Trade Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller List for December 25, 2000 from sales the week ending December 17 Online at www.bookweb.org Thursday, December 21 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, December 25 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or visit www.booksense.com   TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION last week / # of weeks 1 Galileo's Daughter Dava Sobel, 0140280553, Penguin, $14.00 An insightful, innovative biography of Galileo which illuminates him in part through the letters of his devoted daughter, a cloistered nun. 3/7 2 The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven, 0811825558, Chronicle, $14.95 Sound (and funny) advice on what to do if you're attacked by a shark, buried in an avalanche, or bitten by a snake ... to name a few of the possible calamities found in this clever book. 2/56 3 World Almanac & Book Of Facts 2001 World Almanac Education, 0886878624, $10.95 An indispensable source for quick information on every subject imaginable. 4/4 4 The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz, 1878424319, Amber-Allen, $12.95 A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs. 6/33 5 Talking Dirty With the Queen Of Clean Linda C. Cobb, 0743418301, Pocket, $8.99 An economical and down-to-earth guide from the self-proclaimed "Queen of Clean." 1/7 6 A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson, 0767902521, Broadway, $13.95 Side-splitting memoir about two middle-aged, fairly out-of-shape men attempting to hike the entire Appalachian trail. 5/34 7 Shrub Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose, 0375757147, Vintage, $8.99 Two veteran journalists examine the record of the President-elect George W. Bush. 10/9 8 Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond, 0393317552, Norton, $15.95 A persuasive and astonishing chronicle of how the modern world came to be, as a result of geographical and environmental factors, not genetic superiority. 7/56 9 The 2001 Old Farmer's Almanac Robert B. Thomas, 1571981551, Houghton Mifflin, $5.95 The latest edition with all the usual facts, tips, and predictions. 9/13 10 Ex Libris - 1st Week On List Anne Fadiman, 0374527229, FSG, $10.00 -/1 11 The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want Cameron Tuttle, 0811828964, Chronicle, $14.95 14/3 12 The Dark Side of the Light Chasers Debbie Ford, 1573227358, Riverhead, $13.00 8/5 13 Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter, 0446677450, Warner, $15.95 15/34 14 Holidays On Ice David Sedaris, 0316779237, Little Brown, $8.00 -/1 15 Passage To Juneau Jonathan Raban, 0679776141, Vintage, $15.00 12/5 The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information, please contact Michael Hoynes, Marketing Officer, at: (914) 591-2665 ext. 1204, 828 Broadway, Tarrytown NY. Reprint Guidelines.