Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
By: Peter Moore
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects.…
Want to Read $ 11.99If you liked the adventure plot in Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World by Peter Moore , here is a list of 12 books like this:
1. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
By: Antony Beevor
3.91
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Antony Beevor's The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- nonfiction
- history
2. Batavia
By: Peter FitzSimons
4.25
Format: 490 pages, Hardcover
The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporati… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Peter FitzSimons's Batavia book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
"With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a white-w… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Unable to sleep for the third night in a row, he continued to dwell obsessively on the circumstances of the ship's sinking. He could not get the creature out of his mind."-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"Many of the so-called American characteristics,’ a chronicler of the [WW2 University of Minnesota starvation] experiment wrote, ‘—abounding energy, generosity, optimism—become intelligible as the exp…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
"How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known need to the point of having our character tested? Willing conscientious objectors underwent cont…"-Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
4. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
By: Alfred Lansing
4.44
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
5. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
By: Alex Kershaw
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Alex Kershaw's The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
6. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
By: Robert W. Merry
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomat… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert W. Merry's A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
7. The Birth of Venus
By: Sarah Dunant
4.32
Format: 80 pages,
Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Sarah Dunant's The Birth of Venus book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
8. The English and their History
By: Robert Tombs
2.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many de… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Tombs's The English and their History book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
9. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
4.44
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers--… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Simon Sebag Montefiore's Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
10. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
By: Laurence Bergreen
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Laurence Bergreen's Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
11. Goodbye to All That
By: Robert Graves
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society foll… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Graves's Goodbye to All That book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
12. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
By: Dava Sobel , Neil Armstrong
3.72
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorni… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dava Sobel's Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
13. The Electric State
By: Simon Stålenhag
4.43
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
In 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins o… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Simon Stålenhag's The Electric State book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
"To, čo robíme, nie je civilizované, viem to. Ale viem i to, že aj tebe sa to muselo prihodiť - presne ako ja si sa zobudil a zrazu si si uvedomil niečo nezvratné: nežijeme už v civilizovaných časoch."-Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State
14. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
By: Mensun Bound
4.12
Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition
"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Mensun Bound's The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- audiobook
- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- science
15. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- world history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Calder Walton's Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
Want to Read $ 19.99Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
18. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
Want to Read $ 19.04Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- audiobook
- nonfiction
- science
21. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Susan Casey's The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- audiobook
- history
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- science
22. Cahokia Jazz
By: Francis Spufford
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- historical
23. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
By: Christina Thompson
4.24
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Christina Thompson's Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- audiobook
- history
- world history
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- science
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
24. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Michael Palin's Erebus: The Story of a Ship book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
By: Laurence Bergreen
3.91
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan and Columbus brings ali… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Laurence Bergreen's In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- world history
- adventure
- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Eric Jay Dolin's Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- world history
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Far from being misanthropic loners with anger issues, most of these pirates had lives that were intimately intertwined with the communities from which they came, and to which they one day hoped to re…"-Eric Jay Dolin, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
27. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
Want to Read $ 9.00Similar categories in Camilla Townsend's Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
28. Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds
By: Peter FitzSimons
4.44
Format: 780 pages, Kindle Edition
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great st… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Peter FitzSimons's Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- biography
- history
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
By: Peter Moore
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects.… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- audiobook
- biography
- history
- world history
- adventure
- travel
- historical
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- science
30. Calypso
By: Oliver K. Langmead
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role on the colony ark, Calypso . But she wakes to fi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Oliver K. Langmead's Calypso book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
31. Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family’s Story of Slavery
By: Alex Renton
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Through the story of his own family's history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Alex Renton's Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family’s Story of Slavery book and Peter Moore's Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
