Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
By: James R. Hansen
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of First Man comes a sweeping saga involving two extraor…
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1. The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
By: Joshua Kendall
3.91
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
America's own The Professor and the Madman: the story of Noah Webster, author of the first dictiona… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
2. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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- nonfiction
"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
3. Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
4.09
Format: 839 pages, Kindle Edition
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biograp… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
5. 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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- history
- nonfiction
"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
6. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
By: Lynne Olson
4.26
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against the international ca… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"He demonstrated a feminism very unusual for his time by encouraging her in all her undertakings and helping her overcome the obstacles that arose with her projects,"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"Above all, she talked about the great debt she owned her parents for encouraging her to do what she wanted and for providing her with unstinting support, not to mention stellar education, that enable…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
"My parents were humanists,“ Desroches later told an interviewer. “They taught me humanist values such as respect for one another, for your neighbors, for people in general, respect for civilizations.…"-Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
7. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
By: Melissa L. Sevigny
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
8. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- sports
9. 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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- history
- nonfiction
10. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
11. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
12. The Age of Grievance
By: Frank Bruni
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"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
14. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
By: Maria Smilios
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
15. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
16. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
17. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewind… read more
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- biography
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18. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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19. A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination
By: Mary Haverstick
3.92
Format: 548 pages, Hardcover
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film’s subject opened a new win… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
20. Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian
By: Amy Attas
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hilarious, jaw-dropping, and heartfelt stories from New York City’s premier “house-call veterinaria… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
By: James R. Hansen
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of First Man comes a sweeping saga involving two extraor… read more
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