Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
by Peter Stark
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by Matthew Goodman
Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
City: A User's Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of Urban Life
by P.D. Smith
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
by Mitchell Zuckoff
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
by Philip Connors
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
by William Dalrymple
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution
by Iain McCalman
The Lassa Ward: One Man’s Fight Against One of the World’s Deadliest Diseases
by Dr. Ross Donaldson MD, MPH
Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled - and Knuckleheaded - Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
by Mark Obmascik
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
by Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland
Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Country
by Tim Butcher
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