NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

1) Counting the cost

Author

Duggar, Jill

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#2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans"--

2) Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

Author

Grann, David

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 94 week(s).

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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. --Publisher

3) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

Author

Attia, Peter

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#4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 25 week(s).

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"Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...

4) The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma

Author

Van der Kolk, Bessel A

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#5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 160 week(s).

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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure. --Publisher's description.

5) The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

Author

Grann, David

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 22 week(s).

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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

6) To infinity and beyond: a journey of cosmic discovery

Author

Tyson, Neil Degrasse

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#8 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"This illustrated narrative explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space"--

7) American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Author

Bird, Kai

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 11 week(s).

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The first full-scale biography of the "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the fire of the sun for his country in time of war. After Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generation--an icon of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress. He created a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen...

8) Punished for dreaming: how school reform harms Black children and how we heal

Author

Love, Bettina L

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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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""I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education 'reform' in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to dream." -Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with...

9) I'm glad my mom died

Author

McCurdy, Jennette

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 58 week(s).

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* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Jennette McCurdy was six...

10) The coming wave: technology, power, and the twenty-first century's greatest dilemma

Author

Suleyman, Mustafa

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organise your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy. None of us are prepared. As co-founder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind,...

11) Braiding sweetgrass: indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants

Author

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#15 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 93 week(s).

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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...