by Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead
One of Christie's last published novels, and perhaps Hercule Poirot's most controversial investigation, this stunner from the Queen of Crime isn't just a mystery...it made history.
by Joseph Wambaugh · Delacorte Press
The story of ten cops working the nightwatch out of Wiltshire Division in Los Angeles. Off duty they attend choir practice, a euphemism for the orgies of drink, food and sex that help them to escape the emotional torture of police work.
by Irving Stone · Doubleday
The 19th century archaeologist, with the help of his Greek wife, proved that Homer's Troy, with all its fabulous treasure, really existed.
by Chaim Potok · Knopf
David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught....
by Saul Bellow · Viking Press
Een filosofisch ingestelde Joods-Amerikaanse schrijver vestigt zich uit nostalgie in Chicago, zijn geboortestad en komt daar door een literaire erfenis in aanraking met tegenstrijdige krachten
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
