NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction | Santa Fe Public Library

1) Elon musk

Author

Isaacson, Walter

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#2 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.
When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies....

2) Astor: the rise and fall of an american fortune

Author

Cooper, Anderson

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#3 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

3) Counting the cost

Author

Duggar, Jill

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#4 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

4) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

Author

Attia, Peter

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#5 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 26 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) Black af history: the un-whitewashed story of america

Author

Harriot, Michael

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#7 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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

Author

Grann, David

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#8 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 23 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...

7) I'm glad my mom died

Author

McCurdy, Jennette

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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 59 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?"...

8) To infinity and beyond: a journey of cosmic discovery

Author

Tyson, Neil deGrasse

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#14 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible-and fun-than Neil deGrasse Tyson. With wit, charm, and everyday analogies, he and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx Walker...

9) Leslie f*cking jones

Author

Jones, Leslie

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#15 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).