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Bestsellers, Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 7/27:

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The New York Times Bestseller Highlights for the Week of August 2nd 

 For the week of August 2nd, Rocket Men by Craig Nelson (Viking) debuts at #16 on hardcover nonfiction list. In addition, two titles move up to the #1 spot; Tailspin by Catherine Coulter (Jove) is #1 on the mass market bestseller list in its second week; and Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (Dial) is #1 on the children's picture books list in its 26th week.

Here are more New York Times bestseller highlights:

On the hardcover fiction list, Black Hills by Nora Roberts (G.P. Putnam's Sons) is #3 in its second week; The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/ Putnam) moves up to #8 in its sixteenth week; and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (Ace) is #12 in its eleventh week.

On the hardcover nonfiction list, The Girls from Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham) is #12 in its twelfth week.

On the trade paperback fiction list, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead) is #14 in its 212th week; Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin) is #15 in its fourth week; In the Woods by Tana French is #19 in its 22nd week; and The Likeness by Tana French (Penguin) is #20 in its sixth week.

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 3:26pm. in
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Mon, 07/27/2009

More Author Events and Media - Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update 7/27:

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DK Makes News at Comic-Con

DK made waves at Comic-Con when it announced this week the identity of the exclusive minifigure featured in their upcoming book, LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary (October 2009). The minifigure, an exclusive Luke Skywalker design, will only be available for purchase as part of the book. DK also began to publicize their 70+ simultaneous launch events planned for 10-10-09 to celebrate the launch of the book at stores nationwide. Check here for more details in the coming weeks!  Until then, visit the DK website.

 

 

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 3:14pm. in
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Mon, 07/27/2009

My Relationship of Least Resistance, by D.E. Rasso:

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[Editor's Note: D. E. Rasso is the author of "The Rules of Repulsion," which appears in Love Is a Four-Letter Word]

When Michael so kindly invited me to contribute an essay to Love Is a Four-Letter Word, I initially found myself at a loss.

To anyone who has dated me, this should come as a surprise. I could fill an entire volume with "true stories of breakups, bad relationships, and broken hearts," as the subtitle says. I imagine that if Zagat's were to write a Lousy Relationship Guide, my entry would read,  "A large number of her 'emotional entanglements' are fraught with 'bumpy patches' and end on a 'less-than-sanguine' note. 'Zero' ambience, but 'extensive' liquor selection."

In truth, though, many of my relationships (particularly in college) were far too dark to be trotted out for laughs. And although I'm pretty adept at bathos, I prefer humor, especially because it is impossible to plumb the depths of said "emotional entanglements" without sounding like I was the bad person. Perhaps I was.

Frankly, I can be a pretty horrible person when I put my mind to it.

But fortunately for everyone else, I'm also incredibly lazy. So much so that I've fallen into and out of relationships merely because I couldn't be bothered to put up a fight. None of these relationships merited veneration in the anthology.

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 12:38pm. in
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Mon, 07/27/2009

Author Events and Media - Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update 7/27:

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Charlaine Harris Lands Eight Books on The New York Times Bestseller Lists for the Week of August 2nd

There are currently 10 million copies in print of the nine books in Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series which are the premise for HBO's wildly popular "True Blood" series which airs on Sunday nights. After attending ALA, Harris was greeted by a crowd of over 600 people her Borders event in Chicago last Monday. Tomorrow, she'll speak in front of a crowd of 5,000 in San Diego as part of ComicCon's "True Blood" Panel. Joining her will be the cast members of HBO's hit show.

Ace will publish her next book, A Touch of Dead, in October.
Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 10:22am. in
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