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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 13, 2006
from sales the week ending July 9, 2006
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1776
David McCullough, S&S, $18, 0743226720
One year, grippingly told, by the renowned historian and storyteller. Now in paperback.
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4/2
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An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 1594865671
Clear, stunning treatise on global warming. Pass it on.
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1/6
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 074324754X
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.
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2/25
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Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 0374500010
The masterful account of Wiesel's survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. A Book Sense Reading Group Pick.
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3/24
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The Places in Between
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 0156031566
Much more than a walk across Afghanistan.
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/2
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, Vintage, $14, 0679745580
The first of its kind, and still masterful.
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5/36
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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.
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6/124
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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.
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8/77
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Garlic and Sapphires
Ruth Reichl, Penguin, $15, 0143036610
Multiple disguises were the necessary tools of the former restaurant critic for the New York Times. A Book Sense Notable in hardcover.
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7/14
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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.
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12/61
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Running With Scissors
Augusten Burroughs, Picador, $14, 031242227X
The powerful memoir and Book Sense Pick in hardcover, now in paperback.
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/43
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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.
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9/27
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 0812973011
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication. A Book Sense Reading Group Pick.
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14/69
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Collapse
Jared Diamond, Penguin, $17, 0143036556
How environmental factors impact the future. A Book Sense Notable in hardcover.
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10/27
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Plan B
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $14, 1594481571
A follow-up to Traveling Mercies -- more humorous, spiritual, thoughtful pieces. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.
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13/13
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ON THE RISE |
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Lance Armstrong's War
Daniel Coyle, HarperCollins, $14.95, 0060734981
'Tis the season for the Tour de France ... without Lance?
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