Book by the journalist William L. Shirer, in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. It was first published in 1960, by Simon & Schuster in the United States
American science fiction writer
Novelist, essayist, historian and teacher
Autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews journalist Alex Haley conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination.
Autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and published in 1968. It has earned both critical and public praise, along with continuing controversy about credit for the Nobel award and attitudes towards female scientists at the time of the discovery.
Science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain’s assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time
Volume of history by Barbara W. Tuchman
1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Russian: , tr. Odin den’ Ivana Denisovicha, IPA: [din den van dnisvt]) is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in November 1962 in the Soviet literary magazine Novy Mir (New World). The story is set in a Soviet labor …
1966 novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys
