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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 17, 2005
from sales the week ending November 13, 2005
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Our Endangered Values
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $25, 0743284577
A former president cautions Americans against eroding the separation between
church and state. |
3/2 |
| 2. |
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.95, 140004314X
A devastating, honest, and therapeutic memoir of grief. A Book Sense Notable
title. |
1/6 |
| 3. |
Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $35, 0684824906
The prize-winning historian studies Lincoln as the ultimate manager and
motivator. |
5/3 |
| 4. |
A Man Without a Country
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Seven Stories, $23.95, 158322713X
A new top-form collection of articles from the last five years. An October
Book Sense Notable title. |
8/5 |
| 5. |
The Truth (With Jokes)
Al Franken, Dutton, $25.95, 0525949062
A political trial-balloon. (With jokes.) |
2/3 |
| 6. |
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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6/31 |
| 7. |
Healthy Aging
Andrew Weil, Knopf, $27.95, 0375407553
Fifty is nifty! |
4/4 |
| 8. |
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, William Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
Analytical yet creative, provocative yet logical economic theory. |
9/30 |
| 9. |
Marley & Me
John Grogan, William Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
The top Book Sense Pick for November. Irresistible and funny. |
10/3 |
| 10. |
Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide - Debut
Maureen Dowd, Putnam, $25.95, 0399153322
A fresh look at the state of feminism from the lauded New York Times
columnist. |
/1 |
| 11. |
The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt, Penguin, $25.95, 1594200580
A new city, a new mystery, from the author of the major bestselling Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil. |
7/7 |
| 12. |
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door - Debut
Lynne Truss, Gotham, $20, 1592401716
From grammar to manners, Ms. Truss argues for civilization. |
/1 |
| 13. |
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
Gladwell does for first impressions what he did for memetics in his bestselling
The Tipping Point. |
13/43 |
| 14. |
1776
David McCullough, S&S, $32, 0743226712
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller. |
12/24 |
| 15. |
The Elements of Style Illustrated
William Strunk, et al., Penguin Press, $24.95, 1594200696
The beloved how-to manual now with pictures. |
11/2 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 28. |
A Short History of Myth
Karen Armstrong, Canongate, $18, 184195716X
The acclaimed religious historian tackles thousands of years of myths. |
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