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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for June 3, 2004
from sales the week ending May 30, 2004
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION |
Last Week/Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Lynne Truss, 1592400876, Gotham, $17.50
For writers -- and those who love them and their words -- and detail-oriented
folks everywhere. |
1/7 |
| 2. |
The South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579546463, Rodale, $24.95
Finally a low-carb diet we can live with? |
2/56 |
| 3. |
Plan of Attack
Bob Woodward, 074325547X, S&S, $28
The latest -- the last?-- in the onslaught against Bush, this time from
the dean of D.C. reporters. |
3/6 |
| 4. |
Big Russ and Me
Tim Russert, 1401352081, Miramax Books, $22.95
Critics, readers, liberals and conservatives like this warm, entertaining
memoir. |
4/3 |
| 5. |
Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, 0060090251, Morrow, $24.95
Cokie turns her hand to great stories about great women in U.S. history. |
6/7 |
| 6. |
The South Beach Diet Cookbook
Arthur Agatson, M.D., 1579549578, Rodale, $25.95
No more excuses! |
7/7 |
| 7. |
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, 1594200092, Penguin, $35
A fascinating and influential American figure gets his major due in Chernow's
stellar bio. |
5/5 |
| 8. |
Truth & Beauty
Ann Patchett, 0060572140, HarperCollins, $23.95
The author of Bel Canto memorializes her great friendship with Lucy
Grealy, author of Autobiography of a Face. |
8/3 |
| 9. |
Battle Ready - Debut
Tom Clancy, General Tony Zinni (Ret.), 0399151761, Putnam, $28.95
Part of the non-fiction series Clancy writes with retired generals, this
one starting in Vietnam and ending with criticism of the Iraq situation. |
/1 |
| 10. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, 0310205719, Zondervan, $19.99
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
9/45 |
| 11. |
Scribbling the Cat:Travels With an African Soldier - Debut
Alexandra Fuller, 1594200165, Penguin, $24.95
A Book Sense Pick. A new memoir from the author of Don't Let's Go to
the Dogs Tonight. |
/1 |
| 12. |
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!). |
12/27 |
| 13. |
The Politics of Truth
Joseph Wilson, 078671378X, Carroll & Graf, $26
Was this career diplomat wife's CIA identity leaked as retaliation for his
outspokenness against the administration? |
/3 |
| 14. |
The Exception to the Rulers
Amy Goodman, David Goodman, 1401301312, Hyperion, $21.95
Democracy Now! radio host Amy Goodman, who has never been shy, pulls
back the curtain to look at how the country is controlled by the media. |
14/5 |
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Worse Than Watergate
John Dean, 031600023X, Little Brown, $22.95
Former Nixon White House counsel Dean knows from whence he speaks; another
Bush critique from inside the Beltway. |
11/9 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 26. |
The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
William Langewiesche, 0865475814, North Point, $23
From security issues, to accidents, to low-paying sailor's lives, this book
covers the other 75% of the earth.
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