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10 best books like The Age of Napoleon (J. Christopher Herold): The Regulators, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, Red Harvest, Lord Edgware Dies, When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign, Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States

The Regulators
AuthorRichard Bachman
ISBN0451191013
**4.5-stars rounded up**

To the residents of Poplar Street, in suburban Wentworth, Ohio, July 15, 1996 seems like any other summer day. The paperboy is dutifully tending his route, the Reed twins are entertaining young ladies and the corner store is functioning like a well-oiled machine.



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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
AuthorJames Gleick
ISBN0375423729
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
 
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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
AuthorJoseph J. Ellis
ISBN0679764410
It started when I was reading Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage, this niggling feeling of discomfort I get when reading a book when the author seems to be taking opportunities to lionize his/her subjects – or at the very least, portraying them in a simplistic, single facet. I’ve had this issue with...
Red Harvest
AuthorDashiell Hammett
ISBN0752852612

I’ll give you three good reasons—from least to most—why you should read Red Harvest: 1) it made possible the fine Leone film A Fistful of Dollars, 2) it inspired the Kurosawa masterpiece Iojimbo which influenced A Fistful of Dollars, and 3) it is an old school hard boiled, hardcore novel,...
Lord Edgware Dies
AuthorAgatha Christie
ISBN0002314576
Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn't help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly...
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
AuthorRoger Lowenstein
ISBN0375758259
With a new Afterword addressing today’s financial crisis

A BUSINESS WEEK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride...
Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
AuthorPhilippe-Paul de Ségur
ISBN1590172825
In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the...
Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge
AuthorEtienne Wenger
ISBN1578513308
Today's economy is fueled by knowledge. Every leader knows this to be true, yet few have systematic methods for converting organizational knowledge into economic value. This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise--provide...
Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles
AuthorBernard Cornwell
‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’

Bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is celebrated for his ability to bring history to life. Here, in his first work of non-fiction, he has written the true story of the epic battle of Waterloo – a momentous turning...
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
AuthorGeorge R. Stewart
ISBN1590172736
This beloved classic about place-naming in the United States was written during World War II in a conscious effort to pay tribute to the heritage of the nation's peoples. George R. Stewart's love of the surprising story, and his focus not just on language but on how people interact with their environment,...
Pop. 1280
AuthorJim Thompson
ISBN0316403784
Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest criminals. He knows that nobody in tiny Potts County actually wants to follow the law and he is perfectly content lazing about, eating five meals a day, and sleeping with all the eligible women.

Still,...
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