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Week of July 11, 1982

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A FEW MINUTES WITH ANDY ROONEY
Andrew A. Rooney
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A FEW MINUTES WITH ANDY ROONEY

by Andrew A. Rooney · Atheneum

31 wks on list

Provides a collection of more than fifty of the best of "Sixty Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney's award-winning essays on the current American political, economic, and social scene.

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A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Shel Silverstein
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A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

by Shel Silverstein · Harper & Row

36 wks on list

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK! From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings—a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old. This digital edition also includes twelve poems previously only available in the special edition hardcover. A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again. Here in the attic you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. Come on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home. And don't miss these other Shel Silverstein ebooks, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up!

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AT DAWN WE SLEPT
Gordon W. Prange
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AT DAWN WE SLEPT

by Gordon W. Prange · McGraw-Hill

19 wks on list

At 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S. Naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. As intense and absorbing as a suspense novel, At Dawn We Slept is the unparalleled and exhaustive account of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. It is widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all time. Through extensive research and interviews with American and Japanese leaders, Gordon W. Prange has written a remarkable historical account of the assault that-sixty years later-America cannot forget.

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LATE INNINGS
Roger Angell

LATE INNINGS

by Roger Angell · Simon & Schuster

3 wks on list

Covers the five turbulent baseball seasons between spring 1977 and autumn 1981 and includes accounts of Ted Williams, Billy Martin, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, and Reggie Jackson.

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