National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for August 14, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending August 10, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631
Macintyre's fascinating look at the greatest spy in history, who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War--while he was secretly working for the enemy.		 1/2
2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.		 2/40
3. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette- Debut
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
4. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 3/45
5. Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443
Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.		 4/9
6. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak.		 5/13
7. The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja Mills, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205194
Mills' portrait of Harper Lee, author of the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird.		 8/4
8. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
Piketty's analysis of a unique collection of economic data from 20 countries will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.		 6/16
9. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.		 10/18
10. The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan- Debut
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $37.50, 9781476782416
Perlstein's dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s.		 /1
11. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061
Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. A May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/12
12. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 7/148
13. One Nation
Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel, $25.95, 9781595231123
Carson's ideas to help the people of our country work together to solve the nation's problems.		 14/11
14. How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination- Debut
Sally Hogshead, HarperBusiness, $29.99, 9780062230690
Award-winning advertising executive Hogshead shows how the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself.		 /1
15. The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents- Debut
Ronald Kessler, Crown Forum, $26, 9780804139212
The latest by the bestselling author of In the President's Secret Service.		 /1
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22. The Nixon Defense
John W. Dean, Viking, $35, 9780670025367
Dean's account of one of America's worst political scandals shows how the disastrous mistakes of Watergate could have been avoided and offers a cautionary tale for our own time.		  

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