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Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of November 8, 1970

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THE SENSUOUS WOMAN
"J"
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THE SENSUOUS WOMAN

by "J" · Lyle Stuart

10 wks at #1 · 29 on list

A systematic guide to developing sensuality through organized exercises and practiced techniques

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ZELDA
Nancy Milford
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ZELDA

by Nancy Milford · Harper & Row

20 wks on list

Zelda Sayre began as a Southern beauty, became an international wonder, and died by fire in a madhouse. With her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, she moved in a golden aura of excitement, romance, and promise. The epitome of the Jazz Age, together they rode the crest of the era: to its collapse and their own.From years of exhaustive research, Nancy Milford brings alive the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda and clarifies as never before her relationship with Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda traces the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husband's career and her own talent.

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FUTURE SHOCK
Alvin Toffler
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FUTURE SHOCK

by Alvin Toffler · Random House, Inc

4 wks on list

Examines the effects of rapid industrial and technological changes upon the individual, the family, and society. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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PAPILLON
Henri Charriere
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PAPILLON

by Henri Charriere · William Morrow and Company

5 wks on list

Papillon is an autobiographical novel, or sometimes referred to as a narrative novel. A memoir by convicted felon Henri Charrière that accounts for a fourteen-year period in Charrière's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945) from when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Devil's Island penal colony, to when he escaped from prison to Venezuela free of French justice.

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BALL FOUR
Jim Bouton and Leonard Shecter
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BALL FOUR

by Jim Bouton and Leonard Shecter · World Publishing Co

17 wks on list

A famous expose of baseball behind the scenes has been expanded to include Bouton's comeback to the big leagues, the breakup of his marriage, and his current career as a writer and television personality

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CIVILISATION
Kenneth Clark
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CIVILISATION

by Kenneth Clark · Harper & Row

3 wks on list

The skin of our teeth (50:43) illuminates the Dark Ages, the six centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire. The great thaw (48:24) traces the sudden reawakening of 12th-century European civilization from the first manifestations at the Abbey of Cluny to its high point, the building of the cathedral at Chartres. Romance and reality (49:56) explores the achievements of the later Middle Ages in France and Italy.

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