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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of October 21, 1979

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THE DEAD ZONE
Stephen King
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THE DEAD ZONE

by Stephen King · Viking Press

2 wks at #1 · 7 on list
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THE LAST ENCHANTMENT
Mary Stewart
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THE LAST ENCHANTMENT

by Mary Stewart · Morrow

11 wks on list

When the rose-gold witch Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, ensnares him into an incestuous liaison to her own evil ends, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven.

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TRIPLE
Ken Follett
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TRIPLE

by Ken Follett · Arbor House

7 wks on list

Net Dickstein, uno de los mejores agentes secretos israelíes, tiene una misión crucial: hacer desaparecer el barco que transporta el uranio que Egipto necesita para poseer la bomba atómica. Ciertamente una misión casi imposible, ya que egipcios y palestinos no están dispuestos a contemplar pasivamente cómo se esfuma su gran baza para inclinar a su favor el conflicto de Oriente Medio. Una novela electrizante a partir de un suceso real.

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THE ESTABLISHMENT
Howard Fast

THE ESTABLISHMENT

by Howard Fast · Houghton Mifflin

2 wks on list

The return of a classic novel by legendary author Howard Fast, acclaimed and bestselling author of the "Immigrants" saga, "Spartacus," and "Citizen Tom Paine." This is the simple and moving story of Jamie Stuart, of the 11th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. Stuart, bound to a cobbler, had run away to join the army at seventeen. Now as a man of twenty-two, he is chosen one of the Committee of Sergeants who, on New Year's Day of 1781 -- when open revolt seemed the only way to justify the principles for which they fought -- organize and hold the Line together against its officers.

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SHADOW OF THE MOON
M.M. Kaye
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SHADOW OF THE MOON

by M.M. Kaye · St. Martin's Press

4 wks on list

M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man. When India bursts into flaming hatreds and bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny, Alex and Winter are thrown unwillingly together in the brutal and urgent struggle for survival.

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THE MATARESE CIRCLE
Robert Ludlum
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THE MATARESE CIRCLE

by Robert Ludlum · Richard Marek

31 wks on list

The Matarese Circle are the Corsican Brotherhood. Terrifying killers, their power could plunge the world into chaos and destruction within two years. Only two rival spies - and one mysterious woman - can stop them. Brandon Scofield, CIA, and the West's most professional assassin, and Vasili Taleniekov, former KGB, now wanted by the Politburo. They share a genius for espionage - and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, Scofield and Taleniekov have vowed to terminate each other, but now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers: the Matarese...

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SHIBUMI
Trevanian
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SHIBUMI

by Trevanian · Crown

23 wks on list
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CLASS REUNION
Rona Jaffe
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CLASS REUNION

by Rona Jaffe · Delacorte Press

20 wks on list

A story about friendship, love, and secrets that spans three decades--the fifties, sixties, and seventies--set against the background of the social mores that shaped al l our lives.

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THERE'S NO SUCH PLACE AS FAR AWAY
Richard Bach
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THERE'S NO SUCH PLACE AS FAR AWAY

by Richard Bach · Delacorte/ Eleanor Friede

18 wks on list

When she was about to turn five, a little girl named Rae Hansen invited Richard Bach to her birthday party. Though deserts, storms, mountains, and a thousand miles separated them, Rae was confident that her friend would appear. "There's No Such Place As Far Away" chronicles the exhilarating spiritual journey that delivered Rae's anxiously awaited guest to her side on that special day--and tells of the powerful and enduring gift that would keep him forever close to her heart. Written with the same elegant simplicity that made "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" a bestselling phenomenon, "There's No Such Place As Far Away" has touched the hearts of thousands of readers since its first publication in 1979. Richard Bach's inspiring, now-classic tale is a profound reminder that miles cannot truly separate us from friends...that those we love are always with us--every moment of the infinite celebration we call life. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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