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New York Times Best Sellers -- Hardcover Nonfiction

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Title: HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY.
Author: Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
Description: The Duck Commander pays tribute to “faith, family and ducks.”
Currently ranked 1 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 1 week.
ISBN: 9781476726090 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: LEAN IN.
Author: Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
Publisher: Knopf
Description: The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
Currently ranked 2 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 9 weeks.
ISBN: 9780385349949 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS.
Author: David Sedaris
Publisher: Little, Brown
Description: Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.
Currently ranked 3 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 3 weeks.
ISBN: 9780316154697 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: COOKED.
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Press
Description: The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of cooking will make Americans healthier.
Currently ranked 4 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 3 weeks.
ISBN: 9781594204210 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: DAD IS FAT.
Author: Jim Gaffigan
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Description: Life with five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment.
Currently ranked 5 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 1 week.
ISBN: 9780385349055 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: WAITING TO BE HEARD.
Author: Amanda Knox
Publisher: Harper
Description: Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.  
Currently ranked 6 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 2 weeks.
ISBN: 9780062217202 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: THE DUCK COMMANDER FAMILY.
Author: Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
Description: Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.” 
Currently ranked 7 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 6 weeks.
ISBN: 9781476703541 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: OBSESSED.
Author: Mika Brzezinski with Diane Smith
Publisher: Weinstein
Description: The “Morning Joe” co-host discusses the obesity epidemic and her own struggles around food. 
Currently ranked 8 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 1 week.
ISBN: 9781602861763 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: BUNKER HILL.
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Viking
Description: Eighteen months in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Currently ranked 9 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 2 weeks.
ISBN: 9780670025442 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: KEEP IT PITHY.
Author: Bill O'Reilly
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Description: A “highlight reel” of previous writings, updated, from the host of “The O’Reilly Factor.” 
Currently ranked 10 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 1 week.
ISBN: 9780385346627 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: MOM & ME & MOM.
Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
Description: The developing reconciliation between the poet and her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother at age 3.
Currently ranked 11 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 6 weeks.
ISBN: 9781400066117 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: CARRIE AND ME.
Author: Carol Burnett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Description: The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002. 
Currently ranked 12 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 5 weeks.
ISBN: 9781476706412 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: MY BELOVED WORLD.
Author: Sonia Sotomayor
Publisher: Knopf
Description: The Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending Princeton and becoming a federal judge.  
Currently ranked 13 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 15 weeks.
ISBN: 9780307594884 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: SAVING ITALY.
Author: Robert M Edsel
Publisher: Norton
Description: The Allied effort to prevent the retreating German Army from stealing the treasures of Italian art. 
Currently ranked 14 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 1 week.
ISBN: 9780393082418 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
Author: Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan
Publisher: Gallery Books
Description: The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway. 
Currently ranked 15 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 3 weeks.
ISBN: 9781451674774 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: UNBROKEN.
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House
Description: An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
Currently ranked 16 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 129 weeks.
Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/books/15book.html
ISBN: 9781400064168 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: KILLING KENNEDY.
Author: Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Holt
Description: The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Currently ranked 17 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9780805096668 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: MY GREEK DRAMA.
Author: Gianna Angelopoulos
Publisher: Greenleaf
Description:
Currently ranked 18 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9781608325818 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: UNSINKABLE.
Author: Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway
Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins
Description: A second memoir by the actress, singer and dancer. 
Currently ranked 19 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9780062213655 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



Title: DIRTY WARS.
Author: Jeremy Scahill
Publisher: Nation Books
Description: An account of America’s new covert wars, fought by secret commandos.
Currently ranked 20 on the Best Seller list; has been on the list for 0 weeks.
ISBN: 9781568586717 (search for this title in the Dallas Public Library Catalog)



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