1 Cry Silent Tears
by Joe Peters
Last week 2 Weeks on list 2
Sales last week 15,610 To date (26,595)
(Harper Element £6.99)
How a mute boy overcame terrible suffering; inspiring memoir
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2 My Booky Wook
by Russell Brand
Last week 1 Weeks on list 6
Sales last week 13,360 To date (120,910)
(Hodder £7.99)
Television personality’s frank memoir of sex and drugs and rock’n’roll
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Russel Brand on his childhood and his career

3 Nowhere to Run
by Judy Westwater
Last week 3 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,600 To date (45,805)
(Harper Element £6.99)
A violent childhood in a British circus and on South African streets
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4 Wife in the North
by Judith O'Reilly
Last week 5 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 6,155 To date (37,915)
(Penguin £7.99)
After leaving London, a wife and mother struggles with country living
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5 Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
by Bill Bryson
Last week 6 Weeks on list 20
Sales last week 5,715 To date (23,075)
(HarperPerennial £7.99)
Investigation of the myths surrounding the Bard
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6 Gangs
by Ross Kemp
Last week 4 Weeks on list 3
Sales last week 5,365 To date (178,940)
(Penguin £6.99)
Television hardman infiltrates some of the world’s most notorious gangs
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7 My Life with George
by Judith Summers
Last week 17 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 5,250 To date (8,395)
(Penguin £6.99)
Memoir of a mother and son’s relationship with “barking mad” dog
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8 Daddy’s Little Earner
by Maria Landon
Last week 8 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 4,500 To date (60,325)
(Harper Element £6.99)
Memoir of a woman forced into prostitution at nine by her father
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9 Paul O’Grady: The Biography
by Neil Simpson
Last week 13 Weeks on list 1
Sales last week 4,310 To date (27,365)
(John Blake £7.99)
Biography of the award-winning comedian and tea-time talkshow host
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10 A History of Modern Britain
by Andrew Marr
Last week 9 Weeks on list 16
Sales last week 4,200 To date (103,315)
(Pan £8.99)
Journalist’s analysis of post-war culture; accompanies the television series
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Lists prepared by The Bookseller using data supplied by and copyright to Nielsen BookScan, taken from the TCM for the seven days ending 16/08/08.

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