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Best sellers
RELIGIOUS BEST-SELLERS Growth As a natural consequence of increased interest in religion during the 1940s, along with growing prosperity, sales of books dealing with religious matters prospered during the decade. Religious best-sellers ranged from popular self-help books and... Read more |
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Invisible Man
INVISIBLE MAN INVISIBLE MAN (1952) is widely considered one of the finest examples of American literature. Written by Ralph Ellison (1914–1994) at the outset of the civil rights movement, the popular best-seller won the National Book Award in 1953. Invisible Man is a complex and richly... Read more |
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible
REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE Publication On 30 September 1952 the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible was published under the sanction of the National Council of Churches of Christ. A group of thirty-two scholars worked for fifteen years to produce this... Read more |
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring In 1955 Rachel Carson was at the peak of her profession as a popular writer of science books about the sea. Under the Sea Wind(published in 1941), The Sea Around Us(1951), and The Edge of the Sea(1955) were all best-sellers, and they catapulted... Read more |
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Leon Uris
Leon Uris , 1924-2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore, Md. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known for the runaway best seller Exodus (1958), a fictional account of the early history of Israel that was eventually translated into dozens of languages. Meticulously researched, much of his... Read more |
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William James Durant
William James Durant 1885-1981, American historian and essayist, b. North Adams, Mass. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1917 and published his doctoral dissertation, Philosophy and the Social Problem, in the same year. This was followed by The Story of Philosophy (1926), an immediate best... Read more |
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James Albert Michener
James Albert Michener , 1907-97, American author, b. New York City, grad. Swarthmore, 1929. His short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific (1947; Pulitzer) was adapted into the successful Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific (1948). His more than 40 novels, many best sellers and... Read more |
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Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk , 1915-, American writer, b. New York City. In The Caine Mutiny (1951, Pulitzer Prize), he made the protagonist-antagonist Captain Queeg a popular symbol of uncontrolled authority. A best-seller, it was later turned into a movie and then a play. Two later novels about World War II, ... Read more |
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Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi 1913-1970 American football coach More than three decades after Vince Lombardi's death, books about this legendary and inspiring football coach are still making the best seller list. These books cover not only the details of his life and career but also his philosophy and... Read more |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a long and productive writing career, during which she penned 55 titles, 5 of which became best-sellers and 13 of which were adapted for the stage. Although remembered primarily for her children's books,... Read more |
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best seller
best seller • noun another best seller for Michenersynonyms: blockbuster, great success, hit, smash hit, smash, chart-topper, chart-buster, megahit.antonyms: failure, flop. |
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hit
...2. he directed many big hits synonyms: success, box-office success, sellout, winner, triumph, sensation; best seller; informal smash, smash hit, megahit, knockout, crowd-pleaser, chart-topper, chart-buster, wow, biggie... |
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success
...prosperity, affluence, wealth, riches, opulence.antonym: poverty. 3. a box-office success synonyms: triumph, best seller, blockbuster, sellout; informal (smash) hit, megahit, winner.antonyms: failure, flop. 4. an overnight success... |
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novel
novel1 • noun curl up with a good novel synonyms: book, paperback, hardcover; story, tale, narrative, romance, roman à clef; piece of fiction; best seller, blockbuster; potboiler, pulp (fiction). |
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outsmart
outsmart • verb buyers and sellers attempt to outsmart each othersynonyms: outwit, outmaneuver, outplay, steal a march on, trick, get the better of; informal outfox, pull a fast one on, put one over on. |
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SELLER BEWARE-HAVE YOU DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE?
...or in the future. What are sellers able to do to protect themselves...for both the buyer and the seller to get a peek at the inner...their future partner. Many sellers overlook this opportunity and...under our belt, we hear the good, the bad and the ugly from...examples of instances where the ... |
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Sellers: A Talented, Troubled Man
...of flops. But when he was good, he was magnificent, particularly...fantasy sequences not only show Sellers's talent for mimicry, they...The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" is biographically instructive...idiosyncratic force of nature like Sellers is ultimately a fool's game...or present, can do ... |
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Seller Disclosure Law Not Hurting Home Sales
...experience, has found most sellers she has dealt with to have...are faulty. Under the law, sellers do not have to find out for...defect could exist of which a seller honestly has no awareness and he could in good conscience deny knowledge of...if it's explained right to sellers, they won't ... |
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Getting seller to come down on price
...comparable sales, let the seller know this. Your real estate...before it's presented to the sellers. One buyer presented the sellers with comparable sales information...comparable. Sometimes the best approach with an unrealistic seller is to do nothing, at least... |
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Seller versus broker: Timing of promotion
...can be efficient if sellers have no significant...and fee structure for sellers who have holding and...while still serving the seller? As a seller, how...your property in your best interests? These issues...match well with the seller's interests? On the one hand, anxious ... |
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Sellers' Execution Reignites Debate
...Writer AP Online 01-25-1999 Sellers' Execution Reignites Debate...months before he turns 30, Sean Sellers is slated to become the first...personality disorder who was a good student at school and inexplicably...treatment was at the trial. A good number of young people commit... |
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Seller Financing Is the Last Resort - with Good Reason.
...for good reason. It is at best an adventurous tactic that...definition, buyers who need the seller to carry the first mortgage are not as good a risk as those who can obtain...Mencarow, who buys and sells seller-held mortgages and publishes...professionals who buy notes from ... |
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Could seller financing be a solution to current log-jam?
...often, the seller can obtain a better price if he/she is willing...interest bearing account. Seller financing means you can defer...underwriting procedures. The seller is already familiar with his/her own property. The seller and buyer can negotiate the terms that best suite their ... |
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Best-Seller Implementations in France.(portfolio software chosen for...
Best-Seller has announced several implementations...Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris has chosen Best-Seller's PortFolio software for its...workstations at all the branches. Source: Best-Seller, Inc., St. Laurent, PQ, Canada... |
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Sellers in search of winner's circle.(The Dallas Morning News)
...satisfying therapy as he mends, Sellers has emerged as a country music...race driver Dale Earnhardt. Sellers recorded the song seven months...stations, a top-10 national seller for the last 11 weeks and a...Shane with DreamWorks Records. Sellers has recorded 10 other songs...My wife ran off with ... |
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