5 Best biography books like L'ultimo viaggio di Amundsen by Monica Kristensen

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L'ultimo viaggio di Amundsen

By: Monica Kristensen

3.71

Format: 483 pages, Paperback

Un grande racconto documentario che indaga uno dei misteri irrisolti dell’esplorazione artica e il …

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1. Papillon

By: Henri Charrière

4.23

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris i… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"The important thing was that we were alive..."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"You don't have to be a graduate of Saint-Cyr to know that all wrecks end up on shore."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"Everybody was stark naked, day and night. Luckily it was hot. They let me wear socks."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

"My heart was flooded with warmth: at last I had escaped from the road down the drain, and now it was for good."

-Henri Charrière, Papillon

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2. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

By: Margaret Atwood , Owen Beattie , John Geiger

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The revised text of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of nineteenth century British Arctic ex… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

By: Caroline Alexander

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shack… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Dissipatio H.G.

By: Guido Morselli

3.80

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysop… read more

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"Il pessimismo radicale sconfina nell'ottimismo."

-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.

"Morire biologicamente, è il perfezionarsi di uno stato in cui ci troviamo già ora."

-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.

"Ho paura dell'uomo, come dei topi e delle zanzare, per il danno e il fastidio di cui è produttore inesausto."

-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.

"Quello che abbiamo posseduto, ce lo possiamo mettere dietro le spalle, confinarlo nel passato, nel già-fatto."

-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.

5. Memory of Water

By: Emmi Itäranta

4.03

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

Global warming has changed the world's geography and its politics. Wars are waged over water, and C… read more

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6. Kissani Jugoslavia

By: Pajtim Statovci

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

Lahjakkaan nuoren kirjoittajan maaginen esikoisromaani juuriltaan revitysta perheesta, mahdottomast… read more

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7. The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James , Patricia Crick

3.79

Format: 797 pages, Paperback

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more

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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

8. Piccoli suicidi tra amici

By: Arto Paasilinna , Diego Marani , Nicola Rainò , None

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Ci sono momenti in cui i ripetuti insuccessi, un matrimonio a rotoli, lo stress, la solitudine semb… read more

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9. The Vegetarian

By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith

4.00

Format: 204 pages,

Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood… read more

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10. Madhouse at the End of the Earth

By: Julian Sancton

4.27

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expeditio… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Among the greatest threats future travelers to Mars are likely to face is an interplanetary version of winter over-syndrome. The unknown icescapes around the earth poles, particularly Antarctica, see…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Cook referred to the symptoms collectively as polar anemia. Researchers today use the term winter over-syndrome. But it's essentially the same thing. A prevailing theory suggests it's a form of hypot…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"But in emphasizing the likelihood of a connection between winter over-syndrome and what is now known as seasonal effective disorder, a variation in mood that correlates with a dwindling of daylight h…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

"Note: Dr. Lawrence Polinkis who analyzed clinical data from American men and women at Antarctica's Mcmurdo station Amundsen Scott's South Pole station posits specifically that the memory loss and oth…"

-Julian Sancton, Madhouse at the End of the Earth

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11. I baffi

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.73

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more

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12. Elolliset

By: Iida Turpeinen

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more

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13. Sarvijumala

By: Magdalena Hai

3.70

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Kun kuolema koskettaa, kaikki muuttuu. Hiipivää kauhua nuorille. Lauri herää sairaalasta koht… read more

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14. Kellopelisydän (Merenkehrä, #1)

By: Vehka Kurjenmiekka

3.80

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

”Herään kellopelisydämen tikitykseen rinnassani. Sen tasainen rytmi kaikuu kylkiluita vasten ja saa… read more

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"Muistot ovat lepattavia varjoja, puolikkaita lauseita. Tiedän, että joskus polkua kehystivät talvi-illassa palavat lyhdyt, ja että kesällä joku juoksi täällä paljain jaloin ja nauroi. Valoisana iltan…"

-Vehka Kurjenmiekka, Kellopelisydän (Merenkehrä, #1)

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15. Suomaa

By: Maria Turtschaninoff

4.35

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Ihmisen ja metsän juuret yhtä syvällä. Suomaa on lumoava episodiromaani metsän voimasta ja suoma… read more

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16. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

By: Erika Fatland

4.28

Format: 477 pages, Hardcover

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."

-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan

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17. Carcoma

By: Layla Martínez

4.17

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more

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"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."

-Layla Martínez, Carcoma

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18. La gran serpiente

By: Pierre Lemaitre

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Divertida, inmoral y sabrosa: así es la ópera prima de Pierre Lemaitre, una comedia negra inédita e… read more

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"Il se sent malheureux de constater, impuissant, que tout glisse et rampe sournoisement, il ne sait pas d'où cela vient, cette impression que s'achèvent des choses qu'il n'a même pas vues commencer."

-Pierre Lemaitre, La gran serpiente

"L'étonnant chez elle, c'est qu'elle ne doute jamais, d'ailleurs, regardez-la en pleine nuit entreprendre un nouveau tour du propriétaire, marcher dans les ronces, écarter les branches à deux mains, s…"

-Pierre Lemaitre, La gran serpiente

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19. Löpa varg

By: Kerstin Ekman

3.97

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Då kom han ut. Han gjorde det med en självklarhet som var lätt att begripa; den här världen var ju … read more

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20. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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21. Blind Spot

By: Paula Hawkins

3.27

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

'How can you say things like this? How can you be so blind?' Since they were kids, Edie, Jake an… read more

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22. Esseitä eläimistä

By: Elisa Aaltola

4.33

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

Miksi pienessä kylässä kasvava maalaislapsi alkaa puhua eläinten puolesta? Miten yhteiskunta reagoi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Orden som formade Sverige

By: Elisabeth Åsbrink

3.52

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Drottning Margareta. Tomas Ledin. #metoo. Alla har de format svenskarnas bild av sig själva, och de… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. Sairaan kaunis

By: Juha Matias Lehtonen

3.58

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Kauneuden ruma puoli. Tietokirja, joka eksyttää lukijan kauneuden ja terveyden peilitaloon. T… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Un uomo felice

By: Arto Paasilinna

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Dalla penna del maestro dell’umorismo nordico una satira feroce e spassosa sul denaro, il potere e … read more

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26. Arktis – Likaista lunta

By: Ville-Juhani Sutinen

3.49

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Valkoisen pohjoisen sitkeä myytti Kun matkustaa Huippuvuorille, Grönlantiin ja Siperiaan, on väh… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of L'ultimo viaggio di Amundsen by Monica Kristensen

27. L'ultimo viaggio di Amundsen

By: Monica Kristensen

3.71

Format: 483 pages, Paperback

Un grande racconto documentario che indaga uno dei misteri irrisolti dell’esplorazione artica e il … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Nukkumatin kylmä sota

By: Sakari Silvola

3.71

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Muistatko Pikku Kakkosen Nukkumatin? Itä-Saksan ja sosialismin lempeä lähettiläs oli ahkera vieras … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. Merireittejä menneisyyteen: Kun rakastuin kuolleeseen merikapteeniin

By: Katariina Vuori

3.78

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Kiehtova teos rakkaudesta, muistamisesta ja kahdesta merimatkasta. Nälkävuosien kurittaessa Pohj… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Sairaanhoitajan paikka

By: Lotta Tuohino

4.02

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Raivokas puheenvuoro kuvaa ammattia, jossa työtehtävistä on mahdoton selviytyä eikä kukaan tunnu ha… read more

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31. Meren tarina – Meribiologin tutkimusmatka Arktikselle

By: Jessica Haapkylä

3.11

Format: None pages, ebook

Meribiologi Jessica Haapkylä oli Jean-Michel Cousteaun filmi­ryhmän jäsenenä Alaskassa vuonna 2004.… read more

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  • nonfiction

9 best-selling history books like L'ultimo viaggio di Amundsen by Monica Kristensen

Transform Your Habits

Papillon

Henri Charrière

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Margaret Atwood , Owen Beattie , John Geiger

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Julian Sancton

4.27

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Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Transform Your Habits

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Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

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