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May 02, 2005

New Bestsellers 5/2/05

The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists.

The Library Journal Lists of Most Borrowed Books in Public Libraries for Fiction and Nonfiction were updated for May 1.

NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal

Fiction

Joseph Finder. Company Man
Nick Conover, the son of a factory worker, is the CEO of a major corporation in a company town. Nick, once the most admired man in Fenwick, Michigan, is now, having presided over massive layoffs, the most despised. A single parent since the recent death of his wife, he’s struggling to insulate his ten-year-old daughter and angry sixteen-year-old son from the town’s hostility. When his family is threatened by a nameless stalker, events spin quickly out of control and Nick is faced with a dead body and damning circumstances. (NYT #15, PW #15)

Alexander McCall Smith. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
This time around, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is busier than usual at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, when a strange intruder in her house forces her to confront a painful secret from her past. (NYT #6, PW #5, WSJ #7)

Nonfiction

SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND, by Phil Lesh. (Little, Brown, $25.95.) A memoir by the bass player for the Grateful Dead. (NYT #15)

Pamela Peeke. Body for Life for Women
Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., bestselling author of Fight Fat After Forty, adapts the unique insights of the Body-for-Life program to the specific hormonal, metabolic, and physiological requirements of women so they can achieve the same life-transforming results. (PW #7, WSJ #7)
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ASSASSINATION VACATION, by Sarah Vowell. (Simon & Schuster, %$21.) A guide to three presidential murders ? of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley ? and the ways they have been used by popular culture. (NYT #10)

We now have copies of several bestsellers that have been on the lists for a while:

Harry G. Frankfurt. On Bulls---
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bulls---. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bulls--- and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern. We have no clear understanding of what bulls--- is, why there is so much of it, or what functions it serves. And we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us. In other words, as Harry Frankfurt writes, "we have no theory."

Maria Shriver. And One More Thing Before You Go...
Graduating from high school is a big step for any girl. She is leaving her childhood behind and beginning the rest of her life. She is also leaving her mother's protective circle of love and guidance. One of the greatest gifts a mother can give her daughter at this pivotal moment in her life is good counsel. In And One More Thing Before You Go... Maria Shriver, bestselling author, acclaimed journalist, First Lady of California, and mother of two daughters, provides a loving and heartfelt guide for girls as they go off to college.