For you non-LA Times online subscriber types (hi, Mom!) , the list is below:
1 | The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay: $14.95) How fads, trends and ideas behave like viruses in a society. |
2 | Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (Random House: $13.95) A professor keeps literature alive for her students. |
3 | The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Vintage: $14.95) How a serial killer haunted the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. |
4 | Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff (Chelsea Green: $10) A guide for political progressives. |
5 | The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library: $14) How to attain enlightenment by living in the now. |
6 | Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton: $16.95) A scientist's take on Europe's rise to dominance. |
7 | Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter (TechPress/Warner: $15.95) Fiscal parenting. |
8 | Bushworld by Maureen Dowd (Berkley: $15) The New York Times columnist's collected works on Bush père and fils. |
9 | The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene (Vintage: $15.95) The nature of the universe made simple. |
10 | Lost in the Grooves by Kim Cooper et al. (Routledge: $19.95) An encyclopedic guide to popular music. |
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