Just a brief update from last week, until I finish my current stack of books. They may also meet your needs for Father's Day appreciation.

Scott McClellan's book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong with Washington is back in our stores. Call now if your Dad needs one on his breakfast tray Sunday morning. On sale with 10% off for $25.16.

Another that your Dad may appreciate... if he is of an open-minded politically-thoughtful persuasion... Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria's The Post-American World. Insightfully analytic about the shifting nature of the world's wealth and influence, especially within the portion that is traditionally perceived as "third-world"; about these new rising economic and political powerhouses; and about the changing role that the United States will play. Also a 10%-off Bestseller for $23.36.

On the more entertaining side, Sebastian Faulks was tapped to carry on the Ian Fleming legacy, and, after portraying Engleby, the emotionally-disconnected, young egoist, who else could capture the cool-headed Bond in true Ian Fleming style. Check out Devil May Care... with a deformed evil mastermind, an objectifiably one-dimensional leading lady, thrilling super-human escapes, it fits the 007 bill. Also a Booksense Bestseller at 10% off for $22.46.

And while it's not on sale, Walter Borneman's biography Polk: The Man who Transformed the Presidency reads like a novel, elucidating a man and a time that changed not only the role of the president, but also the position of the United States geographically and politically, and as a result, affected the mindset of the American people.

And finally, one for yourself... or perhaps for a father who doesn't fear a less than positive comparison. Augusten Burroughs' father was distant and an alcoholic, but publicly charming and a successful professor. We have been exposed to him previously in Running with Scissors. Now A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father gives him the full Burroughs humorous and shocking treatment. 10% off at $22.46.

Until next week,
Andrew