The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
By: Amanda M. Fairbanks
3.40
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, laude…
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1. I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her
By: Joanna Connors
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
When Joanna Connors was thirty years old on assignment for the Cleveland Plain Dealer to review a p… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
"These ancient laws also reflected a widespread suspicion that women accusing men of rape were lying--a belief system that is still operative today. Almost every time a star athlete or celebrity is ac…"-Joanna Connors, I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her
"My mom doesn't say anything. I don't say anything. Neither of us knows yet what you should say when rape victims blame themselves: 'It was not your fault.' It was not your fault, even if you were dru…"-Joanna Connors, I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her
2. American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
By: Thomas Keneally
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Hero, adulterer, bon vivant, murderer and rogue, Dan Sickles led the kind of existence that was ind… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- biography
- history
3. The Midnight Bell (Sean Dillon, #22)
By: Jack Higgins
3.79
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
"The bell tolls at midnight as death requires it."In Washington, D.C., on a night full of rain, a w… read more
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- adult
4. Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness
By: Neil Swidey
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless tunnel hundreds of feet under Ma… read more
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- adventure
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
5. The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By: Gregg Zoroya
3.92
Format: 98 pages,
In a Band of Brothers-like narrative, the never-before-told story of one of the Afghanistan war's m… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Devil Soldier
By: Caleb Carr
3.68
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China... A courageous leader who became the fir… read more
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7. In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road
By: None
4.00
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his… read more
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8. A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue
By: John Aldridge , Anthony Sosinski
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Audio CD
In the dead of night on July 24, 2013, John Aldridge was thrown off the back of the Anna Mary while… read more
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9. Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
By: Spike Walker
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in one-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and rec… read more
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10. Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
By: Michael J. Tougias
4.49
Format: 563 pages,
A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, "Fatal Forecast" is a spellbinding moment-by-momen… read more
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11. The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
By: Nancy Marie Brown
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known wo… read more
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12. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders
By: Kathryn Miles
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more
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- nonfiction
- adult
- history
- audiobook
13. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adventure
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
14. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.14
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. 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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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- 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
16. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- new york
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
17. 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
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
18. Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
By: Will Cockrell
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Ank… read more
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- history
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
By: Richard Snow
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known event… read more
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- history
- maritime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. 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
- adventure
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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- new york
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
22. Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro
By: Rachel Slade
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the containe… read more
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- history
- adventure
- maritime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Montauk
By: Nicola Harrison
3.67
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
Montauk, Long Island, 1938. A simple town on the brink of a glamorous future. A marriage drif… read more
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- historical
- adult
- audiobook
24. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By: Elizabeth White
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands o… read more
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- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"People are not fully defined by either the best or the worst of their actions"-Elizabeth White, The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
25. The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth
By: Adam Goodheart
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated h… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
26. Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer
By: John Glynn
3.70
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of May 2019 A TIME Magazine Best Book of May 2019 A Cosmopolit… read more
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- new york
- biography
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
27. The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
By: Amanda M. Fairbanks
3.40
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, laude… read more
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- new york
- biography
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- historical
- true story
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
28. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers
By: Jim Morris
3.97
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the la… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
29. Dealing with The Devil, My Mother, Trump and Me
By: Tony Schwartz
3.26
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Why are we the way we are? Who can we become? What stands in our way? In Dealing with the Devil,… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"We live in a perilous age. As I write these words, COVID-19 has become a global crisis. Autocrats, including Trump, hold power in a growing number of countries around the world. Democracy and freedom…"-Tony Schwartz, Dealing with The Devil, My Mother, Trump and Me
"an ecologist named Garrett Hardin wrote an article titled, The Tragedy of the Commons. Hardin’s thesis was that individuals acting in their rational self-interest would use whatever resources are ava…"-Tony Schwartz, Dealing with The Devil, My Mother, Trump and Me
"Trump’s election obviously had a very personal meaning for me. I feel unsettled everyday by his words, his behavior, and his corrosive impact on democracy and the rule of law. Trump has had an impact…"-Tony Schwartz, Dealing with The Devil, My Mother, Trump and Me
30. A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery
By: Justin Martin
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From an acclaimed author and historian, the dramatic, character-rich story of Antietam--the high-st… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
31. Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
By: Edward Dolnick
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A historical adventure story about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur bones, leading … read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
