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Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of June 23, 1974

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ALIVE: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read
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ALIVE: The Story of the Andes Survivors

by Piers Paul Read · Lippincott

9 wks on list

True story about how a group of people who survived an airplane crash in the Andes had toresort to cannibalism in order to stay alive. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Fawn Broodie
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WORKING
Studs Terkel
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WORKING

by Studs Terkel · Pantheon

11 wks on list

A collection of interviews with working people in a wide variety of occupations.

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HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND
Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

by Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen · Random House

48 wks on list

" Sensible advice on how to give up childhood, accept yourself and your own maturity and deal with life on your own two feet." DALLAS TIMES HERALDIn this unique, bestselling question-and- answer guide to self-love and acceptance, two practicing psychologists (who are also married to one another) reveal the secret of pursuing happiness, by revealing to ourselves what we think we are striving for, and what it is that keeps us from achieving our goals.

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GO EAST, YOUNG MAN
William O. Douglas

GO EAST, YOUNG MAN

by William O. Douglas · Random House

6 wks on list

Douglas' own story of his life from his boyhood to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1939. He tells of poverty, polio, and minorities.

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