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Week of January 27, 2002

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BIAS
Bernard Goldberg

BIAS

by Bernard Goldberg · Regnery

7 wks at #1 · 6 on list
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JOHN ADAMS
David McCullough
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JOHN ADAMS

by David McCullough · Simon & Schuster

34 wks on list

Profiles John Adams, an influential patriot during the American Revolution who became the nation's first vice president and second president.

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THE DEATH OF THE WEST
Patrick J. Buchanan

THE DEATH OF THE WEST

by Patrick J. Buchanan · Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s

2 wks on list

From the Publisher: The national bestseller that shocked the nation-The Death of the West is an unflinching look at the increasing decline in Western culture and power. The West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the U. S., coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and nation. The Death of the West details how a civilization, culture, and moral order are passing away and foresees a new world order that has terrifying implications for our freedom, our faith, and the preeminence of American democracy. The Death of the West is a timely, provocative study that asks the question that quietly troubles millions: Is the America we grew up in gone forever?

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THE FINAL DAYS
Barbara Olson
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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
Ann Rule
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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

by Ann Rule · Free Press

2 wks on list

America’s #1 true-crime writer unveils the chilling true story of the Sheila Bellush murder, unveiling domestic violence, an obsessive ex-husband, and a desperate plea for justice in this gripping account written at the victim’s request. “If anything ever happens to me…find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story.” In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim’s request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush—a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she chronicled with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor. Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthrone, a handsome charmer—and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was murdered in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila’s every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge. With her careful research and signature reporting, Ann Rule captures Sheila’s harrowing story while honoring a victim’s last request.

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WHAT WENT WRONG?
Bernard Lewis
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WHAT WENT WRONG?

by Bernard Lewis · Oxford University Press

1 wks on list

In this landmark volume, an authority on the Middle East examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tries to understand why things have changed, how they have been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. 15 illustrations. Map.

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KISS AND MAKE-UP
Gene Simmons
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CROSSING OVER
John Edward

CROSSING OVER

by John Edward · Jodere

20 wks on list

In this fascinating book, the incomparable John Edward tells you how to communicate with those on the Other Side, what to expect when you cross over, and how to vanquish any fears you may have. Crossing over is a natural, peaceful, and loving experience, he tells us, that will serve as a wondrous reunion with your loved ones from this life and other lives. John also shows you how to use tools such as meditation and visualization to contact your angels and guides. The difference between angels and guides, he says, is that an angle is an energy that has never had a physical incarnation, but who can assist, protect, nurture, and inspire the human condition. A guide may have a physical body at one time, and works with you when you choose to incarnate into the physical. This energy stays with you throughout your life to help you in every way. John also goes on to discuss how to understand the power of your own psychic abilities. He insists that everyone has psychic gifts, but most of the time they have been locked away in the recesses of the mind and need to be developed and recognized. You must give yourself permission to perceive and receive energy, and then use spiritual tools to enable you unleash your potential as you embark on your psychic and spiritual journey.

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