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• The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum

  the Rise and Fall of An American Organized-crime Boss

  Fox, Margalit,

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  “Fox succeeds in rescuing a once-notorious public figure from historical obscurity. An engrossing portrait of an unlikely criminal mastermind.”—Kirkus Reviews

• Challenger

  a True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

  Higginbotham, Adam,

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, "compelling, and exhaustively researched" (The Washington Post) minute-by-minute account of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating and new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trail of the Lost

  the Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

  Lankford, Andrea,

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  From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Now Let Me Fly

  a Portrait of Eugene Bullard

  Wimberly, Ronald,

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  On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art Thief

  a True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

  Finkel, Michael,

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  This riveting true story of art, crime, love and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost draws us into the strange and fascinating world of prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole and kept more than 300 objects until…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Underworld

  Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

  Casey, Susan, 1962-

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  “An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure writing, and vivid, visceral prose." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author of The Soul of an Octopus

• Code Name Blue Wren

  the True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy and the Sister She Betrayed

  Popkin, Jim,

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  The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in US history, drawing upon never-before-seen material and to be published upon her release from prison, for readers of Agent Sonya and A Woman of No Importance.

• The Wager

  a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

  Grann, David,

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  In this tale of shipwreck, survival and savagery, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the events on His Majesty’s Ship The Wager, a British vessel that left England in 1740 on a secret mission,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• River of the Gods

  Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

  Millard, Candice,

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  Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies—a decorated soldier and a young aristocrat/Army officer—as they set out to find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Counterspy

  Larry Haas, Bell Aircraft, and the FBI's Attempt to Capture a Soviet Mole

  Haas, Kay • Pickut, Walter W.

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  The First Counterspy is the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent.

• Information Hunters

  When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe

  Peiss, Kathy

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  "This well-written and astutely researched book makes the wartime work of librarians engaging and engrossing. Those fascinated by intelligence missions or keen on the history of library science will appreciate this excellent read." --…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Friend Anna

  the True Story of the Fake Heiress

  Williams, Rachel DeLoache,

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  Tells the true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City—as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship and then scammed out of more than $62,000.

• The Outlaw Ocean

  Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

  Urbina, Ian,

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  A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative reporter profiles the rampant criminal and exploitative activities of the world’s unmonitored ocean regions, uncovering a vast global network of industry corruption, piracy and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spy and the Traitor

  the Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

  Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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  Traces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.

• The Woman Who Smashed Codes

  a True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

  Fagone, Jason,

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  Traces the life of Elizebeth Smith, who met and married groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman and worked with him to discover and expose Nazi spy rings in South America by cracking multiple versions of the Enigma machine.

• The Last Girl

  My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

  Murad, Nadia,

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  A human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee traces the harrowing and ultimately inspiring story of her captivity by the Islamic State, describing how militants massacred the people of her Iraqi farming village, killing most of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu

  and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

  Hammer, Joshua, 1957-

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  Describes how an average, mild-mannered archivist and historian became an expert smuggler when she organized a dangerous operation to sneak 350,000 precious manuscripts out of Timbuktu in the face of the 2012 al Qaeda takeover.

• The Boiling River

  Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon

  Ruzo, Andres

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  In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon - where rivers boil and legends come to life.

• The Skies Belong to Us

  Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking

  Koerner, Brendan I.

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  A shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague protest against the war. Through a combination of savvy and dumb luck, the couple managed to flee…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girls of Murder City

  Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago

  Perry, Douglas, 1968-

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  Documents the true stories of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan, the women whose sensational murder trials inspired the musical "Chicago," and traces the contributions of fledgling reporter Maurine Watkins against a backdrop of Chicago's…Read moreRead more of this annotation