NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of December 13, 2012
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Calvin Trillin's Dogfight sends up the 2012 presidential election. It debuts at No. 7.
Great Reads In Store: Indie Booksellers Pick 2012's Best
Susan Stamberg presents the year's best books, picked by independent booksellers around the country.
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10 Books To Help You Recover From A Tense 2012
Critic Maureen Corrigan shares her favorite fiction and nonfiction from a jittery year.
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The Week's 5 Best Stories From NPR Books
Our holiday books package kicks continues with independent booksellers, gift books and kids' reads.
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Now You're Talking! The Year's Best Book Club Reads(13)
December 12, 2012 Some of these novels will touch your heart; others will challenge your mind. One will make you laugh — a few might make you cry. But all of these books recommended by NPR's Lynn Neary will give you and your friends plenty to talk about.
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Joseph Kennedy, 'Patriarch' Of An American Dynasty(25)
December 12, 2012 In a new book, biographer David Nasaw profiles the father of Robert, John and Teddy, and unpacks the elder Kennedy's influence on his children. "He told them over and over again, 'I'm making all this money so you don't have to make money, so that you can go into public service,' " Nasaw says.
Oprah's Book Club Turns Over A New Page(22)
December 12, 2012 Oprah Winfrey says her Book Club grew out of a desire to talk to authors after finishing their books. While the original version of the club ended when Winfrey's television show went off the air in 2011, it has now been rebooted online and on the new Oprah Winfrey Network as Book Club 2.0.
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Country Cousins: 3 Books About Rural Living(2)
December 12, 2012 Author Wendy Welch shares her favorite book about small-town life that defy stereotypes. What is your favorite work that takes a bite out of literary tradition? Tell us in the comments.
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10 Eye-Catching Reads For The Book Lover On Your List(5)
December 11, 2012 Gift books should be special: arrestingly visual, deeply felt, quirky, comprehensive, important. We've combed the shelves to bring you several such suggestions, guaranteed to put a sparkle in the eyes of any big reader.
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Oprah's Second Pick: A First-Time Novelist(16)
December 11, 2012 Oprah Winfrey's second pick for her rebooted book club is The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, by first-time novelist Ayana Mathis. It's a chronicle of the Great Migration of African-Americans leaving the rural South, following a family matriarch who leaves Georgia to start a new life in Philadelphia.
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The Year's Outstanding 'Backseat' Reads, For Ages 9 To 14(2)
December 10, 2012 NPR's Backseat Book Club polled children's booksellers and librarians to find 2012's best books for middle-graders. The winners are a heartwarming city kid's tale, a Chinese folklore-inspired adventure, and an encounter with a 10-year-old you'll never forget.
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The Feds Can Tell Ernest Hemingway's Cats What To Do; Here's Why(79)
December 10, 2012 Cats descended from one given to the writer live at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West. A visitor filed a complaint with the law. Now, judges have said the U.S. Department of Agriculture can regulate those felines. Yes, Hemingway's cats are a federal case. It's a long story.
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Lemony Snicket Dons A Trenchcoat(13)
December 10, 2012 In Who Could That Be at This Hour?, a prequel to A Series of Unfortunate Events, Daniel Handler satirizes pulp mysteries and uncovers the parallels between detective fiction and childhood. In both, he says, an outsider is trying to make his way in a mysteriously corrupt world.
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Fatal Attraction: My Heart Was Stolen By A Ninja Assassin(7)
December 10, 2012 Elektra Natchios is the ultimate comic book heroine — sexy, smart and completely lethal. But author Sean Howe explains how a grim prequel destroyed his idealized vision of the sultry assassin. Have you ever read a prequel that ruined the book? Tell us in the comments.
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'Torn': Living As An Openly Gay Christian(191)
December 9, 2012 Justin Lee grew up in a Southern Baptist family. At age 18, he came out to his family and church, who had trouble accepting him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to encourage a dialogue between gay Christians, their families and their churches. His new bo
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