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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of March 9, 1975

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STRICTLY SPEAKING
Edwin Newman
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STRICTLY SPEAKING

by Edwin Newman · Bobbs-Merrill

15 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

7 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

18 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.

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