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Anti-Obama, pro-Obama.
“The Obama Nation,” an anti-Obama book written by Jerome V. Corsi, debuted at No. 1 Sunday on The New York Times’ hardcover nonfiction best-seller list (the Times noted that some bookstores reported bulk sales). Corsi was co-author of “Unfit for Command,” an influential 2004 best-seller that condemned the Vietnam War record of then Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Obama, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee in 2008, is himself the author of the million-selling “Dreams From My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope.”
Interest in him is so strong that even an upcoming policy book, usually the toughest of sells, is catching on.
A compilation of speeches and policy statements by Obama and his campaign staff, “Change We Can Believe In,” had reached the top 75 on by Aug. 11, less than a day after The Associated Press reported the book would come out in September.
“Change We Can Believe In” has an announced first printing of 300,000. The Associated Press
First Lines
The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
Andrew Salam stepped out from behind the bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson and asked, “Are you alone?”
Twenty-three-year-old Nura Khalifa nodded.
Her thick, dark hair spilled over her shoulders, stopping just above her breasts. Beneath her thin jacket, he could make out the curves of her body, the narrowness of her waist. For a moment, he believed he could even smell her perfume, though it was more likely the scent of cherry blossoms blown by a faint breeze across the tidal basin. He shouldn’t be meeting her at night and alone like this. It was a mistake.
Actually, the mistake was allowing his lust for her to cloud his judgment. Salam knew better. She was a gorgeous, desirable woman, but she was also his asset. He had recruited her and he was responsible for the tenor of their relationship. No matter how perfect he thought they could be for each other, no matter how badly he wanted to feel, just once, her lips and that body pressed against his as he buried his nose in the nape of her neck and drank in the smell of her, he couldn’t crumble. FBI agents controlled their emotions, not the other way around.
Children’s fiction
Top sellers
1. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, by Jeff Kinney
4. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
5. The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
6. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
7. Just Listen, by Sarah Dessen
8. The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
9. Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
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