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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 4, 2005
from sales the week ending July 31, 2005
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
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| 1. |
1776
David McCullough, S&S, $32, 0743226712
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller. |
1/9 |
| 2. |
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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2/16 |
| 3. |
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, William Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
Analytical yet creative, provocative yet logical economic theory. |
3/15 |
| 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. |
4/28 |
| 5. |
On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt, Princeton, $9.95, 0691122946
Short. Insightful. |
6/19 |
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Lance Armstrong's War
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. |
8/4 |
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100 People Who Are Screwing Up America
Bernard Goldberg, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060761288
From the author of Arrogance and Bias comes a book that showcases
them both. |
5/4 |
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Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About
Kevin Trudeau, Alliance, $29.95, 0975599518
A controversial approach to uncovering pharmaceutical shenanigans. |
10/2 |
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The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat
Bob Woodward, S&S, $23, 0743287150
Deep Throat, secret no more. |
7/4 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/29 |
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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. |
12/30 |
| 12. |
New Rules - Debut
Bill Maher, Rodale, $24.95, 1594862958
Funny truth-telling, in rant form. |
/1 |
| 13. |
America (The Book)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show Staff, Warner, $24.95, 0446532681
The funny, funny side of politics. |
15/34 |
| 14. |
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! |
11/12 |
| 15. |
The Purpose-Driven Life
Rick Warren, Zondervan, $19.99, 0310205719
A Bible-centered framework for living. |
13/83 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 33. |
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit
Disorder
Richard Louv, Algonquin, $24.95, 1565123913
How children can learn to love the outdoors, and why they should. A May
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