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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date
1	The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left Dinesh D'Souza, Author Regnery Publishing, $29.99 (256) 978-1-62157-348-7 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/14/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 3.71 [details] Sales history for The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left date, rank 08/14/2017, 4 08/21/2017, 3 08/28/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 4 09/04/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 4 09/18/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 45,764 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
2	Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture Joshua Levine, Author William Morrow & Company, $16.99 (368) 978-0-06-274030-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 07/10/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/04/2017 Average Rank 13.45 [details] Sales history for Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture date, rank 07/10/2017, 20 07/17/2017, 10 07/24/2017, 13 07/31/2017, 12 08/07/2017, 13 08/07/2017, 6 08/14/2017, 16 08/21/2017, 16 08/28/2017, 19 09/04/2017, 21 09/04/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 22,201 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
3	Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $27.00 (272) 978-1-4767-7308-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/10/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/10/2017 Average Rank 5.57 [details] Sales history for Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism date, rank 07/10/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 1 07/17/2017, 2 07/17/2017, 1 07/24/2017, 9 07/24/2017, 1 07/31/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 1 08/14/2017, 6 08/21/2017, 12 08/28/2017, 17 09/04/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 19,674 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
4	Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency Joshua Green, Author Penguin Press, $27.00 (288) 978-0-7352-2502-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 07/31/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/31/2017 Average Rank 8.12 [details] Sales history for Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency date, rank 07/31/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 5 08/07/2017, 10 08/14/2017, 10 08/21/2017, 15 08/28/2017, 7 09/04/2017, 12 09/04/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 18,822 2012 YTD:	Jul 2017
5	Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (352) 978-0-385-53424-6 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 05/01/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2017 Average Rank 11.00 [details] Sales history for Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI date, rank 05/01/2017, 5 05/08/2017, 10 05/08/2017, 9 05/15/2017, 5 05/22/2017, 9 05/29/2017, 9 06/05/2017, 8 06/05/2017, 1 06/12/2017, 10 06/19/2017, 15 06/26/2017, 14 07/03/2017, 12 07/10/2017, 4 07/10/2017, 12 07/17/2017, 13 07/24/2017, 18 07/31/2017, 14 08/07/2017, 14 08/07/2017, 8 08/14/2017, 15 08/21/2017, 11 08/28/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 13 09/04/2017, 5 09/11/2017, 16 09/18/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Apr 2017 UNITS SOLD: 16,619 2012 YTD:	Apr 2017
6	On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Author Tim Duggan Books, $7.99 (128) 978-0-8041-9011-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/10/2017 Average Rank 13.06 [details] Sales history for On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century date, rank 03/20/2017, 20 03/27/2017, 18 04/03/2017, 19 04/03/2017, 8 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 9 04/24/2017, 17 05/01/2017, 19 05/08/2017, 22 05/08/2017, 5 05/15/2017, 17 05/22/2017, 20 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 4 06/19/2017, 5 06/26/2017, 8 07/03/2017, 11 07/10/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 16 07/17/2017, 12 07/24/2017, 14 07/31/2017, 19 08/07/2017, 23 08/07/2017, 7 08/14/2017, 23 08/28/2017, 21 09/04/2017, 22 09/04/2017, 6 09/11/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 16,544 2012 YTD:	Feb 2017
7	Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle Jeff Flake, Author Random House, $27.00 (160) 978-0-399-59291-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 08/14/2017 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2017 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle date, rank 08/14/2017, 7 08/21/2017, 18 09/04/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 14,768 2012 YTD:	Aug 2017
8	The Devil in the White City Erik Larson, Author Vintage, 978-0-375-72560-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 08/11/2014 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/20/2015 Average Rank 6.65 [details] Sales history for The Devil in the White City date, rank 08/11/2014, 6 09/08/2014, 7 02/09/2015, 8 03/09/2015, 4 04/20/2015, 2 05/11/2015, 5 07/13/2015, 7 08/10/2015, 5 09/14/2015, 3 10/12/2015, 9 11/09/2015, 10 12/14/2015, 10 01/11/2016, 7 02/08/2016, 7 03/07/2016, 5 04/11/2016, 6 05/09/2016, 4 07/11/2016, 8 08/08/2016, 7 09/05/2016, 10 01/09/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Feb 2004 UNITS SOLD: 13,084 2012 YTD:	Feb 2004
9	Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War David Fisher, Author Henry Holt & Company, $35.00 (368) 978-1-250-10984-2 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 06/19/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/10/2017 Average Rank 11.59 [details] Sales history for Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War date, rank 06/19/2017, 7 06/26/2017, 9 06/26/2017, 5 07/03/2017, 6 07/10/2017, 2 07/10/2017, 10 07/17/2017, 9 07/24/2017, 9 07/31/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 12 08/07/2017, 5 08/14/2017, 18 08/21/2017, 21 08/28/2017, 22 09/04/2017, 19 09/04/2017, 9 09/11/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,725 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017
10	Understanding Trump Newt Gingrich, Author, Eric Trump, Foreword by Center Street, $27.00 (368) 978-1-4789-2308-4 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 06/26/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/26/2017 Average Rank 6.54 [details] Sales history for Understanding Trump date, rank 06/26/2017, 2 06/26/2017, 1 07/03/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 4 07/17/2017, 7 07/24/2017, 8 07/31/2017, 8 08/07/2017, 10 08/07/2017, 4 08/14/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 10 09/11/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,362 2012 YTD:	Jun 2017

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