10 Best nonfiction books like Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series) by Georgianne Burlage

Cover of Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series) by Georgianne Burlage

Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)

By: Georgianne Burlage

4.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

U.S. Marine George Burlage was part of the largest surrender in American history at Bataan and Corr…

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1. The Bluest Eye

By: Toni Morrison

4.12

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and bol… read more

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"Lonely was much better than alone."

-Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

"Maybe that was love. Choking sounds and silence."

-Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

"She missed -- without knowing what she missed-- paints and crayons"

-Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

"Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do."

-Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

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2. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

By: Martin Short

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more

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"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."

-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend

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3. The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

By: Alistair Horne

4.29

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The … read more

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4. Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission

By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin

3.72

Format: 78 pages,

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5. Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)

By: Blake Crouch

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and … read more

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6. True Grit

By: Charles Portis

3.20

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more

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7. Jackdaws

By: Ken Follett

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needleand The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett once again… read more

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8. The Last Town (Wayward Pines, #3)

By: Blake Crouch

4.03

Format: 208 pages,

Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines,… read more

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9. To Hell and Back

By: Tom Brokaw , Audie Murphy

4.25

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in … read more

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"Suddenly I see the comedy of little men, myself included, who are pitted against a riddle that is as vast and indifferent as the blue sky above us. (pg. 170)"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Perhaps it is the knowledge that we carry in our hearts that nobody ultimately wins. Somewhere we all go down. Force used tyrannically is our common enemy. Why align ourselves with it in whatever sha…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

"Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who poke among ruins seeking some miserable object that will link their lives with t…"

-Tom Brokaw, To Hell and Back

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10. Black Beauty

By: Gail Carson Levine , Anna Sewell

3.99

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, h… read more

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"It is good people who make good places."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"Los hombres siempre creen poder mejorar a la Naturaleza y corregir la obra de Dios."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"I have heard men say that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing;"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"he thought people did not value their animals half enough, nor make friends of them as they ought to do"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

11. Wayward (Wayward Pines, #2)

By: Blake Crouch

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic tow… read more

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12. The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evan… read more

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13. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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14. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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15. At Night All Blood is Black

By: David Diop

3.82

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more

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"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

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16. Yearbook

By: Seth Rogen

4.17

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Hi! I’m Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside flap (which is a gross phra… read more

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17. A Promised Land

By: Barack Obama

4.33

Format: 768 pages, Kindle Edition

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, from the president who inspired us to… read more

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"Glory and tragedy, courage and stupidity - one set of truths didn't negate the other. For war was contradiction, as was the history of America."

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"I thought the country I'd just described to them - a hopeful, generous, courageous America, an America that was open to everyone. At about the same age as the graduates were now, I'd seized on that i…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"Then again, a president wasn’t a lawyer or an accountant or a pilot, hired to carry out some narrow, specialized task. Mobilizing public opinion, shaping working coalitions - that was the job. Whethe…"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

"But there comes a point in the speech where I find my cadence. The crowd quiets rather than roars. It's the kind of moment I'd come to recognize in subsequent years, on certain magic nights. There's …"

-Barack Obama, A Promised Land

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18. Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780007550227 For all editions see here Betrayed by his family… read more

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"There is always a way"

-Joe Abercrombie, Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)

"Невежеството е храна за страха."

-Joe Abercrombie, Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)

"So the fox killed his brother, the wolf. (Mother Scaer)"

-Joe Abercrombie, Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)

"When you're in hell, only a devil can point the way out."

-Joe Abercrombie, Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)

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19. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

By: John Green

4.36

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fict… read more

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"We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of."

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

"I think two of the fundamental facts of being a person are 1. We must go on, and 2. None of us ever walks alone. We may feel alone (in fact, we will feel alone), but even in the crushing grind of iso…"

-John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

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20. The Medic's Wife: A True Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Amidst the Holocaust and WWII (Historical Fiction Memoir)

By: Edmumd A. Kruszynski

4.71

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect the one you love? Based on a true story.1944. During the chaos of W… read more

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21. Flying Forts

By: Martin Caidin

4.40

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the m… read more

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22. Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship: The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese (Volume 18) (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)

By: Georgianne Burlage

4.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

U.S. Marine George Burlage was part of the largest surrender in American history at Bataan and Corr… read more

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23. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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Drew Barrymore

3.59

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Amy Poehler

4.11

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2.74

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