Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 8, 2002
from sales the week ending August 4
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
1. |
Stupid White Men
Michael Moore, 0060392452, Regan, $24.95.
The author of Roger and Me and Downsize This! takes on the
current administration and other topics. |
2/34 |
2. |
Slander
Ann H. Coulter, 1400046610, Crown, $25.95.
The Conservative pundit offers her assessment of Liberals with her typical
"pull-no-punches" style. |
1/6 |
3. |
The Lobster Chronicles
Linda Greenlaw, 0786866772, Hyperion, $22.95.
A fresh and feisty collection of essays from the author of The Hungry
Ocean. |
4/6 |
4. |
Why I Am a Catholic
Garry Wills, 0618134298, Houghton Mifflin, $26.
Keeping the faith -- on his own terms. |
3/4 |
5. |
Self Matters
Phillip C. McGraw, 074322423X, Free Press, $25.
A guide to a life by design from the popular Dr. Phil. |
9/24 |
6. |
Small Wonder
Barbara Kingsolver, 0060504072, HarperCollins, $23.95.
A new collection of essays from the bestselling novelist and independent
bookseller favorite. |
8/17 |
7. |
Tuxedo Park
Jennet Richards Conant, 0684872870, S&S, $26.
A great untold story, now told; well-reviewed and terrific NPR piece last
week |
6/2 |
8. |
Get With the Program
Bob Greene, 0743225996, S&S, $23.
The new book by the Oprah guru and author of Make the Connection. |
5/3 |
9. |
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson, 0399144463, Putnam, $19.95.
Wisdom about changes in everyday life. |
11/7 |
10. |
John Adams
David McCullough, 0684813637, S&S, $35.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Truman turns his attention to the
second president of the United States. |
7/* |
11. |
Among the Heroes:United Flight 93 and the Passengers
and Crew Who Fought Back - Debut
Jere Longman, 0060099089, HarperCollins, $24.95.
The ultimate sacrifice, so that others may live. |
-/1 |
12. |
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, 1577311523, New World Library, $21.95.
A guide to spiritual enlightenment that chronicles the author's own transformation. |
15/5 |
13. |
Sylvia Browne's Book of Dreams - Debut
Sylvia Browne, Lindsay Harrison, 0525946586, Dutton, $25.95.
No caffeine after 2 P.M. should do the trick. |
-/1 |
14. |
Wealth and Democracy
Kevin Phillips, 0767905334, Broadway, $29.95.
Phillips posits potential power push and pull in politics. |
14/* |
15. |
Body for Life
Bill Phillips, 0060193395, HarperCollins, $26. Phillips guides you, step by step, through the Body-for-Life program. |
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ON THE RISE |
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21. |
The Art of Travel
Alain de Botton, 0375420827, Pantheon, $23.
Botton's idea of roughing it is no room service � as it should be.
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