Daily Archives: March 16, 2012

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Irish Bestsellers 17th March 2012

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USA Today Bestsellers List March 2012

Top 10:

1.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2.Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

3.Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

4.Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

5.The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

6.The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

7.The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson

8.The Thief by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott

9.Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

10.Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

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The New York Times Bestsellers March 25, 2012

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COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION

  1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY,by E. L. James
  2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER,by E. L. James
  3. THE LUCKY ONE,by Nicholas Sparks
  4. THE THIEF,by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
  5. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson
 

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION

  1. THE VOW,by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
  2. THE POWER OF HABIT,by Charles Duhigg
  3. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL,by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
  4. STEVE JOBS,by Walter Isaacson
  5. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
 

HARDCOVER FICTION

  1. THE THIEF,by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
  2. LONE WOLF,by Jodi Picoult
  3. A RISING THUNDER,by David Weber
  4. FAIR GAME,by Patricia Briggs
  5. KILL SHOT, by Vince Flynn
 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. AMERICAN SNIPER,by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
  2. THE POWER OF HABIT,by Charles Duhigg
  3. STEVE JOBS,by Walter Isaacson
  4. KILLING LINCOLN,by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
  5. QUIET, by Susan Cain
 

PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION

  1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY,by E. L. James
  2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST,by Stieg Larsson
  3. THE HELP,by Kathryn Stockett
  4. THE LUCKY ONE,by Nicholas Sparks
  5. THE TIGER’S WIFE, by Téa Obreht

Paperback Mass-Market Fiction

  1. THE LUCKY ONE,by Nicholas Sparks
  2. THE SIXTH MAN,by David Baldacci
  3. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST,by Stieg Larsson
  4. REDWOOD BEND,by Robyn Carr
  5. THE JUNGLE, by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul

Paperback Nonfiction

  1. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL,by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
  2. THE VOW,by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
  3. BOSSYPANTS,by Tina Fey
  4. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS,by Rebecca Skloot
  5. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell

E-Book Fiction

  1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY,by E. L. James
  2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER,by E. L. James
  3. FIFTY SHADES FREED,by E. L. James
  4. FAIR GAME,by Patricia Briggs
  5. DEFENDING JACOB, by William Landay

E-Book Nonfiction

  1. THE VOW,by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
  2. THE POWER OF HABIT,by Charles Duhigg
  3. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL,by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
  4. FREE WILL,by Sam Harris
  5. STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson

Hardcover Advice & Misc.

  1. THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION,by Mark Hyman
  2. WISHES FULFILLED,by Wayne W. Dyer
  3. THE END OF ILLNESS,by David B. Agus with Kristin Loberg
  4. SEEING THE BIG PICTURE,by Kevin Cope
  5. DOING MORE WITH LESS, by Bruce Piasecki

Paperback Advice & Misc.

  1. THE MAGIC,by Rhonda Byrne
  2. THE HUNGER GAMES TRIBUTE GUIDE,by Emily Seife
  3. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES,by Gary Chapman
  4. THE HUNGER GAMES,by Kate Egan
  5. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel

Children’s Picture Books

  1. THE LORAX,by Dr. Seuss
  2. FANCY NANCY AND THE MERMAID BALLET,by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
  3. GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE,by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
  4. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL FOR KIDS,by Todd and Sonja Burpo. Illustrated by Wilson Ong
  5. THE BIPPOLO SEED AND OTHER LOST STORIES, by Dr. Seuss

Children’s Chapter Books

  1. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET,by Brian Selznick
  2. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS,by John Green
  3. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN,by Ransom Riggs
  4. THE SON OF NEPTUNE,by Rick Riordan
  5. THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz

Children’s Paperback Books

  1. DIVERGENT,by Veronica Roth
  2. THE BOOK THIEF,by Markus Zusak
  3. TORN,by Amanda Hocking
  4. WAR HORSE,by Michael Morpurgo
  5. MATCHED, by Ally Condie

Children’s Series

  1. THE HUNGER GAMES,by Suzanne Collins
  2. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID,written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney
  3. THE 39 CLUES,by various authors
  4. BIG NATE,by Lincoln Peirce
  5. INHERITANCE, by Christopher Paolini

Hardcover Graphic Books

  1. X-MEN: AGE OF APOCALYPSE,by Scott Lobdell and others
  2. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, VOL. 4,by Hergé
  3. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1,by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
  4. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 2,by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
  5. SILENT PARTNER, by Ande Parks and Michael Gaydos

Paperback Graphic Books

  1. THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM,by Robert Kirkman and others
  2. THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 15,by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
  3. NINJAGO: MASK OF THE SENSEI,by Greg Farshtey and Paulo Herique
  4. BATMAN VERSUS BANE,by Chuck Dixon and others
  5. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, PART 1, by Gene Luen Yang and others

Manga

  1. NARUTO, VOL. 55,by Masashi Kishimoto
  2. ONE PIECE, VOL. 61,by Eiichiro Oda
  3. BLACK BIRD, VOL. 13,by Kanoko Sakurakoji
  4. CHI’S SWEET HOME, VOL. 8,by Konami Kanata
  5. AIR GEAR, VOL. 22, by Oh!Great

Combined Hardcover & Paperback Fiction

  1. THE LUCKY ONE,by Nicholas Sparks
  2. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST,by Stieg Larsson
  3. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY,by E. L. James
  4. THE THIEF,by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
  5. LONE WOLF, by Jodi Picoult

Combined Hardcover & Paperback Nonfiction

  1. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL,by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
  2. AMERICAN SNIPER,by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
  3. THE POWER OF HABIT,by Charles Duhigg
  4. STEVE JOBS,by Walter Isaacson
  5. THE VOW, by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson

Hardcover Business Books

  1. STEVE JOBS,by Walter Isaacson
  2. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW,by Daniel Kahneman
  3. THE START-UP OF YOU,by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
  4. TAKE THE STAIRS,by Rory Vaden
  5. GREAT BY CHOICE, by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen

Paperback Business Books

  1. OUTLIERS,by Malcolm Gladwell
  2. MONEYBALL,by Michael Lewis
  3. MONEY CLASS,by Suze Orman
  4. THE TIPPING POINT,by Malcolm Gladwell
  5. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis

Political Books

  1. AMERITOPIA,by Mark R. Levin
  2. AMERICAN SNIPER,by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
  3. KILLING LINCOLN,by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
  4. UNBROKEN,by Laura Hillenbrand
  5. BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo
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New Title: The New Nobility

Title: The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB: 320

Authors: Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

  • Hardcover:320 pages
  • Publisher:PublicAffairs; 1 edition (14 Sep 2010)
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN-10:1586488023
  • ISBN-13:978-1586488024
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm

Product Description

In the first book from inside Russia in more than fifteen years on the influence and role of the security services, two courageous journalists chart how the KGB rose from the Soviet ashes and recreated itself at the prompting and with the assistance of Vladimir Putin. In “The New Nobility”, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse. The security services have played a central – and often mysterious – role at key turning points in Russia during these tumultuous years: from Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan massacre. The security services are not all-powerful; they have made clumsy and sometimes catastrophic blunders. But what is clear is that after the chaotic 1990s, when they were sidelined, they have made a remarkable return to power, abetted by their most famous alumnus, Putin.

 

About the Author

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are co-founders of the Agentura.Ru website. Soldatov worked for Novaya Gazeta from January 2006-November 2008. Agentura.Ru has been reported and featured in the New York Times, the Moscow Times, the Washington Post, Online Journalism Review, Le Monde, The Christian Science Monitor, CNN, Federation of American Scientists, BBC, as well in websites of The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, Center for Defence Information, The Library of Congress, Cambridge Security Programme. Agentura.Ru is quoted by The New York Times as “A Web Site That Came in From the Cold to Unveil Russian Secrets”.
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Book Recommendation: London In The Sixties

Title: London in the Sixties

Author: Rainer Metzger

  • Hardcover:368 pages
  • Publisher:Thames & Hudson (6 Feb 2012)
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN-10:0500515638
  • ISBN-13:978-0500515631
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17 x 3.8 cm

Product Description

This beautifully illustrated book paints a multifaceted portrait of sixties London and explores the reasons why it became the epicentre of a cultural boom that resounded around the world and whose echoes can still be heard today. London in the 1960s was the embodiment of everything that was inspirational, innovative and progressive. Powered by the three key elements of youth, affluence and the mass media, the city became the hub of sixties pop culture, with its bold and creative spirit attracting an international cast of artists and luminaries in all fields, from pop music and fashion to literature and the visual arts. While a new aristocracy of rockstars and trendsetters ruled the roost, Pop art took a witty and detached view of contemporary consumerism and architecture looked towards a utopian future. Features a stellar array of artists, photographers, musicians, models, writers, designers and architects presented in context, including David Hockney, Francis Bacon, David Bailey, Alan Aldridge, Kenneth Tynan, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Ron Heron, Richard Hamilton, Peter Blake, Lucian Freud, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie, Marianne Faithful, Michael Caine, Mary Quant, Bridget Riley, Diana Rigg and many, many more…

 

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