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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of October 6, 1985

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LAST WISH
Betty Rollin

LAST WISH

by Betty Rollin · Linden/Simon & Schuster

2 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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COMMON GROUND
J. Anthony Lukas
Cover of COMMON GROUND

COMMON GROUND

by J. Anthony Lukas · Knopf

2 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

11 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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HAMMER OF THE GODS: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Stephen Davis
Cover of HAMMER OF THE GODS: The Led Zeppelin Saga

HAMMER OF THE GODS: The Led Zeppelin Saga

by Stephen Davis · Morrow

9 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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GODDESS
Anthony Summers
Cover of GODDESS

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