National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for February 19, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending February 15, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.		 1/19
2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.		 2/15
3. Yes Please
Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99, 9780062268341
A hilarious and candid book by the popular Saturday Night Live alumna and star of Parks and Recreation.		 3/16
4. Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780553508758
This new treasury of insights reveals that, for all the love-related mystery and confusion we face as adults, those Little Golden Books may have had the answers all along.		 9/3
5. Believer: My Forty Years in Politics- Debut
David Axelrod, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594205873
A powerful and inspiring memoir enlivened by the charm and candor of one of the greatest political strategists in recent American history.		 /1
6. Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9780805096682
Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of WWII and recounts the events surrounding the death of General George S. Patton.		 5/21
7. Leaving Before the Rains Come
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594205866
An unforgettable new memoir by the bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.		 4/3
8. Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham, Random House, $28, 9780812994995
A hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays by the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls.		 7/20
9. What If?
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544272996
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.		 11/23
10. Small Victories
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95, 9781594486296
A collection of new and selected essays by the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow.		 8/14
11. 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.		 12/66
12. Deep Down Dark
Hector Tobar, FSG, $26, 9780374280604
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tobar tells the story of the miners trapped when the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010.		 10/8
13. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625
Bradberry and Greaves' revolutionary program to help people identify their "EQ" skills, build these skills into strengths, and enjoy consistent performance in the pursuit of important life objectives.		 14/6
14. The Motivation Manifesto
Brendon Burchard, Hay House, $19.99, 9781401948078
World-renowned high performance trainer Burchard motivates us to free ourselves from fear and take back our lives once and for all.		 13/6
15. A Valentine for Charlie Brown- Debut
Charles M. Schulz, Fantagraphics, $9.99, 9781606998045
A Valentine for Charlie Brown is the perfect gift to remind that special someone in your life just what love is all about, for better and for worse!		 /1
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19. Red Notice
Bill Browder, S&S, $28, 9781476755717
A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the wild east of Russia, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin's corruption.		  

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