Great Non-Fiction to Read

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Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,303 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 551,029 ratings
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What Papa Told Me
What Papa Told Me 4.16 avg rating — 601 ratings
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The Nostradamus Prophecies: A Novel
The Nostradamus Prophecies: A Novel 3.39 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,693 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,241 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,592 ratings
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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
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The Fortunate Pilgrim (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) 3.89 avg rating — 5,484 ratings
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1776
1776 4.10 avg rating — 243,357 ratings
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,230 ratings
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In Jail With Charles Dickens
In Jail With Charles Dickens 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania
Wilful Murder: The Sinking of the Lusitania 4.03 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Pirates Own Book: Or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers (Applewood Books)
Pirates Own Book: Or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers (Applewood Books) 3.60 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves 4.32 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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The Memoirs of a Prague Executioner: A Historical Novel Based on Actual Events
The Memoirs of a Prague Executioner: A Historical Novel Based on Actual Events 3.90 avg rating — 234 ratings
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The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg 4.05 avg rating — 6,113 ratings
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Wildflowers of Terezin
Wildflowers of Terezin 4.01 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
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The Fate of the Romanovs
The Fate of the Romanovs
by: Greg King
4.09 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 4.05 avg rating — 107,674 ratings
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The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by: Greg King
4.04 avg rating — 1,652 ratings
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True Crime in the Civil War: Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse
True Crime in the Civil War: Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse 3.52 avg rating — 214 ratings
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Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating — 99,748 ratings
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Tempest at Dawn
Tempest at Dawn 4.01 avg rating — 787 ratings
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The Discovery of the Titanic
The Discovery of the Titanic 4.30 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account 4.32 avg rating — 23,989 ratings
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Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog
Horrie The War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog 4.21 avg rating — 237 ratings
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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki 3.71 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Judy: A Dog In A Million
Judy: A Dog In A Million 4.36 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
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Pompeii
Pompeii 3.88 avg rating — 51,582 ratings
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Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse
Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse 4.29 avg rating — 722 ratings
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The Essential Nostradamus
The Essential Nostradamus 2.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Down Under
Down Under 4.07 avg rating — 119,165 ratings
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Ten Thousand Miles With a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
Ten Thousand Miles With a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska 4.06 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Lucky For Me
Lucky For Me 3.74 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Pirate
Pirate 3.94 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa
Todo in Tuscany: The Dog at the Villa 4.13 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Women of the Titanic Disaster
Women of the Titanic Disaster 3.72 avg rating — 123 ratings
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A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War
A Distant Grief: Australians, War Graves and the Great War 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
by: Anonymous
3.49 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature
Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature 4.29 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw 3.98 avg rating — 19,107 ratings
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Devil's Knot
Devil's Knot 4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings
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While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement
While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 4.10 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy 4.14 avg rating — 44,131 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,320 ratings
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A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates 3.73 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
by: Greg King
3.98 avg rating — 858 ratings
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Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate
Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate 3.70 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing ANZACS
The Nameless Names: Recovering the Missing ANZACS 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean
Blackbeard: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean
by: Dan Parry
3.71 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
by: Ed Caesar
3.79 avg rating — 3,226 ratings
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Pirates
Pirates really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 373 ratings
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Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways & Sailors' Wives
Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways & Sailors' Wives 3.62 avg rating — 501 ratings
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805 3.86 avg rating — 2,350 ratings
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier 4.08 avg rating — 1,259 ratings
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Fast Ships, Black Sails
Fast Ships, Black Sails 3.51 avg rating — 493 ratings
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The Book of Pirates
The Book of Pirates 3.56 avg rating — 558 ratings
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Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates 3.68 avg rating — 10,103 ratings
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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign 3.87 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
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Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 4.17 avg rating — 697 ratings
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"They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
"They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theatre, Abraham Lincoln's Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance 4.21 avg rating — 456 ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,162 ratings
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Titanic Lost and Saved
Titanic Lost and Saved 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Remembering the Titanic: A Novel
Remembering the Titanic: A Novel
by: Diane Hoh
3.64 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Unsinkable: The Full Story Of The RMS Titanic
Unsinkable: The Full Story Of The RMS Titanic 4.16 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
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The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons 3.96 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his captivity at Detroit, reproduced in facsimile from the 2d. ed. of 1780
Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his captivity at Detroit, reproduced in facsimile from the 2d. ed. of 1780 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Zambesi Expedition
The Zambesi Expedition 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The voyages of Captain Scott: retold from 'The voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's last expedition'
The voyages of Captain Scott: retold from 'The voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's last expedition' 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Unsolved Serial Killings
Unsolved Serial Killings 3.55 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Jack the Ripper. Anatomie einer Legende
Jack the Ripper. Anatomie einer Legende 4.04 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Titanic 1912
Titanic 1912 3.40 avg rating — 926 ratings
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Titanic: Answer From the Deep
Titanic: Answer From the Deep 3.66 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Titanic Conspiracy
The Titanic Conspiracy it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Through Central Borneo; An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917
Through Central Borneo; An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 3.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, Or, the Real Robinson Crusoe
The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, Or, the Real Robinson Crusoe 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide
The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & The Cuban Five
Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & The Cuban Five 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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A Ransomed Yankee: Epic Voyage of the Whalingship Milo
A Ransomed Yankee: Epic Voyage of the Whalingship Milo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Buccaneers of America
The Buccaneers of America 3.78 avg rating — 769 ratings
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Lincoln's Last Hours
Lincoln's Last Hours 4.11 avg rating — 485 ratings
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And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist & the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss & Betrayal
And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist & the Glovemaker: A True Story of Love, Loss & Betrayal 3.85 avg rating — 899 ratings
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Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival 3.16 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Civil War Homicide: The Murder of Major General Nelson
Civil War Homicide: The Murder of Major General Nelson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Strange True Stories of Louisiana 3.51 avg rating — 385 ratings
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The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind 3.90 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology 3.82 avg rating — 13,927 ratings
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The Shot Heard 'Round the World: The Novel
The Shot Heard 'Round the World: The Novel 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century 3.69 avg rating — 2,022 ratings
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The House of Doctor Dee
The House of Doctor Dee 3.36 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
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History of Julius Caesar (Makers of History, #4)
History of Julius Caesar (Makers of History, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 727 ratings
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Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America 3.78 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Acadian Exiles
The Acadian Exiles 3.69 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy
Life Under the Jolly Roger: Reflections on Golden Age Piracy 3.78 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Titanic A to Z, The Story of the World's Most Famous Shipwreck
Titanic A to Z, The Story of the World's Most Famous Shipwreck 3.69 avg rating — 48 ratings
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