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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson

323 pages • first pub 1999 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years by Michael Esslinger

Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years

Michael Esslinger

421 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime informative slow-paced
The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan

The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home

Denise Kiernan

401 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography historical history informative slow-paced
Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue by William H. Tyre

Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue

Images of America: Illinois

William H. Tyre

128 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Chicago's 1893 World's Fair by Joseph M. Di Cola, David Stone

Chicago's 1893 World's Fair

Images of America: Illinois

Joseph M. Di Cola, David Stone

127 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria the Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Lost Ships by Rick Archbold, Robert D. Ballard

Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria the Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Lost Ships

Rick Archbold, Robert D. Ballard

224 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging tense medium-paced
The Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard

The Discovery of the Titanic

Je Peux Lire Niveau 4

Robert D. Ballard

230 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction historical history science tense slow-paced
A Concise History of the Hawaiian Islands by Phil Barnes
A Concise History of the Hawaiian Islands
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Phil Barnes

A Concise History of the Hawaiian Islands

Phil Barnes

86 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
Titanic by Thomas E. Bonsall

Titanic

Thomas E. Bonsall

64 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction historical history challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed

Patricia Cornwell

387 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction true crime informative slow-paced