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American Sniper
by Chris Kyle withbrScott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
(Morrow/HarperCollins,br$26.99)
#1 on The NewbrYork Times hardcover nonfiction bestbrsellers list (3.10.13)
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Kyle was recently laid to rest in Austin after being tragicallybr shot and killed in Fort Worth. Before his untimely demise, his record spokebr for itself — the most career sniper kills in United States military history. After more than 150 confirmed kills, Iraqi insurgentsbr feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (the devil) and placed abr bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs,br Marines and Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy frombr rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account ofbr his extraordinary battlefield experiences makes this one of the great warbr memoirs of all time. American Sniper also includes a movingbr first-person accounts from Chris Kyle’s wife, Taya, who writes openly aboutbr the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris. |
Francona
By Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28)
#7 on The NewbrYork Times hardcover nonfiction bestbrsellers list (3.10.13)
From 2004 to 2011, Terry Francona managed the Boston RedbrSox, perhaps the most scrutinized team in all of sports. During that time,brevery home game was a sellout. Every play, call, word, gesture — on the fieldbrand off — was analyzed by thousands. And every decision was either genius orbrdisastrous. In those eight years, the Red Sox transformed from a cursedbrfranchise to one of the most successful and profitable in baseball history — onlybrto fall back to last place as soon as Francona was gone. Now, in Francona:brThe Red Sox Years, the decorated manager opens up for the first time aboutbrhis tenure in Boston, unspooling the narrative of how this world-classbrorganization reached such incredible highs and dipped to equally incrediblebrlows. Through it all, there was always baseball, that beautiful game of whichbrFrancona never lost sight.
The Sound of BrokenbrGlass
Deborah Crombie
(Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99)
#9 on The NewbrYork Times hardcover fiction best sellersbrlist (3.10.13)
Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James arebron the case in this captivating mystery that blends a murder from the past withbra powerful danger in the present.
When Detective Inspector James joins forces with Detective Inspector MelodybrTalbot to solve the murder of an esteemed barrister, their investigation leadsbrthem to realize that nothing is what it seems — with the crime they'rebrinvestigating and their own lives.
With an abundance of twists and turns and intertwining subplots, The Sound of Broken Glass by The New York Times bestsellingbrauthor Deborah Crombie is an elaborate and engaging page-turner.