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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of October 26, 1980

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CRISIS INVESTING
Douglas R. Casey
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CRISIS INVESTING

by Douglas R. Casey · Stratford Press/Harper

10 wks at #1 · 8 on list

Advances strong evidence of an inevitable, disastrous economic depression in the United States and provides specific advice on preparing for the crash and making a profit during it.

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CRAIG CLAIBORNE'S GOURMET DIET
Craig Claiborne with Pierre Franey
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CRAIG CLAIBORNE'S GOURMET DIET

by Craig Claiborne with Pierre Franey · Times Books

11 wks on list

A haute cuisine diet incorporating two hundred outstanding gourmet recipes presents dozens of carefully planned meals featuring low-salt, low-fat, and beefless dishes created by Claiborne with master chef Pierre Franey

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AMERICAN DREAMS
Studs Terkel
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AMERICAN DREAMS

by Studs Terkel · Pantheon

1 wks on list

In this unique exploration of the most pervasive of national myths, Studs Terkel brings together a multitude of voices to articulate widely different versions of "The American Dream." From farm kids longing for the city to city kids determined to get out, from the Boston Brahmin to the KKK member, from newly arrived immigrants to families who have lived in this country for generations, American Dreams highlights the hopes and frustrations of people from every quarter of the United States. Book jacket.

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FREE TO CHOOSE
Milton & Rose Friedman
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FREE TO CHOOSE

by Milton & Rose Friedman · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

38 wks on list

En este libro se exponen las teorias economicas neoliberales. Milton friedman, padre espiritual de la escuela economica de chicago, teoriza sobre la intervencion del estado en la economia, la inflacion, el bienestar, etc.

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NOTHING DOWN
Robert G. Allen
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NOTHING DOWN

by Robert G. Allen · Simon & Schuster

25 wks on list

Summary: Holographs, drafts, and proofs of "Tokyo no hana", "Saigon : south of beyond" and "Cairo, the cabaret in the desert"

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LYNDON
Merle Miller

LYNDON

by Merle Miller · Putnam's

5 wks on list

"A biography of Lyndon Johnson ranging from his birth to his death in 1973. Includes interviews with Lady Bird, John Kenneth Galbraith, J. William Fulbright, Larry O'Brien, Hubert Humphrey, and hundreds of others." --

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