🌊 Maritime Disasters

Gripping accounts of ships lost to storms, icebergs, and human error, chronicling the harrowing moments when the sea claims what was built to conquer it. Readers come for the drama of survival and the forensics of what went wrong.

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord • 1955

Ice at 11:40. Lifeboats for only half on board. Two hours later, the orchestra was still playing.

4.10

30k+

⚓ Shipwrecks 👁️ Eyewitness History 🧥 Class Divides

A Night to Remember 93%

Ice at 11:40. Lifeboats for only half on board. Two hours later, the orchestra was still playing.

by Walter Lord 1955

4.10

30k+ ratings

⚓ Shipwrecks 👁️ Eyewitness History 🧥 Class Divides

The Gales of November

by John U. Bacon • 2025

The Great Lakes breed deadlier waves. The Edmund Fitzgerald was built for cargo, not survival.

4.50

15k+

🚢 Great Lakes Shipping 🔍 Shipwreck Investigations 🏭 Industrial History

The Gales of November 91%

The Great Lakes breed deadlier waves. The Edmund Fitzgerald was built for cargo, not survival.

by John U. Bacon 2025

4.50

15k+ ratings

🚢 Great Lakes Shipping 🔍 Shipwreck Investigations 🏭 Industrial History

Woodsong

by Gary Paulsen • 1990

A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.

3.93

4k+

🚢 Maritime Disaster 🌍 World War I 🌊 Submarine Warfare

Woodsong 90%

A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.

by Gary Paulsen 1990

3.93

4k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Disaster 🌍 World War I 🌊 Submarine Warfare

The Wager

by David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

4.17

219k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives

The Wager 90%

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

by David Grann 2023

4.17

219k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives

Curse of The Narrows

by Laura M. MacDonald • 2005

Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.

3.99

1k+

🏠 World War I Home Front 💥 Disaster Narratives 🤝 Community Resilience

Curse of The Narrows 90%

Before Hiroshima, the largest manmade blast leveled a Canadian city. Oppenheimer studied its ruins.

by Laura M. MacDonald 2005

3.99

1k+ ratings

🏠 World War I Home Front 💥 Disaster Narratives 🤝 Community Resilience

In the Heart of the Sea

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2000

A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.

4.17

120k+

⚓ Maritime History 🐋 Whaling History 🚣 Open Boat Survival

In the Heart of the Sea 90%

A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2000

4.17

120k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🐋 Whaling History 🚣 Open Boat Survival

Sea of Glory

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

4.04

7k+

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages

Sea of Glory 89%

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough • 1968

2,200 dead, a city erased in ten minutes. The dam's owners were never held accountable.

4.13

26k+

🌊 Disaster History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚙️ Engineering Failures

The Johnstown Flood 89%

2,200 dead, a city erased in ten minutes. The dam's owners were never held accountable.

by David McCullough 1968

4.13

26k+ ratings

🌊 Disaster History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚙️ Engineering Failures

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

A Marriage at Sea 89%

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

Shipwrecked!

by Martin W. Sandler • 2023

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

3.87

218

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration

Shipwrecked! 88%

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

by Martin W. Sandler 2023

3.87

218 ratings

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys • 2016

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

4.35

260k+

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea

Salt to the Sea 88%

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

by Ruta Sepetys 2016

4.35

260k+ ratings

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea

Erebus

by Michael Palin • 2018

She mapped Antarctica, then vanished in the Arctic with 129 men. The full story of HMS Erebus.

4.28

12k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🚢 Maritime History 🗺️ Northwest Passage

Erebus 88%

She mapped Antarctica, then vanished in the Arctic with 129 men. The full story of HMS Erebus.

by Michael Palin 2018

4.28

12k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🚢 Maritime History 🗺️ Northwest Passage

Ninety Percent of Everything

by Rose George • 2013

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

3.79

4k+

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor

Ninety Percent of Everything 88%

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

by Rose George 2013

3.79

4k+ ratings

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor

Castaway

by Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

871

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

Castaway 88%

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

by Lucy Irvine 1983

3.76

871 ratings

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

by Lauren Tarshis • 2010

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

4.09

20k+

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Summary

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 88%

A curious boy aboard the Titanic must navigate chaos when an iceberg seals the ship's fate.

by Lauren Tarshis 2010

4.09

20k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic Disaster 🌊 Shipwreck Survival 👫 Sibling Bond

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

Rolling in the Deep 88%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

The Sea and Civilization

by Lincoln Paine • 2013

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

3.89

700

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation

The Sea and Civilization 88%

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

by Lincoln Paine 2013

3.89

700 ratings

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation

Endurance

by Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

169k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

Endurance 88%

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

by Alfred Lansing 1959

4.46

169k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard • 2007

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

3.89

12k+

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History

The Republic of Pirates 88%

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

by Colin Woodard 2007

3.89

12k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History

Moby-Duck

by Donovan Hohn • 2011

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

3.31

3k+

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

Moby-Duck 88%

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

by Donovan Hohn 2011

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

The Wide Wide Sea

by Hampton Sides • 2024

Hawaiians believed Captain Cook was a god. Weeks later, his body was dismembered in the surf.

4.46

24k+

🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Voyages Of Discovery 🤝 First Contact

The Wide Wide Sea 88%

Hawaiians believed Captain Cook was a god. Weeks later, his body was dismembered in the surf.

by Hampton Sides 2024

4.46

24k+ ratings

🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Voyages Of Discovery 🤝 First Contact

Over the Edge of the World

by Laurence Bergreen • 2003

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

4.19

19k+

🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation

Over the Edge of the World 87%

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

by Laurence Bergreen 2003

4.19

19k+ ratings

🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation

We, the Drowned

by Carsten Jensen • 2006

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

4.24

13k+

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

We, the Drowned 87%

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

by Carsten Jensen 2006

4.24

13k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

The Underworld

by Susan Casey • 2023

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

4.22

5k+

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism

The Underworld 87%

More of the moon is named than the deep seafloor. It controls our climate and hides an alien world.

by Susan Casey 2023

4.22

5k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🐙 Marine Biology 🌋 Geology And Volcanism

Dark Tide

by Stephen Puleo • 2003

A 25-foot wave of molasses killed 21 people because one company ignored every warning sign.

4.03

5k+

🏭 Industrial Disasters ⚙️ Engineering Failures 💼 Corporate Negligence

Dark Tide 87%

A 25-foot wave of molasses killed 21 people because one company ignored every warning sign.

by Stephen Puleo 2003

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Disasters ⚙️ Engineering Failures 💼 Corporate Negligence

Blackbeard

by Angus Konstam • 2006

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

3.55

445

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering

Blackbeard 87%

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

by Angus Konstam 2006

3.55

445 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering

The Devil Never Sleeps

by Juliette Kayyem • 2022

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

3.84

485

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response

The Devil Never Sleeps 87%

Disasters aren't rare flukes; they're the new normal. The playbook for surviving the next one.

by Juliette Kayyem 2022

3.84

485 ratings

🚨 Crisis Management ⚡ Disaster Preparedness 🆘 Emergency Response

Wavewalker

by Suzanne Heywood • 2023

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

4.23

9k+

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing

Wavewalker 87%

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

by Suzanne Heywood 2023

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing

How to Sail Around the World

by Hal Roth • 2003

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

4.06

237

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

How to Sail Around the World 87%

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

by Hal Roth 2003

4.06

237 ratings

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

The Golden Age of Piracy

by Benerson Little • 2016

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

3.40

366

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Golden Age of Piracy 87%

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

by Benerson Little 2016

3.40

366 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Sea Around Us

by Rachel Carson • 1951

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

4.17

5k+

🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea

The Sea Around Us 87%

Half the Earth is a sunless abyss holding mountains, phantom currents, and drifting life.

by Rachel Carson 1951

4.17

5k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🐟 Marine Biology 🦑 Deep Sea

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters

by Jared Knott • 2020

History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.

4.01

2k+

📖 Narrative History ⚠️ Cautionary History 🔗 Unintended Consequences

Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters 87%

History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.

by Jared Knott 2020

4.01

2k+ ratings

📖 Narrative History ⚠️ Cautionary History 🔗 Unintended Consequences

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

The Lost Men 87%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins

by Robert K. Murray • 1979

One man, trapped 55 feet underground, held a nation's attention for 18 days.

4.07

364

🔬 Microhistory 🕳️ Cave Exploration ⚠️ Disaster Narratives

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins Summary

Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins 87%

One man, trapped 55 feet underground, held a nation's attention for 18 days.

by Robert K. Murray 1979

4.07

364 ratings

🔬 Microhistory 🕳️ Cave Exploration ⚠️ Disaster Narratives

Raiders and Rebels

by Frank Sherry • 1986

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

4.24

282

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail

Raiders and Rebels 87%

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

by Frank Sherry 1986

4.24

282 ratings

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail

On History

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1997

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

3.98

588

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

On History 87%

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1997

3.98

588 ratings

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

Under the Black Flag

by David Cordingly • 1995

Real pirates raped, tortured, and died at the gallows. How fiction gave us the romance.

3.67

10k+

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy ⚓ Maritime History 🚢 Naval History

Under the Black Flag 87%

Real pirates raped, tortured, and died at the gallows. How fiction gave us the romance.

by David Cordingly 1995

3.67

10k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy ⚓ Maritime History 🚢 Naval History

Cod

by Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25k+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod 87%

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

by Mark Kurlansky 1997

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Sahara

by Clive Cussler • 1992

Stranded in the Sahara, Dirk Pitt unearths a toxic nightmare beside a lost Confederate ironclad.

3.99

61k+

🏜️ Desert Survival 🌍 Environmental Thriller ⚔️ Civil War Mystery

Sahara 87%

Stranded in the Sahara, Dirk Pitt unearths a toxic nightmare beside a lost Confederate ironclad.

by Clive Cussler 1992

3.99

61k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Survival 🌍 Environmental Thriller ⚔️ Civil War Mystery

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 87%

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

Why We Love Pirates

by Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Why We Love Pirates 87%

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

by Rebecca Simon 2020

3.67

340 ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Luck of the Titanic

by Stacey Lee • 2021

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

3.66

10k+

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats

Luck of the Titanic 86%

To join the circus with her twin, a Chinese British teen stows away on the Titanic.

by Stacey Lee 2021

3.66

10k+ ratings

🚢 Titanic 🧧 Chinese Diaspora 🤹 Circus Acrobats

Black Flags, Blue Waters

by Eric Jay Dolin • 2018

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

3.76

5k+

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

Black Flags, Blue Waters 86%

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

by Eric Jay Dolin 2018

3.76

5k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

The Cruel Sea

by Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

9k+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

The Cruel Sea 86%

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951

4.23

9k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership

Longitude

by Dava Sobel • 1995

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

3.99

76k+

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking

Longitude 86%

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

by Dava Sobel 1995

3.99

76k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking

The Pirates of Somalia

by Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

The Pirates of Somalia 86%

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

by Jay Bahadur 2011

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

Ocean

by David Attenborough • 2025

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

4.42

3k+

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs

Ocean 86%

The ocean's secrets surfaced in one human lifetime. Now the next generation must decide its fate.

by David Attenborough 2025

4.42

3k+ ratings

🌊 Ocean Exploration 🛡️ Marine Conservation 🪸 Coral Reefs

Evolution's Captain

by Peter Nichols • 2003

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

3.99

511

🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History

Evolution's Captain 86%

He kidnapped four Fuegians to save them, gave Darwin his ship, and was destroyed by both.

by Peter Nichols 2003

3.99

511 ratings

🚢 Naval Exploration 🔬 Victorian Science 📜 Biographical History

How to Survive History

by Cody Cassidy • 2023

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

4.05

3k+

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios

How to Survive History 86%

T. rex: 13 mph, you win. Pompeii: run north. The science of outliving history's deadliest days.

by Cody Cassidy 2023

4.05

3k+ ratings

🧨 Historical Disasters 🧪 Survival Science ⚠️ Worst-Case Scenarios

To Risk It All

by James G. Stavridis • 2022

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

3.98

684

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making

To Risk It All 86%

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

by James G. Stavridis 2022

3.98

684 ratings

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making

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