European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse His i is i i i in new York times list fiction 1 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley Iasi week 1 weeks on list-10 2 no greater love it by Danielle steel last week 2 weeks on list 4 3 needful things by Stephen King last week 3, weeks on list 9 4 the sum of All fears by Tom Clancy last week 4 weeks on list 17 5 the Sapphire Rose by David Eddings last week 5 weeks on list 4 6 night Over water by Ken Follett last week 6, weeks on list 11 7 wet by Garrison Keillor last week 10 weeks on list 2 8 comeback by Dick Francis last week 7 weeks on list 7 9 the firm by John Grisham last week 11 weeks on list 40 10 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon last week 8 weeks on list 14 11 remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford last week 9 weeks on list 7 12 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week 12 weeks on list. 90 13 All the wears of Pem by Anne Mccaffrey last week 15 weeks on list 8 14 Lila by Robert m. Pirsig weeks on list 4 15 maus ii by Art Spiegelman last week 15 weeks on list 2 non fiction 1 me stories of my life by Katharine Hepburn last week 1 weeks on list 13 2 Den of thieves by James b. Stewart last week 3, weeks on list 9 3 under fire by Oliver l. North with William Novak last week 2 weeks on list 6 4 us of by Robert Fulghum last week 5 weeks on list 16 5 memories by Ralph Emery with Tom Carter last week 12 weeks on list 2 6 childhood by Bill Cosby Iasi week 4 weeks on list 6 7 backlash by Susan Faludi last week 6 weeks on list 4 8 the Jordan rules by Sam Smith last week 7 weeks on list 2 9 parliament of whores by . O Rourke last week 10 weeks on list 26 10 Pralor Merlh by William least heat Moon last week 8 weeks on list 7 11 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 11 weeks on list 56 12 Molly Ivins can to say that can she by Molly Ivins last week 9 weeks on list 5 13 when you look like your passport photo has time to go Home by Erma Bombeck last week 14 weeks on list 17 14 the new world order by Pat Robertson last week 13 weeks on list 7 15 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz weeks on list 22 paperback fiction 1 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton weeks on list 4 2 cold fire by Dean r. Koontz weeks on list 3 3 the Plains of passage by Jean m. Auel weeks on list 7 4 prisoner of my desire by Johanna Lindsey weeks on list 3 5 the Prince of tides by pal Conroy weeks on list 32 6 the fourth k by Mario Puzo weeks on list 1 7 the Ruby Knight by David Eddings weeks on list 3 8 Circle of friends by Maeve Bitchy weeks on list 8 9 memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon weeks on list 14 10 the education of Little tree by Forrest Carter weeks on list 25 Dan paperback non fiction 1 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 30 2 a year in Provence by Peter Mayle weeks on list 22 3 All i really need to know i Learned in kindergarten by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 108 4 a life on the Road by Charles Kuralt weeks on list 6 5 the Road loss travelled by m. Scott Peck weeks on list 423 6 it was on fire when i Lay Down on it by Robert Fulghum weeks on list 38 7 done to know much about history by Kenneth c. Davis weeks on list 23 8 a natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman weeks on list 7 9 composing a life by Mary Catherine Bateson weeks on list 20 10 love Medicine and miracles by Bernie s siege weeks on list 126 paperback miscellaneous1 life a Little instruction Book Fay h Jackson Brownjr. Weeks on list 18 2 scientific Progress goes a Boink by Bill Walterson weeks on list 11 3 unnatural selections by Gary Larson weeks on list 7 4 the seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen r. Covey weeks on list 51 5 the world almanac and Book of facts 1992 first week on list at stars and stripes bookstores latest available list of Best Sellers at stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores fiction1 Scarlett by Alexandra ripley2 no greater love by Danielle steel3 the sum of a fears by Tom clancy4 needful things by Stephen king5 the Sapphire Rose by David eddings6 Star wars hair to the Empire by Timothy zahn7 night Over water by Ken follett8 the doomsday conspiracy by Sidney sheldon9 the deceiver by Frederick Forsyth 10 sleeping Beauty by Judith Michaelnon-flction1 the Samson option by Seymour hersh2 us of by Robert fulghum3 me stories of my life by Katharine hepburn4 cruel doubt by Joe Mcginniss 5 dance while you can by Shirley maclaine6 pair Perth by William least heat-moon7 exposing myself by Geraldo rivera8 when you look like your passport photo has time to go Home by Erma Bombeck 9 final exp by Derek humphry10 the frugal gourmet Cooks three ancient cuisines by Jeff Smith i Iii writer s or trying to find the write stuff amid word War James j Kilpatrick a few weeks go 1 asked readers to consider three not very Carth Shak ing problems. The first involved the rewriting of a photo caption. The second and third dealt with advertisements. About 50 of you took pen in hand. Problem no. 1 Peter Curtis was opening a travel Agency in Montgomery Ala. A newspaper identified Only As the news sent a reporter and a photographer to cover the event. True to form the photographer insisted that Curtis he photographed doing something rather than just standing there. It transpired that Curtis playing with Mark Cox had made it to the semifinals in doubles at Wimbledon in 1973. He had a picture of the match. This was the caption a Curtis examines painting of he and Tennis partner Cox left playing at the pronoun a the Quot was plainly wrong but a a him work comfortably either. What to do Mary Zochling of Englewood fla., was the first of Many Wannabe editors to propose Quot Curtis examines painting of himself and partner Cox left playing at in a not crazy about the reflexive. If we leave Cox out of it we have a a painting of himself playing at did himself often lob did himself have a powerful serve my own acc blk suggestion was longer Quot Curtis holds a painting of a match in 1973 at Wimbledon where he and Cox went to the semifinals. Cox is at i m not nuts about that version either. Sometimes the English language confronts a writer in the fashion of the one Way streets of Charleston . You just can to gel there from Here. Problem no. 2 involved an and for jaguars. The and asked a need a reason to buy a Jaguar now Here a a Pedantic editor might change the copy to read a there Are three a but that emendation has no Pizzazz. To assert a there arc three would Puzzle the Reader. Phyllis Dennett of Tucson ariz., was the first of Many readers to propose a need a reason to buy a Jaguar now try As alternatives a How about three a and a go for problem no. 3 arose from a line in an and for the Mita company. A fall we make is Good turn it around and you get the obviously ungrammatical a Good copiers is All we Nancy Brownell of Lubbock Texas proposed a great copiers. That Sall we Corky Sanders of Stuart fla., would have changed the and to read Quot we make Only Good sounds still to me. Or. Lawrence Wallace of pcs Plaines iii., suggested something Short and Snappy a great copiers Quot on reflection my thought is that the original and writers had the Best of it. From their Point of View they wrote it Good like and writers should. Their deliberate errors in grammar attracted attention. That a the whole idea. Universal press Syndicate december 15, 1991 sunday a Page 9
