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Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Columbian Jungle

By Mark Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell

1 available

Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics and the Emerging Threat to the U.S.

By Kozloff N

1 available

Shadow of the Almighty (Lives of Faith): The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot

By Elisabeth Elliot

The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder And Survival In The Amazon

By Robert Whitaker

Out of My Depth

By Anne Darwin, David Leigh

A Miracle, A Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers

By Lawrence Weschler

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth

By James M. Tabor

Jo Ramirez: Memoirs of a Racing Man

By Jo Ramirez

Montezuma and the Aztecs

By Mathilde Heily, Mathilde Helly, R Courgeon, Remy Courgeon

Generation Kill

By Wright, Evan

Veil: Secret Wars of the C.I.A., 1981-87

By Woodward, Bob

Cortes and the Aztecs (Then & There S.)

By Dorner, Jane

Sir Gregor Macgregor and the Land That Never Was: The Extraordinary Story of the Most Audacious Fraud in History

By Sinclair, David

Lost City of the Incas (Phoenix Press)

By hiram bingham, Hugh Thomson

The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon

By Grann, David

The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon

By Grann, David

Che Guevara: the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating historical figures, by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson

By Anderson, Jon Lee

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

By Sprawson, Charles, Liptrot, Amy

Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Richest and Most Dangerous Drug Baron

By Bowden, Mark

Fall: Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021

By Preston, John

Hendrix: The Illustrated Story

By Gaar, Gillian G.

Four Kings: The intoxicating and captivating tale of four men who changed the face of boxing from award-winning sports writer George Kimball

By Kimball, George

Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche

By MacIntyre, Ben

Liberty or Death! The Life and Campaigns of Richard L. Vowell: British Legionnaire and Commander -Hero and Patriot of the Americas

By Paez Victor, Maria

Caithness to Patagonia: Distant Lands and Close Relatives

By Leith, Ian

Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero

By Castro, Ruy

Military Memoirs: A Soldier Of The Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier in the Peninsular War

By Hibbert, Christopher

A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco

By Suzanna Clarke

Evita - A Legend for the Seventies: Life of Eva Peron

By Harbinson, W.A.

An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher

By Zimmerman, Anne