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

Author

Grann, David

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#1 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 143 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 Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Author

Grohl, Dave

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#3 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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eBook, Kindle

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The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021

So, I've written a book.

Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours

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3) American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer

Author

Bird, Kai

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#5 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 20 week(s).

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"American Prometheus" is a rich evocation of America in mid-century and a compelling portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, a man shaped by its major events--the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War.

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

Author

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#6 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 189 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) Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

Author

Zauner, Michelle

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#9 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 14. It has been on the list for 35 week(s).

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

6) The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Author

Brown, Daniel

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#10 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 142 week(s).

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Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower.

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

Author

Gladwell, Malcolm

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#14 on the Paperback Nonfiction list for 2023-12-10. Last week it was ranked 15. It has been on the list for 102 week(s).

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Audiobook, eAudiobook

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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...