Books like In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
12 books with a reading profile close to In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In 1740, the British vessel HMS Wager departed on a secret mission to intercept a Spanish treasure galleon but wrecked against desolate rocks off the coast of Patagonia.
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Erik Larson reconstructs the final 1915 voyage of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania, tracking its path from New York toward the Irish coast during the early stages of World War I.
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by David Grann
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett entered the Amazon jungle to locate a hidden civilization he named "Z," believing it to be the birthplace of complex South American culture.
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
by Bill Bryson
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Bill Bryson traces the development of the English language from its obscure Germanic origins into a dominant global tongue.
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Thomas Cahill argues that during the fifth century, as Germanic tribes dismantled the Roman Empire and burned its libraries, the classical tradition survived only on the remote island of Ireland.
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Jonathan Harr chronicles the recovery of "The Taking of Christ," a Caravaggio masterpiece hidden in the dining room of a Jesuit residence in Dublin for decades.
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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
by Timothy Egan
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan moved beyond the deep South to establish a stronghold in the American Midwest, specifically Indiana.
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
by Mark Bowden
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Mark Bowden reconstructs the October 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, where elite US Army Rangers and Delta Force operators attempted to capture two top lieutenants of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Malcolm Gladwell examines the technological evolution and moral dilemmas of industrial warfare through the rivalry between General Haywood Hansell and General Curtis LeMay.
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Erik Larson reconstructs the 1900 hurricane that leveled Galveston, Texas, focusing on meteorologist Isaac Cline and the technical failings of the fledgling U.S.
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Garrett M.
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