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    <title>Trade Paperback Nonfiction Bestsellers</title>
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      Trade Paperback Nonfiction list for November 20, 2008, 
      for sales ending November 16, 2008.
      Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide.           
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        <title>1. Dreams From My Father</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400082773&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, ISBN: 9781400082773);
	  
	    Last week: 1;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "An elegant memoir of race and place from the president-elect."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Dreams From My Father</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>1</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Barack Obama</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Three Rivers</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400082773</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An elegant memoir of race and place from the president-elect.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>2. The Audacity of Hope</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307237705&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Barack Obama (Three Rivers, ISBN: 9780307237705);
	  
	    Last week: 2;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 47
          
	    "The president-elect's vision of hope for the future of our country."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Audacity of Hope</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>2</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Barack Obama</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Three Rivers</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307237705</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The president-elect's vision of hope for the future of our country.</dc:description>
        
        
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        <title>3. Three Cups of Tea</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143038252&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143038252);
	  
	    Last week: 3;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Three Cups of Tea</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>3</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143038252</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.</dc:description>
        
        
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>4. The Zookeeper's Wife</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780393333060&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Diane Ackerman (Norton, ISBN: 9780393333060);
	  
	    Last week: 5;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 11
          
	    "The true story of the zookeeper who hid hundreds of Polish Jews during WWII, based on diaries of the wife."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Zookeeper's Wife</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>4</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Diane Ackerman</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Norton</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780393333060</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The true story of the zookeeper who hid hundreds of Polish Jews during WWII, based on diaries of the wife.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="11"
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        <title>5. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400033539&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Oliver Sacks (Vintage, ISBN: 9781400033539);
	  
	    Last week: 4;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 8
          
	    "Sacks looks at the affect music can have in our daily lives."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>5</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Oliver Sacks</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Vintage</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400033539</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Sacks looks at the affect music can have in our daily lives.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="4"
	   wol="8"
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        <title>6. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780060852566&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780060852566);
	  
	    Last week: 6;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 29
          
	    "The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>6</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780060852566</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="29"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
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        <title>7. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9781400096794&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Jeffrey Toobin (Anchor, ISBN: 9781400096794);
	  
	    Last week: 7;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 10
          
	    "Supreme Court watcher and analyst Toobin takes us behind the veil to reveal (some of) the mystery of the high court."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>7</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Jeffrey Toobin</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Anchor</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9781400096794</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Supreme Court watcher and analyst Toobin takes us behind the veil to reveal (some of) the mystery of the high court.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="7"
	   wol="10"
	  />
        
    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>8. Team of Rivals</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780743270755&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Doris Kearns Goodwin (S&amp;S, ISBN: 9780743270755);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 25
          
	    "The prize-winning historian studies Lincoln as the ultimate manager and motivator."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Team of Rivals</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>8</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Doris Kearns Goodwin</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>S&amp;S</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780743270755</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The prize-winning historian studies Lincoln as the ultimate manager and motivator.</dc:description>
        
        
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>21</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>9. Eat, Pray, Love</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143038412&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143038412);
	  
	    Last week: 9;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Eat, Pray, Love</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>9</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Elizabeth Gilbert</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143038412</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="9"
	   wol="*"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>15</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>10. A New Earth</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780452289963&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Eckhart Tolle (Plume, ISBN: 9780452289963);
	  
	    Last week: 8;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 42
          
	    "This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>A New Earth</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>10</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Eckhart Tolle</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Plume</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780452289963</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>This follow-up to The Power of Now is an Oprah Book Club pick.</dc:description>
        
        
	  <bsbl:history
	  last="8"
	   wol="42"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>14</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>11. Marley &amp; Me</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780060817091&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by John Grogan (Harper, ISBN: 9780060817091);
	  
	    Last week: 13;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 28
          
	    "Irresistible, funny, and finally available in paperback!"
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Marley &amp; Me</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>11</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>John Grogan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780060817091</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Irresistible, funny, and finally available in paperback!</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="13"
	   wol="28"
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>13.95</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>12. The Omnivore's Dilemma</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780143038580&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Michael Pollan (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143038580);
	  
	    Last week: 11;
	  
	    Weeks on List: *
          
	    "A hard-boiled look at the food chain."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>The Omnivore's Dilemma</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>12</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Michael Pollan</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Penguin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780143038580</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A hard-boiled look at the food chain.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="*"
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      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>16</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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        <title>13. Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780307460455&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.) (Three Rivers, ISBN: 9780307460455);
	  
	    Last week: 10;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "Obama's ideas about how to fix the economy and strengthen the middle class."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>13</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Obama for America, Barack Obama (Intro.)</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Three Rivers</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780307460455</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>Obama's ideas about how to fix the economy and strengthen the middle class.</dc:description>
        
        
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	  last="10"
	   wol="3"
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        <title>14. Shakespeare: The World as Stage</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780061673696&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by Bill Bryson (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780061673696);
	  
	    Last week: 14;
	  
	    Weeks on List: 3
          
	    "A look at the life and work of Shakespeare by the author of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid."
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Shakespeare: The World as Stage</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>14</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>Bill Bryson</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Harper Perennial</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780061673696</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>A look at the life and work of Shakespeare by the author of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.</dc:description>
        
        
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	   wol="3"
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        <title>15. Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth</title>
        <link>http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&amp;isbn=9780316018432&amp;assignStoreNear=00000</link>
        <description>
	  by The Onion (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316018432);
	  
	  
	    Weeks on List: 1
          
	    "In a world gone haywire, The Onion pokes fun at our secret fears and ignorance!"
          
	</description>
	<ttl>360</ttl>
	<dc:title>Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth</dc:title>
	<bsbl:rank>15</bsbl:rank>
	<dc:creator>The Onion</dc:creator>
	<dc:publisher>Little Brown</dc:publisher>
	<dc:identifier>9780316018432</dc:identifier>
        
        <dc:description>In a world gone haywire, The Onion pokes fun at our secret fears and ignorance!</dc:description>
        
        
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    <xcbl:Price><xcbl:UnitPrice>
      <xcbl:UnitPriceValue>17.99</xcbl:UnitPriceValue>
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