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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 25, 2002
from sales the week ending July 21
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Seabiscuit
Laura Hillenbrand, 0449005615, Ballantine, $15.
The 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Nonfiction Winner! |
1/16 |
| 2. |
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich, 0805063897, Owl, $13.
Reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity.
A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. |
2/13 |
| 3. |
The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan, 0375760393, Random House, $13.95.
A 76 Pick, Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist, and a fascinating book. |
3/8 |
| 4. |
Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser, 0060938455, Perennial, $13.95.
The fascinating -- and very disturbing -- truth about the fast-food industry.
A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist. |
5/27 |
| 5. |
Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis, 0375705244, Vintage, $14.
Ellis chronicles how Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams,
and Madison shaped American history. |
4/23 |
| 6. |
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins, M.D., 0060081597, Quill, $13.95.
Trade paper edition of the bestseller. No carbs here, either. Sorry. |
13/2 |
| 7. |
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris, 0316776963, Little Brown, $14.95.
Sedaris' witty collection recounts, in his usual hilarious fashion, the
story of his unconventional life. |
8/* |
| 8. |
The Darwin Awards
Wendy Northcutt, 0452283442, Plume, $10.
A humorous look at how humans screw up. |
7/11 |
| 9. |
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik, 0375758232, Random House, $14.95.
Gopnik's hilarious and delightful look at Paris. |
-/5 |
| 10. |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter, 0446677450, Warner, $15.95.
Bestselling personal financial advice. |
11/5 |
| 11. |
An Italian Affair - Debut
Laura Fraser, 0375724850, Vintage, $12.
An upcoming 76 Pick and a true story. |
-/1 |
| 12. |
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
Thad Carhart, 0375758623, Random House, $13.95.
An American writer living in Paris discovers a charming piano shop. A 76
Pick. |
-/21 |
| 13. |
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love
Jill Conner Browne, 0609804138, Three Rivers, $12.
Life and love from a female drag queen's point of view. |
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| 14. |
Ghost Soldiers
Hampton Sides, 038549565X, Anchor, $14.95.
One of last year's surprise WWII bestsellers, now in paper. |
14/10 |
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The Metaphysical Club
Louis Menand, 0374528497, FSG, $15.
The Pulitzer Prize winner about Oliver Wendell Holmes, William James, Charles
Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey after the Civil War. |
12/12 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 21. |
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins, 0425179613, Berkley, $13.
This week it is!
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