Nonfiction Best Sellers
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Have a Little Faith: A True Story
By Albom, Mitch
2009-09 - Hyperion Books
9780786868728
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New York Times bestselling author Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots with a timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith--not just who believes, but why--prompted by his search for the right words to eulogize a beloved rabbi.
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Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
By Levitt, Steven D.
Author Dubner, Stephen J. 2009-11 - William Morrow & Company
9780060889579
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The highly anticipated, explosive follow-up to the blockbuster "Freakonomics" offers another groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist.
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
By Gladwell, Malcolm
2009-10 - Little Brown and Company
9780316075848
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This anthology of Gladwell's "New Yorker" essays is like a greatest-hits compilation from one of the most gifted and influential journalists in America and author of the bestsellers "The Tipping Point, Blink," and "Outliers."
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Arguing with Idiots: America's Next Epic Battle: 1776 vs. 1984
By Beck, Glenn
2009-09 - Threshold Editions
9781416595014
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Number-one "New York Times"-bestselling author, nationally syndicated radio host, and FoxNews TV host Glenn Beck presents the ultimate handbook for tackling and winning life's most important arguments.
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy
By Simmons, Bill
Foreword by Gladwell, Malcolm 2009-10 - ESPN Video
9780345511768
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ESPN's The Sports Guy returns with the best book ever written about the NBA (or so he promises)--a wildly opinionated and entertaining tour of the history, present, and future of pro basketball.
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The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory
By Plouffe, David
2009-11 - Viking Books
9780670021338
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Plouffe not only led the effort that put Barack Obama in the White House, but he also helped to change the face of politics forever. "The Audacity to Win" tells his story of that groundbreaking achievement.
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Outliers: The Story of Success
By Gladwell, Malcolm
2008-11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316017923
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In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, "Outliers" is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Destroyed America's Dominance of the Global Financial System
By Gasparino, Charles
2009-11 - HarperBusiness
9780061697166
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Critically acclaimed investigative reporter Gasparino chronicles one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden eras in the nation's socio-economic history: the collapse of Wall Street's legendary firms.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financialsystem from Crisis---And Lost
By Sorkin, Andrew Ross
2009-10 - Viking Books
9780670021253
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Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. b&w photo insert.
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When the Game Was Ours
By Bird, Larry
Author Johnson, Earvin Author Macmullan, Jackie 2009-11 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
9780547225470
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With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, "When the Game Was Ours" transports readers to an electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another.
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The Time of My Life
By Swayze, Patrick
Author Niemi, Lisa 2009-09 - Atria Books
9781439158586
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Veteran actor Swayze recounts much more than his struggle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In vivid detail, he describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his commercial success, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
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True Compass: A Memoir
By Kennedy, Edward M.
2009-09 - Twelve
9780446539258
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In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and 50 years at the center of national events.
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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
By Horowitz, Alexandra
2009-09 - Scribner Book Company
9781416583400
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Containing up-to-the minute research and providing many moments of dog-behavior recognition, this lively and absorbing book helps dog owners to see their best friend's behavior in a different, and revealing, light. b&w illustrations throughout.
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Eating Animals
By Foer, Jonathan Safran
2009-11 - Little Brown and Company
9780316069908
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On the brink of fatherhood--and facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf--Foer's casual attitude towards food takes on a new urgency. Here, he explores the many fictions used to justify eating habits and how such tales justify a brutal ignorance.
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Bon Jovi
By Bon Jovi
2009-11 - Collins Design
9780061864155
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This official Bon Jovi work celebrates the band's 25th anniversary with never-before-seen photographs and commentary from the band members.
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