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Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (March 2)

March 02, 2014 12:00 AM

Watermark Books & Cafe

Best-sellers

1. “Radiating Like a Stone” by Myrne Roe

2. “Wichita State Baseball Comes Back” by John Brown and Gene Stephenson

3. “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck

4. “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah

5. “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book” by Diane Muldrow

6. “One More Thing: Stories and More Stories” by B. J. Novak

7. “Sycamore Row” by John Grisham

8. “Twelve Years a Slave” by Solomon Northrup

9. “The Monuments Men” by Robert Edsel

10. “Radiance of Tomorrow” by Ishmael Beah

New and notable

“Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball” by John Feinstein (Doubleday, $26.95) – Renowned sports journalist John Feinstein explores the world of minor league baseball not normally seen by fans.

“Timmy Failure Now Look What You’ve Done” by Stephan Pastis (Candlewick, $14.99) – In the second installment of this series, Timmy Failure takes on both a suspicious secret admirer and a missing globe. Pastis will be at Watermark Books on Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m.

Eighth Day Books

Best-sellers

1. “The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero” by Roy Wenzl

2. “An Inner Step Toward God: Writings and Teachings on Prayer by Father Alexander Men,” translated by Christa Balyaeva

3. “Lent and Easter with the Church Fathers,” edited by Marco Papalardo

4. “Timely . . . Timeless: 25 Years at Eighth Day Books,” edited by Victoria Foth Sherry

5. “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis

6. “Examined Life: Advanced Philosophy for Kids” by David A. White

7. “Demons” by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Richard Pevear

8. “ Food & Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread,” edited by Michael Schut

9.. “The Geography of Memory: A Pilgrimage Through Alzheimer’s” by Jeanne Murray Walker

10. “The Lebanese Heritage of Wichita” by Jay Price, et al

New and notable

“Dragging Wyatt Earp: A Personal History of Dodge City” by Robert Rebein (Swallow Press, $19.95) – Rebein explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City. In chapters ranging from memoir to reportage to revisionist history, Rebein contrasts his hometown’s Old West heritage with a New West reality.

“The True Secret of Writing” by Natalie Goldberg (Atria Books, $25) – The beloved teacher and author of the million-and-a-half copy bestseller “Writing Down the Bones” reveals new breakthrough writing guidance as she recounts profound lessons she has learned from a lifetime of teaching and practice.

National best-sellers

Fiction

1. “Concealed in Death” by J.D. Robb

2. “Private L.A.” by Patterson/Sullivan

3. “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd

4. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt

5. “Killer” by Jonathan Kellerman

6. “Still Life With Bread Crumbs” by Anna Quindlen

7. “Sycamore Row” by John Grisham

8. “Like a Mighty Army” by David Weber

9. “One More Thing” by B.J. Novak

10. “First Love” by Patterson/Raymond

Nonfiction

1. “Super Shred” by Ian K. Smith

2. “Killing Jesus” by O’Reilly/Dugard

3. “Duty” by Robert M.Gates

4. “David and Goliath” by Malcolm Gladwell

5. “Things That Matter” by Charles Krauthammer

6. “Grain Brain” by David Perlmutter

7. “The Body Book” by Cameron Diaz

8. “The Virgin Diet Cookbook” by J.J. Virgin

9. “The Daniel Plan” by Rick Warren

10. “The Daniel Plan Cookbook” by Rick Warren

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