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November's "Campus Paperback Bestsellers," compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education from information supplied by college stores throughout the country, lists "The Thorn Birds," the story of an Australian family by Colleen McCullough, "My Mother, Myself," and "The Women's Room" as top sellers...
More like a coach than a leader, Carter helpfully recommends books and articles to his Cabinet. Some examples: New York Times articles on foreign affairs and David McCullough's history of the Panama Canal, The Path Between the Seas, as well as CIA briefings...
...accepting bids for what ended as the most expensive paperback auction in publishing history: $2.2 million for the rights to reprint Mario Puzo's new novel, Fools Die, plus $350,000 to reprint his alltime bestselling saga, The Godfather. The previous record price, $1.9 million, was paid for Colleen McCullough's Australian sheep opera, The Thorn Birds, now playing beach blankets and jammed airline lounges throughout the free-time world...
...later their The Final Days fetched $1,550,000. Other notable $1 million-plus books include Erich Segal's Oliver's Story ($1,410,000), E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime ($1,850,000), Dorothy Uhnak's The Investigation ($1,595,000), William Safire's Full Disclosure ($1,375,000) and McCullough's phenomenal The Thorn Birds, which nearly broke the $2 million barrier...
...Thorn Birds, McCullough...