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Week of July 28, 1996

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OUTRAGE
Vincent Bugliosi
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OUTRAGE

by Vincent Bugliosi · Norton

6 wks on list

A best-selling account by the author of Helter Skelter outlines the main reasons O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, from the jury's makeup to the incompetence of the prosecutors. Reprint.

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UNLIMITED ACCESS
Gary Aldrich
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BAD AS I WANNA BE
Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown
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BAD AS I WANNA BE

by Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown · Delacorte Press

11 wks on list

Autobiography from one of the most popular and eccentric basketballers currently playing in the US.

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THE CHOICE
Bob Woodward
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THE CHOICE

by Bob Woodward · Simon & Schuster

3 wks on list

This author and these subjects (Clinton and Dole) need no comment. The book is based on Woodward's abundant sources. Covers personal and political matters. Note that BiP on CD-ROM carried the title The Race as late as August '96. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!
Laura Schlessinger
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HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!

by Laura Schlessinger · HarperCollins

In her hard-hitting new book, Dr. Laura Schlessinger delivers a witty, wise, and workable moral philosophy - based on the principle of personal responsibility. How Could You Do That?! argues passionately against the self-indulgent subjective morality used in our society to excuse all sorts of bad behavior. In her lively, pull-no-punches style, Dr. Laura takes on the moral dilemmas of our time: from the mindless pursuit of pleasure and immediate gratification to taking the easy way out when those actions produce ugly or uncomfortable life-altering consequences. She demonstrates in no uncertain terms that personal values are never someone else's responsibility, but our own, and why choosing not to honor them actually compounds unhappiness. Finally, she explains that by disciplining self-indulgence and rising above temptation we can discover the infinite pleasures, the true happiness, of the moral high ground.

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JACK AND JACKIE
Christopher Andersen
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JACK AND JACKIE

by Christopher Andersen · Morrow

3 wks on list

Until now. With stunning information from important sources, some of whom were sworn to secrecy until Jackie's death in May 1994, and previously sealed archival material, international best-selling author Christopher Andersen examines their unique partnership and the courage, grace, and humor that defined it.

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DRINKING: A LOVE STORY
Caroline Knapp
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DRINKING: A LOVE STORY

by Caroline Knapp · Dial Press

3 wks on list

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The beads of moisture on a chilled bottle. The way the glasses clinked and the conversation flowed. Then it became obsession. The way she hid her bottles behind her lover's refrigerator. The way she slipped from the dinner table to the bathroom, from work to the bar. And then, like so many love stories, it fell apart. Drinking is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. Caroline had her first drink at fourteen. She drank through her yeras at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as an editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, a sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion. This startlingly honest memoir lays bare the secrecy, family myths, and destructive relationships that go hand in hand with drinking. And it is, above all, a love story for our times—full of passion and heartbreak, betrayal and desire—a triumph over the pain and deception that mark an alcoholic life. Praise for Drinking “Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.”—The New York Times “Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one.”—Newsweek

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