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September 24, 2012
Recap: This Week's NYT List
Three new political books (and a familar one) make their way to this week's top 15 in The New York Times' Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Seller List:
  • At #2 is Bob Woodward's The Price of Politics, an inside view of the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations between the White House and Congress.
  • 500 Days at #11 describes 18 months after 9/11  from around the world and in the Bush White House.
  • At #15 is The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.
  • The Power of Habit comes back at #14.

Falling off the top 15 are last week's debuts of The Party Is Over and A Father First, as well as the veterans Heaven Is for Real and Double Cross.

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September 17, 2012
Recap: This Week's NYT List
New books that reflect today's headlines enrich this week's top 15 in The New York Times' Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Seller List:

  • At #1 is No Easy Day, describing the mission of the Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden.
  • The Secret Race at #3 discusses professional cycling, Tour de France and doping.
  • At #7 is Mortality, reflections on illness and death by the late journalist and critic Christopher Hitchens.
  • The Party Is Over at #10 tells of the changes taking place within the Republican Party, from the viewpoint of a long-time Congressional staffer.
  • At #12 is How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.
  • Basketball star Dwyane Wade's biography A Father First comes in at #13.
  • Finally, American Sniper (#14) returns to the top 15 after a few months away.

Dropping off: The Glass Castle, Paterno, A Stolen Life, Outliers, In the Garden of BeastsSteve Jobs and The Power of Habit.

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September 12, 2012
Pair These Books
First read: Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, Richard Rumelt’s excellent treatise on strategy.

Second read: Steve Jobs, the Walter Isaacson classic for a renewed appreciation for one of the most natural strategists of our generation.


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September 10, 2012
Recap: This Week's NYT List
Everything old is new again, as demonstrated by this week's top 15 in The New York Times' Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Seller List. The four books that debuted last week--Bonhoeffer, Obama's Last Stand, Shadowbosses and Fool Me Twice--dropped off. They were replaced by the returns of familiar titles: Heaven Is For RealThe Glass Castle, The Power of Habit and Outliers.

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September 4, 2012
Recap: This Week's NYT List
Five books make their debut and one book returns in the top 15 this week in  The New York Times' Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Seller List:
  • At #1 is Paterno by Joe Posnanski, a biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
  • Another biography appears at #6: Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas, profiling the life of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer during the Third Reich.
  • Just in time for fall political season are three new books by conservatives: Obama's Last Stand by Glenn Thrush (#9), Shadowbosses by Mallory Factor (#10) and Fool Me Twice (#14) by Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott.
  • Finally, A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard returns to the list at #15 after a three-week hiatus.
      Falling off the list are the recent biographies Solo, Dearie, Paris: A Love Story and The Glass Castle, plus long-time favorites Heaven Is for Real and OutliersSee the top 15 list on our home page.

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      August 29, 2012
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      August 27, 2012
      Recap: This Week's NYT List
      Three books make their debut in the top 15 this week in  The New York Times' Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Seller List:
      • Solo, the much-hyped young biography of U.S. Olympic goalkeeper Hope Solo, hits the list at #4.
      • Obama’s America, conservative critic Dinesh D’Souza’s latest effort (timed for his "2016: Obama's America" movie release), debuts at #5.
      • Kati Marton’s autobiographical Paris: A Love Story is #15.
      Here are the three books that dropped from the list: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe dropped after just a one-week run. How to Be a Woman dropped after about a month on the list. The Power of Habit has been on and off several times and is now off again.

      The top three titles this week are Unbroken, The Amateur and Wild. See the top 15 list on our home page.

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