NYT Notable Books 2021 - Nonfiction

 

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1. All the frequent troubles of our days: the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler

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Author:
Donner, Rebecca
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Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.

2. How the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

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Author:
Smith, Clint
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CD/TBK/973.0496/SMI
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"'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves."-- Provided by publisher....

3. Last best hope: America in crisis and renewal

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Author:
Packer, George, 1960-
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CD/TBK/305/PAC
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A National Book Award-winning author examines America's current descent into a failed state and discusses the ways we can leverage this moment to forge a new path forward that overcomes injustice, legislative paralysis, and political divides.

4. Seeing ghosts: a memoir

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Chow, Kat
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After her mother dies unexpectedly of cancer, a Chinese American writer and journalist weaves together the story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America.

5. Somebody's daughter: a memoir

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Author:
Ford, Ashley C.
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"One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins. For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who...