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Week of September 29, 1985

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LAST WISH
Betty Rollin

LAST WISH

by Betty Rollin · Linden/Simon & Schuster

1 wks on list

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller--an intimate, fiercely honest memoir of a daughter's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's decision to die--now in trade paperback with a new reader's guide inside

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HAMMER OF THE GODS: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Stephen Davis
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HAMMER OF THE GODS: The Led Zeppelin Saga

by Stephen Davis · Morrow

8 wks on list

"One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written." -Chicago Tribune Originally published in 1985, and last updated in 2008, Hammer of the Gods is considered the ultimate word on Led Zeppelin, and a definitive rock and roll classic that sets the bar for what such books could and should be. Dey Street is proud to have such a category defining title on its backlist, a book that captures the first heavy metal monsters in all their excessive glory. Led Zeppelin fully embody the "sex, drugs and rock and roll" ethos--all captured here in glorious detail. With 20% new material from bestselling biographer Stephen Davis, this edition of Hammer of the Gods is set to captivate a new generation of music fans, Zeppelin fans, and a new generation of readers.

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COMMON GROUND
J. Anthony Lukas
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COMMON GROUND

by J. Anthony Lukas · Knopf

1 wks on list

Describes events in the lives of three families during the 1968 Boston school integration crisis.

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THE MICK
Mickey Mantle with Herb Gluck

THE MICK

by Mickey Mantle with Herb Gluck · Doubleday

10 wks on list

Mickey Mantle-arguably the greatest Yankee ever-tells all, from his childhood in Oklahoma to the bright lights of Yankee Stadium.

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FUNNY MONEY
Mark Singer
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FUNNY MONEY

by Mark Singer · Knopf

8 wks on list
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FINAL CUT
Steven Bach
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FINAL CUT

by Steven Bach · Morrow

4 wks on list

This volume offers an inside look at the making of "Heaven's Gate", a 1980 American epic Western film written and directed by Michael Cimino. There were major setbacks in the film's production due to cost and time overruns, negative press, and rumors about Cimino's allegedly overbearing directorial style. It is generally considered one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, and in some circles has been considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Due to this fiasco, studio control of budgets and productions became tighter, ending the free-wheeling excesses that had begotten Heaven's Gate.

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