National Book Critics Circle Award

1986 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction WinnerArctic DreamsBarry LopezIn crystalline prose, Lopez captures the magic of the Arctic: the essential mystery and beauty of a continent that has enchanted man’s imagination and ambition for centuries. ‘The Arctic dreamland seen and described by a writer of rare ......Amazon1986 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction ShortlistBird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist’s Journey Through a Land of Political TurmoilJonathan Evan MaslowAmazonCadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing WaterMarc ReisnerAmazonVoyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the RevolutionBernard BailynAmazonWar Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific WarJohn W. DowerAmazon

1987 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction WinnerThe Making of the Atomic BombRichard RhodeTwenty-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...Amazon1987 National Book Critics Circle Award - General Nonfiction ShortlistAnd the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS EpidemicRandy ShiltsAmazonDemocracy Is in the Streets,James MillerAmazonGenius of the PeopleCharles MeeAmazonTime’s Arrow, Time’s CycleStephen Jay GouldAmazon