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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers December 2, 2012
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/02/2012
Share <span class=number>1. </span>Killing Kennedy%3a The End of Camelot ISBN-13: 9780805096668
 ISBN-10: 0805096663
The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
2. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power - by Jon Meacham
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>2. </span>Thomas Jefferson%3a The Art of Power ISBN-13: 9781400067664
 ISBN-10: 1400067669
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist celebrates Jefferson's skills as a practical politician.
3. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2011
Share <span class=number>3. </span> Killing Lincoln%3a The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever ISBN-13: 9780805093070
 ISBN-10: 0805093079
The host of The O'Reilly Factor recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
4. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden: The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL - by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
Publisher: Dutton
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/16/2012
Share <span class=number>4. </span>No Easy Day%3a The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden%3a The Autobiography of a Navy SEAL ISBN-13: 9780525953722
 ISBN-10: 0525953728
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden.
5. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed - by Ray Kurzweil
Publisher: Viking
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>5. </span>How to Create a Mind%3a The Secret of Human Thought Revealed ISBN-13: 9780670025299
 ISBN-10: 0670025291
A new theory of how the thinking part of the brain works can help us create more intelligent machines.
6. The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail -- but Some Don't - by Nate Silver
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/27/2012
Share <span class=number>6. </span>The Signal and the Noise%3a Why Most Predictions Fail -- but Some Don ISBN-13: 9781594204111
 ISBN-10: 159420411X
An examination of predictions, the ones that come true and the ones that don't.
7. The Joy of Hate: Reflections of a Rational, Intolerant Person in a World of Hypocritical, Spineless Liberals - by Greg Gutfeld
Publisher: Crown Forum
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>7. </span>The Joy of Hate%3a Reflections of a Rational, Intolerant Person in a World of Hypocritical, Spineless Liberals ISBN-13: 9780307986962
 ISBN-10: 0307986969
The Fox News Channel host denounces liberal double standards and intolerance masquerading as tolerance.
8. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 - by William Manchester and Paul Reid
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/06/2012
Share <span class=number>8. </span>The Last Lion%3a Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 ISBN-13: 9780316547703
 ISBN-10: 0316547700
A biography of Winston Churchill, reaching from World War II until his death in 1965.
9. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity - by Andrew Solomon
Publisher: Scribner
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>9. </span>Far From the Tree%3a Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity ISBN-13: 9780743236713
 ISBN-10: 0743236718
The difficulties and triumphs of families dealing with exceptional children.
10. The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor - by Jake Tapper
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>The Outpost%3a An Untold Story of American Valor ISBN-13: 9780316185394
 ISBN-10: 0316185396
The story of a deadly Taliban attack on a remote American outpost in Afghanistan in 2009 sheds light on the war.
11. Bruce: The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising - by Peter Ames Carlin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/30/2012
Share <span class=number>11. </span>Bruce%3a The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising ISBN-13: 9781439191828
 ISBN-10: 1439191824
A biography of Bruce Springsteen.
12. America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't - by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Tom Purcell et al.
Publisher: Grand Central
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/02/2012
Share <span class=number>12. </span>America Again%3a Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren ISBN-13: 9780446583978
 ISBN-10: 0446583979
The mock pundit of Comedy Central's Colbert Report tells how to bring America back from the brink.
13. 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>13.</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.
14. Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road - by Willie Nelson
Publisher: William Morrow
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
Share <span class=number>14. </span>Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die%3a Musings From the Road ISBN-13: 9780062193643
 ISBN-10: 0062193643
The musician muses on family, friends, Texas, and life on the road.
15. The Untold History of the United States - by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
Publisher: Gallery Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/30/2012
Share <span class=number>15. </span>The Untold History of the United States ISBN-13: 9781451613513
 ISBN-10: 1451613512
The rise and decline of the American empire.
16. Hallucinations - by Oliver W. Sacks
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/06/2012
Share <span class=number>16. </span>Hallucinations ISBN-13: 9780307957245
 ISBN-10: 0307957241
The renowned neurologist considers his patients' hallucinatory experiences, and his own.

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A version of this list appears in the December 2, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 17, 2012.

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