Books like Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
12 books with a reading profile close to Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bill O'Reilly. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
General George S.
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Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
by Bill Browder
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, narrative
After the Russian government murdered his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, financier Bill Browder pivoted from investing to international activism.
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This historical narrative recounts the final days of the American Civil War, focusing on the parallel timelines of President Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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The Boys from Biloxi
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
The story follows two childhood friends, Keith Rudy and Hughie Malco, whose families represent the internal struggle of Biloxi, Mississippi, during the mid-twentieth century.
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
James L.
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
Simon Garfield chronicles the evolution of letterforms from Gutenberg’s mechanical press to the digital screens of the twenty-first century.
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In 2012, Douglas Preston joined a team of scientists to locate Ciudad Blanca, a legendary civilization hidden within the Honduran rainforest.
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This book treats the fourteenth century as a tangible destination rather than a remote historical era.
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In October 1991, a rare meteorological convergence created a "meteorological bomb" off the coast of New England.
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
Tom Standage organizes human civilization into six distinct eras defined by a dominant beverage: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
Malcolm Gladwell examines the technological evolution and moral dilemmas of industrial warfare through the rivalry between General Haywood Hansell and General Curtis LeMay.
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