6 must-read nonfiction books like The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World by Robert McGhee

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The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

By: Robert McGhee

3.93

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has…

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1. The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

By: Robert Hughes

4.08

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's in… read more

Similar categories in Robert Hughes's The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding book and Robert McGhee's The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
"He had been always escaping, always rebelling, always fighting against authority, and always being flogged. There had been a whole lifetime of torment such as this; forty-two years of it; and there h…"

-Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

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2. Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture

By: Matt Goulding

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Winner of the 2017 IACP Award: Literary or Historical Food Writing Gourmand World Cookbook Award Wi… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goulding's Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture book and Robert McGhee's The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Known World

By: Edward P. Jones

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Known Worldis a daring and ambitious work by… read more

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4. Alaska

By: James A. Michener

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Al… read more

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  • travel

5. Arctic Dreams

By: Barry Lopez

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his m… read more

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6. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croa… read more

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7. Another Country

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more

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8. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

By: Christopher Hitchens , Rebecca West

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West's classic examination of the history, people, an… read more

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9. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

By: Laurence Bergreen

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year… read more

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10. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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11. The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)

By: Chris Hadfield

3.92

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the sp… read more

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12. The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

4.19

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more

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"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

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13. 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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  • nature
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
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14. Stolen

By: Ann-Helén Laestadius

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbø in this spellbinding Swedish novel that fo… read more

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"Plötsligt började áhkku sjunga, högt, med klar röst. En samisk psalm. Hanna stod en bra bit bort men hon vände sig om, lyssnade och sjönk ihop, såg ut att kunna ramla. "

-Ann-Helén Laestadius, Stolen

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15. Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)

By: Michael J. Benton

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific disciplin… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Benton's Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series) book and Robert McGhee's The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • nature
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16. Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

By: Buddy Levy

4.42

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
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17. The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

By: Robert McGhee

3.93

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has… read more

Similar categories in Robert McGhee's The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World book and Robert McGhee's The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World

  • history
  • canada
  • travel
  • native american
  • nonfiction
  • geography
  • nature

6 Best history books like The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World by Robert McGhee

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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

Robert Hughes

4.08

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Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture

Matt Goulding

5.00

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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

John Vaillant

4.35

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Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology (The Rediscovered Series)

Michael J. Benton

4.39

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15 must-read audiobook books like Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk by Buddy Levy

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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides

4.27

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

Mensun Bound

4.12

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Madhouse at the End of the Earth

Julian Sancton

4.27

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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