NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction | Amherst County Public Library

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#10 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 66 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?"...

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

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Grann, David

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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 52 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) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 56 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,...

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

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Grann, David

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2024-05-05. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 125 week(s).

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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...