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A rose for her grave: and other true cases
By Ann Rule. 1993
Randy Roth has a small son when he meets divorced young mother Janis Miranda. Soon after their wedding, Janis falls…
off a mountain and dies. Roth marries another woman, who, fearing for her life, soon leaves him. When his fourth wife drowns, people begin to notice. Other crimes involve a hit woman and a rapist who kills the woman who put him in prison. Strong language and violence. BestsellerThey can kill you -- but they can't eat you: lessons from the front
By Dawn Steel. 1993
Steel tells what she learned during her rise to the presidency of Columbia Pictures. She recounts her childhood, including her…
father's nervous breakdown; her various careers--sportswriter, Penthouse merchandiser, creator of "designer" toilet paper; her lovers, including Richard Gere; her start in show business; and her first success promoting the original Star Trek film. Strong language. BestsellerThe winner within: a life plan for team players
By Pat Riley. 1993
Basketball coach, former player, broadcaster, and speechmaker on winning describes his formula for success. Riley begins with the premise that…
teamwork depends on taking the best that individuals have to offer and blending those strengths into a force that is beyond what one can achieve on one's own. He claims that teamwork depends upon the flow of rhythms of "ambition, power, cooperation, and emotion." BestsellerPresident Kennedy: profile of power
By Richard Reeves. 1993
Examines President Kennedy's use of power from the day before his inauguration in January 1961 until the day of his…
assassination in November 1963. Based on previously unavailable records, Reeves's account gives the reader a behind-the-scenes look at the presidency and at Kennedy's responses to crises at home and abroad. Some strong language. BestsellerBlack holes and baby universes and other essays
By Stephen Hawking. 1993
The physicist presents autobiographical sketches, a transcript of a "Desert Island Discs" broadcast on which he was the guest castaway,…
and scientific articles that range from his philosophy of science to his dream of finding a complete theory of the universe. The essays reflect changes in the author's long battle with motor neuron disease and insights into science and space. BestsellerSecrets of a sparrow: memoirs
By Diana Ross. 1993
One of a family of six in Detroit, Ross, at sixteen, signed her first Motown record contract as a singer…
with The Supremes. She discusses her early successes, her first husband and three daughters, and the breakup of both the group and her marriage. She continued as a successful singer, and her career expanded to encompass acting and even costume designing. As her daughters became young women, Ross remarried and gave birth to two sons. BestsellerSeinLanguage
By Jerry Seinfeld. 1993
Seinfeld, known for his stand-up comedy routine and his situation comedy, draws from both in these humorous essays. His topics…
range from wishing he were a phone machine: "Excuse me, I'm not here right now. If you just leave a message, I can walk away" to awkwardness with nudity: "I like to wear a belt when I'm naked. I'd like to get pockets to hang off the belt...to be naked and still be able to put your hands in your pockets." BestsellerThe Rush Limbaugh story: talent on loan from God :an unauthorized biography
By Paul D Colford, Paul D. Colford. 1993
From humble beginnings in a small midwestern town, Limbaugh has come to prominence as perhaps the most-listened-to radio and television…
talk show host in America. Colford interviewed Limbaugh's mother, brother, former wives, and coworkers for his account of this "darling of the conservative right" who early in his career had difficulty keeping a job. BestsellerTeaching your children values
By Richard Eyre, Linda Eyre. 1993
Parents of nine, the Eyres use examples from their own household to illustrate the values they are describing. Beginning with…
their explanation of why parents should teach what they call values of being and values of giving, the Eyres then offer a twelve-month schedule of how to do just that. Each month focuses on a single value--courage, loyalty and dependability, and love are examples. Bestseller. 1993Heaven on earth: Dispatches from America's Spiritual Frontier
By Michael D'Antonio. 1992
The author spent a year visiting American New Age centers. He describes their philosophy, in which, he states, what matters…
most is each individual's life. He visited Philadelphia, where the spirit Lazaris appears to speak through Jach Pursel; the California Sierras, where he met environmental spiritualist Ayisha Homolka; and New York City's Whole Life Expo, where Timothy Leary and Bernie Siegel were on the program. Some strong languageThe egg and I
By Betty MacDonald, Betty Bard MacDonald. 1987
Reminiscences of life on a remote, run-down chicken farm in the Olympic mountains of Washington state. The author, survivor of…
an adventurous childhood but still unprepared for the realities of frontier life, keeps her sense of humor amidst the hard work, loneliness, and general denial of the constant struggle to accept her part of the bargain that her marriage requires. BestsellerThe seat of the soul
By Gary Zukav. 1990
The author refers to the type of person who puts mind over heart as a "five-sensory human," one less open…
to intuitive thinking. And he contrasts this type with the "multisensory" individual, who seeks fulfillment in spirituality. Using such notions as karma, intuition, and trust, Zukav attempts to describe the spiritual evolution of the human species, although he says an adequate vocabulary has not yet emerged for this purposeA woman's worth
By Marianne Williamson. 1993
Lecturer and author Williamson "spills her guts," offering inspirational essays for women on different aspects of their lives-- relationships and…
sexuality, careers, child-rearing, worrying about physical appearance, and dealing with sexism. Recommending meditation and prayer for spiritual renewal, Williamson urges women to allow themselves to mature into queens and to find the goddess within them. BestsellerRemembering Denny
By Calvin Trillin. 1993
Memoir of a young man whose life mirrored changes in American society since the 1950s. The author portrays his Yale…
classmate, Denny Hansen, as a bright high school student who left college a varsity hero, a Rhodes Scholar, and the subject of a Life magazine article. Trillin interweaves the outcome of the expectations of his generation as he investigates what caused Denny's dazzling smile to fade. BestsellerOut of control: global turmoil on the eve of the twenty-first century
By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert Stewart. 1993
Presidential adviser on national security, professor, and world traveler predicts a new political and economic alliance in which the United…
Nations will play a greater role. The author characterizes the twentieth century as one of death, insanity, and failed utopias, warning that survival requires a return to globally relevant virtues. BestsellerAt the highest levels: the inside story of the end of the cold war
By Strobe Talbott, Michael R. Beschloss, Michael R Beschloss. 1993
A historian and a journalist chronicle the end of the Cold War. With unusual access to classified information, they describe…
the negotiations between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev from 1989 to 1991, and document the two leaders' combination of diplomacy, fear, reliance, suspicion, and mutual trust that led to unprecedented changes. BestsellerCulture and imperialism
By Edward W. Said, Edward W Said. 1993
This book arose from a series of lectures given by the author in the 1980s. His argument is that at…
the height of Western imperialism, most cultural products reinforced the widespread justification of that form of political authority. Said focuses on the Western novel for analysis, using examples from such authors as Camus, Austen, and Conrad. He also discusses the minority of indigenous artists who challenged this "consolidated vision." BestsellerAround the cragged hill: a personal and political philosophy
By George F. Kennan, George F Kennan. 1993
Scholar, diplomat, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author reflects on domestic politics and foreign policy. Observing how decisions are reached and how…
the government is run, he suggests that pressures of decision-making and running for office preempt time for informed opinion. Kennan advocates formation of a Council of State--a nonpolitical think tank or advisory board. BestsellerCreating love: the next great stage of growth
By John Bradshaw. 1992
Building on the "inner child" theme developed in Homecoming (DB 31960), Bradshaw devotes a portion of this book to one's…
need to replace the false self created by "mystification" with a foundation of "soulful" love. He follows this with practical steps that an individual can take to develop loving relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and one's personal and spiritual self. BestsellerI can't believe I said that!: an autobiography
By Kathie Lee Gifford, Jim Jerome. 1992
Kathie Lee calls herself an anomaly - "a thriving career woman who also stands up for traditional values". She says…
those values, loving parents, and faith in God have made her the happy and successful person she is today. She discusses her painful first marriage, her Hollywood career, marriage to Frank Gifford, their son Cody, and her work with Regis Philbin. c1992.