Despite its success, however, "Battle Cry of Freedom" is still a long way from being the biggest-selling book in Oxford University Press history.

It became a best-seller and for many years was the biggest-selling book ever authored on golf.

It became one of the biggest-selling books in Ireland in 2003, and continues to sell in huge numbers.

One of his biggest-selling books is called 101 Science Poems and Songs for Young Learners.

Roy's novel became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author.

The book was directed to Americans, but found a fairly broad international market - becoming, among other things, the biggest-selling book in the history of Rhodesia.

But this year among the biggest-selling books are three photo collections of the stark horrifying images of perhaps the scariest moment in American history, Sept. 11.

Published in 1989, Over The Top... became the biggest-selling non-fiction book in Australia for the calendar year 1991.

The first Harry Potter novel - released four years ago - is the UK's biggest-selling book of 2001, according to new sales figures.

"It's the biggest-selling book in such a short period of time that this press has ever had," said Ghita Levine, a spokeswoman for the press.