He became internationally known for his best-selling and controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist ( 2001 ).

, Dungeons & Dragons remained the best-known and best-selling role-playing game, with an estimated 20 million people having played the game and more than US $ 1 billion in book and equipment sales.

He later wrote a best-selling book about his experiences called Papillon.

Author Robert A. Heinlein coined the term in his best-selling 1961 book Stranger in a Strange Land.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who once lived in Birmingham, may have borrowed Baskerville's surname for one of his Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles – which, in turn, was borrowed by Umberto Eco for the character William of Baskerville in his best-selling novel, The Name of the Rose ( Sean Connery played the character in the film based on the book ).

The book was a success, becoming the best-selling children's book of the year.

The book was the best-selling children's book for two years after its initial publication.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

The mysterious deaths, murder conviction of Duane (“ Buck ”) Walker ( aka Wesley G. Walker ) and acquittal of his girlfriend, Stephanie Stearns, made headlines nationwide and led to a best-selling account written by Stearns's defense attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, and Bruce B. Henderson in the true crime book And the Sea Will Tell.

In 1975, Moody wrote the best-selling book Life After Life and in 1977 he wrote a second book, Reflections on Life After Life.

Scott teamed up again with Gladiator star Russell Crowe, for A Good Year, based on the best-selling book by Peter Mayle about an investment banker who finds a new life in Provence.

This is documented in an updated later edition to Dan Shaughnessy's best-selling book, Curse of the Bambino.

Soviet astronomer Iosif Shklovskii wrote the pioneering book in the field Universe, Life, Intelligence ( 1962 ), which was expanded upon by American astronomer Carl Sagan as the best-selling Intelligent Life in the Universe ( 1966 ).

In March 2009, British family care activist and a best-selling novelist Erin Pizzey reportedly declined to comment on the temporary withdrawal by its publishers of the book Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain following her complaint it had falsely linked her to The Angry Brigade.

Though trouble in Southeast Asia was shown in Jack L. Warner's Brushfire ( 1961 ), and Marshall Thompson's A Yank in Viet-Nam ( 1964 ) and To the Shores of Hell ( 1966 ), the major Hollywood studios refused to make any Vietnam War films with the exception of John Wayne's The Green Berets based on the best-selling book by Robin Moore and using the theme song " Ballad of the Green Berets ".

Gelbart-scripted films for television included Barbarians at the Gate ( 1993 ), a true story about the battle for control of the RJR Nabisco corporation starring James Garner that was based on the best-selling book of that name ; Weapons of Mass Distraction ( 1997 ) starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne as rival media moguls and And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2003 ) starring Antonio Banderas as the Mexican revolutionary leader.

It allegedly became the best-selling German book after World War II.

It became the best-selling American novel of the 19th century, surpassing Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and is considered " the most influential Christian book of the ...

The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000.

* Terry Wiles, born with phocomelia of both arms and legs, has become known internationally through the television drama On Giant's Shoulders and the best-selling book of the same name

* Woodward, Bob and Bernstein, Carl wrote a best-selling book based on their experiences covering the Watergate Scandal for the Washington Post titled All the President's Men, published in 1974.

The Population Bomb is a best-selling book written by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich ( who was uncredited ), in 1968.

By the turn of the century, the Bacons had a thriving home business selling brandied figs and their best-selling " Number 9 Guava Jelly.

In a subsequent best-selling book, The True Character of Kim Jong-il, Shigemura cited apparently unnamed people close to Kim's family along with Japanese and South Korean intelligence sources, claiming they confirmed Kim's diabetes took a turn for the worse early in 2000 and from then until his supposed death three and a half years later he was using a wheelchair.

At the turn of the century Palmolive, which contained both palm and olive oils, was the world's best-selling soap.

In the first half 2011, the table has turn upside down where a highlight of the figures was that Proton had overtaken Perodua to be the best-selling brand this year.

But from the 1960s through present, many small specialized retailers are in turn crushed by the so-called " category killers ", which are " big-box " wholesale-type retailers large enough to carry the majority of best-selling goods in a specific category like sporting goods or office supplies.

The Food Network cooking show Barefoot Contessa is named after Ina Garten's best-selling cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, which in turn was named after her specialty food store which she bought in 1978.

In 2009, Boyd took a turn towards more serious leading roles with two-part adaptation " May Contain Nuts ", based on John O ' Farrell's best-selling novel, " Personal Affairs " for BBC3 and Royal Wedding ( 2010 ), which follows the 1981 Royal Wedding through the perspective of events held in a small Welsh mining village, written by BAFTA winner Abi Morgan, starring Jodie Whittaker.

The film tells the story of Cleve ( Woods ), a career hitman, who wants to turn his life story into a book written by Dennis Meechum ( Dennehy ), a veteran police officer and best-selling author.

After the band split, Cook formed Beats International whose début album spawned their signature hit, Dub Be Good to Me which was another UK number-one as well as going on to become the 7th best-selling single of 1990 in the UK.

Due to critical acclaim and commercial success ( at the time of its conclusion, it was DC ’ s best-selling series ), The Sandman spawned a number of spin-off volumes.

In The Other Side of Outsourcing ( 2004 ), he visited a call centre in Bangalore, interviewing the young Indians working there, and then travelled to an impoverished rural part of India, where he debated the pros and cons of globalization with locals ( this trip spawned his eventual best-selling book The World is Flat ).

Eventually Der Spiegel has joined the ranks of the proper grammar and jargon guardians with the Zwiebelfisch ("( printer's ) pie ") column on the magazine's website, which has even spawned several best-selling books.

The Jewish Catalog became one of the best-selling books in American Jewish history to that date and spawned two sequels.

They quickly became two of the best-selling strategy games of all time and spawned multiple sequels.

Following the breakup of these two bands, two other metalcore acts spawned from a number of their members, namely Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall, two of the best-selling bands in metalcore.

While Great Mazinger did not achieve the same astronomical ratings as Mazinger Z, but was still highly popular to run a very successful 56 weeks, and spawned a line of best-selling toys and merchandize as did its predecessor, as well as several spin-off theatrical featurettes, and allowed for the creation of UFO Robo Grendizer.

The Jewish Catalog became one of the best-selling books in American Jewish history to that date and spawned two sequels.

He also illustrated several best-selling books, including Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens ( 1875 ), Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick ( 1882 ), and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith ( 1887 ).

Their mixture of heavy metal and glam rock stylings produced several best-selling albums during the 1980s, including Shout at the Devil ( 1983 ), Theatre of Pain ( 1985 ), and Girls, Girls, Girls ( 1987 ), which showcased their love of motorcycles, whiskey and strip clubs, and which told tales of substance abuse, sexual escapades, and general decadence.

There are several Carmelite figures who have received significant attention in the 20th century, including Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, one of only three female Doctors of the Church, so named because of her famous teaching on the " way of confidence and love " set forth in her best-selling memoir, " Story of a Soul "; Titus Brandsma, a Dutch scholar and writer who was killed in Dachau Concentration Camp because of his stance against Nazism ; and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross ( née Edith Stein ), a Jewish convert to Catholicism who was also imprisoned and died at Auschwitz.

The Nye Committee hearings between 1934 and 1936 and several best-selling books of the time supported the conviction of many Americans that the U. S. entry into World War I had been orchestrated by bankers and arms dealers for profit reasons.

He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history or a best-selling traveller's guide to Arabia.

He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history or a best-selling traveller's guide to Arabia.

In the world of literature, Wimbledon provides the principal setting for several comic novels by author Nigel Williams ( including the best-selling The Wimbledon Poisoner and They Came from SW19 ) as well as for Elisabeth Beresford's series of children's stories about the Wombles.

He has created hundreds of best-selling projects in all genres of music, including a 1992 Grammy Award-winning children's title ( A Cappella Kids ), and several Dove Award-nominated projects.

He is the author of numerous books of poetry, a memoir, a travel book, and several novels in collaboration with his partner Neil Derrick, notably the best-selling Village, recently reissued as The Villagers by ( pseud.

It is a spin-off from Gaiman's best-selling Vertigo Comics series The Sandman, featuring the Sandman ( Dream )' s elder sister, Death of the Endless in a self-contained story based around the fable that Death takes human form once a century, to remain grounded and in touch with humanity, an idea touched upon in several other media, for example in the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday and in the Terry Pratchett novel Reaper Man.

On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.

The last three singles were featured on their sixth album Little Busters that came out on February and became one of their most famous records and, for several years, their best-selling album.

Kitty Kelley ( born April 4, 1942 ) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.

Torrey has written several best-selling books on mental illness, including Surviving Schizophrenia.

Playing to sold-out crowds across western Europe, Stax released several live albums from the tour recordings, including the best-selling Otis Live In Europe '.

It also recognized the potential of comedy albums, producing Spike Jones ' first LP, Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry, in 1956 and several best-selling albums featuring live performances by Shelley Berman beginning in 1960.

Bergen, who leads the program, is a CNN national security analyst and author of several best-selling books, including, " The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda.

It is famed as the birthplace of Drizzt Do ' Urden, the protagonist of several series of best-selling novels by noted fantasy author R. A. Salvatore.

Although the Marx name is now largely forgotten except by toy collectors, several of the brands the company developed remain strong icons in popular culture, including Rock ' em Sock ' em Robots, introduced in 1964, and its best-selling sporty Big Wheel tricycle, one of the most popular toys of the 1970s.

U2's 1983 concert video, Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, became a best-selling long-form concert video and several songs became popular music videos.

George F. Jewsbury ( born November 26, 1941 ) is a historian who has collaborated on several best-selling textbooks in the Civilization: Past & Present series.

The 127 was an instant success, winning the European Car of the Year award for 1972, and quickly became one of the best-selling cars in Europe for several years.

Ahmed Rashid ( Urdu :) ( b. 1948 in Rawalpindi ) is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.