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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of August 16, 1992

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DIANA: HER TRUE STORY
Andrew Morton
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DIANA: HER TRUE STORY

by Andrew Morton · Simon & Schuster

7 wks at #1 · 7 on list

For the first time, royal writer Andrew Morton takes a detailed look at the secret world of the Princess of Wales and reconstructs her daily life. To build up an intimate dossier on Diana, Morton has interviewed friends, members of the royal household, her staff and charities, revealing a side of the Princess hitherto unknown. 200 four-color photographs.

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THE SILENT PASSAGE
Gail Sheehy
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THE SILENT PASSAGE

by Gail Sheehy · Random House

12 wks on list

Gail Sheehy's landmark bestseller has become the bible for women concerned about menopause. Since The Silent Passage was originally published in the early 1990s, Gail Sheehy, a member of the board of the New York Menopause Research Foundation, has been at the forefront of the newest research on menopause. She has also continued to interview countless women throughout the country on the subject. In this updated and expanded edition, she presents essential new data in chapters on The Perimenopause Panic, Menopause in the Workplace, Estrogen and Brainpower, and New Frontiers in Treatment. Candid, enlightening, inspiring, and witty, with the latest information on everything from early menopause to Chinese medicine and natural remedies, The Silent Passage is an indispensable reference for every woman.

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EARTH IN THE BALANCE
Al Gore
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EARTH IN THE BALANCE

by Al Gore · Houghton Mifflin

10 wks on list

A U.S. senator convinced that the global environment is on the brink of disaster draws on the latest research on air, water, and soil pollution to develop a strategic plan for a worldwide clean-up effort

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HEAD TO HEAD
Lester Thurow
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HEAD TO HEAD

by Lester Thurow · Morrow

15 wks on list
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WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes · Ballantine

1 wks on list

UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An oracle from one who knows."--Alice WalkerWithin every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. In WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES, Dr. Estes unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, and stories, many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr. Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul."This volume reminds us that we are nature for all our sophistication, that we are still wild, and the recovery of that vitality will itself set us right in the world."--Thomas Moore Author of Care of the Soul"I am grateful to WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES and to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. The work shows the reader how glorious it is to be daring, to be caring, and to be women. Everyone who can read should read this book."--Maya Angelou"An inspiring book, the 'vitamins for the soul' [for] women who are cut off from their intuitive nature."--San Francisco Chronicle"Stands out from the pack . . . A joy and sparkle in [the] prose . . . This book will become a bible for women interested in doing deep work. . . . It is a road map of all the pitfalls, those familiar and those horrifically unexpected, that a woman encounters on the way back to her instinctual self. Wolves . . . is a gift."--Los Angeles Times"A mesmerizing voice . . . Dramatic storytelling she learned at the knees of her [immigrant] aunts."--Newsweek From the Paperback edition.

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WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE
William Greider
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WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE

by William Greider · Simon & Schuster

14 wks on list

Who Will Tell the People exposes the hidden power dynamics in American democracy and inspires citizens to reclaim their voice and reshape the system for the greater good. Who Will Tell the People is a passionate, eye-opening challenge to American democracy. Here is a tough-minded exploration of why we’re in trouble, starting with the basic issues of who gets heard, who gets ignored, and why. Greider shows us the realities of power in Washington today, uncovering the hidden relationships that link politicians with corporations and the rich, and that subvert the needs of ordinary citizens. How do we put meaning back into public life? Greider shares the stories of some citizens who have managed to crack Washington’s “Grand Bazaar” of influence peddling as he reveals the structures designed to thwart them. Without naiveté or cynicism, Greider shows us how the system can still be made to work for the people and delineates the lines of battle in the struggle to save democracy. By showing us the reality of how the political decisions that shape our lives are made, William Greider explains how we can begin to take control once more.

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A BRILLIANT MADNESS
Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman

A BRILLIANT MADNESS

by Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman · Bantam

7 wks on list

The riveting successor to Patty Duke's New York Times bestseller Call Me Anna is a personal and illuminating book on manic-depressive illness. The award-winning actress reveals her own painful experience with the day-to-day torment and confusion, the relentless ups and downs of this disorder.

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BACKLASH
Susan Faludi
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BACKLASH

by Susan Faludi · Crown

36 wks on list
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ACQUIRED TASTES
Peter Mayle
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ACQUIRED TASTES

by Peter Mayle · Bantam

9 wks on list

Internationally bestselling author of A Year in Provence, Mayle comes out with a new bestseller about the true pleasure of fine living.

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