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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 12, 2005
from sales the week ending May 8, 2005
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Bad Cat
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
That puss on page 278 looks awfully familiar...
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1/29
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| 2. |
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
A fascinating study of how and why major societal changes can happen quickly.
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2/18
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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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3/71
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What's the Matter With Kansas?
Thomas Frank, Owl, $14, 080507774X
Now in paperback and a Book Sense Top Ten History Pick in hardcover. Explores why the strongest supporters of conservatism are the very ones it will hurt the most.
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7/3
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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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5/65
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Truth & Beauty
Ann Patchett, Perennial, $13.95, 0060572159
A Book Sense Pick in hardcover, about a great and fragile friendship.
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4/5
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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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6/29
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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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8/29
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Founding Mothers
Cokie Roberts, Perennial, $14.95, 006009026X
The wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters behind our country's founding men.
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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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9/48
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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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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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11/18
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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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13/32
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Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $18.95, 1400082536
She's perky, she's quick, and now The Food Network mega-star gets healthy!
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Leap of Faith
Queen Noor, Hyperion, $13.95, 1401359485
The memoir by the former Queen of Jordan is now available in paperback.
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15/3
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ON THE RISE |
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You Can Do It!: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls
Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, Chronicle, $24.95, 0811846350
A cool idea, but will my uniform still fit?
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