Jeffrey Archer finds ‘Paths of Glory’ on bestseller list

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amartya Sen's "The Idea of Justice" climbed eight steps to reach the number one spot in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "The Lost Symbol" by author Dan Brown continued to dominate the fiction category. The top 10 in each section are as follows: Non-fiction 1.

September 10th, 2009 G-20 protesters told to use Pittsburgh parking lotPITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh plans to lease a downtown parking lot for four days to accommodate protesters during the Group of 20 economic summit this month. City Public Safety Director Mike Huss told reporters Thursday the plan "strikes a great balance between providing for the security and then also providing an area of open public access." But protest organizer Naomi Archer says a "protest pit" is unacceptable and demonstrators must be allowed to be in a free and open area.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Arundhati Roy's new book "Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy" topped the non-fiction category of the bestseller list this week while "The Wish Maker: A Novel" by Ali Sethi dominated the fiction list. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Prisoner of the State" by late Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang continues to dominate the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week while James Patterson's "Swimsuit" - the new entrant - tops the fiction group. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of the publishing firm Penguin will hold special walks in various cities around the world Friday on the occasion of World Environment Day to support the 'plant a billion trees' campaign of the UN Environment Programme, a spokesperson of the firm said here Thursday. In the capital, employees of Penguin and sister firm Pearson Education will hold their walk in the historic Siri Fort area.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's "Stranger to History", that has been ruling the non-fiction section for over a month now, continued to maintain its position on the bestseller list this week, while "Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero" by Rick Riordan topped the fiction group for the second week running. The top 10 in each section are as follows: Non-fiction 1.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's book 'Stranger to History' continued to dominate the bestseller list in the non-fiction category for the third week while Paulo Coelho was the new author atop the fiction list, with his latest 'The Winner Stands Alone'. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

April 19th, 2009 PORT OF SPAIN - A book that was presented to US President Barak Obama by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a regional leaders' summit here, rocketed to bestseller status overnight on the online bookstore Amazon.com. The 'Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent' by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, was presented to Obama in a friendly gesture by the Venezuelan leader at the Fifth Summit of the Organisation of the Americas (OAS).

April 11th, 2009 Bollywood actor Sharman Joshi is shooting for 'Three Idiots', based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller 'Five Point Someone', and says he has stuck a 'special chord' of camaraderie with the author. 'Chetan and I have become very good friends.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two books that have stayed in the bestseller lists for weeks fought their way back to top their categories this week - 'Delhi: Adventures in A Megacity' by Sam Miller in the non-fiction section, and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga in the fiction group. The top 10 in each category are: Non-fiction 1.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight'. Such words of wisdom from Rujuta Divekar topped the bestseller list in the non-fiction category here this week.

March 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand mountaineer has criticised a claim by author Jeffrey Archer in a new book that a British climber conquered Mount Everest years before Sir Edmund Hillary, a newspaper reported Sunday. Archer's book, Paths of Glory, is a fictionalised account of the life of George Mallory, who died on Everest in 1924, 29 years before Hillary climbed the world's tallest peak with Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Books on and by US President Barack Obama dominated the bestseller list in the non-fiction category here this week, while 'Solo' by Rana Dasgupta went straight to the top of the charts in the fiction category. Here are the top 10 in each group: Non-Fiction 1.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a clutch of new entries such as 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun J. Tejpal, 'Scarpetta' by Patricia Cornwell and 'Silks' by D Francis & F Francis in the fiction bestseller list this week.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1.