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Bestselling books the week of 12/13/15, according to IndieBound What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week? IndieBound's list is based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States for the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015.
'To Hell and Back' chronicles Europe on the brink of annihilationKershaw is particularly good at exploring 'fascism's message of national renewal, powerfully linking fear and hope,' and the book's sections on postwar deprivations England breathe with immediacy.
4 audiobooks for nonfiction readers Storms, surfing, living abroad, and biographies are on the slate this month, with each title narrated by its author. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.
'Dirt Meridian' and 'My Last Day at Seventeen'The Monitor's photo editor offers his photo book picks for 2015.
5 surprising facts about Woodrow Wilson and racismBiographies provide insight into America's 28th president as the debate rages at Princeton University over Woodrow Wilson and his complicated legacy.
'Tom Petty' is an impossibly intimate, clear-eyed portrait of a rock godOnly a biographer who鈥檚 been in a band, and striven to make great rock music, could have written Petty鈥檚 story with such insight and familiarity.
'Unstoppable' is Bill Nye's call to action, urging us to save our planet'Unstoppable' is unapologetically science-stuffed. This is its best and worst quality.
Bestselling books the week of 12/9/15, according to IndieBound What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week? IndieBound's list is based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States for the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015.
'Reporting Always' showcases the work of New Yorker giant Lillian RossRoss prefaces this wonderful collection of her own work expressing gratitude to have had 'my little say about what I have found going on in our time.'
'The Invention of Science' tells the story of the shaping of the modern worldThe central subject of this vibrant work is not really the invention of a process but rather the invention of a principle.
'Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1975' shows us the Boss as he wasPhotographer Barbara Pyle captured Springsteen at a moment of transition.
'Conquerors' chronicles the fear with which Portugal shaped a global empireA fleet of Portuguese caravels first rounded the Cape of Good Hope near the southern tip of Africa in 1488. By the first decade of the 16th century the Portuguese were both trading with and terrorizing Muslims and Hindus in southern India.
10 young adult books worthy of adult readers Grownups will also find that these nonfiction books aimed at young adults are worth a serious look.
'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams' is time well spent with Stephen KingKing's latest short story collection shows the Master of Horror to be at the top of his form.
'Destiny and Power' brings a gentle touch to biography of Bush 41Jon Meacham offers a surprisingly deferential biography of George Herbert Walker Bush.
'Reclaiming Conversation': what we lose when we're always onlineMIT professor Sherry Turkle is not averse to technology. But she expresses hope that society's reliance on it could be moderated a bit.
Bestselling books the week of 12/3/15, according to IndieBound What's flying fastest off the shelves of independent bookstores this week?
10 best books of December 2015, according to Amazon's editors Here are the best titles to come out at the end of the year, according to Amazon's editors.
'Under the Udala Trees' examines the potential for cruelty in ordinary lifeNigerian author Chinelo Okparanta's first novel starts quietly. Don't be deceived.
'Kin' expresses Pieter Hugo's discomfort with his homeland South AfricaHugo's photgraphs in 'Kin' might best be called thoughtfully uncomfortable.
