From World War II to the Renaissance to 1177 BCE, these works of nonfiction are time machines to the past.
Alexander, Caroline. Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World. Viking. May 2024. 496p. ISBN 9781984879233. $32.
Bell, Jason. Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code. Pegasus. Apr. 2024. 352p. ISBN 9781639366316. $29.95.
Brems, Frederick C. Knights of Freedom: With the Hell on Wheels Armored Division in World War II; A Story in Photos. Stackpole. Jan. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9780811773768. pap. $29.95.
Burke, Jill. How To Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity. Pegasus. Jan. 2024. 336p. ISBN 9781639365906. $28.95.
Cline, Eric H. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations. Princeton Univ. (Turning Points in Ancient History). Apr. 2024. 360p. ISBN 9780691192130. $32.
Dewart Bell, Janet. Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. New Pr. Jan. 2024. 256p. ISBN 9781620976289. $27.99.
Durkin, Hannah. The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade. Amistad. Jan. 2024.432p. ISBN 9780063072992. $29.99.
Fields-Black, Edda L. Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War. Oxford Univ. Feb. 2024. 784p. ISBN . $39.95.
Gates Jr., Henry Louis. The Black Box: Writing the Race. Penguin Pr. Mar. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9780593299784. $30.
Hemming, Henry. Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland. PublicAffairs. Apr. 2024. 368p. ISBN 9781541703186. $32.
Hermez, Sami. My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine. Redwood: Stanford Univ. Feb. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9781503628397. $28.
Holland, James. Burma ’44: The Battle That Turned World War II in the East. Grove. Jun. 2024. 448p. ISBN 9780802160584. $30.
Isserman, Maurice. Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. Basic. Jun. 2024. 384p. ISBN 9781541620032. $35.
Khan, Sulmaan Wasif. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between. Basic. May 2024. 336p. ISBN 9781541605046. $30.
Kindt, Julia. The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human. Cambridge Univ. Feb. 2024. 380p. ISBN 9781009411387. $34.99.
Kunzel, Regina. In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life. Univ. of Chicago. Apr. 2024. 240p. ISBN 9780226831855. pap. $27.50.
Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd. The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt. Basic. May 2024. 400p. ISBN 9781541602922. $33.
Mingo, AnneMarie. Have You Got Good Religion?: Black Women’s Faith, Courage, and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Univ. of Illinois. Mar. 2024. 232p. ISBN 9780252087769. pap. $24.95.
Nathans, Benjamin. To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement. Princeton Univ. Aug. 2024. 816p. ISBN 9780691117034. $39.95.
Olsson, Tore C. Red Dead’s History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America’s Violent Past. St. Martin’s. Aug. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9781250287700. $30.
Paradis, Michel. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. Mariner. Jun. 2024. 528p. ISBN 9780358682370. $35.
Smyth, Adam. The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives. Basic. May 2024. 400p. ISBN 9781541605640. $32.
Sparrow, Paul M. Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words with Charles Lindbergh—and the Battle To Save Democracy. Pegasus. Jun. 2024. 336p. ISBN 9781639366675. $29.95.
Taylor, Paul. ’Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North. Stackpole. Jun. 2024. 352p. ISBN 9780811775380. $34.95.
White, Elizabeth B. & Joanna Sliwa. The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust. S. & S. Jan. 2024. 336p. ISBN 9781982189129. $28.99.
Whiting, Robert. Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan. Tuttle. May 2024. 384p. ISBN 9784805317983. pap. $18.99.
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