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Hardcover Nonfiction

for the week of May 06, 2008


	1. The Last Lecture By Pausch, Randy The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.

	2. Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. By Shriver, Maria Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be.

	3. A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father By Burroughs, Augusten Burroughs recounts his relationship with his aloof, distant father.

	4. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto By Pollan, Michael Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.

	5. Armageddon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace By Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. This collection of previously unpublished writings is an April Book Sense Notable title.

	6. Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation By Roberts, Cokie Political commentator Roberts looks at some of the most influential women in American history.

	7. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex By Roach, Mary An interesting and humorous look at sex and science, from the author of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife.

	8. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years By Andrews, Julie Andrews tell her story from her birth in 1935 to being cast as Mary Poppins in 1962.

	9. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World By Horwitz, Tony This fresh, lively look at the discovery of the New World is a May Book Sense Pick.

	10. A Remarkable Mother By Carter, Jimmy The former president's biography of his truly remarkable mother, Lillian.

	11. What Now? By Patchett, Ann Patchett's new book is based on her stirring graduation address at Sarah Lawrence College.

	12. The Secret By Byrne, Rhonda A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives.

	13. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction By Sheff, David This moving story of a father's love for his drug addicted son is a Book Sense Notable title.

	14. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation By Weller, Sheila This insightful biography of three of the most important women in the history of rock is an April Book Sense Pick.

	15. The Post-American World By Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom.

	20. I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff By Parkinson, Judy Easy tips for remembering those small, yet important facts.