Nonfiction Suggestions
A Few Recently Acquired, Excellent “History Reads”
Adventure/Travel
Our Towns: a 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America – James and Deborah Fallows
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids, 2019 – Bob Sehlinger
American History
Eisenhower vs. Warren: the Battle for Civil Rights and Liberties – James F. Simon
The Republic for which It Stands: the United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 – Richard White
Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War – Daniel Sharfstein
Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House – Joshua Zeitz
Biography
A Prophet with Honor: the Billy Graham Story – William C. Martin
Atticus Finch, the Biography: Harper Lee, Her Father, and the Making of an American Icon – Joseph Crespino
The Good Neighbor: the Life and Work of Fred Rogers – Maxwell King
Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World – Mike Stanton
Business/Economics
The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future – Vivek Wadwha
Make Your Kid a Money Genius: a Parents’ Guide for Kids 3-23 – Beth Kobliner
Cooking and Food
The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners – Amy Ramos
The Kitchen Shortcut Bible: More Than 200 Recipes to Make Real Food Real Fast – Bruce Weinstein
European History
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine – Lindsey Fitzharris
Sons of the Conquerors: the Rise of the Turkic World – Hugh Pope (filed in “Recent Acquisitions” – RA)
Philosophy and Religion
Treating People Well: the Extraordinary Power of Civility – Lea Berman
God: a Human History – Reza Azlan
Politics
Presidents’ Secrets: the Use and Abuse of Hidden Power – Mary Graham
Mothers of the Military: Support and Politics during Wartime – Wendy Christensen
Social Sciences
Civil Wars: a History in Ideas – David Armitrage
Cuba on the Verge: 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country – Leila Guerriero
The Origin of Others – Toni Morrison