Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List for October 29, 2001 from sales the week ending October 21 Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, October 24 Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, October 29 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or visit www.booksense.com   HARDCOVER NONFICTION Last Week/ Weeks on List 1. 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. 2/19 2. 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. 1/4 3. Islam: A Short History Karen Armstrong, 0679640401, Modern Library, $29.95. Insights into Islam from the author of The Battle for God and The History of God. -/2 4. Fire Sebastian Junger, 0393010465, Norton, $24.95. A collection of 10 magazine articles on everything from forest fires to Sierra Leone to Afghanistan, from the author of The Perfect Storm. 3/4 5. How I Play Golf Tiger Woods, 0446529311, Warner, $34.95. Tiger reveals his thoughts on the game, and his secrets for success. 5/2 6. The No Spin Zone - 1st Week on List Bill O'Reilly, 0767908481, Broadway, $24.95. Searing commentary on a wide variety of personalities and issues from the host of The O'Reilly Factor. -/1 7. 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. 4/5 8. The Final Days - 1st Week on List Barbara Olson, 0895261677, Regnery, $27.95. A conservative lawyer and Republican counsel looks at the Clinton's final days in the White House. -/1 9. Jack: Straight from the Gut Jack Welch, 0446528382, Warner Books, $29.95. A memoir and business book from the CEO of General Electric. 7/5 10. 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. 6/9 11. The Prayer of Jabez Bruce H. Wilkinson, 1576737330, Multnomah, $9.99. 10/26 12. The Places That Scare You Pema Chodron, 1570624097, Shambhala, $21.95. 9/4 13. Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, 0399144463, Putnam, $19.95. 15/89 14. An Open Heart The Dalai Lama, 0316989797, Little Brown, $22.95. 14/2 15. The Map That Changed the World Simon Winchester, 0060193611, HarperCollins, $26.00. 13/10 The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information, please contact Sascha Alper, Book Sense Projects Manager, at: (914) 591-2665 ext. 1202, 828 South Broadway, Tarrytown NY. Reprint Guidelines.