Hardcover Nonfiction list for September 9, 2010, for sales ending September 5, 2010. Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide. For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736, or visit IndieBound.org. Online syndication provided by Objective Consulting, Inc. http://www.spiders.com/
09/09/2010
1. Sh*t My Dad Says
by Justin Halpern (It Books, ISBN: 9780061992704);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: 17
"Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father."
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09/09/2010
2. Let's Take the Long Way Home
by Gail Caldwell (Random House, ISBN: 9781400067381);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: 4
"Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
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09/09/2010
3. Empire of the Summer Moon
by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416591054);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 10
"A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West."
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09/09/2010
4. A Journey: My Political Life
by Tony Blair (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307269836);
Weeks on List: 1
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09/09/2010
5. Women Food and God
by Geneen Roth (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416543077);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 24
"A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love."
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09/09/2010
6. Packing for Mars
by Mary Roach (Norton, ISBN: 9780393068474);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: 5
"A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk."
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09/09/2010
7. Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: *
"A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
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09/09/2010
8. The Power
by Rhonda Byrne (Atria, ISBN: 9781439181782);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: 3
"Byrne's follow-up to the international bestseller The Secret."
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09/09/2010
9. Medium Raw
by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061718946);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: 13
"Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential."
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09/09/2010
10. The Big Short
by Michael Lewis (Norton, ISBN: 9780393072235);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: 25
"A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball."
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