Work by Parkinson lauded as a literary tour de force
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower by C Northcote Parkinson is praised for convincingly recreating the life of a fictional naval hero. Readers may seek Burke's Peerage or Britannica for reference while recognizing Parkinson's achievement and Forester's Hornblower canon as complementary.
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Horatio Hornblower
C. Northcote Parkinson
Little, Brown
Lord Hornblower
Professor Parkinson
Burke
Nelson
England
C. 8. Forester
Life and Times
Forester
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Books review on Eric Hoffer sees day of wrath ahead
William Higginbotham reviews Eric Hoffer's First Things Last Things noting Hoffer's warning of a coming reaction from the common people. The collection spans nine essays in 132 pages, presenting Hoffer as a self-taught former longshoreman with blunt clarity in a skeptical view of revolution talk. Santa Fe notes horned toads are protected with $100 fine or 60 days in jail.
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Eric Hoffer
Harper & Row
William Higginbotham
Longshoreman
Hoffer
America
Prophets
Sayers
New Mexico
Campbell hits U S diplomacy
Columbus column assesses U S diplomacy as bloated and misdirected. It cites Campbell's inside critique of the State Department and its 225000 staff plus 200000 others across agencies, arguing for major cuts while noting Murphy's Law and other epigrams framing the critique.
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United States
Mr. Campbell
John Kenneth Galbraith
Department
Washington
Bestselling paperbacks roundup from The Bestsellers list
The Best from Bestsellers magazine highlights top paperback titles and authors: Love Story by Segal from Signet. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex by Reuben from Bantam. The Inheritors by Robbins from Pocket Books. The Sensuous Woman by J. from Dell. The French Lieutenant's Woman by Fowles from Signet. Ball Four by Bouton from Dell. The Anderson Tapes by Sanders from Dell. Up the Organization by Townsend from Fawcett Crest. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by Breslin from Bantam. The House on the Strand by du Maurier from Avon.
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Segal
Signet
Reuben
Bantam
Robbins
Pocket Books
Dell
Fowles
Bouton
Anderson
Sanders
Townsend
Fawcett Crest
Breslin
du Maurier
Avon
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Joseph Wambaugh
Atlantic-Little, Brown
Ross MacDonald
Knopf
Allan Drury
Ermmest K. Gann
Simon & Schuster
Frankfurt
Agatha Christie
Dodd, Mead
Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
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Mike Royko
Dutton
Kenneth Clark
O.K
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Bill Moyers
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