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    <title>Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Nonfiction list for May 16, 2013, 
      for sales ending May 12, 2013.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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        <title>1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls</title>
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        <description>
	  by David Sedaris (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316154697);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>David Sedaris</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316154697</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Cooked</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594204210&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594204210);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "In his latest bestseller, Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Cooked</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Michael Pollan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin Press</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594204210</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>In his latest bestseller, Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Lean In</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780385349949&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf, ISBN: 9780385349949);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 9
          
	    "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."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Lean In</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Sheryl Sandberg</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Knopf</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780385349949</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="3"
	   wol="9"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>24.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>4. I Could Pee on This</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781452110585&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Francesco Marciuliano (Chronicle, ISBN: 9781452110585);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 38
          
	    "In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>I Could Pee on This</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Francesco Marciuliano</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Chronicle</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781452110585</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>5. Mom &amp; Me &amp; Mom</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400066117&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Maya Angelou (Random House, ISBN: 9781400066117);
	  
	    Last week: 15;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 5
          
	    "In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Mom &amp; Me &amp; Mom</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Maya Angelou</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400066117</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="5"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>22</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>6. Vader's Little Princess</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781452118697&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle, ISBN: 9781452118697);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Vader's Little Princess</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Chronicle</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781452118697</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="7"
	   wol="3"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>14.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>7. It's All Good</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781455522712&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Gwyneth Paltrow (Grand Central, ISBN: 9781455522712);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "The Academy Award-winning actress and bestselling cookbook author's recipes for losing weight, looking good, and feeling more energetic."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>It's All Good</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Gwyneth Paltrow</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Grand Central</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781455522712</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The Academy Award-winning actress and bestselling cookbook author's recipes for losing weight, looking good, and feeling more energetic.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="9"
	   wol="6"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>32</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. Bunker Hill</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780670025442&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, ISBN: 9780670025442);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "The bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of battle that ignited the American Revolution."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Bunker Hill</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Nathaniel Philbrick</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Viking</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780670025442</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of battle that ignited the American Revolution.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="4"
	   wol="2"
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        <title>9. Gulp</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780393081572&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mary Roach (Norton, ISBN: 9780393081572);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "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."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Gulp</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Mary Roach</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Norton</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780393081572</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="8"
	   wol="6"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>26.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. Help, Thanks, Wow</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594631290&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Anne Lamott (Riverhead, ISBN: 9781594631290);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 26
          
	    "Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are  essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Help, Thanks, Wow</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Anne Lamott</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Riverhead</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594631290</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are  essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="26"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>17.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. My Beloved World</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307594884&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Sonia Sotomayor (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307594884);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 17
          
	    "An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>My Beloved World</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Sonia Sotomayor</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Knopf</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307594884</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="14"
	   wol="17"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>27.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>12. The Drunken Botanist</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781616200466&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Amy Stewart (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781616200466);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 9
          
	    "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."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Drunken Botanist</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Amy Stewart</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Algonquin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781616200466</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>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.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="11"
	   wol="9"
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        <title>13. Waiting to Be Heard</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780062217202&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Amanda Knox (Harper, ISBN: 9780062217202);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "Knox tells the story of her murder conviction, four-year imprisonment in Italy, and return home after the conviction was overturned."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Waiting to Be Heard</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Amanda Knox</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780062217202</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Knox tells the story of her murder conviction, four-year imprisonment in Italy, and return home after the conviction was overturned.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="6"
	   wol="2"
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        <title>14. VB6</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780385344746&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mark Bittman (Clarkson Potter, ISBN: 9780385344746);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "Bittman introduces a new, flexible, and simply better way of eating that people can really live with."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>VB6</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Mark Bittman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Clarkson Potter</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780385344746</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Bittman introduces a new, flexible, and simply better way of eating that people can really live with.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="13"
	   wol="2"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>26</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>15. Darth Vader and Son</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781452106557&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jeffrey Brown (Chronicle, ISBN: 9781452106557);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 22
          
	    "Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Darth Vader and Son</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jeffrey Brown</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Chronicle</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781452106557</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away.</dc:description>
        
        
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