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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 8, 2004
from sales the week ending January 4, 2004
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| HARDCOVER NONFICTION | Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579546463, Rodale, $24.95
Finally a low-carb diet we can live with? |
6/35 |
| 2. |
Dude, Where's My Country?
Michael Moore, 0446532231, Warner, $24.95
Tell-it-like-he-sees-it Moore is on a mission -- change the regime! |
1/13 |
| 3. |
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Al Franken, 0525947647, Dutton, $24.95
Franken v. O'Reilly et al., round three. |
2/20 |
| 4. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, 0310205719, Zondervan, $19.99
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
9/24 |
| 5. |
Bushwhacked
Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose, 0375507523, Random House, $24.95
A witty, well-documented, and disturbing review of the first term of "Dubya." |
5/15 |
| 6. |
The Ultimate Weight Solution
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw, 0743236742, Free Press, $26
Dr. Phil tackles the on-going American issue of weight management. |
/11 |
| 7. |
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, 0385509510, Doubleday, $26
A vintage Krakauer tale of murder and Mormons in Salt Lake City. |
14/23 |
| 8. |
The World According to Mr. Rogers
Fred Rogers, 1401301061, Hyperion, $16.95
A collection of the simple and the wise from the beloved guru to the young (and their parents!). |
4/13 |
| 9. |
Living to Tell the Tale
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1400041341, Knopf, $26.95
A magnificent memoir -- the first of three -- from the magical South American writer. |
11/8 |
| 10. |
Benjamin Franklin
Walter Isaacson, 0684807610, S&S, $30
A history of the roots of democracy as seen through an exceptional life. |
10/22 |
| 11. |
Schott's Original Miscellany
Ben Schott, 1582343497, Bloomsbury, $14.95
Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about anything. A bestseller in the U.K., revised for the U.S. |
12/7 |
| 12. |
Franklin and Winston
Jon Meacham, 0375505008, Random House, $29.95
Biography and history fit together companionably in this intimate portrait of a complex, and crucial, friendship. |
7/7 |
| 13. |
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Thomas Cahill, 0385495536, Nan A. Talese, $27.5
Fourth in the illuminating Hinges of History series in which Cahill considers the rise, fall, and continuing influence of early Greek culture. |
/7 |
| 14. |
Flyboys
James Bradley, 0316105848, Little Brown, $25.95
A harrowing history of a group of Americans shot down over Japan during World War II. |
3/14 |
| 15. |
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, 1577311523, New World, $22.95
This enormously popular guide to spiritual enlightenment is still selling nicely. |
/53 |
| ON THE RISE |
| 42. |
The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty
Kenneth George Libbrecht, Patricia Rasmussen (Photo.), 0896586308, Voyageur, $20
The loveliness of winter, in words and photos. |
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