| Top Sellers - Friday, May 18, 2007 |
Nineteen Minutes: A novel
Jodi Picoult (Author)
Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, Jodi Picoult's 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes, deals with the truth and consequences of a smalltown high-school shooting. Set in Sterling, New Hampshire, Picoult offers reads a glimpse of what would cause a 17-year-old to wake up one day, load his backpack with four guns, and kill nine students and one teacher in the span of nineteen minutes. As with any Picoult novel, the answers are never black and white, and it is...
| |
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
--
From Publishers Weekly
Scahill, a regular contributor to the Nation, offers a hard-left perspective on Blackwater USA, the self-described private military contractor and security firm. It owes its existence, he shows, to the post–Cold War drawdown of U.S. armed forces, its prosperity to the post-9/11 overextension of those forces and its notoriety to a growing reputation as a mercenary outfit, willing to break the constraints on military systems responsible to state authority. Scahill describes Blackwater's expansion,...
|
| |
How Doctors Think
Jerome Groopman (Author)
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. SignatureReviewed by Perri KlassI wish I had read this book when I was in medical school, and I'm glad I've read it now. Most readers will knowJerome Groopman from his essays in the New Yorker, which take on a wide variety of complex medical conditions, evocatively communicating the tensions and emotions of both doctors and patients.But this book is something different: a sustained, incisive and sometimes agonized inquiry into the processes by which medical minds—brilliant,...
| |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
J. K. Rowling (Author), Mary GrandPr? (Illustrator)
The Final Chapter It's official! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's magical Harry Potter series, will be released on July 21, 2007. In the February 1 announcement from the book's publisher, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children's Books, said, "We are thrilled to announce the publication date of the seventh installment in this remarkable series. We join J.K. Rowling's millions of readers--young and old, veterans and newcomers--in anticipating what lies...
|
| |
Simple Genius
David Baldacci (Author)
From Publishers Weekly
Last seen in Split Second (2003), former Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have reached a crisis in their relationship in this less than compelling Washington political thriller from bestseller Baldacci. When Maxwell instigates a fight with the most intimidating bruiser she could find at a local bar and lets herself be beaten unconscious, despite her superior fighting skills, her partner suggests she voluntarily commit herself to a psychiatric facility. While Maxwell reluctantly...
| |
The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps
Mike Evans (Author)
Review
New York Times best-selling author Evans calls on a slumbering church to stand against evil in The Final Move Beyond Iraq, the latest of his worksabout the volatile Middle East. Evans also challenges America to act decisively in 2007 because, he believes, Iran will soon reach the point of no return in its nuclear program. A political conservative who has served as personal confidant to many of Israel s top leaders, Evans declares that PresidentGeorge W. Bush was right to invade Iraq and that having a base for...
|
| More... |
|
|
| Save Money, Save Time! |
 Bookfinder.us
offers book search by title, author, keywords and ISBN number.
Currently we compare prices at 60+
online booksites to find the lowest price! All the search and
comparison results are unbiased. Our power search supports searches
for new, used and out-of-print books
and you will never be disappointed to find what you want. The
comparison results give you the best
price, as well as availability, shipping and tax information.
With all these features and convenience, Bookfinder will guarantee
a wonderful and pleasant online shopping experience.
Follow these tips to begin your experience with Bookfinder:
- To Find the Book You Want there are two methods available: use the search bar on the top of the page which supports
title, author, keywords and isbn search, or browse books by subject on the top menu.
- To Make a Purchase click the "buy" button of the exact store you choose on the right side of the comparison results
and it will take you to the right store. It is recommended that you should check all the charges before you make
a purchase with your selected store.
|
|
|
