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New York Times Bestseller List for May 12, 2013

LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS by David Sedaris

LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS

By David Sedaris

Publisher: Little, Brown • ISBN: 9780316154697

A humorist returns with more wry takes on contemporary life.

LEAN IN by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell

LEAN IN

By Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell

Publisher: Knopf • ISBN: 9780385349949

The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

PROOF OF HEAVEN by Eben Alexander

PROOF OF HEAVEN

By Eben Alexander

Publisher: Simon & Schuster • ISBN: 9781451695199

A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.

COOKED by Michael Pollan

COOKED

By Michael Pollan

Publisher: Penguin Press • ISBN: 9781594204210

A celebration of braising, baking, grilling and fermenting.

WILD by Cheryl Strayed

WILD

By Cheryl Strayed

Publisher: Vintage • ISBN: 9780307476074

An account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. Originally published in 2012 and a 2014 movie.

TRIDENT K9 WARRIORS by Michael Ritland with Gary Brozek

TRIDENT K9 WARRIORS

By Michael Ritland with Gary Brozek

Publisher: St. Martin's • ISBN: 9781250024978

A former member of the Navy SEALs describes his subsequent career finding, training and supplying working dogs to the U.S. military.

WAKING UP IN HEAVEN by Crystal McVea

WAKING UP IN HEAVEN

By Crystal McVea

Publisher: Howard • ISBN: 9781476711874

What happened to a teacher from Oklahoma during nine minutes of unconsciousness.

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by Ben C Carson and Candy Carson

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

By Ben C Carson and Candy Carson

Publisher: Zondervan • ISBN: 9780310330912

A doctor explores what makes America great.

DIRTY WARS by Jeremy Scahill

DIRTY WARS

By Jeremy Scahill

Publisher: Nation • ISBN: 9781568586717

America’s new covert wars, fought by secret commandos.

CARRIE AND ME by Carol Burnett

CARRIE AND ME

By Carol Burnett

Publisher: Simon & Schuster • ISBN: 9781476706412

The comedian recalls her oldest daughter, who died in 2002. 

AMERICAN SNIPER by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

AMERICAN SNIPER

By Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

Publisher: Harper • ISBN: 9780062238863

A member of the Navy Seals who has the most career sniper kills in United States military history discusses his childhood, his marriage and his battlefield experiences during the Iraq war.

MY NEXT STEP by Dave Liniger with Laura Morton

MY NEXT STEP

By Dave Liniger with Laura Morton

Publisher: Hay House • ISBN: 9781401943417

The founder of Re/Max recounts his ordeal with a staph infection that left him paralyzed.

QUIET by Susan Cain

QUIET

By Susan Cain

Publisher: Broadway • ISBN: 9780307352156

Introverts — approximately one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society.

THE NEW DIGITAL AGE by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

THE NEW DIGITAL AGE

By Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

Publisher: Knopf • ISBN: 9780307957139

The promise and peril of the continuing information and technology revolution for people, nations and business.

WAY OF THE KNIFE by Mark Mazzetti

WAY OF THE KNIFE

By Mark Mazzetti

Publisher: Penguin Press • ISBN: 9781594204807

The Times’s national security correspondent describes how the lines between the C.I.A. and the American military have been blurred.

GULP by Mary Roach

GULP

By Mary Roach

Publisher: Norton • ISBN: 9780393081572

A science writer’s pilgrimage down the digestive tract; by the author of “Stiff,” “Spook,” “Bonk” and “Packing for Mars.”

DUCK COMMANDERS by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach

DUCK COMMANDERS

By Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach

Publisher: Howard • ISBN: 9781476703541

Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.”

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by Daniel Kahneman

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW

By Daniel Kahneman

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux • ISBN: 9780374533557

When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN by Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan

I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN

By Jackie Hance with Janice Kaplan

Publisher: Gallery • ISBN: 9781451674774

The experience of a mother whose three daughters were killed when her sister-in-law drove the wrong way down the Taconic Parkway.

UNBROKEN by Laura Hillenbrand

UNBROKEN

By Laura Hillenbrand

Publisher: Random House • ISBN: 9781400064168

An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Read by Edward Herrmann. 13 hours, 56 minutes unabridged.