HARDCOVER FICTION. Best Sellers - The New York Times. October, 2013
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
Doctor Sleep is on my list! I will read this book at least once a year. This book has everything, horror, heartbreak, friendship, fear, rage and revenge, and of course love. If you're a Stephen King fan you won't be disappointed. After reading this book I''m left wondering about Abra, maybe we will read her story someday. If you haven't read The Shining do that before you read this book. The movie was great, the books better.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Guns at Last Light is The Liberation Trilogy, by Rick Atkinson
His The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the
United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In
the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick
Atkinson recounted how the American-led coalition fought through North
Africa and Italy to the threshold of victory. Now he tells the most dramatic story of all the titanic battle for Western Europe.
The brutal fight in Normandy, the liberation of Paris, the disaster that
was Operation Market Garden, the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and
finally the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich all these historic
events and more come alive with a wealth of new material and a
mesmerizing cast of characters. Atkinson tells the tale from the
perspective of participants at every level, from presidents and generals
to war-weary lieutenants and terrified teenage riflemen. When Germany at last surrenders, we understand anew both the devastating cost of this
global conflagration and the enormous effort required to win the Allied
victory.
Top 5 The New York Times Best Sellers
In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION
INFERNO, by Dan Brown
THE HIT, by David Baldacci
EYES WIDE OPEN, by Raine Miller
12TH OF NEVER, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
DEAD EVER AFTER, by Charlaine Harris
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION
THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT, by Rick Atkinson
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, by David Sedaris
LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander
HARDCOVER FICTION
INFERNO, by Dan Brown
DEAD EVER AFTER, by Charlaine Harris
SILKEN PREY, by John Sandford
12TH OF NEVER, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
THE HIT, by David Baldacci
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT, by Rick Atkinson
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
LET'S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, by David Sedaris
COOKED, by Michael Pollan
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Calculated in Death. Release date: February 26, 2013
JD Robb is the bestselling author of the In Death series. J.D. ROBB is the pseudonym for a number-one New York Times bestselling
author of more than 200 novels.
Chapter One
A killer wind hurled bitter November air, toothy little knives to gnaw at the bones. She’d forgotten her gloves, but that was just as well as she’d have ruined yet another overpriced pair once she’d sealed up. For now, Lieutenant Eve Dallas stuck her frozen hands in the warm pockets of her coat and looked down at death.
The woman lay at the bottom of the short stairway leading down to what appeared to be a
lower level apartment. From the angle of the head, Eve didn’t need the medical examiner to
tell her the neck was broken.
Eve judged her as middle forties. Not wearing a coat, Eve mused, though the vicious wind wouldn’t trouble her now. Dressed for business — suit jacket, turtleneck, pants, good boots with low heels. Probably fashionable, but Eve would leave that call to her partner when Detective Peabody arrived on scene.
No jewelry, at least not visible. Not even a wrist unit. No handbag, no briefcase or file bag. No litter, no graffiti in the stairwell. Nothing but the body, slumped against the wall. At length she turned to the uniformed officer who’d responded to the 911. “What’s the story?”
“The call came in at two twelve. My partner and I were only two blocks away, hitting a twenty four/seven. We arrived at two fourteen. The owner of the unit, Bradley Whitestone, and an Alva Moonie were on the sidewalk. Whitestone stated they hadn’t entered the unit, which is being rehabbed and is unoccupied. They found the body when he brought Moonie to see the apartment.”
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I did read this book cover to cover without break, but I kept waiting for that moment in an Eve & Roarke book that I just did not get. This book is a basic murder plot, with lots of subtext for the next book. I am going to try not to give spoilers, I might allude to something but will not give details. If you are new to series, start at the beginning, for diehards you will want to read this, but there is nothing other than your own impatience that makes it MUST read today.
Top 5 Best Sellin Books in March, 2013
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION
- CALCULATED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
- THE STORYTELLER, by Jodi Picoult
- ALEX CROSS, RUN, by James Patterson
- SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks
- GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION
- AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson
- AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
- PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander
- NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
- SALT SUGAR FAT, by Michael Moss
HARDCOVER FICTION
- CALCULATED IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb
- THE STORYTELLER, by Jodi Picoult
- ALEX CROSS, RUN, by James Patterson
- GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn
- A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- SALT SUGAR FAT, by Michael Moss
- NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer
- AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson
- AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
- MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor
PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION
- LIFE OF PI, by Yann Martel
- FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James
- FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James
- FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James
- 11TH HOUR, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
- THE INNOCENT, by David Baldacci
- IMMORTAL EVER AFTER, by Lynsay Sands
- DEFENDING JACOB, by William Landay
- SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks
- YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, by Lisa Jackson
Monday, February 25, 2013
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER February, 2013.
Chris Kyle, Author of 'American Sniper
He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called “the devil”
by the enemies he hunted and “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers . . .
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.
From the Back Cover
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle's masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.
A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.
American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.
Top 5 Best Sellin Books in February, 2013
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION
HARDCOVER FICTION
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- SAFE HAVEN, by Nicholas Sparks
- A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy
- GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman
- GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn
- WAIT FOR ME, by Elisabeth Naughton
COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK NONFICTION
- AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
- DRINKING AND TWEETING, by Brandi Glanville with Leslie Bruce
- PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander
- AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, by Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson
- MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor
HARDCOVER FICTION
- A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy
- GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn
- TENTH OF DECEMBER, by George Saunders
- GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman
- A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
- MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor
- COOLIDGE, by Amity Shlaes
- THE FUTURE, by Al Gore
- KILLING KENNEDY, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
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