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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of August 18, 1991

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THE FIRM
John Grisham
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THE FIRM

by John Grisham · Doubleday

23 wks on list
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PASTIME
Robert B. Parker
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PASTIME

by Robert B. Parker · Putnam

4 wks on list

Spenser goes back to school--to investigate corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. And if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life...

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HEIR TO THE EMPIRE
Timothy Zahn
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HEIR TO THE EMPIRE

by Timothy Zahn · Spectra/Bantam

13 wks on list

The Star Wars saga continues--starring Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and all the other beloved characters! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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BEAST
Peter Benchley
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BEAST

by Peter Benchley · Random House

8 wks on list

"Makes the shark from "Jaws" look like a pet goldfish . . ." USA Weekend Straight from the cutting edge of science and the logs of ancient mariners comes an immense horror -- a creature that rises up from the well of an ocean gone mad with an insatiable hunger and an endless lust to kill. One man leads a harrowing struggle to defeat the beast amid a threatened Bermuda paradise. His name is Whip Darling, a down-and-out sea dog who doesn't know where he'll get his next meal -- or whether it will get him first. From the Paperback edition.

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TEXAS! SAGE
Sandra Brown
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TEXAS! SAGE

by Sandra Brown · Doubleday

2 wks on list

Turning her formidable talent for the first time to the creation of a trilogy, Sandra Brown gives readers a family to remembers in the Tylers. In oil-bust country, the Tylers are struggling to keep their drilling business from bankruptcy. In Texas! Chase, the hero is not only beset by hard times but still mourning the death of his pregnant wife in a car crash the previous year. But a woman from his past will change his destiny forever. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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THE WILD ROSE
Doris Mortman
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THE WILD ROSE

by Doris Mortman · Bantam

1 wks on list

From the old world elegance of Budapest to the opulence of Manhattan and the glittering capitals of Washington, London, and Paris, comes a magnificent story of love and danger, passion and heart-stopping intrigue... Katalin and Steven: even as children in Hungary, they has shared a special bond. Then tragedy struck, cruelly tearing them apart. they would grow up separated by an ocean and an iron curtain... together only in their hearts. Now, after years of work and hardship, Steven has forged a new life in a new land, rising from the coal mines of Kentucky to the corridors of power to become the man who has everything--except the one thing he longs for the most... Now, Katalin has won fame as an internationally acclaimed pianist with an adoring public, a brilliant future, and a handsome, powerful husband. Yet night after night, she gives her most stung performance offstage-when she escapes her barren marriage to lead a dangerous double life... and now, Katalin and Steven have found each other once again--only to discover that walls of deceit still keep them apart. and for Katalin--called The Wild Rose for breathtaking beauty, her defiant spirit, and her unquenchable thirst for freedom--the moment has come when she must risk everything for the man who meant more to her than life itself.

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OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Dr. Seuss
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OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

by Dr. Seuss · Random House

An interactive board book adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic—featuring 12 different sounds! Perfect for celebrating little ones' milestone moments, from first steps to preschool graduation! Introduce little ones to the world of Dr. Seuss with this super simple interactive adaptation of Oh, the Places You'll Go! that's just right for babies and toddlers. From the sound of clomping shoes and trumpeting elephants to howling Hacken-Kraks and cheering crowds, the twelve sounds featured in the story bring to life the Great Places a child's feet will carry them! This book includes colorful sound buttons, a handy on/off switch, and batteries that can be easily replaced.

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