Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

Author: Mitchell Zuckoff

“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven’s sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew—what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read!” —Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic Award-winning….Read More

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Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Sorry we couldn’t find a book description. Please use the goodreads and/or amazon links on the book page to read more.....Read More Amazon goodreads Review this Book… Continue Reading Posted in: National Security, Private Security Services Employees, Terrorism Prevention

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics.Daniel James Brown's robust book tells… Continue Reading Posted in: Olympic Games, United States

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 assigned to the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, History, Military, World War (1939 1945)

John Adams

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Biography, United States

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity,… Continue Reading Posted in: Aeronautics, American Military, Military Campaigns, World War (1939 1945)

1776

In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence, when the whole… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, History

Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of… Continue Reading Posted in: Australia & New Zealand History, Bibliography, Description And Travel, History of Australia & New Zealand, New Zealand Auckland Islands

Alexander Hamilton

An alternate cover edition can be found here.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Biographies, Biography, Statesmen

Flyboys

James Bradley's #1 bestseller Flags of Our Fathers made real the humanity and legacy of war as few books had before. Now, in Flyboys, Bradley returns to World War II… Continue Reading Posted in: 1939 1945, Bibliography, Biography, World War

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

17 hours, 31 minutes On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep… Continue Reading Posted in: Americas, Arctic & Antarctica History, History of Arctic & Antarctica, Ships, World

Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission

A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II.On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion… Continue Reading Posted in: 1939 1945, American Military History, Japanese, Military Strategy History, Philippines Cabanatuan, Prisoners And Prisons, World War

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

A spectacular true odyssey through the extremes of the Sahara Desert in the early 19th century. Reader and protagonist alike are challenged into new ways of understanding culture clash, slavery… Continue Reading Posted in: African Travel, Bibliography, Description And Travel, Desert Survival, North Africa History

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