Friday, April 29, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (04/24/2016)
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Top 10
Week Ending April 24th 2016
10 - The Summer Before the War - Helen Simonson
(3 weeks on list)
9 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(101 weeks on list)
8 - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(58 weeks on list)
7 - Family Jewels - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
In the 37th Stone Barrington novel, the lawyer becomes entangled in a mystery involving a wealthy divorcee's ex-husband.
6 - Miller's Valley - Anna Quindlen
(Debut)
A young woman comes of age during an assault on the land and the people she loves.
5 - The 14th Colony - Steve Berry
(Debut)
The covert operative Cotton Malone must thwart an agent loyal to the former Soviet Union.
4 - Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben
(3 weeks on list) (#1 last week)
3 - The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(Debut)
Siblings in a dysfunctional New York family must grapple with a reduced inheritance.
2 - The Beast - J.R. Ward
(Debut)
Book 14 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
1 - As Time Goes By - Mary Higgins Clark
(Debut)
Secrets emerge when a television journalist searching for her birth mother covers the trial of the widow of a wealthy doctor.
Current Sports Illustrated (May 2nd 2016)
Craig Sager appears on the cover of the May 2, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated. By remaining defiantly optimistic and energetic during a grueling, two-year battle with cancer, the TNT sideline reporter has evolved from the NBA’s most colorful character into its most esteemed. (Michael LeBrecht II)
Monday, April 25, 2016
NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) April 24th 2016
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non-Fiction
Top 10
Week Ending April 24th 2016
10 - Seven Brief Lessons On Physics - Carlo Rovelli
(6 weeks on list)
An introduction to modern physics
9 - Smarter Faster Better - Charles Duhigg
(5 weeks on list)
The science of productivity, from the author of "The Power of Habit"
8 - Girls and Sex - Peggy Orenstein
(2 weeks on list)
Interviews with more than 70 teenagers shed light on their experience of sexuality
7 - Lab Girl - Hope Jahren
(Debut)
A geobiologist shares her fascination with plants and describes how she found her vocation.
6 - Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
(39 weeks on list)
A meditation on race in America; winner of the National Book Award.
5 - Becoming Grandma - Lesley Stahl
(Debut)
The reporter investigates how "grandmothering" transforms a woman's life.
4 - When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
(13 weeks on list)
3 - The Third Wave - Steve Case
(Debut)
In the current era, entrepreneurs will use technology to revolutionize various sectors of the economy.
2 - The Sleep Revolution - Arianna Huffington
(Debut)
What scientific research reveals about the dangers of sleep deprivation, and tips for achieving better sleep habits.
1 - The Rainbow Comes an Goes - Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
(Debut)
Mother and son discuss their relationship and difficult family history.
Old Time Radio Show of the Week
DRAGNET
starring Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough as Sgt. Ben Romero
December 13th 1951
"The Big Overtime"
A banker's 22 year old daughter, Judith Sullivan, had been kidnapped and held for a $30,000 ransom
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Friday, April 22, 2016
PRINCE
April 22nd 2016
The sudden death of Prince stunned the world yesterday, here are how some newspapers notified their readers and the world.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Today in Television History (April 21st)
April 21st 1982 - The final episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" aired on CBS.
Season 4 episode 22
"Up and Down the Dial"
The new ratings arrive, and WKRP has finally become a successful station, rising to #6 in the Cincinnati market with Johnny Fever as the #1 DJ. But when a new news director (Nicholas Hormann) shows up and says he was hired by Mama Carlson, Andy soon finds out that she plans to change the station to a 24-hour news format. Trivia: This was the final episode, but at the time the show was expected to be renewed, leaving no opportunity for a specific series "finale."
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Friday, April 15, 2016
What's My Line? - Casey Stengel (Apr 15, 1962)
To honor the opening week of the 2016 Major League baseball season
What's My Line? from April 15th 1962
The mystery guest is Casey Stengel, then the manager of the NY Mets who were an expansion team and had first taken the field on April 11th 1962 against the St. Louis Cardinals. The scheduled first game was supposed to be April 10th but it was rained out. The Mets finished the 1962 season with a league worst 40-120 and in the history of the major leagues, only the 1899 Cleveland Spiders lost more games in a season with a 20-134 record. Casey would step down as manager of the Mets in August of 1965 season after he broke his hip falling a bar stool (how ironic).
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
April 21st 1997
April 13th 1997 - Tiger Woods at 21 yrs old wins the Masters Tournament
This was the 1st of his four wins at the prestigious Augusta Country Club.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Today In History (April 12th) FDR Dies
April 12th 1945
President Franklin D Roosevelt dies suddenly while on vacation in Warm Springs GA.
Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States.
Monday, April 11, 2016
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 9th 2016
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Top 10
Week Ending April 10th 2016
10 - The Gangster - Clive Cussler
(4 weeks on list)
9 - Off The Grid - C.J. Box
(3 weeks on list)
8 - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(56 weeks on list)
7 - The Summer Before The War - Helen Simonson
(Debut)
Life Sussex, England, at the beginning of World War I
6 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(63 weeks on list)
5 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(99 weeks on list)
4 - Property of a Noblewoman - Danielle Steel
(2 weeks on list)
3 - The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(Debut)
Siblings in a dysfunctional New York family must grapple with a reduced inheritance.
2 - Private Paris - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
(2 weeks on list)
1 - Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben
(Debut)
A retired Army helicopter pilot faces combat-related nightmares and mysteries concerning the deaths of her husband and sister.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Classic Movie Poster of the Week
The Caddy
1953
released August 10th 1953 and included the Oscar nominated song
"That's Amore" by Dean Martin
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 5th 2016
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Top 10
Week Ending April 2nd 2016
10 - The Steel Kiss - Jeffrey Deaver
(2 weeks on list)
9 - Dark Promises - Christine Feehan
(Debut)
A Carpathian novel; the 29th book in the Dark series
8 - The Gangster - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
(3 weeks on list)
7 - Deep Blue - Randy Wayne White
(Debut)
Doc Ford, a Florida marine biologist and former government agent, tracks an American who is working with ISIS. The 23rd book in a series.
6 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(62 weeks on list)
5 - Off The Grid - C.J. Box
(2 weeks on list)
4 - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(55 weeks on list)
3 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(98 weeks on list)
2 - Property of a Noblewoman - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
Two New Yorkers searching for the owner of an abandoned safe-deposit box reconstruct the history of a young woman and a love affair at the time of World War II.
1 - PRIVATE PARIS - JAMES PATTERSON AND MARK SULLIVAN
(DEBUT)
Jack Morgan, the head of the Private global investigative agency, probes the murders of member of the French cultural elite.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Friday, April 1, 2016
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
April 5th 1976
Indiana University completes the (to date) last undefeated season by winning the NCAA National Championship by defeating University of Michigan at the Final Four in Philadelphia PA.
Scott May of Indiana was the 1976 Sporting News National and Big Ten Player of the Year.
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