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Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of June 17, 1990

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MEN AT WORK
George F. Will

MEN AT WORK

by George F. Will · Macmillan

19 wks at #1 · 10 on list

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator and longtime baseball fanatic George F. Will--the #1 bestselling ultimate insider's look at the exacting craft of baseball

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DAVE BARRY TURNS 40
Dave Barry
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DAVE BARRY TURNS 40

by Dave Barry · Crown

3 wks on list

"Just the ticket for the '90s." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilarious book by Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and author is for you. Put on your protective eyewear and take a probing look inside your increasingly Spam-like body at: The Midlife (Yawn) Marriage; Wise Financial Planning for Irresponsible Scum Such as Yourself; Sex After 40 (or, Sex? After 40?), and other harsh, but amusing realities that leave you laughing, crying and drooling.

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IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT
Robert Fulghum
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IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT

by Robert Fulghum · Villard

39 wks on list

From the author to the reader: Show-and-Tell was the very best part of school for me, both as a student and as a teacher. As a kid, I put more into getting ready for my turn to present than I put into the rest of my homework. Show-and-Tell was real in a way that much of what I learned in school was not. It was education that came out of my life experience. As a teacher, I was always surprised by what I learned from these amateur hours. A kid I was sure I knew well would reach down into a paper bag he carried and fish out some odd-shaped treasure and attach meaning to it beyond my most extravagant expectation. Again and again I learned that what I thought was only true for me . . . only valued by me . . . only cared about by me . . . was common property. The principles guiding this book are not far from the spirit of Show-and-Tell. It is stuff from home—that place in my mind and heart where I most truly live. P.S. This volume picks up where I left off in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, when I promised to tell about the time it was on fire when I lay down on it.

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LIAR'S POKER
Michael Lewis
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LIAR'S POKER

by Michael Lewis · Norton

32 wks on list

Selvbiografisk reportage om den unge kunsthistoriker der gjorde lynkarriere i Wall Street i 1980'erne som bankier

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LEGACIES
Bette Bao Lord
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LEGACIES

by Bette Bao Lord · Knopf

7 wks on list

Bette Bao Lord brings us closer than we have ever been to penetrating the great conundrum of China: the Chinese sensibility, the Chinese past and China now. Lord's unique web of friendships has enabled her to bring us into the Chinese essence through her own story and - interwoven with it - the stories of her clansmen and others.

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HEAD FIRST
Norman Cousins
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HEAD FIRST

by Norman Cousins · Dutton

19 wks on list
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FATHER, SON & CO.
Thomas J. Watson Jr. and Peter Petre
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FATHER, SON & CO.

by Thomas J. Watson Jr. and Peter Petre · Bantam

2 wks on list

Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse industrieel, die tussen 1956 en 1971 IBM leidde.

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WHAT I SAW AT THE REVOLUTION
Peggy Noonan
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WHAT I SAW AT THE REVOLUTION

by Peggy Noonan · Random House

17 wks on list

Peggy Noonan, who earned fame and widespread admiration as the most talented speechwriter of the Reagan-Bush era, writes a witty personal memoir about her life and professional adventures in the middle of American politics.

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