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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 21, 2003
from sales the week ending August 17, 2003
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| HARDCOVER NONFICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, 0385509510, Doubleday, $26
Krakauer directs his taste for adventure towards murder and Mormons in Salt Lake City. |
1/5 |
| 2. |
The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579546463, Rodale, $24.95
Finally a low-carb diet we can live with? |
2/15 |
| 3. |
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson, 0684807610, S&S, $30
A reminder of the roots of democracy seen through an exceptional life. |
4/7 |
| 4. |
Kate Remembered
A. Scott Berg, 0399151648, Putnam, $25.95
The result of conversations between author and subject over the course of 20 years, this is Hepburn as she wanted to be remembered. |
3/6 |
| 5. |
The Essential 55
Ron Clark, 1401300014, Hyperion, $19.95
A surprise hit from an award-winning, back-to-basics teacher. |
5/6 |
| 6. |
Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 0743222245, S&S, $28
Hillary according to Hillary. |
6/10 |
| 7. |
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson, 0767908171, Broadway, $27.5
A fast jaunt through Life, filled with insight and wit. |
8/14 |
| 8. |
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, 0375504907, Random House, $23.95
A 76 Pick. A stunning view of women reading Western literature during the reign of Khomeni. |
10/19 |
| 9. |
Beyond Belief
Elaine H. Pagels, 0375501568, Random House, $24.95
A lively inquiry into the history of Christianity, from the author of The
Gnostic Gospels. |
9/13 |
| 10. |
Treason
Ann Coulter, 1400050308, Crown, $26.95
Conservative commentator Coulter attacks the Left with a one-two punch from the far Right. |
7/8 |
| 11. |
Moneyball
Michael Lewis, 0393057658, Norton, $24.95
A 76 Pick. An in-depth analysis of the successful Oakland A's, proving that money isn't everything, after all. |
11/12 |
| 12. |
Stupid White Men
Michael Moore, 0060392452, Regan, $24.95
The loud-mouthed Academy Award-winning director of Bowling for Columbine
and the author of Downsize This! takes on the Bush administration
and other topics. |
12/83 |
| 13. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, 0310205719, Zondervan, $19.99
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
13/4 |
| 14. |
Schott's Original Miscellany - Debut
Ben Schott, 1582343497, Bloomsbury, $14.95
Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about anything. A bestseller in the UK, revised for the US. |
/1 |
| 15. |
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, 1577311523, New World, $22.95
A guide to spiritual enlightenment that chronicles the author's own transformation. |
/47 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 38. |
The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers
U. of Chicago Press Staff, 0226104036, U. Chicago Press, $55
The essential guide for writers of term papers to novels gets its 15th -- and most extensive and modern -- updating. |
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