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Bestseller List for April 17, 2008
from sales the week ending April 13, 2008
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | The Last Lecture - Debut Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 The life-affirming "last lecture" given by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. | /1 |
| 2. | Armageddon in Retrospect Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086 This collection of previously unpublished writings is an April Book Sense Notable title. | 1/2 |
| 3. | In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455 Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. | 2/15 |
| 4. | Beautiful Boy David Sheff, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780618683352 This moving story of a father's love for his drug addicted son is a Book Sense Notable title. | 6/7 |
| 5. | Bonk Mary Roach, Norton, $24.95, 9780393064643 An interesting and humorous look at sex and science, from the author of Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. | 7/2 |
| 6. | Home Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659 Andrews tell her story from her birth in 1935 to being cast as Mary Poppins in 1962. | 3/2 |
| 7. | The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. | 4/60 |
| 8. | Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation - Debut Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344 Political commentator Roberts looks at some of the most influential women in American history. | /1 |
| 9. | The Open Road Pico Iyer, Knopf, $24, 9780307267603 A fascinating look at the political and spiritual leader of Tibet. | 8/3 |
| 10. | Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation - Debut Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471 This insightful biography of three of the most important women in the history of rock is an April Book Sense Pick. | /1 |
| 11. | The Sum of Our Days Isabel Allende, Harper, $26.95, 9780061551833 A second memoir from the bestselling author of The House of the Spirits. | 12/2 |
| 12. | 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. | 10/50 |
| 13. | The Daring Book for Girls Andrea Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz, Collins, $24.95, 9780061472572 Going where those dangerous boys don't dare tread. | 13/24 |
| 14. | Maps and Legends - Debut Michael Chabon, McSweeney's, $24, 9781932416893 The first book of nonfiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. | /1 |
| 15. | The Bin Ladens Steve Coll, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594201646 A revealing look at the Bin Laden family by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars. | 5/2 |
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| 23. | Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker, Crown, $24.95, 9780307406095 The Rutgers women's basketball coach's inspiring story of success against all odds. |