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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of October 24, 1982

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THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER
Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
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THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER

by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson · Morrow

4 wks on list

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.

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ATLANTIC HIGH
William F. Buckley Jr
Cover of ATLANTIC HIGH

ATLANTIC HIGH

by William F. Buckley Jr · Doubleday

3 wks on list

Ill. on lining papers.

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LANA: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth
Lana Turner
Cover of LANA: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth

LANA: The Lady, the Legend, the Truth

by Lana Turner · Dutton

2 wks on list

In this autobiography, Turner discusses her seven marriages and famous lovers, her leading men, her life on the set, and her recent battle against alcoholism and depression.

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