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Book excerpt: "The Wide Wide Sea" by Hampton Sides
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers," "In the Kingdom of Ice" and "On Desperate Ground," returns with the story of Captain James Cook, and an...
Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCaptain James Cook’s voyages in the South Pacific in the late 1700s exemplify the law of unintended...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBook Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific
This celebrated historian has a long relationship with KC. She’ll return next month
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Doris Kearns Goodwin heads to Unity Temple on the Plaza next month to promote her latest book,...
Planning a road trip? Here are 5 titles you won't want to leave home without: Blundo
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a car trip to Texas this month, my wife and I started making a list of the best audiobooks we’ve...
Douglas Preston's 6 favorite books about historical discoveries
The Week via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDouglas Preston. When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission....
Captain James Cook and the controversial legacy of Western exploration
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe British explorer who sailed the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 1700s, and who was killed in...
Summer books 2024: It’s summertime and the reading’s easy. Or epic. Choose your own adventure
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOne strategy for summer reading — and yes, there are strategies — is to begin a project. Dabble in...
Murdaugh murder books open new windows into SC’s most notorious crime saga
The State via Yahoo News· 3 months agoUp to now the Alex Murdaugh murder saga has been mostly covered by daily journalists, podcasts,...
The week's bestselling books, June 16
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(Los Angeles Times) Hardcover fiction 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time...