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7 STEPS TO SOLD: The Secrets to Selling Your Home for Big Bucks… Fast Donna Freeman and Shannon Freeman (Three Rivers Press, 2007)
THE 24-HOUR GENIUS Eric Epstein (forthcoming from InterMix)
ART SCHOOLED: A Year Among Prodigies, Rebels, and Visionaries at a World-Class Art College Larry Witham (University Press of New England, 2012)
B+ GRADES, A+ APPLICATION: Write a Stand-Out Essay, Ace the Interview, and Get into the Perfect School for You Joie Jager-Hyman, Ed.D. (forthcoming from Ten Speed Press)
BAD DOG, MARLEY! John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2007)
THE BALLECORE® WORKOUT: Integrating Pilates, Hatha Yoga, and Ballet in an Innovative Exercise Routine for All Fitness Levels Molly Weeks (Ballantine, 2005)
BEHIND THE YELLOW TAPE: On the Road with Some of America’s Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators Jarrett Hallcox & Amy Welch (Berkley, 2009)
THE BERLIN PATIENTS: How Two Ordinary Men Hold the Cure for HIV Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. (forthcoming from Dutton)
THE BEST PUNCTUATION BOOK, PERIOD June Casagrande (forthcoming from Ten Speed Press)
BODIES WE’VE BURIED: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World’s Top CSI Training School Jarrett Hallcox & Amy Welch (Berkley, 2006)

THE BOOK OF SPAM Dan Armstrong and Dustin Black (Atria, 2007)
BRETZ’S FLOOD: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World’s Greatest Flood John Soennichsen (Sasquatch Books, 2008)
BRIGHT SIDE UP: 100 Ways to Be Happier Right Now Amy Spencer (Perigee, 2012)
BRINGING HOME BHUTAN: 25 Ways to Simplify, Strengthen, and Make Your Life Magical Linda Leaming (forthcoming from Hay House)
C.C. PYLE’S AMAZING FOOT RACE: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America Geoff Williams (Rodale, 2007)
CHEER!: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders Kate Torgovnick (Touchstone, 2008)
THE COMMITMENT EQUATION Heidi Reeder, Ph.D. (forthcoming from Hudson Street Press)
CORRELATED Shaun Gallagher (forthcoming from Perigee Books)
CUBICLE WARFARE: 101 Office Traps and Pranks John Austin (Collins, 2008)

DEERLAND: America’s Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness Al Cambronne (forthcoming from Lyons Press)
DIY SURVIVAL SECRETS: 101 Emergency Tips and Techniques Using Everyday Items Joey Green (forthcoming from Chicago Review Press)
DOG WALKS MAN: A Six-Legged Odyssey John Zeaman (Lyons Press, 2010)
EVERY DAY IS ELECTION DAY Rebecca Sive (forthcoming from Chicago Review Press)
EXPERIMENTS ON BABIES: 50 Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid Shaun Gallagher (forthcoming from Perigee Books)
FETCH! Jorey Hurley (forthcoming from Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster Children’s)
FIDDLE: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music Vivian Wagner (Citadel/Kensington, 2010)
FOOD: THE GOOD GIRL’S DRUG: How to Stop Using Food To Control Your Feelings Sunny Sea Gold (Berkley, 2011)

THE GIFT OF FAILURE: Why the Best Parents Let Their Kids Fail and How You Can Learn to Let Go Jessica Lahey (forthcoming from Harper)
GLOBAL GIRLFRIENDS: How One Mom Made It Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide Stacey Edgar (St. Martin’s Press, 2011)
GRAMMAR GIRL’S 101 MISUSED WORDS YOU’LL NEVER CONFUSE AGAIN Mignon Fogarty (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011)
GRAMMAR GIRL’S 101 TROUBLESOME WORDS YOU’LL MASTER IN NO TIME Mignon Fogarty (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012)
GRAMMAR GIRL’S 101 WORDS EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE NEEDS TO KNOW Mignon Fogarty (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011)
GRAMMAR GIRL’S 101 WORDS TO SOUND SMART Mignon Fogarty (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011)
GRAMMAR SNOBS ARE GREAT BIG MEANIES: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite June Casagrande (Penguin, 2006)
HANDS-OFF COOKING: Low-Prep, Low-Supervision Meals for Busy People Ann Martin Rolke (Wiley, 2007)
THE HAPPY LIFE CHECKLIST Amy Spencer (forthcoming from Perigee)
HOPE CONQUERS ALL: Inspirational Stories of Love and Healing from CaringBridge Sona Mehring (forthcoming from Center Street)
HOW TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL SUPERSTAR: The Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out) Cal Newport (Broadway, 2010)
HOW TO BECOME A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT: The Unconventional Strategies Real Straight-A College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less Cal Newport (Broadway, 2007)
HOW TO FEEL MANLY IN A MINIVAN: The Desperate Dad’s Survival Guide Craig Boreth (St. Martin’s Press, 2007)
HOW TO IRON YOUR OWN DAMN SHIRT: The Perfect Husband Handbook Craig Boreth (Three Rivers Press, 2005)
HOW TO LIVE WELL WITHOUT OWNING A CAR: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life Chris Balish (Ten Speed, 2006)
HOW TO TUTOR YOUR OWN CHILD: Boost Grades and Instill a Lifelong Love of Learning—Without Paying for a Professional Tutor Marina Koestler Ruben (Ten Speed Press, 2011)
HOW TO WIN AT COLLEGE: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students Cal Newport (Broadway, 2005)
I’D RATHER BE SHORT: 100 Reasons Why It’s Great to Be Small Becky Murphy (forthcoming from Plume)
I’M PERFECT, YOU’RE DOOMED: Tales of a Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing Kyria Abrahams (Touchstone, 2009)

IF IT WAS EASY, THEY’D CALL THE WHOLE DAMN THING A HONEYMOON Jenna McCarthy (Berkley Books, 2011)
IT WAS THE BEST OF SENTENCES, IT WAS THE WORST OF SENTENCES: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences June Casagrande (Ten Speed Press, 2010)
IVY BRIEFS: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student Martha Kimes (Atria, 2007)
LIVE FROM DEATH VALLEY: Dispatches from America’s Low Point John Soennichsen (Sasquatch Books, 2005; forthcoming from The Mountaineers Books)
LIVING WELL WITH BAD CREDIT: Buy a House, Start a Business, and Even Take a Vacation No Matter How Low Your Credit Score Chris Balish and Geoff Williams (HCI, 2010)
LOLA KNOWS A LOT Jenna McCarthy (forthcoming from HarperCollins Children’s)
THE LONGEST TRIP HOME: A Memoir John Grogan (William Morrow, 2008)
MARLEY AND THE KITTENS John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2010)
MARLEY & ME: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog John Grogan (William Morrow, 2005)
MARLEY & ME John Grogan (Illustrated Edition. William Morrow, 2006)
MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2009)
MARLEY: A Dog Like No Other John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2007)
MARRIED TO BHUTAN: How One Woman Got Lost, Said “I Do,” and Found Bliss Linda Leaming (Hay House, 2011)
MARY AND LOU AND RHODA AND TED: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (forthcoming from Simon & Schuster)
MEETING YOUR HALF-ORANGE: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match Amy Spencer (Running Press, 2010)
THE MINDFUL CARNIVORE: A Vegetarian’s Hunt for Sustenance Tovar Cerulli (Pegasus Books, 2012)
MINIWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: Build Implements of Spitball Warfare John Austin (Chicago Review Press, 2009)
MINIWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 2: Build a Secret Agent Arsenal John Austin (Chicago Review Press, 2011)
MINIWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 3: Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages John Austin (forthcoming from Chicago Review Press)
MINIWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 4: Build Tools and Weaponry of the Ninja and Samurai John Austin (forthcoming from Chicago Review Press)
MINIWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TARGETS John Austin (Chicago Review Press, 2012)
MORTAL SYNTAX: 101 Language Choices that Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs —Even if You’re Right June Casagrande (Penguin, 2008)
MY LAST WISHES… Life, Love, Laughs, and a Few Final Notes Joy Meredith (Collins, 2007)
MY (NOT SO) STORYBOOK LIFE: A Tale of Friendship and Faith Elizabeth Owen (skirt! Books, 2011)
NEST Jorey Hurley (forthcoming from Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster Children’s)
THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE Douglas Walker and Graham Walker (Fireside, 2004)
ONCE UPON A FLOCK: Life with My Soulful Chickens Lauren Scheuer (Atria Books, 2013)
ONE GOOD YEAR: A Mother and Daughter’s Educational Adventure Laura Brodie (HarperCollins, 2010)
PAINTING YOUR WAY OUT OF A CORNER: The Art of Getting Unstuck and Waking Up the Creative Brain Barbara Diane Barry (forthcoming from Tarcher)

PICASSO AND THE CHESS PLAYER: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art Larry Witham (University Press of New England, 2013)
PIERO’S LIGHT Larry Witham (forthcoming from Pegasus Books)
PRANK UNIVERSITY: The Ultimate Guide to College’s Greatest Tradition John Austin (Three Rivers, 2006)
THE RAREST BLUE: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered Baruch Sterman with Judy Taubes Sterman (Lyons Press, 2012)
RECORD COLLECTING FOR GIRLS: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time Courtney E. Smith (Mariner Books, 2011)
THE SCIENCE OF CONSEQUENCES: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World Susan M. Schneider, Ph.D. (Prometheus Books, 2012)
THE SCIENCE OF HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Why We Choose the Wrong Partners and the Three Wishes that Matter in the Quest for Enduring Love Ty Tashiro, Ph.D. (forthcoming from Harlequin Nonfiction)
SEXY FEMINISM: A Girl’s Guide to Love, Success, and Style Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and Heather Wood Rudúlph (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)
SHADY CHARACTERS: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks Keith Houston (forthcoming from W.W. Norton)
THE SINGLE GIRL’S GUIDE TO MARRYING A MAN, HIS KIDS AND HIS EX-WIFE: Becoming a Stepmother with Humor and Grace Sally Bjornsen (NAL, 2005)

SLOW FAMILY LIVING: Simple Ways to Slow Down, Connect, and Create More Joy Bernadette Noll (Perigee, 2013)
SMALL: Life, Death, and Doubt on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery Catherine Musemeche, M.D. (forthcoming from University Press of New England)
SO GOOD THEY CAN’T IGNORE YOU: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Cal Newport (Grand Central/Business Plus, 2012)
SO NOW YOU’RE A ZOMBIE: A Handbook for the Newly Undead
John Austin (Chicago Review Press, 2010)
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY: A Civil Rights Battle in Small-Town Virginia Kristen Green (forthcoming from Harper)
STOP CALLING HIM “HONEY” …AND START HAVING SEX!: How Changing Your Everyday Habits Can Make You Hot for Each Other All Over Again Maggie Arana and Julienne Davis (HCI Books, 2010)
STRIKING GRIDIRON Greg Nichols (forthcoming from Thomas Dunne Books)
SURVIVING YOUR STUPID, STUPID DECISION TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL Adam Ruben (Broadway, 2010)
TAKING ON WATER: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana Wendy Pabich, Ph.D. (Sasquatch Books, 2012)
THERE’S A BETTER DAY A-COMIN’: How to Find the Upside During the Down Times Ronda Rich (Running Press, 2012)
TRICK OR TREAT, MARLEY! John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2011)
THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY BOOK Brian Miller, Adam Paulson, and Kevin Wool (Abrams Image, 2011)
A VERY MARLEY CHRISTMAS John Grogan (HarperCollins Children’s, 2008)
WASHED AWAY: How the Great Flood of 1913, America’s Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever Geoff Williams (Pegasus Books, 2013)
WHAT A PLANT KNOWS: A Field Guide to the Senses Daniel Chamovitz, Ph.D. (Scientific American Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012)
WHAT NO ONE TELLS THE MOM Marg Stark (Perigee, 2005)
WHERE DO GAYBIES COME FROM? A Tale of Two Dudes and Their Wild, Uncharted Road to Parenthood Jerry Mahoney (forthcoming from Taylor Trade)
WHY SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE LUCK: The Science of Serendipity, Chance Occurrences, and Who Wins Karla Starr (forthcoming from Portfolio)
WIRED FOR STORY: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence Lisa Cron (Ten Speed Press, 2012)
YOGA CHICK: A Hip Guide to Everything Om Bess Gallanis (Warner Books, 2006)

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