National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for May 30, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending May 26, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 1/5
2. 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.		 2/11
3. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
In his latest bestseller, Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life.		 3/5
4. The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9780805062908
This magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy follows The Day of Battle.		 4/2
5. 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.		 5/40
6. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success- Debut
Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205118
The story of the former coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers and his 11 NBA championships.		 /1
7. Vader's Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697
Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son.		 6/5
8. Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025442
The bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of battle that ignited the American Revolution.		 7/4
9. 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.		 8/8
10. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America- Debut
George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374102418
The bestselling author of The Assassin's Gate tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way.		 /1
11. 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.		 12/24
12. 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.		 11/8
13. 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.		 13/11
14. 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.		 10/28
15. VB6
Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26, 9780385344746
Bittman introduces a new, flexible, and simply better way of eating that people can really live with.		 14/4

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