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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 1, 2011
1. Bossypants - by Tina Fey
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>1.</span> Bossypants ISBN-13: 9780316056861
 ISBN-10: 0316056863
A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.
2. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - by Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/16/2010
Share <span class=number>2.</span> Unbroken%3a A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ISBN-13: 9781400064168
 ISBN-10: 1400064163
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
3. I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions - by Shirley MacLaine
Publisher: Atria Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>3.</span> I ISBN-13: 9781451607291
 ISBN-10: 1451607296
The actress offers observations on what remains important to her.
4. 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read - by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell
Publisher: Skyhorse
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/04/2011
Share <span class=number>4.</span> 63 Documents the Government Doesn ISBN-13: 9781616082260
 ISBN-10: 1616082267
The former governor of Minnesota implores Americans to challenge government secrecy.
5. All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir - by Ashley Judd with Maryanne Vollers
Publisher: Ballantine Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>5.</span> All That Is Bitter and Sweet%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780345523617
 ISBN-10: 034552361X
A memoir by the actress and humanitarian.
6. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention - by Manning Marable
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/04/2011
Share <span class=number>6.</span> Malcolm X%3a A Life of Reinvention ISBN-13: 9780670022205
 ISBN-10: 0670022209
A biography of Malcolm X that traces a path from his troubled youth to his conversion to Islam to his assassination in 1965.
7. She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey through Poems - selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy
Publisher: Voice
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>7.</span> She Walks in Beauty%3a A Woman ISBN-13: 9781401341459
 ISBN-10: 1401341454
Poems that inspired the former first daughter.
8. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement - by David Brooks
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/08/2011
Share <span class=number>8.</span> The Social Animal%3a The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement ISBN-13: 9781400067602
 ISBN-10: 140006760X
Brooks creates two imaginary people, Harold and Erica, to illustrate his understanding of the human mind, the wellsprings of action, and the causes of success and failure.
9. Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock - by Sammy Hagar with Joel Selvin
Publisher: It Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/15/2011
Share <span class=number>9.</span> Red%3a My Uncensored Life in Rock ISBN-13: 9780062009289
 ISBN-10: 0062009281
Hagar tells of his tear through rock, from his first break with Montrose to his role as the front man of Van Halen.
10. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - by Joshua Foer
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/03/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> Moonwalking with Einstein%3a The Art and Science of Remembering Everything ISBN-13: 9781594202292
 ISBN-10: 159420229X
A journalist who covered a mnemonics championship tries competing himself.
11. Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 - by Michio Kaku
Publisher: Doubleday
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/15/2011
Share <span class=number>11.</span> Physics of the Future%3a How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 ISBN-13: 9780385530804
 ISBN-10: 0385530803
Kaku examines innovative developments in medicine, computers, quantum physics, and space travel.
12. Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection - by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI; translated by Philip J. Whitmore
Publisher: Ignatius
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/10/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> Jesus of Nazareth%3a Holy Week%3a From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection ISBN-13: 9781586175009
 ISBN-10: 1586175009
Pope Benedict XVI challenges readers to grapple with the meaning of Jesus' life.
13. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution - by Francis Fukuyama
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/12/2011
Share <span class=number>13.</span> The Origins of Political Order%3a From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution ISBN-13: 9780374227340
 ISBN-10: 0374227349
Fukuyama argues that a combination of three political concepts changed the world.
14. Jeannie Out of the Bottle - by Barbara Eden with Wendy Leigh
Publisher: Crown Archetype
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</span> Jeannie Out of the Bottle ISBN-13: 9780307886941
 ISBN-10: 0307886948
The star of I Dream of Jeannie tells of her five decades in Hollywood.
15. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef - by Gabrielle Hamilton
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Blood, Bones & Butter%3a The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef ISBN-13: 9781400068722
 ISBN-10: 140006872X
A memoir by the chef and owner of the Manhattan restaurant Prune.
16. Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World - by William D. Cohan
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/12/2011
Share <span class=number>16.</span> Money and Power%3a How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World ISBN-13: 9780385523844
 ISBN-10: 038552384X
A chronicle of the rise and reach of Goldman Sachs.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the May 1, 2011 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending April 16, 2011.

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