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1. THE CORRECTIONSby Jonathan FranzenFarrar, Straus & Giroux, $26
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2. ISLAMby Karen ArmstrongModern Library, $19.95
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3. HALF A LIFEby V.S. NaipaulKnopf, $24
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4. NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 11by Magnum PhotographerspowerHouse, $29.95
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5. A WOMAN'S EDUCATIONby Jill Ker ConwayKnopf, $22
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6. THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELLby Stephen HawkingBantam, $35
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7. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN?by Studs TerkelNew Press, $25.95
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8. UPHEAVALS OF THOUGHTby Martha C. NussbaumCambridge University Press, $39.95
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9. HATESHIP, FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP, LOVESHIP, MARRIAGEby Alice MunroKnopf, $24
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10. WITTGENSTEIN'S POKERby David Edmonds and John EidinowEcco Press, $24
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1. TALIBAN by Ahmed RashidYale University Press, $14.95
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2. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAYby Michael ChabonPicador, $15
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3. PRODIGAL SUMMERby Barbara KingsolverHarperPerennial, $14
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4. PARIS TO THE MOONby Adam GopnikRandom House, $14.95
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5. JIHAD VS. MCWORLDby Benjamin R. BarberBallantine, $15
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6. BLOWBACKby Chalmers JohnsonOwl Books, $15
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7. DISPATCHES FROM THE TENTH CIRCLEEdited by Robert SiegelThree Rivers, $16
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8. EMPIREby Michael Hardt and Antonio NegriHarvard University Press, $18.95
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9. BRUNELLESCHI'S DOMEby Ross KingWalker & Co., $24
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10. WHEN WE WERE ORPHANSby Kazuo IshiguroVintage, $14
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Bailey/Coy Books Seattle, WA; Black Oak Books Berkeley, CA; Book Soup West Hollywood, CA; Book Woman Austin, TX; Canterbury BooksMadison, WI; City Lights Bookstore San Francisco, CA; Cody's Books Berkeley, CA; Fact & Fiction Missoula, MT; Farley's Bookshop New Hope, PA; Harvard Book Store Cambridge, MA; Labyrinth Books New York, NY; Left Bank Books St. Louis, MO; Midnight Special Santa Monica, CA; Page One, Inc. Albuquerque, NM; Politics & Prose Washington, DC; Posman Books New York, NY; Powell's Books Portland, OR; Prairie Lights Iowa City, IA; The Regulator Bookshop Durham, NC; Ruminator Books St. Paul, MN; Saint Mark's Bookshop New York, NY; Seminary Co-operative Bookstore, Inc. Chicago, IL; Shaman Drum Bookshop Ann Arbor, MI; That Bookstore in Blytheville Blytheville, AR; Women & Children First Chicago, IL