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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of February 10, 1980

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ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS
Norman Cousins
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ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS

by Norman Cousins · Norton

12 wks on list

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.

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CRUEL SHOES
Steve Martin
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CRUEL SHOES

by Steve Martin · Putnam's

37 wks on list

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."

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SERPENTINE
Thomas Thompson
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SERPENTINE

by Thomas Thompson · Doubleday

13 wks on list

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

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Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman

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by Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

1 wks on list

En este libro se exponen las teorias economicas neoliberales. Milton friedman, padre espiritual de la escuela economica de chicago, teoriza sobre la intervencion del estado en la economia, la inflacion, el bienestar, etc.

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THE AMERICANS
Alistair Cooke

THE AMERICANS

by Alistair Cooke · Knopf

8 wks on list

Breve sendt til BBC's lyttere

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