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    <title>Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Nonfiction list for November 13, 2008, 
      for sales ending November 9, 2008.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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        <title>1. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World</title>
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        <description>
	  by Vicki Myron (Grand Central, ISBN: 9780446407410);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "The touching true story of an abandoned kitten's impact on a public library and the town of Spencer, Iowa."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Vicki Myron</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Grand Central</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780446407410</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The touching true story of an abandoned kitten's impact on a public library and the town of Spencer, Iowa.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor From Simple Ingredients</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400054350&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, ISBN: 9781400054350);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "The latest cookbook from the Food Network star and bestselling author of Barefoot in Paris."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor From Simple Ingredients</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Ina Garten</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Clarkson Potter</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400054350</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The latest cookbook from the Food Network star and bestselling author of Barefoot in Paris.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Hot, Flat, and Crowded</title>
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        <description>
	  by Thomas L. Friedman (FSG, ISBN: 9780374166854);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 9
          
	    "The latest by the author of The World Is Flat looks at the global environmental crisis, and what we can do about it."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Hot, Flat, and Crowded</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Thomas L. Friedman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>FSG</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780374166854</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The latest by the author of The World Is Flat looks at the global environmental crisis, and what we can do about it.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="3"
	   wol="9"
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        <title>4. The Last Lecture</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781401323257&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Randy Pausch (Hyperion, ISBN: 9781401323257);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 31
          
	    "The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Last Lecture</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Randy Pausch</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Hyperion</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781401323257</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>5. Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316040419&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Erich Origen, Gan Golan (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316040419);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 23
          
	    "The Bush administration is roasted in this fun parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Erich Origen, Gan Golan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316040419</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The Bush administration is roasted in this fun parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="8"
	   wol="23"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>14.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>6. Letter to My Daughter</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400066124&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Maya Angelou (Random House, ISBN: 9781400066124);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "Wonderful essays by the beloved author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Letter to My Daughter</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Maya Angelou</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Random House</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400066124</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Wonderful essays by the beloved author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>7. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life</title>
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        <description>
	  by Alice Schroeder (Bantam, ISBN: 9780553805093);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "A biography of one of the most successful and well respected men of our time."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Alice Schroeder</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Bantam</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780553805093</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A biography of one of the most successful and well respected men of our time.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>35</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316143479&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by David Sedaris (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316143479);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 23
          
	    "Yet another laugh-out-loud collection of essays by indie fave Sedaris."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>When You Are Engulfed in Flames</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>David Sedaris</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316143479</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Yet another laugh-out-loud collection of essays by indie fave Sedaris.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="11"
	   wol="23"
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        <title>9. The Wordy Shipmates</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594489990&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Sarah Vowell (Riverhead, ISBN: 9781594489990);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 5
          
	    "The bestselling author of Assassination Vacation explores the Puritans and their voyage to America."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Wordy Shipmates</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Sarah Vowell</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Riverhead</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594489990</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The bestselling author of Assassination Vacation explores the Puritans and their voyage to America.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="10"
	   wol="5"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>25.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. My Stroke of Insight</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780670020744&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jill Bolte Taylor (Viking, ISBN: 9780670020744);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 17
          
	    "A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>My Stroke of Insight</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jill Bolte Taylor</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Viking</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780670020744</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="9"
	   wol="17"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>24.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. Flat Belly Diet!: Lose Up to 15 Lbs in 32 Days!: A Flat Belly Is about Food &amp; Attitude. Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required)</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594868511&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Cynthia Sass, Liz Vaccariello (Rodale, ISBN: 9781594868511);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 2
          
	    "A weight-loss plan that targets belly fat, by editors at Prevention magazine."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Flat Belly Diet!: Lose Up to 15 Lbs in 32 Days!: A Flat Belly Is about Food &amp; Attitude. Period. (Not a Single Crunch Required)</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Cynthia Sass, Liz Vaccariello</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Rodale</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594868511</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A weight-loss plan that targets belly fat, by editors at Prevention magazine.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="4"
	   wol="2"
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        <title>12. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780767928823&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway, ISBN: 9780767928823);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "A memoir by the Fox News Network talk-show host and author of The O&#146;Reilly Factor."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Bill O'Reilly</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Broadway</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780767928823</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A memoir by the Fox News Network talk-show host and author of The O&#146;Reilly Factor.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="7"
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        <title>13. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781594201912&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by James M. McPherson (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594201912);
	  
	    Last week: 15;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "A look at the Lincoln presidency by the author of Battle Cry of Freedom."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>James M. McPherson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin Press</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781594201912</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A look at the Lincoln presidency by the author of Battle Cry of Freedom.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="4"
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        <title>14. Guinness World Records 2009</title>
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        <description>
	  by  (Guinness, ISBN: 9781904994374);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "The annual look at world records, wild, wacky, and serious."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Guinness World Records 2009</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator></dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Guinness</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781904994374</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The annual look at world records, wild, wacky, and serious.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="8"
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        <title>15. Holidays on Ice</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316035903&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by David Sedaris (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316035903);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Sedaris's bestselling holiday collection is new again, with six more pieces."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Holidays on Ice</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>David Sedaris</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316035903</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Sedaris's bestselling holiday collection is new again, with six more pieces.</dc:description>
        
        
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