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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 28, 2003
from sales the week ending August 24, 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. |
1/6 |
| 2. |
The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579546463, Rodale, $24.95
Finally a low-carb diet we can live with? |
2/16 |
| 3. |
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right - Debut
Al Franken, 0525947647, Dutton, $24.95
Franken v. O'Reilly, et al. Round three goes to Franken and freedom of speech. |
/1 |
| 4. |
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson, 0684807610, S&S, $30
A reminder of the roots of democracy seen through an exceptional life. |
3/8 |
| 5. |
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. |
4/7 |
| 6. |
The Essential 55
Ron Clark, 1401300014, Hyperion, $19.95
A surprise hit from an award-winning, back-to-basics teacher. |
5/7 |
| 7. |
Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 0743222245, S&S, $28
Hillary according to Hillary. |
6/11 |
| 8. |
Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Back - Debut
Jim Hightower, 0670031410, Viking, $24.95
And now a word from the populists on the state of the U.S. |
/1 |
| 9. |
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson, 0767908171, Broadway, $27.50
A fast jaunt through Life, filled with insight and wit. |
7/15 |
| 10. |
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. |
8/20 |
| 11. |
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. |
9/14 |
| 12. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, 0310205719, Zondervan, $19.99
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
13/5 |
| 13. |
Treason
Ann Coulter, 1400050308, Crown, $26.95
Conservative commentator Coulter attacks the Left with a one-two punch from the far Right. |
10/9 |
| 14. |
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. |
11/13 |
| 15. |
Leap of Faith
Queen Noor, 0786867175, Miramax Books, $25.95
The Queen's personal memoir of her family and her country. |
/21 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 38. |
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Jennifer Finney Boylan, 076791404X , Broadway, $24.95
A 76 Pick. Humor, friendship, and absurdity abound in this memoir of a talented writer's gender change. |
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