Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

6 best books like Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy (Ronald Utt): Over Sea, Under Stone, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, 1812: The Navy's War, In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon

Over Sea, Under Stone

Author

Susan Cooper

On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it...

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Author	Eduardo Galeano
ISBN	0853459916

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation...

1812: The Navy's War

Author	George C. Daughan
ISBN	0465020461

At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America’s prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean—but America’s war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical...

In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

Author	Nathaniel Philbrick
ISBN	0525426760

The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition.

Here is the story of the remarkable year leading up to the siege of Yorktown. It sets Washington against his traitorous nemesis Benedict Arnold and...

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Author	Anand Giridharadas
ISBN	0451493249

An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve.

Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded...

The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon

Author

Todd Zwillich

The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon.

Without John C. Houbolt, a junior engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.

Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly...