Oliver Cromwell

Batavia: from the author of The Opera House, Ned Kelly and Mutiny on the Bounty

Indus Valley Civilization

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

J. R. R. Tolkien

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)

Ray Charles

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Fidel Castro

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

Message to the Blackman in America

Joan Crawford

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Bob Hope

Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Meeting

Punic Wars

The Revenge of Lord Eberlin

Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen