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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds
Bestseller List for June 5, 2000
from sales the week ending May 28
Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, May 30
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The 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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The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
A practical guide to personal freedom, which outlines a way of life rooted
in traditional Toltec beliefs.
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad, 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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Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav
S&S, $12.00, 067169507X
A meditation on spirituality and our evolving souls.
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree : Understanding Globalization, Thomas
L. Friedman
Anchor, $15.00, 0385499345
An investigation of globalization and its economical and political affects
both at home and abroad.
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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 novel on which the film is based: about the author's years spent in
a mental institution.
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The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene
Vintage, $15.00, 0375708111
In this fascinating book, one of the world's leading physicists explores
a cutting edge theory of physics, and makes the totally complex surprisingly
accessible and entertaining.
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The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean
Ballantine, $14.00, 044900371X
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Encore Provence, Peter Mayle
Vintage, $12.00, 0679762698
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The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester
HarperPerennial, $13.00, 006099486X
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The Hungry Ocean - 1st Week On List, Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, $14.00, 0786885416
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The Onion's Finest News Reporting, The Onion et al
Three Rivers, $16.00, 0609804634
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