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Hardcover Nonfiction list for July 29, 2010,
for sales ending July 25, 2010.
Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.
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1. Sh*t My Dad Says
by Justin Halpern (It Books, ISBN: 9780061992704);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: 11
"Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father."
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2. Women Food and God
by Geneen Roth (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416543077);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: 18
"A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love."
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3. Medium Raw
by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061718946);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: 7
"Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential."
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4. Empire of the Summer Moon
by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416591054);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: 4
"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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5. The Big Short
by Michael Lewis (Norton, ISBN: 9780393072235);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 19
"A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball."
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6. Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: *
"A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
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7. War
by Sebastian Junger (Twelve, ISBN: 9780446556248);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: 11
"Junger's riveting account of a U.S. platoon's 15-month tour of duty in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley."
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8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, ISBN: 9781400052172);
Last week: 11;
Weeks on List: 25
"A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research."
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9. Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923);
Last week: 9;
Weeks on List: *
"The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not."
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10. The Obama Diaries
by Laura Ingraham (Threshold Editions, ISBN: 9781439197516);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: 2
"Ingraham's satirical look at the Obama presidency."
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11. The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021727);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 12
"National Book Award-winner Philbrick's fascinating look at Custer's unexpected defeat at Little Bighorn."
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12. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
by Chelsea Handler (Grand Central, ISBN: 9780446552448);
Last week: 12;
Weeks on List: 18
"Handler's hilarious follow-up to her bestseller Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea."
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13. Operation Mincemeat
by Ben Macintyre (Harmony, ISBN: 9780307453273);
Weeks on List: 10
"Macintyre's rollicking true story of an intelligence operation that ultimately helped the Allies win WWII."
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14. Committed
by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021659);
Weeks on List: 18
"Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read."
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15. Hitch-22
by Christopher Hitchens (Twelve, ISBN: 9780446540339);
Last week: 13;
Weeks on List: 8
"A memoir by the author of the National Book Award nominee God Is Not Great."
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