NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction | Rapid City Public Library

1) Age of revolutions: progress and backlash from 1600 to the present

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#2 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.

2) The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

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Grann, David

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 50 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) I'm Glad My Mom Died

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McCurdy, Jennette

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#6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 78 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 hers?"...

4) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#7 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 54 week(s).

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"Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,...

5) Get it together: troubling tales from the liberal fringe

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Watters, Jesse

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him: First, he liked these people. Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn’t need legislation. They needed a therapist. In Get It Together, the number one New York Times bestselling...

6) Sociopath: A Memoir

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Gagne, Patric

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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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eBook, Kindle

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Named a most anticipated book of 2024 by Vulture, LitHub, The Guardian, and Cosmopolitan

A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author's struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in...

7) Rebel Rising: a memoir

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Wilson, Rebel

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#12 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"For decades, Rebel Wilson had single-mindedly focused on her career, making a name for herself through her iconic roles in Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids, and Isn't It Romantic. Now, she's ready to chronicle the emotional and physical lessons she learned, as well as her most embarrassing experiences. A malaria-induced hallucination? An all-style martial arts fighting tournament? Junior handling at dog shows? And this was all BEFORE she moved to Hollywood!...

8) Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl

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Quin, Rebecca

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#13 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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eBook, Kindle

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

This compelling and candid memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.
Raised in Dublin, Ireland, in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca Quin constantly invented new ways to make her mother worry—roughhousing with the neighborhood kids,...

9) Blood money: why the powerful turn a blind eye while China kills Americans

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Schweizer, Peter

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#14 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 11. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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"Peter Schweizer investigates the apathy American elites' have about China's undermining of American society"--

10) Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

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Cheney, Liz

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#15 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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Book, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Lucky Day

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"A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021--by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to them. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath...