NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/30/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending November 30th 2014

10 - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(9 weeks on list)

8  -  All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(28 weeks on list)

7  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(3 weeks on list)

5  - Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(Debut)
Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is stalked by a killer bent on vengeance.

4  -  The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(2 weeks on list)
The LA detective Harry Bosch and his new partner investigate two long-unsolved cases.

3  -  Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(Debut)
As the Boston marathon trial approaches, Dr.Kay Scarpetta, the chief medical examiner for the state of Massachusetts, pursues a sniper who may be a vigilante.

2 -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(4 weeks on list) (3 weeks at #1)

1  -  Revival - Stephen King
(Debut)
The continuing relationship, over five decades, between a disgraced clergyman who is fascinated by electricity and a drug-addicted musician whom he mentored as a boy.

NY Times Bestseller List (Nonfiction) 11/30/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 30th 2014

10 - What If? - Randall Munroe
(11 weeks on list)

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

8  -  The Colder War - Marin Katusa
(Debut)
A hedge fund manager argues that Vladimir Putin's ambition is to consolidate Russian power by taking control of the world's energy resources.

7 -  The Art of Asking - Amanda Palmer
(Debut)
An expansion of a popular TED talk by the singer and blogger about the value of art and of pursuing dreams.

6  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gwande
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Small Victories - Anne Lamott
(Debut)
Essays about forgiveness transformation and grace.

4 -  The Andy Cohen Diaries - Andy Cohen
(Debut)
One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of "Watch What Happens Live".

3  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly
(8 weeks on list)

1  -  41 - George W. Bush
(DEBUT)
The former president's portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies of the 1990s

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

1968

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

"Kick Me"

CBS Radio

Season 2 episode 12

aired November 28th 1953

A bank robber masquerading as a respectable citizen of Dodge is thwarted in his plans by Tobeel, an embittered Indian upon whom he perpetrated a cruel joke.  As a result, the robber kills Tobeel, but the Indian's death is the catalyst for his own doom.

CBS Television

Season 2 episode 18

aired January 26th  1957

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of the 1980s

Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies of the 1960s

Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970s

WE LOVE TV with The Waltons

The 25th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards 

May 20th 1973

Winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series -

 The Waltons

Winner Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series - 

Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton

Winner Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama Series - 

Michael Learned as Olivia Walton

Top 20 of Japan Billboard Hot 100 (2014/11/10)

Japan Billboard Top 20 Songs

November 10th 2014

Top 10 Movie Crime Epics

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 11/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 16th 2014

10 - Stop The Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Dreamers and Deceivers - Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe
(Debut)
More little known stories from America's past.

8  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson
(4 weeks on list)

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

6  -  Food - Jim Gaffigan
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  Jeter Unfiltered - Derek Jeter and Anthony Bozza
(Debut)
The Yankee shortstop and team captain looks back over his career with photographs from his recently concluded final season, as well as older ones.

4  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande 
(4 weeks on list)

3  -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Duham
(5 weeks on list)

2  - Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(6 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

1  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(Debut)
A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending November 16th 2014

10 - Deadline - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Peripheral - William Gibson
(Debut)
A woman in the rural south, later in our century, witnesses a murder as part of a video game and is drawn into a power struggle in the further off future.

8  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(7 weeks on list)

7  -  Pegasus - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
A German aristocrat, fleeing the Nazis, settles in America with a gift of eight purebred horses from his closest friend.

6  -  The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe - Alexander McCall Smith
(Debut)
The 15th book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

5  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Havana Storm - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Dirk Pitt becomes involved in a post-Castro power struggle in Cuba.

3  -  Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(Debut)
The Vampire Chronicles continue after a long hiatus with the reappearance of Lestat De Lioncourt.

2  -  The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
(Debut)
An exploration of the world of Auri, a character in the Kingkiller Chronicles.

1  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(2nd week on list and 2nd week at #1)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town.

WE LOVE TV!

Don Knotts in 1961 with his first Emmy Award for his role as Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show

WE LOVE TV!

June 8th 1969 

21st Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards

 1968-69 TV season

Werner Klemperer

"Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series"

for his role as Colonel Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes.

This was his 2nd consecutive win in this category, he was nominated 6 times.

 1968

1969

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

The #1 grossing movie of 1949

($28.8 million)

The Old Time Radio Show of the Week

This week :

"The Whistler".

A radio mystery/suspense drama which aired on CBS radio from 

May 16th 1942 to September 22nd 1955.

"The Seeing Eye"

November 12th 1945

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/09/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending November 9th 2014

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

9 -  Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(25 weeks on list)

7  -  Lila - Marilynne Robinson
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Desert God - Wilbur Smith
(Debut)
In ancient Egypt, a freed slave embarks on a journey across Arabia to defeat the Pharaoh's enemies.

5  -  Beautiful You - Chuck Palahniuk
(Debut)
A Manhattan lawyer inadvertently becomes a test subject for a line of sex toys.

4  -  Deadline - John Sanford
(3 weeks on list)

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

2  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(DEBUT)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town, and becomes involved both in real people's lives and in litigation against the coal mining industry.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 11/09/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 9th 2014

10 - Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson 
(Debut)
The executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama describes his work in defense of poor people and the unjustly accused.

9  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(8 weeks on list)

8  -  Stop the Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - Neil Patrick Harris
(2 weeks on list)
The actor's life story is structured as a Choose Your Own Adventure Book.

5  -  As You Wish - Cary Elwes and Joe Layden
(2 weeks on list)
The making of the movie "The Princess Bride" 25 years ago

4  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Food (A Love Story)  - Jim Gaffigan
(Debut)
The comedian, author of "Dad is Fat", describes his relationship with food.

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

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(5th week on list) (5th consecutive week at #1)

Top Ten Alfred Hitchcock Movies

Top 100 K-Pop Songs for October 2014 Week 5

Billboard Korea

Top 100 K-Pop Songs

Week 5  October 2014

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

All About Eve

1950

Winner of the Oscar for Best Picture

 7th highest grossing movie of 1950

Top Ten TV Themes Songs (with words)

Top Ten Simpsons Episodes