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MORE DIE OF HEARTBREAK by Saul Bellow (Dell: $4.95). Two men, accomplished in their fields, are unrequited in their love of the women in their lives.
THE NET by Ilie Nastase; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz (St. Martin’s Press: $3.95). The original “nasty” of the courts serves up a romance novel dealing with a nascent tennis player who falls in love with her father’s best friend.
THE AWAKENING by Jude Deveraux (Pocket Books: $4.50). Romance novel taking place on a wealthy California ranch in 1913.
WORKS OF GENIUS by Richard Marek (Siget: $4.50). A first novel by the president and publisher of E. P.Dutton explores the pernicious relationship between a best-selling author and his agent.
MISERY by Stephen King (Signet: $4.95). While recuperating in a remote area from a car accident, a novelist is terrorized by his No. 1 fan.
NONFICTION
LOVE, MEDICINE & MIRACLES: Lessons Learned About Self-Healing From a Surgeon’s Experience With Exceptional Patients by Bernie S. Siegel MD (Perennial Library: $8.95). An eye-opening discussion of the amazing power of the mind to heal the body.
CALL ME ANNA: The Autobiography of Patty Duke by Patty Duke and Kenneth Turan (Bantam Books: $4.95). Duke tells how she lost her identity when she found fame in Hollywood as the youngest winner of an Academy Award .
AFTERWORDS: Novelists on Their Novels, edited by Thomas McCormack (St. Martin’s Press: $9.95.) Fourteen American and British writers on writing.
REAL MAN TELLS ALL: Confessions of an Eligible Bachelor by Peter Nelson (Penquin Books: $6.95). Former Mademoiselle “His” columist shares some of the thoughts men have about romance.
BOONE by T. Boone Pickens Jr. (Houghton Mifflin: $4.95). The quintessential corporate raider recounts how he got to the top and what he found when he got there.
SELF HELP / REFERENCE
THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE: What to Expect, What to Accept, and What You Can Change by Miriam Arnod and Samuel L. Pauker MD (Warner Books: $10.95). Authors give advice on how to survive the most critical year of marriage.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO LIVING WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE by Michael R. Rees MD (Prentice Hall Press: $10.95). Sufferers of high blood pressure can take matters into their own hands and, along with their doctors, develop a treatment plan is suitable for their life styles.
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