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Week of August 29, 1982

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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

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

by Andrew A. Rooney · Atheneum

38 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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HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A WOMEN
Michael Morgenstern

HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A WOMEN

by Michael Morgenstern · Clarkson N. Potter

7 wks on list

Explains what qualities women find attractive in men, describes the details of modern courtship, and offers frank advice on helping women achieve sexual fulfillment

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