Thursday 28 August 2008

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

HARDCOVER FICTION


1. "Smoke Screen" by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)


2. "Acheron" by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press)


3. "The Bourne Sanction" by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central)


4. "Moscow Rules" by Daniel Silva (Putnam)


5. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)


6. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (The Dial Press)


7. "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski (Ecco)


8. "The Mercedes Coffin: A Decker and Lazarus Book" by Faye Kellerman (William Morrow)


9. "Tribute" by Nora Roberts (Putnam)


10. "Off Season" by Anne Rivers Siddons (Grand Central)


11. "The Lace Reader" by Brunonia Barry (Morrow)



12. "Foreign Body" by Robin Cook (Putnam)


13. "Love the One You're With" by Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press)


14. "The 19th Wife" by David Ebershoff (Random House)


15. "The Gargoyle" by Andrew Davidson (Doubleday)


NONFICTION/GENERAL


1. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)


2. "The Obama Nation" by Jerome R. Corsi (Threshold Editions)


3. "Stori Telling" by Tori Spelling (Simon Spotlight)


4. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (Atria Books/Beyond Words)


5. "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)


6. "The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate" by David Freddoso (Regnery)


7. "You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty" by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press)


8. "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism" by Ron Suskind (Harper)


9. "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)


10. "Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, The Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It" by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann (Harper)


11. "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals" by Jane Mayer (Doubleday)


12. "Just Who Will You Be? Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within." by Maria Shriver (Hyperion)


13. "StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)


14. "YOU: The Owner's Manual, Updated and Expanded Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger" by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz (Collins Living)


15. "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)" by Tom Vanderbilt (Knopf)


MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS


1. "Playing for Pizza" by John Grisham (Dell)


2. "You've Been Warned" by James Patterson, Howard Roughan (Vision)


3. "Nights in Rodanthe" by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Vision)


4. "Into The Flame" by Christina Dodd (Signet)


5. "Strangers in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley)


6. "Play Dirty" by Sandra Brown (Pocket)


7. "Cry Wolf" by Patricia Briggs (Ace)


8. "Turbulent Sea" by Christine Feehan (Jove)


9. "Left to Die" by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)


10. "The Sanctuary" by Raymond Khoury (Signet)


11. "The Burnt House" by Faye Kellerman (Harper)


12. "The Manning Brides" by Debbie Macomber (Mira)


13. "Sweet Spot" by Susan Mallery (HQN)


14. "The Bone Garden" by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine Books)


15. "Beyond Reach" by Karin Slaughter (Dell)


TRADE PAPERBACKS


1. "The Shack" by William P. Young (Windblown Media)


2. "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)


3. "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)


4. "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)


5. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin)


6. "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart Tolle (Plume)


7. "Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness" by Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (Hay House)


8. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)


9. "Skinny B----" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Running Press)


10. "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press)


11. "Barefoot" by Elin Hilderbrand (Back Bay Books)


12. "Run" by Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial)


13. "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press)


14. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy


15. "Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life" by Tim Russert (Miramax Books)










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Monday 18 August 2008

Muse, Stereophonics, Prodigy for V Festival Staffordshire day two

Muse ar set to headline the second day of the V Festival in Staffordshire tonight (August 17), playing on the V Stage after Stereophonics, The Kooks and Maximo Park.


The dance band will be going tete-a-tete with The Prodigy, world Health Organization will play a headline slot on the 4Music stage on the same site afterwards the likes of The Pigeon Detectives, The Hoosiers, Duffy and The Hold Steady.

Michael Franti and Spearhead will kick off legal proceeding on the V Stage, and will be followed by The Futureheads, and Lostprophets.


Elsewhere on the site Ian Brown is jell to headline the JJB Arena tent after performances from The Pogues, Jamie T and The Twang.

Richard Hawley will head up the Virgin Mobile Union stage, piece former Clash guitarist Mick Jones' band, , will headline the Sessions Stage.


Keep checking NME.COM for the up-to-the-minute news, pictures, videos and blogs live from V Festival all weekend.



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Saturday 9 August 2008

Britney Spears Nominated -- By Fans -- For VMA

Britney Spears still has her fans on her side.


The vocaliser has been shortlisted by MTV voters as one of the nominees at this year's Video Music Awards (VMAs) for 'Piece of Me', it has been revealed.


The votes were cast online. Britney's is the only nominee whose name has come prohibited � the names of the other women in her category remain under wraps. Her competition, as well as contenders for Best Male Video, volition be unveiled on Pete Wentz's FN'MTV Friday night at 8 p.m.


The nomination gives the 26-year-old 15 total in her career; however, Britney has yet to score a Moon Man at the honour show.


Britney's functioning at last year's VMAs was branded the most "perplexing and vilified" in recent