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#1 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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"In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." — The New York Times The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The...

2) Killers of the flower moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

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Grann, David

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#2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 105 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...

3) Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing: a memoir

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Perry, Matthew

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#3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

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"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...

4) My name is Barbra

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Streisand, Barbra

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#4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...

5) The wager: A tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

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Grann, David

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#5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 32 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. "A tour de force of narrative nonfiction.” —...

6) Prequel: an American fight against Fascism

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Maddow, Rachel

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#6 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 7 week(s).

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Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. Inspired by her research for the hit podcast Ultra, Rachel Maddow charts the rise of a wild American strain of authoritarianism that has been alive on the far-right edge of our politics for the better part...

7) Endgame: inside the royal family and the monarchy's fight for survival

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Scobie, Omid

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#7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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"On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access, and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoilexposing the infighting, family deterioration, and...

8) Elon Musk

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Isaacson, Walter

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#8 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 12 week(s).

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When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable...

9) Ghosts of Honolulu: a Japanese spy, a Japanese American spy hunter, and the untold story of Pearl Harbor

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Harmon, Mark

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#9 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 11. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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The star of NCIS along with a former Special Agent share the dueling stories of the cat-and-mouse games played between a real-life Japanese American naval intelligence officer and a Japanese spy in Pearl Harbor posing as a diplomat.

10) Dolly Parton: behind the seams : my life in rhinestones

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Parton, Dolly

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#10 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 13. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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Showcasing the music legend's most unforgettable looks from the 1960s until now, this stunningly photographed book displays Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style along with entertaining personal anecdotes that, for the first time, reveal the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion.

11) Outlive: the science & art of longevity

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Attia, Peter

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#11 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 12. It has been on the list for 36 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,...

12) 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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#12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 171 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. --Publisher's description.

13) My effin' life

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Lee, Geddy

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#13 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush. Here for the...

14) Democracy awakening: notes on the state of America

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Richardson, Heather Cox

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#14 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. It has been on the list for 6 week(s).

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"From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...

15) Being Henry: the Fonz...and beyond

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Winkler, Henry

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#15 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list for 2023-12-17. It has been on the list for 4 week(s).

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"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...