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In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 National Book Award winner chronicles the harrowing ordeal of the Essex whale ship crew that survived a near-sinking and subsequent harrowing journey on the ocean's surface.

Erik Larson’s *Thunderstruck* chronicles the intertwined lives of murderer Hawley Crippen and inventor Guglielmo Marconi as their paths collide amid the dramatic backdrop of Edwardian London and the North Atlantic.

A gripping 1922 memoir detailing Apsley Cherry‑Garrard’s firsthand experience of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill‑fated 1910‑1913 Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole.

A dual‑tale graphic and text adventure following Billy Marvel, a shipwrecked boy who builds a renowned London acting dynasty, and Joseph Jervis, a runaway drawn into the family’s haunted house.

A comprehensive, research‑based chronicle of the American Jeannette Expedition (1879‑1881) to the North Pole, detailing the ship’s voyage, hardships, and the subsequent aftermath.

A meticulously researched chronicle of Patty Hearst’s 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army and the ensuing legal and cultural storm, revealing the American media frenzy and the emergence of the term “Stockholm syndrome.”

An investigative account of patient deaths at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, exploring allegations of euthanasia and the hospital’s struggle amid flooding, power loss and rising temperatures.

A precise, ten‑year investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that uncovers the truth behind the myth and examines the killers, victims, and community response.

During World War II in Warsaw, the Zabinskis run the city’s zoo while secretly aiding the resistance to rescue Jews from the ghetto.

Former White House Counsel John W. Dean reveals what President Nixon knew about Watergate, using transcripts, secret recordings and National Archives documents.

A gripping adventure where two siblings discover survival secrets amid a frozen Arctic expedition.

A collection of biographical sketches of general-grade officers from World War II to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, exploring the evolution of the Army's approach to generalship and the negative impact on leadership and battle performance.

Bound by Ice follows the journey of George Washington De Long and the crew of the USS Jeannette, who departed San Francisco in the summer of 1879 hoping to find a route to the North Pole. ... Many—including De Long—did not survive.

In 1884 the yacht Mignonette sinks off West Africa, leaving four men adrift in a tin‑tied dinghy; after survival cannibalism they are tried for murder in a sensational court case that shocked Victorian society.

In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)—to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field. In today’s polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency. ([source][1]) [1]: https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/books/

Captain Ernest Shackleton leads a daring rescue across 800 miles of ice‑bound waters to save his stranded crew aboard the Endurance during the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition.

Truevine follows the true story of George and Willie Muse, two Black sharecropper sons from rural Virginia who were taken to circus stardom in the late 1800s, only to endure exploitation and racial caricature while their mother campaigned tirelessly to bring them home.