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    <title>Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Hardcover Nonfiction list for March 11, 2010, 
      for sales ending March 7, 2010.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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        <title>1. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061733635&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by John Heilemann, Mark Halperin (Harper, ISBN: 9780061733635);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "A riveting look at the 2008 presidential campaign."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>1</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>John Heilemann, Mark Halperin</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Harper</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061733635</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A riveting look at the 2008 presidential campaign.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400052172&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, ISBN: 9781400052172);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 5
          
	    "A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>2</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Rebecca Skloot</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Crown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781400052172</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="5"
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        <title>3. The Happiness Project</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061583254&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Gretchen Craft Rubin (Harper, ISBN: 9780061583254);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 6
          
	    "Rubin's inspiring account of her year-long quest to live a happier life."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Happiness Project</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>3</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Gretchen Craft Rubin</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Harper</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780061583254</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Rubin's inspiring account of her year-long quest to live a happier life.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="6"
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        <title>4. Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780670021154&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Greg Mortenson (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021154);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 14
          
	    "Mortenson follows up his bestselling Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>4</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Greg Mortenson</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Viking</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780670021154</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Mortenson follows up his bestselling Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="14"
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        <title>5. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780670021659&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021659);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 9
          
	    "Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>5</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Elizabeth Gilbert</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Viking</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780670021659</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="9"
	  />
        
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        <title>6. Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781416547907&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by James S. Hirsch (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416547907);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 4
          
	    "The first authorized biography of the baseball great."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>6</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>James S. Hirsch</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Scribner</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781416547907</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The first authorized biography of the baseball great.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="4"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>30</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>7. Born to Run</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307266309&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 40
          
	    "A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Born to Run</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>7</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Christopher McDougall</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Knopf</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780307266309</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>8. The Pacific</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780451230232&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Hugh Ambrose (NAL, ISBN: 9780451230232);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Ambrose's account of five U.S. service men serving in the Pacific during World War II is the companion to the new HBO mini-series."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>The Pacific</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>8</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Hugh Ambrose</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>NAL</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780451230232</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Ambrose's account of five U.S. service men serving in the Pacific during World War II is the companion to the new HBO mini-series.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>9. Outliers</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316017923&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Outliers</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>9</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Malcolm Gladwell</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Little Brown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780316017923</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="*"
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        <title>10. Just Kids</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780066211312&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Patti Smith (Ecco, ISBN: 9780066211312);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 7
          
	    "Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Just Kids</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>10</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Patti Smith</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Ecco</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780066211312</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="5"
	   wol="7"
	  />
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>27</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. Half the Sky</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307267146&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307267146);
	  
	    Last week: 12;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 16
          
	    "Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Half the Sky</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>11</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Knopf</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780307267146</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Powerful true stories of women overcoming adversity and injustice.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	  last="12"
	   wol="16"
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        <title>12. Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781401323233&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by David Dosa (Hyperion, ISBN: 9781401323233);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "The endearing true story of a cat's life at a nursing home."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>12</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>David Dosa</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Hyperion</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9781401323233</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The endearing true story of a cat's life at a nursing home.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>13. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780312609801&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mitt Romney (St. Martin's, ISBN: 9780312609801);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "Ideas for the future of the U.S. by the 2008 Republican presidential candidate."
          
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	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>No Apology: The Case for American Greatness</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>13</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Mitt Romney</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>St. Martin's</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780312609801</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>Ideas for the future of the U.S. by the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>14. What the Dog Saw</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316075848&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316075848);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 20
          
	    "A collection of writing from The New Yorker by the bestselling author of Blink and Outliers."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>What the Dog Saw</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>14</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Malcolm Gladwell</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Little Brown</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780316075848</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>A collection of writing from The New Yorker by the bestselling author of Blink and Outliers.</dcdescription>
        
        
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        <title>15. Have a Little Faith</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780786868728&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, ISBN: 9780786868728);
	  
	    Last week: 15;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 22
          
	    "The new true story about the power of faith by the bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dctitle>Have a Little Faith</dctitle>
	<bsblrank>15</bsblrank>
	<dccreator>Mitch Albom</dccreator>
	<dcpublisher>Hyperion</dcpublisher>
	<dcidentifier>9780786868728</dcidentifier>
        
        <dcdescription>The new true story about the power of faith by the bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie.</dcdescription>
        
        
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	   wol="22"
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