Browsing Books by Books Like The River of Doubt
- John Adams (2008)
- Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusett...
- Seventeen Seventy-six (2005)
- Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution ...
- The Kite Runner (2003)
- Traces the unlikely friendship of Amir, a wealthy Afghanistani youth, and a servant's son, in a tale...
- Colonel Roosevelt (2011)
- Presents a chronicle of the last ten years of Theodore Roosevelt's life to cover his African safaris...
- The Coldest Winter (2007)
- Explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War and evaluates po...
- Guns, Germs, and Steel (1999)
- Dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels ...
- Water for Elephants (2006)
- Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the...
- The Destiny of the Republic (2011)
- A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background...
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008)
- Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, this is a moving tale of post-war friendship, love and book...
- Catherine the Great (2011)
- Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage...
- The Scarecrow (2009)
- Pursuing a big story in anticipation of his imminent layoff, Los Angeles reporter Jack McEvoy invest...
- City of Scoundrels (2012)
- Documents the harrowing 12-day period in 1919 Chicago during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a cri...
- Freakonomics (2005)
- The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime...
