Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945
By: Frederick Taylor
4.00
Format: 412 pages,
At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many t…
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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
By: Donald L. Miller
4.18
Format: 671 pages, Hardcover
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"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
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2. Salt: A World History
By: Mark Kurlansky
4.11
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From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfict… read more
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3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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4. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
By: Christopher R. Browning
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more
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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
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"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
5. Dresden: Tuesday, 13 February, 1945
By: Frederick Taylor
4.00
Format: 412 pages,
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7. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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8. Requiem for a Dream
By: Hubert Selby Jr. , Richard Price , Darren Aronofsky
4.14
Format: None pages, Trade Paperback
In Coney Island, Brooklyn, Sarah Goldfarb, a lonely widow, wants nothing more than to lose weight a… read more
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9. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
By: Candice Millard
3.55
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10. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
By: Daniel Yergin
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11. Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
By: Olga Lengyel
3.91
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12. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
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13. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
By: Salman Rushdie
4.10
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more
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14. Help Wanted
By: Adelle Waldman
3.62
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15. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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16. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
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17. The Facemaker
By: Lindsey Fitzharris
4.29
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true s… read more
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18. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
By: Max Hastings
4.25
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Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more
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19. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
By: Michael Wolff
3.44
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
With extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes i… read more
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20. The Golden Maze
By: Richard Fidler
4.21
Format: 580 pages, Hardcover
Beloved ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is bac… read more
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21. The Planets
By: Brian Cox
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more
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