Books like The space barons
12 books with a reading profile close to The space barons by Christian Davenport. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Rocket Billionaires
by Tim Fernholz
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, business strategy
Tim Fernholz details the commercial pivot of the American space industry from government monopoly to private competition.
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Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
by Bill Browder
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, narrative
After the Russian government murdered his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, financier Bill Browder pivoted from investing to international activism.
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Fermat's Enigma
by Simon Singh
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
Simon Singh chronicles the three-century pursuit of a solution to Pierre de Fermat’s Last Theorem, a deceptively simple conjecture stating that no three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation a^n + b^n = c^n…
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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5
The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, business strategy
In 1888 New York, young attorney Paul Cravath takes on a legal defense for George Westinghouse, who is being sued by Thomas Edison for one billion dollars over the invention of the light bulb.
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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 History of the World in 6 Glasses
by Tom Standage
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
Tom Standage organizes human civilization into six distinct eras defined by a dominant beverage: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In October 1991, a rare meteorological convergence created a "meteorological bomb" off the coast of New England.
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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10
Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
General George S.
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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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The Lost City of the Monkey God
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In 2012, Douglas Preston joined a team of scientists to locate Ciudad Blanca, a legendary civilization hidden within the Honduran rainforest.
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