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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 12, 2001
from sales the week ending November 4
Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, November 7
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, November 12
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Taliban
Ahmed Rashid, 0300089023, Yale University Press, $14.95.
A history of Afghanistan's ruling party. |
1/5 |
| 2. |
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. |
6/75 |
| 3. |
From Beirut to Jerusalem
Thomas Friedman, 0385413726, Anchor, $15.95.
The National Book Award-winner about the Middle East, with a newly added
chapter that brings it up-to-date. |
3/5 |
| 4. |
Bin Laden
Yossef Bodansky, 0761535810, Prima Publishing, $17.95.
An account of bin Laden's terrorist activities and Islamic fundamentalism. |
2/6 |
| 5. |
Personal History
Katharine Graham, 0375701044, Vintage, $15.00.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the extraordinary woman and publisher
of The Washington Post. |
5/13 |
| 6. |
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik, 0375758232, Random House, $14.95.
From the celebrated writer for The New Yorker, tender and smart observations
on leaving New York to live and raise a child in Paris. |
4/20 |
| 7. |
Brunelleschi's Dome - 1st Week on List; A 'Book Sense
Book of the Year' Award Winner
Ross King, 0142000159, Penguin, $13.00.
An amazing story of architectural triumph in 15th-century Florence. A 'Book
Sense Book of the Year' winner. |
-/1 |
| 8. |
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris, 0316776963, Back Bay, $14.95.
Sedaris's witty collection recounts, in his usual hilarious fashion, the
story of his unconventional life. |
8/20 |
| 9. |
The Battle for God
Karen Armstrong, 0345391691, Ballantine, $15.00.
A study of fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. |
7/4 |
| 10. |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers, 0375725784, Vintage, $14.00.
Heartbreaking -- yes, but brilliant, and funny, too. The memoir of a 21-year-old
who lost both parents to cancer and had to raise his 7-year-old brother.
A 'Book Sense 76' Pick. |
11/35 |
| 11. |
Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin R. Barber, 0345383044, Ballantine, $15.00.
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10/5 |
| 12. |
A History of God
Karen Armstrong, 0345384563, Ballantine, $15.00.
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| 13. |
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
- 1st Week on List
Geraldine Brooks, 0385475772, Anchor, $14.00.
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-/1 |
| 14. |
It's Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong, 0425179613, Berkley, $13.00.
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13/8 |
| 15. |
The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Thomas Friedman, 0385499345, Anchor, $15.00.
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15/5 |
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