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Natural diversity hidden in urban Southfield - The Oakland Press

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 07:36 AM PDT

By JONATHAN SCHECHTER

Special To The Oakland Press/JONATHAN SCHECHTER A trail view from the Civic Center Drive access is steps east of Telegraph Road.

You will not find a dedicated parking lot. Nor a welcoming sign. Nor crowds of hikers. Or a trail brochure.

Yet nestled away in one of the heaviest-traveled sections of Oakland County, in the City of Southfield, is a riverside trail that quietly meanders just out of view of the endless flow of congested traffic on Telegraph Road. This secluded trail is a haven of peaceful riverside solitude for nearby residents and a refuge and travel corridor for more than a smattering of wildlife.

On the sunny weekday afternoon I explored Valley Woods Nature Preserve my sole trail companion was unexpected. An elderly chain-smoking man in a long leather coat and a faded cap rose from a trailside bench as I approached, greeted me with a knuckle-crushing handshake and then accompanied me part of the way, speaking only Russian. His gestures told me that this trail made him happy — and he wanted to fish.

When we reached a trail section where spring mud threatened to swallow his spotlessly polished shoes, he pointed down to his feet, smiled, waved goodbye and wandered back to the bench.

Valley Woods is managed by the City of Southfield Parks and Recreation Department and is part of the Rouge Green Corridor, an area under environmental study that meanders through the southeast corner of Oakland County. It's more than a watershed that connects Birmingham, Beverly Hills and Southfield.

The Southfield section can be hiked for about a half-mile, but the city owns almost two miles of green habitat from 10 Mile Road to 12 Mile Road, paralleling the river. Fast forward a few years and I see a bustling trail and a place of riverside lunch break escapes for nearby office workers.

In the words of Oakland County Planning and Economic Development, this urban river "paints a green band through neighborhoods and business districts" and "has changed since the time of European settlement, but still provides a haven for wildlife and people to enjoy."

I could not agree more. I was not surprised to see a cornucopia of birds in the shrubbery and among the cattail marsh. Raccoon tracks along muddy river banks are the norm: no exception here, there were plenty of paw prints.

But I did not expect to see deer tracks or the clear tracks of a lone coyote. Yet I did.

As I followed the coyote's tracks as far as I could — it vanished into a thick tangle of shrubs and boot-devouring mud — I realized what a perfect haven this wild canid has; a diverse habitat sheltered away in the woods of the valley with an abundance of small creatures to eat. And a word of my advice to any rats or mice: Beware; you are on the dinner menu!

For the coyote, this was a Garden of Eden. For my Russian trail companion and other residents from the adjacent McDonnell Towers, it's a wondrous place to walk or rest on a bench away from city bustle.

When I hike a trail for this column, I do not give agencies a heads-up call. I want my treks to be what you will find, not what I might be told to see — or write. But in this case, as I approached the area where I knew the trail to be, I could not find it. So I called without full disclosure of purpose: "I can't find Valley Woods Nature Preserve."

They explained that there is at this time no trail parking lot and most folks gain access from the nearby businesses and high-rise complexes. I quickly found sturdy wooden stairs descending on the south side of Civic Center Drive just east of Telegraph that gave me easy trail access. I won't tell you where you to park, but make certain you do not park in a lot that has posted restrictions.

Initially, I headed south along a concrete path that took me past the Raymond James building and under Telegraph Road. Passing under Telegraph reminded me that this is an urban trail. Sadly, graffiti told that tale.

A few hundred feet farther south, the trail climbs a hill and connects to a sidewalk on the west side of Telegraph just north of Meriwether's Restaurant. Here is what I suggest: Head north on the mostly natural surface trail that starts on the east side of the river bank at Civic Center Drive and then crosses a foot bridge to the west side. Walk slowly and you will find yourself immersed in the wonders of spring emergence in the city along this trailside ark of biodiversity, an exciting environmentally sound work in progress.

Jonathan Schechter's column on hiking in Oakland County appears on Sundays in the Oakland Press. Look for his Earth's Almanacs blog at theoaklandpress.com. E-mail him at oaknature@aol.com.

FYI

Valley Woods Nature Preserve is east of Telegraph Road at Civic Center Drive, immediately west of the McDonnell Towers. Southfield Parks and Recreation manages 780 acres of preserves and public lands. Call 248-796-4630. City Web site www.cityofsouthfield.com has park locations and map link.

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Paperback Bestsellers 2009 - Publishers Weekly

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:06 PM PDT

In mass market, women on top; in trade, 'The Shack' abides

by Michael Coffey -- Publishers Weekly, 3/22/2010 12:00:00 AM

We asked publishers to report 2009 net sales for mass market, trade paperbacks, and the combined category of almanacs, atlases, and annuals. For mass market books, we asked for titles that sold 500,000 or more copies; for trade paper and the a.a.a. category, titles at 100,000 or more.

At the top of the mass market heap bestrides the king of mass market—John Grisham, who topped the 2008 list with 2,185,722 copies sold for The Appeal and comes in this latest year in the top spot, with 2,150,227 sold for The Associate. In each of the past two years, Grisham had the only mass market title to pass the two million mark. Beneath Grisham, if you'll forgive the phrase, are a lot of women. Of the next 20 titles, only Dean Koontz, James Rollins, and Dan Brown are men, which tells you a little about who is reading fiction these days and who is writing the bestselling novels.

Dead On

If it was anyone's year in mass market format, though, her name was Sookie Stackhouse. Charlaine Harris's protagonist—and narrator—is a Southern-born woman with telepathic powers and a little fairy blood running through her. A very popular HBO series, True Blood, is based on Sookie's much elaborated exploits, and in 2009, Harris had no fewer than eight titles that sold more than 500,000 copies each—collectively, they came to 5.8 million, making her publisher Ace very happy. It was in 2008 that Sookie made her first appearance, in Dead Until Dark, a TV tie-in that marked that year's only Charlaine Harris title above the 500,000 mark. Sookie's come along very fast.

The Shack, the Road

In trade paperback, The Shack was where it's at, just like 2008, when this Windblown title by William P. Young, about meeting God in person in a rather rustic assignation, clocked 4,432,439 copies sold; in '09 it fell off only slightly, to just under 3.6 million. Still, in '09 it reigned supreme, as Eckhart Tolle's The New Earth, which two years ago sold more than five million, dropped out of our count in '09 completely.

In the helped-by-movie department, The Time Traveler's Wife, Push, and Cormac McCarthy's The Road benefited mightily. In fact, The Road just keeps on riding. In 2008, the Vintage trade paper sold 750,000 copies; with the movie tie-in in '09, it found more devotees, with almost 615,000 in sales.

Mass Market

2,000,000+

The Associate: A Novel. John Grisham. Rep. Dell (2,150,227)

1,000,000+

Tribute. Nora Roberts. Rep. Jove. (1,250,361).
Fearless Fourteen. Janet Evanovich. Rep. St. Martin's (1,200,000).
Scarpetta. Patricia Cornwell. Rep. Berkley (1,130,248).
Sooner or Later. Debbie Macomber. Avon (1,000,000).
Mrs. Miracle. Debbie Macomber. Avon (1,000,000).
Dark Summer. Iris Johansen. Rep. St. Martin's (1,000,000).

750,000+

The Front. Patricia Cornwell. Rep. Berkley (915,192).
Your Heart Belong to Me: A Novel. Dean Koontz. Rep. Bantam (887,394).
From Dead to Worse: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (877,000).
The Grand Finale. Janet Evanovich. Harper (850,000).
TailSpin. Catherine Coulter. Rep. Jove (840,210).
*Where Are You Now?: A Novel. Mary Higgins Clark. Rep. Pocket.
Club Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (802,469).
Plum Spooky. Janet Evanovich. Rep. St. Martin's (800,000).
The Last Oracle. James Rollins. Harper (800,000).
Deadlock. Iris Johansen. Rep. St. Martin's (780,000).

500,000+

The Da Vinci Code. Dan Brown. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (759,982).
Dead to the World: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (750,388).
A Good Woman: A Novel. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (733,557).
Heat Lightning. John Sandford. Rep. Berkley (730,260).
Definitely Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (730,013).
Silent Thunder. Iris and Roy Johansen. Rep. St. Martin's (725,000).
*Smoke Screen: A Novel. Sandra Brown. Rep. Pocket.
Dead as a Doornail: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (728,144).
*Angels & Demons. Dan Brown. Movie tie-in. Rep. Pocket.
Dead Until Dark: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. TV tie-in. Rep. Ace (700,516).
Phantom Prey. John Sandford. Rep. Berkley (700,191).
What Happens in London. Julia Quinn. Avon (700,000).
Honor Thyself. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (693,368).
Hold Tight. Harlan Coben. Rep. Signet (690,107).
Rogue. Danielle Steel. Rep. Dell (677,658).
92 Pacific Boulevard. Debbie Macomber. Mira (677,373).
*My Sister's Keeper: A Novel. Jodi Picoult. Movie tie-in. Rep. Pocket.
Fire and Ice: A Novel. Julie Garwood. Rep. Ballantine (655,836).
All Together Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (655,046).
The Charlemagne Pursuit: A Novel. Steve Berry. Rep. Ballantine (651,373).
*Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel. Greg Iles. Rep. Pocket.
Promises in Death. J.D. Robb. Rep. Berkley (635,372).
Salvation in Death. J.D. Robb. Rep. Berkley (631,019).
While My Sister Sleeps. Barbara Delinsky. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (629,027).
The Untamed Bride. Stephanie Laurens. Avon (625,000).
Plague Ship. Clive Cussler. Rep. Berkley (615,222).
*Lavender Morning. Jude Deveraux. Rep. Pocket.
The Road. Cormac McCarthy. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (605,322).
Odd Hours. Dean Koontz. Rep. Bantam (601,757).
*Just After Sunset: Stories. Stephen King. Rep. Pocket.
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Dead & Alive: A Novel. Dean Koontz. Orig. Bantam (582,809).
*Dashing Through the Snow. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. Rep. Pocket.
Shutter Island. Dennis Lehane. Harper. (575,000).
Dream Warrior. Sherrilyn Kenyon. Orig. St. Martin's (575,000).
Arctic Drift. Clive Cussler. Rep. Berkley (570,448).
Say Goodbye. Lisa Gardner. Rep. Bantam (568,515).
Living Dead in Dallas: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel. Charlaine Harris. Rep. Ace (557,282).
True Detectives: A Novel. Jonathan Kellerman. Rep. Ballantine (547,097).
The Treasure: A Novel. Iris Johansen. Rep. Bantam (540,413).
The Mercedes Coffin. Faye Kellerman. Harper (525,000).
Born of Fire. Sherrilyn Kenyon. Orig. St. Martin's (525,000).
Married in Seattle. Debbie Macomber. Mira (520,291).
Shadow of Power. Steve Martini. Harper (520,000).
Right Next Door. Debbie Macomber. Mira (515,992).
Tempt Me at Twilight. Lisa Kleypas. Orig. St. Martin's (515,000).
Where the Heart Lies. Stephanie Laurens. Avon (515,000).
Charmed & Enchanted. Nora Roberts. Silhouette (511,177).
Damage Control. J.A. Jance. Harper (510,000).
Executive Privilege. Phillip Margolin. Harper (510,000).
The Law of Love. Nora Roberts. Silhouette (509,464).
Twenty Wishes. Debbie Macomber. Mira (507,438).
Bones: An Alex Delaware Novel. Jonathan Kellerman. Rep. Ballantine (505,216).
Mastered by Love. Stephanie Laurens. Avon (505,000).
Born of Night. Sherrilyn Kenyon. Orig. St. Martin's (505,000).
The MacKade Brothers: Devin and Shane. Nora Roberts. Silhouette (504,277).
Terminal Freeze. Lincoln Child. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (501,607).
Fireside. Susan Wiggs. Mira (501,392).
Loitering with Intent. Stuart Woods. Rep. Signet (500,138).
Hidden Currents. Christine Feehan. Orig. Jove (500,044).
Worth the Risk. Nora Roberts. Silhouette (500,040).
Temptation and Surrender. Stephanie Laurens. Avon (500,000).
Born of Ice. Sherrilyn Kenyon. Orig. St. Martin's (500,000).
The Dark Tide. Andrew Gross. Avon (500,000).

Trade Paperbacks

1,000,000+

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity. William P. Young. Orig. Windblown (3,595,467).
Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control *Government, inspired by Thomas Paine. Glenn Beck. Rep. Threshold.
The Time Traveler's Wife. Audrey Niffenegger. Rep. HMH (1,456,771).
Push. Sapphire. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (1,269,650).
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Rep. Dial (1,105,469).
Vision in White. Nora Roberts. Orig. Berkley (1,100,427).

750,000+

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time. Greg Mortenson. Penguin (973,280).
Bed of Roses. Nora Roberts. Orig. Berkley (950,024).
Eat This, Not That! Supermarkets. David Zinczenko. Rodale (950,000).
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Quirk (794,333).
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (777,382).

500,000+

Olive Kitteridge. Elizabeth Strout. Rep. Random (702,993).
The Blindside: Evolution of a Game. Michael Lewis. Movie tie-in. Norton (676,645).
What to Expect When You're Expecting. Heidi Murkoff. Revised. Workman (670,595).
The Lucky One. Nicholas Sparks. Rep. Grand Central (628,127).
The Five Love Languages, How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Gary Chapman. Reissue. Northfield (626,238).
The Road. Cormac McCarthy. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (614,879).
Sunday at Tiffany's. James Patterson. Rep. Grand Central (608,597).
Hungry Girl 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories. Lisa Lillien. Orig. St. Martin's (600,000).
7th Heaven. James Patterson. Rep. Grand Central (582,269).
Sarah's Key. Tatiana de Rosnay. Rep. St. Martin's (575,000).
Love the One You're With. Emily Giffin. Rep. St. Martin's (500,000).

250,000+

My Life in France. Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (497,731).
Firefly Lane. Kristin Hannah. Rep. St. Martin's (475,000).
Eat This, Not That! 2010. David Zinczenko. Rodale (450,000).
The Alchemist. Paulo Coehlo. HarperOne (450,000+).
The Reader. Bernhard Schlink. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (449,947).
Cook This, Not That. David Zinczenko. Rodale (385,000).
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin (365,831).
Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck. Penguin (365,502).
Unaccustomed Earth. Jhumpa Lahiri. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (362,055).
*The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeannette Walls. Rep. Scribner.
Eat This, Not That Restaurants. David Zinczenko. Rodale (355,000).
Run for Your Life. James Patterson. Rep. Grand Central (347,074).
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Barack Obama. Rep. Crown (338,672).
Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make. Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. Orig. HMH (334,074).
City of Thieves. David Benioff. Rep. Plume (333,675).
What to Expect the First Year. Heidi Murkoff. Revised. Workman (326,615).
The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Muriel Barbery, trans. by Alison Anderson. Europa (315,665).
Dear John. Nicholas Sparks. Media tie-in. Rep. Grand Central (312,719).
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together. Ron Hall and Denver Moore, with Lynn Vincent. Nelson (304,559).
Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (299,147).
Rachael Ray's Book of Ten: More Than 300 Recipes to Cook Every Day. Rachael Ray. Orig. Crown (293,985).
The House on Mango Street. Sandra Cisneros. Orig. Vintage/Anchor (284,025).
Martha Stewart's Cupcakes: 175 Inspired Ideas for Everyone's Favorite Treat. Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Orig. Crown (281,504).
Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. Devin Alexander and Melissa Roberson. Rodale (280,000).
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection for the Living Dead. Max Brooks. Orig. Crown (277,357)
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands. Chelsea Handler. Bloomsbury (275,000).
The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini. Rep. Riverhead (272,273).
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Michael Pollan. Penguin (265,003).
Biggest Loser 30 Day Jumpstart. Cheryl Forberg, Melissa Roberson, and Lisa Wheeler. Rodale (265,000).
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle. Rep. New World Library (262,101).
The Secret. Beverly Lewis. Bethany House (260,661).
The Piano Teacher: A Novel. Janice Y.K. Lee. Penguin (258,779).
The Beach House. Jane Green. Rep. Plume (257,427).
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Junot Díaz. Rep. Riverhead (254,742).
American Wife: A Novel. Curtis Sittenfeld. Rep. Random (252,697).
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Michael Pollan. Penguin (252,185).
A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Rep. Riverhead (250,086).
Revolutionary Road. Richard Yates. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (251,338).
Our Choice. Al Gore. Rodale (250,000).
Flat Belly Diet Pocket Guide. Liz Vaccariello. Rodale (250,000).

100,000+

*An Inconvenient Book: Real World Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems. Glenn Beck. Rep. Threshold.
Audition. Barbara Walters. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (239,660).
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (238,527).
The Middle Place. Kelly Corrigan. Rep. Voice (237,662).
The Gate House. Nelson DeMille. Rep. Grand Central (237,052).
This Side of Heaven: A Novel. Karen Kingsbury. Orig. Center Street (235,938).
The Missing. Beverly Lewis. Bethany House (234,865).
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Alexander McCall Smith. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (231,719).
Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes. Lifetime Television. Orig. Voice (228,574).
Knit Two. Kate Jacobs. Rep. Berkley (220,069).
In the Woods. Tana French. Penguin (219,138).
The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd. Penguin (210,768).
Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. Algonquin (203,000).
The Shadow of the Wind. Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Penguin (202,856).
Likeness: A Novel. Tana French. Penguin (202,762).
*Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting. Bethenny Frankel. Touchstone Fireside.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Max Brooks. Rep. Crown (199,435).
A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry. Rep. Vintage/Anchor (197,057).
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Jamie Ford. Rep. Ballantine (195,241).
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the F.B.I. Bryan Burrough. Penguin (191,937).
Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You. Jillian Michaels. Rep. Crown (190,764).
People of the Book: A Novel. Geraldine Brooks. Penguin (184,301).
The Inaugural Address, 2009: Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance. Barack Obama. Penguin (180,862).
The Friday Night Knitting Club. Kate Jacobs. Rep. Berkley (180,328).
Wolf Hall: A Novel. Hilary Mantel. Holt (180,000).
Comfort Food. Kate Jacobs. Rep. Berkley (175,159).
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. Jon Meachum. Rep. Random (172,043).
I Am America (and So Can You!). Stephen Colbert. Rep. Grand Central (170,819).
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind. Joyce Meyer. Orig. Faith Words (178,899).
Flat Belly Diet. Liz Vaccariello. Rodale (175,000).
Biggest Loser Simple Swaps. Cheryl Forberg and Melissa Roberson. Rodale (170,000).
*Are You There Vodka, It's Me, Chelsea. Chelsea Handler. Rep. Simon Spotlight.
The Miracle Ball Method. Elaine Petrone. Orig. Workman (165,956).
Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World. Lisa Lillien. Orig. St. Martin's (165,000).
*The White Tiger: A Novel. Aravind Adiga. Rep. Free Press.
Loving Frank: A Novel. Nancy Horan. Rep. Ballantine (162,460).
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America. Thomas L. Friedman. Reissue. Picador (160,000).
South Beach Diet Supercharged. Arthur Agatston. Rep. St. Martin's (160,000).
The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! Anne Byrn. Orig. Workman (159,629).
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5. Steven P. Shelov and Tanya Remer Altmann. Rep. Bantam (158,080).
*Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel. Lauren Weisberger. Rep. Pocket.
The 19th Wife: A Novel. David Ebershoff. Rep. Random (151,212).
Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand. Rep. Plume (148,695).
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey. Jill Bolte Taylor. Rep. Plume (146,224).
Fireproof. Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick.Thomas Nelson (146,106).
The Other Queen. Philippa Gregory. Touchstone Fireside.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Orig. Grand Central (142,621).
The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. Penguin (141,490).
The Soloist: A Lost Dream. An Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music. Steve Lopez. Movie tie-in. Rep. Berkley (140,156).
Home: A Novel. Marilynne Robinson. Rep. Picador (140,000).
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. Michael Pollan (138,770).
*Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day. Joel Osteen. Rep. Free Press.
The Monster of Florence. Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi. Rep. Grand Central (134,690).
The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom. Rep. Hyperion (132,154).
The Reef. Nora Roberts. Reissue. Berkley (130,225).
Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father. Augusten Burroughs. Rep. Picador (130,000).
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Daniel H. Pink. Rep. Riverhead (128,397).
*Still Alice. Lisa Genova. Orig. Pocket.
*The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life. Bethenny Frankel. Touchstone Fireside.
Off Season. Anne Rivers Siddons. Rep. Grand Central (124,508).
The Pearl. John Steinbeck. Penguin (123,757).
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel. Colum McCann. Rep. Random (122,757).
What to Expect: The Toddler Years. Heidi Murkoff. Revised. Workman (122,248).
One Fifth Avenue. Candace Bushnell. Rep. Voice (121,443).
*The Bro Code. Barney Stinson. Touchstone Fireside.
*Stori Telling. Tori Spelling. Rep. Simon Spotlight.
Smart Guide to the Bible. Larry Richards. Thomas Nelson (120,210).
Fix-It and Forget It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker. Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good. Orig. Good Books (118,423).
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul. John Eldridge and Stasi Eldridge. Thomas Nelson (117,758).
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul. John Eldridge. Thomas Nelson (115,450).
The Wednesday Letters. Jason F. Wright. Rep. Berkley (115,129).
Sleeping Arrangements. Madeleine Wickham. Rep. St. Martin's (115,000).
Against Medical Advice. James Patterson. Rep. Grand Central (114,303).
So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore: An Unexpected Journey. Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman. Orig. Windblown Media (112,797).
The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life. Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. Rep. Tyndale (112,562).
World Without End. Ken Follett. Rep. NAL (110,328).
Secrets of a Shoe Addict. Beth Harbison. Rep. St. Martin's (110,000).
The Reason for God. Timothy Keller. Rep. Riverhead (108,741).
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. David Allen. Penguin (107,092).
How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better. Charla Krupp. Rep. Grand Central (106,530).
The Post-American World. Fareed Zakaria. Rep. Norton (106,141).
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story. Diane Ackerman. Rep. Norton (106,141).
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Richard H. Thaler. Penguin (105,857).
Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions. Christian Lander. Orig. Random (105,628).
Irish Born. Nora Roberts. Orig. Berkley (105,328).
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's. John Elder Robinson. Rep. Crown (104,988).
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Christopher Hitchens. Rep. Grand Central (104,446).
Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems. Cesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier. Rep. Three Rivers (103,863).
Bananagrams!: The Official Book. Puzzles by Joe Edley, created by Abe and Rena Nathanson. Orig. Workman (103,583).
1,000 Places to See Before You Die. Patricia Schultz. Orig. Workman (103,578).
AAP New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding. American Academy of Pediatrics, Joan Younger Meek with Sherill Tippins. Rep. Bantam (102,905).
Halo: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe. Various authors. Orig. Tor (102,779).
The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel. Salman Rushdie. Rep. Random (102,351).
Letter to My Daughter. Maya Angelou. Rep. Random (101,394).
Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid. Denis Leary. Rep. Plume (101,093).
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel. Per Petterson. Reissue. Picador (100,000).
Lush Life: A Novel. Richard Price. Rep. Picador (100,000).
Mere Christianity. C.S. Lewis. HarperOne (100,000+).
Eat This, Not That! For Kids. David Zinczenko. Rodale (100,000).

Almanacs, Atlases, and Annuals

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010. The Editors of the World Almanac, Sarah Janssen. Annual. Reader's Digest (200,136).
AAA Road Atlas. Annual. AAA Publishing (165,000).

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