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Rank	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units
1	Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Author Crown Publishing Group (NY), $32.00 (416) 978-0-593-44451-1 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 7.47 [details] Sales history for Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism date, rank 11/13/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 01/08/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 76,237 YTD:	Oct 2023	76,237
2	Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts Bill O'Reilly, Author, Martin Dugard, Author St. Martin's Press, $32.00 (304) 978-1-250-28332-0 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 10.95 [details] Sales history for Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts date, rank 10/09/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 4 01/08/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 73,479 YTD:	Sep 2023	73,479
3	The Democrat Party Hates America Mark R Levin, Author Threshold Editions, $30.00 (400) 978-1-5011-8315-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/02/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/02/2023 Average Rank 8.82 [details] Sales history for The Democrat Party Hates America date, rank 10/09/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 7 01/08/2024, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 71,103 YTD:	Sep 2023	71,103
4	To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment Bret Baier, Author Mariner Books, $32.50 (400) 978-0-06-303958-2 Last rank 38 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 10/23/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 12.38 [details] Sales history for To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment date, rank 11/13/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 10 01/08/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 35,874 YTD:	Oct 2023	35,874
5	Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Author Viking, $30.00 (288) 978-0-593-65296-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 12.64 [details] Sales history for Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America date, rank 10/09/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 9 01/08/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 32,362 YTD:	Sep 2023	32,362
6	The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 Rashid Khalidi, Author Picador USA, $18.99 (336) 978-1-250-78765-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/13/2023 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 7.67 [details] Sales history for The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 date, rank 11/13/2023, 6 12/11/2023, 8 01/08/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 18,237 YTD:	Jan 2021	18,237
7	Breaking Biden: Exposing the Hidden Forces and Secret Money Machine Behind Joe Biden, His Family, and His Administration Alex Marlow, Author Threshold Editions, $29.99 (448) 978-1-6680-2300-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 10/16/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Breaking Biden: Exposing the Hidden Forces and Secret Money Machine Behind Joe Biden, His Family, and His Administration date, rank 11/13/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 17,540 YTD:	Oct 2023	17,540
8	The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings Editors of Thunder Bay Press, Editor Canterbury Classics, $24.99 (544) 978-1-68412-098-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/12/2022 Average Rank 7.75 [details] Sales history for The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings date, rank 12/14/2020, 8 12/13/2021, 10 01/10/2022, 9 12/12/2022, 4 01/09/2023, 4 02/13/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 8 01/08/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2017 UNITS SOLD: 12,510 YTD:	Oct 2017	12,510
9	Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Noa Tishby, Author Free Press, $18.99 (352) 978-1-9821-4494-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Sep 2022 UNITS SOLD: 12,429 YTD:	Sep 2022	12,429
10	Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine David Petraeus, Author, Andrew Roberts, Author Harper, $40.00 (400) 978-0-06-329313-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine date, rank 11/13/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 12,367 YTD:	Oct 2023	12,367

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For the 4-week period ended 12-30-23

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