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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 9, 2004
from sales the week ending September 5, 2004
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TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
The 9/11 Commission Report
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (Staff), 0393326713, Norton,
$10
Before, during, and after 9/11, from the bipartisan investigative committee. |
1/7 |
| 2. |
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, 081297106X, Random House, $13.95
A 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year winner! This memoir reminds us of the
necessity for beauty, imagination, and literature. |
2/36 |
| 3. |
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, 0375725601, Vintage, $14.95
A Book Sense Reading Group Pick and Book Sense Book of the Year finalist.
As the subtitle says, murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed
America. |
3/30 |
| 4. |
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, 1400032806, Anchor, $14.95
Murder and extreme Mormonism collide in Utah. A hardcover bestseller too. |
4/13 |
| 5. |
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Al Franken, 0452285216, Plume, $14
The provocative and humorous political slam is now in paperback. |
5/6 |
| 6. |
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, 0761104844, Workman, $18.95
Will there be enough time to see everything, including Robert Louis Stevenson's
home in Western Samoa? |
10/39 |
| 7. |
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World - Debut
Tracy Kidder, 0812973011, Random House, $14.95
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication.
A Book Sense title. |
/1 |
| 8. |
Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, 1400082773, Three Rivers, $13.95
An elegant memoir of race and place from a rising political star. |
12/3 |
| 9. |
The South Beach Diet Good Fats/Good Carbs Counter
Arthur Agatston, M.D., 1579549586, Rodale, $7.99
The ultimate resource for the South Beach "more carbs, less fat" diet. |
8/33 |
| 10. |
Almost French
Sarah Turnbull, 1592400825, Gotham, $13
A Book Sense Pick and lovely memoir from an Australian in Paree. |
7/5 |
| 11. |
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. |
6/85 |
| 12. |
The Big House
George Howe Colt, 074324964X, Scribner, $14
A reverent love letter to a family manse on Cape Cod. |
9/13 |
| 13. |
Stiff
Mary Roach, 0393324826, Norton, $13.95
A unique and honest approach to the Big Sleep. |
11/17 |
| 14. |
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
Thomas Cahill, 0385495544, Anchor, $14.95
Good post-Olympic Games reading. |
/3 |
| 15. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2005 - Debut
Old Farmer's Almanac (Eds.), 1571983201, Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95
Fortune-telling for the masses. |
/1 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 23. |
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi, 037571457X, Pantheon, $11.95
The story begins - an Iranian girlhood under the Islamic Revolution, drawn
in black and white.
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