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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House Rachel Maddow, Author, Michael Yarvitz, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $24.00 (240) 978-0-593-13668-3 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/21/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House date, rank 01/11/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 110,672 YTD:	Dec 2020	110,672
2	Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Bill O'Reilly, Author Henry Holt & Company, $30.00 (320) 978-1-62779-704-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 09/21/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 8.96 [details] Sales history for Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America date, rank 10/05/2020, 3 11/09/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 1 01/11/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 74,762 YTD:	Sep 2020	74,762
3	The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $30.00 (592) 978-0-385-34871-3 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/09/2020 Average Rank 8.15 [details] Sales history for The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz date, rank 03/09/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 5 08/10/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 9 12/14/2020, 6 01/11/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2020 UNITS SOLD: 61,724 YTD:	Feb 2020	61,724
4	Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for the Future of Europe Joe Scarborough, Author Harper, $29.99 (272) 978-0-06-295049-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 12/02/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for the Future of Europe date, rank 12/14/2020, 5 01/11/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 33,451 YTD:	Nov 2020	33,451
5	Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Candace Owens, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (288) 978-1-9821-3327-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 7.71 [details] Sales history for Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation date, rank 10/05/2020, 2 11/09/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 3 01/11/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 31,462 YTD:	Sep 2020	31,462
6	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari, Author Harper Perennial, $22.99 (464) 978-0-06-231611-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/28/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2019 Average Rank 8.36 [details] Sales history for Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind date, rank 06/11/2018, 3 07/16/2018, 3 08/06/2018, 5 09/03/2018, 6 11/12/2018, 7 12/10/2018, 4 01/07/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 3 03/04/2019, 1 04/08/2019, 5 05/06/2019, 2 06/10/2019, 6 07/08/2019, 6 08/12/2019, 5 09/09/2019, 5 10/07/2019, 5 11/11/2019, 9 01/13/2020, 7 02/10/2020, 4 03/09/2020, 5 06/08/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 10 01/11/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: May 2018 UNITS SOLD: 28,852 YTD:	May 2018	28,852
7	Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Fareed Zakaria, Author W. W. Norton & Company, $26.95 (320) 978-0-393-54213-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 17.20 [details] Sales history for Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World date, rank 11/09/2020, 8 01/11/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 20,349 YTD:	Oct 2020	20,349
8	Smithsonian: History of the World Map by Map DK, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $50.00 (440) 978-1-4654-7585-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 19,807 YTD:	Oct 2018	19,807
9	The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II Gregory A Freeman, Author Dutton Caliber, $17.00 (313) 978-0-451-22495-8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2008 UNITS SOLD: 18,238 YTD:	Sep 2008	18,238
10	What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Dan Rather, Author, Elliot Kirschner, Author Algonquin Books, $16.95 (304) 978-1-61620-994-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2019 UNITS SOLD: 18,161 YTD:	Sep 2019	18,161

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