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Bestsellers


Published November 25, 2007


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Hardback bestsellers for the week ended Nov. 10.

Fiction

1 Stone Cold (David Baldacci) Members of Washington's Camel Club are being killed so they can't uncover government secrets.

2 Creation in Death (J.D. Robb) Lt. Eve Dallas pursues a killer who disappeared but is back. (Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously)

3 The Chase (Clive Cussler) A detective tracks a killer all over the West.

4 Protect and Defend (Vince Flynn) An American counterterrorism operative has to avert catastrophe in nuclear Iran.

 5 Rhett Butler's People (Donald McCaig) An authorized sequel to Gone With the Wind updates the character of Rhett Butler.

Nonfiction

1 I Am America (and So Can You!) (Stephen Colbert, et al.) The wit and wisdom of Comedy Central's mock pundit.

2 Boom! (Tom Brokaw) The retired news anchor recalls and assesses the 1960s.

3 Rescuing Sprite (Mark R. Levin) A family's love for an older dog they adopted.

4 Clapton (Eric Clapton) The great guitarist looks back on his life and his music.

5 The Age of Turbulence (Alan Greenspan) A memoir by the former longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.

Advice, how-to, miscellaneous

1 You: Staying Young (Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz et al.) The principles of longevity and how to combat aging's effects.

2 Deceptively Delicious (Jessica Seinfeld) Tips and recipes to fool children into eating right, from a mother of three.

3 Become a Better You (Joel Osteen) Seven keys to living with joy and peace.

4 The Daring Book for Girls (Andrea J.Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz) Stories and projects for adventure-seekers.

5 The Secret (Rhonda Byrne) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.

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