NON-FICTION HISTORY MILITARY

The Book At War
By Andrew Pettegree

We tend not to talk about books and war in the same breath—one ranks among humanity’s greatest inventions, the other among its most terrible. But as esteemed literary historian Andrew Pettegree demonstrates, the two are deeply intertwined. The Book at War explores the various roles that books have played in conflicts throughout the globe. Winston Churchill used a travel guide to plan the invasion of Norway and, during the Cold War, both sides used books to spread propaganda.
With precise historical analysis and sparkling prose, The Book at War accounts for the power – and the ambivalence – of words at war.

NON-FICTION TRUE CRIME

The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
By Douglas Preston

Just the thing to while away the hours over the holiday season, Douglas Preston, the number one bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, presents the jaw-dropping discovery of a vast Egyptian tomb containing dozens of sealed burial chambers, as well as recounting tales of pirate treasure, mysterious deaths, archaeological mysteries and more. Find out what’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years. Discover the horrifying secret found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest. And who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence?