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NYT Nonfiction Bestsellers @ the LibrarySeptember 2020
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Many of these books are on our shelves. To hold one or more titles, place an online hold or phone 415.789.2661 for currently available BelTib copies. Library checkouts are available at curbside M, W, Th & F, 10-2; T 2-7. While we are closed for browsing the physical shelves, we encourage you to check out and download eBooks, as well. If you need help, phone 415.789.2661 or email refdesk@beltiblibrary.org.
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Untamed by Glennon DoyleAn activist, speaker and philanthropist offers a memoir wrapped in a wake-up call that reveals how women can reclaim their true, untamed selves by breaking free of the restrictive expectations and cultural conditioning that leaves them feeling dissatisfied and lost.
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Caste : the origins of our discontents by Isabel WilkersonThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impact everyday American lives.
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How to be an antiracist by Ibram X Kendi A best-selling author, National Book Award winner and professor combines ethics, history, law and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable.
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The answer is... : reflections on my life by Alex Trebek Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career as the Canadian-American who got his break on American TV by hosting the game show "The Wizard of Odds" and whose pronunciation of the word "genre" has been shared widely on social media.
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Becoming by Michelle ObamaAn intimate and uplifting memoir by the former first lady chronicles the experiences that have shaped her remarkable life, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago through her setbacks and achievements in the White House.
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Educated : a memoir by Tara WestoverWestover traces her experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Finding freedom : Harry and Meghan and the making of a modern royal family by Omid ScobieThe insider authors offer an honest, up-close and disarming portrait of a confident, influential and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world.
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It was all a lie : how the Republican Party became Donald Trump by Stuart StevensA leading Republican political operative presents an unflinching exposé of today’s Republican party that argues that the Trump administration is a logical outcome for a morally bankrupt party still largely motivated by racism, political grandstanding and fiscal inequality.
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Breath : the new science of a lost art by James Nestor Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong with our breathing and how to fix it. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry and human physiology, Nestor turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head.
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