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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 16, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 12, 2013
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697 A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames. |
1/3 |
| 2. |
Cooked Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210 In his latest bestseller, Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life. |
2/3 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/9 |
| 4. |
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. |
5/38 |
| 5. |
Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117 In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. |
15/5 |
| 6. |
Vader's Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697 Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son. |
7/3 |
| 7. |
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. |
9/6 |
| 8. |
Bunker Hill Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025442 The bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of battle that ignited the American Revolution. |
4/2 |
| 9. |
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. |
8/6 |
| 10. |
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. |
12/26 |
| 11. |
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. |
14/17 |
| 12. |
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. |
11/9 |
| 13. |
Waiting to Be Heard Amanda Knox, Harper, $28.99, 9780062217202 Knox tells the story of her murder conviction, four-year imprisonment in Italy, and return home after the conviction was overturned. |
6/2 |
| 14. |
VB6 Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26, 9780385344746 Bittman introduces a new, flexible, and simply better way of eating that people can really live with. |
13/2 |
| 15. |
Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557 Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away. |
/22 |
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| 16. |
Obsessed: America's Food Addiction--and My Own Mika Brzezinski, Weinstein Books, $26, 9781602861763 The bestselling author and co-host of Morning Joe discusses the eating habits of the American people, one of the biggest problems standing between us and a healthier country. |
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