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Bestseller List for August 9, 2007
from sales the week ending August 5, 2007
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | The Dangerous Book for Boys Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, Collins, $24.95, 9780061243585 Dads and sons unite! And tie slip knots, build tree houses, and learn to fish. | 1/14 |
| 2. | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, HarperCollins, $26.95, 9780060852559 The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. | 2/14 |
| 3. | The Secret Rhonda Byrne (Ed.), Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. | 3/28 |
| 4. | God Is Not Great Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $24.99, 9780446579803 Never one to mince words, Hitchens makes his case for why the world would be better off without religion. | 4/14 |
| 5. | A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton/FSG, $22, 9780374105235 A hypnotic firsthand account of war from a former 12-year-old soldier in Sierra Leone's civil war. | 10/25 |
| 6. | The World Without Us Alan Weisman, Thomas Dunne, $24.95, 9780312347291 What will happen to our planet if humankind is wiped out. | 9/3 |
| 7. | The Assault on Reason Al Gore, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594201226 Thoughtful and well-reasoned. | 7/11 |
| 8. | Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein, Abrams, $18.95, 9780810914933 Philosophy through humor. Or, is that humor through philosophy? | 8/6 |
| 9. | Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385514453 A fascinating history of the CIA. | 11/4 |
| 10. | The Diana Chronicles Tina Brown, Doubleday, $27.50, 9780385517089 It's been 10 years since her death, and Diana still inspires curiosity ... this outing from the unsinkable Ms. Brown. | 5/8 |
| 11. | Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316067591 Powerful, almost unbelievable account of a disastrous Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan. | 15/5 |
| 12. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594200823 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. | 12/67 |
| 13. | Einstein Walter Isaacson, S&S, $32, 9780743264730 The acclaimed biographer brilliantly takes on the outspoken and unapologetic physicist. | 13/17 |
| 14. | Here If You Need Me - Debut Kate Braestrup, Little Brown, $23.99, 9780316066303 A true story of hope, compassion, and maybe even miracles. A Book Sense Pick. | /1 |
| 15. | You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., Free Press, $25, 9780743292542 Me: easily digesting the third entry in this popular health series. | 6/20 |
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| 36. | Alone in the Kitchen With an Eggplant Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Riverhead, $22.95, 9781594489471 Personal choices confessed, by a diverse group of writers. A Book Sense Pick. |