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February 08, 2007

New Bestsellers 2/5/07

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

Bernard Cornwell. Lords of the North
The third volume of the Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel Danish invaders. (NYT #15, PW #13)

Jayne Ann Krentz. White Lies
Clare Lancaster is a level 10 para-sensitive and "human lie detector." She met her half-sister and a family she didn't know seven months ago and is now not sure that was the best idea. When her father summons her to California to be part of his business empire, she meets Jake Salter, his "financial consultant." They must overcome their mutual distrust to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder. (NYT #4, PW #3)

Norman Mailer. The Castle in the Forest
Using an SS man as narrator, Mailer explores the life of Adolf Hitler. (NYT #5, PW #9)

Nonfiction

FINAL EXAM, by Pauline W. Chen. (Knopf, $23.95.) A surgeon reflects on her experience with dying patients. (NYT #16)

Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter. What Got You Here Won't Get You There
An executive coach shows how to get to the top. (PW #15)

SUPREME CONFLICT, by Jan Crawford Greenburg. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) The ABC correspondent argues that President Bush has succeeded in moving the Supreme Court decisively to the right. (NYT #15)

Terry McAuliffe with Steve Kettmann. What a Party!
Memoir of one of the Democratic party fundraiser and former chairman of the Democratic National Party. (NYT #5, PW #13)

Sidney Poitier. The Measure of a Man
Poitier a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. (USA #6)

NYT Business

Ken Fisher with Jennifer Chou and Lara Hoffmans. The Only Three Questions that Count
The first book to show you how to think about investing for yourself and develop innovative ways to understand and profit from the markets. (#14)

Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. The Carrot Principle
Based on an extensive management study, the bestselling authors of "A Carrot a Day" and "The 24-Carrot Manager" show how great managers use constructive praise and recognition to motivate their workforces. (#17)

Chip Heath and Dan Heath. Made to Stick
Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the "human scale principle," using the "Velcro Theory of Memory," and creating "curiosity gaps." (#13)

Rodd Wagner and James Harter. 12: The Elements of Great Managing
The long-awaited sequel to "First, Break All the Rules." Grounded in Gallup's 10 million employee and manager interviews spanning 114 countries, "12 "follows great managers as they harness employee engagement to turn around a failing call center, save a struggling hotel, improve patient care in a hospital, maintain production through power outages, and successfully face a host of other challenges in settings around the world." (#16)