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  The Art of War

  by Sun Tzu, Charles River Editors

  The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is also one of the most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military planning, business tactics, and beyond. First translated into a European language in 1782 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and had possibly influenced Napoleon, and even the planning of Operation Desert Storm.... (more)
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  The Ranger's Apprentice: Book 4

  OakLeaf Bearers

  by John Flanagan

  Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand, until Halt and... (more)
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  Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

  by Jonathan Wilson

  For soccer fans, following, discussing, and arguing about the tactics a manager puts into play are part of what makes the sport so appealing. This fascinating study traces the history of soccer tactics back from such modern pioneers as Rinus Michels, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Catenaccio, and Herbert Chapman. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and detailed writer who never loses a sense of the grand... (more)
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  D-Day

  The Battle for Normandy

  by Antony Beevor

  The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American,... (more)
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  Tactics: Book 1

  Tactics, Volume 1

  by Kazuko Higashiyama, Sakura Kinoshita

  From the author of the hit series, Detective Loki Ragnarok! Meet Kantarou, a folklore scholar living in the Taisho period. Ever since he was a child, he has been able to see and talk to various spirits. But now that Kantarou's all grown up, he moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons...all with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu!Throw in some supernatural elements, a... (more)
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  How Hitler Could Have Won World War II

  The Fatal Errors That Lead to Nazi Defeat

  by Bevin Alexander

  Most of us rally around the glory of the Allies' victory over the Nazis in World War II. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between Adolf Hitler's influential personality and his military strategy was critical in causing Germany to lose the war. With an acute eye for detail and... (more)
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  How Life Imitates Chess

  Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

  by Garry Kasparov

  One of the most highly regarded strategists of our time teaches us how the tools that made him a world chess champion can make us more successful in business and in life.   Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a... (more)
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  The Little Book of Warfare: 50 Key Battles That Trace the Evolution of Conflict

  by David Owen

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  Scarecrow (Matthew Reilly): Book 1

  Ice Station

  by Matthew Reilly

  Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding white-outs and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else... First comes a... (more)
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  The Practice of Everyday Life

  by Michel de Certeau

  Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws brilliantly on an immense theoretical... (more)
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  Guerrilla Marketing

  Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

  by Jay Conrad Levinson

  When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid ideas that really work, Levinson’s philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition, Levinson offers a... (more)
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  World War II Infantry Tactics

  Squad and Platoon

  by Stephen Bull

  Despite all technological advances, final mastery of any battlefield depends upon the tight-knit group of footsoldiers trained to manoeuvre, shoot and dig in. This first of a two-part study examines the methods by which the Western infantry of World War II - the German, British and US armies - actually brought their firepower to bear. Drawing upon period training manuals for the evolving theory, and on personal... (more)
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  The Twilight Saga: Book 4

  Breaking Dawn

  by Stephenie Meyer

  When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? It would cost you your life. How could you leave the person you love the most, when you know it'll hurt them the most as well?To be irrevocably in love with... (more)
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  Tactics: Book 3

  Tactics, Volume 3

  by Sakura Kinoshita, Kazuko Higashiyama

  Kantarou is sent to a village to ensure the safe execution of its annual fortune-telling festival. Run by a family of women who have had all the men in their lives meet with strange and eerie misfortunes, the festival seems cursed. Will Kantarou and Haruko break the curse before they become its first out-of-town victims?
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  Tactics: Book 4

  Tactics, Volume 4

  by Sakura Kinoshita, Kazuko Higashiyama

  Kantarou and company are duped into exterminating youkai for a beautiful and powerful businesswoman with a nasty secret! And that's just the start of this volume's gripping revelations when a new enemy appears. Meet Raikou Minamoto, a fellow youkai exterminator--who is determined to kill the legendary Demon-Eating tengu!
• The Art of WarSun Tzu - Translated by Thomas Cleary

  

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  The Art of War

  by Sun Tzu - Translated by Thomas Cleary

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  Lashkar: Into the Heart of Terror

  by Mukul Deva

  Iqbal, a small-town boy from Lucknow, is lured across the Indian border into Pakistan for training as a jihadi by one of the most dreaded terrorist organizations in the world. Months later, on 29 October 2005, on the eve of Diwali and Eid, a series of bomb blasts unleash death and destruction on the streets of Delhi. The blasts are a continuation off the proxy war being waged by Pakistan's military and... (more)
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  Roots of Strategy: The 5 Greatest Military Classics of All Time

  This title features writings of Sun Tzu, Vegetius, Marshal Maurice de Saxe, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon.
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  Concise 33 Strategies of War, The

  by Robert Greene

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  Ghost

  Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

  by Fred Burton

  For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, world-wise few. In the mid-eighties, the idea of... (more)