Saturday, July 24, 2010

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers for this week.

Fiction:
*1 THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts.
The only survivor of a serial killer has found peace in the Pacific Northwest, but her life is shaken by the appearance of a new man and a copycat murderer.
*2 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.
The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
*3 PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend’s wife.
*4 SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich.
The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts.
*5 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
*6 THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck.
A public relations executive and the woman he loves expose a dangerous conspiracy.
*7 THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin.
More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America.
*8 THE LION, by Nelson DeMille.
John Corey, now a federal agent, pursues a Libyan terrorist.
*9 THE ISLAND, by Elin Hilderbrand.
A woman, her daughters and her sister take refuge from life’s complications on a tiny island near Nantucket, but their time there is far from quiet.
*10 THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, by David Mitchell.
Forbidden love in Edo-era Japan.
*11 ICE COLD, by Tess Gerritsen.
A group of friends are murdered when they take refuge in a remote abandoned village in Wyoming.
*12 FAMILY TIES, by Danielle Steel.
A woman who raised her deceased sister’s three children must juggle their needs, her business and the new man in her life.
*13 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war.

Nonfiction:
*1 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. ( 330.973 Lewis )
The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
*2 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. ( 814 Han )
More humorous personal essays from the comedian.
*3 WAR, by Sebastian Junger. ( 958.104 Junger )
The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.”
*4 EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. ( B PARKER )
The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
*5 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. ( 302 Gla )
Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”
*6 SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush. ( B BUSH )
A memoir from the former first lady.
*7 THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. ( 973.82 Philbrick )
Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
*8 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. ( B LACKS )
The the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers for this week.

Fiction:
*1 SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich.

The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts.
*2 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson.
The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
*3 THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck.
A public relations executive and the woman he loves fight to expose a conspiracy to transform America.
*4 FAMILY TIES, by Danielle Steel.
A woman who raised her deceased sister’s three children must juggle their needs, her business and the new man in her life.
*5 THE LION, by Nelson DeMille.
John Corey, now a federal agent, pursues a Libyan terrorist who has returned to America bent on revenge.
*6 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
*7 THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin.
More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America.
*8 WHIPLASH, by Catherine Coulter.
The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock help investigate misdeeds at a pharmaceutical company.
*9 FRANKENSTEIN: LOST SOULS, by Dean Koontz.
Book 4 in the reimagining of the classic tale.
*10 DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war.
*11 LOWCOUNTRY SUMMER, by Dorothea Benton Frank.
In this sequel to “Plantation,” a woman returns home after her mother’s death to encounter old secrets and lies.
*12 THE SPY, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
In 1908, a detective investigates spies who are trying to keep America from developing dreadnought battleships.
*13 BROKEN, by Karin Slaughter.
There is friction between the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Grant County Police Department when Dr. Sara Linton calls in Special Agent Will Trent from Atlanta.
*14 61 HOURS, by Lee Child.
Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial.

Nonfiction:
*1 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis.
( 330.973 Lewis )
The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. *2 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. ( 814 Han )
More humorous personal essays from the comedian.814 Han
*3 SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush. ( B BUSH )
A memoir from the former first lady.
*4 EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. ( B PARKER )
The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.
*5 WAR, by Sebastian Junger. ( 958.104 Junger )
The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.”
*6 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. ( 302 Gla )
Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.”
*7 UNCHARTED TERRITORI, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. ( B SPELLING )
Humorous stories about juggling Hollywood work, marriage and motherhood.
*8 THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. ( 973.82 Philbrick )
Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
*9 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (B LACKS)
The story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have since supported a mountain of research.
*10 FURIOUS LOVE, by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger. ( 927.914 Kashner )
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: the affair, the marriage, the divorce, the remarriage.
*11 HITCH-22, by Christopher Hitchens. ( B HITCHENS )
The trans-Atlantic journalist’s memoir.