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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
Daniel James Brown
★★★★· Published 2009· 352 pages· read 2025
The Donner Party told through one young bride's ordeal. Harrowing and hard to put down.
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★ 5The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
The University of Washington rowing team's improbable road to gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. I don't even care about rowing and I was riveted.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Erik Larson
The American ambassador's family in Berlin as the Nazis rose to power. Reads like a thriller, and it's all true.
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
John Carlin
How Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite South Africa — the book behind Invictus. Inspiring.