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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 14, 2005
from sales the week ending July 10, 2005
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
1776
David McCullough, S&S, $32, 0743226712
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller. |
1/6 |
| 2. |
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, William Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
Analytical yet creative, provocative yet logical economic theory. |
3/12 |
| 3. |
The World Is Flat
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $27.50, 0374292884
The award-winning New York Times journalist takes on globalization.
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2/13 |
| 4. |
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
Gladwell does for first impressions what he did for memetics in his bestselling
The Tipping Point. |
5/25 |
| 5. |
On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt, Princeton, $9.95, 0691122946
Short. Insightful. |
4/16 |
| 6. |
The Secret Man - Debut
Bob Woodward, S&S, $23, 0743287150
Deep Throat, secret no more. |
/1 |
| 7. |
You: The Owner's Manual
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, HarperResource, $24.95, 0060765313
Can we ever really know ourselves? Yes, say these authors! |
6/9 |
| 8. |
French Women Don't Get Fat
Mireille Guiliano, Knopf, $22, 1400042127
Sacre bleu! Fresh ideas for slimming down from the U.S. CEO of a large French
champagne company. |
8/26 |
| 9. |
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America - Debut
Bernard Goldberg, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060761288
From the author of Arrogance and Bias comes a book that showcases
them both. |
/1 |
| 10. |
Collapse
Jared Diamond, Viking, $29.95, 0670033375
The author of the popular Guns, Germs, and Steel now turns his lens
towards societies and how environmental factors impact their futures. Recommended
by booksellers with Book Sense. |
9/27 |
| 11. |
Lance Armstrong's War - Debut
Daniel Coyle, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060734973
The subtitle: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal,
and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France. |
/1 |
| 12. |
America (The Book)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $24.95, 0446532681
The funny, funny side of politics. |
10/31 |
| 13. |
The Truth About Hillary
Edward Klein, Sentinel, $24.95, 1595230068
Love her or hate her; love the book or hate the book. |
7/2 |
| 14. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, Zondervan, $19.99, 0310205719
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
11/80 |
| 15 |
Plan B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $24.95, 1573222992
A follow-up to Traveling Mercies, more humorous, spiritual, thoughtful
pieces. A Book Sense Pick. |
12/18 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 32. |
A Year in the Merde
Stephen Clarke, Bloomsbury, $22.95, 1582345910
This funny Book Sense Pick chronicles a Brit's adventures in France. |
12/18 |
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