NYT - Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction

1) Let's explore diabetes with owls: essays, etc

Author

Sedaris, David

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#1 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

2) Lean in: women, work, and the will to lead

Author

Sandberg, Sheryl

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#2 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A landmark manifesto" (The New York Times) that's a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential.

In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which has been viewed more than eleven

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3) Proof of heaven: a neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife

Author

Alexander, Eben

Series

Thorndike Press large print basic

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#3 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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eAudiobook, Large Print

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The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven.

Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme...

4) Cooked: a natural history of transformation

Author

Pollan, Michael

Series

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

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#4 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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Book, Large Print

5) Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Author

Strayed, Cheryl

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#5 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she...

6) waking up in heaven a true story of brokenness hea

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7) America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great

Author

Carson, M.D., Ben

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#8 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place? Join Dr. Ben Carson as he explores what made this nation great and discovers how we can find our way back.

In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal ascent from inner-city poverty to international

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8) Dirty wars: the world is a battlefield

Author

Scahill, Jeremy

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#9 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

9) carrie and me

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10) American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history

Author

Kyle, Chris

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#11 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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A member of Navy SEAL Team 3 describes his life as a father and husband, and as the serviceman with the most confirmed sniper kills in the history of the United States military while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

11) Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking

Author

Cain, Susan

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#13 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introverts—and how introverts see themselves—by offering validation, inclusion, and inspiration
“Superbly researched, deeply insightful, and a fascinating read, Quiet is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to understand the gifts of the introverted half of the population.”—Gretchen...

12) new digital age reshaping the future of people nat

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13) The way of the knife: the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth

Author

Mazzetti, Mark

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#15 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

14) Gulp: adventures on the alimentary canal

Author

Roach, Mary

Series

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

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#16 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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"America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions explored in Gulp are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why is it so hard to find words for flavors and smells? Why doesn't...

15) Thinking, fast and slow

Author

Kahneman, Daniel

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#18 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening...

16) I'll see you again

Author

Hance, Jackie

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#19 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

17) Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

Author

Hillenbrand, Laura

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#20 on the Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction list for 2013-05-12.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal
Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize...