European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                His so l i i us new York times list fiction 1 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley last week 1 weeks on list 7 2 no greater love by Danielle steel first week on list 3 needful things by Stephen King last week 2 weeks on list 6 4 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy last week 4 weeks on list 14 5 comeback by Dick Francis last week 3 weeks on list 4 6 remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford Iasi week. 5 weeks on list 4 7 night Over water by Ken foiled last week 6 weeks1 on list 8 8 sleeping Beauty by Judith Michael Las week 7 weeks on list 5 9 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon last week 8 weeks on list 11 10 All the wears of Pem by Anne Mccaffrey last week 9 weeks on list 5 11 the Sapphire Rose by David Eddings first week on list 12 reunion by Michael Jan Friedman last week 10 weeks on list 3 13 the firm by John Grisham last week 12 weeks on list 37 14 Lila by Robert m. Pirsig last week 11 weeks on list 2 15 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 15 weeks on list 87 non fiction 1 Den of thieves by James b. Stewart last week 1 weeks on list 6 2 me stories of my life by Katharine Hepburn last week 2 weeks on list 10 3 under fire by Oliver l. North with William Novak last week 3 weeks on list 3 4 dance while you can by Shirley Maclaine last week 6 weeks on list 3 5 us of by Robert Fulghum last week 5 weeks on list 13 6 childhood by Bill Cosby Iasi week 9 weeks on list 3 7 Prairie Rob by William least heat Moon last week 7 weeks on list 4 8 the new world order by Pat Robertson last week 4 weeks on list 4 9 cruel doubt by Joe Mcginniss last week 11 weeks on list 6 10 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 8 weeks on list 23 11 Molly twins can to say that can she by Molly Ivins last week 12 weeks on list 2 12 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 10, weeks on list 53 13 backlash by Susan Faludi first week on list 14 Madonna unauthorized by Christopher Andersen weeks on list 3 15 Savage inequalities by Jonathan Kozol last week 13, weeks on list 4 paperback fiction 1 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel weeks on list. 4 2 unification by Jeri Taylor weeks on list 2 3 Circle of friends by Maeve Bitchy weeks on list. 5 4 the Eagle has flown by Jack Higgins weeks on list. 4 5 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon weeks on list 11 6 hocus pocus by Kurt Vonnegut weeks an list 4 7 four past Midnight by Stephen King weeks on list 13 8 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 22 9 the rift by Peter David weeks on list 4 10 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton first week on list exit nth a r a a Quot it up Jap paperback non fiction 1 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 27 2 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 19 3 a Lite on the Road by Charles Kuril weeks on list. 3 4 the Road less travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 420 5 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 105 6 done to know much about history by Kenneth c Davis weeks on list 20 7 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 35 8 a natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman weeks on list 4 9 sexual personae by Camille Paglia weeks on list 5 10 when Rabbit howls by the troops for Truddie Chase. Weeks on list 28 paperback miscellaneous 1 scientific Progress goes Quot Boink Quot by Bill Watterson weeks on list 8 2 unnatural selections by Gary Larson weeks on list 4 3 Lite a Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brownjr. Weeks on list 15 4 the to Factor fat Gram counter by Jamie Pope Cordle and Martin Natahn weeks on list 69 5 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 49 at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of beat Sellers at stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores fiction 1 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley 2 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy 3 needful things by Stephen King 4 Star wars heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn 5 night Over water by Ken Follett 6 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon 7 the deceiver by Frederick Forsyth 8 firebreak by Richard Herman or. 9 harlots ghost by Norman Mailer 10 Saint maybe by Anne Tyler non fiction 1 us of by Robert Fulghum 2 me stories of my life by Katharine Hepburn 3 cruel doubt by Joe Mcginniss 4 exposing Mysell by Geraldo Rivera 5 final exit by Derek Humphry. 6 the frugal gourmet Cooks three ancient cuisines by Jeff Smith 7 Prairie Rob by William least heal Moon 8 wealth without risk by Charles Givens 9 when you look like your passport photo its time logo Home by Erma Bombeck 10 parliament of whores by . O Rourke i ill ski i i k s Vuk when passing the word make sure readers catch on James j. Kilpatrick in discussing writers and their readers i believe the word 1 am after is  its meaning in biology involves Quot the relationship of two or More different organisms in a close association hot Mav be but is not necessarily of Benefit to  thais it All right. In communication that matters a i am not talking about junk mail a the relationship Between writer and Reader has to be close. We were talking in this space just recently about a writer s use of classical allusions. These Are Fine 1 was saying As Long As the Reader understands what the writer is getting at. Let me pursue the Point. In Winter Haven fla., a health Center asked in its advertisement a will this be the summer of your discontent a again Quot the proprietor was thinking of potbellied and fat thighs. How Many readers i wonder recognized the paraphrase of the opening lines from Richard 111? a now is the Winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this Sun of  do Many lovers of Shakespeare work out on parallel bars allusions ought to be reasonably Apt. Last year the Seattle times Post intelligencer twice spoke in headlines of a Quot prodigal  the allusion was to the parable told in Luke 15 11-32 of the sinful son who wasted his substance in a far country but returned to seek forgiveness from his father. Old dad happily rewarded the Wastrel with a fatted calf. The two articles in the Seattle paper had nothing in common with the prodigal son. One piece by a Black newsman had to do with his trip to Senegal. The other had to do with a Cook who began his career at the chateau Ste. Michelle winery worked in Seattle restaurants fur 15 years and then returned to chateau Ste. Michelle to become the winery a principal chef. The Story of the prodigal son offers Fine Opp Portuni ties Lor allusion but these weren to the right opportunities. What about Fig leaves and Olive branches after the persian Gulf War several Arab nations began making tentative overtures toward peace with Israel. A to commentator referred to the gestures As Quot Fig  the allusion stems from genesis 3 7, where their purpose of the Fig leaves was to cover the private parts of Adam and five. T hey had just discovered they were naked and ashamed. Did the commentator mean Quot Olie branches a the Olive Branch appears in genesis 8 id-11 in the Mouth of Noah a Dove. It signalled that god had suspended his Wrath against Man the flood Waters were abating soon things would he better. I Dunno. I still done to know whether the arabs Are donning Fig leaves or waving  branches bul 1 would find another allusion somewhere. Know your audience visualize your readers t Hen write Lor them in was most of them will uru Lei stand. 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