Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
By: Modris Eksteins
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism Dazzling…
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1. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
By: Jeanette Winter
4.17
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"* --Alia Muhammad Baker Alia Muh… read more
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"Her library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit."-Jeanette Winter, The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
2. The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
By: Dick Couch , Cliff Hollenbeck
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toug… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"In his Close Quarter Defense School training, Duane Dieter tells the platoon SEALs, “The truth of combat is; to fight is to risk death."-Dick Couch, The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
"Set the highest example. Remember, no one ever did anything absolutely right. Perfection is impossible, but striving for perfection is not. You have the power to do that."-Dick Couch, The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
3. The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
By: Niall Ferguson
3.87
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity… read more
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- world war i
- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- european history
"The First World War was at once piteous, in the poet's sense, and 'a pity'. It was something worse than a tragedy, which is ultimately something we are taught by the theatre to regard as unavoidable.…"-Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
4. Dog Soldiers
By: Robert Stone
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more
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- war
5. Charlotte Gray
By: Sebastian Faulks
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Birdsongcomes Charlotte Gray, the remarkable story of a young Scotti… read more
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6. The Harlem Hellfighters
By: Max Brooks , Caanan White
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, h… read more
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- world war i
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7. In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
By: Tobias Wolff , None
2.62
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans… read more
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- history
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8. Yellow Star
By: Jennifer Roy
4.00
Format: 45 pages, Hardcover
The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, sha… read more
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9. Stella Bain
By: Anita Shreve
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve. When … read more
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- world war i
- war
10. Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
By: Modris Eksteins
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A rare and remarkable cultural history of World War I that unearths the roots of modernism Dazzling… read more
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- art
- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- european history
11. The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
By: Mark Mazzetti
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America's… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- war
12. Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
By: George MacDonald Fraser
4.14
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
George MacDonald Fraser—beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels—offers an action-packe… read more
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- history
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". . . what is thought now, and held to be universal truth, was not thought then, or true of that time."-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
"Fortunately for the world my generation didn't suffer from spiritual hypochondria - but then, we couldn't afford it. By modern standards, I'm sure we, like the whole population who endured the war, w…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
"It was part of war; men died, more would die, that was past, and what mattered now was the business in hand; those who lived would get on with it. Whatever sorrow was felt, there was no point in talk…"-George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II
13. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
By: Drew Gilpin Faust
3.93
Format: 316 pages,
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14. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
By: Slavomir Rawicz
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more
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15. The Boy Who Dared
By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany… read more
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16. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
By: Peter Paret , Felix Gilbert , Gordon A. Craig
3.68
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics and its political and social … read more
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17. To the End of the Land
By: David Grossman , Jessica Cohen
4.01
Format: 581 pages, Hardcover
From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life—… read more
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- war
"A soldier who looked as if he were around fifteen, with soft, smooth cheeks, lay next to Ilan with his eyes closed, curled up and mumbling quickly, devotedly. Ilan touched his leg and asked him to sa…"-David Grossman, To the End of the Land
18. Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)
By: Bernard Cornwell , None
4.25
Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback
To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are … read more
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- war
19. Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
4.06
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes an autobiographi… read more
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- history
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"The Greeks have a trick of disguising a poor quality wine by adding pine resin to it, the idea being that the taste of the resin is not quite so appalling as the taste of the wine. We drank retsina b…"-Roald Dahl, Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
"Mary Welland was certainly lovely. She was gentle and kind. She remained my friend all the time I was in hospital. But there is a world of difference falling in love with a voice and remaining in lov…"-Roald Dahl, Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
"You seem surprised to find us here,’ the man said. ‘I am,’ I said. ‘I wasn’t expecting to find anyone.’ ‘We are everywhere,’ the man said. ‘We are all over the country.’ ‘Forgive me,’ I said, ‘but I …"-Roald Dahl, Going Solo (Roald Dahl's Autobiography, #2)
20. Force 10 from Navarone
By: Alistair MacLean
4.19
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean's masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navar… read more
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21. SS General
By: Sven Hassel
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
The great Stalingrad novel--written by a German survivor. Sven Hassell and his diminishing band of … read more
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22. The Three Witches and The Master
By: Max Nowaz
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more
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"Where’s my uncle?"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
23. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
24. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more
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25. Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
By: Dale A. Jenkins
4.30
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
WAS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR INEVITABLE? It’s November 1941. Japan and the US are te… read more
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"During the Fireside Chats, half the country tuned in on their radios, and it was said that on hot summer nights when people had their windows open, one could walk through the residential downtown of …"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"Roosevelt was a genius at mass communications, and his speechwriters deferred to his reviews of their drafts, not so much because he was the president, but because when a text required the perfect wo…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"In 1941, as the United States faced the threat of another horrific war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the nation from a wheelchair. Struck down by polio at age thirty-nine, he rehabilit…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation. He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong. But what might ha…"-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
26. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
27. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
28. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
By: Christopher Lasch
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a “bibl… read more
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"Since “the society"-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"Imprisoned in his self-awareness modern man longs for the lost innocence of spontaneous feeling."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
"When the images of power overshadow the reality, those without power find themselves fighting phantoms."-Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
29. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
30. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
By: Daniel Ellsberg
4.21
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness exposé of the awf… read more
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31. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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