
Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention
Ben Wilson
4.5 on Amazon
6 HN comments

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Erik Larson, Stephen Hoye, et al.
4.5 on Amazon
6 HN comments

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Deborah Blum
4.6 on Amazon
6 HN comments

These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore and Recorded Books
4.6 on Amazon
6 HN comments

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
4.6 on Amazon
6 HN comments

Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Jim Mattis, Bing West, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
6 HN comments

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Stephen E. Ambrose
4.8 on Amazon
5 HN comments

A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
G. J. Meyer, Robin Sachs, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
5 HN comments

The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
Marcus Aurelius , David Hicks, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
4 HN comments

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
Lindsey Fitzharris
4.8 on Amazon
4 HN comments

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg
4.4 on Amazon
4 HN comments

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund Morris, Mark Deakins, et al.
4.7 on Amazon
4 HN comments

The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
David E. Hoffman
4.7 on Amazon
4 HN comments

The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
Ron Chernow, Robertson Dean, et al.
4.5 on Amazon
4 HN comments

The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History
DK and Smithsonian Institution
4.8 on Amazon
3 HN comments
jazonJune 10, 2011
[1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743233832/
incisiononApr 3, 2013
I own several translations and have to recommend "The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations" [2] most highly.
1: http://www.hnstore.co/
2: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743233832/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
zkochonFeb 3, 2013
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pskomorochonJan 29, 2009
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1. On War (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Carl Von Clausewitz
2. Leadership: The Warrior's Art by Barry R. McCaffrey
3. Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach by Dandridge M. Malone
4. The Defense of Hill 781: An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat by James R. McDonough
5. The Art of Maneuver: Maneuver-Warfare Theory and AirLand Battle by Robert Leonhard
6. Strategy: Second Revised Edition (Meridian) by B. H. Liddell Hart
7. The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli
8. Hagakure: The Book of the Samauri by Tsunetomo Yamamoto
9. The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
10. The Art of War (Shambhala classics) by Sun Tzu
11. The Prince (Bantam Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
12. Evolutionary Game Theory by Jörgen W. Weibull
13. On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-tung
14. The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides
15. The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus
16. The Persian Expedition (Penguin Classics) by Xenophon
17. Plutarch: Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans (Modern Library Series, Vol. 1) by Plutarch
18. Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch
19. Livy: The Early History of Rome, Books I-V (Penguin Classics) (Bks. 1-5) by Titus Livy
20. The History of Rome from Its Foundation, Books XXI-XXX: The War with Hannibal (Penguin Classics) (Bks. 21-30) by Titus Livius Livy