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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of July 2, 1989

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SUMMER OF '49
David Halberstam
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SUMMER OF '49

by David Halberstam · Morrow

1 wks at #1 · 6 on list
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LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Bill Cosby
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THE GOOD TIMES
Russell Baker
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PAPA, MY FATHER
Leo Buscaglia
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PAPA, MY FATHER

by Leo Buscaglia · Slack

2 wks on list

While relating specific events which he remembers about his own father, Leo Buscaglia has written this book "in celebration of all fathers." Readers are reminded that seemingly ordinary events can forever remind us of a cherished family member. This book reached #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
Stephen W. Hawking
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

by Stephen W. Hawking · Bantam

63 wks on list

Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? From Galileo and Newton to modern astrophysics, from the breathtakingly cast to the extraordinarily tiny, Professor Hawking leads us on an exhilarating journey to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions--as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. From the vantage point of the wheelchair from which he has spent more than twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Stephen Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. Cogently explained, passionately revealed, "A Brief History of Time is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge: the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

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THE NIGHT THE BEAR ATE GOOMBAW
Patrick F. McManus
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THE NIGHT THE BEAR ATE GOOMBAW

by Patrick F. McManus · Holt

8 wks on list

"McManus here offers another bag of whimsy in the Great Outdoors.... A text light enough to keep in your backpack, even if you forget the compass." -Kirkus Reviews

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DAVE BARRY SLEPT HERE
Dave Barry
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DAVE BARRY SLEPT HERE

by Dave Barry · Random House

1 wks on list

A collection of commentaries on the little insanities of everyday life and essays offering advice cover such topics as household perils, the government and taxation, culture, health habits, finance, and traveling

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CITIZENS
Simon Schama
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CITIZENS

by Simon Schama · Knopf

12 wks on list

Considers the fullest resources of social, cultural, and political history and includes accounts of private and public lives to help see the reality of the revolution.

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