"Wrench in the System: What's Sabotaging Your Business Software and How You Can Release the Power to Innovate" by Harold Hambrose; Wiley (272 pages, $45)
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"A New Literary History of America," Harvard University Press (1,095 pages, $49.95)
"Stitches: A Memoir" by David Small; Norton (329 pages, $24.95)
Talk about a bad week. Rhoda Janzen's husband ditched her for a man he met on Gay.com and she was in a car accident that left her, as she writes, with "assorted broken bones and Frankenbruises the size of my head."
"Under the Dome" by Stephen King; Scribner ($1,075 pages, $35)
DALLAS With netbook sales continuing to soar, Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said it will launch its first Windows 7 netbooks later this month.
A return from travels across Britain and Ireland often entails stories about staying at grand hotels in London, Edinburgh and Dublin. But in truth, the more memorable stays can be found more readily in the elegant, smaller lodgings in the countryside.
MIAMI A three-year battle that pitted claims of censorship against the right of Miami-area schools to remove from their shelves a book that portrays an inaccurate view of life in Cuba ended Monday on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA On a Tuesday morning in a windowless basement in Kensington, Pa., a book group is discussing "Push," the 1996 novel about Claireece Precious Jones, an obese, illiterate, HIV-positive African American teenager from Harlem who is beaten, neglected, and sexually abused by both her parents.
Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, Nov. 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
"The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies" by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald and Ava Seave. Portfolio. 320 pages.
Derek Landy has a problem. He knows his "Skulduggery Pleasant" children's books click with readers: They're hugely popular in the U.K., nipping at the heels of the "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" series. But they haven't caught on yet in the biggest market, the United States.
(This is an excerpt from North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams' autobiography, "Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court," with author Tim Crothers. In this chapter, Williams tells why he turned down the UNC job the first time while he was at Kansas.)
"High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly" by Donald Spoto; Harmony Books (303 pages, $25.99)
"Under the Dome" by Stephen King; Scribner (1,074 pages, $35)
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