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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of July 7, 1985

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BREAKING WITH MOSCOW
Arkady N. Shevchenko

BREAKING WITH MOSCOW

by Arkady N. Shevchenko · Knopf

19 wks on list

A high-ranking Soviet official tells of his life as a diplomat and a reluctant spy, and of life at the top of the Soviet power structure before defecting to the U.S.

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MOUNTBATTEN
Philip Ziegler
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MOUNTBATTEN

by Philip Ziegler · Knopf

6 wks on list
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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

137 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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MY MOTHER'S KEEPER
B.D. Hyman
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THE SOONG DYNASTY
Sterling Seagrave
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THE SOONG DYNASTY

by Sterling Seagrave · Harper & Row

12 wks on list

The story of the Soong family whose power and wealth have dominated China and American policy towards Asia in the 20th century. It chronicles the family's roots from the middle of the 19th century and their rise to power thereafter.

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NUTCRACKER
Shana Alexander
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NUTCRACKER

by Shana Alexander · Doubleday

15 wks on list

Chronicles the murder of self-made Mormon millionaire Franklin Bradshaw by his grandson, who was persuaded to commit the crime by his culture-obsessed mother, Frances Schreuder, who feared losing her inheritance.

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