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Thrilling History

Epic adventures, legendary figures, and captivating tales.

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  • Sailing the Graveyard Sea

    the Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

    Snow, Richard, 1947-
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, 2023. — 359.00973 SNO
  • The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

    the True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

    Adlington, Lucy, 1970-
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — 940.5318 ADL
  • Prisoners of the Castle

    An Epic Story of Survival and Escape From Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

    Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
    Book, 2022New York : Crown, [2022] — 940.547243 MAC
  • Book, 2010New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010. — BIOGRAPHY CLEOPATRA, QUEEN SCH
  • The Murder of the Century

    the Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars

    Collins, Paul, 1969-
    Book, 2011New York : Crown Publishers, ©2011. — 364.1523 COL
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    Grann, David,
    Book, 2017New York : Doubleday, [2017] — 976.6004 GRA
  • Blood, Fire, & Gold

    the Story of Elizabeth I & Catherine De Medici

    Paranque, Estelle,
    Book, 2022New York : Hachette Books, 2022. — 942.055 PAR
  • The Ottomans

    Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

    Baer, Marc David, 1970-
    Book, 2021New York : Basic Books, 2021. — 956.015 BAE
  • Unbroken

    a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

    Hillenbrand, Laura
    Book, 2010New York : Random House, [2010]
  • Daughter of Daring

    the Trick-riding, Train-leaping, Road-racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood's First Stuntwoman

    O'Meara, Mallory,
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2025] — 791.43028 O'MEARA
  • In the Garden of Beasts

    Love, Terror, and An American Family in Hitler's Berlin

    Larson, Erik, 1954-
    Book, 2011New York : Crown, ©2011. — 943.086 LAR
  • A Guest of the Reich

    the Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape From Nazi Germany

    Finn, Peter, 1962-
    Book, 2019New York : Pantheon Books, [2019] — 940.547 FIN
  • The Immortal Irishman

    the Irish Revolutionary Who Became An American Hero

    Egan, Timothy,
    Book, 2016Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. — 355.0092 MEAGHER
  • Ghosts of Honolulu

    a Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

    Harmon, Mark, 1951-
    Book, 2023[New York] : Harper Select, [2023] — 940.5426 HAR
  • The Escape Artist

    the Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

    Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 940.5318 FRE
  • Realm of Ice and Sky

    Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

    Levy, Buddy, 1960-
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. — 910.9113 LEV
  • Beverly Hills Spy

    the Double-agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

    Drabkin, Ronald,
    Book, 2024New York, NY : William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — 940.548673 DRA
  • The Ship of Dreams

    the Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era

    Russell, Gareth,
    Book, 2019New York : Atria Books, 2019. — 910.9163 RUS