New York Times Best Seller List-Hardcover Non-Fiction

[Hippiepoet]

Let's see who tops out this weeks list with Non-Fiction Hardcovers.


IN DEFENSE OF FOOD (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 6

AN INCONVENIENT BOOK (http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Book-Solutions-Biggest-Problems/dp/1416552197/dreamindemon-20), by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
Last Week#2/Weeks on list 12

REAL CHANGE (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 3/ Weeks on List 4

I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 18

TOM CRUISE (http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Cruise-Unauthorized-Andrew-Morton/dp/0312359861/dreamindemon-20), by Andrew Morton. (St. Martin’s, $25.95.) An unauthorized biography of the movie star.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 4

HOPE’S BOY (http://www.amazon.com/Hopes-Boy-Memoir-Andrew-Bridge/dp/1401303226/dreamindemon-20), by Andrew Bridge. (Hyperion, $22.95.) A memoir of a childhood in foster care by an advocate for poor children.
Weeks on List 1

LIBERAL FASCISM (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 5

QUIET STRENGTH (http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Strength-Principles-Practices-Priorities/dp/1414318014/dreamindemon-20), by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007).
Last Week # 11/Weeks on List 31

ICEMAN (http://www.amazon.com/Iceman-Fighting-Life-Chuck-Liddell/dp/0525950567/dreamindemon-20), by Chuck Liddell with Chad Millman. (Dutton, $25.95.) A mixed martial artist who competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship describes his life and his fights.
Last Week #9/Weeks on List 2

GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS (http://www.amazon.com/Geography-Bliss-Grumps-Search-Happiest/dp/0446580260/dreamindemon-20), by Eric Weiner. (Twelve, $25.99.) A writer explores to what degree an individual’s happiness is intertwined with a shared geography and culture.
Last Week #10/Weeks on List 5


Please share; anyone read any of these great sounding books?
Hmmm There are few I need to check out myself.:)

[swivel]

I haven't read any of these yet. And actually, Pollan's book "In Defense of Food" is the only one that interests me at all.

Thanks for the list. It's great to see the Lit section getting some hippie lovin'.

[Hippiepoet]

This week on the Best Sellers list in Non-Fiction:


IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 7

RECONCILIATION: Islam, Democracy, and the West (http://www.amazon.com/Reconciliation-Islam-Democracy-Benazir-Bhutto/dp/0061567582/dreamindemon-20), by Benazir Bhutto. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West
Weeks on List 1

REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 3/ Weeks on List 5

AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems (http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Book-Solutions-Biggest-Problems/dp/1416552197/dreamindemon-20), by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
Last Week#2/Weeks on list 13

I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 19

THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON (http://www.amazon.com/Age-American-Unreason-Susan-Jacoby/dp/0375423745/dreamindemon-20), by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
Weeks on List 1

LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 6

HOPE’S BOY (http://www.amazon.com/Hopes-Boy-Memoir-Andrew-Bridge/dp/1401303226/dreamindemon-20), by Andrew Bridge. (Hyperion, $22.95.) A memoir of a childhood in foster care by an advocate for poor children.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 2

THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: Death and the American Civil War (http://www.amazon.com/This-Republic-Suffering-Death-American/dp/037540404X/dreamindemon-20), by Drew Gilpin Faust. (Knopf, $27.95.) The impact of the Civil War’s enormous death toll, from the new president of Harvard.
Last Week #13/Weeks on List 4

QUIET STRENGTH (http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Strength-Principles-Practices-Priorities/dp/1414318014/dreamindemon-20), by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007).
Last Week # 8/Weeks on List 3

[Hippiepoet]

This week on the Best Sellers list in Non-Fiction:


LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 7

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 8

THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON (http://www.amazon.com/Age-American-Unreason-Susan-Jacoby/dp/0375423745/dreamindemon-20), by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 2

RECONCILIATION: Islam, Democracy, and the West (http://www.amazon.com/Reconciliation-Islam-Democracy-Benazir-Bhutto/dp/0061567582/dreamindemon-20), by Benazir Bhutto. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 2

PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Weeks on List 1

I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 20

AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems (http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Book-Solutions-Biggest-Problems/dp/1416552197/dreamindemon-20), by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
Last Week#4/Weeks on list 14

REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 3/ Weeks on List 6

GOD’S PROBLEM: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer (http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Problem-Answer-Important-Question-Why/dp/0061173975/dreamindemon-20), by Bart D. Ehrman. (HarperOne, $25.95.) A scholar examines the Bible’s contradictory pronouncements on the meaning of suffering.
Weeks on List 1

MANIC: A Memoir (http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Memoir-Terri-Cheney/dp/0061430234/dreamindemon-20), by Terri Cheney. (Morrow, $24.95.) A memoir of life with bipolar disorder.
Weeks on List 1

[swivel]

I need to pick up (1), (5), and (9).

[Hippiepoet]

I agree with #9 for sure, Swivel. Sounds like an interesting read.

[Hippiepoet]

1.LOSING IT: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20), by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Weeks on List 1

2.LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 8

3.BEAUTIFUL BOY:A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20) , by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.

4.IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 9

5.PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 2

6.REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 8/ Weeks on List 7

7.RECONCILIATION: Islam, Democracy, and the West (http://www.amazon.com/Reconciliation-Islam-Democracy-Benazir-Bhutto/dp/0061567582/dreamindemon-20), by Benazir Bhutto. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A posthumous look at Islam, democracy and the West
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 3

8.I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 21

9.THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON (http://www.amazon.com/Age-American-Unreason-Susan-Jacoby/dp/0375423745/dreamindemon-20), by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 3

10.AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems (http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Book-Solutions-Biggest-Problems/dp/1416552197/dreamindemon-20), by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
Last Week#7/Weeks on list 15

[Hippiepoet]

I was sort of surprised to find Valerie's book at the number one spot this week. Has anyone purchased this book, or plan to do so? I would like to have some feedback about the book.

[Hippiepoet]

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20) by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 2
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20)by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 2
LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 9
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 10
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 3
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #8/Weeks on List 22
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (http://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/0525950494/dreamindemon-20) by Timothy Keller. (Dutton, $24.95.) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.
Last Week #11/Weeks on List 3
REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 6/ Weeks on List 8
THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON (http://www.amazon.com/Age-American-Unreason-Susan-Jacoby/dp/0375423745/dreamindemon-20), by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
Last Week #9/Weeks on List 4
AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems (http://www.amazon.com/Inconvenient-Book-Solutions-Biggest-Problems/dp/1416552197/dreamindemon-20), by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe. (Threshold Editions, $26.) Beck’s solutions to problems including global warming and political correctness.
Last Week#10/Weeks on list 16

[Hippiepoet]

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20) by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 3
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20)by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 3
Stori Telling (http://www.amazon.com/sTORI-Telling-Tori-Spelling/dp/1416950737/dreamindemon-20) by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.
Weeks on List 1
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 11
LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 10
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 4
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (http://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/0525950494/dreamindemon-20) by Timothy Keller. (Dutton, $24.95.) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 4
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 23
THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON (http://www.amazon.com/Age-American-Unreason-Susan-Jacoby/dp/0375423745/dreamindemon-20), by Susan Jacoby. (Pantheon, $26.) Are Americans hostile to knowledge?
Last Week #9/Weeks on List 5
REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 8/ Weeks on List 9

[Hippiepoet]

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20)by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 4
Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20) by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 4
Stori Telling (http://www.amazon.com/sTORI-Telling-Tori-Spelling/dp/1416950737/dreamindemon-20) by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 2
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 12
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 5
LIBERAL FASCISM: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0385511841/dreamindemon-20), by Jonah Goldberg. (Doubleday, $27.95.) This “alternative history of American liberalism … reveals its roots in, and commonalities with, classical fascism.”
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 11
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #8/Weeks on List 24
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (http://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/0525950494/dreamindemon-20) by Timothy Keller. (Dutton, $24.95.) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 5
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (http://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Battle-1944-45-Max-Hastings/dp/0307263517/dreamindemon-20) by Max Hastings. (Knopf, $35.) The clash of naval and air forces in the final drive to defeat Japan, 1944-45.
Weeks on List 1
REAL CHANGE: From the World That Fails to the World That Works (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Change-World-Fails-Works/dp/1596980532/dreamindemon-20), by Newt Gingrich with Vince Haley and Rick Tyler. (Regnery, $27.95.) How to build a better America, from the former speaker of the House.
Last Week # 10/ Weeks on List 10

[impqueen]

Hip, I was being all complimentary about your awesome sig line and cool book list, and i think i jacked up your whole thread by accident, so i'm trying to fix it. Eeeyikes!

[Hippiepoet]

MISTAKEN IDENTITY (http://www.amazon.com/Mistaken-Identity-Families-Survivor-Unwavering/dp/1416567356/dreamindemon-20) , 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.
Weeks on List 1
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20)by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 5
Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20) by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 5
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 13
Stori Telling (http://www.amazon.com/sTORI-Telling-Tori-Spelling/dp/1416950737/dreamindemon-20) by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 3
PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL:The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/006135323X/dreamindemon-20), by Dan Ariely. (Harper, $25.95.) An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 6
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (http://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/0525950494/dreamindemon-20) by Timothy Keller. (Dutton, $24.95.) A minister addresses common doubts and defends faith in a Christian God.
Last Week #8/Weeks on List 6
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) (http://www.amazon.com/Am-America-So-Can-You/dp/0446580503/dreamindemon-20), by Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Allison Silverman et al. (Grand Central, $26.99.) The wit and wisdom of the mock pundit of Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 25
COMMON WEALTH (http://www.amazon.com/Common-Wealth-Economics-Crowded-Planet/dp/1594201277/dreamindemon-20) by Jeffrey D. Sachs. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) An economist argues for global cooperation around shared goals of sustainable development.
Last Week #11/Weeks on List 2
HUMAN SMOKE (http://www.amazon.com/Human-Smoke-Beginnings-World-Civilization/dp/1416567844/dreamindemon-20) by Nicholson Baker. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) A pacifist outcry against the aerial bombing of civilians.
Weeks on List 2

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MISTAKEN IDENTITY (http://www.amazon.com/Mistaken-Identity-Families-Survivor-Unwavering/dp/1416567356/dreamindemon-20) , 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.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 2
HOME (http://www.amazon.com/Home-Memoir-My-Early-Years/dp/0786865652/dreamindemon-20), by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
Weeks on List 1
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Boy-Fathers-Journey-Addiction/dp/0618683356/dreamindemon-20)by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 6
ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT (http://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Retrospect-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/0399155082/dreamindemon-20), by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
Weeks on List 1
VINDICATED (http://www.amazon.com/Vindicated-Names-Liars-Battle-Baseball/dp/1416591877/dreamindemon-20), by Jose Canseco. (Simon Spotlight, $25.95.) In a follow-up to his memoir, “Juiced,” Canseco names steroid users in baseball and evaluates the Mitchell report.
Weeks on List 1
BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE (http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Illustrated-Brett-Favre-Tribute/dp/1603200223/dreamindemon-20), (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) From the magazine, articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback.
Last Week # 13/Weeks on List 2
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: An Eater's Manifesto (http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Eaters-Manifesto/dp/1594201455/dreamindemon-20), by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 14
THE BIN LADENS (http://www.amazon.com/Bin-Ladens-Arabian-American-Century/dp/1594201641/dreamindemon-20), by Steve Coll. (Penguin Press, $35.) A history of the family and its fortune focuses on the effects of sudden oil wealth on Saudi Arabia and how it affected relationships with the West.
Weeks on List 1
Stori Telling (http://www.amazon.com/sTORI-Telling-Tori-Spelling/dp/1416950737/dreamindemon-20) by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight, $24.95.) The actress’s memoir, from her Hollywood childhood through “Beverly Hills, 90210,” to her son’s birth.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 4
Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (http://www.amazon.com/Losing-Gaining-Life-Back-Pound/dp/1416568182/dreamindemon-20) by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 6

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HOME
by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 2
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.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 3
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 7
LADIES OF LIBERTY
by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.
Weeks on List 1
ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 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.
Weeks on List 3
GIRLS LIKE US
by Sheila Weller. (Atria, $27.95.) The lives and times of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon.
Weeks on List 1
Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
by Valerie Bertinelli. (Free Press, $26.) A memoir by the actress and former wife of Eddie Van Halen focuses on depression and her effort to lose weight.
Last Week #10/Weeks on List 7
STANDING TALL
by C. Vivian Stringer with Laura Tucker. (Crown, $24.95.) A memoir by the head coach of the Rutgers women’s basketball team.
Weeks on List 1
BONK
by Mary Roach. (Norton, $24.95.) An amusing look at the science of sexual physiology.
Weeks on List 1

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ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
by Chelsea Handler
(Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
Weeks on List 1
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.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 5
HOME
by Julie Andrews
(Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 4
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
by David Sheff
(Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 9
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.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 5
LADIES OF LIBERTY
by Cokie Roberts
(Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 3
THE REVOLUTION
by Ron Paul
(Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
Weeks on List 1
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
ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT
by Kurt Vonnegut
(Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007.
Last Week #8/Weeks on List 4
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.
Weeks on List 1

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THE REVOLUTION
by Ron Paul (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 2
A WOLF AT THE TABLE
by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A memoir of life with a cruel father.
Weeks on List 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.
Last Week # 1/Weeks on List 2
HOME
by Julie Andrews (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
Last Week #3/Weeks on List 5
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.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 6
LADIES OF LIBERTY
by Cokie Roberts (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 4
A REMARKABLE MOTHER
by Jimmy Carter. (Simon & Schuster, $22.95.) A homage to Lillian Carter, the 39th president’s mother.
Weeks on List 1
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
by David Sheff
(Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 10
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.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 6
A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE
by Tony Horwitz. (Holt, $27.50.) A reporter’s travels in search of the early American history most Americans never learn.
Weeks on List 1

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AUDITION
by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir.
Weeks on List 1
HOME
by Julie Andrews (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years, from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 6
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
Last Week # 3/Weeks on List 3
A REMARKABLE MOTHER
by Jimmy Carter. (Simon & Schuster, $22.95.) A homage to Lillian Carter, the 39th president’s mother.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 2
THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.
Last Week #11/Weeks on List 2
A WOLF AT THE TABLE
by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A memoir of life with a cruel father.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 2
THE REVOLUTION
by Ron Paul (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 3
LADIES OF LIBERTY
by Cokie Roberts (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early America.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 5
THE DOWNHILL LIE
by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $22.) The Florida novelist takes up golf again after 32 years.
Weeks on List 1
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.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 7

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AUDITION
by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 3
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
Last Week # 3/Weeks on List 5
THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 4
Stolen Innocence
by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer. (Morrow, $25.95.) The star witness against the polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs describes how he forced her to marry her first cousin when she was 14.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 2
THE REVOLUTION
by Ron Paul (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 5
THE DOWNHILL LIE
by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $22.) The Florida novelist takes up golf again after 32 years.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 3
A WOLF AT THE TABLE
by Augusten Burroughs. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) A memoir of life with a cruel father.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 4
A Time to Fight
by Jim Webb. (Broadway, $24.95.) The Democratic senator from Virginia offers his political vision.
Weeks on List 1
Counselor
by Ted Sorensen. (Harper, $27.95.) A memoir by John F. Kennedy’s speechwriter and close aide, who was sometimes called a “deputy president.”
Last Week #13/Weeks on List 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.
Last Week #9/Weeks on List 9

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WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist’s latest essays.
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 3
WHAT HAPPENED
by Scott McClellan. (PublicAffairs, $27.95.) A former White House press secretary regrets that “I allowed myself to be deceived” by top officials.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 2
THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi. (Grand Central, $25.99.) An American writer in Florence and an Italian journalist work to discover the identity of a local serial killer.
Last Week #4/Weeks on List 2
ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA
by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
Last Week # 7/Weeks on List 9
BIG RUSS AND ME
by Tim Russert. (Miramax, $22.95.) The host of “Meet the Press” remembers his father.
Weeks on List 13
AUDITION
by Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A personal and professional memoir.
Last Week #8/Weeks on List 7
THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton, $25.95.) The rise of China and India and the global distribution of power.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 8
WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS
by Tim Russert. (Random House, $22.95.) Readers’ letters about their fathers in response to “Big Russ and Me.”
Weeks on List 10
ME OF LITTLE FAITH
by Lewis Black. (Riverhead, $24.95.) The stand-up comedian’s essays about religion.
Last Week #9/Weeks on List 3
THE DOWNHILL LIE
by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $22.) The Florida novelist takes up golf again after 32 years.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 7

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The Obama Nation
by Jerome R. Corsi. (Threshold, $28.) The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from a co-author of “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.”
Last Week #1/Weeks on List 2
STORI TELLINGby Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) A memoir.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 11
THE WAY OF THE WORLDby Ron Suskind. (Harper, 27.95.) How the Bush administration ignored evidence about Iraq in its rush to war.
Weeks on List 1
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) The humorist’s latest essays.
Last Week #2/Weeks on List 10
The Case Against Barack Obamaby David Freddoso. (Regnery, $27.95.) The Democratic candidate as a calculating extreme leftist.
Weeks on List 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.
Last Week # 4/Weeks on List 16
THE DARK SIDEby Jane Mayer. (Doubleday, $27.50.) How the Bush administration embraced the practice of torture.
Last Week #6/Weeks on List 4
FLEECEDby Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. (Harper, $26.95.) Americans are fleeced by government, business, labor unions and lobbyists.
Last Week #5/Weeks on List 7
LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNAby Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $26.) What she’s really like.
Last Week #7/Weeks on List 4
THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDERby Vincent Bugliosi. (Vanguard, $26.95.) The Manson prosecutor makes a case for trying the president for the deaths of 4,000 American soldiers in Iraq.
Weeks on List 8


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