NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction | Pasco County Library System

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

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 94 week(s).

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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

2) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 25 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) The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma

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Van der Kolk, Bessel A

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#5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 160 week(s).

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An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure-- Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged...

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

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Grann, David

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 22 week(s).

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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire"-- "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower...

5) American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Bird, Kai

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 11 week(s).

6) I'm glad my mom died

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McCurdy, Jennette

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 58 week(s).

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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.

7) Braiding sweetgrass

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Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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#15 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-10-01. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 93 week(s).

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"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows...