23 must-read nonfiction books like Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson

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Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster

By: Ken Cuthbertson

4.16

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Blood on the Coal has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

1. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

By: Tim Weiner

3.94

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

2. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

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Cover of Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

3. 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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  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner

4. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

By: Rebecca Renner

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

5. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

6. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

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Cover of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

7. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . by Rick      Mercer

8. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt by Charlotte Gray

9. Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt

By: Charlotte Gray

4.19

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th cen… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

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"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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11. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

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"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

Cover of And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

12. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

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"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

Cover of In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire by Laurence Bergreen

13. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman

14. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

By: Darrell Hartman

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire by Stephen R. Bown

15. The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire

By: Stephen R. Bown

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new telling of the story of modern Canada's origins. The story of the Hudson's Bay C… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole

16. The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

By: Desmond Cole

4.45

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and unco… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"The false promise of objectivity in journalism reinforces white supremacy."

-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

"it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy—white settlers deny Black communities the necessities of life, then blame us for the social dysfunction that follows."

-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

"This idea that Canada's racial injustices are not as bad as they could be, this notion of Slavery Lite, of Racism Lite, of what my friend calls the "toy version of racism" is a very Canadian way of s…"

-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

17. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

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18. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

By: Helen Knott

4.31

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

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19. Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada

By: Stephen R. Bown

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the enginee… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell

20. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past

By: Brett Popplewell

4.31

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Wild  meets  Born to Run  meets  The Stranger in the Woods  in a fascinating true story of… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

21. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Observer: A Novel by Marina Endicott

22. The Observer: A Novel

By: Marina Endicott

3.81

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Little Shad… read more

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Cover of The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada by John Ibbitson

23. The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada

By: John Ibbitson

4.34

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

One of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan

24. How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

By: Chris Balakrishnan

3.63

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, y… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose

25. Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

By: Fred Sasakamoose

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Off the Record by Peter Mansbridge

26. Off the Record

By: Peter Mansbridge

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell

27. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy

By: Jason Bell

3.94

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis In public life, Dr. Winth… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson

28. Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster

By: Ken Cuthbertson

4.16

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Blood on the Coal has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • survival
Cover of Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back by Ted Nolan

29. Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back

By: Ted Nolan

4.28

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 BESTSELLER In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he would… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Madness, Mayhem & Murder:  More True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia’s Past by Dean Jobb

30. Madness, Mayhem & Murder: More True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia’s Past

By: Dean Jobb

3.90

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Meet the larger-than-life characters from Nova Scotia’s past who broke the law as well as the mold.… read more

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Cover of The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past by Roxana Spicer

31. The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past

By: Roxana Spicer

4.44

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

The masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

19 Best history books like Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson

Transform Your Habits

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

Rebecca Renner

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Douglas Preston

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

John Vaillant

4.35

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16 Top audiobook books like The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . . by Rick Mercer

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

Chris Hadfield

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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