Word: paperback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ANYONE WHO follows the news, Reagan and Gorbachev is of little use. At best, the book is a clear distillation of recent events in Soviet-American relations. At worst, it is a supermarket paperback masquerading as thoughtful analysis. Either way, the authors' "insights" would rarely startle a freshman Gov Jock...
...build bridges with the Communists, but "the gods," malevolent figures who use code names like Odin, Balder and Thor, have other plans. Whether agents of decency can triumph over the pantheon is, of course, never in question. The Sheldon brand name guarantees a predictable mix of global gore and paperback psychopathology. Goodness has nothing to do with...
Throughout the 180-page paperback, incisive articles on topics ranging from an account of Harvard-trained journalist W. Monroe Trotter's trip to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 to an account of 1920s Black-power activist Marcus Garvey's visit to Harvard create a vivid history of Harvard through the eyes of its Black graduates...
...pursues an antic fascination with nature in his daily cartoon The Far Side, which appears in 550 newspapers. Larson's work has been collected in eight books (total copies: 5 million); his latest, The Far Side Gallery 2 (Andrews, McMeel & Parker; $9.95), is the nation's top- selling trade paperback, according to Publishers Weekly. His sketches adorn T shirts, mugs, calendars and greeting cards. His creatures may not be as ubiquitous as Garfield or Snoopy, but then, Larson began selling his work only ten years ago. Says he of his rapid success: "It's all sort of surreal...
...American public for the past decade. Her weekly "Personal Health" column for the New York Times is syndicated by more than 100 papers across the country. Two of her books have been best sellers, including the recent, recipe-laden Jane Brody's Good Food Book, which goes into paperback next spring. She speaks throughout the country, making about 50 appearances a year. Last week the writer took to television as the host of a PBS series of ten half hours called Good Health from Jane Brody's Kitchen...