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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of February 23, 1975

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STRICTLY SPEAKING
Edwin Newman
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STRICTLY SPEAKING

by Edwin Newman · Bobbs-Merrill

13 wks on list

Focuses on the state of the English language as a reflection of the sorry state of the society. This title skewers stereotypes, cliches, errors, and jargon used by weather forecasters, presidents, vice-presidents, sports-casters, diplomats, senators, pollsters, convention nominators, corporation executives, newsmen, and advertisers.

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THE ULTRA SECRET
F.W. Winterbotham
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THE ULTRA SECRET

by F.W. Winterbotham · Harper & Row

5 wks on list

"Operation Ultra was designed to intercept and decode German signals sent using Enigma, the top-secret German cypher machine. F.W. Winterbotham, was the man responsible for the organization, distribution and security of Ultra. This is his personal account of the operation."

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TALES OF POWER
Carlos Castaneda
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TALES OF POWER

by Carlos Castaneda · Simon & Schuster

16 wks on list

Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical." Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer's art—a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.

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A BRIDGE TOO FAR
Cornelius Ryan
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A BRIDGE TOO FAR

by Cornelius Ryan · Simon & Schuster

21 wks on list

The classic account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II. A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters—from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders—Ryan brings to life one of the most daring and ill-fated operations of the war. A Bridge Too Far superbly recreates the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation, which ended in bitter defeat for the Allies.

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