"History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed a little land. It's like, Excuse me, let me take your car. I'm discovering it. I'm putting my flag on your windshield."
—Mario Van Peebles
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- Sh*t My Dad Says
- by Justin Halpern (It Books, ISBN: 9780061992704);
Last week: 1;
Weeks on List: 17
"Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father."
- Let's Take the Long Way Home
- by Gail Caldwell (Random House, ISBN: 9781400067381);
Last week: 2;
Weeks on List: 4
"Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read."
- Empire of the Summer Moon
- by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416591054);
Last week: 8;
Weeks on List: 10
"A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West."
- A Journey: My Political Life
- by Tony Blair (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307269836);
Weeks on List: 1
- Women Food and God
- by Geneen Roth (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416543077);
Last week: 4;
Weeks on List: 24
"A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love."
- Packing for Mars
- by Mary Roach (Norton, ISBN: 9780393068474);
Last week: 5;
Weeks on List: 5
"A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk."
- Born to Run
- by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309);
Last week: 6;
Weeks on List: *
"A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."
- The Power
- by Rhonda Byrne (Atria, ISBN: 9781439181782);
Last week: 3;
Weeks on List: 3
"Byrne's follow-up to the international bestseller The Secret."
- Medium Raw
- by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061718946);
Last week: 7;
Weeks on List: 13
"Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential."
- The Big Short
- by Michael Lewis (Norton, ISBN: 9780393072235);
Last week: 10;
Weeks on List: 25
"A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball."
- Outliers
- by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923);
Last week: 13;
Weeks on List: *
"The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not."
- Four Fish
- by Paul Greenberg (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594202568);
Last week: 9;
Weeks on List: 6
"Greenberg examines the ways fish gets to our dinner tables and how to make sustainable seafood the rule rather than the exception."
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, ISBN: 9781400052172);
Last week: 15;
Weeks on List: 30
"A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research."
- The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
- by John Vaillant (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307268938);
Weeks on List: 1
"This beautifully written and informative true story of a man-eating tiger is a September Indie Next List Great Read."
- Committed
- by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021659);
Last week: 11;
Weeks on List: 24
"Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read."
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