From the list of best-selling non-fiction books of 2012 formed an
excellent program of self-improvement. Biography of Steve Jobs and Paul
Durov inspire action and made to believe in success.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, teaches not only win, but also a decent play, and
Vladimir Pozner - extract lessons from the situation and time to part
with illusions. Ines de la Parisienne Fressanzh instills good taste and
sense of style, and Japanese Masaru Ibuka explains how to develop a
child's birthday talent, and assures us that genius - it's easy. Dmitry
Bykov forms a circle reading for the near future and infects love of
literature, Nikolai Starikov calls carefully and thoughtfully to
history. A British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking arguments and at the
same time just answering the big questions of life.
In general, all selected by readers of the book sets the correct motion
vector, as it should be good literature. Ranking the best-selling
non-fiction books of the year is based on sales data of the largest
Russian publishers.
01. Walter Isaacson. "Steve Jobs"
Release date: November 30, 2011
Sold 105 000 copies
Rating: 4th in the final ranking non-fiction book store,
"Biblio-Globus»; 9th in summary (fiction + non-fiction) rating of
Pro-Books.ru year.
Journalist Walter Isaacson, a famous documentary book about Franklin and
Einstein, his biographer Steve Jobs chose himself. Work on the book
began in 2009, when Jobs was already seriously ill. At the heart of the
biography - about 40 interviews with the "guru of Silicon Valley," and
more than a hundred conversations with his relatives, colleagues, rivals
and even enemies. This is the story of victories and failures of a man
who in 1983 enthuses that each could easily use a computer and use it to
manage other devices. The book on how to start-up in parents' garage
into a company Apple, Jobs and his views on censorship in the network,
and to the protection of intellectual property. Before going to press,
"Steve Jobs" has broken all records on the number of pre-sale on
Amazon.com and then became super best sellerom and film rights to more
than $ 1 million has already purchased by Sony Pictures..
Release date: February 3, 2012
Sold 86 500 copies + 10 000 overprint
Rating: 2nd in the ranking of the store "Moscow" and "Biblio-Globus»,
3rd in the final ranking Ozon.ru; 6th in the summary (fiction +
non-fiction) rating of Pro-Books.ru year
"Farewell to the illusions" Vladimir Posner wrote in English 21 years
ago. In the U.S., this autobiography was almost 20 weeks on the
bestseller list «The New York Times» and brought the author crazy, by
Soviet standards, the fee - $ 100,000. Posner translated into Russian
book only in 2008, and three years pondering how to reflect the past 18
years in the manuscript. "Farewell to the illusions" - memoirs of a man
with an incredible destiny Soviet journalist, born in Paris, in five
years, was walking with her mother at Nice, seven went to school in New
York, at age 17 completed his studies in Berlin and only a year later
for the first time came to Moscow. Reading "Farewell to the illusions",
it is important to remember that it was written not masters of Russian
journalism, and a young man who, having received European upbringing,
was in the Soviet reality and then sincerely believed the Soviet Union
the best model of government. And the modern part of the book - it is
also a farewell to illusions.
03. Misaru Ibuka. "After three late"
Release date: November 30, 2011
Sold 47 000 copies
Rating: 2nd of "Child Psychology" rating shopping "Moscow», 4th in the
final rating of Pro-Books.ru in the "Children's Literature"
This wonderful book written founder of SONY: few people know that the
Japanese association of early child development, he made no less
successful than in the business. First "After three late" was published
in Russian in 1991, reissued in 2011, and a month after the victory in
the Book Runet Award in the category "Choice Runet users" and
"Bestseller on Amazon." Masaru Ibuka said that young children have the
ability to effortlessly learn anything: the author claims that in the
first three years of life, the child is the highest learning potential.
According to Ibuki, foreign language, playing the violin or the piano is
difficult for adults and for children it's almost an unconscious
effort. The author provides easy to understand methods that promote
early childhood development. December 8, 2012 specifically for dads came
abbreviated edition, which can be read in an hour.
04. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Natalia Gevorkyan. "Prison and Freedom" 
Rating: 3rd in the final ranking non-fiction book store,
"Biblio-Globus»; 3rd in the "political memoir, investigative
journalism," store "Moscow»; 6th in the summary (fiction + non-fiction)
rating of Pro-Books. ru for six months
Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was one of the richest men in
Russia, and it became the most famous prisoner, wrote the book of
Revelation about how the youth center has grown from Bank Menatep, and
then - as Yukos and then everything collapsed. 15 chapters in the book
with the telling name: "I wanted to be the best", "Politics", "The
golden age bankers amateurs", "Big Business", "After Yeltsin," etc. The
last chapter - "Russia's Future" - software development. "All of us
continue to give unsolicited advice," - ironically the author writes.
Khodorkovsky's co-author, journalist Natalia Gevorkyan complements his
story of his point of view on the events related to Yukos and Russia's
recent history, and notes that the book was written hard and difficult -
more than two years. The first printing - 20,000 copies - a publishing
house "Howard Roark" sold in just ten days and already printed and put
on the shelves extra thirty thousandth.
05. Nikolay Starikov. "Stalin. Wonderful World "
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Sold: 20 000 + 8000 print additional copies
Rating: 1st in the ranking of non-fiction store, "Biblio-Globus»; 2nd in
the "History of Russia" rating shopping "Moscow»; ? 16 in the summary
(fiction + non-fiction) rating of Pro-Books.ru six months
42-year-old Nikolai Starikov graduated from the St. Petersburg
Engineering and Economics Institute and an economist. By his own
admission, "seeing patterns of political and historical development of
Russia, hidden springs of accidents and disasters that happened to the
country, decided to write the book" - now they are in the account 11. In
the book "Stalin. Wonderful World "Nikolay Starikov trying to
understand the complex personality of the leader and in his biography in
the context of real historical events give insight into the motives of
his actions. The reader's interest in the book says an expert on public
relations magazine "Biblio-Globus" Elena Nikolyuk: "The rankings
ourselves surprise winner of first place - the book" Stalin. Wonderful
World ", which is on sale only about four months. Although this is the
explanation: the book Nikolai Starikov always attract readers' interest,
and in recent years we have had an increased demand for books about the
history of Russia. "
06. Dmitry Bykov. "Soviet literature. Short course "
Release date: November 12, 2012
Sold: 10 000 5000 print additional copies
Rating: 1st in the "Literary Criticism. Criticism "of the final rating
of the shop" Moscow »; 3rd in the ranking of the shop" Book Club 36.6
"for the year
Dmitry Bykov, gathered under one cover his lectures on literature for
students of MGIMO and materials for lessons with high school students.
In the short course of literature from bulls over thirty essays on
Soviet writers from Maxim Gorky and Mikhail Sholokhov to Bella
Akhmadulina and Boris Strugatsky. Bulls offers not dry study, and live
the stories of key figures of Soviet literature and does so masterfully,
making you think and argue, and most importantly - remember or read
works in question. And when the Bulls with his usual journalistic
fervor, with personal involvement and knowledge of the material writes
idol 1960 Edward Asadov or undeservedly forgotten Leonov, the nearly
unknown to the modern reader or Yuri Olesha Valentin Kataev, you realize
that the teaching of literature should be such: not dry a choice of
three variants of the test for the exam, and the controversy,
fascinating lectures, motivation to read, talk and think.
07. Ines de la Fressanzh. "Parisian and style"
Release date: April 19, 2012
Sold 11 000 copies
Rating:1st in the "fashion" of the final rating of the shop "Moscow»; 19th in the final ranking nonfiction Pro-Books.ru year
At the heart of Parisian style - the magnificent seven of the most
ordinary things: men's jacket, a classic trench coat, dark blue sweater,
T-shirt, a little black dress, jeans and a leather jacket. But how to
wear them, creating a very special way? What to avoid and how it does
not look boring? Famous French model Ines de la Fressanzh offers
detailed instruction to the style «made in Paris». Ines, backed by more
than a decade in the fashion industry, shares the secrets of personal
style and teach any woman to combine things and the right accessories to
complement them. "Guide to Style" Fressanzh illustrated by excellent
photographs and drawings's ironic, the "French trick" is presented in a
nice and cartoonish style. In the role of a Parisian - Nin, the daughter
of Ines de la Fressanzh. "Parisian pulled the salary for any« must-have
»from the latest collections. She believes that her talent is not less
than that of all sorts of stylists. "
08. Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking. "George and the Big Bang" 
Release date: September 17, 2012
Sold: 7000 copies (cumulative sales of the trilogy of George - 51 000 copies)
Rating: 5th in the "Developing and informative books for school children"
How do you explain the curious little boy, where did the universe, which
is a black hole, and to compare the speed of light? Fortunately, for
the curious children and their parents have a scientific adventure epic
astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy, "George and the
mysteries of the universe," "George and the treasures of the universe"
and "George and the Big Bang." Sending the boy George, a girl Annie and
physicist Eric in space travel, pushing them to the mysteries of the
universe and exposing the danger of death, Hawking explains the origin
and structure of the Universe and other complicated things. Trilogy
about George Lucy Hawking conceived when the birthday of her son little
guests came to Stephen Hawking and asked him questions about
astrophysics. In the third book of Hawking sent George in the Large
Hadron Collider, where he will stop the conspiracy of evil scientists,
and learn at the same time, how did our universe that connects the
vacuum and vacuum cleaners, whether in space other solar system, which
is Newton's laws and the theory of relativity and much, much more.
09. Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinov. "The supreme design"
Release date: March 19, 2012
Sold: 6500 copies
Rating: 6th in the "science" of the rating of the shop "Moscow»; 11th in the ranking of non-fiction Pro-Books.ru year
"High concept" - the book by Stephen Hawking, co-written with a
specialist in quantum theory and chaos theory Leonard Mlodinovym -
answer the main question of the universe: whether to participate in the
creation of the universe higher intelligence? In a new book, Stephen
Hawking has never categorically and directly answer questions about the
universe and life forms, yes, universes appear and is described by the
laws of physics, God has nothing to do with it, life is likely to have
not only on Earth, but it is unlikely such a reasonable . In response to
criticism, Hawking said that "it is impossible to prove the
non-existence of God, but science makes it unnecessary." 70-year-old
Stephen Hawking to 1960 suffers amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and
almost completely paralyzed. He says with a special speech synthesizer,
involved in the cheek muscle. But in January of this year and it has
atrophied, and thus it is possible that "The supreme design" - the last
sentence of the great scientist.
10. Nikolay Kononov. "Code Durov"
Release date: November 23, 2012
Sold: 5000 + 5000 print additional copies
Rating::10th in the ranking of non-fiction site Pro-Books.ru for the
quarter, 2nd in the ranking of non-fiction site Pro-Books.ru month; 3rd
in the section "Business" rankings store "Moscow"
"Code Durov" - biography site designer "VKontakte", "Zuckerberg from
Petersburg" Pavel Durov. Duras staunchly defended their own ideas about
content, considering freedom of information organic feature internet and
winning lawsuits against the Web. By the way, a pirated copy of the
book Nikolai Kononov appeared "VKontakte" publicly available on the day
and the author had only to inform on his page that he does not mind.
"Code Durov" written with meticulous thoroughness: the author has met a
lot of people, took hundreds of hours of interviews, built a
chronological narrative: it is clear, as there is a "VKontakte" the
conditions under which friends become partners, and more. Curiously, the
list of the most widely read books of the year starts and ends
biography computer genius, written personally familiar with the hero
journalist. Perhaps someday genius Paul Durova will rival that of Steve
Jobs, and talent as a writer Nikolai Kononov readers will appreciate
higher until surpassed skill Isaacson.
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