Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 19, 2001
from sales the week ending November 11
Online at www.bookweb.org Wednesday, November 14
Published in Bookselling This Week Monday, November 19
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION |
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Weeks on List |
1. |
Taliban
Ahmed Rashid, 0300089023, Yale University Press, $14.95.
A history of Afghanistan's ruling party. |
1/6 |
2. |
Brunelleschi's Dome
Ross King, 0142000159, Penguin, $13.00.
An amazing story of architectural triumph in 15th-century Florence. A 'Book
Sense Book of the Year' winner. |
7/2 |
3. |
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. |
2/76 |
4. |
Personal History
Katharine Graham, 0375701044, Vintage, $15.00.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the extraordinary woman and publisher
of The Washington Post. |
5/14 |
5. |
The Battle For God
Karen Armstrong, 0345391691, Ballantine, $15.00.
A study of fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. |
9/5 |
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. |
6/21 |
7. |
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. |
8/21 |
8. |
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. |
15/6 |
9. |
Bin Laden
Yossef Bodansky, 0761535810, Prima Publishing, $17.95.
An account of bin Laden's terrorist activities and Islamic fundamentalism. |
4/7 |
10. |
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002 - 1st Week on
List
0886878721, World Almanac Education, $11.95.
Comprehensive and reliable information on just about any subject imaginable. |
-/1 |
11. |
Old Farmer's Almanac 2002
Robert B. Thomas, 1571981985, Yankee Publishing, $5.95.
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12. |
Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin R. Barber, 0345383044, Ballantine, $15.00.
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11/6 |
13. |
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Geraldine Brooks, 0385475772, Anchor, $14.00.
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13/2 |
14. |
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and
Sex - 1st Week on List
Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht & Jennifer Worick, 0811832414, Chronicle,
$14.95.
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-/1 |
15. |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers, 0375725784, Vintage, $14.00.
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10/36 |
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