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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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"Grann revisits a ... series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and ... new evidence, the book [outlines the steps that reveal] a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is [an] ... indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long"--Amazon.com.

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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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.
“Riveting...Reads...

3) 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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"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.

4) Spare

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Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

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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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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, and healing.
“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker
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 Princess Diana was...

5) 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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"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

6) 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...

7) 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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#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME’S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 • In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.

There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers...

8) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Kimmerer, Robin

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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" (Elizabeth...