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USA E1 3U The book list appears every Sunday. For each title, the format and publisher listed are for the best-selling version of that title this week. Reporting outlets include Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Barnes Noble.com, Barnes Noble Barnes Noble e-books, BooksAMillion.com, Books-A-Million, Costco, Hudson Booksellers, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Lexington, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Cleveland, Pittsburgh), Kobo, Powell's Books (Portland, Powells.com, R.J. Julia Booksellers (Madison, Schuler Books Music (Grand Rapids, Okemos, Eastwood, Alpine, Sony Reader Store, Target, Tattered Cover Book Store (Denver). nn Rank this week nn Rank last week(F) Fiction(NF) (P) Paperback(H)Hardcover(E) E-book Publisher in italics BOOKLIST.USATODAY.COM WHAT The English have always taken pride in civility, so it should come as no surprise that the government debated how to deal with Hitler as the Nazi war machine began lurching across Europe.

The question: Should the war be conducted in the traditional British gentlemanly fashion? Amember of Parliament ridiculed the idea. you are for your life against a ruthless he told his colleagues, cannot be governed by the Queensbury The rules concern few in the tight-knit group of Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Defeat (Picador, 368 eeeg out of four) Giles richly detailed narration of British government-sanctioned sabotage and other hit-and-run tactics against Germany. The book is a fascinating account of top-secret operatives who designed and deployed the chilling but effective weapons of clandestine warfare mines, mortars, magnetic bombs others, agents who ed behind enemy lines with orders to disrupt and kill. The goal was to strikeand leave no trace leaving the enemy to decide if an act was sabotage, an accident or something else. a terribly bloody business and Milton, a best-selling British author, neither nor disparages it.

He simply lets historical speak for themselves. The secret group began forming in 1939. Winston Churchill championed it after becoming prime minister, convinced it was needed to defeat the Nazis. Some British officers and others in the War Office were Ageneral halts a guerrilla training session in which a sharpened trowel is demonstrated as a tool for cutting carotid arteries. is the general shouts.

we are British. We do not stoop to thug-element But the general is interrupted by Churchill himself, who hustles the general away and orders the training to continue. it Churchill says. And they do. Some chapters are devoted to missions, such as the night theft of three ships from Fernando Po, an island off of West Africa.

That operation goes smoothly, in large part because of the determination of pirates and the drunken state of German officers ashore. More sobering is the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, personal representative in what is now the Czech Republic. Heydrich was among the most brutal of Nazi officers and one of the architects of the Holocaust. Even Hitler described him as man with an iron Though the Czech government in exile pressed for the assassination of a prominent German official, Milton notes the British debated killing even someone of They knew the Germans would retaliate, but were aware Heydrich already was executing civilians. The order is given and the assassins, and the Czechs, pay a heavy price.

Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing. AP British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gives a Aug. 27, 1941. REVIEW GEORGE PETRAS Milton examines the hard tactics of group war on the Nazis GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARKTENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA The western section of the most-visited national park will experience up to two minutes and 20 seconds of totality.

The park has organized three viewing areas, including Cades Cove, Oconaluftee and Cling- mans Dome. Viewing from the latter, the highest peak in the park, will be by ticket only. have the full view around you and will be able to see the shadow of the moon Moromisato says. nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/ CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PRESERVEIDAHO Moromisato says a certain symmetry to watching an eclipse involving the moon on a landscape named after the moon. an otherworldly place right at the edge of the Total darkness will last about a minute.

nps.gov/crmo CARBONDALE, ILL. The home of Southern Illinois University is promoting itself as the Crossroads of Not only is it at the center of the excitement this year, but seven years from now, on April 8, 2024, it will experience a similar event when aNorth American eclipse crosses the country from Texas to Maine. carbondaleeclipse.com GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKWYOMING The famed Rockies park sits in the middle of the eclipse path and will experience up to two minutes and 20 seconds of darkness. Moromisato says rangers likely will provide programming for the event. another great reason to see it in a national park as opposed to the middle of a highway nps.gov/grte HOPKINSVILLE, KY.

If you want to eke out every second of the eclipse, this western Kentucky town is one of your best bets. It will experience a full two minutes, 41 seconds of darkness, plus the event coincides with the annual Little Green Men Festival, inspired by a UFO incident from the 1950s. a small little local town celebrating. They will have a lot of little cool Moromisato says. visithopkinsville.com ST.

JOSEPH, MO. The town north of Kansas City sits near the center of the path and has planned viewing areas, including ahistoric mansion overlooking the Missouri River bluffs. The chamber of commerce says some national hotel reservations websites and reservations centers are incorrectly indicating the hotels are sold out, and urges visitors to call local hotels directly to book rooms. StJoMoEclipse.com CHARLESTON, S.C. The historic coastal city has rolled out an array of packages for the event, from hotel rooftop viewing with a College of Charleston astronomy instructor, to a blues and barbecue harbor cruise on a paddle wheeler.

is essentially the last place in the United States that will see the Moromisato says. charlestoncvb.com/ HOMESTEAD NATIONAL MONUMENT OF AMERICA NEBRASKA This park plans a full weekend celebration leading up to the Monday eclipse, promising over the Events include a photography workshop, music and stargazing. The park gift already selling a range of souvenir merchandise. nps.gov/home NASHVILLE capital will be the biggest city to go completely dark. can just walk out the door and see a total eclipse.

going to be a shared experience. Everyone will be talking about this for the next 10 Moro- misato says. And it just might inspire a new country music classic. visitmusiccity.com On Aug. 21, a swath of the USA will plunge into darkness during a continent- wide total eclipse of the sun.

The zone of totality, where stars could briefly come out in the middle of the day, crosses 12 states from Oregon to South Carolina, and already folks are packing their eclipse-watching glasses and hotel rooms are selling out. lot of people will have a chance to see a spectacular says George Moromisato of 101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky (Adventure Publications, shares some promising places for watching the west-to-eastcelestial event with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY. 10 great places to see this solar eclipse AKOS KOKAI Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park will experience more than two minutes of totality during the Aug. 21 eclipse. SOU CE NA A AN OE HRK A OD AY Gulf of exico Gulf of exico Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean EX I CO ANA A E.

I AH O. EB. KAN O. ILL KY NN A S.C. US A Aug 21, oo had will oss: AT AM RI AN EC LIP SE 400 Mil es Path of total eclipse JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT OREGON The National Park Service already is planning for crowds in usually a quiet corner of Oregon.

The three units, known for an abundance of plant and animal fossils, all will plunge into darkness for up to two minutes. a wonderful setting with a great chance of clear Moromisato says. The monument bookstore will carry eclipse-viewing glasses and but suggests visitors bring their own in case they sell out. nps.gov/joda THE TOP 10 1 3 The Shack William P. Young Man reconnects with God after the death of a child (F) (P) Windblown Media 2 1 Heartbreak Hotel Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware and homicide detective Milo Sturgis investigate the death of an elderly woman(F) (E) Ballantine 3 6 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty Three mothers are linked by their kindergartners and what might be a murder (F) (E) Amy Einhorn 4 2 Burn Helen Hardt Jonah Steel turns to Dr.

Melanie Carmichael to investigate his abduction(F) (E) Waterhouse Press 5 4 The Secret Wife Gill Paul Kitty Fisher retreats to her cabin, where she discovers a family secret (F) (E) Avon 6 7 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly The story of black female mathematicians at NASA who helped launch the space race(NF) (P) William Morrow Paperbacks 7 10 AMan Called Ove Fredrik Backman Agrumpy man his solitary world shattered when ayoung family moves in next door (F) (P) Washington Square Press 8 The Legend of Zelda: Art Artifacts Nintendo Collection of pieces from video history, including game box art(NF) (H) Dark Horse Books 9 5 Purpose W. Bruce Cameron Dog searches for purpose as reincarnated several times (F) (P) Forge 10 11 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance Subtitle: Memoir of a Family and Culture in (NF) (H) Harper No Reese Witherspoon, No. 1 cheerleader for books by women, has been a champion of Liane page-turner Big Little Lies from the get-go.

And now, with the HBO adaptation starring Witherspoon in full swing, novel is rising again on USA Best-Selling Books list. This week it hits No. 3, matching its previous high of Aug. 7, 2014, when it landed as an immediate best seller at No. 3.

The novel has been in USA top 150 for 93 weeks and returned to the top 50 on Jan. 19 at No. 44, as publicity for the seven-part miniseries geared up. Witherspoon quickly snapped up rights to spicy tale of helicopter moms and murder; co-star Nicole Kidman also is an executive producer on the series. Witherspoon, who shares books reading on Instagram via is continuing her love affair with Moriarty.

The actress and Kidman have acquired rights to Truly Madly Guilty which landed on the list at No. 2 on Aug. 4, 2016. Jocelyn McClurg BOOK BUZZ NE ON THE LIST AND IN PUBLISHING.