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Surviving Savage by Victoria Bright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Cameron “Savage” Garrett only cared about two things: fighting for his country and his SEAL brothers. Falling in love wasn’t on the radar, at least until he came to face to face with his high school sweetheart at a nightclub. Now was his chance to pick back up where they left off... -
![Void by Stella Noir]()
Void by Stella Noir
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm not done with women. But I'm f*cking done with love. Jed I lost everything and quit the Marines a broken man. They made me deal with it, and I came out stronger than ever. Solid, powerful, rich and with an inaccessible heart - because some things can't be fixed. Women are a pleasure that can be bought like many others. I can have them all, but I cannot fall in love... -
![The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R. Dickson]()
The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R. Dickson
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress. Hal Mayne is an orphan who was raised by three tutors: an Exotic, a Friendly, and a Dorsai... -
![Saved by a Soldier by Alison Mello]()
Saved by a Soldier by Alison Mello
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatricia Ann Fitzgerald is no man’s arm candy… Refusing to entertain her mother’s ridiculous notion that she should become the perfect little housewife for her ex-boyfriend Ben, Patty escapes to her father’s lake house to focus on what matters most to her. She has to break through her writer’s block and start her next book... -
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![The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann]()
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratings'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfire or Typhoon. Perhaps the most viscerally exciting book ever written by a fighter pilot.' Rowland White Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War... -
![Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller]()
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in conflict.You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips... -
![Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano]()
Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself by Tim Kennedy, Nick Palmisciano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself.Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he’s about to die... -
![First Light: The Centenary Collection by Geoffrey Wellum]()
First Light: The Centenary Collection by Geoffrey Wellum
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism esprit de corps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughout its first century... -
![The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin]()
The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTHE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory... -
![War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony by Nelson A. Denis]()
War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony by Nelson A. Denis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: assassins were sent to kill President Harry Truman, gunfights roared in eight towns, police stations and post offices were burned down...Categorized as:
colonization war military non-fiction politics social-commentary latinx-mc revolution -
![Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk]()
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccount of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade... -
![The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke]()
The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq,” (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling author of On Killing ), The Last Punisher is a gripping and intimate on-the-ground memoir from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team THREE with American Sniper Chris Kyle... -
![The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee]()
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness—in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer’s Wife... -
![We Were Warriors by Johnny Mercer]()
We Were Warriors by Johnny Mercer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rounds were single shot from the same two enemy positions, trying to pick me off. They were kicking up the dirt around me. Then all hell broke loose as the gunship's Gatling vomited ammo right over my head. The sound was deafening. It was now or never. I got up and ran.A captain in 29 Commando, Johnny Mercer served in the army for twelve years... -
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![Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March by Adam Zamoyski]()
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March by Adam Zamoyski
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNapoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the civilized world. But Britain eluded him. To conquer the island nation, he needed Russia's Tsar Alexander's help. The Tsar refused, and Napoleon vowed to teach him a lesson by intimidation and force... -
![Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander]()
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others... -
![The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan by Gregg Zoroya]()
The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan by Gregg Zoroya
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a Band of Brothers-like narrative, the never-before-told story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units (including two Medal of Honor recipients)--Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 153 Infantry (paratroopers)--and their fifteen-month ordeal, culminating in the deadliest and most storied battle of the war, the battle of Wanat... -
![The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein]()
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow Israel makes a killing from the occupation of PalestineIsrael’s military industrial complex uses the occupied, Palestinian territories as a testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology that they then export around the world to despots and democracies...Categorized as:
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![The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin]()
The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II.They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last... -
![The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington]()
The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command by Edwin B. Coddington
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Battle of Gettyburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America's history, and one of the most studied. Professor Coddington's is an analysis not only of the battle proper, but of the actions of both Union and Confederate armies for the six months prior to the battle and the factors affecting General Meade's decision not to pursue the retreating Confederate forces... -
![The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad]()
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the worldWe tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic end with the collapse of the Soviet Union... -
![Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este]()
Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBased on exclusive access to his personal and public papers, and with the full cooperation of his family, Patton is an intimate look at the colorful, charismatic, and sometimes controversial man who became the one general the Germans respected and feared the most during World War II. Photos... -
![Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald]()
Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its most hellish--the Battle of the Bulge. In this plain-spoken but eloquent narrative, we live each minute at MacDonald's side, sharing in all of combat's misery, terror, and drama... -
![Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer]()
Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNavy SEAL Marcus Luttrell returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. So many had given their lives to save him-and he would have readily done the same for them... -
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![Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire by Fergal Keane]()
Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 - The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire by Fergal Keane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKohima. In this remote Indian village near the border with Burma, a tiny force of British and Indian troops faced the might of the Imperial Japanese Army. Outnumbered ten to one, the defenders fought the Japanese hand to hand in a battle that was amongst the most savage in modern warfare... -
![The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay]()
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlready hailed as the standard work, The Most Dangerous Enemy is an authoritative history of the British battle that galvanized the public imagination and symbolized the destiny of a nation. But in this rigorous re-investigation of the Battle of Britain, Stephen Bungay tells a story full of revelations... -
![Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden]()
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps by James McCudden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and, ultimately, an untimely end. Here, in this unique and gripping first-hand account, he brings to life some of aviation history? most dramatic episodes in a memoir completed at the age of twenty-three, just days before his tragic death... -
![God Does Not Forget: The Story of a Boer War Commando by Deneys Reitz]()
God Does Not Forget: The Story of a Boer War Commando by Deneys Reitz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings""One of the greatest war books ever written."" ""A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare."" In 1899 a 17 year old boy by the name of Dennys Reitz volunteered to fight for his country, South Africa, against the British... -
![La conquista de México by Hugh Thomas]()
La conquista de México by Hugh Thomas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne of the great historical works of our times, Hugh Thomas’s account of the collapse of Montezuma’s great Aztec empire under the onslaught of Cortés’s conquistadors is a thrilling and sweeping narrative, bristling with moral and political issues...Categorized as:
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![Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick]()
Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World by Joby Warrick
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Black Flags comes the thrilling unknown story of America’s mission in to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State In August 2012, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war...
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