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A MOVEABLE FEAST
Ernest Hemingway
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A MOVEABLE FEAST

by Ernest Hemingway · Charles Scribner's Sons

19 wks at #1 · 4 on list

A Moveable Feast is a 1964 memoir by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years as a struggling expat journalist and writer in Paris during the 1920s. It was published posthumously.[1] The book details Hemingway's first marriage to Hadley Richardson and his associations with other cultural figures of the Lost Generation in Interwar France. The memoir consists of various personal accounts by Hemingway and involves many notable figures of the time, such as Sylvia Beach, Hilaire Belloc, Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Aleister Crowley, John Dos Passos, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Pascin, Ezra Pound, Evan Shipman, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and Hermann von Wedderkop. The work also references the addresses of specific locations such as bars, cafes, and hotels, many of which can still be found in Paris today.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Jim Bishop
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY

by Jim Bishop · Random House

14 wks on list

An hour-by-hour record of a typical day in the White House for President Kennedy, his family, and the office and domestic staff.

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THE NAKED SOCIETY
Vance Packard
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THE NAKED SOCIETY

by Vance Packard · David McKay

10 wks on list

Examines the invasion of privacy in the United States by government, business, and education. Describes surveillance techniques and tools of investigative experts

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JOHN LENNON IN HIS OWN WRITE
John Lennon
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JOHN LENNON IN HIS OWN WRITE

by John Lennon · Simon & Schuster

2 wks on list

About The Awful I was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by Madolf Heatlump (who only had one). Anyway they didn't get me. I attended to varicous schools in Liddypol. And still didn't pass -- much to my Aunties supplies. As a member of the most publified Beatles my (P, G, and R's) records might seem funnier to some of you than this book, but as far as I'm conceived this correction of short writty is the most wonderfoul larf I've every ready. God help and breed you all.

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PROFILES IN COURAGE
John F. Kennedy
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PROFILES IN COURAGE

by John F. Kennedy · Harper and Brothers

137 wks on list

The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline Kennedy and a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage serves as a clarion call to every American. In this book Kennedy chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes, coming from different junctures in our nation’s history, include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Now, a half-century later, the book remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the indomitable national spirit and an unparalleled celebration of that most noble of human virtues. It resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. Profiles in Courage is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword: “not just stories of the past but a book of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us." Along with vintage photographs and an extensive author biography, this book features Kennedy's correspondence about the writing project, contemporary reviews, a letter from Ernest Hemingway, and two rousing speeches from recipients of the Profile in Courage Award. Introduction by John F. Kennedy’s daughter Caroline Kennedy, forward by John F. Kennedy’s brother Robert F. Kennedy.

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