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THIS
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TITLE |
LAST
WEEK |
WEEKS
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1 |
Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea
Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous
personal essays from the stand-up comedian. Being
considered for purchase. |
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2 |
Escape, by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway,
$24.95.) A former member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect
describes her forced marriage to a much older man. |
5 |
5 |
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3 |
Home, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of
Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins. |
2 |
4 |
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4 |
Beautiful Boy, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.)
A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction. |
1 |
9 |
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5 |
Mistaken Identity, by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell,
Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The
families of two girls whose identities were confused after a
2006 accident describe their experience. |
3 |
5 |
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6 |
Ladies of Liberty, by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.)
The influential women of early America. |
4 |
3 |
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7 |
The Revolution, by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A
libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican
presidential candidate. |
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1 |
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8 |
Bad Money, by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the
financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by
Washington’s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets. |
7 |
2 |
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9 |
Armaggedon in Retrospect, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam,
$24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the
novelist, who died in 2007. |
8 |
4 |
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10 |
The Soloist, by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A
columnist for The Los Angeles Times comes upon a homeless
musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his life. |
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11 |
Girls Like Us, by Sheila Weller. (Atria, $27.95.) The
lives and times of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. |
6 |
3 |
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12 |
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, by Charles R. Morris. (PublicAffairs,
$22.95.) A clear explanation of how we got into the economic
mess we are in and what is likely to happen next, from a lawyer
and former banker. |
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3 |
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13 |
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press,
$21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly
plants.” |
9 |
17 |
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14 |
Bonk, by Mary Roach. (Norton, $24.95.) An amusing look
at the science of sexual physiology. |
11 |
3 |
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15 |
Brett Favre: The Tribute, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.)
Articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers
quarterback. |
10 |
5 |
Fiction