12 Best nonfiction books like Life Inside The Dead Man's Curve: The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot by Kevin McDonald

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Life Inside The Dead Man's Curve: The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot

By: Kevin McDonald

4.41

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Travis County STAR Flight, in Austin, Texas, is recognized as one of the premier public-safety heli…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Life Inside The Dead Man's Curve: The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot by Kevin McDonald , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Seabiscuit: An American Legend

By: Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

Format: 457 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's an alternate cover edition here Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular … read more

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"The weather was clear, the track fast War Admiral broke first and finished last."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"To pilot a racehorse is to ride a half-ton catapult. It is without question one of the most formidable feats in sport."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"He grasped for hope in Emerson's vision of natural polarities, in which all things are balanced by their opposites—darkness by light, cold by heat, loss by gain."

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

"There's more than one thing I can't do and there are a lot more things than that that you can't do or you wouldn't be in the newspaper business. You'd be a jockey and a scholar and a connoisseur of f…"

-Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

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2. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

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3. Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more

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4. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

By: Gregory A. Freeman

4.36

Format: None pages,

An astonishing, never-before-told story of the Second World War, based on newly declassified docume… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2) by Michael    Connelly

5. The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

By: Michael Connelly

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he e… read more

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"You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"one of the crazies moved into the cone of light beneath a streetlight. It was a black man, high-stepping and making jerking movements with his arms. He made a crisp turn and began moving back into th…"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

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6. 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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"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

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7. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

By: Matt Parker

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more

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"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"

-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Cover of The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) by Jonathan Kellerman

8. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more

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Cover of Blue Moon (Jack Reacher, #24) by Lee Child

9. Blue Moon (Jack Reacher, #24)

By: Lee Child

3.96

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a random universe,” Reacher says. “Once in a blue moon things turn out just right.” Th… read more

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10. The Sea Wolves (Isaac Bell #13)

By: Jack Du Brul

4.43

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An old nemesis. A secret technology. The outcome of a Great War at stake... Summer, 1914. As New… read more

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11. Stargazer (Leaphorn & Chee, #24)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Ti… read more

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12. The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)

By: Jack Carr

4.45

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and em… read more

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13. Hell and Back (Walt Longmire, #18)

By: Craig Johnson

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series. Picking up where Daughter of… read more

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Cover of All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit by Stephen M. Cohn

14. All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death in the Trauma Unit

By: Stephen M. Cohn

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping portrait of trauma surgeons and their place in the controlled chaos of a trauma center, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The Nature of Fragile Things

By: Susan Meissner

4.26

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring… read more

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"It is the nature of the earth to shift. It is the nature of fragile things to break. It is the nature of fire to burn."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

"I don't think love is something you can start and stop by choosing. Our hearts tell us who we will love, and not the other way."

-Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things

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16. All the Living and the Dead

By: Hayley Campbell

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more

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"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."

-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead

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17. The Sacred Bridge (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito, #25)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.21

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her late father, Tony."--Booklist An ancient myste… read more

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18. NYPD: Laughing In The Line Of Duty (Tell All NYPD Books)

By: Vic Ferrari

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Life as a New York City police officer is nothing like what you see on television. Of course, it ca… read more

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19. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

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20. The Scandal of Mercy (Joe Boyd Suspense #3)

By: Dan Walsh

4.70

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Lieutenant Joe Boyd gets some surprising news from his wife, Kate. He barely has time to process it… read more

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21. Wings of Vengeance: A USS Enterprise Naval Adventure Novel (Fightin'est Ship in WWII series Book 2)

By: Scott Cook

4.29

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

There is a price to be paid for treachery… and the balance is due in flame!The United States is ree… read more

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22. Wings of Destiny: A USS Enterprise Naval Adventure Novel (Fightin'est Ship in WWII series Book 1)

By: Scott Cook

4.30

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

A storm lurks over the horizon… a storm that will change the world forever.On December 7, 1941, the… read more

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Cover of Next to Last Stand (Walt Longmire, #16) by Craig Johnson

23. Next to Last Stand (Walt Longmire, #16)

By: Craig Johnson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.One of the most viewed pain… read more

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Cover of Daughter of the Morning Star (Walt Longmire, #17) by Craig Johnson

24. Daughter of the Morning Star (Walt Longmire, #17)

By: Craig Johnson

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Another New York Times bestseller in the beloved Longmire series. When Lolo Long's niece Jaya be… read more

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25. The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1)

By: S.J. Bennett

3.52

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

The morning after a dinner party at Windsor Castle, eighty-nine-year-old Queen Elizabeth is shocked… read more

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26. Command (Lieutenant Peter Harding #1)

By: Antony Melville-Ross

4.38

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Frozen fingers, broken bones, shattered hearts… the situation could not get worse. Or so Lieuten… read more

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27. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

By: Anthony Fauci

4.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. The Wrangler's Inconvenient Wife (Wyoming Legacy, #4)

By: Lacy Williams

4.43

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Alone and on the run, Fran must protect her younger sister at all cost — but she never expected the… read more

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Cover of Better Lucky Than Good : From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot, And Beyond (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 1) by Dale Arenson

29. Better Lucky Than Good : From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot, And Beyond (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 1)

By: Dale Arenson

4.63

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Jump inside the cockpit of an airplane and take an exhilarating trip across the United States. With… read more

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30. Life Inside The Dead Man's Curve: The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot

By: Kevin McDonald

4.41

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Travis County STAR Flight, in Austin, Texas, is recognized as one of the premier public-safety heli… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. Busting Drug Dealers: Diaries of a DEA Special Agent

By: Mike Fredericks

4.30

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

True Stories from the Underbelly of World Drug Traffickers While the rest of us were safe in our… read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39) by Jonathan Kellerman

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Still See You Everywhere (Frankie Elkin, #3)

Lisa Gardner

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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