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#1 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater--an opportunity to savor quiet moments during...

2) The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

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Obama, Michelle

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#3 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed 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 to life’s big challenges, but Michelle Obama believes that we can all...

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

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Grann, David

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#4 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 165 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.

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

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Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#5 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 211 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...

5) Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

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Grant, Adam

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#9 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 18 week(s).

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"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human ... The new science of intellectual humility shows that as a mindset and a skillset, rethinking can be taught, and Grant explains...

6) Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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Miller, Donald L

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#11 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 13 week(s).

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Delivering a "Band of Brothers" in the skies, Miller deftly mixes the strategic with the personal, offering revealing and unforgettable stories about Americas "bomber boys" who fought in the air war against the Nazis. 20 photos. Maps.

7) Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

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Alderton, Dolly

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#12 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 45 week(s).

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New York Times Bestseller

"There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it." —Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women

"Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more than mere

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8) Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

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Gladwell, Malcolm

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#14 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. Last week it was ranked 15. It has been on the list for 110 week(s).

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A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers — and why they often go wrong.
How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why...

9) Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

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Zauner, Michelle

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#15 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2024-05-12. It has been on the list for 50 week(s).

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