European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Best Sellers fiction 1 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week -1 weeks on list 11. 2 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford last week 3 weeks on list 3. 3 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon first week on list.4 message from Nam by Danielle steel last week 2 weeks on list 10 5 the stand by Stephen King last week 6 weeks on. List 16. 6 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman last week 4 weeks on list 8. ,. 7. September by Rosamunde Pilcher last week 7 weeks on list 19 j 8 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 9 weeks on list 27 9 get shorty by Elmore Leonard last week 5 weeks on list 3 10 stardust by Robert b. Parker last week 8 weeks on list 5.non fiction 1 men at work by George f. Will last week 1 weeks on list 20.2 the politics of Rich and poor by Kevin Phillips last week 3 weeks on list 4 3 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tanner last week 5 weeks on list 4 4 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry last week 2 weeks on list 13 / 5 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and Joh Helyar last week 5 weeks on list 27. 6 every spy a Prince by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman last week 9 weeks on list 3 7 Meg trends 2000 by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene last week 6 weeks on list 31 8 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum last week 12 weeks on list 49 9 a natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman last week 13 weeks on list 4 r 10 father son and co. By Thomas j. Watson or. And Peter Pere last week 7 weeks on list 12 paperback fiction 1 presumed innocent by Scott Turow weeks on list 39 2 Clear and present danger by Tom Clancy weeks on list 6 3 the pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett weeks on list 5 4 the endearment by Lavyrle Spencer weeks on list 3 5 rightfully mine by Doris Mortman weeks on list 6 6 while my pretty one sleeps by Mary Higgins weeks on list 9 7 the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 10 8 Beverly Hills by Pat Booth weeks on list 4 9 the Russia House by John Decarre weeks on list 10 10 the Shell seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher weeks on list 71 paperback non fiction 1 All 1 really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 40 2 it s always something by Gilda Radner weeks on list 9 3 when Rabbit howls by Toddi Chase weeks on list 12 4 a Brief history of time by Stephen hawking weeks on list 12 5 from Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas l Friedman Wicks on list 2 6 the Road less travelled by Scot Peck weeks on i so 357 7 sudden fury by Leslie Walker weeks on list 3 8 the bridesmaids by Judith Baraban Quine weeks on list 3 9 a woman named Jackie by c Pavid Hermann weeks in list 14 10 summer of 49 by David Halberstam weeks on list 20.paperback miscellaneous 1 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 27 2 codependent no More by Melanie Beattie weeks on list 103 3 weirdos from another planet by Bill Watterson weeks on list 23 4 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 16 5 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth by the earthworks group weeks on list 29 compiled by the new York times stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction 1 message from Nam by Danielle steel 2 four past Midnight by Stephen King 3 the stand by Stephen King 4 dragon by Clive Cussler 5 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow 6 hammerheads by Dale Brown 7 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 8 Bright Star by Harold Coyle 9 the bad place by Dean Koont 10 Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman non fiction 1 wealth without risk by Charles j 2 men at work by George will 3 Dave Barry turns 40 by Dave Barry 4 father son and co. By Thomas j Wagon or and Peter Petre 5 Don t shoot it s Only me by Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson 6 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it i Robert Fulghum 7 barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Currah 4 a John Helyar 8 where s Waldo to , Hind Tor a 9 head first by Norman Ccu Fri 10 Webster s ninth new collegiate dictionary Index writing pointers from one of Best James j Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate on any Given sunday according tothe audit Bureau of circulation,1,628,056 persons read the Newyork times. It seems a reason Able Assumption that every one of these readers will read William Safire s weekly language column. After All for what other reason would one buy the sunday new York times that is a hefty audience to be sure but it Falls Short. Obviously millions of other Poten tial readers Are out there somewhere and All of them could Benefit from my brother a fire s wit and Wisdom. Let them be of Good cheer. This summer has brought from Safire s free flowing pen not one but two books on language. Actually the books come from Doubleday but no matter. Let me commend them to every aspiring writer. The heftier of the two is language maven strikes like its five predecessors this is a collection of Safire s sunday columns delightfully garnished with letters from his readers. The pleasant thing about brother William is that he takes language seriously but never too seriously. Thus he takes up any topic that even tangentially touches the prose Art. At random one finds him discussing the origin and use of that splendid pc Rev to he is abashed to discover that i artful is a familiar adjective even if Standard dictionaries do not include it. He examines the idiomatic phrase to cry Uncle meaning to yield. He looks at the Subtle distinctions Between one on one and head to give Safire a Field of language and he is off and running. His second Book scheduled for september publication May properly be described As a Little Book. It is a collection of 50 Fum this would be my Book of Choice to give to anyone who aspires to be a writer but has t the time or the discipline to work hard at the task. Here Safire begins by debunking one of the legendary s hobgoblins. This fabled schoo marm instructed her pupils never to traffic in sentence fragments. She wanted a subject a verb and preferably an object. Otherwise in her View there was no sen tence. Safire s reasonable comment is that an occasional sentence fragment May produce a desirable rhetorical precisely so. Let me put Safire in High class his 50 fun blk rules Are up there with . White s justly famed suggestions in elements of any would be writer who takes the Fum ble rules to heart will be a better writer. I can say this without fear of contradiction because i have been expounding these very same re minders myself. \ a August 26, sunday Page. 9
