Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2018

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  • Brief Answers to the Big Questions

    • ASIN: 1984819194
    • ISBN: 1984819194
    • Manufacturer: Bantam

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind.“Hawking’s parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity’s future should read.”—NPRNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ... [Read More]

  • The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

    • ASIN: B00XST7IX2
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South ... [Read More]

  • Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

    • ASIN: 038549565X
    • ISBN: 038549565X
    • Brand: Anchor
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    “The greatest World War II story never told” (Esquire)—an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Death March. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty rugged miles to rescue 513 POWs languishing in a hellish camp... [Read More]

  • Where the Crawdads Sing

    • ASIN: B078GD3DRG
    • Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons

  • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

    • ASIN: 1594204225
    • ISBN: 1594204225
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

  • We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0399563091
    • ISBN: 0399563091
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.    “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour   It is t... [Read More]

  • Spilled Milk: Based On A True Story

    • ASIN: B00D9GY2BU

    "Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father, who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful — and ultimately triumphant — story is recounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." - Brown, Stacy. Interview with the Pocono Record Newspaper "Spilled Milk is a story abou... [Read More]

  • The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

    • ASIN: 0399185046
    • ISBN: 9780399185045
    • Brand: Avery Publishing Group
    • Manufacturer: Avery

    An instant New York Times bestsellerTwo spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.  Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two o... [Read More]

  • The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

    • UPC: 783324820270
    • ASIN: 0451224957
    • ISBN: 0451224957
    • Brand: Nal Caliber
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

    The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants riske... [Read More]

  • The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List

    • ASIN: B00BL0O79I
    • Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

  • Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

    • ASIN: 0143110918
    • ISBN: 0143110918
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    The New York Times bestseller“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal"It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times"Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Rasto... [Read More]

  • Leadership: In Turbulent Times

    • ASIN: 1476795924
    • ISBN: 1476795924
    • Brand: SIMON AND SCHUSTER
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home

    • ASIN: B01CO34IQM
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in... [Read More]

  • Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

    • ASIN: B00V37BC4C
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

  • The Life We Bury

    • ASIN: 1616149981
    • ISBN: 1616149981
    • Brand: Seventh Street Books
    • Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

    A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and ... [Read More]

  • Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked At The Edge Of The World

    • ASIN: 1565124081
    • ISBN: 1565124081
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin

    Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864 Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck... [Read More]

  • New York: The Novel

    • ASIN: B002PMVY3I
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

  • Sold on a Monday: A Novel

    • UPC: 760789270895
    • ASIN: 1492663999
    • ISBN: 1492663999
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERA NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER  An unforgettable novel by Kristina McMorris, inspired by a stunning piece of history.  2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, ... [Read More]

  • Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy

    • UPC: 884203109865
    • ASIN: 159921072X
    • ISBN: 159921072X
    • Brand: Lyons Press
    • Manufacturer: Lyons Press

    Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service and went to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) when Hitler was building toward the peak of his power in Europe. She was assigned to France, where she helped the Resistance movement, escaped prisoners of war, and American Allied paratroopers. By 1942 she ... [Read More]

  • It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation!

    • ASIN: B07GVN38FX
    • Manufacturer: The Art of Dixie

    "It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you can't. It becomes attached to you, a part of you."Dan Brown, Author of ReunionIt's 1947.War's over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing.Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet li... [Read More]

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