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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 27, 2006
from sales the week ending July 23, 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. |
1/38 |
| 2. |
The One Percent Doctrine
Ron Suskind, S&S, $27, 0743271092
The most detailed, revealing account yet of American counterterrorism efforts.
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2/4 |
| 3. |
Conservatives Without Conscience
John Dean, Viking, $25.95, 0670037745
A rebuke to Christian fundamentalists and other right-wing hard-liners in
Dean's own party. |
3/2 |
| 4. |
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 1594200823
A hard-boiled look at the food chain. |
5/14 |
| 5. |
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. |
7/65 |
| 6. |
The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded)
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $30, 0374292795
Global connectedness updated, still compelling. |
6/13 |
| 7. |
Mayflower
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $29.95, 0670037605
You will rethink your grade-school lessons after reading this well-researched,
fascinating account of the Pilgrims. A Book Sense Pick. |
4/10 |
| 8. |
Cesar's Way
Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Harmony, $24.95, 0307337332
Too much Marley? The antidote! |
8/14 |
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Heat
Bill Buford, Knopf, $25.95, 1400041201
Journalist enslaves himself to star chef Mario Batali and transforms into
a true kitchen insider. A Book Sense Notable. |
9/5 |
| 10. |
Mockingbird
Charles J. Shields, Holt, $25, 080507919X
The long-awaited bio of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. A Book
Sense Pick. |
/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
10/15 |
| 12. |
Dispatches From the Edge
Anderson Cooper, HarperCollins, $24.95, 0061132381
Handsome, intrepid reporter travels to tsunami-ravaged Asia, famine-plagued
Niger, war-torn Somalia and Iraq, and New Orleans post-Katrina. |
13/8 |
| 13. |
A Heckuva Job
Calvin Trillin, Random House, $12.95, 1400065569
If funny is your idea of thrillin', you certainly will like this Calvin
Trillin. |
12/5 |
| 14. |
Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $25.95, 0316172324
Gladwell does for first impressions what he did for memetics in his bestselling
The Tipping Point. A Reading Group Book Sense Pick. |
15/66 |
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Godless
Ann H. Coulter, Crown Forum, $27.95, 1400054206
Shamelessly controversial political commentator takes a right turn at right-wing.
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11/6 |
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ON THE RISE |
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| 24. |
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less
of More
Chris Anderson, Hyperion, $24.95, 1401302378
The thesis: technology has created more miche markets for more goods, a
switch from the standard 80/20 retail rule. |
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