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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 11, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending July 7, 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. |
1/11 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/17 |
| 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. |
3/46 |
| 4. |
The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817 Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. |
6/5 |
| 5. |
The Unwinding George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374102418 The bestselling author of The Assassin's Gate tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way. |
4/7 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/11 |
| 7. |
William Shakespeare's Star Wars- Debut Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376 Doescher's parody is a retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. |
/1 |
| 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. |
13/10 |
| 9. |
Vader's Little Princess Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697 Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son. |
8/11 |
| 10. |
Revolutionary Summer Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307701220 Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Joseph Ellis describes the revolutionary summer of 1776, enlivening its key players: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Richard, and Howe. |
/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
10/16 |
| 12. |
Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
12/121 |
| 13. |
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. |
9/30 |
| 14. |
The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9780805062908 This magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy follows The Day of Battle. |
7/8 |
| 15. |
Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780385349055 A sharply observed, explosively funny cry for help from a man who realizes he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home. |
11/4 |
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| 21. |
The Faraway Nearby Rebecca Solnit, Viking, $25.95, 9780670025961 Solnit explores the ways we make our lives out of stories, and how we are connected by empathy, by narrative, and by imagination. |
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