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