Books like Pirate Latitudes
12 books with a reading profile close to Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton, John Bedford Lloyd. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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A Matter of Honour
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Adam Scott, a former captain in the British Army, receives a mysterious letter following his father's death.
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2
Rising Sun
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
During a gala opening for the Nakamoto Corporation’s new Los Angeles headquarters, a beautiful woman is found dead on a boardroom table.
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3
The Racketeer
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Malcolm Bannister is an incarcerated former attorney serving time in a federal camp for a white-collar crime he maintains he did not commit.
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The Guardians
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In the small town of Seabrook, Florida, Quincy Miller was convicted of murdering his lawyer, Keith Russo.
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Batman: The Man Who Laughs
by Ed Brubaker
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Set immediately after the events of Year One, this story chronicles the first encounter between Batman and the Joker.
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The Day of the Jackal
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1963, the plot follows a secret French paramilitary group, the OAS, as they hire a professional British assassin known only by the codename Jackal.
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Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event (Comic)
by Mark Millar
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Following a catastrophic explosion in Stamford caused by a battle between the New Warriors and Nitro, the United States government passes the Superhuman Registration Act.
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Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
by Frank Miller
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
Marv is a massive, scarred brawler who wakes up in a cheap hotel to find Goldie, the beautiful woman he just spent the night with, murdered beside him.
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The Revenant
Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1823, Michael Punke’s novel follows Hugh Glass, a scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
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Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
by Scott Snyder
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Bruce Wayne believes he knows every secret within Gotham City's foundations, yet the discovery of a century-old murder reveals a hidden organization known as the Court of Owls.
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Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)
by Tom Clancy
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · thriller, entertainment
The plot begins when Soviet agents sabotage a major Siberian oil refinery, creating a fuel crisis that threatens the USSR’s economic survival.
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Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls
by Scott Snyder
Also growth-minded and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
In the second volume of Scott Snyder’s Batman run, Bruce Wayne faces the Court of Owls, a secret cabal that has manipulated Gotham City's infrastructure and politics from the shadows for centuries.
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