Lone Wolf's Reviews with Amazon.com: Books Bestsellers 10/18

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LONE WOLF'S REVIEWS IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMAZON.COM DELIVERS
Books Bestsellers

Amazon.com Editor, Tim Appelo

FEATURED THIS WEEK:

This week, take golf lessons from Tiger Woods, learn the big business secret, fight back fear, and grab the bestseller steals of the week before someone else does. Also, browse the bestselling books of the past 24 hours. --Tim Appelo

Amazon.com 100 News Flash
Tiger Woods explains it all for you in How I Play Golf: his disastrous first putt in the 1995 Masters, his only "perfect" shot, and how you can perfect your own game.

 Check out this week's bestsellers in hardcover nonfiction

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Not-Yet-Published Bestsellers
Our reviewer just filed a rave for James Patterson's latest, Violets Are Blue: "This is one of the best Alex Cross thrillers yet." It's about a pack of killers who may honestly believe they are vampires. The book's available November 19, so pre-order your copy now.

 Browse Amazon.com's not-yet-published bestseller list

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New on the Bestseller List
In Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, Built to Last author Jim Collins conducts a huge computer-assisted study, narrows the findings down to 11 top firms, and deduces the secret to corporate success--and it's not a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. The key? Employing "the Hedgehog Concept" and avoiding "the Doom Loop" of restructuring.

 Read more

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Steals of the Week
Did you know you can save big on used books at Amazon.com? Last time I looked, the unstoppable self-help bestseller Who Moved My Cheese? was available used. It may be sold out at this moment, or more copies may have come up for sale. Why not see which bestsellers you can still grab for peanuts in Used Books? (You can also put your own used books up for sale!) Plus, catch the great deals while they last in our Bargain Books Outlet.

 Discover the bestselling bargain books of the past 24 hours

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Books to Make You Feel Better in Bad Times
Don't just sit there watching CNN and worrying! For the good of your troubled soul, learn how to be a "compassionate warrior" against fear and anger with American Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön's The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times. And because mind and body are connected, try 8 Minutes in the Morning: A Simple Way to Start Your Day That Burns Fat and Sheds the Pounds, by Jorge Cruise.


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Free Sample: Patricia Cornwell
"Unique was a petite eighteen-year-old with long, shimmering hair that was as black as ebony, and her skin was translucent like milk glass, her lips full and pink. She believed that her pale blue eyes could mesmerize whoever looked into them and that by casting as little as a glance at someone she could bend that person's mind to fit her Purpose. Unique could haunt someone for weeks, building up unbearable anticipation until the final act, which was a necessary and frenzied release...." Keep reading from Patricia Cornwell's latest novel, Isle of Dogs.

 Read more about Isle of Dogs

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Surprise Bestseller of the Week
I had no idea that Dune: House Corrino, the prequel to Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic (inspired by his notes), would be such a smash. Clearly, I underestimated the power-mad Emperor Shaddam Corrino, Duke Leto Atreides, and the subterranean slaves of the machine planet Ix! Read an excerpt.

 Discover the Movers & Shakers, the 25 fastest-rising new bestsellers of the past 24 hours

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