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The Perfect Storm

by Sebastian Junger

A true story of men against the sea.
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Into Thin Air

by Jon Krakauer

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in …
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Isaac's Storm

by Erik Larson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed …
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

 

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Young Men and Fire

by Norman Maclean

Tells what happened on August 5, 1949 in Man Gulch, Montana when fifteen smokejumpers came to fight a forest fire.
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