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The amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ... Here
at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we post a
few links in Books & Lit to sites that might interest you. Sometimes
the links will be related to one another ... sometimes we'll just
offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case, we think we might be
able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be
of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the
bustle. ... . What
America's Reading
Books Related to the
Attacks, the War on Terrorism & More
Given
the events of September 11th and their aftermath, we thought it might be
interesting to see what America's been reading. ... Have book sales
been affected -- not in terms of how many books are being sold, but which
books are being sold -- by the attacks and the War on Terrorism? In
order to get at the info, we visited the three top on-line sites for best seller
lists -- The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Of course, the lists vary in format from one to the other.
The Times, for example, doesn't mix fiction with nonfiction or advice and
how-to, while both Amazon and Barnes & Noble do, though the latter do allow
you to see separate lists for each category, as well as more specific lists,
too. ... In any case, here's what we found when we searched for ... | What
America's Reading | The
following list presents some of the titles that seem to have come up
the charts in response to the attacks of September 11th and subsequent
events. Titles are given, along with ranks on the various
best-seller lists, according to the key, below. KEY:
Rank, plus All = all titles, H = Hardcover Nonfiction, P = Paperback
Nonfiction Rankings
on Amazon and B&N change daily. The following rankings were
taken from lists on the afternoon of Monday, November 5th.
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| Book | NYTimes
NonFiction | B&N | Amazon | | H | P | All | H | P | All | H | P | | The
Final Days, by Barbara Olsen. {Author died aboard
jetliner on September 11th.} | 2 | -- | 18 | 4 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | | Germs,
by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg and William Broad. A
report on biological weapons. | 4 | -- | 15 | 6 | -- | 24 | -- | -- | | Islam,
by Karen Armstrong. History of the Islamic faith by
the author of "A History of God" et al. | 7 | -- | 45 | 8 | -- | 13 | 3 | -- | | War
in a Time of Peace, by David Halberstam. Dynamics of
American foreign policy in the 90's. | 9 | -- | -- | 14 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | | Fire,
by Sebastian Junger. Collection of pieces about
firefighters by author of "The Perfect Storm." | 10 | -- | 100 | 5 | -- | -- | 7 | -- | | Twin
Towers, by Angus Kress Gillespie. History of the World
Trade Center, first published in 1999. | 12 | -- | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | The
New Jackals, by Simon Reeve. Story of Ramzi Yousef, '93
bombing of WTC, and bin Laden. | 27 | -- | 70 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Taliban,
by Ahmed Rashid. Account of the radical Islamic
organization of Afghanistan. | -- | 1 | 12 | -- | 14 | 18 | -- | 1 | | Bin
Laden, by Yossef Bodansky. Bio of the man who founded
the terrorist al Qa'ida network. | -- | 3 | 56 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 12 | | From
Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas L. Friedman. Updated
account of Arab-Israeli conflict. | -- | 6 | | -- | 8 | -- | -- | 2 | | Day
of Terror, by Barbara Shangle. World Trade Center and
Pentagon attacks in pictures and words. | -- | 7 | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | | The
Clash of Civlizations & the Remaking of World Order, by
Samuel P. Huntington. | -- | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Jihad
vs. McWorld, by Benjamin R. Barber. Conflict between
capitalism and fundamentalism. | -- | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 | | Fighting
Terrorism, by Benjammin Netanyahu. Former Prime
Minister of Israel's take. | -- | 17 | | | | | | | | The
Lexus & the Olive Tree, by Thomas L. Friedman. The
instant electronic global economy. | -- | 22 | -- | -- | 15 | -- | -- | 6 | | Blowback,
by Chalmers Johnson. The unintended consequences of
American foreign policy. | -- | 23 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 | -- | | The
Middle East, by Bernard Lewis. The dramatic rise and
long decline of the Islamic world. | -- | 25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | | The
Koran, by N.J. Dawood. Revised, updated translation of
the Muslim holy book. | -- | 32 | | | | | | | | Afghanistan's
Endless War, by Larry P. Goodson. History over the last
20 years. | -- | 35 | | | | | | | NOTE:
A reading list compiled by a local Hinesburg women's group which has been
meeting since the attacks appears in this month's Book Worm. Click
here for more. |
Of course, lest
you think that this is all America is reading, think again. Harry Potter,
as well as an endless list of inspirational, how-to, and advice books continue
to top the lists, as well as the staple fiction best-sellers, including several
in the spy genre.
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