TheBestseller
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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of December 15, 1957

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BARUCH: MY OWN STORY
Bernard M. Baruch

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

by Bernard M. Baruch · Henry Holt and Company

19 wks at #1 · 15 on list

Baruch's autobiography relates the best and worst of his stock market experiences, gives a vivid glimpse of the days of the likes of J.P. Morgan and the Guggenheims and tells the details of his investment philosophy.

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THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Winston S. Churchill
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THE AGE OF REVOLUTION

by Winston S. Churchill · Dodd, Mead and Company

8 wks on list

A four-volume history of the British Empire from the Roman invasions to the death of Queen Victoria and its influence upon the other English speaking peoples of the world.

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY
Harold Gilliam
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY

by Harold Gilliam · Doubleday

6 wks on list

The history, life, and lore of California's vital inland sea, intimately detailed by a feature writer of "the San Francisco chronicle."

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THE REFORMATION
Will Durant

THE REFORMATION

by Will Durant · Simon & Schuster

10 wks on list

Examines the social revolution that accompanied the religious revolution at different phases of the Reformation.

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