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Bestsellers: New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestselling nonfiction titles.
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Title: Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
Author: Burnett, Carol
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2013)
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9781476706412
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #8 NYT 05/19/2013. The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002.

 
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Title: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.
Author: Hillenbrand, Laura
Publisher: Random House (2010)
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 9781400064168
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #10 NYT 05/19/2013. By the author of Seabiscuit, the story of an Olympic runner's survival as a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II.

 
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Title: Waiting to Be Heard: a Memoir
Author: Knox, Amanda
Publisher: Harper (2013)
Price: $28.99
ISBN: 9780062217202
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #3 NYT 05/19/2013. A memoir by the now free American student, who was convicted of murdering her roommate in 2009 while she was studying abroad in Italy.

 
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Title: My Next Step
Author: Liniger, Dave
Publisher: Hay House (2013)
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781401943417
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #5 NYT 05/19/2013. A business man fights back from a staph infection that paralyzed him.

 
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Title: Bunker Hill
Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
Publisher: Viking (2013)
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9780670025442
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #6 NYT 05/19/2013. An account of the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill in pre-Revolutionary Boston.

 
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Title: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Author: Pollan, Michael
Publisher: Penguin Press (2013)
ISBN: 9781594204210
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #4 NYT 05/19/2013. Mastering recipes, the writer argues that reclaiming cooking will make Americans healthier.

 
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Title: The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty
Author: Robertson, Willie and Korie and Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books (2012)
Price: $23.99
ISBN: 9781476703541
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #9 NYT 05/19/2013. Behind the scenes of the A&E show "Duck Dynasty."

 
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Title: Lean In
Author: Sandberg, Sheryl and Nell Scovell
ISBN: 9780385349949
Notes: #1 NYT 05/19/2013. Facebook's chief operating officer urges women to pursue thier careers without ambivalence.

 
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Title: The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Author: Schmidt, Eric and Jared Cohen
Publisher: Knopf (2013)
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9780307957139
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #7 NYT 05/19/2013. An account about the continuing information and technology revolution.

 
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Title: Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
Author: Sedaris, David
Publisher: Little, Brown (2013)
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 9780316154697
Call Number: MCN
Notes: #2 NYT 05/19/2013. Various essays by the humorist.