Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant 2008 by Mark Kreidler

How does one area produce great baseball recreation teams year after years? This is the story of the winning little league teams in Toms River, NJ in the 1990's and 2000's.  It's interesting but doesn't go into enough depth to be of much use.

Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves by James Nestor (2014)

Interesting subject.  The dude is on an adventure. And lively writing. Go for it!  You'll learn something.

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette 2015 by Hampton Sides

 Story of a polar expedition in 1879 that went bust.  It's a great adventure story and says something about the times.  Read it!