Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives

8 best books like Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives (Albert Marrin): Seafire, Lodestar, Flashback, All That Remains: A Life in Death, The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light, The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts, The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday, Nobody

Seafire

Author	Natalie C. Parker
ISBN	0451478800

After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because...

Lodestar

Author

Shannon Messenger

Dark schemes unfold--and Sophie's loyalty is pushed to the limit--in this thrilling fifth book in the best-selling KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES SERIES.

Sophie Foster is back in the Lost Cities--but the Lost Cities have changed. The threat of war hangs heavy over her glittering world, and the...

Flashback

Author	Shannon Messenger
ISBN	1481497456

In this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.

Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the...

All That Remains: A Life in Death

Author	Sue Black
ISBN	0857524925

Sue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All that...

The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light

Author	Jean Edward Smith
ISBN	1501164929

Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the “rousing” (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, racing to save the city from destruction.

Following...

The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts

Author	Gilbert M. Gaul
ISBN	0374160805

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history--but who bears the brunt of these monster storms?

Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey ($125 billion),...

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

Author	Rob Walker
ISBN	0525521240

An imaginative, thought-provoking gift book to awaken your senses and attune them to the things that matter in your life.

Welcome to the era of white noise. Our lives are in constant tether to phones, to email, and to social media. In this age of distraction, the ability to experience and be present...

Nobody

Author	Jennifer Lynn Barnes
ISBN	1606843214

There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.

That’s why they make the perfect assassins.

The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for...