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New York Times Bestsellers • Bestseller for the Week of November 12, 2009
FICTION
#1  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
John Grisham
Ford County
#2  (Last Week: 2 • Weeks on List: 8)
Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol
Library Journal : Brown’s long-awaited blockbuster (after The Da Vinci Code) does not disappoint. Robert Langdon rec
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#3  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
J. D. Robb
Kindred in Death
Publishers Weekly : New York City law officers have more technological weapons at their disposal in bestseller Robb'
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#4  (Last Week: 1 • Weeks on List: 2)
Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
The Gathering Storm
#5  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
Barbara Kingsolver
The Lacuna
Library Journal : Diego Rivera's mural in Mexico's Palacio Nationale was only half complete the day young Harrison S
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NONFICTION
#1  (Last Week: 2 • Weeks on List: 3)
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Superfreakonomics
Publishers Weekly : Economist Levitt and journalist Dubner capitalize on their megaselling Freakonomics with
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#2  (Last Week: 4 • Weeks on List: 3)
Malcolm Gladwell
What the Dog Saw
#3  (Last Week: 5 • Weeks on List: 7)
Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others
Arguing With Idiots
#4  (Last Week: 1 • Weeks on List: 2)
Bill Simmons
The Book of Basketball
#5  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
David Ploffe
The Audacity to Win

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Publishers Weekly Pulitzer Prize
Rebecca Caudill Awards RITA Awards
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World Fantasy Awards

Patrons, we are pleased to announce that there is a new branch in Currituck County! The Moyock Public Library had its ribbon-cutting on 10/28/09, and is now open for business. It is located at 126 Campus Drive; the phone number is 252-435-6419; and the hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 10am - 7pm; Thursday and Friday 9am - 6pm; and Saturday 8:30am - 5pm.

Electronic Databases
Provides online access to articles (many full-text) from newspapers, magazines, journals and encyclopedias using authoritative, searchable databases. Useful Website links and electronic books are also available. Use in the library or log on from any work, school, or home computer with Internet access using a password provided by the library.

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY
Beginning or professional genealogists can access Ancestry.com - the largest collection of family histories on the Web. Also includes U.S. census records, genealogy links, family trees, and printable family tree chart forms. Use at a library Internet computer.

Beginning or professional genealogists can access original page images for all documents - a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and U.S. census records. Log on at a library, work, school, or home Internet computer using your valid library card number.

Online interactive academic and career practice tests and skill-building courses (i.e., SAT, Real Estate, English for Spanish speakers, etc.). Correct answers are provided for your test score results. Create your own private account using your valid library card number. Use in the library or from any work, school, or home computer with Internet access.

An excellent resource for anyone seeking quality Web sites for kids. Sites were selected and organized by professionally trained North Carolina librarians. Use in the library or from any work, school, or home computer with Internet access.