Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro
By: George Michelsen Foy
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more
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- american history
- survival
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
2. Sea of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
By: Brian Hicks
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
On a dark night in February of 1864, the H.L. Hunley , the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
3. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
By: Neil Postman , Andrew Postman
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television"-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"Writing is defined as "a conversation with no one and yet with everyone."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
"With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present."-Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
4. The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
By: Casey Sherman , Michael J. Tougias
3.85
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weat… read more
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- american history
- survival
- biography
- history
- adventure
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
By: Sebastian Junger
3.50
Format: 31 pages,
"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more
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- survival
- biography
- history
- adventure
- nonfiction
6. 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
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- american history
- survival
- biography
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- 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
7. Until the Sea Shall Free Them: Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marine
By: Robert Frump
3.60
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
A devastating disaster at sea . . . an officer who refuses to hide the truth. . . a courtroom confr… read more
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- survival
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- nonfiction
Similar categories in Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative book and George Michelsen Foy's Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
9. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
By: David Halberstam
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
10. K2: Triumph and Tragedy
By: Jim Curran
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, at 8611 metres only a couple of hundred metres lowe… read more
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11. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more
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12. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
By: Candice Millard
4.24
Format: None pages,
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more
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13. Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
By: Steve Olson
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiou… read more
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14. Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
By: Bill Sloan
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first Am… read more
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15. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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16. 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
- 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
17. 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
- 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
18. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
19. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
- audiobook
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
20. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
21. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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- maritime
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
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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- survival
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
By: Peter Robison
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
24. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
By: Caleb Carr
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling author of The Alienist, Caleb Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
25. The Oceans and the Stars
By: Mark Helprin
4.46
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Gre… read more
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- audiobook
- historical
- adventure
26. Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
By: Alexander Rose
4.33
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germ… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- 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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- biography
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
28. The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
By: Elissa R. Sloan
3.47
Format: 448 pages, ebook
In vein of Daisy Jones & The Six and Everything I Never Told You, this debut novel probes the dark … read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Listen, Cassidy."-Elissa R. Sloan, The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
"But we’re also friends, right?"-Elissa R. Sloan, The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
"Just bring that sass, Miss Cass."-Elissa R. Sloan, The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
"One day he’ll wake up and realize you don’t love him in that way."-Elissa R. Sloan, The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
29. The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
By: Greg King
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria , about the s… read more
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- history
- adventure
- maritime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro
By: George Michelsen Foy
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, “an exquisitely written and… read more
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- american history
- survival
- biography
- history
- adventure
- maritime
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
31. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
By: Russ Buettner
4.56
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times exposé of then-P… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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- audiobook
