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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers May 19, 2013
1. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/11/2013
Share <span class=number>1. </span> Lean In%3a Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ISBN-13: 9780385349949
 ISBN-10: 0385349947
The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.
2. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - by David Sedaris
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>2. </span> Let ISBN-13: 9780316154697
 ISBN-10: 0316154695
Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco.
3. Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir - by Amanda Knox
Publisher: HarperCollins
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/30/2013
Share <span class=number>3. </span> Waiting to Be Heard%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780062217202
 ISBN-10: 0062217208
Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009 when she was an American student in Italy, a conviction that was overturned in 2011, tells her story.
4. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation - by Michael Pollan
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>4. </span> Cooked%3a A Natural History of Transformation ISBN-13: 9781594204210
 ISBN-10: 1594204217
The writer masters recipes and argues that regaining control of cooking will make Americans healthier.
5. My Next Step: An Extraordinary Journey of Healing and Hope - by Dave Liniger
Publisher: Hay House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>5. </span> My Next Step%3a An Extraordinary Journey of Healing and Hope ISBN-13: 9781401943417
 ISBN-10: 1401943411
A businessman fights back from a staph infection that paralyzed him.
6. Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution - by Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/30/2013
Share <span class=number>6. </span> Bunker Hill%3a A City, A Siege, A Revolution ISBN-13: 9780670025442
 ISBN-10: 0670025445
Eighteen months in pre-Revolutionary Boston, and the events leading up to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
7. The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business - by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen
Publisher: Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>7. </span> The New Digital Age%3a Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business ISBN-13: 9780307957139
 ISBN-10: 0307957136
The promise and peril of the continuing information and technology revolution.
8. Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story - by Carol Burnett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/09/2013
Share <span class=number>8. </span> Carrie and Me%3a A Mother-Daughter Love Story ISBN-13: 9781476706412
 ISBN-10: 1476706417
The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002.
9. The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Created a Dynasty - by Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Publisher: Howard Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/09/2012
Share <span class=number>9. </span> The Duck Commander Family%3a How Faith, Family, and Ducks Created a Dynasty ISBN-13: 9781476703541
 ISBN-10: 147670354X
Behind the scenes at the A&E show Duck Dynasty.
10. 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>10. </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.
11. Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield - by Jeremy Scahill
Publisher: Nation Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>11. </span> Dirty Wars%3a The World is a Battlefield ISBN-13: 9781568586717
 ISBN-10: 156858671X
America's new covert wars, fought by secret commandos.
12. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II - by Mitchell Zuckoff
Publisher: Harper
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/23/2013
Share <span class=number>12. </span> Frozen in Time%3a An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II ISBN-13: 9780062133434
 ISBN-10: 0062133438
An account both of airmen's fight for survival in the Arctic after a 1942 crash, and of a 2012 expedition to Greenland to find their remains.
13. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - by Mary Roach
Publisher: Norton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2013
Share <span class=number>13. </span> Gulp%3a Adventures on the Alimentary Canal ISBN-13: 9780393081572
 ISBN-10: 0393081575
A science writer's pilgrimage down the digestive tract.
14. Mom & Me & Mom - by Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/02/2013
Share <span class=number>14. </span> Mom & Me & Mom ISBN-13: 9781400066117
 ISBN-10: 1400066115
The developing reconciliation between the poet and her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother at age 3.
15. I'll See You Again - by Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/07/2013
Share <span class=number>15. </span> I ISBN-13: 9781451674774
 ISBN-10: 1451674775
The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway.
16. Trident K9 Warriors: My Tale From the Training Ground to the Battlefield With Elite Navy SEAL Canines - by Mike Ritland with Gary Brozek
Publisher: St. Martin's
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/05/2013
Share <span class=number>16. </span> Trident K9 Warriors%3a My Tale From the Training Ground to the Battlefield With Elite Navy SEAL Canines ISBN-13: 9781250024978
 ISBN-10: 1250024978
The dogs that serve elite combat units.

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A version of this list appears in the May 19, 2013 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 4, 2013.

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