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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 18, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending April 14, 2013
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Lean In Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949 Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, common sense ideas to empower women to achieve their full potential. |
1/5 |
| 2. |
Gulp Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393081572 The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing For Mars returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry inside, the alimentary canal. An April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/2 |
| 3. |
I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585 In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. |
3/34 |
| 4. |
The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466 Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, transformed into alcohol over the centuries. |
5/5 |
| 5. |
It's All Good Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712 The Academy Award-winning actress and bestselling cookbook author's recipes for losing weight, looking good, and feeling more energetic. |
7/2 |
| 6. |
Help, Thanks, Wow Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290 Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life. |
4/22 |
| 7. |
The FastDiet Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer, Atria, $24, 9781476734941 A radical new way of thinking about food, and a lifestyle choice that could transform your health. |
6/4 |
| 8. |
My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884 An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. |
8/13 |
| 9. |
Clean David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547848655 Sheff shows that addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing, and what approaches are most likely to work based on science. |
9/2 |
| 10. |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558 Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai. |
10/29 |
| 11. |
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth- Debut Mark Mazzetti, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204807 Mazzetti's riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces and how they will define American national security in the years to come. |
/1 |
| 12. |
Salt Sugar Fat Michael Moss, Random House, $28, 9781400069804 Pulitzer Prize-winner Moss exposes the story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the obesity epidemic. |
11/7 |
| 13. |
Daring Greatly Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330 Brown offers a new vision that encourages us to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. |
/3 |
| 14. |
The Fast Metabolism Diet: Eat More Food and Lose More Weight- Debut Haylie Pomroy, Harmony, $26, 9780307986276 Pomroy's plan for anyone who wants to naturally and safely eat their way to a skinner, healthier self. |
/1 |
| 15. |
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. |
13/115 |
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| 17. |
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success Adam M. Grant, Viking , $27.95, 9780670026555 Grant highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common. |
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