The Book Sense Birds, and Bees, and Other Animals Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending August 6, 2006, and based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense nationwide.

Past Category Bestseller lists are available on ABA's trade website, BookWeb.org.

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The Book Sense Birds, and Bees, and Other Animals Bestseller List

1.

Animals in Translation
Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson, Harvest, $15, 0156031442

2.

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Susan Casey, Owl, $14, 0805080112

3.

Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish
G. Bruce Knecht, Rodale, $24.95, 1594861102

4.

The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region
John Bull, Knopf, $19.95, 0679428526

5.

John James Audubon: The Making of an American
Richard Rhodes, Vintage, $16, 037571393X

6.

To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifelong Obsession
Dan Koeppel, Plume, $14, 0452285399

7.

The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Vicki Constantine Croke, Random House, $14.95, 0375759700

8.

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $19.95, 0679451218

9.

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $19.95, 067945120X

10.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $14, 0140275010

11.

Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur
Carl Safina, Holt, $27.50, 0805078916

12.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders
Lorus Milne, Susan Rayfield (Illus.), Knopf, $19.95, 0394507630

13.

The Sibley Guide to Birds
David Allen Sibley, National Audubon Society (Eds.), Knopf, $35, 0679451226

14.

The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
Graeme Gibson, Nan Talese, $29.95, 0385514832

15.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region
National Audubon Society (Eds.), Knopf, $19.95, 0679428518

16.

The Secret Life of Lobsters
Trevor Corson, Harper Perennial, $13.95, 0060555599

17.

Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers
Amy Sutherland, Viking, $25.95, 0670037680

18.

Why Birds Sing: A Journey Into the Mystery of Bird Song
David Rothenberg, Perseus, $19.95, 0465071368

19.

Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0618574239

20.

Laugh at Life
Jane Seabrook, Andrews McMeel, $9.95, 0740755862

21.

Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds
Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin, $19.95, 061813218X

22.

Animal-Speak: The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small
Ted Andrews, Llewellyn Publications, $19.95, 0875420281

23.

Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
Alan Burdick, FSG, $14, 0374530432

24.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians
John L. Behler, Knopf, $19.95, 0394508246

25.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic (Eds.), National Geographic, $21.95, 0792268776