Northwest Bestsellers - wk ending July 30, 2006

Bestsellers in the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and Book Sense. Most of these books aren't books from the Pacific Northwest, but are books that are currently selling well in the Pacific Northwest. Week ending July 30, 2006.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
2. Dead Wrong, J.A. Jance
3. The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig
4. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, Fannie Flagg
5. Phantom, Terry Goodkind
6. Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke
7. Twelve Sharp, Janet Evanovich
8. The Messenger, Daniel Silva
9. The Ruins, Scott Smith
10. Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Marley & Me, John Grogan
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
3. Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks
4. The World Is Flat (Updated and Expanded), Thomas L. Friedman
5. Conservatives Without Conscience, John Dean
6. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
7. Cesar's Way, Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier
8. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
9. The One Percent Doctrine, Ron Suskind
10. Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert

MASS MARKET

1. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
2. Long Time Gone, J.A. Jance
3. The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger
4. The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly
5. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke
6. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
7. One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
8. Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich
9. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th Edition, Merriam-Webster (Eds.)
10. Lifeguard, James Patterson

CHILDREN'S TITLES

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Pirateology, William Captain Lubber
3. Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
4. Pirates, John Matthews
5. Into the Wild (Warriors #1), Erin W. Hunter
6. The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
7. Moonrise, Erin W. Hunter
8. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
9. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
10. Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.)

The Spirit of the Oregon Coast

The Spirit of the Oregon Coast
by Suzanne & Bruce Watkins

The Spirit of the Oregon Coast is a fresh new look at one of North America's great natural coastal sanctuaries. The book is packed with more than 280 full-colored photographs along with lively text and quotations emphasizing Coast Bays, Coast Character, Coast Foods, Coast Lighthouses along with Sea Stacks, Surf and Tide Pools. Eight pages are dedicated to the Coast Guard with recollections from two retired "Coasties" who served at Port Orford. This photostory book is heavy on photos and light on text. It sparks the spirit of place in an energetic but whimsical way. Visit the publisher's Web site.

About the Authors

Sue and Bruce Watkins have published the Soaring Wings Journal, The Forumla for Concentration Marketing and The Official Oregon Golf Directory. Their pohtographs have appeared on the covers of Verizon Super Pages and other travel and communication publications. They travel extensively - cameras at the ready - but, their most favorite lane of travel is Highway 101 - along the Oregon Coast. It is here that they find the true spirit of place.

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