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Polar Exploration

by hollie
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34 books

for anybody else who loved amc's the terror. a mix of fiction and non-fiction exploring both the artic and antarctica. i may also throw in some non-polar naval disasters such as the whaleship essex. i have not read all of these but they're all at least on my tbr

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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic NightThe TerrorAll the White SpacesSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic NightThe Terror

Mary Karr's Required Reading: Memoirs & Hybrids

by punkerella
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76 books

Abridged list curated by Mary Karr in Art of Memoir (2015). I've selected only the books she's denoted to be "better written" as the original list is seven pages long.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)Before Night FallsThe Sum of Our DaysThe Women
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)Before Night Falls

At the Edge of the Map

by nomatterboo
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28 books

Sea voyages, space missions, and exploration (colonialism, stage one) Suggestions welcome

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Leviathan WakesThe Strange Last Voyage of Donald CrowhurstMadhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic NightThe Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage
Leviathan WakesThe Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
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