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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of November 7, 1954

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THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
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THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

by Norman Vincent Peale · Prentice-Hall, Inc

98 wks at #1 · 105 on list

This is a reprint of Norman Vincent Peale's classic self-help tract, read by millions in the last half century who were inspired by Peale's belief that faith in yourself makes good things happen to you. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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I'LL CRY TOMORROW
Lillian Roth
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I'LL CRY TOMORROW

by Lillian Roth · Frederick Fell, Inc

22 wks on list

Autobiography of the famous actress who became an alcoholic but came back.

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TNT: THE POWER WITHIN YOU
Claude M. and Harold Sherman Bristol
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TNT: THE POWER WITHIN YOU

by Claude M. and Harold Sherman Bristol · Prentice-Hall Inc

17 wks on list

"TNT, the power within you is a careful expansion of the ideas presented some years ago in a booklet called "T.N.T". - It rocks the earth!" It brings you essence of philopshy that has brought success and happiness to thousands. It unlocks the secrets of the subconcious mind and enables you to get what you want easily and with complete confidence"--Jacket.

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THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY OF SAGAMORE HILL
Hermann Hagedorn
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THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY OF SAGAMORE HILL

by Hermann Hagedorn · Macmillan

10 wks on list

History of the family of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States, who married (1) Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884) and (2) Edith Carow in 1886.

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THE WHITE AND THE GOLD
Thomas B. Costain
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THE WHITE AND THE GOLD

by Thomas B. Costain · Doubleday and Company, Inc

2 wks on list

THOMAS B. COSTAIN— A MAGNIFICENT STORYTELLER— HIS MOST ROUSING DRAMA Here is a huge and unforgettable epic, in color and spectacle equalling even The Black Rose and The Last Plantagenets. Told in the matchless style which marks the best of Costain, here is the vast panorama of a mighty land, of its vivid and violent people and of the turbulent centuries through which it grew to greatness. "A stirring and fascinating romance, a grand subject for such a vivid writer as Mr. Costain...The White and the Gold is a narrative that never flags"—Saturday Review "Exceptional reading"—Book-Of-The-Month Club News "A great writer and a great historian employs his genius in The White and the Gold"—Washington Post "Costain displays here to the full his genius for making the past live again"—Philadelphia Inquirer "A fine sense of the dramatic...a thrilling story...a rare combination of brilliant writing and thorough research"—Boston Herald "Of a high order...Lively, dramatic, crammed with heroic events and striking individuals...rousing"—New York Times "A fine book...a master writer"—Library Journal "Fascinating"—TIME

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