NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction | Crawford County Federated Library System

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

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#1 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 78 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.

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

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Grann, David

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#2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 6 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...

3) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 9 week(s).

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Drawing on the latest science and challenging mainstream medicine, a visionary physician and leading longevity expert presents a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving physical, cognitive, and emotional health.

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

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Van der Kolk, Bessel A

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#4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 144 week(s).

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The author uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments, from neurofeedback and meditation to sports drama, and yoga, that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain's natural neuroplasticity.

5) I'm glad my mom died

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McCurdy, Jennette

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 42 week(s).

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Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint...

6) Spare

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Harry

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#7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 20 week(s).

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"It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...

7) Crying in H Mart: a memoir

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Zauner, Michelle

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#8 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 11. It has been on the list for 62 week(s).

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"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the...

8) The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world

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Freedland, Jonathan

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz--one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world--and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the...

9) The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times

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Obama, Michelle

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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 27 week(s).

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"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...

10) Raw dog: the naked truth about hot dogs

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Loftus, Jamie

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique-comedian Jamie Loftus's debut, Raw Dog, will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now. Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They're high culture, they're low culture, they're sports food, they're kids' food, they're...

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

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Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. Last week it was ranked 15. It has been on the list for 79 week(s).

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"As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise.""--

12) All about love: new visions

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hooks, bell

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#15 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-06-11. It has been on the list for 48 week(s).

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Presenting radical new ways to think about love, the acclaimed cultural critic, feminist, and author examines the role of love in our personal and professional lives and how it can be used to end struggles between individuals, communities, and societies.