1 Life with My Sister Madonna
by Christopher Ciccone
Last week 1 Weeks on list 4
Sales last week 2,950 To date (17,525)
(Simon & Schuster £17.99)
Up-close biography by her brother
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2 Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage
by Francesco Da Mosto
Last week 3 Weeks on list 5
Sales last week 1,960 To date (8,295)
(BBC £25)
A trip to the places that gave birth to western civilisation
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Francesco Da Mosto on his Venice childhood

3 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami
New entry
Sales last week 1,855 To date (2,090)
(Harvill Secker £9.99)
Reflections on the role of sport in the novelist’s life
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4 Jordan: Pushed to the Limit
by Katie Price
Last week 2 Weeks on list 26
Sales last week 1,750 To date (215,970)
(Century £18.99)
Intimate portrait of the celebrity’s recent emotional difficulties
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Fay Weldon meets Katie Price, aka Jordan

5 Contented Dementia
by Oliver James
New entry
Sales last week 1,529 To date (3,421)
(Ebury £17.99)
Clinical psychologist’s ground-breaking method for coping with dementia
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6 Shadows of the Workhouse
by Jennifer Worth
Last week 5 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 1,480 To date (11,355)
(Weidenfeld £12.99)
Insights into the lives of the poor in 1950s London
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7 I Used to Know That
by Caroline Taggart
Last week 7 Weeks on list 8
Sales last week 1,385 To date (13,920)
(Michael O’Mara £9.99)
Hundreds of factual snippets you may have forgotten from school
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8 Westlife: Our Story
by Westlife
Last week 4 Weeks on list 9
Sales last week 1,280 To date (32,630)
(HarperCollins £18.99)
Kian, Nicky, Mark and Shane celebrate 10 years at the top
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9 Cut
by Cathy Glass
New entry
Sales last week 1,220 To date (1,600)
(Harper Element £12.99)
Heart-breaking tale of the first girl that Glass fostered
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10 Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile
by Geraint Anderson
Last week 6 Weeks on list 7
Sales last week 1,145 To date (11,320)
(Headline £17.99)
Warts-and-all account of life in the City
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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 09/08/08.

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