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Eichmann in My Hands
by Peter Z. Malkin • 1990
One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.
4.43
927
🕶️ Spy Memoirs🎯 Nazi Hunting🕵️ Mossad Operations🥸 Undercover Operations💔 Moral Injury
Eichmann in My Hands Summary
Eichmann in My Hands 95%
One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.
by Peter Z. Malkin 1990
4.43
927 ratings
🕶️ Spy Memoirs🎯 Nazi Hunting🕵️ Mossad Operations🥸 Undercover Operations💔 Moral Injury
Anne Frank
by Melissa Müller • 1998
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
4.34
26k+
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding🌱 Coming Of Age In Crisis🪖 Nazi Occupation
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank 94%
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
by Melissa Müller 1998
4.34
26k+ ratings
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding🌱 Coming Of Age In Crisis🪖 Nazi Occupation
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
by Rosemary Sullivan • 2022
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
3.83
16k+
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation🔬 Microhistory🗃️ Archival Research
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank 93%
A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022
3.83
16k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold Cases🧬 Forensic History🏴 Nazi Occupation🔬 Microhistory🗃️ Archival Research
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
by Laura Hillman • 2003
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
4.16
6k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors💪 Wartime Resilience📜 German Jewish History
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree 93%
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
by Laura Hillman 2003
4.16
6k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors💪 Wartime Resilience📜 German Jewish History
After Auschwitz
by Eva Schloss • 2013
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
4.32
8k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding🕊️ Post-War Recovery🖤 Grief Memoirs
After Auschwitz Summary
After Auschwitz 92%
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
by Eva Schloss 2013
4.32
8k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding🕊️ Post-War Recovery🖤 Grief Memoirs
A Brilliant Life
by Rachelle Unreich • 2023
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
4.29
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness✡️ Faith Under Persecution🪞 Survivor Guilt
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life 92%
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
by Rachelle Unreich 2023
4.29
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness✡️ Faith Under Persecution🪞 Survivor Guilt
My Friend Anne Frank
by Hannah Pick-Goslar • 2023
Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.
4.66
8k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs📔 Anne Frank💔 Lost Families🚫 Nazi Occupation✡️ Jewish Identity
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank 92%
Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.
by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023
4.66
8k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs📔 Anne Frank💔 Lost Families🚫 Nazi Occupation✡️ Jewish Identity
The Forgotten Highlander
by Alistair Urquhart • 2010
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
4.54
6k+
🏯 Japanese Pow Camps🌊 Pacific War Theatre⛏️ Forced Labor🎙️ Survivor Testimony☢️ Atomic Bomb Survivors
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander 92%
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
by Alistair Urquhart 2010
4.54
6k+ ratings
🏯 Japanese Pow Camps🌊 Pacific War Theatre⛏️ Forced Labor🎙️ Survivor Testimony☢️ Atomic Bomb Survivors
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson • 2013
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
4.38
30k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life🏚️ Concentration Camps📜 Witness Literature
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box 92%
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
by Leon Leyson 2013
4.38
30k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life🏚️ Concentration Camps📜 Witness Literature
Adolf Hitler
by John Toland • 1958
He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.
4.24
4k+
🇩🇪 Nazi Germany⚔️ World War Ii👤 Dictators🧾 Political Biography🔗 Totalitarianism
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler 92%
He interviewed Hitler's entourage. What he found was not a cartoon villain but a human being.
by John Toland 1958
4.24
4k+ ratings
🇩🇪 Nazi Germany⚔️ World War Ii👤 Dictators🧾 Political Biography🔗 Totalitarianism
Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers
by Norbert Juretzko • 2004
The inside story of an intelligence agency so inept the Americans bought their agents a Winnebago.
3.67
21
🕵️ German Intelligence📋 Bureaucratic Failure📢 Whistleblowing🔎 Espionage Tradecraft💼 Institutional Corruption
Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers Summary
Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers 92%
The inside story of an intelligence agency so inept the Americans bought their agents a Winnebago.
by Norbert Juretzko 2004
3.67
21 ratings
🕵️ German Intelligence📋 Bureaucratic Failure📢 Whistleblowing🔎 Espionage Tradecraft💼 Institutional Corruption
Warsaw Boy
by Andrew Borowiec • 2014
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
4.09
180
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements👦 Child's Perspective On War🌱 Wartime Coming Of Age
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy 92%
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
by Andrew Borowiec 2014
4.09
180 ratings
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements👦 Child's Perspective On War🌱 Wartime Coming Of Age
Mossad
by Michael Bar-Zohar • 2010
Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.
4.19
16k+
🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence🕵️ State Espionage🌍 Middle East Conflict🎯 Targeted Killing⚖️ Moral Ambiguity
Mossad Summary
Mossad 92%
Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.
by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010
4.19
16k+ ratings
🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence🕵️ State Espionage🌍 Middle East Conflict🎯 Targeted Killing⚖️ Moral Ambiguity
The Nazi Conspiracy
by Brad Meltzer • 2023
1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.
4.15
10k+
🕵️ Wartime Espionage🎯 Assassination Plots🌍 Allied Leaders📖 Narrative Nonfiction📜 Presidential History
The Nazi Conspiracy Summary
The Nazi Conspiracy 92%
1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.
by Brad Meltzer 2023
4.15
10k+ ratings
🕵️ Wartime Espionage🎯 Assassination Plots🌍 Allied Leaders📖 Narrative Nonfiction📜 Presidential History
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
by William L. Shirer • 1984
Failed artist, vagrant, demagogue: the step-by-step dismantling of a democracy that sparked WWII.
4.08
2k+
📜 Nazi Germany🎖️ Wwii Biography🎭 Political Manipulation📈 Rise Of Fascism⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Summary
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler 92%
Failed artist, vagrant, demagogue: the step-by-step dismantling of a democracy that sparked WWII.
by William L. Shirer 1984
4.08
2k+ ratings
📜 Nazi Germany🎖️ Wwii Biography🎭 Political Manipulation📈 Rise Of Fascism⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes
Area 51
by Annie Jacobsen • 2011
The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.
3.86
11k+
🔍 Cold War Espionage👽 Ufo Mythology📰 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Government Secrecy✈️ Spy Planes
Area 51 Summary
Area 51 92%
The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.
by Annie Jacobsen 2011
3.86
11k+ ratings
🔍 Cold War Espionage👽 Ufo Mythology📰 Investigative Journalism🏛️ Government Secrecy✈️ Spy Planes
Spies in the Family
by Eva Dillon • 2017
A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.
4.15
1k+
📡 Cold War Espionage🕵️ CIA History🏳️ Soviet Defectors🔍 Mole Hunts🤝 Handler-Agent Bonds
Spies in the Family Summary
Spies in the Family 91%
A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.
by Eva Dillon 2017
4.15
1k+ ratings
📡 Cold War Espionage🕵️ CIA History🏳️ Soviet Defectors🔍 Mole Hunts🤝 Handler-Agent Bonds
Killing Hitler
by Roger Moorhouse • 2006
Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.
3.83
399
🏴 Nazi Germany🌍 World War II✊ German Resistance🗺️ Resistance Movements🎯 Political Assassination
Killing Hitler Summary
Killing Hitler 91%
Over forty attempts on Hitler's life failed. The near-misses and the luck that saved him.
by Roger Moorhouse 2006
3.83
399 ratings
🏴 Nazi Germany🌍 World War II✊ German Resistance🗺️ Resistance Movements🎯 Political Assassination
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
4.72
2k+
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution🦁 Moral Courage🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 91%
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000
4.72
2k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution🦁 Moral Courage🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming • 2014
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
4.06
48k+
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History💔 Childhood Abuse🪖 War Trauma
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son 91%
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
by Alan Cumming 2014
4.06
48k+ ratings
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History💔 Childhood Abuse🪖 War Trauma
Ama y no sufras
by Walter Riso • 2003
From homeless vagrant to Führer: how Hitler exploited fear, built an empire, and burned Germany.
4.08
778
☠️ Nazi Germany⚔️ World War Ii👑 Rise Of Dictators⛓️ Totalitarianism📢 Political Propaganda
Ama y no sufras Summary
Ama y no sufras 91%
From homeless vagrant to Führer: how Hitler exploited fear, built an empire, and burned Germany.
by Walter Riso 2003
4.08
778 ratings
☠️ Nazi Germany⚔️ World War Ii👑 Rise Of Dictators⛓️ Totalitarianism📢 Political Propaganda
In the Garden of Beasts
by Erik Larson • 2011
A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.
3.90
222k+
🏴 Nazi Germany📜 Diplomatic History⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism👁️ Eyewitness Accounts🕊️ Appeasement
In the Garden of Beasts Summary
In the Garden of Beasts 91%
A professor becomes ambassador to Hitler's Berlin. His daughter falls in love with the Nazis.
by Erik Larson 2011
3.90
222k+ ratings
🏴 Nazi Germany📜 Diplomatic History⚠️ Rise Of Totalitarianism👁️ Eyewitness Accounts🕊️ Appeasement
The Nazis
by Laurence Rees • 1997
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
4.30
1k+
🏴 Nazi Germany🕯️ The Holocaust👁️ Eyewitness History⚔️ State Violence🔗 Totalitarianism
The Nazis Summary
The Nazis 91%
The Third Reich was chaos masquerading as order, and its rise was never inevitable.
by Laurence Rees 1997
4.30
1k+ ratings
🏴 Nazi Germany🕯️ The Holocaust👁️ Eyewitness History⚔️ State Violence🔗 Totalitarianism
Day Of Deceit
by Robert B. Stinnett • 1999
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
3.68
489
🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence🔒 Government Secrecy🏛️ Presidential Power
Day Of Deceit Summary
Day Of Deceit 91%
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
by Robert B. Stinnett 1999
3.68
489 ratings
🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence🔒 Government Secrecy🏛️ Presidential Power
Operation Mincemeat
by Ben Macintyre • 2010
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
4.03
24k+
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies🧠 Strategic Deception🎲 Chance In Warfare
Operation Mincemeat Summary
Operation Mincemeat 91%
How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.
by Ben Macintyre 2010
4.03
24k+ ratings
🕵️ World War Ii Espionage🪖 Military Deception🎩 Eccentric Spies🧠 Strategic Deception🎲 Chance In Warfare
Beyond Band of Brothers
by Dick Winters • 2006
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
4.33
20k+
🫡 Military Leadership📖 World War Ii Memoir🤝 Brotherhood In War👐 Servant Leadership🪂 D-Day
Beyond Band of Brothers Summary
Beyond Band of Brothers 91%
The commander of Easy Company on Brecourt Manor, Bastogne, and what it actually costs to lead men.
by Dick Winters 2006
4.33
20k+ ratings
🫡 Military Leadership📖 World War Ii Memoir🤝 Brotherhood In War👐 Servant Leadership🪂 D-Day
Woodsong
by Gary Paulsen • 1990
A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.
3.93
4k+
🚢 Maritime Disaster🌍 World War I🌊 Submarine Warfare📖 Narrative History🕵️ Intelligence Operations
Woodsong Summary
Woodsong 91%
A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.
by Gary Paulsen 1990
3.93
4k+ ratings
🚢 Maritime Disaster🌍 World War I🌊 Submarine Warfare📖 Narrative History🕵️ Intelligence Operations
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by William L. Shirer • 1960
An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.
4.23
150k+
🏴 Nazi Germany🏛️ Weimar Republic📈 Rise Of Fascism🗣️ Propaganda🕊️ Appeasement
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 91%
An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.
by William L. Shirer 1960
4.23
150k+ ratings
🏴 Nazi Germany🏛️ Weimar Republic📈 Rise Of Fascism🗣️ Propaganda🕊️ Appeasement
The Master of Disguise
by Antonio J. Mendez • 1999
How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.
3.85
3k+
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🔧 Tradecraft🚁 Agent Exfiltration🇺🇸 Cia History🏛️ Agency Memoirs
The Master of Disguise Summary
The Master of Disguise 91%
How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.
by Antonio J. Mendez 1999
3.85
3k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🔧 Tradecraft🚁 Agent Exfiltration🇺🇸 Cia History🏛️ Agency Memoirs
The Story of a Life
by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
3.89
921
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory🧭 Displaced Identity✍️ Writing As Healing
The Story of a Life Summary
The Story of a Life 91%
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
by Aharon Appelfeld 1983
3.89
921 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory🧭 Displaced Identity✍️ Writing As Healing
Nisei Daughter
by Monica Itoi Sone • 1979
A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.
3.90
1k+
⛩️ Japanese American History🧳 Wwii Incarceration🎭 Cultural Duality🚧 Racial Prejudice🧬 Immigrant Identity
Nisei Daughter Summary
Nisei Daughter 91%
A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.
by Monica Itoi Sone 1979
3.90
1k+ ratings
⛩️ Japanese American History🧳 Wwii Incarceration🎭 Cultural Duality🚧 Racial Prejudice🧬 Immigrant Identity
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
by Michael Gruenbaum • 2015
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
4.32
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivors🚂 Concentration Camps📚 Middle Grade Holocaust✍️ Bearing Witness
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun Summary
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun 91%
An eight-year-old's Prague becomes Terezin, where soccer and a children's opera are his defiance.
by Michael Gruenbaum 2015
4.32
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivors🚂 Concentration Camps📚 Middle Grade Holocaust✍️ Bearing Witness
Measure of a Man
by Martin Greenfield • 2014
He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.
4.18
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🇺🇸 Immigrant Success👔 Clothing And Identity🔨 Craftsmanship👨‍👦 Family Business Legacy
Measure of a Man Summary
Measure of a Man 91%
He learned needlework in Auschwitz. Every U.S. president since Eisenhower wore the result.
by Martin Greenfield 2014
4.18
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Survival🇺🇸 Immigrant Success👔 Clothing And Identity🔨 Craftsmanship👨‍👦 Family Business Legacy
The Woman All Spies Fear
by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021
She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.
4.19
2k+
🧩 Codebreaking History🕵️ Women In Intelligence🔐 Cryptanalysis📡 Wartime Espionage🥃 Prohibition Era
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear 91%
She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021
4.19
2k+ ratings
🧩 Codebreaking History🕵️ Women In Intelligence🔐 Cryptanalysis📡 Wartime Espionage🥃 Prohibition Era
My Fellow Soldiers
by Andrew Carroll • 2017
Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.
4.22
379
📜 World War I🎖️ Military Biography✉️ Primary Source History🪖 Soldier Experience⚖️ Race And War
My Fellow Soldiers Summary
My Fellow Soldiers 91%
Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.
by Andrew Carroll 2017
4.22
379 ratings
📜 World War I🎖️ Military Biography✉️ Primary Source History🪖 Soldier Experience⚖️ Race And War
Deep Undercover
by Jack Barsky • 2017
To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.
4.08
3k+
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🛡️ Soviet Intelligence📡 Intelligence Tradecraft🎭 Assumed Identities💔 Political Disillusionment
Deep Undercover Summary
Deep Undercover 90%
To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.
by Jack Barsky 2017
4.08
3k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🛡️ Soviet Intelligence📡 Intelligence Tradecraft🎭 Assumed Identities💔 Political Disillusionment
The Plot to Kill Hitler
by Patricia McCormick • 2016
He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.
4.04
3k+
✝️ German Resistance📖 Wwii Biographies⚔️ Faith In Crisis🛡️ Moral Courage🏛️ Church And State
The Plot to Kill Hitler Summary
The Plot to Kill Hitler 90%
He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.
by Patricia McCormick 2016
4.04
3k+ ratings
✝️ German Resistance📖 Wwii Biographies⚔️ Faith In Crisis🛡️ Moral Courage🏛️ Church And State
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
by Herbert P. Bix • 2000
Hirohito was no puppet. A hidden record of how Japan's emperor directed the Pacific War.
3.86
3k+
🗾 Japanese History🏯 Imperial Japan⚔️ Pacific War🎌 Japanese Militarism⚖️ War Responsibility
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan Summary
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 90%
Hirohito was no puppet. A hidden record of how Japan's emperor directed the Pacific War.
by Herbert P. Bix 2000
3.86
3k+ ratings
🗾 Japanese History🏯 Imperial Japan⚔️ Pacific War🎌 Japanese Militarism⚖️ War Responsibility
War as I Knew It
by George S. Patton Jr. • 1947
Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.
4.12
3k+
🪖 Military Command📖 War Memoirs🗺️ Military Strategy🎖️ Combat Leadership⚡ Maneuver Warfare
War as I Knew It Summary
War as I Knew It 90%
Relentless attack, improvised supply, and a belief that defense loses wars: Patton's own account.
by George S. Patton Jr. 1947
4.12
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military Command📖 War Memoirs🗺️ Military Strategy🎖️ Combat Leadership⚡ Maneuver Warfare
The Art of Rest
by Claudia Hammond • 2019
Before the genocide, there was a homeless painter, a spellbinding voice, and a prison cell.
3.59
3k+
👹 Nazi Germany👑 Dictator Biographies📈 Rise To Power🧠 Political Psychology📣 Propaganda Analysis
The Art of Rest Summary
The Art of Rest 90%
Before the genocide, there was a homeless painter, a spellbinding voice, and a prison cell.
by Claudia Hammond 2019
3.59
3k+ ratings
👹 Nazi Germany👑 Dictator Biographies📈 Rise To Power🧠 Political Psychology📣 Propaganda Analysis
Saving Freud
by Andrew Nagorski • 2022
1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.
4.02
340
🛋️ Psychoanalysis History🏛️ Vienna 1900s🏃 Escape From Nazis🤝 Wartime Rescue📚 Intellectual Biography
Saving Freud Summary
Saving Freud 90%
1938: Freud won't flee Vienna. The Nazis are closing in. Five unlikely rescuers race the clock.
by Andrew Nagorski 2022
4.02
340 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalysis History🏛️ Vienna 1900s🏃 Escape From Nazis🤝 Wartime Rescue📚 Intellectual Biography
The Billion Dollar Spy
by David E. Hoffman • 2015
A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.
4.23
16k+
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🇺🇸 Cia History📡 Intelligence Tradecraft🤝 Agent Handling🪞 Counterintelligence
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A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.
by David E. Hoffman 2015
4.23
16k+ ratings
🕵️ Cold War Espionage🇺🇸 Cia History📡 Intelligence Tradecraft🤝 Agent Handling🪞 Counterintelligence
The Art of Intelligence
by Henry A. Crumpton • 2012
Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.
3.84
3k+
🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft🤝 Human Intelligence🤫 Spy Recruitment🧠 Spy Motivations⚖️ Ethical Ambiguity
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The Art of Intelligence 90%
Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.
by Henry A. Crumpton 2012
3.84
3k+ ratings
🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft🤝 Human Intelligence🤫 Spy Recruitment🧠 Spy Motivations⚖️ Ethical Ambiguity
Son of Hamas
by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011
He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.
4.24
19k+
🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict🕵️ Spy Memoirs✝️ Faith Memoirs🚪 Exit Narratives☮️ Christian Pacifism
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Son of Hamas 90%
He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.
by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011
4.24
19k+ ratings
🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict🕵️ Spy Memoirs✝️ Faith Memoirs🚪 Exit Narratives☮️ Christian Pacifism
The Unexpected Spy
by Tracy Walder • 2020
Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.
3.84
7k+
🕵️ Spy Memoirs👩‍✈️ Female Spies💣 Counterterrorism⚖️ Workplace Sexism🧠 Vicarious Trauma
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The Unexpected Spy 90%
Inside the CIA's most secret unit, a young woman hunted the world's most dangerous men.
by Tracy Walder 2020
3.84
7k+ ratings
🕵️ Spy Memoirs👩‍✈️ Female Spies💣 Counterterrorism⚖️ Workplace Sexism🧠 Vicarious Trauma
The Spymasters
by Chris Whipple • 2020
Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.
4.05
1k+
📜 Intelligence History❄️ Cold War Espionage🕵️ Covert Operations🚨 Crisis Leadership⚖️ Intelligence Ethics
The Spymasters Summary
The Spymasters 90%
Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.
by Chris Whipple 2020
4.05
1k+ ratings
📜 Intelligence History❄️ Cold War Espionage🕵️ Covert Operations🚨 Crisis Leadership⚖️ Intelligence Ethics
The Tin Ring
by Zdenka Fantlova • 1996
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
4.44
457
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival🎭 Art As Resistance🚶‍♂️ Death Marches
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The Tin Ring 90%
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
by Zdenka Fantlova 1996
4.44
457 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival🎭 Art As Resistance🚶‍♂️ Death Marches
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto • 2014
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
4.00
5k+
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival🌏 Mixed Race Identity💔 Addiction And Family
Forgiveness Summary
Forgiveness 90%
One grandfather survived a Japanese POW camp. One grandmother, internment. Their kids married.
by Mark Sakamoto 2014
4.00
5k+ ratings
🏕️ Japanese Internment📖 Multigenerational Memoir🪖 Pow Survival🌏 Mixed Race Identity💔 Addiction And Family
Asperger's Children
by Edith Sheffer • 2018
Asperger's: the diagnosis that began as a Nazi tool for sorting children into life or death.
3.82
2k+
🏥 Nazi Medicine🧠 Autism History🩺 Nazi Euthanasia🧬 Eugenics History♿ Disability Studies
Asperger's Children Summary
Asperger's Children 90%
Asperger's: the diagnosis that began as a Nazi tool for sorting children into life or death.
by Edith Sheffer 2018
3.82
2k+ ratings
🏥 Nazi Medicine🧠 Autism History🩺 Nazi Euthanasia🧬 Eugenics History♿ Disability Studies
Microbe Hunters
by Paul de Kruif • 2002
A failed painter hypnotized a nation. Democracies paralyzed by fear of war gave him Europe.
4.14
5k+
🏴 Third Reich📜 Political Biography⛓️ Totalitarianism🎙️ Demagoguery🪖 Eastern Front
Microbe Hunters Summary
Microbe Hunters 90%
A failed painter hypnotized a nation. Democracies paralyzed by fear of war gave him Europe.
by Paul de Kruif 2002
4.14
5k+ ratings
🏴 Third Reich📜 Political Biography⛓️ Totalitarianism🎙️ Demagoguery🪖 Eastern Front
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