ThisWeek
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EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $15.) A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.
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THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham. (Delta, $16; Dell, $7.99.) Grisham’s first nonfiction book concerns a man wrongly sentenced to death.
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THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin, $15.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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INTO THE WILD, by Jon Krakauer. (Anchor, $12.95.) A man’s obsession with the wilderness ends in tragedy.
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CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR, by George Crile. (Grove, $14.95; $14.) A chronicle, by a veteran producer for “60 Minutes,” of a congressman’s efforts in the 1980s to steer billions to the anti-Soviet side in Afghanistan.
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THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama. (Three Rivers, $14.95.) The Illinois senator proposes that Americans move beyond their political divisions.
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90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. (Revell, $12.99.) A minister on the otherworldly experience he had after an accident.
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THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin, $16.) Tracking dinner from the soil to the plate, a journalist juggles appetite and conscience.
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* SMOKE, MIRRORS, AND MURDER, by Ann Rule. (Pocket, $7.99.) Tales of true crime.
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THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. (Mariner, $15.95.) An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational.
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THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $15.) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
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THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.
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BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $15.99.) The importance of instinct.
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THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Picador, $16.) A new edition of the Times columnist’s analysis of 21st-century economics and foreign policy.
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* THE PORTABLE ATHEIST, edited by Christopher Hitchens. (Da Capo, $17.50.) Dozens of readings for nonbelievers
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I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max. (Citadel, $12.95.) Reflections of a self-absorbed, drunken womanizer.
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THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, by Daniel J. Levitin. (Plume, $15.) A rocker-turned-neuroscientist on the connection between music and human nature.
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THE END OF AMERICA, by Naomi Wolf. (Chelsea Green, $13.95.) A defense of democracy and civil rights.
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THIS I BELIEVE, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick. (Holt, $14.) Eighty essayists complete the thought begun in the book’s title; based on the NPR series.
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THE LANGUAGE OF GOD, by Francis S. Collins. (Free Press, $15.) A geneticist argues that faith in God and in science can coexist within a person.
Also Selling
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DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, by Barack Obama (Three Rivers)
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THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, by Jean-Dominique Bauby (Vintage)
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TOO LATE TO SAY GOODBYE, by Ann Rule (Pocket)
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, by Bill Bryson (Broadway)
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NOT ON OUR WATCH, by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast (Hyperion)
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THE LOOMING TOWER, by Lawrence Wright (Vintage)
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KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain (Harper Perennial)
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A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, by Bill Bryson (Broadway)
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KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL, by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson (Random House)
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UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM, by Dalai Lama (Broadway)
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THE END OF FAITH, by Sam Harris (Norton)
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THE FAITH CLUB, by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner (Free Press)
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WHOLE NEW MIND, by Daniel H. Pink (Riverhead)
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LEFT TO TELL, by Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin (Hay House)
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THE WORST HARD TIME, by Timothy Egan (Mariner/ Houghton Mifflin)
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Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending Jan. 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles.
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