NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction | Lebanon Public Library

1) Elon Musk

Author

Isaacson, Walter

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#2 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"--

2) Astor: the rise and fall of an American fortune

Author

Cooper, Anderson

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story-of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was...

3) Counting the cost: a memoir

Author

Duggar, Jill

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#4 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 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"--

4) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

Author

Attia, Peter

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#5 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 26 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.

5) Black AF history: the un-whitewashed story of America

Author

Harriot, Michael

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#7 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory.

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

Author

Grann, David

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 23 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...

7) The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel: genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I

Author

Brunt, Douglas

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#9 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I--this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel"--

8) Why we love baseball: a history in 50 moments

Author

Posnanski, Joe

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#10 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...

9) I'm glad my mom died

Author

McCurdy, Jennette

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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 59 week(s).

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"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"--|cProvided by publisher.

10) Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world

Author

Klein, Naomi

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#12 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired another self--a double who was almost you and yet not you at all? What if that double shared many of your preoccupations but, in a twisted, upside-down way, furthered the very causes you'd devoted your life to fighting against? Not long ago, the ... activist and public intellectual Naomi Klein had just such an experience: she was confronted with a doppelganger whose views she found abhorrent...

11) Of time and turtles: mending the world, shell by shattered shell

Author

Montgomery, Sy

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#13 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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When "naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The League's founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: never give up on a turtle....

12) To infinity & beyond: a journey of cosmic discovery

Author

Tyson, Neil deGrasse

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#14 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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