European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Best sellersfiction1 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel last week weeks on list 3 2 lady Boss by Jackie Collins last week 2 weeks on list 5 3 four past Midnight by Stephen King last week 3 weeks on list 8 -4 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon last week 4 weeks on list 11 5 Longshot by Dick Francis last week 8 weeks on list-2 6 Buffalo girls by Larry Mcmurtry last week 9 weel list 3 .7 the first Man in Rome by Colleen Mccullough last week 7 weeks on list 3 8 Rabbit at rest by John Updike last week 10 weeks on list 4 9 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow last week 5 weeks on list 21 10 under siege by Stephen Coonts last week 15 weeks on list 3 non-fiction1 by Way of deception by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy last week 1 weeks on list 6 2 the civil War by Geoffrey c. Ward with Ric bums and Ken Burns last week 2 weeks on list 4 3 Millie a Book As dictated to Barbara Bush last week 3 j weeks on list 6 4 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen last week 5 weeks on list 14 i 5 get to the heart by Barbara Mandrell with George i Vecsey last week 4 weeks on list 7 6 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland armory last week 8 weeks on list 3 7 Friday night lights by . Bissinger last week 9 weeks on list 5 8 bootleggers boy by Barry Switzer with Bud Shrake last week 7 weeks on list 8 9 darkness visible by William Styron last week 6 weeks on list 9 10 Ava by Ava Gardner last week 13 weeks on list 2 paperback fiction1 daddy by Danielle steel weeks on list 3 2 the dark half by Stephen King weeks on list 6 3 Dawn by . Andrews first week on list 4 California Gold by John Jakes weeks on list 5 5 the secret diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch weeks on list 5 6 the minotaur by Stephen Coonts weeks on list 5 7 postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher weeks on list 6 .8 so worthy my love by Kathleen e. Woodiwiss weeks on list 16 -9 reasonable doubt by Philip Friedman weeks on list 10 oldest living Confederate woman tells All by Allan Gurganus weeks on list 5 paperback non fiction 1 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 50 2 liars poker by Michael Lewis weeks on list 6 3 5367 less trave de by a Scott Peck weeks on4 std rom Ooran by Ker Conway weeks on a Jor Salem by Thomas l. Friedman weeks on list 12 a his Ory a me by Stephen hawking weeks on among schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder weeks on list 8 High treason by Robert j. Groden and Harrison Edward first week on list 9 love Medicine and miracles by Bernie s. Seigel weeks on list 115 10 Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi first week on list paperback miscellaneous1 the authoritative Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson weeks on list 6 2 the old Farmers almanac 1991 Yankee publishing weeks on list 2 3 the a late night with David Letterman Book of top ten lists by David Letterman Steve of Donnell it Al weeks on list 2 4 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle weeks on list 26 5 codependent no More by Melody Beattie weeks on list 113 compiled by the new York time stars and stripes Best Sellers fiction1 four past Midnight by Stephen king2 lady Boss by Jackie collins3 memories of Midnight by Sidney sheldon4 message from Nam by Danielle steel5 the stand by Stephen king6 Star trek prime directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves-stevens7 under siege by Stephen coontz8 Rowan by Anne mcgasffrey9 the bad place by Dean Koontz 10 Buffalo girls by Larry Mcmurtrynon-fiction1 by Way of deception by Victor ostrovsky2 the cat and the curmudgeon by Cleveland armory3 Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Charles leerhsep4 darkness visible by William styron5 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert fulghum6 peril and Promise by John chancellor7 you just done to understand by Deborah tannen8 great Waldo search by Martin handford9 the politics of the Rich and poor by Kenneth Phillips 10 men at work by George will known writers create big surprises it Pihe National Book awards announced i late last month confounded Many in i publishing largely because so few Nomi my nees had been brought out by the major houses. I one in fact was published by a House whose biggest seller was 6,000 copies. That is the dalkey Archive press which published a nominee for fiction a a chromes a by Felipe Alfau. Neither the publisher dalkey of Lisle 111., nor its 88-year-old author is used to being in such major league company. In fact Alfau who has been living in a Home for the elderly on Long Island since last summer told his publisher he would not consent to interviews. A we started in 1984, mostly doing reprints but now primarily originals a said Steven Moore an editor of the press. Moore said dalkey modelled itself after Grove press and new directions Small houses that for years published Quality literature and experimental fiction. Dalkey which has Only three full time employees and two part timers publishes about 15 hard cover titles a year. It has published the last two books of Gilbert Sorrentino who has written More than 20 books of fiction poetry and criticism but its biggest seller is a a Wittgenstein a mistress a by David Markson a novel blending philosophy and wit that has sold about 6,000 copies. In 1989, dalkey reprinted the first novel by Alfau who was born in Barcelona Spain in 1902 and moved to the United states during world War i. That first novel a Locos a comedy of gestures a was completed in 1928 and published in a limited edition in 1936. Other nominees for the National Book awards include Only one Best Selling author in fiction Joyce Carol Oates. She was nominated for a because it is bitter and because it is my heart a a novel about a Young White woman and a Black classmate brought together by murder. Among the other fiction nominees were two first novels a a paradises by Elena Castedo and a do a eaters by Jessica Hagedorm. Non fiction nominees were largely biographical including a the House of Morgan by Ron Cher now a Small victories by Samuel g. Freedman a Richard Milhous Nixon by Roger Morris a Jackson Pollack an american Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith and a righteous Pilgrim the life and times of Harold l. Ickes 18741952�?� by . Watkins. Winners of the awards which include a $10,000 prize will be announced nov. 27. Rolling Stone editor and founder Jann Wenner said he plans to keep the 23-year-old publication successful a its circulation and advertising Are both up this year a by a staying on top of the  currently Wenner said rolling Stone is publishing much More music news. But with an election year coming up political coverage will increase. 1 a elections Are Good for us a he said. A a we la hold rolling stones audience by expanding our coverage to match their  compiled from wire report november 4,1990 sunday to plus c Page 17