NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction

New York Times - Hardcover Nonfiction

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Book cover for "Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection"
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#1 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-04-06. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).
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"Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first...
Book cover for "Outlive"
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4.3 stars
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#11 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-04-06. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 94 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,...
Book cover for "The Serviceberry"
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5 stars
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#12 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list for 2025-04-06. Last week it was ranked 13. It has been on the list for 18 week(s).
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In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects on the practice of harvesting serviceberries and the concept of reciprocity central to Indigenous wisdom. She contrasts this with the dominant economic system rooted in scarcity, competition, and resource hoarding. Kimmerer highlights how the serviceberry tree, by sharing its abundance with its ecosystem, embodies a model of interdependence and mutual support. This ethic of reciprocity, she argues,...