Top Ten Greatest Non-Fiction Page Turners
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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
Chronicles one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima
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Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures
by Kenneth Cain
"This is a true story about three friends trying to bring a bit of decency to some of the most savage and indecent spots on …
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Shutterbabe
by Deborah Copaken
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The remarkable memoir of an ambitious young photojournalist who went off to war as a twenty-two-year-old girl—and came back, four years and …
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My War Gone By, I Miss it So
by Anthony Loyd
Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, …
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First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung
From a childhood survivor of the brutal Pol Pot regime comes an unforgettable narrative of tragedy and spiritual triumph. 8-page photo insert.
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The Man Who Tried to Save the World
by Scott Anderson
A swashbuckling Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Fred Cuny spent his life in countries rent by war, famine, and …
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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhikes to Alaska and walks alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months …
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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 …
