Best Selling Advice Books from the New York Times list -  July 13, 2008    This Week Printer friendly  Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous Hardcover (Click on the call  number to see holdings/availability) 1 THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) After learning he has terminal cancer, a Carnegie Mellon professor shares his thoughts on the importance of “seizing every moment.” 004.092 PAU 2 THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95.) The law of attraction as a key to getting what you want. 158.1 BYR 3 END OF DAYS, by Sylvia Browne. (Dutton, $23.95.) A professed psychic interprets end-of-the-world prophecies. 202.3 BRO 4 THE SOUTH BEACH DIET SUPERCHARGED, by Arthur Agatston with Joseph Signorile. (Rodale, $25.95.) A guide to faster weight loss. 613.25 AGA 5 WOMEN AND MONEY, by Suze Orman. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.95.) Advice for overcoming one’s dysfunctional relationship with money, including a five-month plan for getting finances on track. 332.024 ORM 6 QUANTUM WELLNESS, by Kathy Freston. (Weinstein, $23.95.) How small changes can lead to significant improvements in the body and spirit. (†) on order 7 THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss. (Crown, $19.95.) Reconstructing your life so that it’s not all about work. 650.1 FER 8 WHEN MARKETS COLLIDE, by Mohamed A. El-Erian. (McGraw-Hill, $27.95.) Investing advice for a time of global economic change. (†)   9 THE TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, by Dave Ramsey. (Thomas Nelson, $24.99.) Attaining financial fitness not through quick fixes, but with an honest approach to the way you handle money. on order 10 GHOSTS AMONG US, by James Van Praagh. (HarperOne/HarperCollins, $24.95.) Using knowledge about death and the spirit world to lead a more enlightened life. 133.91 VANPR If a title is owned by any library in the system, the call number is shown. Click on the link to see holdings and availability.   If 'PINES' is shown in place of a call number, then the title is owned somewhere in a PINES library in Georgia. New books may not be available immediately to request from other ECGRL libraries, or from other libraries in the PINES system, until it goes off the "new book" or "best seller" status.   "On order" signifies that the title is on order for one or more of the East Central Georgia Regional libraries.

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