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6/9/23: NYT Recommends 14 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer

14 Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer: What have you missed? There is still time!
Biographies of Anna May Wong and Alice Marble, a deep-sea exploration, a history of the race to the North Pole, all in the column here.

Books: 
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media Cover Image

Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media (Hardcover)

By Darrell Hartman
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593297162
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Published: Viking - June 6th, 2023
The Talk Cover Image

The Talk (Hardcover)

By Darrin Bell
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250805140
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 6th, 2023
Pageboy: A Memoir Cover Image

Pageboy: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Elliot Page
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250878359
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Published: Flatiron Books - June 6th, 2023
A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation Cover Image

A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation (Hardcover)

By Rachel Louise Martin
$29.99
ISBN: 9781665905145
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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 13th, 2023
Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me Cover Image

Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me (Hardcover)

By Aisha Harris
$29.99
ISBN: 9780063249943
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Published: HarperOne - June 13th, 2023
The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune Cover Image

The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune (Hardcover)

By Alexander Stille
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374600396
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - June 20th, 2023
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet Cover Image

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)

By Jeff Goodell
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316497572
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 11th, 2023
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean Cover Image

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean (Hardcover)

By Susan Casey
$32.00
ISBN: 9780385545570
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Published: Doubleday - August 1st, 2023
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times Cover Image

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times (Hardcover)

By Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside (Translated by)
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593297452
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Published: Penguin Press - August 1st, 2023
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life Cover Image

The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life (Hardcover)

By Clare Carlisle
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374600457
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 15th, 2023
Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble Cover Image

Queen of the Court: The Many Lives of Tennis Legend Alice Marble (Hardcover)

By Madeleine Blais
$30.00
ISBN: 9780802128324
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - August 15th, 2023
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History Cover Image

Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History (Hardcover)

By Yunte Huang
$30.00
ISBN: 9781631495809
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Published: Liveright - August 22nd, 2023
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury Cover Image

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury (Hardcover)

By Drew Gilpin Faust
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374601805
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 22nd, 2023
They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us Cover Image

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us (Hardcover)

By Prachi Gupta
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593442982
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Published: Crown - August 22nd, 2023