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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 22, 2002
from sales the week ending August 18
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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! |
1/20 |
| 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. |
2/17 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/31 |
| 4. |
Founding Brothers
Joseph J. Ellis, 0375705244, Vintage, $14.
Ellis chronicles how Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams,
and Madison shaped American history. |
5/27 |
| 5. |
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. |
4/12 |
| 6. |
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. |
12/* |
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The Map That Changed the World
Simon Winchester, 0060931809, Perennial, $13.95.
Simon's subject observes seams of shale and shakes scientific strata. |
7/2 |
| 8. |
It's Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins, 0425179613, Berkley, $13.
This week it is!!! |
6/4 |
| 9. |
An Italian Affair
Laura Fraser, 0375724850, Vintage, $12.
An upcoming 76 Pick; a true story. |
11/5 |
| 10. |
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. |
10/* |
| 11. |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers, 0375725784, Vintage, $14.
Heartbreaking -- yes, but brilliant and funny too. |
14/5 |
| 12. |
The Darwin Awards
Wendy Northcutt, 0452283442, Plume, $10.
A humorous look at how humans screw up. |
8/15 |
| 13. |
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. |
9/6 |
| 14. |
Word Freak
Stefan Fatsis, 0142002267, Penguin, $14.
A 76 Pick; go inside the scrambled world of Scrabble tourneys with an NPR
commentator. |
13/3 |
| 15. |
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik, 0375758232, Random House, $14.95.
Gopnik's hilarious and delightful look at Paris. |
15/9 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 44. |
Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
Paula Fox, 0805071849, Owl, $12.
76 Pick for September/October; novelist Fox writes about her turbulent childhood.
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