Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, July 4, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
In Pursuit of Elegance': Businesses can benefit by engaging customers in unintrusive ways
"In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing" by Matthew E. May; Broadway Books (224 pages)
Poked: Facebook's new privacy settings
Hip, hip hooray! Facebook just announced a new series of privacy settings that will give users much more control over who can see what on Facebook.
The Romance Reader: A Rogue of My Own'
"A Rogue Of My Own" by Johanna Lindsey; Pocket Books (2009), 356 pages, $25.99 (hardcover)
Netbooks now being sold like cell phones
If you walked into the right RadioShack store last weekend, you could get an Acer Aspire "netbook" computer for free. The catch: You would have to sign a two-year contract for mobile Internet service from AT&T, at $60 a month plus an activation fee.
Kristina Riggle dreams up a dysfunction junction
"Real Life & Liars" by Kristina Riggle; Avon, 327 pages, $14
A flood of titles, from thrillers and killers to U.S. history
It's that time of year when those who write about books are deluged by those who publish books. The real winners are those who write the books.
New book Dreamers in Dream City' chronicles SoCal's innovators
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Growing up in Los Angeles, Harry Brant Chandler developed a deep love for the history of Southern California, and especially the stories of visionaries who came here and in the raw canvas of the still-developing region saw nothing but opportunity.
Career survival: Two books, two tactics for job hunters
"The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide: How to find hope and rewarding work, even when 'there are no jobs'" by Richard N. Bolles; Ten Speed Press ($9.99)
California singes Madoff victims
When Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff was carted off to prison in disgrace last week, he left behind thousands of investors in financial ruin. His estimated $65 billion global Ponzi scheme - which the court called "extraordinarily evil" - robbed individuals, banks, universities, even charities.
It's summertime, and the reading is easy. We asked several wine mavens in the Minneapolis area to recommend a book for folks to read on their summer vacation or staycation:
Author unplugged fridge and sold car in the name of green'
What does your typical morning routine look like a blurry-eyed stop at Starbucks for a banana and takeout latte before hopping on the freeway? You are not alone. What if, instead of the stressful gridlock and disposable cup, you tried biking to your office and treating yourself to a freshly-brewed mug of coffee once you arrived? For Vanessa Farquharson, it is all in a day's greening.
The best kids books of the summer are here
The kids complaining about having nothing to do this summer? Suggest these top five books of the summer or do what the children in the first book do Nothing!
This week's best sellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, June 27, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
The Romance Reader: Black Hills'
"Black Hills" by Nora Roberts; Putnam (2009), 472 pages, $26.95 (hardcover)
What people know about netbooks
Less than half of U.S. consumers (45 percent) know about netbook computers, and only 28 percent can think of a reason to buy one, according to the results of a study released Tuesday by TNS, a market research group.
Budding crime novelist was schooled by patrolling a beat
PHILADELPHIA - Patrolman Keith Gilman's longtime dream of becoming a mystery novelist was nurtured in the few spare moments he could steal away.
Against the Wall explores plight of urban young black men
-"Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male," edited by Elijah Anderson; University of Pennsylvania Press (296 pages, $24.95)
For author Richard Lawrence Miller, it's all Abe all the time
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Outside, it's May.
The dog ate my Wikipedia citations
As we approach the 4th of July weekend, we prepare to celebrate our many precious freedoms - two of those essential ones being freedom of speech and expression.
Evil lives on every page of The Glister'
-"The Glister," by John Burnside; Nan A. Talese (240 pages, $22.95)
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