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    <title>Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Nonfiction list for September 2, 2010, 
      for sales ending August 29, 2010.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
      For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
      or visit
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        <title>1. Sh*t My Dad Says</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061992704&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  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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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Sh*t My Dad Says</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>1</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Justin Halpern</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>It Books</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061992704</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>2. Let's Take the Long Way Home</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400067381&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Gail Caldwell (Random House, ISBN: 9781400067381);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Let's Take the Long Way Home</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>2</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Gail Caldwell</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Random House</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781400067381</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>3. The Power</title>
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        <description>
	  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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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Power</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>3</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Rhonda Byrne</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Atria</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781439181782</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Byrne's follow-up to the international bestseller The Secret.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>4. Women Food and God</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781416543077&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Geneen Roth (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416543077);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 24
          
	    "A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Women Food and God</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>4</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Geneen Roth</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781416543077</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>5. Packing for Mars</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780393068474&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mary Roach (Norton, ISBN: 9780393068474);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 5
          
	    "A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Packing for Mars</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>5</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Mary Roach</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Norton</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780393068474</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="5"
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        <title>6. Born to Run</title>
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        <description>
	  by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Born to Run</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>6</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Christopher McDougall</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Knopf</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780307266309</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>7. Medium Raw</title>
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        <description>
	  by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061718946);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 13
          
	    "Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Medium Raw</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>7</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Anthony Bourdain</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Ecco</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061718946</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>8. Empire of the Summer Moon</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781416591054&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416591054);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    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."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Empire of the Summer Moon</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>8</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>S.C. Gwynne</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781416591054</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="10"
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        <title>9. Four Fish</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594202568&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Paul Greenberg (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594202568);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "Greenberg examines the ways fish gets to our dinner tables and how to make sustainable seafood the rule rather than the exception."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Four Fish</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>9</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Paul Greenberg</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Penguin Press</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781594202568</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Greenberg examines the ways fish gets to our dinner tables and how to make sustainable seafood the rule rather than the exception.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="9"
	   wol="6"
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        <title>10. The Big Short</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780393072235&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  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."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Big Short</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>10</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Michael Lewis</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Norton</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780393072235</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>11. Committed</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780670021659&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021659);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 24
          
	    "Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Committed</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>11</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Elizabeth Gilbert</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Viking</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780670021659</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="24"
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        <title>12. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061774157&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Sam Wasson (Harper, ISBN: 9780061774157);
	  
	    Last week: 15;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "Wasson's fascinating look at Audrey Hepburn and the filming of Breakfast at Tiffany's."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>12</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Sam Wasson</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Harper</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061774157</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Wasson's fascinating look at Audrey Hepburn and the filming of Breakfast at Tiffany's.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>13. Outliers</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316017923&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    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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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Outliers</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>13</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Malcolm Gladwell</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Little Brown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780316017923</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>14. The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780374273187&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Eliza Griswold (FSG, ISBN: 9780374273187);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "A riveting investigation of the fault line between Christian and Muslim worlds."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>14</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Eliza Griswold</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>FSG</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780374273187</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A riveting investigation of the fault line between Christian and Muslim worlds.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>15. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</title>
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        <description>
	  by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, ISBN: 9781400052172);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 30
          
	    "A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>15</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Rebecca Skloot</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Crown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781400052172</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.</dcdescription>
        
        
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