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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 22, 2001
from sales the week ending October 14
Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, October 17
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, October 22
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William Broad, 0684871580, S&S, $27.00.
The history, and possible future, of biological and germ warfare. |
3/3 |
| 2. |
John Adams
David McCullough, 0684813637, S&S, $35.00.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Truman turns his attention to the
second President of the United States. |
1/18 |
| 3. |
Fire
Sebastian Junger, 0393010465, Norton, $24.95.
A collection of ten magazine articles on everything from forest fires to
Sierra Leone to Afghanistan, from the author of The Perfect Storm. |
2/3 |
| 4. |
War in a Time of Peace
David Halberstam, 0743202120, Scribner, $28.00.
The Pulitzer-prize winning author's successor to The Best and the Brightest. |
4/4 |
| 5. |
How I Play Golf - 1st Week on List
Tiger Woods, 0446529311, Warner, $34.95.
Tiger reveals his thoughts on the game and his secrets for success. |
-/1 |
| 6. |
Wild Blue
Stephen E. Ambrose, 0743203399, S&S, $26.00.
The history of the B-24 bomber and the men who flew them in WWII, by the
author of Band of Brothers. |
5/8 |
| 7. |
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch, 0446528382, Warner, $29.95.
A memoir and business book from the former CEO of General Electric. |
6/4 |
| 8. |
Savage Beauty
Nancy Milford, 039457589X, Random House, $29.95.
A biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay, from the author of Zelda. |
8/5 |
| 9. |
The Places That Scare You
Pema Chodron, 1570624097, Shambhala, $21.95.
A book that teaches us how to move towards our fears in order to move beyond
them. |
13/3 |
| 10. |
The Prayer of Jabez
Bruce H. Wilkinson, 1576737330, Multnomah, $9.99.
A small book of prayer about one of the lesser-known men in the Bible. |
9/25 |
| 11. |
Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis, 0375405445, Knopf, $26.00.
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11/37 |
| 12. |
The Map That Changed the World
Simon Winchester, 0060193611, HarperCollins, $26.00.
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7/9 |
| 13. |
Living a Life That Matters
Harold S. Kushner, 0375410635, Knopf, $22.00.
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15/5 |
| 14. |
An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
- 1st Week on List
The Dalai Lama, 0316989797, Little Brown, $22.95.
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-/1 |
| 15. |
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson, 0399144463, Putnam, $19.95.
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ON THE RISE |
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| 43. |
I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from
NPR's National Story Project
Edited by Paul Auster, 0805067140, Holt, $25.00.
"Auster has done a masterful job of editing these submissions. There are
heartwarming, funny, sad, and quirky stories from across the nation." --Shelley
Dyer, Book & Game Company, Lewiston, ID |
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