Browsing: Nonfiction

A #1 New York Times bestseller, named a Best Book of 2020 by the New York Public Library, Time, Bloomberg, and more! The author who became a legend of the historical nonfiction genre with The Devil in the White City chronicles the leadership of Winston Churchill amid the drama of the London Blitz. “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers” (NPR).

A US senator examines the history of gun violence in the United States in this “nuanced exploration” (Time) that seeks to understand the issue and find a way forward. “An engrossing, moving, and utterly motivating account of the human stakes of gun violence in America” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Samantha Power).

On Good Friday in 1964, an earthquake devastated Anchorage, Alaska. This “funny, poignant, and surprising” narrative history (Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) tells the story of the radio reporter who brought the community together in the aftermath.

A must-read for fans of Unbroken: Army Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch came home from Vietnam with a Medal of Honor — but the war had tested his mind and soul in unimaginable ways. Retreating to the New England mountains, the veteran would have an encounter with God that would change his life forever.