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October 30, 2006

New Best Sellers 10/30/06

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

David Baldacci. The Collectors
The assassination of a Supreme Court justice sets the members of the Camel Club in a race to prevent a silent yet bloody coup in Washington. (NYT #2, PW #2)

Elizabeth George. What Came Before He Shot Her
In North Kensington three orphaned mixed-race children are bounced from one home to another. The middle child Joel takes care of the youngest, Toby, who isn't quite right. When a local gang threatens the oldest child, Toby, Joel makes a pact with the devil that ends in the murder of Thomas Lynley's wife. (NYT #7, PW #7)

Robert Ludlum. The Bancroft Strategy
Fired after an operation goes awry, Todd Belknap, a renegade ex-field agent, takes matters into his own hands when a friend is abducted in Lebanon by a vicious militia group and the government refuses to intervene. (NYT #10, PW #11)

Nonfiction

CONTROVERSY CREATES CASH, by Eric Bischoff with Jeremy Roberts. (World Wrestling Entertainment/Pocket, $26.) A memoir by the former president of World Championship Wrestling. (NYT #16)

Bill Bryson. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. (NYT #6, PW #8)

Deepak Chopra. Life After Death
Learn the life skills necessary to live each day mindfully and pursue your dreams in earnest; take specific steps to develop eternal inner youth; learn how to find the road back to joy after you lose someone dear; enrich and improve the quality of your daily life with simple practices that help you break through negative patterns, move from fear to love and achieve a life of fulfillment and authentic power. (PW #13)

Barack Obama. The Audacity of Hope
The junior senator from Illinois discusses how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can address such issues as globalization and the function of religion in public life. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #3)

Amy Sedaris. I Like You
America's most delightfully unconventional hostess provides jackpot recipes and solid advice laced with her blisteringly funny take on entertaining--plus four-color photos and enlightening sidebars on everything it takes to pull off a party with extraordinary flair. (NYT #10, PW #11)