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Bestseller List for September 10, 2009
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2009
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List | |
| 1. | My Life in France Julia Child, Anchor, $15, 9780307277695 The late, great Child's loving look back to her first trip to France in 1949. | 1/17 |
| 2. | Julie & Julia Julie Powell, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316044271 Making every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking can change your life. Now a major motion picture. | 3/7 |
| 3. | 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. | 2/136 |
| 4. | Glenn Beck's Common Sense Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $11.99, 9781439168578 The latest from the popular talk show host and bestselling author of An Inconvenient Book. | 4/12 |
| 5. | In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin, $15, 9780143114963 Pollan's answers to the questions raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. | 6/19 |
| 6. | The Family Jeff Sharlet, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060560058 An investigative look at a Washington-based fundamentalist group and their connection to U.S. political power. | 5/6 |
| 7. | When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316154680 The latest hilarious collection by Sedaris, now available in paperback. | 8/14 |
| 8. | The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 A hard-boiled look at the food chain. | 9/106 |
| 9. | What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $14, 9780307389831 Murakami's bestselling memoir is now available in paperback. | 10/4 |
| 10. | Julia's Kitchen Wisdom Julia Child, Knopf, $14.95, 9780375711855 Kitchen advice and wisdom, inspired by Julia's personal notebook. | 7/4 |
| 11. | The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010 - Debut Old Farmer's Almanac, Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571984845 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more. | /1 |
| 12. | My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor, Plume, $15, 9780452295544 A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke. | 13/16 |
| 13. | Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process - Debut Irene M. Pepperberg, Harper, $13.99, 9780061673986 An extraordinary true story of the bond between a human and a parrot. | /1 |
| 14. | Blink Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665 Gladwell's bestseller on the power of first impressions comes to paperback. | 14/62 |
| 15. | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566 The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. | 12/71 |