16 Top nonfiction books like Kapitan Cook by Alistair MacLean

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Kapitan Cook

By: Alistair MacLean

3.90

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combi…

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Cover of Treasure of Khan (Dirk Pitt, #19) by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler

1. Treasure of Khan (Dirk Pitt, #19)

By: Clive Cussler , Dirk Cussler

3.95

Format: 552 pages, Hardcover

Black Wind continued Dirk Pitt's meteoric career with one of Clive Cussler's most audacious, and we… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917 by Ernest Shackleton

2. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

By: Ernest Shackleton

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shack… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
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3. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

By: James Fenimore Cooper

3.70

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans … read more

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  • historical
  • adventure
"Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Do my brothers know the name of this favored people?"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Indijanac je stvorenje što ćete ga prije osjetiti nego vidjeti."

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

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4. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

By: Colin Woodard

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden

5. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

By: Mark Bowden

3.66

Format: None pages,

Killing Pablo is the inside story of the brutal rise and violent fall of the Colombian cocaine cart… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. The Fall of Japan

By: William Craig

3.92

Format: 292 pages,

The Fall of Japan tells the breathtaking story of the last weeks of the war in the Pacific, and the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Captain Cook: Master of the Seas by Frank McLynn

7. Captain Cook: Master of the Seas

By: Frank McLynn

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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8. Of Human Bondage

By: W. Somerset Maugham , Maeve Binchy , Benjamin DeMott

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

The first and most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces. It is the story of Philip Carey, an … read more

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9. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the… read more

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10. Desert Solitaire

By: Edward Abbey

4.00

Format: None pages,

When Desert Solitairewas first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. Rude an… read more

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11. The Worst Journey in the World

By: Apsley Cherry-Garrard , Caroline Alexander

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

The Worst Journey in the Worldrecounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole… read more

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12. The Last Season

By: Eric Blehm

3.14

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

To pick up The Last Seasonis to lose oneself in a mesmerizing story about a place few could survive… read more

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13. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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14. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

By: James Runcie

3.92

Format: 336 pages,

Sidney Chambers, the Vicar of Grantchester, is a thirty-two year old bachelor. Sidney is an unconve… read more

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15. Killing Jesus: A History

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

3.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard'… read more

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16. The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

By: Mensun Bound

4.12

Format: 409 pages, Kindle Edition

"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. ... Bound's account is a triumph. The… read more

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  • history
  • adventure
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland

17. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin

18. Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet m… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History by Bill O'Reilly

19. Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.09

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seri… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

20. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • adventure
Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard

21. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25) by Lee Child

22. The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

By: Lee Child

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One m… read more

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  • adventure
"Only a fool would be dishonest about that could be disproved in a matter of seconds."

-Lee Child, The Sentinel (Jack Reacher, #25)

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23. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

By: George Stephanopoulos

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Malibu Burning (Sharpe & Walker #1) by Lee Goldberg

24. Malibu Burning (Sharpe & Walker #1)

By: Lee Goldberg

4.26

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildf… read more

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  • adventure
Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

25. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

26. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

Cover of Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty by Jack   Kelly

27. Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

By: Jack Kelly

4.30

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The wild and suspenseful story of one of the most crucial and least known campaigns of the Revoluti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of False Witness (Detective Cooper Devereaux, #3) by Andrew  Grant

28. False Witness (Detective Cooper Devereaux, #3)

By: Andrew Grant

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'FALSE WITNESS' is a new thriller starring Alabamian police Detective Cooper Devereaux, who confron… read more

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Cover of Kapitan Cook by Alistair MacLean

29. Kapitan Cook

By: Alistair MacLean

3.90

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combi… read more

Similar categories in Alistair MacLean's Kapitan Cook book and Alistair MacLean's Kapitan Cook

  • history
  • biography
  • adventure
  • travel
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22) by Douglas Preston

30. Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)

By: Douglas Preston

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Con… read more

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Cover of In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29) by Lee Child

31. In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and… read more

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3.67

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