Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth (Compelling Cold War History)
By: Iain MacGregor
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” ( The Wall Street Journal ) history of …
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1. The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall-and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill
By: Greg Mitchell
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Fascinating--and it is all true!"-- FREDERICK FORSYTH, author The Day of the Jackal Washington Pos… read more
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2. The File: A Personal History
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.33
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
When Timothy Garton Ash graduated from Oxford in 1978, he went to live in Berlin, ostensibly to res… read more
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3. Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin
By: Paul Hockenos
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating journey through the subcultures, occupied squats, and late-night scenes in the anar… read more
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4. The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989
By: Frederick Taylor
3.84
Format: 95 pages, Hardcover
On the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from famil… read more
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5. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
By: Giles Milton
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more
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6. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)
By: Len Deighton
1.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more
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7. The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle
By: None
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
J. Glenn Gray entered the army as a private in May 1941, having been drafted on the same day he was… read more
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8. Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
By: Vladislav M. Zubok
4.26
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union—showing how Gorbachev’s misguided reforms led to … read more
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9. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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10. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
By: Keith O'Brien
4.43
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more
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11. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
12. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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13. Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth (Compelling Cold War History)
By: Iain MacGregor
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” ( The Wall Street Journal ) history of … read more
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14. 1983: The World at the Brink
By: Taylor Downing
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In 1983 cinema audiences flocked to see the latest James Bond movie in which Roger Moore defeats a … read more
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15. Attack Warning Red!
By: Julie McDowall
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1… read more
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16. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955
By: Harald Jähner
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more
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17. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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18. Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
By: Amy Kaufman
3.32
Format: 320 pages, None
The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, A… read more
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19. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
By: Gregory J. Wallance
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Ru… read more
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20. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever
By: L. Jon Wertheim
4.10
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more
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21. Happy Mind, Happy Life: The New Science of Mental Well-Being
By: Rangan Chatterjee
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The science is clear: Happiness plays a vital role in your health. Learn how to make it a priority.… read more
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