Rank | Info | Synopsis | |
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1 | Atlas Obscura |
A dense (nearly 500 pages) richly documented ultimate explorer's guide to more than 700 hidden marvels, events and curiosities around the world. | Buy now! |
2 | Dead Wake |
The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915; by the author of The Devil in the White City. | Buy now! |
3 | Sully |
A memoir by the pilot who performed the successful emergency landing of a plane with 155 passengers on the Hudson River in 2009. The basis for the movie. | Buy now! |
4 | Wild |
A womans account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. A 2014 movie. | Buy now! |
5 | Barbarian Days |
This Pulitzer Prize-winning surfing chronicle and memoir by a New Yorker writer celebrates a lifelong obsession. | Buy now! |
6 | The Invention Of Nature |
The life of the visionary German explorer, scientist and naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt. | Buy now! |
7 | The Wright Brothers |
The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight. | Buy now! |
8 | In The Heart Of The Sea |
The sinking of the New England whaleship Essex in 1820, by a sperm whale. The basis of the movie. | Buy now! |
9 | The Oregon Trail |
The author and his brother travel 2,000 miles by mule and wagon from Missouri to Oregon. | Buy now! |
10 | Pacific |
A biography of the Pacific Ocean. | Buy now! |