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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for February 10, 2005
from sales the week ending February 6, 2005
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Last Week/
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi, Random House, $13.95, 081297106X
A 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year winner! This memoir reminds us of the necessity for beauty, imagination, and literature.
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1/58
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Don't Think of an Elephant
George Lakoff, Chelsea Green, $10, 1931498717
How to counter conservative arguments.
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3/16
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Bad Cat
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
That puss on page 278 looks awfully familiar...
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4/16
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The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 0375725601
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.
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2/52
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Asne Seierstad, Back Bay, $12.95, 0316159417
The controversial and convincing account of the hidden lives of Afghan women and families.
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6/16
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Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $13.95, 1400082773
An elegant memoir of race and place from a rising political star.
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5/18
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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
A fascinating study of how and why major societal changes can quickly happen.
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12/5
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
A persuasive chronicle of how the modern world came to be.
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11/5
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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Susan Jane Gilman, Warner, $12.95, 0446679496
An oh-so-familiar and funny 1970s childhood.
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7/5
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $15.95, 076790818X
A fast jaunt through life, filled with insight and wit. A bestseller in hardcover, too.
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8/21
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Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 1400032806
Murder and extreme Mormonism collide in Utah. A hardcover bestseller, too.
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9/35
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Patricia Schultz, Workman, $18.95, 0761104844
Will there be enough time to see everything, including Robert Louis Stevenson's home in Western Samoa?
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10/58
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication. A Book Sense recommended title.
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13/22
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The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $14, 1577314808
More millions to sell in paperback!
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The World Almanac and Book of Facts
World Almanac (Eds.), World Almanac, $11.95, 0886879388
The king of reference books is back, and bigger, for 2005.
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15/14
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ON THE RISE |
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The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Moody, $13.99, 1881273156
No translation needed: Marriages need quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch.
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