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1996 Mount Everest Disaster

• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

American Civil War

• Civil War Volumes 1-3 Box Set: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox by Shelby Foote (1865)
• Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: All Volumes by Ulysses S. Grant (1865)

American Revolution

• John Adams by David McCullough (1775 ∙ 1783)

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Truman by David McCullough (1945)

Augustine's conversion

• The Confessions by St. Augustine

Avianca aircrash

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 1:31-34)

Battle of Caporetto

• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of San Jacinto

• Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephen L. Hardin (1836-04-21)

Battle of the Alamo

• The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation by James Donovan (1836-03-06)
• Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephen L. Hardin (1836-03-06)

Battle of the Bulge

• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters (1945)

Battle of the Hornburg

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of the Somme

• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1916)

Battle of Waterloo

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1815)

Bretton Woods Conference

• The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press)) by Benn Steil
• Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (1944)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas

• Go set a watchman: A Novel by Harper Lee

Butlerian Jihad

• Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert (mentioned)

Cambridge Lectures

• Reasoning and the Logic of Things: The Cambridge Conferences Lectures of 1898 (Harvard Historical Studies) by Charles Sanders Peirce

The catch of 153 fish

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 21:1-17)

Christmas

• Knowing God by J. I. Packer

Citizen Genet Affair

• Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic by Professor Joanne B. Freeman (1793)

Civil Rights Movement, USA

• Go set a watchman: A Novel by Harper Lee

Clutter family murder

• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1959-11-15)

Cold War

• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin

Collapse of Theranos

• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (2018)

Continental Congress

• John Adams by David McCullough

Coronation of Aragorn

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Council of Elrond

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

Creation

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 1-2)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 1-2)

Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 19:16-18)

D-Day

• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters (1944-06-06)

Destruction of Isengard

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 19)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 19)

Destruction of the One Ring

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

Doubting Thomas

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 20:24-29)

Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

• Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic by Professor Joanne B. Freeman (July 11, 1804)

Easter

• Knowing God by J. I. Packer
• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 20:1-18)

Endurance Expedition

• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (1917)

Fall of Man

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 3)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 3)

Federalist Era

• John Adams by David McCullough (U.S. history ∙ 1789 ∙ 1801)

First cattle drive from Texas to Montana

• Lonesome Dove: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) by Larry McMurtry

The Flood

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 6-9)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 6-9)

French Revolution

• Reflections on the Revolution in France (Oxford World's Classics) by Edmund Burke (1799)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Baroness Orczy (1789-1799)

Garden of Gethsemane

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:1-2)

Goliad Massacre

• Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephen L. Hardin (1836-03-27)

Great Depression

• Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed
• Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider
• To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

Great Panic

• In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic by David Wessel

Great Panic

• The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin

Holocaust

• KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann
• Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) by Viktor E. Frankl
• The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie Ten Boom (1945)

House Un-American Activities Committee

• The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Hundred Days

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback, 2003) by Alexandre Dumas (1815-07-08)

Iraq War

• American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle

Jacob wrestles with God

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 32)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 32)

Japanese-American Internment

• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (1945)

Jazz Age

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jesus anointed in Bethany

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 12:1-11)

Jesus before Pilate

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:29-38)

Jesus calls his disciples

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 1:35-51)

Jesus feeds the 5,000

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 6:1-15)

Jesus purging the temple

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 2:13-25)

Jesus revealed to his disciples

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 20:19-23)

Jesus sentenced to death by Pilate

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:39–19:16)

Jesus taken captive

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:3-11)

Jesus walks on the sea

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 6:16-21)

Jesus’ burial

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 19:38-42)

Jesus’ death

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 19:30-37)

Jesus’ resurrection

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 20:1-18)

Jesus’ trial

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:12-24)

Jesus’ triumphant entry to Jerusalem

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 12:12-19)

Jesus’ words on the cross

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 19:19-30)

Job’s faith tested

• The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter (Job 1-3,42)

John Adams Presidency

• John Adams by David McCullough

Joseph in charge of Egypt

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 41)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 41)

Joseph Sold to Egypt

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 37)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 37)

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 42-47)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 42-47)

Joseph's dreams

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 37)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 37)

July Revolution

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1830)

June Rebellion

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo (1832)

Klondike Gold Rush

• The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Jack London (1899)

Korean War

• Truman by David McCullough (1953)

Last Supper

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 13:1-35)

Marshall Plan

• Truman by David McCullough (1951)

Mexican-American War

• Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: All Volumes by Ulysses S. Grant (1848)

Napoleonic Wars

• Les Miserables (Signet Classics) by Victor Hugo
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Paperback, 2003) by Alexandre Dumas (1815)

Olympic Games

• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (1936)

Operation Overlord

• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters (1944-08-30)

Pax Romana

• How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill

Peter denies Jesus

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 18:15-27)

powered flight

• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (1903-12-17)

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Rainbow

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 9:8-17)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 9:8-17)

The raising of Lazarus from the dead

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 11:1-44)

Reign of Terror

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Baroness Orczy (1793-1794)

Roman Invasion of Britain

• How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill

Russian Revolution

• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles

Sack of Rome

• How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (The Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill

Sacrifice of Isaac

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 22)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 22)

Salem Witch Trials

• The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1692)

San Fermin & Running of the Bulls

• The Sun Also Rises (Scribner Classics) by Ernest Hemingway

The Sanhedrin conspires to kill Jesus

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 11:45-57)

Second Battle of Fallujah

• American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle

Spanish Civil War

• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Terra Nova Expedition

• The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics) by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Texas Revolution

• The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation by James Donovan (1836-04-21)
• Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephen L. Hardin (1836-04-21)

Three Mile Island

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Tower of Babel

• Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Derek Kidner (Genesis 11)
• Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter (Genesis 11)

Treaty of Versailles

• Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (1919)

United States presidential election

• Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic by Professor Joanne B. Freeman (1800)

VE Day

• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters

War of the Ring

• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

Washington Presidency

• John Adams by David McCullough

Wedding at Cana

• John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, Volume 4) by Colin G. Kruse (John 2:1-12)

World War I

• A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1918)
• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis (1918)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1914 ∙ 1918)

World War II

• Across The River And Into The Trees by Ernest Hemingway
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
• A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
• KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann
• Rules of Civility: A Novel by Amor Towles
• The Screwtape Letters: Also Includes "Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C. S. Lewis
• All the Light We Cannot See: The Breathtaking World Wide Bestseller by Anthony Doerr (1945)
• Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters (1945)
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (1945)
• The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie Ten Boom (1945)
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (1945)
• Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) by Viktor E. Frankl (1945)
• Truman by David McCullough (1945)
• The Ultra Secret by Frederick William Winterbotham (1945)
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (1945)

World War II, German Occupation of the Channel Islands

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (1945)

World War II, German Occupation of the Netherlands

• The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie Ten Boom (1945-05-05)

World War II, Pacific Theater

• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (1945-09-02)
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (1945-09-02)

World War II, Ultra

• The Ultra Secret by Frederick William Winterbotham

Xenocide of the Formics

• Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet) by Orson Scott Card (Buggers)