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New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers December 16, 2012
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot - by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Publisher: Henry Holt
 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. 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>5. </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.
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 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>7. </span>The Last Lion%3a Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 ISBN-13: 9780316547703
 ISBN-10: 0316547700
This biography of Winston Churchill covers the period from World War II until his death in 1965.
8. Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder - by Nassim Taleb
Publisher: Random House
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/27/2012
Share <span class=number>8. </span>Antifragile%3a Things that Gain from Disorder ISBN-13: 9781400067824
 ISBN-10: 1400067820
The philosophical essayist and author The Black Swan identifies things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish.
9. 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>9. </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.
10. Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012 - by Carol Loomis
Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/21/2012
Share <span class=number>10. </span>Tap Dancing to Work%3a Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012 ISBN-13: 9781591845737
 ISBN-10: 1591845734
A collection of updated Fortune magazine articles on Warren Buffet, published between 1966 and 2012.
11. Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream - by Neil Young
Publisher: Blue Rider Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/25/2012
Share <span class=number>11. </span>Waging Heavy Peace%3a A Hippie Dream ISBN-13: 9780399159466
 ISBN-10: 0399159460
The rocker's memoir ranges over his personal life and his music, including his days with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
12. 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>12.</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 after his plane goes down over the Pacific.
13. 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>13. </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.
14. 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>14. </span>Bruce%3a The Innocence, the Darkness, the Rising ISBN-13: 9781439191828
 ISBN-10: 1439191824
A biography of Bruce Springsteen traces his climb from a working-class childhood to success and fame.
15. 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>15. </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.

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A version of this list appears in the December 16, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending December 1, 2012.

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