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1. Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" (1988) sold more than 10 million copies in 20 years, was on the bestseller list for 4 years, and has been translated into 35 languages. He wanted to publish a book that would communicate with the general public but at the same time be scientifically accurate. His publisher, Cambridge University Press, insisted that he remove what from the initial draft?
2. This television journalist wrote a best seller called "A Few Minutes with (?)", based on his segment on television's "60 Minutes" that was always introduced by the phrase 'a few minutes with (?)'. Who was he?
3. In 1988 Robert Fulghum made sixteen observations about life such as:
1. Share everything.
2. Play fair.
3. Don't hit people.
4. Put things back where you found them.
In which book did he give this advice?
4. Norman Cousins was an intellectual of the first order who penned a host of non-fiction books on topics such as the future of mankind, atomic energy, and
disarmament. When he became ill in the late 70s, he had a lot of pain from chronic heart problems and arthritis. He studied the effects on emotions of pain and healing that resulted in his 1980 book "Anatomy of an Illness".
Through his research and experiences while ill, what did he find was the most effective way of controlling his pain and fostering healing?
5. William Least Heat-Moon in 1978 was divorced from his wife and was fired from his teaching job. In order to put his life back together, he took his pick-up truck and made a 13,000 mile tour of the United States and wrote a book about his experiences, published in 1980. What was the title?
6. Public Television was the host to Carl Sagan's classic series "The Cosmos", related to his book of the same title. What did Sagan do to make "The Cosmos" similar to a classroom experience?
7. Self-promoter Donald Trump, aided by ghost writer Tony Schwartz, in 1987 published a book that stayed on the best seller list for 51 weeks and sold a million hard copies. What was the name of the book?
8. Who was the lawyer turned sports commentator who said of himself in his autobiography that he was "arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff"?
9. Having one book on the best seller list is an achievement, but this chef had four during the 1980s--"The Frugal Gourmet" (1984), "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine" (1986), "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American" (1987), and "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China, Greece, and Rome" (1989). What was the Frugal Gourmet's real name?
10. "Women, Race, & Class" (1983) explores the Women's Movement from slavery days to modern times, and is just one of many areas explored by this woman who was one of the most controversial women of our time. She is an avowed communist, atheist, intellectual, activist, and was once accused of complicity in murder. Who is this former head of the Feminist Studies department at the University of California at Santa Cruz?
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