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    <title>Trade Paperback Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Trade Paperback 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. Wild</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307476074&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Cheryl Strayed (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307476074);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Wild</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Cheryl Strayed</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307476074</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Proof of Heaven</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781451695199&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Eben Alexander M.D. (S&amp;S, ISBN: 9781451695199);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 28
          
	    "Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Proof of Heaven</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Eben Alexander M.D.</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>S&amp;S</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781451695199</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Quiet</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307352156&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Susan Cain (Broadway, ISBN: 9780307352156);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 15
          
	    "Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Quiet</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Susan Cain</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Broadway</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307352156</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>4. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780812981667&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Anna Quindlen (Random House, ISBN: 9780812981667);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Anna Quindlen</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780812981667</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>5. Thinking, Fast and Slow</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780374533557&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Daniel Kahneman (FSG, ISBN: 9780374533557);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Thinking, Fast and Slow</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Daniel Kahneman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>FSG</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780374533557</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>6. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781616201357&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.) (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781616201357);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Thirty-one original pieces explore the relationships between mothers and daughters."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.)</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Algonquin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781616201357</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Thirty-one original pieces explore the relationships between mothers and daughters.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780425261019&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jenny Lawson (Berkley, ISBN: 9780425261019);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut with her "Mostly True Memoir.""
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Let's Pretend This Never Happened</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jenny Lawson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Berkley</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780425261019</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut with her "Mostly True Memoir."</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="10"
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        <title>8. Why Does the World Exist?</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780871403599&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jim Holt (Liveright, ISBN: 9780871403599);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Why Does the World Exist?</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jim Holt</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Liveright</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780871403599</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="7"
	   wol="6"
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        <title>9. When Women Were Birds</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781250024114&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Terry Tempest Williams (Picador, ISBN: 9781250024114);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Williams' lyrical and caring meditation on the mystery of her mother's journals."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>When Women Were Birds</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Terry Tempest Williams</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Picador</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781250024114</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Williams' lyrical and caring meditation on the mystery of her mother's journals.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>10. Escape From Camp 14</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143122913&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Blaine Harden (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143122913);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "A heart-wrenching account of the the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Escape From Camp 14</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Blaine Harden</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143122913</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A heart-wrenching account of the the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307886279&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers, ISBN: 9780307886279);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 32
          
	    "Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Mindy Kaling</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Three Rivers</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307886279</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>12. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143123361&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Paul French (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143123361);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Historian and China expert French uncovers the truth behind a notorious murder and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Paul French</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143123361</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Historian and China expert French uncovers the truth behind a notorious murder and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>13. Bossypants</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316056878&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Tina Fey (Reagan Arthur Books, ISBN: 9780316056878);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Bossypants</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Tina Fey</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Reagan Arthur Books</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316056878</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>14. America the Beautiful</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780310330912&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ben Carson (Zondervan, ISBN: 9780310330912);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 11
          
	    "Carson shows how we as a nation can learn from the past in order to chart a better course for the future."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>America the Beautiful</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Ben Carson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Zondervan</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780310330912</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Carson shows how we as a nation can learn from the past in order to chart a better course for the future.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>15. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781449410247&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Matthew Inman (Andrews McMeel, ISBN: 9781449410247);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 24
          
	    "A hilarious offering of cat comics from TheOatmeal.com."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Matthew Inman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Andrews McMeel</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781449410247</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A hilarious offering of cat comics from TheOatmeal.com.</dc:description>
        
        
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