Newsmax Rising Bestsellers — Week of Nov. 9, 2020

The Newsmax Rising Bestsellers list will do more than stimulate your mind. These reads may challenge your beliefs, broaden your perspectives, excite your curiosities, or widen your imagination.

These books may not necessarily appear on the official New York Times list of bestsellers, but they're the ones our Newsmax audience is reading, talking about, sharing with friends, and buying.

Here are the Newsmax Rising Bestsellers for the week of Nov. 9, 2020:

1. "Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home," by Jake Wood (Sentinel). Marine sniper Jake Wood tells the story of his return to civilian life and new mission to help struggling veterans recover from their trauma and bring aid to disaster-affected communities. Over the past 10 years, with no money or experience, he and his team recruited over 100,000 volunteers to his Team Rubicon, which delivers desperately needed aid often faster and better than other organizations hindered by bureaucracy. (Nonfiction)
2. "Thank You for Caring: A Celebration of Nurses, Doctors, and Other Health-Care Heroes" by Mary Zaia (Castle Point). A collection of inspirational quotes that celebrate the extraordinary character of nurses, doctors, and all healthcare providers who've risked their lives to help victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Nonfiction)
3. "The Iron Sea: How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler's Warships" by Simon Read (Hachette). The veteran military historian details the hunt for Adolf Hitler's fleet by brave Allied bomber crews, sailors, and commandoes who "sunk the Bismarck" and won a hard-fought victory over Nazi Germany. The book incorporates official war diaries, combat reports, eyewitness accounts, and personal letters into the fast-paced narrative. (Nonfiction)
4. "The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold War" by Luke A. Nichter (Yale University Press). The first biography of the Republican statesman at the center of American foreign policy for a generation, serving as advisor to five presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Gerald Ford, and as ambassador to the United Nations, Vietnam, West Germany, and the Vatican. He was twice tapped as ambassador to Vietnam, and in the 1970s paved the way for permanent American ties with the Holy See. The book argues that Lodge did more than anyone else to transform the Republican Party from a regional, isolationist party into the nation's dominant force in foreign policy. (Nonfiction)
5. "A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)" by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling (PublicAffairs). In 2004, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. But when they descended on Grafton, New Hampshire, and public funding shrank, the anything-goes atmosphere soon caught the attention of Grafton's neighbors: the bears, who smelled food and opportunity. The publisher describes the book as "the sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods. Complete with gunplay, adventure, and backstabbing politicians." (Nonfiction)