The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James CookNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling and superbly crafted (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cooks death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. One of The New York Times Book Reviews 10 Best Books of the Year A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, THE NEW YORKER, THE SMITHSONIAN, AND

and the competition is fiercer than ever—but America Singer is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies

the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird

”—all of the questions today’s woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her

relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive

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and a host of other characters

Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well

The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she

What if you could take a vacation to your past

and letting go

A "captivating and bittersweet" novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Summer of '69: Their secret love affair has lasted for decades—but this could be the summer that changes everything (People)

to Cindy-Lou and all the residents of Who-ville