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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of February 8, 1987

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A SEASON ON THE BRINK
John Feinstein
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A SEASON ON THE BRINK

by John Feinstein · Macmillan

14 wks at #1 · 6 on list

Recounts the 1985-1986 basketball season at Indiana University, describes the complex personality of coach Bob Knight, and examines the coaching methods which make him one of the best of all time

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FATHERHOOD
Bill Cosby
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FATHERHOOD

by Bill Cosby · Dolphin/ Doubleday

40 wks on list

Bill Cosby's bestselling warm and humorous look at fatherhood now includes a warm Father's Day wish--a special card for "dear ol' dad". Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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HIS WAY
Kitty Kelley
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HIS WAY

by Kitty Kelley · Bantam

18 wks on list
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YOU'RE ONLY OLD ONCE!
Dr. Seuss
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YOU'RE ONLY OLD ONCE!

by Dr. Seuss · Random House

Dr. Seuss's elderly Everyman travels, in rhyme and illustrations, along the Golden Years Clinic's assembly line of medical tests and questions, meeting Miss Becker of Stethescope Row, Dr. Pollen, Dietician Van Eiffel, and others

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MCMAHON!
Jim McMahon with Bob Verdi
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MCMAHON!

by Jim McMahon with Bob Verdi · Warner

The flamboyant quarterback of the champion Chicago Bears football team shares his observations on the owners, coaches, fellow players, and the fame and fortune which accompanies success

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JAMES HERRIOT'S DOG STORIES
James Herriot
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JAMES HERRIOT'S DOG STORIES

by James Herriot · St.Martin's

38 wks on list

As a little boy, climbing through the lochs and mountains of Argyll with his Irish Setter Don, all James Herriot wanted to be was a ‘dog doctor’ so he could care for man’s best friend. In this classic collection of stories, we are introduced to some of the dogs who won a special place in the country vet’s heart – from Tricki Woo, the little Pekinese suffering from ‘flop-butt’ to Clancy the dog who nobody would go near and Gyp, the sheepdog who only ever barked once in his life. They’re joined by lovable dogs of all breeds, shapes and sizes, celebrating the limitless affection and loyalty of our closest companions. Filled with magical storytelling and from the treasured author of All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot’s Dog Stories is told with his usual wit and human compassion – the perfect gift for dog-lovers everywhere.

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THE RECKONING
David Halberstam
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THE RECKONING

by David Halberstam · Morrow

18 wks on list

New York Times Bestseller: "A historical overview of the auto industry in the United States and Japan [and] the gradual decline of U.S. manufacturing" ( Library Journal). After generations of creating high-quality automotive products, American industrialists began losing ground to the Japanese auto industry in the decades after World War II. David Halberstam, with his signature precision and absorbing narrative style, traces this power shift by delving into the boardrooms and onto the factory floors of the America's Ford Motor Company and Japan's Nissan. Different in every way—from their reactions to labor problems to their philosophies and leadership styles—the two companies stand as singular testaments to the challenges brought by the rise of the global economy. From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Fifties and The Coldest Winter, and filled with intriguing vignettes about Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, and other visionary industrial leaders, The Reckoning remains a powerful and enlightening story about manufacturing in the modern age, and how America fell woefully behind. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.

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THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Jane Wagner
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THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

by Jane Wagner · Harper & Row

4 wks on list

This side-splitting yet dramatic tour-de-force features a dazzling parade of characters immediately familiar to the coast-to-coast Wagner/Tomlin fans. Enhanced with remarkable onstage photographs of Tomlin. 78 halftones. (Poetry/Plays)

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ACROSS CHINA
Peter Jenkins
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MARILYN
Gloria Steinem
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MARILYN

by Gloria Steinem · Holt

4 wks on list

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