*The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour* by James D. Hornfischer.
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Tulipomania by Mike Dash
“The story of the world’s most covered flower and the extraordinary passions it aroused”
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I have recommended his books quite often, but when asked for engaging non-fiction Ben Macintyre is my go to. Agent ZigZag is my favourite book.
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Taking every chance I get to recommend this book: A woman of no importance – the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII by Sonia Purnell.
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In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens by Alice Walker.
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Laura Bates: The New Age of Sexism: How The AI Revolution Is Reinventing Misogyny
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Everything is Tuberculosis–John Green
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The Wager by David Grann
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Blitzed by Norman Ohler. Fascinating look into Nazi Germany’s & Hitler’s rampant drug abuse. Hitler’s personal doctor was fucking insane.
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An engaging biography about a remarkable woman: “Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton”.
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The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright and The Reckoning by David Halberstram
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In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
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Can’t stop at one.
The Indifferent Stars Above – Daniel James Brown
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook – Hampton Sides
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space – Adam Higginbotham
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening or the American West – Stephen E. Ambrose
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*The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour* by James D. Hornfischer.
Tulipomania by Mike Dash
“The story of the world’s most covered flower and the extraordinary passions it aroused”
I have recommended his books quite often, but when asked for engaging non-fiction Ben Macintyre is my go to. Agent ZigZag is my favourite book.
Taking every chance I get to recommend this book: A woman of no importance – the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII by Sonia Purnell.
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens by Alice Walker.
Laura Bates: The New Age of Sexism: How The AI Revolution Is Reinventing Misogyny
Everything is Tuberculosis–John Green
John McPhee anything, the answer to this is always John McPhee!
The Wager by David Grann
Blitzed by Norman Ohler. Fascinating look into Nazi Germany’s & Hitler’s rampant drug abuse. Hitler’s personal doctor was fucking insane.
An engaging biography about a remarkable woman: “Lady of the Army: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton”.
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright and The Reckoning by David Halberstram
In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
Can’t stop at one.
The Indifferent Stars Above – Daniel James Brown
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook – Hampton Sides
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space – Adam Higginbotham
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening or the American West – Stephen E. Ambrose
All good reads.
The Wager!
The Library Book by Susan Orlean