NY Times Nonfiction Bestsellers at Howard County Library

Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution /

Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel.
ISBN: 9780670025442
Date added: 04/23/2013
Subjects: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775. - Boston (Mass.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Call number: 973.33P

Carrie and me : a mother-daughter love story /

Author: Burnett, Carol.
ISBN: 9781476706412
Year: 2013
Date added: 04/04/2013
Subjects: Burnett, Carol - Family. - Entertainers - United States - Biography. - Comedians - Mothers and daughters - Hamilton, Carrie. - Actors - Television writers - Autobiography. - Burnett, Carol.
Call number: B BURNETT

Cooked : a natural history of transformation /

Author: Pollan, Michael.
ISBN: 9781594204210
Date added: 04/11/2013
Summary: "In Cooked, Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink.
Subjects: Cooking. - Cooks.
Call number: 641.5P

The Duck Commander family : how faith, family, and ducks created a dynasty /

Author: Robertson, Willie,
ISBN: 9781476703541;147670354
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/07/2013
Summary: Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the Roberston family, documenting the teenage romance and marriage of Willie and Korie Robertson, their success as a multi-million dollar hunting equipment business, and their rise to stardom on reality television.
Subjects: Robertson, Willie, - Family. - Television personalities - United States - Biography. - Businessmen - Duck dynasty (Television program)
Call number: 791.4502R

Happy, happy, happy : my life and legacy as the Duck Commander /

Author: Robertson, Phil,
ISBN: 9781476726090
Date added: 05/06/2013
Summary: "This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business.Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson's
Subjects: Robertson, Phil, - Family. - Television personalities - United States - Biography. - Businessmen - Duck dynasty (Television program) - Autobiography.
Call number: B ROBERTSON

I'll see you again : a memoir /

Author: Hance, Jackie,
ISBN: 9781451674774;1451674775
Date added: 04/16/2013
Summary: In a powerful and intimate memoir, Jackie Hance shares her story of unbearable loss, darkest despair, and -- slowly, painfully, and miraculously -- her cautious return to hope and love after the death of her three young daughters in a traffic accident.
Subjects: Hance, Jackie. - Hance, Jackie - Family. - Traffic accident victims - New York (State) - Taghkanic. - Daughters - Death - Psychological aspects. - Bereavement - Parental grief - Forgiveness. - Hope.
Call number: 155.937H

Keep it pithy : useful observations in a tough world /

Author: O'Reilly, Bill.
ISBN: 9780385346627
Date added: 05/06/2013
Subjects: O'Reilly, Bill - Political and social views.
Call number: 814.6O

Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead /

Author: Sandberg, Sheryl.
ISBN: 9780385349949
Date added: 03/07/2013
Subjects: Women executives. - Leadership in women. - Sandberg, Sheryl.
Call number: 658.4092S

Let's explore diabetes with owls /

Author: Sedaris, David.
ISBN: 9780316154697;0316154695
Date added: 01/19/2013
Summary: From the perils of French dentistry to the eating habits of the Australian kookaburra, from the squat-style toilets of Beijing to the particular wilderness of a North Carolina Costco, we learn about the absurdity and delight of a curious traveler's experi
Subjects: American wit and humor. - Humorous stories, American. - Humorists, American - 20th century - Biography. - United States - Social life and customs - Humor. - Anecdotes.
Call number: 814.54S

Mom & me & mom /

ISBN: 9781400066117
Year: 2013
Date added: 03/26/2013
Subjects: Angelou, Maya - Family. - Authors, American - 20th century - Biography. - Entertainers - United States - African American authors - Autobiography.
Call number: B ANGELOU

My beloved world /

Author: Sotomayor, Sonia,
ISBN: 9780307594884
Year: 2013
Date added: 01/10/2013
Subjects: Sotomayor, Sonia, - Hispanic American judges - Biography. - Hispanic American women - Judges - United States - United States. - Officials and employees - Autobiography.
Call number: B SOTOMAYOR

Obsessed : America's food addiction-- and my own /

Author: Brzezinski, Mika.
ISBN: 9781602861763;1602861765
Date added: 04/29/2013
Summary: With insights from notable people in medicine, health, business, the arts, and politics, Brzezinski breaks through the walls of silence and shame we've built around obesity and food obsession and talks openly about how our country became overweight, and w
Subjects: Compulsive eating. - Obesity. - Compulsive eating - Prevention. - Weight loss. - Special collections - Health.
Call number: 616.8526B

Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis /

Author: Edsel, Robert M.
ISBN: 9780393082418
Date added: 05/07/2013
Subjects: Allied Forces. - History. - Art treasures in war - Italy - History - 20th century. - World War, 1939-1945 - Art and the war. - Art thefts - Cultural property - Protection - Keller, Deane, - Hartt, Frederick.
Call number: 940.5345E

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /

Author: Hillenbrand, Laura.
ISBN: 9781400064168
Year: 2010
Date added: 11/30/2010
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the
Subjects: Zamperini, Louis, - World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. - Prisoners of war - United States - Biography. - Japan - Aerial operations, American. - Campaigns - Pacific Area. - Long-distance runners - United States.
Call number: 940.5472H

Waiting to be heard : a memoir /

Author: Knox, Amanda,
ISBN: 9780062217202;0062217208
Date added: 04/29/2013
Summary: This is the author's account of her hard-fought battle to overcome injustice and win the freedom she deserved after spending four years in prison for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. She spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime s
Subjects: Knox, Amanda - Trials, litigation, etc. - Sollecito, Raffaele - Kercher, Meredith - Death and burial. - Trials (Murder) - Italy. - Murder - Investigation - Italy - Perugia. - Homicide investigation
Call number: 364.1523K