definitive chronicle of the iconic battle that inspired a nation--a sweeping saga … read more
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- american history
- history
- westerns
- historical
- military fiction
- nonfiction
6. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
Similar categories in John Myers Myers's The Alamo book and Lon Tinkle's 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
8. A Moveable Feast
By: Ernest Hemingway
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Day of Infamy
By: Walter Lord
3.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Day of Infamy began as a quiet morning on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. But as Japan… read more
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- american history
- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
10. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
11. The First World War
By: John Keegan
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly end… read more
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- nonfiction
- military fiction
- history
12. 13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
By: Lon Tinkle
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
In thirteen chapters, Lon Tinkle tells the day-by-day story of how 182 men fought a losing battle b… read more
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- american history
- history
- westerns
- historical
- military fiction
- nonfiction
13. Journey to the Center of the Earth
By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback
An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more
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"Axel,"-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
"Then don’t you despair?"-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
"I dream with my eyes open."-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
14. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
By: Steven Pressfield
4.32
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greec… read more
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15. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
16. Atlas Shrugged
By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a des… read more
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17. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
By: Candice Millard
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… read more
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18. A New Hope (Star Wars: Novelizations #4)
By: Alan Dean Foster , George Lucas
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
Luke Skywalker challenged the stormtroopers of a distant galaxy on a daring mission - where a force… read more
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19. Empire of the Summer Moon
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.23
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the for… read more
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- american history
- history
- westerns
- historical
- nonfiction
"Buffalo Hump had one of those Comanche names - there were a large number of them - that the prudish whites could not quite bring themselves to translate. His Nermernuh name, properly transliterated, …"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
"For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed to the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression... Only in the mid 19th century, after the growt…"-S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
20. The Longest Day
By: Cornelius Ryan
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpa… read more
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21. Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
By: William C. Davis
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Three Roads to the Alamois the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and W… read more
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22. Act of Oblivion
By: Robert Harris
4.07
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more
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- historical
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion
23. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
By: Candice Millard
3.84
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
24. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
By: James Clavell
4.41
Format: 1152 pages, Paperback
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more
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- historical
"I can't use hope against swords."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
25. Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
By: Bob Drury
4.06
Format: 383 pages, Hardcover
The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall … read more
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- history
- westerns
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- nonfiction
26. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
By: Ian W. Toll
4.59
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a … read more
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- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
27. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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- military fiction
- history
- nonfiction
"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
28. A Time to Stand: The Epic of the Alamo
By: Walter Lord
4.04
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garris… read more
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- history
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