August 27, 2023

Best Seller List - August 27th

BookCourt Best Sellers

August 27, 2023

20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction

  1. ON THE ROAD: The Original Scroll. Jack Kerouac. Penguin. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  2. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  3. ON ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  4. MERE ANARCHY. Woody Allen. Random House. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.
  5. SPOOK COUNTRY. William Gibson. Putnam. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  6. BEFORE. Irini Spanidou. Random House. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  7. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random Hosue. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  8. FALLING MAN. Don DeLillo. Simon & Schuster. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  9. POEMS FROM GUANTANAMO. Marc Falkoff. University of Iowa Press. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  10. END GAMES. Michael Dibdin. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. WORLD WITHOUT US. Alan Weisman. St. Martin’s Press. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  2. GOD IS NOT GREAT. Christopher Hitchens. Warner. $24.99. Our Price $19.99.
  3. ISRAEL LOBBY. John Mearsheimer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  4. BROOKLYN. Judith Stonehill. Universe. $22.50. Our Price $18.
  5. HERE IS NEW YORK. E.B. White. Little Bookroom. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
  6. A CLASS APART. Alex Klein. Simon & Schuster. $25. Our Price $20.
  7. CIRCLING MY MOTHER. Mary Gordon. Random House. $24. Our Price $19.20.
  8. MAN IN THE WHITE SHARKSKIN SUIT. Lucette Lagnado. HarperCollins. $25. Our Price $20.
  9. BIPOLAR EXPEDITIONS. Emily Martin. Princeton University Press. $35. Our Price $28.
  10. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver.. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
Paperback Fiction
  1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  2. MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN. Jonathan Lethem. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16..
  3. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. BROOKLYN FOLLIES. Paul Auster. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  5. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen. Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  7. THAT AWFUL MESS ON THE VIA MERULANA. Carlo Gadda. New York Review. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
  8. ST. LUCY’S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES. Karen Russell. Random House $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  9. SHARP OBJECTS. Gillian Flynn. Random House. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  10. INHERITANCE OF LOSS. Kiran Desai. Grove Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  2. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS. Daniel Gilbert. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.16.
  3. HEAT. Bill Buford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. WHAT TO EAT. Marion Nestle. North Point Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  5. LOOMING TOWER. Lawrence Wright. Random House. $15.95.Our Price $12.76.
  6. U.S. OF ARUGALA. David Kamp. Broadway Books. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. WALKING BROOKLYN. Adrienne Onofri. Wilderness Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.
  8. SKINNY BITCH. Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman. Running Press. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  9. EXISTENTIALISM IS A HUMANISM. Jean-Paul Satre. Yale University Press. $9.95.. Our Price $7.96.
  10. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK CITY. A. Gamble. Our World of Books. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
  2. PAT THE BUNNY. Edith Kunhardt. Random House. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  3. I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. Mari Takabayashi. Houghton Mifflin. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  4. FIRST DAY JITTERS. Julie Danneberg. Charlesbridge. $6.95. Our Price $5.56.
  5. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLLOWS. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  6. DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House. $15.99. Our Price $12.79..
  7. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. Hal Iggulden. HarperCollins. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  8. HARRY POTTER & ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  9. DIDI & DADDY ON THE PROMENADE. Marilyn Singer. Houghton Mifflin. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  10. NUTSHELL LIBRARY. Maurice Sendal. HarperCollins. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
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August 20, 2023

BookCourt Best Sellers - August 20th, 2007

BookCourt Best Sellers                                                                                                                August 20, 2007                                         20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction
  1. SPOOK COUNTRY. William Gibson. Putnam.  $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  2. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $25.95.                     Our Price $20.76.
  3. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  4. ON THE ROAD: The Original Scroll. Jack Kerouac. Penguin.  $25.95.                           Our Price $20.76.
  5. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  6. MERE ANARCHY. Woody Allen. Random House. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.
  7. FALLING MAN. Don DeLillo. Simon & Schuster. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  8. BANGKOK HAUNTS. John Burdett. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  9. POEMS FROM GUANTANAMO. Marc Falkoff. University of Iowa Press. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  10. END GAMES. Michael Dibdin. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

      TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN. James Burke. Simon & Schuster. $26. Our Price $20.80.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. WORLD WITHOUT US. Alan Weisman. St. Martin’s Press. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  2. HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT. Wilfred Sheed. Random House. $29.95.                    Our Price $23.96.
  3. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins. $26.95.      Our Price $21.56.
  4. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  5. GOD IS NOT GREAT. Christopher Hitchens. Warner. $24.99. Our Price $19.99.
  6. TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS. Ryszard Kapuscinski. Random House. $25.                Our Price $20.
  7. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT. Jennifer Ferrari-Adler. Riverhead. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  8. VEGETABLE HARVEST. Patricia Wells. HarperCollins. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  9. THOMAS PAINE’S RIGHTS OF MAN. Christopher Hitchens. Atlantic Monthly Press. $19.95. Our Price $15.96.
  10. NEW YORK TIMES COUNTRY WEEKEND COOKBOOK. Mark Bittman.. St.Martin’s Press.. $32. Our Price $25.60.
Paperback Fiction
  1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  2. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy.  Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  3. BROOKLYN FOLLIES. Paul Auster. St, Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  4. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen. Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  6. ABSURDISTAN. Gary Shteyngart. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  7. THAT AWFUL MESS ON THE VIA MERULANA. Carlo Gadda. New York Review. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
  8. CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME. Mark Haddon. Random House $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  9. WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE. Haruki Murakami.  Random House. $15.95.                       Our Price $12.76.
  10. DUD AVOCADO. Elaine Dundy. New York Review. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  2. LADIES & GENTLEMEN, THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  3. WHAT TO EAT. Marion Nestle. North Point Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  4. U.S. OF ARUGALA. David Kamp. Broadway Books. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  5. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS. Daniel Gilbert. Random House.$14.95.Our Price $11.16.
  6. NFT NEW YORK CITY 2007. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $12.
  8. NFT BROOKLYN 2007. Not For Tourists.  $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
  9. BIG OYSTER. Mark Kurlansky. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  10. BLINK. Malcolm Gladwell. Ballantine. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  2. HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  3. DUCK & GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. THIS IS NEW YORK. M. Sasek. Universe. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.
  5. I AM TOO ABSOLUTELY SMALL TO GO TO SCHOOL. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.
  6. GOODNIGHT MOON Board Book. Margaret Wise Brown. HarperCollins. $7.99. Our Price $6.39.
  7. HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  8. HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99.                    Our Price $7.99.
  9. SNOWY DAY Board Book. Ezra Jack Keats. Penguin. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.
  10. DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
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Updated August 19, 2023

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Karen Russell

Vintage - Paperback - $13.95

A dazzling debut, a blazingly original voice: the ten stories in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduce a radiant new talent.

In the collection’s title story, a pack of girls raised by wolves are painstakingly reeducated by nuns. In “Haunting Olivia,” two young boys make midnight trips to a boat graveyard in search of their dead sister, who set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab. In “Z.Z.’s Sleepaway Camp for Disordered Dreamers,” a boy whose dreams foretell implacable tragedies is sent to a summer camp for troubled sleepers (Cabin 1, Narcoleptics; Cabin 2, Sleep Apneics; Cabin 3, Somnambulists . . . ). And “Ava Wrestles the Alligator” introduces the remarkable Bigtree Wrestling Dynasty—Grandpa Sawtooth, Chief Bigtree, and twelve-year-old Ava—proprietors of Swamplandia!, the island’s #1 Gator Theme Park and Café. Ava is still mourning her mother when her father disappears, his final words to her the swamp maxim “Feed the gators, don’t talk to strangers.” Left to look after seventy incubating alligators and an older sister who may or may not be having sex with a succubus, Ava meets the Bird Man, and learns that when you’re a kid it’s often hard to tell the innocuous secrets from the ones that will kill you if you keep them.

Russell’s stories are beautifully written and exuberantly imagined, but it is the emotional precision behind their wondrous surfaces that makes them unforgettable. Magically, from the spiritual wilderness and ghostly swamps of the Florida Everglades, against a backdrop of ancient lizards and disconcertingly lush plant life—in an idiom that is as arrestingly lovely as it is surreal—Karen Russell shows us who we are and how we live.

Karen Russell, a native of Miami, has been featured in both The New Yorker’s debut fiction issue and New York magazine’s list of twenty-five people to watch under the age of twenty-six. She is a graduate of the Columbia MFA program and is the 2005 recipient of the Transatlantic Review/Henfield Foundation Award; her fiction has recently appeared in Conjunctions, Granta, Zoetrope, Oxford American, and The New Yorker. Twenty-five years old, she lives in New York City.

That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana

Carlo Emilio Gadda

NYBR Classics - Paperback - $16.95

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband’s, discovers that almost everyone in the apartment building is somehow involved in the case, and with each new development the mystery only deepens and broadens. Gadda’s sublimely different detective story presents a scathing picture of fascist Italy while tracking the elusiveness of the truth, the impossibility of proof, and the infinite complexity of the workings of fate, showing how they come into conflict with the demands of justice and love.

Italo Calvino, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Alberto Moravia all considered “That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana” to be the great modern Italian novel. Unquestionably, it is a work of universal significance and protean genius: a rich social novel, a comic opera, an act of political resistance, a blazing feat of baroque wordplay, and a haunting story of life and death.

A Pickpocket’s Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Norton - Paperback - $16.95

In George Appo’s world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights left him with more than a dozen scars and over a decade in prisons from the Tombs and Sing Sing to the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he reunited with another inmate, his father. The child of Irish and Chinese immigrants, Appo grew up in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods. He rose as an exemplar of the “good fellow,” a criminal who relied on wile, who followed a code of loyalty even in his world of deception. Here is the underworld of the New York that gave us Edith Wharton, Boss Tweed, Central Park, and the Brooklyn Bridge. 60 illustrations.

Jewels: A Secret History

Victoria Finlay

Random House - Paperback - $14.95

Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth.

With the same intense curiosity and narrative flair she displayed in her widely-praised book Color, Finlay journeys from the underground opal churches of outback Australia to the once pearl-rich rivers of Scotland; from the peridot mines on an Apache reservation in Arizona to the remote ruby mines in the mountains of northern Burma. She risks confronting scorpions to crawl through Cleopatra’s long-deserted emerald mines, tries her hand at gem cutting in the dusty Sri Lankan city where Marco Polo bartered for sapphires, and investigates a rumor that fifty years ago most of the world’s amber was mined by prisoners in a Soviet gulag.

Jewels is a unique and often exhilarating voyage through history, across cultures, deep into the earth’s mantle, and up to the glittering heights of fame, power, and wealth. From the fabled curse of the Hope Diamond, to the disturbing truths about how pearls are cultured, to the peasants who were once executed for carrying amber to the centuries-old quest by magicians and scientists to make a perfect diamond, Jewels tells dazzling stories with a wonderment and brilliance truly worthy of its subjects.

The New Food Lover’s Companion

Sharon Tyler Herbst, Ron Herbst

Barron’s - Paperback - $16.99

The brand-new fourth edition of this widely praised reference guide has been updated with new information for everyone, including lovers of ethnic foods and health food aficionados. The authors have added many all-new entries on exotic produce and other unusual ingredients. An earlier edition of ” The New Food Lover’s Companion ” was hailed by ” Bon Appétit ” magazine as “one of the best reference books we’ve seen, a must for every cook’s library.” This new edition has even more to offer! Among the myriad foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are cooking tools and techniques, meat cuts, breads, pastas, international foods, cheeses, eggs and omelets, herbs and spices, fruits and vegetables, candies and desserts, wines and cocktails, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining. Handy and helpful appendices cover a wide range of food-related topics. They include suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients, high-altitude baking adjustments, a microwave oven conversion chart, recommended safe cooking temperatures for various meats and fish, a guide to reading food package labels, seasoning suggestions to enhance favorite dishes, a food additives directory, and much more. ” The New Food Lover’s Companion ” is a reference guide—not a cookbook—but it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks and other food-related literature. Here in one volume is an invaluable companion for cooks—and for everybody else who loves good food. More than 6,700 entries plus line art that shows retail cuts of lamb, pork, beef, and veal.

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August 13, 2023

Best Sellers - August 13, 2023

BookCourt Best Sellers                                                                                                               

August 13, 2007                                        

20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction

  1. YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION. Michael Chabon. HarperCollins.  $26.95.               Our Price $21.56.
  2. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  3. SPOOK COUNTRY. William Gibson. Putnam. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  4. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead.  $25.95.                           Our Price $20.76.
  5. DIVISADERO. Michael Ondaatje. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  6. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  7. WHAT IS THE WHAT. Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  8. AFTER DARK. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  9. MERE ANARCHY. Woody Allen. Random House. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.
  10. POEMS FROM GUANTANAMO. Marc Falkoff. University of Iowa Press. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. HOUSE  THAT GEORGE BUILT. Wilfred Sheed. Random House. $29.95.                             Our Price $23.96.
  2. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  3. TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS. Ryszard Kapuscinski. Random House. $25.       Our Price $20.
  4. BAMBI VS. GODZILLA. David Mamet. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  5. BROOKLYN. Judith Stonehill. Universe. $22.50. Our Price $18.
  6. WORLD WITHOUT US. Alan Weisman. St. Martin’s Press. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  7. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  8. GOD IS NOT GREAT. Christopher Hitchens. Warner. $24.99.  Our Price $19.99.
  9. EINSTEIN. Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster. $32. Our Price $25.60.
  10. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT. Jennifer Ferrari-Adler. Riverhead. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
Paperback Fiction
  1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  2. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen.  Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  3. DUD AVOCADO. Elaine Dundy. New York Review. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  5. LAY OF THE LAND. Richard Ford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. BROOKLYN FOLLIES. Paul Auster. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  7. ABSURDISTAN. Gary Shteyngart. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  8. SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS. Marisha Pessl. Penguin. $15.      Our Price $12.
  9. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  10. HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  2. WALKING BROOKLYN. Adrienne Onofri. Wilderness Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36
  3. NFT NEW YORK CITY 2007. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95.                              Our Price $11.16.
  5. STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS. Daniel Gilbert. Random House.$14.95.Our Price $11.96.
  6. BLINK. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.
  7. LADIES & GENTLEMEN, THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler.                 St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  8. U.S. OF ARUGALA. David Kamp. Broadway Books.  $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  9. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Kurt Vonnegut. Times Books. $13.95.                 Our Price $11.16.
  10. HEAT. Bill Buford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  2. HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  3. HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  4. HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
  5. HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE.  JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99.                          Our Price $7.99.
  6. HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
  7. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. Hal Iggulden. HarperCollins. $24.95.                      Our Price $19.96.
  8. GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK CITY. A. Gamble. Our World of Books. $9.95.                      Our Price $7.96.
  9. THIS IS NEW YORK. M. Sasek. Universe. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.
  10. ANGELINA TAKES THE STAGE. Katharine Holabird. Putnam $4.99.                           Our Price $3.79.

    Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the one-week period ending 8/12/07. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.

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August 9, 2023

The World Without US

            Check out the site: www.worldwithoutus.com

In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.

In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; what of our everyday stuff may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe.
>> Read an Excerpt
The World Without Us reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York’s subways would start eroding the city’s foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically-treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without us. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, and paleontologists – who describe a pre-human world inhabited by megafauna like giant sloths that stood taller than mammoths – Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.
From places already devoid of humans (a last fragment of primeval European forest; the Korean DMZ; Chernobyl), Weisman reveals Earth’s tremendous capacity for self-healing. As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman’s narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that doesn’t depend on our demise. It is narrative nonfiction at its finest, and in posing an irresistible concept with both gravity and a highly-readable touch, it looks deeply at our effects on the planet in a way that no other book has.

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August 7, 2023

Best Sellers List * August 6, 2023

BookCourt Best Sellers

August 6, 2023

20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction
  1. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  2. YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION. Michael Chabon. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  3. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  4. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  5. AFTER DARK. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  6. CHILDREN OF HURIN. JRR Tolkein. Houghton Mifflin. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  7. SPOOK COUNTRY. William Gibson. Putnam. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  8. THEN WE CAME TO THE END. Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown. $23.99. Our Price $19.19.
  9. DIVISADERO. Michael Ondaatje. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  10. MERE ANARCHY. Woody Allen. Random House. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS. Ryszard Kapuscinski. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  2. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT. Jennifer Ferrari-Adler. Riverhead. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  3. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  4. LONG WAY GONE. Ishamel Beah. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  5. HERE IS NEW YORK. EB White. Little Bookroom. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.
  6. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN AUSTRALIA. Bodleian Library. $10. Our Price $8.
  7. INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN IRAQ. Bodleian Library. $10. Our Price $8.
  8. HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT. Wilfred Sheed. Random House. $29.95. Our Price $23.96.
  9. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  10. BAMBI VS. GODZILLA. David Mamet. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
Paperback Fiction
  1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  2. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  3. HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  4. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  5. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen. Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  6. DUD AVOCADO. Elaine Dundy. New York Review. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. LAY OF THE LAND. Richard Ford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  8. BROOKLYN FOLLIES. Paul Auster. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.16.
  9. ABSURDISTAN. Gary Shteyngart. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.96.
  10. THAT AWFUL MESS ON THE VIA MERULANA. Carlo Gadda. New York Review. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  2. WALKING BROOKLYN. Adrienne Onofri. Wilderness Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36
  3. HEAT. Bill Buford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  5. LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  6. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Kurt Vonnegut. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  7. WORLD IS FLAT. Thomas Friedman. St. Martin’s Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  8. NFT NEW YORK CITY 2007. Not For Tourists. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  9. NFT BROOKLYN 2007. Not For Tourists. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
  10. BLINK. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  2. HARRY POTTER & SORCERER’S STONE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
  3. HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  4. HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
  5. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. Hal Iggulden. HarperCollins. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  6. WICKED BIG TODDLAH. Kevin Hawkes. Random House. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.
  7. ANGELINA TAKES THE STAGE. Katharine Holabird. Putnam. $4.99. Our Price $3.79.
  8. DUCK & GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  9. GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK CITY. A. Gamble. Our World of Books. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.
  10. PRINCESS & THE PEA. Lauren Child. Hyperion. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.

    Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the one-week period ending 8/05/07. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.

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August 1, 2023

Best Seller List - July 30th, 2007

BookCourt Best Sellers

July 30, 2023 20% off list price

Hardcover Fiction

  1. ON CHESIL BEACH. Ian McEwan. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  2. NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU. Miranda July. Simon & Schuster. $23. Our Price $18.40.
  3. YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION. Michael Chabon. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  4. YOU DON’T LOVE ME YET. Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  5. THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.
  6. COLLECTED STORIES. Leonard Michaels. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  7. THEN WE CAME TO THE END. Joshua Ferris. Little, Brown. $23.99. Our Price $19.19.
  8. CHILDREN OF HURIN. JRR Tolkein. Houghton Mifflin. $26. Our Price $20.80.
  9. RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. Moshin Hamid. Harcourt. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  10. MAYTREES. Annie Dillard. HarperCollins. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.

Hardcover Nonfiction

  1. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE. Barbara Kingsolver. HarperCollins. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  2. ALONE IN THE KITCHEN WITH AN EGGPLANT. Jennifer Ferrari-Adler. Riverhead. $22.95. Our Price $18.36.
  3. GOD IS NOT GREAT. Christopher Hitchens. Warner. $24.99. Our Price $19.99.
  4. FREAKONOMICS. Steven Levitt. HarperCollins. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.
  5. TRAVELS WITH HERODOTUS. Ryszard Kapuscinski. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.
  6. AUGUSTUS. Anthony Everitt. Random House. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  7. OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA. Michael Pollan. Penguin. $26.95. Our Price $21.56.
  8. LONG WAY GONE. Ishmael Beah. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $22. Our Price $17.60.
  9. LOOMING TOWER. Lawrence Wright. Random House. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.
  10. VEGETABLE HARVEST. Patricia Wells. HarperCollins. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
Paperback Fiction
  1. EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  2. HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  3. ABSURDISTAN. Gary Shteyngart. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  4. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. Sara Gruen. Algonquin. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  5. SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  6. WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $15.95. Our Price $12.76.
  7. LAY OF THE LAND. Richard Ford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  8. THE ROAD. Cormac McCarthy. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  9. KITE RUNNER. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead. $14. Our Price $11.20.
  10. DUD AVOCADO. Elaine Dundy. New York Review. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

    Paperback Nonfiction

  1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.
  2. WHAT TO EAT. Marion Nestle. North Point Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  3. HEAT. Bill Buford. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  4. WORLD IS FLAT. Thomas Friedman. St. Martin’s Press. $16. Our Price $12.80.
  5. LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.
  6. U.S. OF ARUGALA. David Kamp. Broadway Books. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  7. REAL FOOD. Nina Planck. Bloomsbury. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  8. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Kurt Vonnegut. Times Books. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.
  9. WALKING BROOKLYN. Adrienne Onofri. Wilderness Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36
  10. YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Joan Didion. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

    Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

  1. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $34.95. Our Price $27.96.
  2. HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99
  3. HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $9.99. Our Price $7.99.
  4. HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER’S STONE. JK Rowling. Scholastic. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.
  5. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. Hal Iggulden. HarperCollins. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.
  6. THIS IS NEW YORK. M. Sasek. Universe. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.
  7. ANGELINA TAKES THE STAGE. Katharine Holabird. Putnam. $4.99. Our Price $3.79.
  8. RICHARD SCARRY’S CARS & TRUCKS & THINGS THAT GO. Richard Scarry. Random House $14.99. Our Price $11.99.
  9. DUCK & GOOSE. Tad Hills. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.
  10. SUBWAY. Anastasia Suen. Penguin. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.

    Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the one-week period ending 7/29/07. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.

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