How can I change the order of tracks in iTunes?

When I changed the information of certain tracks such as the track title, album name etc. on some of my books on audio (because the information did not import with the audio, except to name them "track 1", "track 2" etc. or I changed the genre or whatever) the order of the tracks were changed in the iTunes lirary and subsequently on the iPod as well. Now of cource the chapters of the books play in an obscure order. Not good for audio books! I tried to "drag and drop" the tracks in the desired order, but that does not seem to work. Next I cleared them from iTunes altogether and sent them to the recycle bin and then restored them. Before I put them back into iTunes (when they were still just a file in a folder and not associated with any particular player) I even alphabetized the titles beginning with "1 of 5", "2 of 5" etc. but now the volumes of books are in different orders. As an example, in the "Left Behind" series by LaHaye and Jenkins now the book Apollyon plays first instead of it's correct order in the series which would be fifth. There must be a simple way to change the order of the way a book in a series of books or tracks of a book plays within iTunes without creating a seperate playlist for every book or series of books this happens to but I'll be darned if I can figure it out. Can someone please help me?
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No, iTunes does not put these in order when the top "Album" or "Name" tabs are clicked.
I tried that first of all, but failed to mention it in my original message. I appologize.
For instance, there are twelve books in the left behind series and each book (exept for two of them) has 5 tracks each, the two exceptions have four tracks each.
Using "get Info" and clicking the "Info" tab, all tracks of all books are labeled "Left Behind Series" in the field titled "Album".
On the right side of the dialoge box all tracks associated with the first book are labeled 1 of 12, second book, 2 of 12 and so on in the two boxes marked "Disc Number".
In the two boxes marked "Track Number" each track is labeled 1,2,3,4, or 5 of 5 for the corresponding track.
In the "Name" field for each track I use, for Example, Volume 2, Tribulation Force: Part 1 of 5.
The fourth book in the series is called "Soul Harvest" and is recorded on five rather lengthy tracks. The information for the third track of this book is labeled as follows:
Track Number: 3 of 5
Disc Number: 4 of 12
Name: Volume 4, Soul Harvest: Part 3 of 5
Artist: Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Album: Left Behind Series
I am using the latest version of iTunes, Ver:6.0.4.2, for Windows xp. I am resonabaly adept at moving around in the program and was certain that by changing the information as I did, I would not only make the information easier to see and use on my iPod but that the books would finaly play in order as they never have been in proper order before.
For the life of me I can not seem to figure this one out and find myself spending far too much time on this.
Intel 3.4 Ghz.   Windows XP Pro  

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