European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In s ism i i is new York times list for the week of aug. 25 fiction 1 the sum of Alt fears by Tom Clancy last week 1, weeks on list 2 2 the firm by John Grisham last week 2, weeks on list 25 3 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan last week. 3. Weeks on list 104 maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard last week 4 weeks on list 5 5 outer Banks by Ann Rivers Siddons last week 5 weeks on list 6 6 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week 6 weeks on fist 15 7 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark last week 7 weeks on list 17 8 beast by Peter Benchley last week 10 weeks on list 10 9 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught last week 9 weeks on list 10 10 pastime by Robert b. Parker last week 8 weeks on list 6 11 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 11 weeks on list 75 12 Texas Sage by Sandra Brown last week 14 weeks on list 4 a a 13 sky masters by Dale Brown last week 12 weeks on list 6 14 a a he is for homicide by sue Grafton last week 15 weeks on list 15. 15 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer last week 13 weeks on list 17 non fiction 1 when you look like your passport photo its time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 2 weeks on list 6 2 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 1 weeks on list 11 3 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 3 weeks on list. 11 4 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 4 weeks on list. 41 5 ult of by Robert Fulghum first week on list 6 tour ours Provence by Peter Mayle last week 5 weeks on list 97 fire in the belly by Sam keen last week 6 weeks on list 16 8 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin first week on list 9 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins last week 7 weeks on list 8 10 a question of character by Thomas c. Reeves last week 8 weeks on list 9 11 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 9 weeks on list 16 0 12 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave Barry last week. 10 weeks on list 9. 13 Woody Allen by Eric lax last week 15 weeks on list 13 / .14 under the influence by Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey last week 14 weeks on list 8 15 and the beat goes on by Sonny Bono last week 12 weeks on list 3 paperback fiction 1 four past Midnight by Stephen King first week on list 2 the women in his life by Barbara Taylor Bradford weeks on list 2 3 Sullivan a sting by Lawrence Sanders weeks on list 5 4 time bomb by Jonathan Kellerman weeks on list 2 5 first Man in Rome by Colleen Mccullough weeks on list 5 6 lady Boss by Jackie Collins weeks on list 7 7 the Burden of proof by Scott Turow weeks on list 15 8 september by Rosamunde Pilcher weeks on list 10 9 Joy Luck club by Amy Tan weeks on list 32 i i writer s a i 10 prime directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves Stevens firs week on list paperback non fiction 1 you just done to understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 15 2 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 10 3 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 7 4 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 408 5 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 93 6 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 8 7 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 24 8 the doctor by Edward e. Rosenbaum weeks on list 2 9 the Road from Coo rain by Jill Ker Conway weeks on list 48 10 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 13 paperback miscellaneous 1 the to Factor Grom counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 57 2 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 37 3 the to Factor diet by Martin Natahn weeks on list 16 4 the fat burning workout by Joyce l. Vedral weeks on list 4 a. 5 life s Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. Weeks on list 3 a a k w at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of bestsellers at stars and stripes bookstores fiction 1 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy 2 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 doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon 5 the Druid of Shannara by Terry Brooks 6 the see Tess of Kell by David Eddings 7 darkness by John Saul 8 Paradise by Judith Mcnaught 9 sky masters by Dale Brown 10 the rustlers of West Fork by Louis l amour non fiction 1 the commanders by Bob Woodward 2 silent coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin a 3 Dave Barry talks Back by Dave Barry 4 Boss of Bosses by Joseph f. O Brien and Andris Kurins 5 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz 6 fire in the belly by Sam keen 7 the promised land by Nicholas Lemann 8 the Rand Mcnally Road Atlas 9 the better Homes and gardens new Cookbook 10 you la never eat lunch in this town again by Julia Phillip better to follow spelling rules to the letter James j. Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate in recent years. I am told Many teachers have adopted a permissive theory about their pupils and Prisc composition. The theory is to this effect children May Best be encouraged to write by not correcting their writing. I m not so sure. The idea is that if a child writes a charming Little Story about a my favrits  her Little psyche will be wounded if the teacher gently suggests that dear you really should spell cat with a  the thought is that eventually the child will learn How to spell a favorite Quot As Well. Meanwhile unfettered by Nett csome rules the child s incipient Talent Flics Onward and upward. I would agree that if a child constantly is nagged about spelling grammar punctuation and syntax the child May get discouraged and quit. Young writer Are fragile Flowers under the hot Sun of too much criticism they Wilt. But my curmudgeonly thought is that too Little criticism is often the greater fault. The child who is forgiven in the fourth Grade for spelling a a summary As a sum Rye is Likely to grow up become a newspaper reporter in Charleston s.c., and spell it a summery Quot As in a a year end summery  the Little boy who aspires to be a sportswriter May become an adult who covers Golf tournaments. He May write that a Golf is no longer an aristocratic game played in the quiet hush and Gentile surrounding of the Rich and  he will have earned a reprimand because no teacher Ever explained to him the difference Between a a gentiles and  in the context of country clubs the difference May be Large. Today finds me in my Kinder gentler Mode. I will not identify the writers and the news diapers in the following horrid examples but in the fashion of Dave Barry i Promise you that i Haven to made them up. This is from a paper in Ohio a Clintonville s prime Charm is its Well kept neighbourhoods full of attractive cozy Homes Chalk full of charac to tfx a and  a Community newspaper Nea port land ore., interviewed a colourful local figure. He is a a Robinson Caruso Type character members of a High school marching and in Kansas went to Pasadena to March in the Rosc bowl Parade. On their return the local paper interviewed one of the players a we went to cat at this place one night. While we were Cating they were having a jousting match with real \ horses Down in the Arena. There was no silverware. We had to drink our soup and they brought in this whole Chicken and we had to tear it apart to cat it. It was a mid evil  for the moment i subside but Only for the moment. As the Twig is Bent to Coin a phrase St grows the tree. At an Early age writers should be firmly corrected on the spelling of chock full Robinson Crusoe and medieval. \ september 1, 1991 sunday a Page 9