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Looking for new books that come out this week? Here are a few titles that you can expect to see in book stores starting August 19, 2008.

The Assassin by Stephen Coonts (St. Martins)

Old Bear by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Sovay by Celia Rees (Bloomsbury)

You can also find all of these titles on Amazon.

Looking for info on what books go on sale this week? Well, here is a partial list of what you will find newly on shelves in book stores starting August 12, 2008.

Selected on-sale titles for August 12:

Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (Simon & Schuster)

Open House by Nancy Pelosi with James Kaplan (Doubleday)

The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman (Morrow)

Breaking Free by Herschel Walker (Touchstone)

Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, illus. by James Stevenson (Delacorte)

Let’s Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton (Random/Corey)

Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts by Dr. Ernest Drake, ed. by Dugald A. Steer, illus. by Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson and Douglas Carrel (Candlewick)

Duck and Goose, 1, 2, 3 by Tad Hills (Random/Schwartz & Wade)

Born to Read by Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown (Knopf)

The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (Disney-Hyperion)

Tinker Bell Read-Aloud Storybook (Random/Disney)

Disney Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales (Disney Press)

You can also find all of these titles on Amazon.

Here is an interesting bit of news from the BBC. There is a set of royal books that are going to be put on display for the first time ever. BBC News reports that around 150 medieval and Renaissance books, as well as other literary artifacts,  are to be put on display at the British Library in London in 2011. These books were once owned by English monarchs. And this marks the first time for them to go on public display. There is even a manuscript that goes back to 1445 that will be in this collection!

According to the Guardian, Sebastian Faulks is tops! At that is what critics have said.

Apparently over 600 reading recommendations were taken into consideration. The end result was that Faulks was the most recommended author for the summer. Faulks has seven recommendations for his new James Bond novel Devil May Care as well as his books titles Birdsong and Engleby.

To see what else made the cut, be sure to have a look at the Guardian article by clicking on the link above.

As you may know, a movie came out Wednesday that is book related. The movie is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. It is from the popular YA series by Ann Brashares. The movie did not have a killer weekend at the box office like the first one did. It came in 2nd behind Pineapple Express. It made $5.7 million. Not great, but not horrible either.

This is a bit of interesting news. Even though she said she would not. And even though a few people paid a heck of a lot of money for exclusive copies of it.

There is going to be a new Harry Potter book out from JK Rowling this holiday season. Borders is supposed to be the only place you can get it. The book? The Tales of Beedle the Bard. It comes out December 4th.