The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
By: Rich Cohen
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Was he New York City's last pirate...or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthir…
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1. The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
By: Shelley Emling
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
2. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America
By: Sam Giancana , Chuck Giancana
4.21
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Brutally violent and ruthlessly ambitious, Sam Giancana started as a hitman for Al Capone, then cla… read more
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- history
- biography
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
3. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
By: Robert Kurson
3.62
Format: 57 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more
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4. The Game
By: Ken Dryden
3.75
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written and lauded by "Sports Illustrated" as one … read more
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5. 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
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6. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
7. 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
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
By: Douglas Brunt
4.23
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
10. The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America
By: James L. Swanson
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding ac… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. 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
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
12. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
13. The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
By: Mallory O'Meara
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of Disney’s first… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Having a new tattoo really sucks,"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"To the privileged, equality feels like oppression"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"One hundred percent of the top American films of 1954, the year Creature from the Black Lagoon was released, were directed by men. Ninety-six percent of the top American films for 2016, the year I st…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
"Milicent Patrick’s final resting place is in every single Creature from the Black Lagoon T-shirt, every Metaluna Mutant toy, every VHS tape of Fantasia, every DVD of The Shape of Water. It’s on the d…"-Mallory O'Meara, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
14. The Trial of Lizzie Borden
By: Cara Robertson
3.40
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August o… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
15. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
By: Joe Pompeo
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
16. Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery
By: Earl Swift
3.98
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new wor… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
17. Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
By: Susan Jonusas
3.45
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial … read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
18. 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
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- biography
- history
- pirates
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)
By: Tom Clavin
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
By: Keith Thomson
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirat… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
22. Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
By: Nick Tabor
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An evocative and epic story, Nick Tabor's Africatown charts the fraught history of America from tho… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective
By: Steven Johnson
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
24. The Ghost Club
By: Kate Winkler Dawson
3.24
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-c… read more
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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
25. Clover Hendry's Day Off
By: Beth Morrey
3.42
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A hilarious and empowering perimenopausal Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, about Clover Hendry, 46, and th… read more
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- audiobook
26. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
By: Rich Cohen
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Was he New York City's last pirate...or its first gangster? This is the true story of the bloodthir… read more
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- new york
- american history
- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- pirates
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
27. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
By: Michael Wolraich
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more
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- new york
- american history
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
28. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
By: Dean Jobb
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
29. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- new york
- biography
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
30. Hitmen: The Mafia, Drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang
By: Scott M. Deitche
3.21
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of the star reviewed Garden State Gangland comes an in-depth exposé on East Harlem'… read more
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- true crime
31. Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales
By: Mitzi Szereto
3.38
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From historical accounts to modern cases, explore the captivating psychology behind these killer wo… read more
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- true crime
- audiobook
