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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 63,898 ratings — published 1645
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War War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 24,497 ratings — published 2010
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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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avg rating 4.57 — 3,791,341 ratings — published 2023
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 587,300 ratings — published -500
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 17,050 ratings — published 1716
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Tao of Jeet Kune Do Tao of Jeet Kune Do (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 8,527 ratings — published 1975
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On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 4,559 ratings — published 2004
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 4,445,468 ratings — published 2011
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Bravo Two Zero Bravo Two Zero (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 16,480 ratings — published 1991
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,813,473 ratings — published 2010
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A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale A Hard Place: A Sergeant's Tale (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 33 ratings — published 2007
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 134,291 ratings — published 2020
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
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avg rating 4.23 — 182,174 ratings — published 2018
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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avg rating 4.24 — 227,256 ratings — published 2018
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 393,390 ratings — published 2017
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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 326,447 ratings — published 2006
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Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,038,555 ratings — published 2006
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Matterhorn Matterhorn (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 48,524 ratings — published 2010
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 12,433 ratings — published 1995
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Red Storm Rising Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)
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avg rating 4.21 — 85,650 ratings — published 1986
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 4,262,777 ratings — published 2009
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.35 — 10,130,764 ratings — published 2008
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,491,888 ratings — published 1985
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Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 310 ratings — published 1467
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Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
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avg rating 4.36 — 160,386 ratings — published 2018
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A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 2,840 ratings — published 2006
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 352,144 ratings — published 1990
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 524,456 ratings — published 2018
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 142,785 ratings — published 2012
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Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
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avg rating 4.32 — 431,711 ratings — published 2016
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The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 The Battle of the Tanks: Kursk, 1943 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 916 ratings — published 2011
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,704 ratings — published 1957
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,182,785 ratings — published 2007
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What It is Like to Go to War What It is Like to Go to War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 9,963 ratings — published 2011
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,215,110 ratings — published 2025
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This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7) This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7)
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avg rating 4.68 — 111,191 ratings — published 2024
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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)
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avg rating 4.65 — 135,038 ratings — published 2023
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The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
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avg rating 4.69 — 158,352 ratings — published 2022
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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
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avg rating 4.54 — 185,199 ratings — published 2021
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
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avg rating 4.41 — 225,661 ratings — published 2021
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Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)
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avg rating 4.50 — 276,964 ratings — published 2021
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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
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avg rating 4.46 — 420,794 ratings — published 2020
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 7,675 ratings — published 2019
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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
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avg rating 4.25 — 80,640 ratings — published 2023
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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,776,642 ratings — published 2023
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The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, #1) The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, #1)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,957 ratings — published 2021
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The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
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avg rating 4.38 — 698,335 ratings — published 2007
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Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
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avg rating 4.29 — 110,663 ratings — published 2021
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Bushido: The Soul of Japan Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 10,603 ratings — published 1899
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Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think Living the Martial Way: A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,413 ratings — published 1992
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Soke Behzad Ahmadi
“. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it is tactile, mental or spiritual”
Soke Behzad Ahmadi, KARATE POWER Lethal power of Fajin

Norman Mailer
“Red had a deep loathing of the night before them. He had been through so much combat, had felt so many kinds of terror, and had seen so many men killed that he no longer had any illusions about the inviolability of his own flesh. He knew he could be killed; it was something he had accepted long ago, and he had grown a shell about that knowledge so that he rarely thought of anything further ahead than the next few minutes…”
Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead

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