by Vicki Myron
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Published 2008 by Grand Central Publishing

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The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the library. For the next 19 years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.Grand Central Publishing

by James Patterson
Against Medical Advice: A True Story
Published 2008 by Little Brown and Company

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In this nonfiction work with the pace of a thriller, Patterson tells the extraordinary and dramatic true story of one family's struggle with an agonizing medical mystery that began when the Friedmans' five-year-old son began having irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances.Little, Brown and Company

by Alice Schroeder
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Published 2008 by Bantam

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This highly-anticipated book recounts with intimate detail the life experience and life-wisdom of the man known as The Oracle of Omaha: Warren Buffet.

by Bill O'Reilly
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Published 2008 by Broadway Books

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In his most intimate book yet, Bill O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from being a working-class kid to an immensely influential television personality and bestselling author.

by Thomas L. Friedman
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America
Published 2008 by Farrar Straus Giroux

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Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.

by Jill Bolte Taylor
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Published 2008 by Viking Books

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A brain scientistas journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities

On the morning of December 10, 1996 Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain a the rational, grounded, detail and time-oriented side a swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.

In "My Stroke of Insight," Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. It would take eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of her knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.

Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happenedto her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By "stepping to the right of our left brains," we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. A fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind, "My Stroke of Insight" is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time.

by Maya Angelou
Letter to My Daughter
Published 2008 by Random House

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A completely new volume of distilled wisdom from Angelou contains short but spellbinding essays that invite one along on an inspirational journey that explores ideas garnered from a well-lived life.

by Jon Gosselin
Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets
Published 2008 by Zondervan

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Eight children in three years? Impossible!

Kate and Jon Gosselin have learned that, through God, all things are possible-though sometimes slightly improbable.

Just three years after giving birth to twin daughters, Kate and Jon learned they were pregnant again-with sextuplets. In Multiple Blessings, Kate candidly chronicles the emotional and exhausting challenges she and Jon faced from the time the babies were conceived through the first two years of their lives.

This amazing story of faith provides a heartening lesson in what it means to trust the faithful hand of God to provide the strength and courage to make it through life's seemingly impossible situations.

by John Grogan
The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir
Published 2008 by William Morrow & Company

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With his trademark blend of humor and pathos that made "Marley & Me" beloved by millions, John Grogan tells the powerful story of a son in the making--a universal journey of love, faith, and family that explores what it means to break away and find the way home once again.

by Philip Norman
John Lennon: The Life
Published 2008 by Ecco

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From the bestselling author of "Shout" comes an extraordinarily detailed, vibrant, in-depth account of the life of John Lennon--the most deeply researched and comprehensive biography to date. 16-page color photo insert; 16-page b&w photo insert.

by Martin Lindstrom
Buyology: Truth and Lies about Why We Buy
Published 2008 by Doubleday Business

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Marketing guru Lindstrom draws on a three-year study of people from around the world to overturn many of the assumptions, myths, and beliefs about what genuinely stimulates consumers' interest in a product and compels them to buy.

by Dick Morris
Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, C
Published 2008 by Harper

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In their "New York Times" bestseller "Outrage," Morris and McGann turned their spotlight on the American government's most egregious abuses. The authors return with a fresh list of government exploitation and corporate malfeasance just in time for the 2008 elections.

by Maureen McCormick
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
Published 2008 by William Morrow & Company

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The poignant memoir of the real woman who starred as the beloved Marcia Brady on "The Brady Bunch" series, "Here's the Story" offers a behind-the-scenes look at her time on the show and reveals what happened off-screen, and after the series ended. Two 16-page b&w photo inserts. (Biograpy/Autobiography)

by Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates
Published 2008 by Riverhead Hardcover

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From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Assassination Vacation" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.

by James M. McPherson
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Published 2008 by Penguin Press

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A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. "Tried by War" offers a revelatory portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis America has ever endured.