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In my last column -- "The New York Times Best-Seller List: Another Reason Americans Don't Trust the Media" -- I used my recently published book as evidence that The New York Times best-seller list is not a best-seller list. I pointed out that the book, "The Rational Bible: Exodus," the first volume of my commentary on the first five books of the Bible (the Torah), did not appear on The New York Times best-seller list even though it was: --No. 2 on the Wall Street Journal nonfiction best-seller list. --No. 2 on the Publishers Weekly nonfiction best-seller list. --No. 2...

HARDCOVER NONFICTION Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE FAMILY, by Kitty Kelley 2. UNFIT FOR COMMAND, by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi 3. BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, by Aron Ralston 4. AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell 5. CHAIN OF COMMAND, by Seymour M. Hersh

Hardcover NonfictionPublished: September 26, 2004 This Week Last Week Weeks On List 1 UNFIT FOR COMMAND, by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi. (Regnery, $27.95.) A negative appraisal of John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam. 1 5 2 AMERICAN SOLDIER, by Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell. (ReganBooks/HarperCollins, $27.95.) A memoir by the former head of the United States Central Command. 2 6 3 MY LIFE, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, $35.) From Hope, Ark., to the White House: the autobiography of the 42nd president. First Chapter 3 12 4 SKYWRITING, by Jane Pauley. (Random House, $25.95.) A memoir by the television...