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Online syndication provided by Objective Consulting, Inc. <a href="http://www.spiders.com/">http://www.spiders.com/</a> en-us http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781401323257&assignStoreNear=00000 by Randy Pausch (Hyperion, ISBN: 9781401323257); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 19 "The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University." 360 The Last Lecture 1 Randy Pausch Hyperion 9781401323257 The life-affirming "last lecture" by Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. 21.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780316143479&assignStoreNear=00000 by David Sedaris (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316143479); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 11 "Yet another laugh-out-loud collection of essays by indie fave Sedaris." 360 When You Are Engulfed in Flames 2 David Sedaris Little Brown 9780316143479 Yet another laugh-out-loud collection of essays by indie fave Sedaris. 25.99 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780316040419&assignStoreNear=00000 by Erich Origen, Gan Golan (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316040419); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 11 "The Bush administration is roasted in this fun parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon." 360 Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody 3 Erich Origen, Gan Golan Little Brown 9780316040419 The Bush administration is roasted in this fun parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon. 14.99 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780061430626&assignStoreNear=00000 by Ron Suskind (Harper, ISBN: 9780061430626); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 2 "How the U.S. lost its moral authority and how it can regain it." 360 The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism 4 Ron Suskind Harper 9780061430626 How the U.S. lost its moral authority and how it can regain it. 27.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781416598060&assignStoreNear=00000 by Jerome R. Corsi (Threshold, ISBN: 9781416598060); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 2 "The new book by a co-author of Unfit for Command." 360 The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality 5 Jerome R. Corsi Threshold 9781416598060 The new book by a co-author of Unfit for Command. 28 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780385526395&assignStoreNear=00000 by Jane Mayer (Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385526395); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 5 "Mayer's disturbing look at the decisions made by the Bush administration after September 11, 2001." 360 The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals 6 Jane Mayer Doubleday 9780385526395 Mayer's disturbing look at the decisions made by the Bush administration after September 11, 2001. 27.50 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780307269195&assignStoreNear=00000 by Haruki Murakami (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307269195); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 3 "Murakami's insightful memoir is an August Indie Next List selection." 360 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 7 Haruki Murakami Knopf 9780307269195 Murakami's insightful memoir is an August Indie Next List selection. 21 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781582701707&assignStoreNear=00000 by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words, ISBN: 9781582701707); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: * "A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives." 360 The Secret 8 Rhonda Byrne Atria/Beyond Words 9781582701707 A collection of wisdom and philosophies to improve our daily lives. 23.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780307264787&assignStoreNear=00000 by Tom Vanderbilt (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307264787); Weeks on List: 1 "A fascinating look at our driving habits." 360 Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) 9 Tom Vanderbilt Knopf 9780307264787 A fascinating look at our driving habits. 24.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780805079883&assignStoreNear=00000 by Thomas Frank (Metropolitan, ISBN: 9780805079883); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: 2 "The latest from the bestselling author of What’s the Matter With Kansas?" 360 The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule 10 Thomas Frank Metropolitan 9780805079883 The latest from the bestselling author of What’s the Matter With Kansas? 25 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781594201455&assignStoreNear=00000 by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594201455); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 33 "Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma." 360 In Defense of Food 11 Michael Pollan Penguin Press 9781594201455 Pollan's answers to the questions he raised in his bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma. 21.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780393062359&assignStoreNear=00000 by Fareed Zakaria (Norton, ISBN: 9780393062359); Weeks on List: 15 "Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom." 360 The Post-American World 12 Fareed Zakaria Norton 9780393062359 Zakaria's follow-up to his bestseller, The Future of Freedom. 25.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9780670020744&assignStoreNear=00000 by Jill Bolte Taylor (Viking, ISBN: 9780670020744); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 10 "A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke." 360 My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey 13 Jill Bolte Taylor Viking 9780670020744 A Harvard-trained brain scientist's account of her recovery from a massive stroke. 24.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781416954125&assignStoreNear=00000 by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight, ISBN: 9781416954125); Last week: 14; Weeks on List: 9 "Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life." 360 Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 14 Chelsea Handler Simon Spotlight 9781416954125 Hilarious essays by the author of My Horizontal Life. 24.95 http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?affiliateId=objective&isbn=9781401323189&assignStoreNear=00000 by Maria Shriver (Hyperion, ISBN: 9781401323189); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 14 "Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be." 360 Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. 15 Maria Shriver Hyperion 9781401323189 Shriver offers hope and inspiration and reminds people it's not too late to be the person you want to be. 14.95