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December 05, 2006

New Bestsellers 12/4/06

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.

Library Journal's Fiction & Nonfiction lists have been updated for November 15.

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

Tony Hillerman. The Shape Shifter
Retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is called upon once again to solve a crime. This time it's Joe's last case, a case that remains unsolved and contines to haunt him. (PW #7)

Thomas Pynchon. Against the Day
Spans the period from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to just after World War I and takes place around the world. (PW #11)

NYT Business

Neal Gabler. Walt Disney
The definitive portrait of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American entertainment and cultural history. (#16)

David Nasaw. Andrew Carnegie
Majestically told and based on materials not available to any previous biographer, the definitive life of Andrew Carnegie-one of American business's most iconic and elusive titans. (#15)