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Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 6 February 2005

The FA list has been active since the month of March 2004, for a total of 11 lists. Nineteen books have appeared once, 8 books have appeared twice, 11 books have appeared three times, and 7 books have appeared four times.

The books that have appeared the most:

• Three books (Foer, Hersh, and Norton version of 9/11 Commission) have appeared five times

• Four books (Rifkin, Coll, Woodward, Clarke) have appeared six times

• Three books (Petersen, Anonymous, Unger) have appeared seven times

• No books have appeared eight times

• The Pentagon's New Map has appeared nine times

• No books have appeared for 10 times or for all 11 lists.

Here's the list for the month of January 2005. You'll see that PNM held onto the 9th spot:

Foreign Affairs Bestseller List

The top-selling hardcover books on American foreign policy and international affairs. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com.

POSTED FEBRUARY 2, 2005

1) Collapse by Jared Diamond (Viking), new to list

2) The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky (PublicAffairs), #4 last month

3) The United States of Europe by T. R. Reid (Penguin Press), #2

4) 9/11 Commission Report by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks (Norton), #3

5) Imperial Hubris by Anonymous (Brassey's), #1

6) America's Secret War by George Friedman (Doubleday), #6

7) Our Oldest Enemy by John J. Miller and Mark Molesky (Doubleday), #10

8) The Persian Puzzle by Kenneth M. Pollack (Random House), #5



9) The Pentagon's New Map by Thomas P.M. Barnett (Putnam), #9

10) Chain of Command by Seymour M. Hersh (HarperCollins), #7

11) Tower of Babble by Dore Gold (Crown Forum), new

12) The European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin (Tarcher), #13

13) Running on Empty by Peter G. Peterson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), #8

14) The Debt Threat by Noreena Hertz (HarperCollins), new

15) How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer (HarperCollins), #14