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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of January 30, 1977

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ROOTS
Alex Haley
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ROOTS

by Alex Haley · Doubleday

22 wks at #1 · 17 on list
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PASSAGES
Gail Sheehy
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PASSAGES

by Gail Sheehy · Dutton

32 wks on list

Identifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult life.

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THE HITE REPORT
Shere Hite
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ADOLF HITLER
John Toland
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ADOLF HITLER

by John Toland · Doubleday

17 wks on list

Vol. 1 of 2.

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LETTERS OF E.B. WHITE
Dorothy Lobrano Guth

LETTERS OF E.B. WHITE

by Dorothy Lobrano Guth · Harper & Row

1 wks on list

After his biography was published (in 1984), E. B. White offered this insider's review: "I wish you the joy of the book and am only sorry my life wasn't crowded with exciting, bawdy, violent events. I know how hard it is to write about a fellow who spends most of his time crouched over a typewriter. That was my fate, too."

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THE RIGHT AND THE POWER
Leon Jaworski
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THE RIGHT AND THE POWER

by Leon Jaworski · Reader's Digest Press/Gulf Publishing Co

19 wks on list

The secrets of Watergate were hidden by lies and deceit, and only one man had the right and the power to bring the White House to justice. In this book Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski for the first time explains and documents the details of the behind-the-scenes struggles for the White House tape recordings, the release of which culminated in a historic Supreme Court decision and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

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