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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $15.99 (368) 978-0-06-236360-2 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 12/19/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/23/2017 Average Rank 3.32 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 12/19/2016, 15 12/26/2016, 11 01/02/2017, 8 01/09/2017, 4 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 2 01/23/2017, 1 01/30/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 1 02/06/2017, 2 02/06/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 1 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 1 02/27/2017, 3 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 86,202 2012 YTD:	Dec 2016
2	Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (336) 978-1-62779-062-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/26/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/26/2016 Average Rank 2.72 [details] Sales history for Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan date, rank 09/26/2016, 1 09/26/2016, 1 10/03/2016, 1 10/03/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 2 10/10/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 1 10/17/2016, 4 10/24/2016, 1 10/24/2016, 1 10/31/2016, 2 10/31/2016, 2 11/07/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 3 11/07/2016, 1 11/14/2016, 5 11/14/2016, 2 11/21/2016, 4 11/21/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 8 11/28/2016, 2 12/05/2016, 2 12/12/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 3 12/19/2016, 1 12/26/2016, 2 12/26/2016, 1 01/02/2017, 2 01/02/2017, 1 01/09/2017, 7 01/09/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 9 01/23/2017, 6 01/30/2017, 4 02/06/2017, 3 02/13/2017, 8 02/13/2017, 2 02/13/2017, 2 02/20/2017, 2 02/27/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 2 03/13/2017, 4 03/20/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 61,306 2012 YTD:	Sep 2016
3	Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America David Horowitz, Author Humanix Books, $26.99 (208) 978-1-63006-087-9 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 02/13/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 8.71 [details] Sales history for Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America date, rank 02/13/2017, 15 02/20/2017, 7 02/27/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 8 03/06/2017, 3 03/13/2017, 10 03/20/2017, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 33,994 2012 YTD:	Jan 2017
4	The Constitution of the United States, with Index, and the Declaration of Independence National Center for Constitutional Studies, Manufactured by National Center for Constitutional Studies, $1.50 (46) 978-0-88080-144-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/20/2014 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/05/2016 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for The Constitution of the United States, with Index, and the Declaration of Independence date, rank 10/20/2014, 8 09/14/2015, 9 10/12/2015, 8 02/08/2016, 10 03/07/2016, 8 05/09/2016, 9 08/29/2016, 4 09/05/2016, 10 09/05/2016, 1 10/10/2016, 4 11/07/2016, 6 12/12/2016, 4 02/13/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2005 UNITS SOLD: 28,229 2012 YTD:	Jan 2005
5	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Author William Morrow & Company, $27.99 (368) 978-0-06-236359-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/19/2016 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 12.60 [details] Sales history for Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race date, rank 09/19/2016, 10 01/23/2017, 20 01/30/2017, 16 02/06/2017, 14 02/13/2017, 13 02/13/2017, 5 02/20/2017, 13 02/27/2017, 13 03/06/2017, 17 03/06/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2016 UNITS SOLD: 21,177 2012 YTD:	Sep 2016
6	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (368) 978-0-393-33306-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2008 UNITS SOLD: 16,019 2012 YTD:	Sep 2008
7	Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations Thomas L. Friedman, Author Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00 (496) 978-0-374-27353-8 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/05/2016 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/09/2017 Average Rank 15.25 [details] Sales history for Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations date, rank 12/05/2016, 8 12/12/2016, 3 12/12/2016, 14 12/19/2016, 17 12/26/2016, 18 01/02/2017, 15 01/09/2017, 18 01/09/2017, 2 01/16/2017, 19 01/23/2017, 16 01/30/2017, 21 02/06/2017, 22 02/13/2017, 18 02/13/2017, 4 02/20/2017, 20 02/27/2017, 18 03/06/2017, 21 03/06/2017, 7 03/13/2017, 21 03/20/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 15,941 2012 YTD:	Nov 2016
8	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $15.95 (384) 978-0-393-35425-6 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 02/27/2017 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 14.00 [details] Sales history for The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story date, rank 02/27/2017, 18 03/06/2017, 16 03/06/2017, 8 03/13/2017, 17 03/20/2017, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 15,178 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
9	Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Jane Mayer, Author Anchor Books, $17.00 (576) 978-0-307-94790-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 02/06/2017 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 03/06/2017 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right date, rank 02/06/2017, 11 02/13/2017, 21 03/06/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,898 2012 YTD:	Jan 2017
10	The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story Douglas Preston, Author Grand Central Publishing, $28.00 (336) 978-1-4555-4000-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 01/16/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/13/2017 Average Rank 13.57 [details] Sales history for The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story date, rank 01/16/2017, 12 01/23/2017, 15 01/30/2017, 17 02/06/2017, 19 02/13/2017, 19 02/13/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,231 2012 YTD:	Jan 2017

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