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New York Times Bestsellers • Bestseller for the Week of October 30, 2009
FICTION
#1  (Last Week: 1 • Weeks on List: 6)
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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#2  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
Patricia Cornwell
The Scarpetta Factor
Publishers Weekly : Bestseller Cornwell's solid 17th thriller to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after Scarpetta)
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#3  (Last Week: 2 • Weeks on List: 2)
Vince Flynn
Pursuit of Honor
#4  (Last Week: 3 • Weeks on List: 2)
Michael Connelly
Nine Dragons
Publishers Weekly : Bestseller Connelly nimbly balances Harry Bosch's personal and professional lives, both of which
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#5  (Last Week: 4 • Weeks on List: 30)
Kathryn Stockett
The Help
Library Journal : Starred Review. Set in Stockett's native Jackson, MS, in the early 1960s, this first novel adopts
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NONFICTION
#1  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
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: - • Weeks on List: 1)
Malcolm Gladwell
What the Dog Saw
#3  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Big to Fail
#4  (Last Week: 2 • Weeks on List: 5)
Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe and others
Arguing With Idiots
#5  (Last Week: 3 • Weeks on List: 2)
Charles E. Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow
Highest Duty

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National Science Teachers Association New York Times Bestsellers
Newbery Medal Winners Oprah's Book Club
Publishers Weekly Pulitzer Prize
Rebecca Caudill Awards RITA Awards
Scientific America Young Readers Book Awards Spur Awards
World Fantasy Awards

All Libraries within the East Albemarle Regional Library system will be CLOSED on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in observance of the Veterans' Day holiday. This includes the libraries in Elizabeth City, Barco, Corolla, Hatteras, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo and Moyock. Thank you.

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.