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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 Last Week/
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.
-/
12. Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin R. Barber, 0345383044, Ballantine, $15.00.
11/6
13. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Geraldine Brooks, 0385475772, Anchor, $14.00.
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.
-/1
15. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers, 0375725784, Vintage, $14.00.
10/36

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