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Week of March 23, 1969

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THE MONEY GAME
"Adam Smith" (George Goodman)
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THE MONEY GAME

by "Adam Smith" (George Goodman) · Random House

42 wks at #1 · 40 on list

"The best book there is about the stock market"—timeless investing basics by the host of the Emmy Award–winning show Adam Smith's Money World ( The New York Times Book Review). This essential book takes readers to the Street to learn about the intricacies of money and how the stock market impacts every area of our lives. According to the author, the key to making wise, lucrative investments is knowing ourselves. In witty, easily accessible language, he shares pithy insights about the role of intuition and the psychology of guilt, arguing that there is no substitute for information. Smith's Irregular Rules shatter common myths and misconceptions, revealing why nothing works all the time and illustrating how greed and fear fuel the market. Readers will learn about the safest types of investing, the key to following market trends, and how to capitalize growth, gleaning tips on stock movers, winners and losers, and much more. Peppered with entertaining and prescient anecdotes, The Money Game analyzes who makes the really big money and explores the meaning of our desire to become rich. From selling short and buying long to Wall Street's crowd mentality, from what constitutes a random walk to why timing is everything, this is the definitive portrait of the Street, then and now.

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THE TRAGEDY OF LYNDON JOHNSON
Eric F. Goldman
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THE TRAGEDY OF LYNDON JOHNSON

by Eric F. Goldman · Alfred A. Knopf

3 wks on list

Examines the events occurring during Johnson's administration as president and analyzes the decisions, and accomplishments of this president.

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JENNIE
Ralph G. Martin
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THE JOYS OF YIDDISH
Leo Rosten
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THE JOYS OF YIDDISH

by Leo Rosten · McGraw-Hill

6 wks on list

Do you know when to cry Mazel tov -- and when to avoid it like the plague? Did you know that Oy! is not a word, but a vocabulary with 29 distinct variations, sighed, cried, howled, or moaned, employed to express anything from ecstasy to horror? Here are words heard 'round the English-speaking world: chutzpa, or gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, " ... that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and his father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." Then there's mish-mosh, or mess, hodgepodge, total confusion ... and shamus, or private eye. They're all here and more, in Leo Rosten's glorious classic The Joys of Yiddish, which weds scholarship to humor and redefines dictionary to reflect the heart and soul of a people through their language, illuminating each entry with marvelous stories and epigrams from folklore and the Talmud, from Bible to borscht belt and beyond. With Rosten's help, anyone can pronounce and master the nuances of words that convey everything from compassion to skepticism. Savor the irresistible pleasure of Yiddish in this banquet of a book!--Amazon.com.

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