Book TV

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Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 by William Hogeland

The Obama Diaries by Laura Ingraham

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future by Stephen Kinzer

Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies Over Korea by David Sears

New York Times Best Sellers

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Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Bringing America Home: How America Lost Her Way and How We Can Find Our Way Back by Tom Pauken

Power Grab: How Obama's Green Policies Will Steal Your Freedom and Bankrupt America by Christopher Horner

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Fun in the Sun

From NPR, Laugh-Out-Loud Summer Books.

New York Times Best Sellers

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Shirley Jackson Awards

The winners of the 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards were announced earlier this week.  The Shirley Jackson Awards were created to honor achievement in psychological suspense, horror, and dark fantastic literature.  This year's winner for best novel is:

 Big Machine by Victor LaValle

For a list of previous winners and finalists click here and here.

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century by Alan Brinkley

Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Mary McDonagh Murphy

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World by David Kirkpatrick

Best of the Year (So Far)

Amazon offers its picks for the Best Books of the Year...So Far:

Editor's Top 10 selections
Fiction selections
Nonfiction selections

New York Times Best Sellers

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Best of July

Amazon's editors select their picks for the Best of July.

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History by Andrew Napolitano

The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents - A Memoir by Dr. Connie Mariano

How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate by Jeff Goodell

Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy by Bruce Watson

The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise by Garret Keizer

Indie Next List

Check out recommendations from independent booksellers in the July Indie Next List.

Summer's Graphic Novels

From Graphic Novel Reporter, The Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer 2010.

New York Times Best Sellers

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50 Books/50 Covers

AIGI, the professional association for design, announced the 2009 winners of the 50 Books/50 Covers competition.  The competition recognizes outstanding book and book cover design.

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Tocqueville's Discovery of America by Leo Damrosch

Innocent by Scott Turow

The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention by William Rosen

Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World--A New History by Nick Bunker

Walk in My Shoes: Conversations Between a Civil Rights Legend and His Godson on the Journey Ahead by Andrew Young and Kabir Sehgal

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick

August Releases

Place your holds now on these upcoming releases:

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography by Andrew Morton
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
The Vigilantes by W.E.B. Griffin
Hangman by Faye Kellerman
Death on the D-List by Nancy Grace
Burn by Nevada Barr
In Harm's Way by Ridley Pearson
Fragile by Lisa Unger
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown
Cure by Robin Cook
Veil of Night by Linda Howard
Composed: A Memoir by Roseanne Cash
Hollywood: A Third Memoir by Larry McMurtry
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth
Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder
Crossfire by Dick Francis
The Bear by R.A. Salvatore
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance
Lost Empire by Clive Cussler
Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain
Tempted by Trouble by Eric Jerome Dickey
Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks