Saturday, October 25, 2014

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 10/26/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending October 25th 2014

10 - The Children Act - Ian McEwan
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  Paris Match - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
In the 31st Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer encounters an old enemy in Paris.

8  -  Some Luck - Jane Smiley
(Debut)
The lives of an Iowa farm family between 1920 and 1953; the first volume of a trilogy.

7  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(23 weeks on list)

6  -  Personal - Lee Child
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(6 weeks on list)

4  -  Lila - Marilynne Robinson 
(Debut)
The difficult early life of the woman who becomes the wife of widower and minister John Ames: a back story to "Gilmead". 

3  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(2 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

1 -  Deadline - John Sanford
(DEBUT)
Dognappers and a murdered reporter draw the attention of the Minnesota investigator Virgil Flowers.


NY Times Bestseller List (NonFiction) 10/26/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending October 26th 2014

10 - 13 Hours - Mitchell Zuckoff 
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  Jesus On Trial - David Limbaugh
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Rocks - Joe Perry with David Ritz
(Debut)
A memoir by the Aerosmith guitarist and songwriter.

7 -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  Worthy Fights - Leon Panetta
(Debut)
The writer's experience in the Obama administration as director of the C.I.A. and secretary of defense.

5  -  Stop The Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(Debut)
The radio host urges true patriots to save the country from the machinations of the left.

4  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson 
(Debut)
Studies of the people who created computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s

3  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(Debut)
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life,  and how they can do better.

2  - Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(3 weeks on list) (3rd week at #1)
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.



1987 World Series

October 25th 1987


The Minnesota Twins hosted the St Louis Cardinals in the Metro Dome to decide the champions of the baseball world.



Classic Movie Poster of the Week

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

The #1 film of 1981
released June 12th 
$212.2  million


Sunday, October 19, 2014

NY Time Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 10/19/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending October 19th 2014

10 - Rebel Yell - S.C. Gwynee
(Debut)
The life and career of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.

9  -  This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  World Order - Henry Kissinger
(4 weeks on list)

7  -  Jesus On Trial - David Limbaugh
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  13 Hours - Mitchell Zuckoff with Members of Annex Security Team
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  The Sense of Style - Steven Pinker
(Debut)
The Harvard psychologist and linguist updates the rules of writing with a more relaxed approach to grammar.


4  -  How We Got To Now - Steven Johnson
(Debut)
A history of innovation focused on the development of six key technologies of modern life.

3  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(Debut)
A collection of revealing and often humorous personal essays from the creator and star of "Girls".

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(2nd week on list) (2nd consecutive week at #1)
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the death of General George S. Patton in December 1945.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 10/19/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending October 19th 2014

10 - Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
(9 weeks on list)

9  -  The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Lost Key - Catherine Coulter
(Debut)
Nicholas Drummond of Scotland Yard, now an FBI agent, investigates a Wall Street stabbing that involves secrets reaching back to World War I.

7  -  The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  The Children Act - Ian McEwan
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(22 weeks on list)

4  -  Personal - Lee Child
(5 weeks on list)

3  -  Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(3 weeks on list) (2 consecutive weeks at #1)

1  -  Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(DEBUT)

Detective Michael Bennett, back in New York City, investigates a peculiar crime in Harlem.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Friday, October 10, 2014

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television


Claustrophobia


Radio
Season 2 episode 42
aired June 26th 1954



Television
Season 3 episode 20
aired January 25th 1958


Saturday, October 4, 2014

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 10/05/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback NonFiction
Week Ending October 5th 2014

10 - UnPhiltered - Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
(3 weeks on list)

9  - Waking Up - Sam Harris
(2 weeks on list)
The author of "The End of Faith" proposes that spirituality can and should be divorced from religion.

8  -  Diary Of A Mad Diva - Joan Rivers
(6 weeks on list)

7  -  One Nation - Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(18 weeks on list)

6  -  The Roosevelts - Geoffrey C Ward and Ken Burns
(2 weeks on list)
A companion volume to the PBS series examines the lives of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin.

5  -  This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein
(Debut)
The journalist, author of "The Shock Doctrine", makes the case for the existence of climate change and argues that the market cannot solve the crisis.

4  -  Jesus On Trial - David Limbaugh
(Debut)
The lawyer and political commentator uses his legal training to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of the Bible.

3  -  World Order - Henry Kissinger
(2 weeks on list)
The elder statesman offers a view of how to build an international order in today's world.

2  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(3 weeks on list) (2 weeks at #1)
Scientific and often humorous answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, www.xkcd.com.

1  - 13 Hours - Mitchell Zuckoff with Members of the Annex Security Team.
(2 weeks on list) (last week #2)
Six C.I.A. contract employees discuss their experience during the attack on the State Department compound and the nearby C.I.A. station called the "annex" in Benghazi, Libya in 2012


NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 10/05/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending September 5th 2014


10 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(20 weeks on list)

9  -  Wolf In White Van - John Darnielle
(Debut)

The disfigured creator of a role-playing game is pulled back in time to the event that shaped his life.

8  -  The Secret Place - Tana French
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Children Act - IanMcEwan
(2 weeks on list)
A judge wrestles with a challenging case and a crisis in her marriage.

6  -  Raging Heat - Richard Castle
(Debut)
In a follow up to "Deadly Heat" the NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat and the journalist Jameson Rook attempt to solve a murder.

5  -  Festive in Death - J.D. Robb
(2 weeks on list)
At Christmas, Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a narcissistic personal trainer; by Nora Roberts writing pseudonymously.

4  -  The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Personal - Lee Child
(3 weeks on list) (2 weeks at #1)

1  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett 
(DEBUT)
Five interrelated families grapple with the events of the 1960s through the 1980s; Book 3 of the Century Trilogy

Top 10 Comedy Films of the 1940s




Top Ten Comedy Films of the 1940s