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Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of November 29, 1970

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THE SENSUOUS WOMAN
"J"
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THE SENSUOUS WOMAN

by "J" · Lyle Stuart

10 wks at #1 · 32 on list

A systematic guide to developing sensuality through organized exercises and practiced techniques

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CIVILISATION
Kenneth Clark
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CIVILISATION

by Kenneth Clark · Harper & Row

6 wks on list

The skin of our teeth (50:43) illuminates the Dark Ages, the six centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire. The great thaw (48:24) traces the sudden reawakening of 12th-century European civilization from the first manifestations at the Abbey of Cluny to its high point, the building of the cathedral at Chartres. Romance and reality (49:56) explores the achievements of the later Middle Ages in France and Italy.

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FUTURE SHOCK
Alvin Toffler
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FUTURE SHOCK

by Alvin Toffler · Random House, Inc

7 wks on list

Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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PAPILLON
Henri Charriere
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PAPILLON

by Henri Charriere · William Morrow and Company

8 wks on list

Papillon is an autobiographical novel, or sometimes referred to as a narrative novel. A memoir by convicted felon Henri Charrière that accounts for a fourteen-year period in Charrière's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945) from when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Devil's Island penal colony, to when he escaped from prison to Venezuela free of French justice.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.