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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds
Bestseller List for June 12, 2000
from sales the week ending June 4
Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, June 8
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, June 12
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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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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The Hungry Ocean, Linda Greenlaw
Hyperion, 16.00, 0786885416
Known to readers of The Perfect Storm as the captain of the Hannah Boden,
this is the story of one of the best sea captains on the East Coast, and
her adventures as a strong woman in an almost entirely male industry.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bella Tuscany, Francis Mayes
Broadway, 15.00, 076790284X
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The First World War - 1st Week On List, John Keegan
Vintage, 16.00, 0375700455
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The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen, 12.95, 1878424319
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Been There, Should've Done That - 1st Week On List, Suzette Tyler
(Introduction)
Front Porch Press, 8.95, 0965608646
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A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
Broadway, 13.00, 0767902521
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