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Best Sellers … 27 October, 2008

BookCourt Best Sellers                                                                                                             

October 27, 2008                                         20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction
  1. GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Steig Larsson. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  2. THE ALCOHOLIC. Jonathan Ames & Dean Haspiel. DC Comics. $19.99.                          Our Price $15.99.
  3. HOME. Marilynne Robinson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $25. Our Price $20.
  4. NETHERLAND. Joseph O’Neil. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.
  5. ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES. Rivka Galchen. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $24. Our Price $19.20.
  6. DEATH WITH INTERRUPTIONS. Jose Saramago. Harcourt. $24.                     Our Price $19.20.
  7. PAINTER FROM SHANGHAI. Jennifer Cody Epstein. Norton. $24.                     Our Price $19.20.
  8. GOOD THIEF. Hannah Tinti. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  9. MOST WANTED MAN. John LeCarre. Simon & Schuster. $28.Our Price $22.40.
  10. GIVEN DAY. Dennis Lehane. HarperCollins. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. EAT ME.  Kenny Shopsin. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  2. HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING VEGETARIAN. Mark Bittman. Wiley. $35. Our Price $28.
  3. NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF. Julian Barnes. Random House. $24.                 Our Price $19.20.
  4. MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE. John Hodgmen. Penguin. $25. Our Price $20.
  5. TROUBLE WITH BOYS. Peg Tyre. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  6. BROOKLYN MODERN. Diana Lind. Rizzoli. $45. Our Price $36.
  7. NIXONLAND. Rick Perlstein. Simon & Schuster $37.50. Our Price $30.
  8. GUINNESS: WORLD RECORDS 2009. Hachette. $28.95. Our Price $23.16.
  9. THE AMERICANS. Robert Frank. Steidl. $39.95.Our Price $31.96.
  10. SHADOW FACTORY. James Bamford. Random House. $27.95.Our Price $22.36.

    Paperback Fiction

  1. BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. Junot Diaz. Riverhead. $14.      Our Price $11.20.
  2. WHITE TIGER. Aravind Adiga. Simon & Schuster. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  3. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. WATCHMEN. Alan Moore. DC Comics. $19.99. Our Price $15.99.
  5. ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG. Muriel Barbery. Europa. $15. Our Price $12.
  6. NOTHING IS QUITE FORGOTTEN IN BROOKLYN. Alice Mattison. HarperCollins. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. WHAT IS THE WHAT. Dave Eggers. Random House. $15.95. Our Price $12.76.
  8. BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008. Salman Rushdie (editor). Houghton Mifflin. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  9. YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION. Michael Chabon. HarperCollins. $15.95.        Our Price $12.76.
  10. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $14. Our Price $11.20.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER. Barack Obama. Random House. $14.95.                   Our Price $11.96.
  2. ZAGAT NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS 2009. Zagat Survey. $15.95.       Our Price $12.76.
  3. LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Ernst Gombrich. Columbia University Press. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  4. CONSIDER THE LOBSTER. David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $14.99.                      Our Price $11.99.
  5. AUDACITY OF HOPE. Barack Obama. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS HAPPY CHILD. Marc Weissbluth. Fawcett. $16.               Our Price $12.80.
  7. THREE CUPS OF TEA. Greg Mortenson. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  8. FIELD GUIDE TO THE NATURAL WORLD OF NEW YORK CITY. Leslie Day. Johns Hopkins University Press. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  9. SHOCK DOCTRINE. Naomi Klein. St. Martin’s Press. $16.Our Price $12.80.
  10. NFT GUIDE TO BROOKLYN 2009. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. TWILIGHT. Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. $10.99. Our Price $8.79.
  2. BRISINGR. Christopher Paolini. Random House. $27.50. Our Price $22.
  3. I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. Mari Takabayashi. Houghton Mifflin. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  4. GALLOP. Rufus Seder. Workman. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  5. BARACK OBAMA SON OF PROMISE CHILD OF HOPE. Nikki Grimes. Simon & Schuster. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.
  6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DO-IT-YOURSELF BOOK. Jeff Kinney. Abrams. $10.95. Our Price $8.76.
  7. HALLOWEEN COLORING BOOK. Random House. $5.99. Our Price $4.79.
  8. KNUFFLE BUNNY. Mo Willems. Hyperion. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
  9. WHAT’S UP DUCK. Tad Hills. Random House. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.
  10. NUTSHELL LIBRARY. Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins. $16.95. Our Price $3.56.

Best Sellers … 20 October, 2008

BookCourt Best Sellers                                                                                                             

October 20, 2008                                         20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction
  1. MOST WANTED MAN. John LeCarre. Simon & Schuster. $28. Our Price $22.40.
  2. INDIGNATION. Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  3. THE ALCOHOLIC. Jonathan Ames & Dean Haspiel. DC Comics. $19.99.                  Our Price $15.99.
  4. HOME. Marilynne Robinson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $25. Our Price $20.
  5. NETHERLAND. Joseph O’Neil. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.
  6. AMERICAN WIFE. Curtis Sittenfeld. Random House. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  7. GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Steig Larsson. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  8. I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. Julia Glass. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  9. STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE. David Wroblewski. HarperCollins. $25.95.                   Our Price $20.76.
  10. WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS. Kate Atkinson. Little, Brown. $24.99.            Our Price $19.99.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. STATE BY STATE.  Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey (editors). HarperCollins. $29.95.                  Our Price $23.96.
  2. WORDY SHIPMATES. Sarah Vowell. Riverhead. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  3. EAT ME. Kenny Shopsin. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  4. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.
  5. ART OF SIMPLE FOOD. Alice Waters. Random House. $35. Our Price $28.
  6. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING.                  Haruki Murakami. Random House. $21. Our Price $16.80.
  7. BROOKLYN STREET ART. Jaime Rojo. Prestel. $14.95.Our Price $11.96.
  8. HOT FLAT & CROWDED. Thomas Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27.95.                 Our Price $22.36.
  9. NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF. Julian Barnes. Random House. $24.               Our Price $19.20.
  10. CHAMPLAIN’S DREAM. David Hackett Fischer. Simon & Schuster. $40.                           Our Price $32.

    Paperback Fiction

  1. BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. Junot Diaz. Riverhead. $14.      Our Price $11.20.
  2. WHITE TIGER. Aravind Adiga. Simon & Schuster. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  3. NOTHING IS QUITE FORGOTTEN IN BROOKLYN. Alice Mattison.                HarperCollins. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG. Muriel Barbery. Europa. $15.                   Our Price $12.
  5. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD. Michael Chabon. Ballantine. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  6. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. WHAT IS THE WHAT. Dave Eggers. Random House. $15.95. Our Price $12.76.
  8. BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2008. Salman Rushdie (editor). Houghton Mifflin. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  9. SAVAGE DETECTIVES. Roberto Bolano. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  10. OUT STEALING HORSES. Per Petterson. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. ZAGAT NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS 2009. Zagat Survey. $15.95.                   Our Price $12.76.
  2. LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Ernst Gombrich. Columbia University Press. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  3. CONSIDER THE LOBSTER. David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $14.99.                     Our Price $11.99.
  4. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER. Barack Obama. Random House. $14.95.                      Our Price $11.96.
  5. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  6. GREAT BRIDGE. David McCullough. Simon & Schuster. $18. Our Price $14.40
  7. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95.                             Our Price $11.16.
  8. McCAIN’S PROMISE. David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  9. NFT GUIDE TO BROOKLYN 2009. Not For Tourists. $14.95.Our Price $11.96.
  10. BORN STANDING UP. Steve Martin. Simon & Schuster. $15. Our Price $12.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. VERY BUSY SPIDER’S FAVORITE WORDS. Eric Carle. Putnam. $3.99.               Our Price $3.19.
  2. NEW MOON. Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. $10.99. Our Price $8.79.
  3. GALLOP. Rufus Seder. Workman. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  4. KNUFFLE BUNNY. Mo Willems. Hyperion. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
  5. BREAKING DAWN. Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. $22.99. Our Price $18.39.
  6. BRISINGR. Christopher Paolini. Random House. $27.50. Our Price $22.
  7. RICHARD SCARRY’S CARS & TRUCKS FROM Z TO Z. Random House. $3.99. Our Price $3.19.
  8. 10 TRICK OR TREATERS. Janet Schulman. Doubleday. $6.95. Our Price $5.56.
  9. BELLY BUTTON BOOK. Sandra Boynton. Workman. $6.95. Our Price $5.56.
  10. MAISY’S TRICK OR TREAT STICKER BOOK. Lucy Cousins. Candlewick. $3.99. Our Price $3.19.

Best Sellers … 13 October, 2008

BookCourt Best Sellers                                                                                                             

October 13, 2008                                         20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction
  1. MOST WANTED MAN. John LeCarre. Simon & Schuster. $28. Our Price $22.40.
  2. INDIGNATION. Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  3. NETHERLAND. Joseph O’Neil. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.
  4. THE ALCOHOLIC. Jonathan Ames & Dean Haspiel. DC Comics. $19.99.                       Our Price $15.99.
  5. UNACCUSTOMED EARTH. Jhumpa Lahiri. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  6. GOOD THIEF. Hannah Tinti. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  7. BOAT. Nam Le. Random House. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  8. SHARP TEETH. Toby Barlow. HarperCollins. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  9. TWO MARRIAGES. Philip Lopate. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  10. STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE. David Wroblewski. HarperCollins. $25.95.                Our Price $20.76.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. STATE BY STATE.  Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey (editors). HarperCollins. $29.95.                  Our Price $23.96.
  2. WORDY SHIPMATES. Sarah Vowell. Riverhead. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  3. WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. David Sedaris. Little, Brown. $25.99. Our Price $20.79.
  4. WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $21. Our Price $16.80.
  5. IN DEFENSE OF FOOD. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.
  6. HOT FLAT & CROWDED. Thomas Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27.95.                Our Price $22.36.
  7. FOREVER WAR. Dexter Filkins. Random House. $25.Our Price $20.
  8. BROOKLYN THEN & NOW. Marcia Reiss. Thunder Bay. $18.95. Our Price $15.16.
  9. NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF. Julian Barnes. Random House. $24.               Our Price $19.20.
  10. TRIED BY WAR. James McPherson. Penguin $35. Our Price $28.

    Paperback Fiction

  1. BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. Junot Diaz. Riverhead. $14.      Our Price $11.20.
  2. BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN. David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $14.99. Our Price $11.99.
  3. ABSTINENCE TEACHER. Tom Perrotta. St. Martin’s Press. $13.95.                      Our Price $11.16.
  4. ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG. Muriel Barbery. Europa. $15.                   Our Price $12.
  5. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD. Michael Chabon. Ballantine. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  7. NOTHING IS QUITE FORGOTTEN IN BROOKLYN. Alice Mattison.                        HarperCollins. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  8. BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2008. Charles Wright (editor). Simon & Schuster. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  9. SAVAGE DETECTIVES. Roberto Bolano. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  10. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $14. Our Price $11.20.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. ZAGAT NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS 2009. Zagat Survey. $15.95.                   Our Price $12.76.
  2. LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Ernst Gombrich. Columbia University Press. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  3. CONSIDER THE LOBSTER. David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $14.99.                     Our Price $11.99.
  4. NFT GUIDE TO BROOKLYN 2009. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  5. BROTHER I’M DYING. Edwidge Danticat. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING. Heidi Murkoff. Workman. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. McCAIN’S PROMISE. David Foster Wallace. Little, Borwn. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  8. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $16. Our Price $12.80
  9. DREAMS FROM MY FATHER. Barack Obama. Random House. $14.95.                    Our Price $11.96.
  10. SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN.                               David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown. $14.99. Our Price $11.99.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. THE WAY WE WORK. David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin. $35. Our Price $28.
  2. TWILIGHT. Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. $10.99. Our Price $8.79.
  3. NEW MOON. Stephanie Meyer. Little, Brown. $10.99. Our Price $8.79.
  4. BATMAN. Ralph Cosentino. Penguin. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
  5. BARACK OBAMA SON OF PROMISE CHILD OF HOPE. Nikki Grimes. Simon & Schuster. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.
  6. GALLOP. Rufus Seder. Workman. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.
  7. VERY BUSY SPIDER’S FAVORITE WORDS. Eric Carle. Putnam. $3.99.                   Our Price $3.19.
  8. I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. Mari Takabayashi. Houghton Mifflin. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  9. KNUFFLE BUNNY. Mo Willems. Hyperion. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
  10. BARACK OBAMA. Roberta Edwards. Putnam. $3.99. Our Price $3.19.