Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 5 1980

Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1997) was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. His best-known works are the 1958 book Those About to Die, which remained in continuous print for three decades and became the basis for the Ridley Scott movie Gladiator; and the 1967 novel The Fox and the Hound which in 1981 was adapted into an animated film by Walt Disney Productions. Source: [Daniel P. Man...

John T. Beaudouin is an author whose work has appeared in several volumes of Reader's Digest Condensed Books, including editions from 1976, 1979, and 1981. His writing is also featured in "Best Sellers." He is known for contributing to collections of popular fiction.

Ken Follett is a Welsh author of thriller and historical fiction. Born in Cardiff in 1949, he worked as a newspaper reporter and then in publishing before his breakthrough as a novelist with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978). He is best known for the Kingsbridge series, which began with The Pillars of the Earth (1989), and for the Century Trilogy (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity). His books have sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide in more than 80 countries and...

M. Phyllis Lose is an author whose work was featured in Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 5 1980. Her writing contributed to this popular collection, offering readers a selection of stories.

Robert E. Oliphant is known for his contribution to