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Zpsl!Ujnft!Cftu!Tfmmfs!Mjtu Uif!Ofx!Zpsl!Ujnft!Cftu!Tfmmfs!Mjtu This February 16, 1986 Last Weeks Week Fiction Week On List 1 LIE DOWN WITH LIONS, by Ken Follett. (Morrow, $18.95.) An English woman 3 3 caught between the C.I.A. and the K.G.B., romance and loyalty, in contemporary Afghanistan. 2 THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS, by Jean M. Auel. (Crown, $19.95.) Ayla continues 1 13 her adventures in the prehistoric world in a sequel to ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' and ''The Valley of Horses.'' 3 LAKE WOBEGON DAYS, by Garrison Keillor. (Viking, $17.95.) Recollections of a 2 25 small American town. 4 CYCLOPS, by Clive Cussler. (Simon & Schuster, $18.95.) The quest for a long- 4 4 vanished ship leads to episodes involving Fidel Castro, the Kremlin, the White House and the moon. 5 TEXAS, by James A. Michener. (Random House, $21.95.) Four hundred fifty 5 19 years of history in fictional form. 6 CONTACT, by Carl Sagan. (Simon & Schuster, $18.95.) The commotion that 6 19 follows the reception of a signal from intelligent life beyond Earth. 7 THE LEBARON SECRET, by Stephen Birmingham. (Little, Brown, $17.95.) Love 12 2 and conflict among the LeBarons, a wealthy family of California vintners. 8 ANGELS OF SEPTEMBER, by Andrew M. Greeley. (Bernard Geis/Warner, -- 1 $17.95.) Father Blackie Ryan investigates when a woman's art gallery is wrecked by an eerie explosion. 9 THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf, $16.95.) Family and friends 9 22 impose order of a kind on the errant life of a travel writer. 10 STONE 588, by Gerald A. Browne. (Arbor House, $17.95.) The pursuit of a stolen 11 2 crystal with curative powers climaxes atop St. Patrick's Cathedral. 11 THE STORYTELLER, by Harold Robbins. (Simon & Schuster, $17.95.) A poor boy 8 6 from Brooklyn makes it big in the world of glamour as a writer. 12 SECRETS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $17.95.) Behind the scenes during the 7 17 production of a blockbuster television series. 13 LUCKY, by Jackie Collins. (Simon & Schuster, $17.95.) The heiress of a crime -- 23 lord takes on the heiress of a shipping tycoon. 14 THE SEVENTH SECRET, by Irving Wallace. (Dutton, $17.95.) A young woman 14 3 sets out to uncover the dark secrets of the Nazi regime. 15 LONDON MATCH, by Len Deighton. (Knopf, $17.95.) Bernard Samson tracks yet 10 9 another traitor in a sequel to ''Berlin Game'' and ''Mexico Set.'' Hawes Publications www.hawes.com Uif!Ofx!Zpsl!Ujnft!Cftu!Tfmmfs!Mjtu This February 16, 1986 Last Weeks Week Non-Fiction Week On List 1 IACOCCA: An Autobiography, by Lee Iacocca with William Novak. (Bantam, 1 68 $19.95.) The rise of an immigrants' son to top jobs at Ford and Chrysler. 2 YEAGER: An Autobiography, by Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos. (Bantam, $17.95.) 2 32 The story of the first man to fly faster than sound. 3 BUS 9 TO PARADISE, by Leo Buscaglia. (Slack/ Morrow, $16.95.) Another trip -- 1 with the ebullient advocate of the virtues of love. 4 DANCING IN THE LIGHT, by Shirley MacLaine. (Bantam, $17.95.) In her 51st 5 21 year, the entertainer wins an Oscar, survives a stormy romance and has new visions of the past and future. 5 HOUSE, by Tracy Kidder. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.95.) An account of the 7 17 construction of a Greek Revival house in Massachusetts. 6 I NEVER PLAYED THE GAME, by Howard Cosell with Peter Bonventre. (Morrow, 6 18 $18.95.) A dour view of the sports world by the veteran broadcaster. 7 ELVIS AND ME, by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra Harmon. (Putnam, 3 22 $16.95.) The rock legend as friend, mentor, lover, husband and father of a daughter, by his former wife. 8 A PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin. (Random 9 34 House, $19.95.) Ways to achieve distinction in management. 9 ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT, by Charles Kuralt. (Putnam, $16.95.) 4 19 The television reporter tells of Americans he's encountered. 10 WISEGUY, by Nicholas Pileggi. (Simon & Schuster, $17.95.) The experiences of -- 1 Henry Hill as a member of a Mafia family. 11 A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC, by Shel Silverstein. (Harper & Row, $13.50.) Light verse 10 154 and drawings. 12 THE FRINGES OF POWER, by John Colville. (Norton, $25.) The diary of the -- 1 private secretary of three British prime ministers illuminates the career of Winston Churchill. 13 COMET, by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. (Random House, $27.50.) An illustrated 8 7 study of the ice-and-dust balls that are probably leftovers from the creation of the solar system. 14 ONLY ONE WOOF, by James Herriot. (St. Martin's, $9.95.) The true story, 11 14 profusely illustrated by Peter Barrett, of how a Yorkshire sheepdog found his long- lost brother. 15 SMART WOMEN, FOOLISH CHOICES, by Connell Cowan and Melvyn Kinder. 12 39 (Clarkson N. Potter, $13.95.) Two clinical psychologists analyze modern women's efforts to find acceptable men. Hawes Publications www.hawes.com .
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