



CRUEL SHOES
by Steve Martin · Putnam's
A collection of short humorous pieces including "Women Without Bones," "The Day the Dopes Came Over," "How to Fold Soup," Dogs in My Nose," "Cruel Shoes," and "What to Say When the Ducks Show up."

SERPENTINE
by Thomas Thompson · Doubleday
Tells the story of the crimes of a handsome young man and his accomplice, whose victims were tourists in Hong Kong, France, Greece, and Italy and whose methods were poisoning, burying, and burning

HOW TO PROSPER DURING THE COMING BAD YEARS
by Howard J. Ruff · Times Books
The author prescribes solid, easily understood, easily managed investment plan as hedges against inflation and details and where to acquire them safely, and even how to profit from the decisions when the economy eventually statilizes.


ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS
by Norman Cousins · Norton
This bestselling classic, which started the revolution in patients working with their doctors and using humor to boost their bodies' capacity for healing, is back in this new, updated edition.



CONNECTIONS
by James Burke · Little, Brown
Explores the accidents of time, place, and circumstance that culminated in the century's technological achievements: the computer, the telephone, the production line, the airplane, the atomic bomb, the guided rocket, plastics, and television.

SECOND WIND
by Bill Russell and Taylor Branch · Random House
The controversial basketball star recounts the events of his life and career, offers an inside look at professional basketball, and sounds off about freedom, race, marriage, religion, and American culture
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.

