1. Have a Little Faith: A True Story - by Mitch Albom

Publisher: Hyperion
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9780786868728
ISBN-10: 0786868724

A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach lessons about the comfort of belief.

2. Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government - written and edited by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others

Publisher: Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/22/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416595014
ISBN-10: 1416595015

The case against big government.

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3. Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters - by Chesley B. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow

Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/13/2009
ISBN-13: 9780061924682
ISBN-10: 0061924687

The importance of preparing for the unexpected, by the pilot-hero of Flight 1549.

4. True Compass: A Memoir - by Edward M. Kennedy

Publisher: Twelve
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/14/2009
ISBN-13: 9780446539258
ISBN-10: 0446539252

The late senator’s autobiography.

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5. Moonwalk - by Michael Jackson

Publisher: Crown Publishers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/13/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307716989
ISBN-10: 0307716988

A reissue of a best-selling 1988 autobiography.

6. Outliers: The Story of Success - by Malcolm Gladwell

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/18/2008
ISBN-13: 9780316017923
ISBN-10: 0316017922

Why some people succeed, from the author of Blink.

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7. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - by Richard Dawkins

Publisher: Free Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/22/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416594789
ISBN-10: 1416594787

Evidence for evolution; a counterattack on advocates of intelligent design.

8. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman - by Jon Krakauer

Publisher: Doubleday
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/15/2009
ISBN-13: 9780385522267
ISBN-10: 0385522266

The story of Pat Tillman and the Army’s cover-up of his death by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

9. The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King--A Nonfiction Thriller - by James Patterson and Martin Dugard

Publisher: Little, Brown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/28/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316043656
ISBN-10: 0316043656

Investigating the Boy King’s sudden death.

10. The Time of My Life - by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi

Publisher: Atria Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/29/2009
ISBN-13: 9781439158586
ISBN-10: 1439158584

A memoir by the actor, who died in September, and his wife.

11. America For Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving U.S.A. Sovereignty - by Jerome R. Corsi

Publisher: Threshold Editions
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/13/2009
ISBN-13: 9781439154779
ISBN-10: 1439154775

Resisting the global New Deal, by the author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.

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12. High on Arrival - by Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin

Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/23/2009
ISBN-13: 9781439153857
ISBN-10: 143915385X

Recalling parties, drugs and a complicated relationship with her father.

13. Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin - by Kathy Griffin

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/08/2009
ISBN-13: 9780345518514
ISBN-10: 0345518519

A humorous memoir from the star of My Life on the D-List.

14. The National Parks: America's Best Idea: An Illustrated History - by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/08/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307268969
ISBN-10: 0307268969

A companion to the PBS series.

15. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/08/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307267146
ISBN-10: 0307267148

Women fighting sexual oppression in Asia and Africa.

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These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the November 1 print edition of the Book Review. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending October 17, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide.