 | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.76 Awesome, breathtaking account of the worst disaster in Mt. Everest History. Jon Krakauer was part of a expedition that was caught in the middle of this and here is his gutwrenching and horrible account.
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 | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.74 Two Fold story about two men. One a visionary who was the catalyst behind the consruction and design of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Too bad there was also a serial killer who tried to ruin it
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 | The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $0.51 Americans don't really know the story of what has been argued the worst serial killings in Europe since jack the ripper. This book reads like a murder mystery with twists all throughout.
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 | Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
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 | The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston
Buy new: $9.44 / Used from: $3.58 |
 | High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $1.44 Authors first hand account about the greed and inexperience that has lead to countless lives being lost on the big mountain. Similar to "Into Thin Air".
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 | Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 Tells the story of how the survivor's of the Bataan Death March survived in a Japanese POW camp and how they were liberated. You couldn't write a fictional story this good.
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