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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for June 7, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 3, 2012
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	Hardcover Nonfiction	Last Week/ Weeks on List
1.	The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078 Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.	1/5
2.	Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736 Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.	3/11
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.	8/81
4.	American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America- Debut Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026 The story of the White House kitchen garden, from the first planting to the latest harvest.	/1
5.	Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347 Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.	2/6
6.	Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.	4/11
7.	Drift Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981 The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.	5/10
8.	Cronkite- Debut Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265 A biography of the long-time CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite.	/1
9.	It Worked For Me Colin Powell, Tony Koltz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062135124 The vivid experiences and lessons learned that shaped the career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State.	6/2
10.	I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) Stephen Colbert, Paul Hildebrandt (Illus.), Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429 The inimitable Colbert conquers new territory with his first children's book...for adults!	10/4
11.	Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.	15/19
12.	Are You My Mother? Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509 A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.	7/5
13.	The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.	/17
14.	This Is How Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554 The bestselling author of Running With Scissors explores how to survive the "un-survivable".	9/4
15.	Prague Winter Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313 A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.	12/6

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