NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction | Benson Memorial Library

1) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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#1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2024-04-21. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 2 week(s).

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From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...

2) Age of Revolutions

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Zakaria, Fareed

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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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Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers and an international system studded with catastrophic risk - the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end?In this major new work, Fareed Zakaria...

3) 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...

4) 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...

5) 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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Drawing on the latest science and challenging mainstream medicine, a visionary physician and leading longevity expert presents a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving physical, cognitive, and emotional health.

6) 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...

7) 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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China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why? If anyone could crack the code, it’s the renowned nonpartisan investigator Peter Schweizer. Schweizer’s previous three number one New York Times bestsellers sent shock waves through official Washington, sparking FBI investigations and congressional probes that continue to this day. For Blood Money,...

8) Oath and honor: a memoir and a warning

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Cheney, Elizabeth L

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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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"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 it. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to...