European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M s i is i i i knew York times list for the week of aug. 11 fiction 1 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan last week 1 weeks on list 8 2 the firm by John Grisham last week 2 weeks on list 23 3 maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard last week 9 weeks on list 3 4 pastime by Robert b. Parker last week 8 weeks on list 4 5 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week 3 weeks on list 13 6 outer Banks by Ann Rivers Siddons last week 6, weeks on list 4. A 7 beast by Peter Benchley last week 5 weeks on list 8 8 loves music loves to dance by Mary Miggins Clark last week 4 weeks on list 15 9 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught last week 7 weeks on list 8 10 sky masters by Dale Brown last week 14 weeks on list 4 11 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer last week 12 weeks on list 15 12 Texas Sage by Sandra Brown last week 12 weeks on list 2 13 the wild Rose by Dorsi Mortman first week on list 14 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 10 weeks on list 73 a 15 Amista by Len Deighton first week on list non fiction 1 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 2 weeks on list 9. 2 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 3 weeks on list 9 3 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 5 weeks on list 4 4 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 1 weeks on list 39 5 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 4 weeks on list 7. 6 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 6 weeks on list 14 7 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins last week 8 weeks on list 6 8 a question of character by Thomas c. Reeves last week 7 weeks on list 7 9 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 10 weeks on list 14 10 and the beat goes on by Sonny Bono first week on list 11 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave Barry weeks on list 7 12 counsel to the president by Clark Clifford with Richard Holbrooke last week 12 weeks on list 10 13 Woody Allen by Eric lax last week 9 weeks on list 11 14 under the influence by Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey last week 15 weeks on list 6 15 Peter Lawford by James Spada last week 14 weeks on list 3 paperback fiction 1 Sullivan s sting by Lawrence Sanders weeks on list 3 2 first Man in Rome by Colleen Mccullough weeks on list 3 3 lady Boss by Jackie Collins weeks on list 5 4 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow weeks on list 13 5 september by Rosamunde Pilcher weeks on list 8 6 the prize by Julie Garwood weeks on list 5 7 the voice of the night by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 8 8 Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 30 9 spy sinker by Len Deighton weeks on list 2 10 the silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris weeks on list 44 the to Factor Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 55 the fat burning workout by Joyce l. Vedral weeks on list 3. The seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 35. Life a Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. First week on list Rand Mcnally Road Atlas by Rand Mcnally weeks on list 12.a a a at stairs and stripes bookstores latest available list of Best Sellers at stars and stripes bookstores fiction 1 the sum of All fears by Tom clancy2 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy zahn.3 fire sea volume 3 the death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 4 the firm by John Grisham 5 heartbeat by Danielle steel 6 the Sheress of Kell by David Eddings 7 darkness by John saul8 the rustlers of West Fork by Louis l amour 9 sky masters by Dale Brown 10 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer non fiction 1 the commanders by Bob Woodward 2 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert gettlin3 have Barry talks Back by Dave Barry 4 you la never eat lunch in this town again by Julia Phillips 5 fire in the belly by Sam keen 6 the promised land by Nicholas Lemann 7 Nancy Reagan the unauthorized biography by Kitty Kelley 8 Iron John by Robert Bly 9 her Blue body everything we know by Alice Walker 10 first air by Michael Skinner Rice i to the husked kernels and in some dialects go Means a husked kernels. Since the chinese care even More for their families than they do for their Rice or silk there is a profusion of words for relations. For instance Chipes has five words for  it depends on whether he is your fathers older or younger brother or your mothers brother or your fathers Sisters husband or your mothers Sisters husband. In chinese the rules that apply to a a Uncle also apply to  chinese has about two dozen expressions for a wife a but in this Case the Richness of the language does no to indicate special esteem. On the contrary most of the terms arc unflattering a the inside person a a the old woman a a the one on the bed a a the children smother a a the  one reason for the Many expressions May be that until Early this Century it Wasny to unusual Jor peasant women not to have Given names is they grew up they were identified by numbers second sister fourth sister and so on. A my Mother did no to have a name As far As i know a says an octogenarian Friend who grew up in the Countryside. I asked him what his father called his Mother and his brow furrowed. It then his face lit up. A a a hey a a he said triumphantly. A the called her  Quot where English is particularly Rich and chinese poor is in the areas of science and democracy a the two slogans that since 1919 have been a rallying cry for change. Indeed a a science and a democracy Quot Are sometimes known As s inns Hong or. S and d inns Hong or. To signify that they Are foreign guests who still have not taken up chinese residency. It would be rash to draw conclusions on what this says about the chinese especially when there Are More than 1.1 billion of them. Still its Nice to know that English has the Edge in a few areas. Science. Democracy. Sex. A language could do worse. On i i a paperback non fiction 1 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on i isl 13 2 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 8 3 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 5 4 Michael Landon by Aileen Joyce first week on list 5 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 91 6 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 406 7 done to know much about history by Kenneth c. Davis weeks on list 5 8 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 46 ,. A 9 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 2210 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 12 1 paperback miscellaneous 1 2 3 4learning chinese can be hardly As smooth As silk by Nicholas d. Kristof the new York times arabic is a Rich language. There Are words for losing ones children for a Carriage taking a Virgin into Battle for a disease striking camels in the head. But when i was sweltering in Cairo in the Early 1980s, while studying arabic what struck me most was that there was Only one word Tolg that refers if somewhat lazily to either ice or Snow. At the time i was yearning for a Good Talg fall in Cairo i Learned that the Eskimo language has several dozen words for  which makes perfect sense the diversity in a language reflects the interests and obsessions of the society speaking it. As a continuing student of the chinese language i find that chinese is especially Rich in. The specific areas one would expect Given the culture. There Are at least 19 words for silk for example and eight for Rice. Why Well Gio refers to a Tough White Nilk it i in n Pitt Ornot Nilk to inn in a Blue red silk fabric Kunnig is Unco bed silk thread is is regular silk thread Chou is another term for silk fabrics and so on. As for Rice few refers to the cooked product duo to the Rice when it is still in the Paddy Xian to Long grained August 18, 1991 sunday