Recordpub.com - One for the Books: Christmas!

I have found books with a Christmas theme for just about every age and taste.

"An Irish Country Christmas" by Patrick Taylor is the third in the series about two country doctors in Northern Ireland in the 1960s and picks up right after the last book ended. Dr. Barry Laverty is the young partner of the curmudgeonly Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly in the tiny village of Ballybucklebo. Taylor again gives us a glimpse at the life of a country doctor, from delivering babies to caring for the elderly. The doctors scheme to help the townspeople, a new doctor may offer competition, and there's more than one romance going on in the village. Taylor sets us down right in the heart of the country: "His attention was caught by the sounds of a flock of bickering jackdaws on their way to their roosts in the big beech trees. He looked up as the birds tumbled across the pale grey-blue sky's gloaming. Their features were as glossy as the freshly currycombed coat of a black mare." I enjoyed celebrating Christmas with all the characters. This is a real charmer and even had me laughing out loud. Includes a glossary and recipes. 495 pages, HC, $24.95. Forge.

I believe "The Paper Bag Christmas" by Kevin Alan Milne will become a classic. It's that good. Two young boys are coerced into helping a doctor dressed as Santa Claus to cheer up the children in the hospital's cancer ward. One of the sick children is a Hindu boy who knows nothing about Christmas. Another is a girl who's been scarred literally and emotionally and hides beneath a paper bag that covers her head. The boys learn that the greatest gifts don't come from a store. This season-inspired offering is surprisingly fresh and well written. It's a wonderful, moving, memorable story to bring out and read again next Christmas. Very, very nice. All ages, 150 pages, HC, $14.99, Center Street.

Looking for a thriller? Try "The Spy Who Came for Christmas" by David Morrell. This one's a really good, tension-filled page-turner. The action is violent and it isn't light-hearted holiday fare to read aloud to the kiddies, but its fresh plot, likable characters and dastardly bad guys make it a truly enjoyable read. I couldn't put it down! 233 pages, HC, $15.95. Vanguard Press.

For a bit of nostalgia, look for "The Christmas Pearl" by Dorothea Benton Frank. In Charleston, S.C., a 93-year-old woman takes us back in her memory to her childhood Christmases, and we see all the details " cracking pecan shells, making decorations, preparing food. But in the present, her broken family doesn't know the meaning of the holiday " until the housekeeper from her childhood magically comes back to straighten things out. 139 pages plus 15 recipes to help you create an authentic, old-fashioned Southern holiday, HC, $14.95, William Morrow.

For fans of mystery series, I found three:

Agatha Raisin, the wonderful sleuth in the English Cotswolds, returns in "Kissing Christmas Goodbye," which is now available in paperback. This time, she's spending the holidays in a British manor house. 234 pages, PB, $6.99, St. Martin's Paperbacks.

"The Christmas Cookie Killer" by Livia J. Washburn is in the Fresh-Baked Mystery series. In Texas, amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom is planning to enter her special, snowflake-shaped cookies in the annual cookie contest, but finds her neighbor strangled in a pile of cookie crumbs. 288 page plus recipes. PB, $14. Obsidian.

"The Chocolate Snowman Murders" is part of the Chocoholic Mystery series by JoAnna Carl. Murder strikes during the Michigan town's Winter Arts Festival. 228 pages, HC, $19.95. Obsidian.

"White Christmas Pie" by Wanda E. Brunstetter is a nice example of Amish romantic fiction. In Indiana, Will Henderson is planning to marry his sweetheart, Karen. But memories of being abandoned by his father when Will was a child are haunting him and keeping him from being happy. And Will is jealous of Karen's ex-boyfriend, who keeps hanging around her. Can the truth come out in time for a happy Christmas " and a happy wedding? Also appropriate for young adults. 300 pages, PB, $10.97, Barbour Publishing.

"Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances" is aimed specifically at teens. It includes three funny, interconnected tales of teen friendship and young love written by award-winning author John Green and best-selling authors Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. 352 pages, PB, $9.99. Speak.

For ages 5 to 10 and anyone who appreciates beautiful drawings, "Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons" by Amy Krouse Rosenthal has gorgeous colorful illustrations by Jane Dyer. This is a sequel to their "Cookies." Again, Rosenthal defines words in terms of cookies " for example, "PROSPERITY means, My goodness. Just look at all these cookies!" It's a gentle book with colorful illustrations so pretty I love to look at them again and again. It includes a cookie recipe. 40 pages, HC, $12.99, 9.9 x 9.8 inches, HarperCollins.

"It's Christmas!" by Jack Prelutsky features pictures by Marylin Hafner. The Level 3 "I Can Read!" Book contains a dozen poems surrounded by cartoon-like ink and watercolor illustrations. Prelutsky's silly rhymes are as charming as ever and had me laughing out loud. The poems are about Santa, finding a Christmas tree, sending cards, and writing a letter to Santa listing requests: "And I'd like a hippopotamus,/ a trumpet, and a drum,/ I could use a half a dollar/ and a million sticks of gum." Ages 4 to 8. 48 pages, HC, $16.99, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, HarperCollins.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good book!

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from Shelf Awareness:

New Books Out September 9:

The Treasure by Iris Johansen
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas and Daniel Wallace
The Secret Daily Teachings by Rhonda Byrne
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from Publishers Weekly:
On sale December 9
The Treasure by Iris Johansen

No Limits: The Will to Succeed by Michael Phelps
[c] Panda Kisses by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illus. by Kay Widdowson

On sale December 16
Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
[c] Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz
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Publishers Weekly December Christian Marketplace Bestsellers

Hardcovers
1. What in the World Is Going On?
David Jeremiah. Thomas Nelson
2. The Christmas Candle
Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson
3. The Purpose of Christmas
Rick Warren. Howard Books
4. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young. Thomas Nelson
5. Love and Respect
Emerson Eggerichs. Thomas Nelson
6. Multiple Blessings
Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. Zondervan
7. Walking with God
John Eldredge. Thomas Nelson
8. Have a New Kid by Friday
Kevin Leman. Revell/Baker
9. Grace for the Moment
Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson
10. Jesus Wants to Save Christmas
Rob Bell and Don Golden. Zondervan

Paperbacks
1. The Love Dare
Alex Kendrick. B&H Publishing
2. The Shack
William P. Young. Windblown Media
3. Sunset
Karen Kingsbury. Tyndale
4. Every Now and Then
Karen Kingsbury. Zondervan
5. The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman. Moody/Northfield
6. 90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper with Cecil Murphey. Baker/Revell
7. Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader
Joe Hilley. Zondervan
8. Boundaries
Henry Cloud and John Townsend. Zondervan
9. Crazy Love
Francis Chan with Danae Yankoski. David C. Cook
10. The Power of a Praying Woman
Stormie Omartian. Harvest House
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Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers
By The Associated Press

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
2. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
3. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
4. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam)
5. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner)
6. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
7. "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb (Harper)
8. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
9. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
10. "Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)
11. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
12. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
13. "The Gate House" by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central Publishing)
14. "The Private Patient" by P. D. James (Knopf)
15. "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison (Knopf)

NONFICTION/GENERAL
1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
2. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
3. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron, Brett Witter (Grand Central)
4. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House)
5. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)
6. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)
7. "The Purpose Of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
8. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
9. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
10. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
11. "YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz (Free Press)
12. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
13. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC)
14. "The Snowball" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
15. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. "The Pagan Stone" by Nora Roberts (Jove)
2. "The Appeal" by John Grisham (Dell)
3. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Berkley)
4. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
5. "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
6. "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry (Ballantine)
7. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision)
8. "The Manning Grooms" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
9. "Dead After Dark" by Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Susan Squires and Dianna Love (St. Martin's)
10. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Vision)
11. "A Prisoner of Birth" by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's)
12. "The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz (Bantam)
13. "When the Duke Returns" by Eloisa James (Avon)
14. "Zen and the Art of Vampires" by Katie MacAlister (Signet)
15. "Duma Key" by Stephen King (Pocket)

TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)
2. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
3. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)
4. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)
5. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
6. "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)
7. "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009" by World Almanac Books, edited by C. Alan Joyce (World Almanac)
8. "Halo: The Cole Protocol" by Tobias S. Buckell (Tor)
9. "The Love Dare" by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick (B&H)
10. "Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book" by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)
11. "World Without End" by Ken Follett (NAL)
12. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)
13. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper)
14. "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin)
15. "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip...with Recipes!" by Guy Fieri with Ann Volkwein (Morrow)
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
By The Associated Press
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic) (F-H)
2. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-P)
3. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-P)
4. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-H)
5. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers) (F-H)
6. "The Pagan Stone" by Nora Roberts (Jove) (F-P)
7. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media) (F-P)
8. "The Appeal" by John Grisham (Dell) (F-P)
9. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) (F-H)
10. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions) (F-H)
11. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion) (NF-H)
12. "The Purpose of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books) (NF-H)
13. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) (F-H)
14. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown) (NF-H)
15. "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan (Harper) (NF-P)
16. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter (Grand Central Publishing) (NF-H)
17. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)(NF-P)
18. "Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion" by Mark Cotta Vaz (Little Brown for Young Readers) (NF-P)
19. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House) (NF-H)
20. "Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press) (NF-P)
21. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)(F-H)
22. "The Manning Grooms" by Debbie Macomber (Mira) (F-P)
23. "T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton (Berkley) (F-P)
24. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam Adult) (F-H)
25. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan) (NF-H)
26. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner) (F-H)
27. "The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco) (F-H)
28. "The 6th Target" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Vision) (F-P)
29. "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick) (F-P)
30. "Burning Up: On Tour with the Jonas Brothers" by Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas (Disney-Hyperion) (NF-H)
31. "The 39 Clues: One False Note" by Gordon Korman (Scholastic) (F-H)
32. "Your Heart Belongs to Me" by Dean Koontz (Bantam) (F-H)
33. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) (F-H)
34. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway) (NF-H)
35. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
36. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
37. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) (NF-H)
38. "Dead After Dark" by Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Susan Squires, Dianna Love (St. Martin's) (F-P)
39. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau) (NF-H)
40. "Three Cups Of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin) (NF-P)
41. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Trade) (F-P)
42. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC) (NF-H)
43. "Love by Design" by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) (F-P)
44. "Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) (F-P)
45. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H)
46. "Deadly Gift" by Heather Graham (Mira) (F-P)
47. "Blood Dreams" by Kay Hooper (Bantam) (F-P)
48. "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009" by World Almanac Books, edited by C. Alan Joyce (World Almanac) (NF-P)
49. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult) (NF-H)
50. "The Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books) (F-H)
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Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers
By The Associated Press

FICTION
1. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
2. "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
3. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
4. "Scarpetta" by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)
5. "New Moon" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
6. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown for Young Readers)
7. "The Christmas Sweater" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)
8. "Cross Country" by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
9. "The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)
10. "Arctic Drift" by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (Putnam Adult)
11. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
12. "Just After Sunset: Stories" by Stephen King (Scribner)
13. "The Charlemagne Pursuit" by Steve Berry (Ballantine Books)
14. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown)
15. "Divine Justice" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

NONFICTION
1. "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
2. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)
3. "Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter (Grand Central Publishing)
4. "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" by Jon Meacham (Random House)
5. "The Purpose of Christmas" by Rick Warren (Howard Books)
6. "Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets" by Jon and Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson (Zondervan)
7. "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange and Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)
8. "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity" by Bill O'Reilly (Broadway)
9. "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)
10. "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life" by Alice Schroeder (Bantam)
11. "Guinness: World Records 2009" by Guinness World Records (Guinness)
12. "Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid" by Denis Leary (Viking Adult)
13. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
14. "Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America" by Mike Huckabee (Sentinel HC)
15. "Call Me Ted" by Ted Turner, Bill Burke (Grand Central Publishing)
The Wall Street Journal's list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books during the week ended last Saturday at more than 2,500 Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Bookland, Books-a-Million, Books & Co., Bookstar, Bookstop, Borders, Brentano's, Coles, Coopersmith, Doubleday, Scribners and Waldenbooks stores, as well as sales from online retailers Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
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The following authors are making the media rounds, talking about their books:

--Les Stroud,Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere--Alive
--Bobbi Brown, author of Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro
--Randy Jackson, author of Body with Soul: Slash Sugar, Cut Cholesterol, and Get a Jump on Your Best Health Ever
--Michael Kinsley, author of Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders
--Khaled Hosseini, author of A Thousand Splendid Suns
--Curtis Roosevelt, author of Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
--Quincy Jones, author of The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions
--Les Stroud, Survive: Essential Skills & Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere... Alive
--Robert Wagner, Pieces of My Heart: A Life
--Marvelyn Brown, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
--Elissa Wall, author of Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
--David Crystal, author of Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
--Rick Warren, author of The Purpose of Christmas
--Terry Fator, Who's the Dummy Now?
--Michael William, author of Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America
--Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers: The Story of Success
--Don Van Ryn, Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
-- Arianna Huffington, author of The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging
--Barbara Walters, author of Audition
--Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, The Duggars: 20 and Counting! Raising One of America's Largest Families--How they Do It
--Calvin Trillin, Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
--Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz, authors of YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
--Michael Wolff, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
--Juliana Hatfield, When I Grow Up
--Ben Ratliff, The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music
--Steve Doocey, Tales from the Dad Side: Misadventures in Fatherhood
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--Katrina Karkazis, author of Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience
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--Matthew Alexander, author of How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq
--Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed
--Taras Grescoe, author of Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
--Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
--Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta
--Jan Garavaglia, How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner
--Rick Warren, The Purpose of Christmas
--Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies
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--Ira Stoll, author of Samuel Adams: A Life
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--Jon Meacham, author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
--Michael Medved, author of The 10 Big Lies About America
--Kevin Phillips, author of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
--Peter Mansoor, author of Baghdad Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq
--Lance Smith, The Old Man and The Cat
--Denis Leary, Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid
--Immacule Ilibagiza, Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide
--Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
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--Steve Fainaru, Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq
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--Bob Smiley, author of Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of the Season
--Alaa Al Aswnay, author of Chicago
--David Frost, author of Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interview
--Brad Cohen, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
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--Matthew Alexander, author of How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq
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--Don Rickles, author of Rickles' Letters
--Mike Huckabee, author of Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America
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--Bob Smiley, author of Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of the Season
--Carrie Fisher, author of Wishful Drinking
--Morgan Atkinson, Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton
--C. Vivian Stringer, Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
--Roy Blount, Jr., Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts... With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory
--Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
--Thomas Sugrue, author of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
--Nicholas Fox Weber, Le Corbusier: A Life
--Greg Mathis, Street Judge
--Alexa L. Fishback, author of The Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits for Good Nutrition
--Peter Greenberg, author of Don't Go There!: The Travel Detective's Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World
--Thomas Friedman, author of Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
--Carrie Fisher, author of Wishful Drinking
--Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
--Alec Baldwin, author of A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce
--Joy Behar, author of When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin
--Nancy Rubin Stuart, author of The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation
--Robert Mrazek, author of A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
--Edwin Burrows, author of Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War
--Brian Michael Jenkins, author of Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?
--Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life
--Alexa Fishback, author of The Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits for Good Nutrition
--Karen James, author of Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy
--Roger Bennett and Josh Kun, authors of And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl: The Jewish Past as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost
--Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
--James Galbraith, author of The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too

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