My Favorite Books...Non-Fiction (and excluding Lincoln)
Explore my top non-fiction book recommendations—excluding Lincoln—spanning history, science, and self-improvement. Discover must-reads that inspire and educate.
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The Inklings
by Humphrey Carpenter
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their friends were a regular feature of the Oxford scenery in the years during and after World War II. They …
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Teller of Tales
by Daniel Stashower
Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this biography looks beyond Sherlock Holmes to examine Arthur Conan Doyle, the fascinating, complex man …
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When the Mississippi Ran Backwards
by Jay Feldman
An account of the ecological and historical impact of a series of Mississippi River Valley earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 documents how towns were destroyed …
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The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the …
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Confederates in the Attic
by Tony Horwitz
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where Civil War reenactors, …
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Mosby's Rangers
by Jeffry D. Wert
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
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Midnight Dreary
by John Evangelist Walsh
The 150th anniversary of the greatest Edgar Allen Poe mystery of all, his death, is finally put to rest.