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    <title>Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Nonfiction list for July 2, 2009, 
      for sales ending June 28, 2009.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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        <title>1. Outliers</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316017923&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 32
          
	    "The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Outliers</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Malcolm Gladwell</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316017923</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594202230&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Matthew B. Crawford (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594202230);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and &#147;manual competence.""
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Matthew B. Crawford</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin Press</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594202230</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Crawford examines the importance of understanding how things work and &#147;manual competence."</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781416580515&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Doug Stanton (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416580515);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "A fascinating account of U.S. Special Forces soldiers who  entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Doug Stanton</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Scribner</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781416580515</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A fascinating account of U.S. Special Forces soldiers who  entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
	  />
        
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        <title>4. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781605297859&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by David A. Kessler (Rodale, ISBN: 9781605297859);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Kessler examines how the food industry encourages overeating and helped create a national health crisis."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>David A. Kessler</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Rodale</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781605297859</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Kessler examines how the food industry encourages overeating and helped create a national health crisis.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="7"
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        <title>5. Renegade: The Making of a President</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307463128&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Richard Wolffe (Crown, ISBN: 9780307463128);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "An insightful and thorough look at President Obama's road to the White House."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Renegade: The Making of a President</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Richard Wolffe</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Crown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307463128</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An insightful and thorough look at President Obama's road to the White House.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="4"
	   wol="4"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>26</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>6. Catastrophe</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061771040&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (Harper, ISBN: 9780061771040);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "The latest from the authors of Fleeced and Outrage."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Catastrophe</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Dick Morris, Eileen McGann</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061771040</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The latest from the authors of Fleeced and Outrage.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>7. Losing Mum and Pup</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780446540940&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Christopher Buckley (Twelve, ISBN: 9780446540940);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 9
          
	    "Buckley's moving memoir of coping with the death of his parents."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Losing Mum and Pup</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Christopher Buckley</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Twelve</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780446540940</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Buckley's moving memoir of coping with the death of his parents.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="9"
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        <title>8. Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061766725&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Norman Ollestad (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061766725);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Ollestad's riveting account of, at age 11, surviving a plane crash that took the life of his father."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Norman Ollestad</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Ecco</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061766725</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Ollestad's riveting account of, at age 11, surviving a plane crash that took the life of his father.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="6"
	   wol="3"
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        <title>9. Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780393069013&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Michael Lewis (Norton, ISBN: 9780393069013);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "A humorous look at fatherhood from the bestselling author of Liar's Poker."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Michael Lewis</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Norton</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780393069013</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A humorous look at fatherhood from the bestselling author of Liar's Poker.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="2"
	   wol="4"
	  />
        
    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>23.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. Liberty and Tyranny</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781416562856&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions, ISBN: 9781416562856);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 14
          
	    "The latest from the popular radio talk-show host and bestselling author of Men in Black."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Liberty and Tyranny</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Mark R. Levin</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Threshold Editions</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781416562856</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The latest from the popular radio talk-show host and bestselling author of Men in Black.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="3"
	   wol="14"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>25</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781592404452&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham, ISBN: 9781592404452);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "Zaslow's look at 11 childhood friends, now in their forties, who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jeffrey Zaslow</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Gotham</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781592404452</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Zaslow's look at 11 childhood friends, now in their forties, who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="14"
	   wol="10"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>26</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>12. The Last Lecture</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781401323257&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Randy Pausch (Hyperion, ISBN: 9781401323257);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Last Lecture</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Randy Pausch</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Hyperion</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781401323257</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>13. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400066513&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Larry Tye (Random House, ISBN: 9781400066513);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "A wonderful biography of baseball great Leroy "Satchel" Paige."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Larry Tye</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400066513</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A wonderful biography of baseball great Leroy "Satchel" Paige.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="3"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>26</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>14. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307266309&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Christopher McDougall</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Knopf</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307266309</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="4"
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        <title>15. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780446407410&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Vicki Myron (Grand Central, ISBN: 9780446407410);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 40
          
	    "The touching true story of an abandoned kitten's impact on a public library and the town of Spencer, Iowa."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Vicki Myron</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Grand Central</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780446407410</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The touching true story of an abandoned kitten's impact on a public library and the town of Spencer, Iowa.</dc:description>
        
        
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