TheBestseller
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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of March 15, 1992

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BACKLASH
Susan Faludi
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BACKLASH

by Susan Faludi · Crown

17 wks on list
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UNTO THE SONS
Gay Talese
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UNTO THE SONS

by Gay Talese · Knopf

3 wks on list

"An Italian ROOTS." —The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately it is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new.

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BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY: A Message From Chief Seattle
Susan Jeffers

BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY: A Message From Chief Seattle

by Susan Jeffers · Dial Press

"All races -- the red, black, yellow, and white -- were once believers in the beauty of the world. 'Brother Eagle, Sister Sky' brings to mind the possibility of a world that once was paradise". Jewell Praying Wolf James, Lineal nephew of Chief Seattle.

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TOUJOURS PROVENCE
Peter Mayle
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UH-OH
Robert Fulghum
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UH-OH

by Robert Fulghum · Villard

28 wks on list
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THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN
Juliet B. Schor
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THE OVERWORKED AMERICAN

by Juliet B. Schor · Basic

2 wks on list

The average American has seen his or her working hours increase by the equivalent of one month a year over the last 20 years. Why are we repeatedly "choosing" money over time? As it documents the unanticipated decline in leisure time, this pathbreaking book tells us about the nature of work and our quality of life.

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