The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
By: Peter Maas
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlanti…
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1. Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
4.50
Format: 24 pages,
From the team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, bestselling authors of the blockbuster Killingser… read more
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"He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth." Nancy Reagan on her husband"-Bill O'Reilly, Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
2. Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
By: Vicki Constantine Croke
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a “fo… read more
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3. Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
By: Piers Paul Read
4.13
Format: 318 pages, Paperback
On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-p… read more
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"There was one question, however, which Inciarte had asked him and he could not answer. Why was it that he had lived while others had died? What purpose had God in making this selection? What sense co…"-Piers Paul Read, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
"The closeness of the relationship between Fito Strauch, Eduardo Strauch and Daniel Fernandez gave them an immediate advantage over all the other in withstanding not the physical but the mental suffer…"-Piers Paul Read, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
4. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
By: David McCullough
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring - and until now, untold - story of the adventurou… read more
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5. The Murder of King Tut
By: James Patterson , Martin Dugard
3.51
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A secret buried for centuries Thrust onto Egypt's most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut… read more
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6. The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier & the Yukon Gold Rush
By: Howard Blum
4.17
Format: 200 pages,
New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the… read more
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7. The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
By: Peter Maas
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlanti… read more
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- military fiction
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- military history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
8. Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
By: Wil S. Hylton
4.46
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Praised by Robert Kurson, Philipp Meyer, Hampton Sides, Michael Paterniti, and many others "A power… read more
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9. Brian's Hunt (Brian's Saga, #5)
By: Gary Paulsen
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Millions of readers of" Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter," and "Brian's Return" know that Brian R… read more
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10. Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
3.43
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Lost in Shangri-La recounts the incredible true-life adventure of twenty-four officers and enlisted… read more
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11. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
By: Slavomir Rawicz
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia th… read more
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12. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
By: Gary Kinder
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author Gary Kinder tells, for the first time, an extraordinary tale of history, maritim… read more
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13. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
By: Candice Millard
4.24
Format: None pages,
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more
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14. Winesburg, Ohio
By: Sherwood Anderson
2.96
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life… read more
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15. Brian's Return (Brian's Saga, #4)
By: Gary Paulsen
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone… read more
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16. Thunderstruck
By: Erik Larson
3.77
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more
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17. The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination
By: Barry S. Strauss
3.79
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
In this story of the most famous assassination in history, "the last bloody day of the [Roman] Repu… read more
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18. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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19. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard
4.35
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O’Reilly and … read more
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20. 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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"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
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"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
21. Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
By: Keith Thomson
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirat… read more
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