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January 14, 2009

Behind the News

• A Look at 2008 Top Religion Bestsellers
  Forty-seven different titles landed on PW’s monthly 2008 hardcover charts but only two of them—Joel Osteen’s Become a Better You (Free Press) and Emerson Eggerichs’ Love & Respect (Thomas Nelson)—enjoyed double-digit monthly runs, 11 times for each. There was no single title that dominated the top spot and seven books made it to #1. more » » » 
• Winners of the 2008 Nat'l Jewish Book Awards
  For the second year in a row, the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award in the nation goes to a book about the Good Book. Tamara Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss are the winners of the Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award for The Torah: A Women's Commentary (URJ Press). more » » » 

Short Takes

• Short Takes
  Lynn Garrett launches consulting firm; JPS unveils a new interactive Web site; Evangelical Press announces expansion; BibleGateway teams with Christian Advertising Network; Study of Books Stolen by Nazis of be presented at AJL; Kregel’s expansion plans
  more » » » 

Author Interview

• John W. Kiser: Christian Spiritual Seeker Finds a Muslim Hero
  Christian author Kiser first came across the remarkable Algerian Muslim historical figure Abd El-Kader, who fought French colonization of Algeria for 17 years, in writing his previous book, Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria (St. Martin’s Press, 2003). more » » » 

RELIGION IN REVIEW

• I Love You, Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood
  Philip Gulley. HarperOne, $21.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-073659-0
  
  Some kids were evidently not unhappy growing up, but they can still get pretty good childhood memoirs, especially if they are honest about exaggerating. more » » » 
• A Lifetime of Wisdom: Filled with God’s Priceless Rubies
  Joni Eareckson Tada. Zondervan, $21.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-310-27342-4
  
  When a diving accident in 1967 paralyzed her from the neck down, Tada, then a teenager, questioned God and life itself. more » » » 
• Christotainment: Selling Jesus Through Popular Culture
  Edited by Shirley R. Steinberg and Joe L. Kinchloe. Westview Press, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-8133-4405-8
  
  This book of essays has a worthy subject: the comfortable marriage between popular culture and conservative Christianity. more » » » 
• Rich Brother, Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money, and Happiness
  Robert Kiyosaki and Emi Kiyosaki. Vanguard, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-59315-493-6
  
  The author of personal finance bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Kiyosaki has teamed up with his sister Emi, a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, to explore their respective paths to personal success. more » » » 

Christian Marketplace Bestsellers January 2009

• Hardcover
  
  1. What in the World Is Going On?
  David Jeremiah. Thomas Nelson
  2. Multiple Blessings
  Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. Zondervan
  3. Grace for the Moment, Morning and Evening Edition
  Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson
  4. Love and Respect
  Emerson Eggerichs. Thomas Nelson
  5. Jesus Calling
  Sarah Young. Thomas Nelson
  6. Cast of Characters
  Max Lucado. Thomas Nelson
  7. 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life
  Joyce Meyer. FaithWords
  8. Believing God Day by Day
  Beth Moore. B&H Books
  9. Sinner
  Ted Dekker. Thomas Nelson
  10. Walking with God
  John Eldredge. Thomas Nelson
  
  Paperbacks
  
  1. The Shack
  William P. Young. Windblown Media
  2. Every Now and Then
  Karen Kingsbury. Zondervan
  3. Sinner
  Ted Dekker. Thomas Nelson
  4. Sunset
  Karen Kingsbury. Tyndale
  5. The Love Dare
  Alex Kendrick. B&H Publishing
  6. Redeeming Love
  Francine Rivers. Waterbrook/Multnomah
  7. Dead Heat
  Joel C. Rosenberg. Tyndale
  8. The Longing
  Beverly Lewis. Bethany House
  9. Adam
  Ted Dekker. Thomas Nelson
  10. Alaska Twilight
  Colleen Coble. Thomas Nelson

 

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