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

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#1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 7 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...

2) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#2 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 10 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,...

3) I'm glad my mom died

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McCurdy, Jennette

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 43 week(s).

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, HCL McNaughton, Kindle

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

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.
Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting...

4) Spare

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Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

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#4 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

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Book, Audio, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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"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 Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full...

5) The book of charlie: wisdom from the remarkable american life of a 109-year-old man

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Von Drehle, David

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#5 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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-- The Book of Charlie is a gospel of grit—the inspiring story of one man’s journey through a century of upheaval. The history that unfolds through Charlie’s story reminds you that the United States has always been a divided nation, a questing nation, an inventive nation—a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life.

6) The light we carry: overcoming in uncertain times

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Obama, Michelle

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#6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 29 week(s).

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Book, Audio, eBook, HCL NEW Book on CD, Kindle, Large Print

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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...

7) King: a life

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Eig, Jonathan

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#7 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"-- Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist...

8) The daddy diaries: the year I grew up

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Cohen, Andy

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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"Andy Cohen has taken on the most important job of his life-father- and boy (and girl!) does he have a lot to say about it! One of Andy Cohen's most momentous years starts off with a hangover the morning after an epic New Year's Eve broadcast. But Andy doesn't have time to dwell on the drama, as his role as media mogul is now matched with the responsibilities, joys, and growing pains of parenthood. This fast-paced, mile-a-minute look behind the scenes...

9) Poverty, by America

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Desmond, Matthew

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#9 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 11. It has been on the list for 10 week(s).

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"The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and...

10) Greenlights

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McConaughey, Matthew

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#10 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 15. It has been on the list for 96 week(s).

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"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"-- "I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five." McConaughey sat down with those diaries. He found lessons he learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions,...

11) Look for me there: grieving my father, finding myself

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Russert, Luke

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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 5 week(s).

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"Look for me there," news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in Tim's footsteps and carving out a highly successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics on television, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father's legacy. As the son of two accomplished...

12) Everything all at once: a memoir

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Catudal, Stephanie

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#12 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

13) The story of art without men

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Hessel, Katy

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#14 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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"How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch...

14) On our best behavior: the seven deadly sins and the price women pay to be good

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Loehnen, Elise

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#15 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-06-18. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).