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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 Sellers
Best Sellers, term for books that are...been widely circulated. Best sellers of colonial times included...consistently appear on best‐seller lists have included O'Hara...considered in the category of best ... |
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Sellers, Peter
Sellers, Peter (1925–80) English comedy actor. His success began in radio...1963 with Dr. Strangelove and the first of The Pink Panther series. Sellers won a best actor Academy Award for his final role in Being There (1979). |
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Literature, Popular
...formulas borrowed from the era's best‐seller, the Bible. The Puritans read published sermons...popular books and magazines. The first best‐seller, Susanna Warner's Wide, Wide World (1850...respectability tales are the best known of these ... |
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historiography
...industry of speculation and distortion. Several world best-sellers on supposed secret service affairs are historically beneath...of some astonishing exploit, write it up in a best-seller, and leave the reading world with a distorted view... |
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Carson, Rachel
...scientifically knowledgeable and compellingly lyrical. She is best known for Silent Spring (1962), an impassioned defense...insecticide DDT, threatened human health. An international best‐seller, the book eloquently popularized the idea that human... |
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Diary of Anne Frank, The
...everything,” Anne writes, “I still believe people are really good at heart.” “She puts me to shame,” the still bitter...The Diary of a Young Girl), which had become a worldwide best‐seller after the war. The Kermit Bloomgarden production was widely... |
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's best seller, appeared on 28 October 1726. Purporting to be an autobiographical account of Gulliver's ‘Travels into Several Remote Nations... |
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Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated
...slum, was first published in mid‐1853 in the New York Tribune, then a year later was expanded into a hardcover best‐seller. Dramatizations, according to George Odell, soon “swept the stages with a blast second only to that of Uncle Tom... |
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In the Palace of the King
...popular at the time, this Liebler and Co. offering was based on F. Marion Crawford's best‐seller. Stoddard was an actor and dramatist, probably best remembered for his adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1897) for Mrs. Fiske. |
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MI9
...camp. His helpers were much more harshly treated: the best they could hope for was a prison sentence, and a great many...reasonably be supposed to have come from MI9. The author of a best-seller from the First World War, A. J. Evans, who had written... |
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best seller
best sell·er • n. a book or other product that sells in very large numbers: her autobiography is an international best seller. |
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market
...exchanged between buyers and sellers. Such commodities are considered...arrangement for bringing buyers and sellers together. Improvements in...large number of buyers and sellers, none of whom can exert undue...For example markets work best when there is ... |
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Foxe, John
...principally on his Actes and Monuments (Latin 1554, English 1563) or Book of Martyrs, dedicated to Elizabeth, a best seller which reinforced the concept of England as God's elect nation. It was based on massive, but biased and often inaccurate... |
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Malcolm X
...between his followers and the NoI, one of whose followers shot him at a rally. His Autobiography (1965) remained a best seller, its ideology of self-help and pride appealing especially to African American young people. |
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Wilberforce, William
...Christians (1797) exposed the nominal Christianity of many in ‘the Higher and Middle Classes’ and became a religious best-seller for forty years. He is recognized in the Lesser Festivals of the Church of England, 29 July. |
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Yardley, Herbert Osborne
...was disbanded after several years. Unable to find work, Yardley published The American Black Chamber (1931), a best-seller, and nineteen nations changed their diplomatic codes. At the request of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist... |
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Hume, David
...of human understanding. His massive History of England (1754–63) is a neglected masterpiece, which remained a best seller for more than a century. In general Hume wanted to reconstruct the political culture of his age and to recommend a... |
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Kagawa Toyohiko
...the Japan Socialist Party and he remained a prominent figure within the party. Kagawa also produced a number of books during his career, including the novel Before the Dawn (Shisen o koete) in 1924, which proved to be a best-seller. |
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Gullivers Travels
Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's best seller, appeared on 28 October 1726. Purporting to be an autobiographical account of Gulliver's ‘Travels into Several Remote Nations... |
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Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge
...despite intermittent ill-health. The Rosary (1898) and Mighty Lak' a Rose (1901) were his most popular songs, the former achieving a sale of 6 million copies in 30 years. His pf. piece Narcissus (1891) was also a best-seller. |
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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 Financing Should Not Be Overlooked.
...and Business Team SoCal. "Seller financing is often misunderstood, but it can be the best way to sell a business given...business owners that consider seller financing: -- Faster sale. Seller financing can be an attractive...for buyers which means that ... |
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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 ... |
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Sellers information packs get thumbs up in low demand areas.
...certain. Together with the seller's pack pilot study which...important information about how the seller's pack will operate in different...conditions. This will stand us in good stead as we finalise the detail...Wales." Neither buyers nor sellers supported ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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