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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 11, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back- Debut Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907 An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal. |
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| 2. | 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. |
2/18 |
| 3. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
3/43 |
| 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! |
4/15 |
| 5. | In My Time Dick Cheney, Threshold Editions, $35, 9781439176191 A memoir by the former vice president. |
1/2 |
| 6. | Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995 In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. |
7/3 |
| 7. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
6/23 |
| 8. | 1493 Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722 A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans. |
5/5 |
| 9. | 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. |
9/16 |
| 10. | The Eighty-Dollar Champion Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088 The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/3 |
| 11. | Arguably Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776 A collection of essays by the popular political and social commentator. |
13/2 |
| 12. | 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. |
8/9 |
| 13. | Just My Type Simon Garfield, Gotham, $27.50, 9781592406524 A very entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type, and what our favorite fonts say about us. |
15/2 |
| 14. | Prime Time 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. |
12/5 |
| 15. | 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. |
11/9 |
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| 16. | What It Is Like to Go to War Karl Marlantes, Atlantic Monthly, $25, 9780802119926 A brilliant nonfiction book about war by the author of Matterhorn, the 2011 Indies' Choice Award for Adult Debut. |
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