1987 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhode

Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the definitive history of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project. From the turn-of-the-century discovery of nuclear energy to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan…

And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic

Randy Shilts

Democracy Is in the Streets,

James Miller

Genius of the People

Charles Mee

Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle

Stephen Jay Gould