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Blogs:
Pets:
Not 101 Dalmations…but close!
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Saturday entertainment, one more time …
Akron Zips:
No. 1 UA soccer remains perfect, Zips football defeats rival Flashes
Tribe Matters:
Tribe makes roster moves
Cleveland Browns:
Lewis doesn't like boycott
Kent State Sports:
Kent State falls to Akron, 20-28
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs at Knicks
Buckeye Blogging:
Weekly ‘B’ Deck Report – New Mexico St.
Varsity Letters:
Wrestling, bowling teams prepare for season
All Da King's Men:
Bigger And Better Boondoggles
Blog of Mass Destruction:
The Shooter
Akron Law Café:
See Jane Style:
Muffle Your Muffler
Car Chase:
Perfect Weather for an Autumn Drive
Let's Talk Real Estate:
RUMORS: Downtown Restaurant Explosion
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Jack is looking for a trip to Southern Ohio the week of November 16.
Sound Check:
The Black Keys to perform benefit concert at Musica on November 27
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio
Akron Gamer:
New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
Published on Sunday, Sep 07, 2008
BEST SELLERS
Fiction1. The Force Unleashed, Sean Williams. An apprentice to Darth Vader is dispatched to kill the last of his master's enemies; a Star Wars novel.
2. Smoke Screen, Sandra Brown. Scandalous deaths thwart the investigation of a fatal fire at police headquarters in Charleston, S.C.
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. After World War II, a journalist travels to Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation.
4. The Bourne Sanction, Eric Van Lustbader. Robert Ludlum's character Jason Bourne pursues the leader of a Muslim terrorist group.
5. The Host, Stephenie Meyer. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.
Nonfiction1. The Obama Nation, Jerome R. Corsi. The Democratic candidate as an extreme leftist, from the co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry. 2. Stori Telling, Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. The actress's memoir.
3. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, Chelsea Handler. Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian.
4. The Limits of Power, Andrew Bacevich. A retired Army colonel argues that American citizens are ultimately responsible for the country's military and economic woes.
5. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris. The humorist's latest essays.
Advice, how-to, misc.
1. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. Thoughts on the importance of ''seizing every moment'' from Pausch, a professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
2. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne. The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want.
3. You: Staying Young, Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz and others. The principle of longevity and how to combat the effects of aging.
4. The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss. Reconstructing your life so it's not all about work.
5. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution, Gary Harpst. Strategies for small and midsize businesses.
Paperback Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. A former climber builds schools in villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2. A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah. A former child soldier from Sierra Leone describes his drug-crazed killing spree and his return to humanity.
3. Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. A writer's yearlong journey in search of self.
4. The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker. Intuitive signals that can protect us from becoming the victims of violence.
5. The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls. The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she and her siblings moved constantly.
Kids' Picture Books
1. Gallop!, Rufus Butler Seder. Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
2. Splat the Cat, Rob Scotton. First-day-of-school jitters. (Ages 4 to 8)
3. Bats at the Library, Brian Lies. Bats can do many things in a library besides hanging upside down. (Ages 4 to 8)
4. Fairies and Magical Creatures, Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda. Mythological pop-ups from the Encyclopedia Prehistorica team. (Ages 9 to 12)
5. For the Love of Autumn, Patricia Polacco. The affection between a new teacher and her pet kitten. (Ages 4 to 8)
— New York Times
BEST SELLERS
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