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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 19, 2006
from sales the week ending January 15, 2006
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
A Million Little Pieces
James Frey, Anchor, $14.95, 0307276902
Oprah's return to contemporary choices begins with a harrowing memoir of
addiction. |
1/17 |
| 2. |
Collapse
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
How environmental factors impact the future. A Book Sense Notable in hardcover.
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2/3 |
| 3. |
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, Plume, $15, 0452287081
Popular in hardcover, this expose of the international money game is now
in paperback. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
Animals in Translation
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442
An animal behavior expert, who is autistic, relates the behavior of animals
to the thinking process of autistic people. |
7/3 |
| 5. |
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. |
4/100 |
| 6. |
365: No Repeats
Rachael Ray, Clarkson Potter, $19.95, 1400082544
Food Network fave offers no repeat recipes. |
6/11 |
| 7. |
The End of Faith
Sam Harris, Norton, $13.95, 0393327655
Faith as a dangerous element in the world. |
8/14 |
| 8. |
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
The first of its kind, and still masterful. |
5/12 |
| 9. |
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316346624
A fascinating study of how, and why, major societal changes can happen quickly.
A Book Sense Pick. |
10/53 |
| 10. |
Bad Cat
Jim Edgar, Workman, $9.95, 0761136193
That puss on page 278 looks awfully familiar... |
9/64 |
| 11. |
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond, Norton, $16.95, 0393317552
A persuasive chronicle of how the modern world came to be. A Reading Group
Pick for 2005. |
14/47 |
| 12. |
The Glass Castle - Debut
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. Chosen by independent booksellers
as a Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
/1 |
| 13. |
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006
Ken Park (Ed.), World Almanac, $12.95, 0886879647
Completely revised and updated with 32 color pages -- everything you always
wanted to know in one handy place. |
11/11 |
| 14. |
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg M.D., Three Rivers, $13.95, 1400082315
Finally, the answers to all those questions you've been afraid to ask until
now. |
13/22 |
| 15. |
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 1878424319
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in
traditional Toltec beliefs. |
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ON THE RISE |
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Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
Steven G. Pratt, M.D, Kathy Matthews, HarperCollins, $14.95, 0060535687
Combining certain foods to help prevent disease (recipes included). |
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