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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,019,045 ratings — published 2010
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 13,900 ratings — published 2007
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 180,578 ratings — published 1959
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 591,691 ratings — published 1997
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,226,726 ratings — published 1996
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 73,747 ratings — published 2012
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 4,487 ratings — published 2014
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 123,457 ratings — published 2000
Captive: The Story of the Cleveland Abductions (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.59 — 881 ratings — published 2013
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 44,179 ratings — published 2009
Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 27,955 ratings — published 2006
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 83,468 ratings — published 1974
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 115,958 ratings — published 2009
Jungle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 10,173 ratings — published 1985
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 5,336 ratings — published 2013
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,608 ratings — published 2017
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.54 — 6,087 ratings — published 2010
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 82,506 ratings — published 2005
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 17,581 ratings — published 2015
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 66,897 ratings — published 1988
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 12,605 ratings — published 2004
In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 840 ratings — published
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 2,515 ratings — published 2017
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 727 ratings — published 1942
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 2,851 ratings — published 2004
Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.46 — 2,517 ratings — published 2018
Desperate Voyage (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 362 ratings — published 1950
Four Against the Wilderness: The True Story of a Father & His Three Teenage Children Shipwrecked Off the Coast of Alaska in Winter (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 168 ratings — published 1981
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 241,838 ratings — published 2023
The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 973 ratings — published 2020
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 8,528 ratings — published 2018
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.88 — 355,462 ratings — published 1960
Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 40,867 ratings — published 2001
Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 195 ratings — published 1997
Escape from Laos (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 127 ratings — published 1979
117 Days Adrift (World of Cruising)
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avg rating 4.06 — 324 ratings — published 1974
Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 331 ratings — published 1994
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 6,553 ratings — published 2008
A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin Mysteries #1)
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avg rating 3.47 — 129 ratings — published 2004
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 3,198 ratings — published 1980
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 12,191 ratings — published 2012
Earth Abides (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 35,577 ratings — published 1949
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,754 ratings — published 2015
A Long Walk to Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 108,985 ratings — published 2010
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,444 ratings — published 2006
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
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avg rating 3.91 — 91,930 ratings — published 2017
Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,841 ratings — published 2010
When Rabbit Howls (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 18,011 ratings — published 1987
Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,073 ratings — published 1975
Left for Dead in the Outback: How I Survived 71 Days Lost in a Desert Hell (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 212 ratings — published 2008