October 10, 2006
New Bestsellers 10/9/06
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.
E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog.
Fiction
Mitch Albom. For One More Day
Charley, a child of divorce was always forced to choose between his mother and his father. When he is grown, with a family of his own, he secretly visits his father one weekend and his mother dies. This event haunts him and his own family starts to unravel. When he decides to take his own life he ends up somewhere between this world and the next, where he encounters his mother again, in their hometown, and gets to spend one last day with herthe day he missed and always wished he'd had. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1)
Dick Francis. Under Orders
Sid Halley, former jockey-turned-detective, returns. Death at the races is not uncommon, but three in one day--including a winning horse and champion jockey--are more than enough to raise Halley's suspicions. (NYT #3, PW #4)
Neil Gaiman. Fragile Things
Short fiction, including a short story set in the world of The Matrix, and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction; can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. (NYT #14%2, PW #13)
Drew Karpyshyn. Death Bane: Path of Destruction
Once the Sith order teemed with followers. But their rivalries divided them in endless battles for supremacy. Until one dark lord at last united the Sith in the quest to enslave the galaxy?and exterminate the Jedi. Yet it would fall to another, far more powerful than the entire Brotherhood of Darkness, to ultimately realize the full potential of the Sith, and wield the awesome power of the dark side as never before. (NYT #11, PW #9)
Cormac McCarthy. The Road
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated. (NYT #4, PW #2)
Fern Michaels. Sweet Revenge
Isabelle Flanders had everything--her own architectural firm, her fianc Bobby, a life she deserved--until Rosemary Hershey came and stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving--killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agrees: Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving Bobby. (USA #10)
Nonfiction
Elizabeth Edwards. Saving Graces
Memoir of the wife of former vice presidentail candidate John Edwards, who is also a cancer survivor. (NYT #4, PW #3)
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE, by Daniel Goleman. (Bantam, $28.) The author of "Emotional Intelligence" argues that our brains are designed for sociability. (NYT #13)
Pervez Musharraf. In the Line of Fire
In this unprecedented event, the president of one of the world's most crucial nations offers his candid thoughts on Pakistan's confrontations with India, 9/11 and its aftermath, on Israel, on bin Laden and al Queda, and on the status of women in Pakistan. (NYT #8, PW #12)
Bill O'Reilly. Culture Warrior
With three straight #1 bestsellers and over 4 million copies of his books in print, O'Reilly takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for America's heart and soul. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #5)
U2 and Neil McCormick. U2 by U2
A biography of the band told through interviews with each member and their manager Paul McGuinness. (NYT #7, PW #10)
Bob Woodward. State of Denial
After two #1 "New York Times" bestsellers on the Bush administration's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Woodward's new book on the Bush White House again provides an unparalleled, intimate account of the present state of national security decision-making. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #7)
NYT Business
Linda Kaplan Thaler & Robin Koval. The Power of Nice
Thaler and Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. Challenging the mean-spirited "me or you" mentality, they show that "nice" companies have lower employee turnover, lower recruitment costs, and higher productivity. (#11)
John C. Maxwell. The Difference Maker
Leadership expert John Maxwell believes attitude is one thing that can make all the difference in someone's life---and now shows how to make it one's best asset. (#15)
Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith. iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
Biography of the co-founder of Apple Computers. (#14
Posted by Grace at October 10, 2006 09:57 AM
