National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 25, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending April 21, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, common sense ideas to empower women to achieve their full potential.		 1/6
2. Gulp
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393081572
The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing For Mars returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry inside, the alimentary canal. An April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/3
3. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 3/35
4. It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712
The Academy Award-winning actress and bestselling cookbook author's recipes for losing weight, looking good, and feeling more energetic.		 5/3
5. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466
Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, transformed into alcohol over the centuries.		 4/6
6. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life.		 6/23
7. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.		 8/14
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 10/30
9. The FastDiet
Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer, Atria, $24, 9781476734941
A radical new way of thinking about food, and a lifestyle choice that could transform your health.		 7/5
10. Clean
David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547848655
Sheff shows that addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing, and what approaches are most likely to work based on science.		 9/3
11. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 15/116
12. The Way of the Knife
Mark Mazzetti, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204807
Mazzetti's riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces and how they will define American national security in the years to come.		 11/2
13. Letters to a Young Scientist- Debut
Edward O. Wilson, Liveright, $21.95, 9780871403773
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Wilson has distilled 60 years of teaching into a book for students young and old.		 /1
14. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.		 /21
15. Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117
In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.		 /2

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