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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Children's Books

1 LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND "THREE CUPS OF TEA", by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8)
2 THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Carson Ellis. Music by Nathaniel Stookey. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A whodunit tour of the orchestra, with audio. (Ages 9 to 12)
3 THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, by Susan Marie Swanson. Illustrated by Beth Krommes. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.) A key, a bed, a book, a light, the moon. (Ages 4 to 8)
4 GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
5 LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY, by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Illustrated by David Soman. (Dial, $16.99.) A superheroes’ meeting of the minds at the playground. (Ages 3 to 5)
6 SWING!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Children seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
7 CAT, written by Matthew Van Fleet and photographed by Brian Stanton. (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) All kinds of cats, in motion and rhyme. (Ages 2 and up)
8 BLUEBERRY GIRL, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Charles Vess. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A book of wishes, addressed to a daughter. (All ages)
9 THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, written and illustrated by Eric Carle. (Philomel, $29.99.) Still hungry after 40 years. A pop-up book. (Ages 3 and up)
10 NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Disney-Hyperion, $16.99.) The rodent as individualist. (Ages 3 and up)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Hardcover Advice

1

ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Relationship tips from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show".

2

THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment” from Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.

3

THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

4

FLAT BELLY DIET!, by Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass. (Rodale, $25.95.) Nutrition advice and workout tips from the editors of Prevention magazine.

5

FRACTAL TIME, by Gregg Braden. (Hay House, $24.95.) A guide to a world time cycle that is calculated to end in the year 2012.

6

THE ULTRAMIND SOLUTION, by Mark Hyman. (Scribner, $27.50.) How to pinpoint underlying biological problems to improve brain performance and allay depression, anxiety and more.

7

PEAKS AND VALLEYS, by Spencer Johnson. (Atria, $19.95.) Making both good and bad times work for you personally and professionally.

8

UNCOMMON, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $24.99.) The former coach of the Indianapolis Colts discourses on living “a life of significance.”

9

MAGNIFICENT MIND AT ANY AGE, by Daniel G. Amen. (Harmony, $24.95.) How to optimize healthy brain function through natural means.

10

WWE ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Brian Shields and Kevin Sullivan. (DK, $45.) A reference guide to World Wrestling Entertainment.



Paperback Mass-Market Fiction






1

THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Vision, $9.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor.

2

HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Signet, $9.99.) The aftermath of a New Jersey high school kid’s suicide.

3

BONES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $9.99.) The psychologist-detective Alex Delaware is called in when women’s bodies turn up in a Los Angeles marsh.

4

PLAGUE SHIP, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul. (Berkley, $9.99.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Ore­gon must determine what happened on a cruise ship full of dead bodies.

5

THE GRAND FINALE, by Janet Evanovich. (Harper/HarperCollins, $7.99.) In this reissue of a 1988 novel, a woman grabs the attention of a hunky man when she falls out of a tree and onto his pizza.

6

LOST SOULS, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra, $7.99.) An aspiring true-crime writer investigates the disappearance of four girls at All Saints College and begins to realize she’s being stalked herself.

7

THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Dell, $7.99.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court rules against a company accused of dumping toxic waste. First Chapter

8

THE MACKADE BROTHERS: RAFE AND JARED, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette, $7.99.) A reissue of two stories, featuring a pair of rebels in Antietam, Md.

9

MONTANA CREEDS: DYLAN, by Linda Lael Miller. (HQN, $7.99.) In this second book of a trilogy, “rodeo’s bad boy” returns home and sets hearts aflutter.

10

DANGER IN A RED DRESS, by Christina Dodd. (Signet, $7.99.) A woman on the Maine coast, entrusted with a deathbed secret, winds up being pursued by killers, and only Gabriel Prescott can save her.

Top 10 Bestsellers -Hardcover Nonfictional

OUTLIERS

by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” First Chapter

A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN

by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall. (Broadway, $21.95.) Two men buy a pet lion cub in London, bring him to Africa when he is grown, and later have a heartwarming reunion; an update of a 1971 book.

HOUSE OF CARD

by William D. Cohan. (Doubleday, $27.95.) The fall of Bear Stearns and the beginning of the Wall Street collapse.

THE YANKEE YEARS

by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci. (Doubleday, $26.95.) The former Yankee manager (1996-2007) on his years with the team.

THE LOST CITY OF Z

by David Grann. (Doubleday, $27.50.) A New Yorker writer searches for a British explorer who disappeared 80 years ago in the Amazon.

MY BOOKY WOOK

by Russell Brand. (Collins, $25.99.) A memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up from a British comedian.

INSIDE THE REVOLUTION

by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) The power of three groups in the Middle East: Islamic radicals, moderate reformers and Muslims who are becoming Christians.

DEWEY

by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. (Grand Central, $19.99.) The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library and his rise to fame.

A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY

by Bill O’Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career.

THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE

by Craig M. Mullaney. (Penguin Press, $28.95.) A soldier’s coming-of-age.

Best Sellers - Hardcover Fiction




Top Ten BestSellers For This Week ( 4th Quarter of March 2009)

HANDLE WITH CARE

by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $27.95.) A woman whose daughter has a dangerous birth defect must decide whether to sue her obstetrician, an old friend.

CORSAIR

by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. (Putnam, $27.95.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon search for a missing secretary of state whose plane has been shot down.

THE ASSOCIATE

by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) An idealistic law-school graduate is forced to take a job at a large, brutalizing law firm.

THE HOST

by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.) One woman won’t surrender to the aliens who have taken control.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) A New York detective raising 10 children alone must stop a killer.

PROMISES IN DEATH

by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $26.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a colleague’s murder; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY

by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial, $22.) A journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.



HEART AND SOUL

by Maeve Binchy. (Knopf, $26.95.) A doctor establishes a heart clinic in a Dublin neighborhood.

ONE DAY AT A TIME

by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) A Hollywood mother and her two daughters all find love.

DEAD SILENCE

by Randy Wayne White. (Putnam, $25.95.) Doc Ford searches for a kidnapped boy.