War
War shapes both battlefields and human hearts, leaving indelible marks on soldiers and civilians alike through combat, strategy, and profound moral choices. These powerful accounts and analyses explore humanity's greatest conflicts - from ancient warfare to modern cyberthreats, from frontline combat to home front struggles - revealing their lasting impact on individuals, nations, and the course of history.
War Book Summaries
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Inside the hidden bazaar where governments and criminals buy the keys to your digital life.
Technology
Computer Science
Politics
History
War
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Inside the hidden bazaar where governments and criminals buy the keys to your digital life.
Technology
Computer Science
Politics
History
War
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Failed artist, vagrant, demagogue: the step-by-step dismantling of a democracy that sparked WWII.
History
Biography
Wwii
Germany
War
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Failed artist, vagrant, demagogue: the step-by-step dismantling of a democracy that sparked WWII.
History
Biography
Wwii
Germany
War
Pretend
Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Military
Suspense
Pretend
Reeling from betrayal, an intelligence officer falls for her SEAL protector as a stalker closes in.
Romance
Dark
Romantic Suspense
Military
Suspense
The Master of Disguise
How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.
Memoir
Biography
History
Military
War
The Master of Disguise
How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.
Memoir
Biography
History
Military
War
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Raised in the shadow of the great dictionary, a girl collects the words it leaves out.
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Feminism
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Raised in the shadow of the great dictionary, a girl collects the words it leaves out.
Historical Fiction
Books About Books
Feminism
Historical
Literary Fiction
Power Systems
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
Politics
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
Power Systems
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
Politics
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
A girl, her father, and four strangers arrive from Vietnam carrying a single ghost between them.
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Asian American
Asia
War
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
A girl, her father, and four strangers arrive from Vietnam carrying a single ghost between them.
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Asian American
Asia
War
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders
A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.
History
Indian
Hinduism
War
Military
Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders
A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.
History
Indian
Hinduism
War
Military
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Shipyards, bombers, protest lines: a historian argues that sitting still picks a side.
History
Politics
Memoir
Autobiography
Social Justice
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Shipyards, bombers, protest lines: a historian argues that sitting still picks a side.
History
Politics
Memoir
Autobiography
Social Justice
The Lavender Garden
A lonely heiress inherits a crumbling château in Provence and uncovers its wartime secrets.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
France
The Lavender Garden
A lonely heiress inherits a crumbling château in Provence and uncovers its wartime secrets.
Historical Fiction
Romance
Historical Romance
Historical
France
A Resistance of Witches
A young witch in the Blitz must find a sentient grimoire before the Nazi coven does.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Witches
Historical
Magic
A Resistance of Witches
A young witch in the Blitz must find a sentient grimoire before the Nazi coven does.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Witches
Historical
Magic
The First Wall
A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
War
Dark
Dark Fantasy
The First Wall
A bitter rival besieges the Emperor's port while a forbidden faith opens the walls to daemons.
Science Fiction
Fantasy
War
Dark
Dark Fantasy
The Inadequate Heir
A bookish prince and a vengeful general from warring nations risk everything for a forbidden love.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
High Fantasy
The Inadequate Heir
A bookish prince and a vengeful general from warring nations risk everything for a forbidden love.
Fantasy Romance
Fantasy
Romance
Adult
High Fantasy
Leadership
Four presidents, shattered by crisis, rebuilt into great leaders: the pattern that connects them.
Leadership
History
Biography
Politics
Business
Leadership
Four presidents, shattered by crisis, rebuilt into great leaders: the pattern that connects them.
Leadership
History
Biography
Politics
Business
Roman by Polanski
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
Autobiography
Memoir
Film
Biography
European
Roman by Polanski
He watched propaganda films through barbed wire. Then he made Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby.
Autobiography
Memoir
Film
Biography
European
Masters of Command
Three ancient generals, ten common instincts, and the single rhythm of war that still defines power.
History
Leadership
War
Biography
Politics
Masters of Command
Three ancient generals, ten common instincts, and the single rhythm of war that still defines power.
History
Leadership
War
Biography
Politics
The Broken Elf King
A half-elf captive weds an elven king to save her aunt. Their marriage contract excluded love.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
The Broken Elf King
A half-elf captive weds an elven king to save her aunt. Their marriage contract excluded love.
Fantasy
Romance
Fantasy Romance
Fae
Paranormal Romance
The Persian Empire
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
History
Civilization
War
Politics
Military
The Persian Empire
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
History
Civilization
War
Politics
Military
The Last Olympian
A prophecy dooms Percy Jackson at sixteen, and the Titan army has just invaded Manhattan.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
Middle Grade
Adventure
The Last Olympian
A prophecy dooms Percy Jackson at sixteen, and the Titan army has just invaded Manhattan.
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mythology
Middle Grade
Adventure
The Battle For Syria
Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.
Politics
History
War
International
21st Century
The Battle For Syria
Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.
Politics
History
War
International
21st Century
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.
Historical Fiction
War
Book Club
Historical
Adult
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.
Historical Fiction
War
Book Club
Historical
Adult
House of Bush, House of Saud
Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.
Politics
History
Journalism
Middle East
International
House of Bush, House of Saud
Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.
Politics
History
Journalism
Middle East
International
Washington's Spies
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
History
War
American
Military
Biography
Washington's Spies
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
History
War
American
Military
Biography
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
A Fomorian widow hides fire magic to scheme her son onto the throne of Viking Dublin.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Historical
Magic
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men
A Fomorian widow hides fire magic to scheme her son onto the throne of Viking Dublin.
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mythology
Historical
Magic
The Gemini Contenders
A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Suspense
Action
The Gemini Contenders
A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Suspense
Action
