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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 18, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/39 |
| 2. | A Stolen Life Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187 The incredible true story of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, 18-year imprisonment, and her survival--in Jaycee's own words. |
2/5 |
| 3. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/14 |
| 4. | Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250 Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children! |
1/11 |
| 5. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
5/19 |
| 6. | 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created- Debut Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722 Mann's fascinating look at how Christopher Columbus accidentally set off great ecological changes as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans. |
/1 |
| 7. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766 McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work. |
6/12 |
| 8. | Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit--Making the Most of All of Your Life- Debut Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971 Fonda's blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. |
/1 |
| 9. | Turn Right at Machu Picchu Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244 An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes. |
11/5 |
| 10. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
8/23 |
| 11. | Seal Team Six Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451 A fascinating look at a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. |
13/14 |
| 12. | Nothing Daunted Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $26, 9781439176580 Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916. |
7/6 |
| 13. | Incognito David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333 Renowned neuroscientist Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries. |
12/7 |
| 14. | Reckless Endangerment Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner, Times Books, $30, 9780805091205 A revealing look at how the financial crisis emerged from the interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and mortgage lenders. |
/7 |
| 15. | Lost in Shangri-La Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349 Zuckoff's truly riveting work of narrative nonfiction is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/11 |
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| 16. | A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers Michael Holroyd, FSG, $26, 9780374115586 The people in Holroyd's fascinating book are destined never to meet, yet the Villa Cimbrone, in the Italian village of Ravello, unites them all. |
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