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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 11, 2006
from sales the week ending May 7, 2006
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Marley & Me
John Grogan, Morrow, $21.95, 0060817089
The top Book Sense Pick for November. Irresistible and funny. |
1/28 |
| 2. |
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
2/4 |
| 3. |
The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
Global connectedness updated, still compelling. |
3/3 |
| 4. |
The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God,
and World Affairs - Debut
Madeleine Albright, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060892579
Faith in international relations, intelligently discussed by the former
secretary of state. |
/1 |
| 5. |
You: The Owner's Manual
Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060765313
Can we ever really know ourselves? Yes, say these authors! |
/23 |
| 6. |
My Life in France
Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $25.95, 1400043468
The initial exposure to all things French that resulted in the legendary
career. |
4/5 |
| 7. |
Cesar's Way
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
Too much Marley? The antidote! |
10/4 |
| 8. |
Possible Side Effects - Debut
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $23.95, 0312315961
Another wryly comic self-examination from the bestselling author of Running With Scissors. |
/1 |
| 9. |
The Gospel of Judas
Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst (Eds.), National Geographic,
$22, 1426200420
A new way of understanding the message of Christ. |
8/4 |
| 10. |
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $25.95, 006073132X
Analytical yet creative, provocative yet logical economic theory. Winner
of the 2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction. |
5/55 |
| 11. |
American Theocracy
Kevin Phillips, Viking, $26.95, 067003486X
A lauded political analyst takes issue with the relationship between wealth
and politics in this country. |
6/7 |
| 12. |
A Death in Belmont
Sebastian Junger, Norton, $23.95, 0393059804
Already controversial... Was it or wasn't it the Boston Strangler who worked
for the author's family and killed the neighbor? |
7/3 |
| 13. |
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
- Debut
David Maraniss, S&S, $26, 0743217810
A tribute to the first great Latin American baseball star. A Book Sense
Notable for May 2006. |
/1 |
| 14. |
Cobra II
Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor, Pantheon, $27.95, 0375422625
The book on Iraq we've been waiting for. Balanced and important. |
14/8 |
| 15. |
The Great Transformation
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $30, 0375413170
The renowned religious scholar writes of the Axial Age -- the seven centuries
from 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. |
9/5 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 28. |
Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized
by People Who Think You're Stupid
Joe Klein, Doubleday, $23.95, 0385510276
Time reporter Klein's dissection of how political consultants have
affected the presidential campaigns of the last 40 years. |
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