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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 8, 2007
from sales the week ending March 4, 2007
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/
Weeks on List |
| 1. |
Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412
The author's year long search for spiritual meaning. |
1/6 |
| 2. |
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $13.95, 9781400078431
Paperback edition of the National Book Award winner, Book Sense Notable,
and soon-to-be Broadway production. |
2/3 |
| 3. |
The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier, HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95, 9780061357909
Memoir from the celebrated actor. The latest Oprah choice. |
3/6 |
| 4. |
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A Book Sense Notable title. |
5/5 |
| 5. |
Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773
An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful. |
4/45 |
| 6. |
The Worst Hard Time
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $14.95, 9780618773473
The National Book Award-winning story about the natural disaster of the
1930s. |
6/11 |
| 7. |
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $14, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover. |
7/59 |
| 8. |
The Places in Between
Rory Stewart, Harvest, $14, 9780156031561
Much more than a walk across Afghanistan. |
8/31 |
| 9. |
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $14.95, 9780375725609
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. |
9/158 |
| 10. |
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $14.95, 9780812973013
The prize-winning Kidder examines a life made meaningful through dedication.
A Book Sense Reading Group Pick. |
12/97 |
| 11. |
The Tender Bar
J.R. Moehringer, Hyperion, $14.95, 9780786888764
Fabulous writing, tender writing. An August Book Sense Pick. |
13/28 |
| 12. |
The River of Doubt
Candice Millard, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767913737
A riveting account of Roosevelt's 1914 trip through the Amazon. A Book Sense
Pick in hardcover. |
/11 |
| 13. |
Misquoting Jesus
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperSanFrancisco, $14.95, 9780060859510
Expect controversy with this critical assessment of the text of the New
Testament. |
14/3 |
| 14. |
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore, Rodale, $21.95, 9781594865671
Clear, stunning treatise on global warming. Pass it on. |
/31 |
| 15. |
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
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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| 41. |
Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama
Steve Dougherty, Black Dog & Leventhal, $9.95, 9781579127565
A biography of the 2008 presidential candidate. |
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