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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers September 25, 2011
1. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir - by Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney
Publisher: Threshold Editions
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/30/2011
Share <span class=number>1.</span> In My Time%3a A Personal and Political Memoir ISBN-13: 9781439176191
 ISBN-10: 1439176191
The former vice president opens up about his life and nearly four decades at the core of American politics.
2. That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back - by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/05/2011
Share <span class=number>2.</span> That Used to Be Us%3a How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back ISBN-13: 9780374288907
 ISBN-10: 0374288909
How America fell behind in the world it invented, and how it can come back.
3. 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>3.</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.
4. A Stolen Life: A Memoir - by Jaycee Dugard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/12/2011
Share <span class=number>4.</span> A Stolen Life%3a A Memoir ISBN-13: 9781451629187
 ISBN-10: 1451629184
A woman tells of being kidnapped at the age of 11 and held prisoner for 18 years by a convicted rapist and his wife.
5. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - by Erik Larson
Publisher: Crown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
Share <span class=number>5.</span> In the Garden of Beasts%3a Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler ISBN-13: 9780307408846
 ISBN-10: 0307408841
This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party concentrates on William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
6. Bossypants - by Tina Fey
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/05/2011
Share <span class=number>6.</span> Bossypants ISBN-13: 9780316056861
 ISBN-10: 0316056863
A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.
7. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created - by Charles C. Mann
Publisher: Knopf
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/09/2011
Share <span class=number>7.</span> 1493%3a Uncovering the New World Columbus Created ISBN-13: 9780307265722
 ISBN-10: 0307265722
Picking up where 1491 left off, the author says that ecological encounters since Columbus have affected much of subsequent human history.
8. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength - by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2011
Share <span class=number>8.</span> Willpower%3a Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength ISBN-13: 9781594203077
 ISBN-10: 1594203075
Baumeister and Tierney set out to revolutionize our understanding of the virtue of self-control.
9. Just My Type: A Book about Fonts - by Simon Garfield
Publisher: Gotham Books
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2011
Share <span class=number>9.</span> Just My Type%3a A Book about Fonts ISBN-13: 9781592406524
 ISBN-10: 1592406521
A history of typefaces, from Gutenberg to digital fonts, that also asks, "What does your favorite font say about you?"
10. After America: Get Ready for Armageddon - by Mark Steyn
Publisher: Regnery
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/08/2011
Share <span class=number>10.</span> After America%3a Get Ready for Armageddon ISBN-13: 9781596981003
 ISBN-10: 1596981008
The writer foresees Armageddon for America, which he says has caught up with Europe in the rush to self-destruction.
11. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness - by Alexandra Fuller
Publisher: Penguin Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2011
Share <span class=number>11.</span> Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness ISBN-13: 9781594202995
 ISBN-10: 1594202990
Fuller's mother is at the center of this memoir set in Africa.
12. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris - by David McCullough
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/24/2011
Share <span class=number>12.</span> The Greater Journey%3a Americans in Paris ISBN-13: 9781416571766
 ISBN-10: 1416571760
The historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.
13. Rafa - by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin
Publisher: Hyperion
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/23/2011
Share <span class=number>13.</span> Rafa ISBN-13: 9781401324513
 ISBN-10: 1401324517
The 25-year-old tennis star reveals the secrets of his game and shares the story behind his meteoric rise.
14. Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State - by Dana Priest and William Arkin
Publisher: Little, Brown
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/06/2011
Share <span class=number>14.</span> Top Secret America%3a The Rise of the New American Security State ISBN-13: 9780316182218
 ISBN-10: 0316182214
A post-9/11 system was devised to keep us safe, but it may be putting us in greater danger.
15. Arguably: Essays - by Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Twelve
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2011
Share <span class=number>15.</span> Arguably%3a Essays ISBN-13: 9781455502776
 ISBN-10: 1455502774
From Hitchens, a collection of essays bearing "the full consciousness that they might be my very last."
16. What It Is Like to Go to War - by Karl Marlantes
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/30/2011
Share <span class=number>16.</span> What It Is Like to Go to War ISBN-13: 9780802119926
 ISBN-10: 0802119921
Marlantes, a Vietnam veteran, takes a personal look at what it is like to experience combat.

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A version of this list appears in the September 25, 2011 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 10, 2011.

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