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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
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NY Times Paperback Nonfiction
This
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( source The New York Times® ) |
Weeks
On List |
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NIGHT, by Elie Wiesel. (Hill & Wang, $9.) A new translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, first published in English in 1960. |
5 |
| 2 |
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, by James Frey. (Anchor, $14.95.) Both author and publisher acknowledge that this memoir contains numerous fabrications. |
22 |
| 3 |
IN COLD BLOOD, by Truman Capote. (Vintage, $14.) A savage murder in Kansas in 1959 and its consequences. |
53 |
| 4 |
FLYBOYS, by James Bradley. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95; $7.99.) Eight American airmen shot down and captured by the Japanese in World War II. |
19 |
| 5 |
THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A journalist's study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads.  First Chapter |
80 |
| 6 |
THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner, $14.) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another. First Chapter |
6 |
| 7 |
THREE WEEKS WITH MY BROTHER, by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks. (Warner, $13.95.) The novelist and his sibling describe their trip around the world. |
8 |
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COLLAPSE, by Jared Diamond. (Penguin, $17.) A historical investigation into why some societies succeed while others fail. First Chapter |
9 |
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN, by John Perkins. (Plume, $15.) A former employee of an international consulting firm denounces the American global empire and its "corporatocracy." |
7 |
| 10 |
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage, $14.95.) The tale of a great architect and a serial killer, who were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. First Chapter |
105 |
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NIGHT, by Elie Wiesel. (Bantam, $5.50.) The original English translation of an account of the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. |
4 |
| 12 |
ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. (Harcourt, $15.) How autism can help lead to a better understanding of animals. First Chapter |
6 |
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GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL, by Jared Diamond. (Norton, $16.95.) An argument that Western dominance is due to geographical advantages. |
181 |
| 14 |
* TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, by Mitch Albom. (Broadway, $12.95; Anchor, $6.99.) The author, a sportswriter, tells of his visits to his old college mentor, who was near death's door. |
153 |
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SMASHED, by Koren Zailckas. (Penguin, $14.) A young woman remembers her excessive drinking throughout high school and college. |
3 |
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* THE END OF FAITH, by Sam Harris. (Norton, $13.95.) The clash between reason and religion. |
12 |
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