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  Alive

  The Story of the Andes Survivors

  by Piers Paul Read

  On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came to the difficult... (more)
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  Miracle in the Andes

  72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

  by Vince Rause, Nando Parrado

  In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence. Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many were dead or dying—among them his own mother and sister. Those who... (more)
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  The Templars

  The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades

  by Piers Paul Read

  In 1099, the city of Jerusalem, a possession of the Islamic Caliphate for over four hundred years, fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the Cross to the Holy Land. From the ranks of these holy warriors emerged an order of monks trained in both scripture and the military arts: The Knights of the Temple of Solomon, called the Templars. In this engrossing chronicle, spanning three centuries,... (more)
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  Ablaze

  The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl

  by Piers Paul Read

  A moment-by-moment account of the events that immediately preceded and followed the devastating explosion of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl describes what has happened to the survivors and the neighboring countryside since the disaster. 40,000 first printing.
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  The Dreyfus Affair

  by Piers Paul Read

  "Read has done a masterful job of explaining both what happened and why it happened. <He> offers wonderful portraits of the key figures in the unfolding tragedy, and he strives successfully to explain the motivations, fears, and hatred of both sides. This is a great re-examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential episodes in French history." — Booklist (starred) "Enriched by glimpses into... (more)
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  Train Robbers

  by Piers Paul Read

  This is a gripping look at Britain's great train robbery. One night in August, 1963, robbers stopped a freight/mail train north of London and grabbed a then-record 2.6 million British pounds - worth over $40 million pounds ($60 million dollars) at this writing. The author begins by looking at the robbers, most of whom belonged to gangs of professional thieves. These crooks were adept at burglary, theft, and... (more)