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Editor, Tim Appelo October 24, 2001
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This week, discover two books by Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul (plus his bitter former friend's memoir); save 40% on 400 bestsellers by Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and others; and pre-order Stephen Hawking's gorgeous new coffee-table book. Also, browse the bestselling books of the past 24 hours. --Tim Appelo


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And the Nobel Prize for literature goes to... V.S. Naipaul. Read Naipaul's semiautobiographical new novel, Half a Life, and his fierce opinions about what Islam has done to Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, and the world in Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples. And for an intimate, unflattering portrait of Naipaul, read his former friend Paul Theroux's poison-pen memoir, Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents.


Check out this week's bestsellers in hardcover nonfiction





Get a great deal on the season's hottest books, including Anne Rice's most recent vampire tale, Blood and Gold; Stephen King and Peter Straub's Black House; and Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.




Not-Yet-Published Bestsellers


Leap through the looking glass with Stephen Hawking via his beautifully illustrated coffee-table book sequel to A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell. Don't be a pea brain! Learn about "p-branes," the mysterious phenomena that could be the key to "the Theory of Everything." The book's available November 6, so pre-order your copy now.


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




Steals of the Week


Did you know you can save big on used books at Amazon.com? Last time I looked, Arlen Specter's fascinating, not remotely self-effacing memoir Passion for Truth: From Finding JFK's Single Bullet to Questioning Anita Hill to Impeaching Clinton 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




Surprise Bestseller


He grew up with Ray Charles, arranged for Sinatra and Basie, stole Peggy Lipton from Elvis and McCartney, produced Thriller, and survived a rat-eating childhood, a psychotic mother, and an invitation to Sharon Tate's last party. Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones is the ultimate Hollywood memoir. It bristles with inside insights: "They finally found him [Michael Jackson's boa constrictor Muscles] dangling from the parrot's cage, with the parrot's beak sticking out of his mouth. He'd swallowed that sucker bird whole and couldn't get his head out of the bars... that's a metaphor for Michael's life after Thriller, because at a certain point, he couldn't get out of the cage."


Browse the 25 bestselling entertainment books of the past 24 hours




Paperback of the Week


Bernard Lewis brings you up-to-speed fast in his erudite, readable The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years. Look inside this book.


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


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