New York Times Best-Sellers, August 27

The Kansas City Star

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Fiction:
1. Judge & Jury by James Patterson
2. Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

3. Crisis by Robin Cook
4. The Messenger by Daniel Silva
5. The Ruins by Scott Smith


Nonfiction:
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan
2. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

3. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks

4. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
5. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous:
1. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier
2. Guinness World Records 2007

3. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
4. Ultrametabolism by Mark Hyman
5. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren

New York Times Best-Sellers, August 20

The Kansas City Star

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Fiction:
1. Judge & Jury by James Patterson
2. Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
3. The Messenger by Daniel Silva
4. The Ruins by Scott Smith
5. Phantom by Terry Goodkind

Nonfiction:
1. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks
2. Marley & Me by John Grogan
3. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
4. I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
5. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous:
1. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier
2. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
3. Ultrametabolism by Mark Hyman
4. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren
5. More Natural "Cures" Revealed by Kevin Trudeau

New York Times Best-Sellers, August 13

The Kansas City Star

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Fiction:

1. Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

2. Phantom by Terry Goodkind

3. The Messenger by Daniel Silva

4. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

5. The Ruins by Scott Smith

Nonfiction:

1. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks

2. Marley & Me by John Grogan

3. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

4. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

5. Godless by Ann Coulter

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous:

1. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier

2.The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren

3. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen

4. The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox

5. More Natural "Cures" Revealed by Kevin Trudeau

Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

This paging turning novel is a historical thriller that follows the journey of two females born 800 years apart on their quest to find answers and keep the grail safe. Kate Mosse, the author, starts the novel in 2005 at an archeological dig in Southern France, where Alice Tanner is drawn to a cave with two skeletons, a ring with a labyrinth on it, and a labyrinth on the wall. The ring and the labyrinth are familiar to Alice but she is not sure why.

From there the reader is whisked back in time to 1209, where a brutal crusade sent by the pope to stamp out heresy is about to change Alais's life. Alais is a seventeen-year-old woman who finds herself taking her fathers role in protecting three books that are the key to the grail. Her father does not tell her much, but he gives her a ring with a labyrinth on it and tells her those who wear the ring are all working together to protect the books. The night Alais receives the ring from her father, it is stolen from her.

Kate Mosse does an excellent job of keeping the two time periods straight, and keeping you turning the pages to find out how everything connects. You will keep reading to see what happened to Alais and what is going to happen to Alice.

New York Times Best-Sellers, August 6

The Kansas City Star

Sunday, August 6, 2006

Fiction:
1. Phantom by Terry Goodkind
2. Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
3. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
4. Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke
5. The Ruins by Scott Smith

Nonfiction:
1. Marley & Me by John Grogan
2. The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
3. Conservatives Without Conscience by John W. Dean
4. The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind
5. Godless by Ann Coulter

Advice, how-to and miscellaneous:
1. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier
2. Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
3. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren
4. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
5. The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox