NYT Best Nonfiction 2019

 

Showing 1 - 4 of 4  There are a total of 47 valid entries on the list.

1. How to be an antiracist

Book cover for "How to be an antiracist"
Star rating for How to be an antiracist
Author:
Kendi, Ibram X.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Formats:
Book, CD Audiobook, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook
Description:
""The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it." Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America -- but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an...

2. Maid: hard work, low pay, and a mother's will to survive

Book cover for "Maid"
Star rating for Maid
Author:
Land, Stephanie
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Formats:
Book, CD Audiobook, Hoopla eAudiobook, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and, with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree,...

3. Midnight in Chernobyl: the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster

Book cover for "Midnight in Chernobyl"
Star rating for Midnight in Chernobyl
Author:
Higginbotham, Adam
Average Rating:
5 stars
Choose a Format
On Shelf
Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Nonfiction
363.1799/HIGGINBOTHAM
Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor
363.179/HIG
Description:
"Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then,...

4. No visible bruises: what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us

Book cover for "No visible bruises"
Star rating for No visible bruises
Author:
Snyder, Rachel Louise
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Snyder explores America's epidemic of domestic violence and show how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors. Domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime in the US, and its tendrils are often behind mass shootings, hate crimes, and other forms of public violence. Here, Snyder explodes the common myths of "private" violence, shares the stories of victims, perpetrators,...