To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42
By: Prit Buttar
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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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. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
By: Sebastian Junger
3.50
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By: Peter H. Wilson
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
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5. Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt
By: Robert Forczyk
4.50
Format: None pages,
The German panzer armies that swept into the Soviet Union in 1941 were an undefeated force that had… read more
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3.99
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3.66
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3.95
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3.85
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By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Dan Jones
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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12. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
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13. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
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4.26
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In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more
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14. Agent 355
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3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941–42
By: Prit Buttar
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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16. Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East (Cambridge Military Histories)
By: David Stahel
4.40
Format: 500 pages, Hardcover
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17. Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two (Tales from the Gas Station, #2)
By: Jack Townsend
4.48
Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition
Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out o… read more
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"What did you do to piss off the redneck godfather?"-Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two (Tales from the Gas Station, #2)
"Are you not the one they call..." (He legitimately tried to pronounce the name ‘Jack,’ and got pretty close.)"-Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two (Tales from the Gas Station, #2)
"Dearly beliked, we are gathered here tonight to pay our first and final respects to these gentle creatures. Oh, closet mice, I’m sorry you all died in a box in the back of the supply room, but I’m gr…"-Jack Townsend, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two (Tales from the Gas Station, #2)
18. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
By: Ronald C. White Jr.
4.45
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more
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19. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
20. 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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21. Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
By: Omid Scobie
3.31
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Endgame , the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the internati… read more
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"Everyone already knows that King Charles might have preferred a life as Queen Camilla's tampon."-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
"The King has lived a full life out in the public as an outspoken environmental activist, an occasional meddler in politics, a successful businessman, a flawed father, and a philandering husband who d…"-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
"And, despite calls from campaigners for a redesign, one of Britain's highest-honor medals bestowed by King Charles to ambassadors and diplomats for distinguished service still features a depiction of…"-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
"A stubborn eccentric who has spent most of his life waiting and planning for his ascension, even at the cost of his relationships with his own sons, the former Prince of Wales is not only far less po…"-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival
22. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
By: Tom Burgis
3.80
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • An Economist Book of the Year “A must-read for anyo… read more
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"When the past threatens to ambush you in the present, change the past."-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"It was to Blair that Nazarbayev turned for counsel at this delicate moment. The information blackout on Zhanaozen had been insufficient to prevent the basic details leaking out. It was as though some…"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev found that he and his regime had a certain chemistry with figures from Blair’s strand of Western politics: the Third Way. It was a system that purported to wed the humanity of the left to …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
"Nazarbayev had learned that Westerners could be just as adept as he was in turning money into power and power back into money. Some, like Dick Evans and Jonathan Aitken, went about it from positions …"-Tom Burgis, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
23. Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War #1)
By: James Mace
4.34
Format: 505 pages, Kindle Edition
It is December 1878, and war looms on the horizon in South Africa. British High Commissioner Sir He… read more
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"Only remember this: to seek justice is a good and noble thing, to seek revenge out of hatred is something that wiil devour your very soul."-James Mace, Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War #1)
24. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
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25. Navola
By: Paolo Bacigalupi
3.92
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more
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26. Hitler's True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis
By: Robert Gellately
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Understanding Adolf Hitler's ideology provides insights into the mental world of an extremist polit… read more
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27. 24 Hours in Ancient China: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (24 Hours in Ancient History)
By: Yijie Zhuang
3.63
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibran… read more
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28. Born Under a Lucky Star: A Red Army Soldier's Recollections of the Eastern Front of World War II
By: Ivan Philippovich Makarov
4.26
Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition
History is written by the victors, but the harsh reality of war can only be depicted by its soldier… read more
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29. From the Realm of a Dying Sun, Volume I: IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July–November 1944
By: Douglas E. Nash
4.13
Format: 962 pages, Kindle Edition
The first volume of the tactical and operational history of World War II Germany’s fourth SS-Panzer… read more
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30. I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid about World War II
By: Howard Mansfield
4.00
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
When Howard Mansfield grew up, World War II was omnipresent and hidden. This was also true of his f… read more
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31. The Defeat of the Damned: The Destruction of the Dirlewanger Brigade at the Battle of Ipolysag, December 1944
By: Douglas E. Nash
4.30
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
One of the most notorious yet least understood body of troops that fought for the Third Reich durin… read more
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