Wednesday, April 16, 2008

New York Times Best seller Hardcover Non-Ficture for April 20, 2008



Hardcover Nonfiction

Published: April 20, 2008

Pinckney Public Library

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MISTAKEN IDENTITY, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience.

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HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.

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BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.

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ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.

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VINDICATED, by Jose Canseco. (Simon Spotlight, $25.95.) In a follow-up to his memoir, “Juiced,” Canseco names steroid users in baseball and evaluates the Mitchell report.

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BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) From the magazine, articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback.

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IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

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THE BIN LADENS, by Steve Coll. (Penguin Press, $35.) A history of the family and its fortune focuses on the effects of sudden oil wealth on Saudi Arabia and how it affected relationships with the West.

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STORI TELLING, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.

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LOSING IT, by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.

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