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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds
Bestseller List for May 15, 2000
from sales the week ending May 7
Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, May 11
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, May 15
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TRADE
PAPERBACK NONFICTION |
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Rich
Dad, Poor Dad - 1st Week at #1, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Warner, 15.95, 0446677450
A book that outlines "financial literacy" and advocates the gaining and
holding of assets over "traditional" jobs as a way of making and keeping
money. |
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Worst
Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Joshua Piven
Chronicle, 14.95, 0811825558
Sound (though funny) advice on what to do if you're attacked by a shark,
buried in an avalanche, or bitten by a snake�just to name a few.
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Seat
of the Soul, Gary Zukav
S&S, 12.00, 067169507X
A meditation on spirituality and our evolving souls. |
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Traveling
Mercies, Anne Lamott
Anchor, 13.00, 0385496095
A funny and wise chronicle of faith and spirituality. |
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Guns,
Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond
Norton, 14.95, 0393317552
An amazing chronicle of how the modern world came to be which argues that
geographical and environmental factors shaped our societies. |
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Bella
Tuscany, Francis Mayes
Broadway, 15.00, 076790284X
Francis Mayes' luscious sequel to UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN. |
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Girl,
Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen
Vintage, 12.00, 0679746048
The basis for the movie about the author's years in a mental hospital.
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The
Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester
HarperPerennial, 13.00, 006099486X
A fascinating story of the compiling of the OED, and the insane genius who
contributed more than 10, 000 definitions. |
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Statehood
Quarter Folder #1 1999-2001,
Whitman/St. Martin's, 3.00, 0307096971 |
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Woman,
Natalie Angier
Anchor, 15.00, 0385498411
A brilliant look at women and biology that blasts gender stereotypes to
make room for a new "liberation biology" that combines science and feminism
in a revolutionary way. |
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The
Lexus and the Olive Tree : Understanding Globalization - 1st Week On List,
Thomas L. Friedman
Anchor, 15.00, 0385499345 |
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The
Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
Vintage, 15.00, 0375708111 |
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We
Are Our Mothers' Daughters - 1st Week On List, Cokie Roberts
HarperPerennial, 11.00, 0688169678 |
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The
Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean
Ballantine, 14.00, 044900371X |
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The
Four Agreements - 1st Week On List; Our "On The Rise" Pick Last Week,
Don Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen, 12.95, 1878424319 |
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