Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, November 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
New Yorker articles offer business insights
"What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures" by Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown & Co. 410 pages. (Also on 10 CDs read by the author. Hachette Audio.)
Roundup of new coffee-table books
A remarkable coffee-table book provides flashes of fancy with each page, not slow-burning reading material. These new books are ripe for the flipping.
The Romance Reader: The Untamed Bride'
"The Untamed Bride" by Stephanie Laurens; Avon Books (2009), 356 pages, $7.99 (paperback)
Coming to life's many crossroads
"War Dances" by Sherman Alexie; Grove (208 pages, $23)
Joseph Wambaugh concludes Hollywood police trilogy
"Hollywood Moon" by Joseph Wambaugh; Little, Brown (352 pages, $26.99)
Doomsday scenario isn't the end of the world, just a part of it
"Under the Dome" by Stephen King; Scribner ($1,075 pages, $35)
With art, hope, he overcomes pain, neglect
"Stitches: A Memoir" by David Small; Norton (329 pages, $24.95)
Self-proclaimed lazy' author Stephen King releases his 51st novel
"You know, I'm a lazy son of a gun."
Why must software be so hard on the user?
"Wrench in the System: What's Sabotaging Your Business Software and How You Can Release the Power to Innovate" by Harold Hambrose; Wiley (272 pages, $45)
Powers' latest novel brings scientists and humanists to the same table
"Generosity: An Enhancement" by Richard Powers; Farrar Straus (296 pages, $25)
A broken spirit finds comfort in the past
"Mennonite in A Little Black Dress" by Rhoda Janzen; Holt (256 pages, $22)
Q&A with Mennonite in A Little Black Dress' author Rhoda Janzen
Talk about a bad week. Rhoda Janzen's husband ditched her for a man he met on Gay.com and she was in a car accident that left her, as she writes, with "assorted broken bones and Frankenbruises the size of my head."
It's a fact: Information' author John Hodgman is funny
As a "famous minor television personality," John Hodgman is almost a household name.
What makes a good political memoir?
SEATTLE - This is a red-letter week for friends and enemies of Sarah Palin, Republican former vice-presidential candidate and newly minted author. With the help of a ghostwriter, Palin published a memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," on Tuesday. Late last week, thanks to pre-orders, "Going Rogue" was No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list. Palin's fans will read this book for inspiration; her enemies will read it for strategy tips.
America's literary culture, in one tome
"A New Literary History of America," Harvard University Press (1,095 pages, $49.95)
AT&T to require contracts for Windows 7 netbooks
With netbook sales continuing to soar, Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said it will launch its first Windows 7 netbooks later this month.
Storybook stays off the beaten path in Britain and Ireland
A return from travels across Britain and Ireland often entails stories about staying at grand hotels in London, Edinburgh and Dublin. But in truth, the more memorable stays can be found more readily in the elegant, smaller lodgings in the countryside.
"Tea & Crumpets: Recipes & Rituals from European Tearooms and Cafes"
High court won't discuss school's removal of inaccurate' Cuba book
A three-year battle that pitted claims of censorship against the right of Miami-area schools to remove from their shelves a book that portrays an inaccurate view of life in Cuba ended Monday on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Debtors Anonymous offers support for spending addicts
"Hi. I'm Tom and I'm a compulsive spender."
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