Nonfiction Book Recommendations

Your tiny history buff will love these books about life in the past.

Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, and Louise Thaden were among the incredible women who fought for a chance to race against men…and won. 

Secret agent Peter Malkin opens up about the capture that inspired the film Operation Finale.

Enter for your chance to win five nonfiction books that focus on different points in history. 

Screenwriter and journalist Stephen Rebello unpacks the controversies surrounding the iconic film.

The little-known author and journalist captured England and China like few others have.

Like the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the 1956 shipwreck was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. 

Grant Moves South explores the legendary general’s pivotal successes and military strategies.

Congressman Charlie Wilson was a champion for the covert op that affected the outcome of the Soviet-Afghan War.

Celebrate the red, white, and blue by remembering the history of those who came before us.

Meet the man behind the legend. 

The American doctor was a beacon of hope for the soldiers he treated during his tour of duty.

In 1852, at age 103, Revolutionary War veteran Conrad Heyer sat down to have his picture taken. 

Goldman was a revolutionary from the start. Her work in the U.S. and Russia shook up governments and oligarchs.

As the Battle of Baltimore drew to a close, an American flag was raised—and the national anthem was born.

A book published by the Anne Frank House profiles the Secret Annex—the Frank family's two-year hideout—and the famous diarist's life inside.

Diseases, brutal weather, and enemy fire all failed to take him down.

The year 1968 was marked by turbulence in America. 

Taking the post of Warden of His Majesty’s Mint in 17th-century London, Newton came face-to-face with seedy criminals. 

The speechwriter and top presidential adviser was a driving political force during one of America's most turbulent eras.