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Cruel sacrifice
By Aphrodite Jones. 1994
Sixteen-year-old Melinda Loveless became angry when her young lesbian lover got involved with twelve-year-old Shanda Sharer. Planning to teach Shanda…
a lesson, Melinda and three of her teenage friends tortured and burned the girl to death. Melinda's troubled childhood is described as are the events leading up to the murder. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerHow to argue and win every time: at home, at work, in court, everywhere, every day
By Gerry Spence. 1995
Spence, a noted trial attorney, has not lost a criminal case in forty years. Wanting to share what he's learned,…
he identifies disabling locks to the art of arguing and offers enabling keys. He details the structure, preparation, and technique of the winning argument and explains when to use these skills and how to apply them in different situations. 1995.In Julia's kitchen with master chefs
By Julia Child. 1995
Recipes from twenty-six chefs Child invited to her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for her PBS television series. The list includes…
Roberto Donna, Charlie Trotter, Jody Adams, Leah Chase, Jimmy Sneed, and Monique Barbeau. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chef and helpful hints from Child. BestsellerBy George: the autobiography of George Foreman
By George Foreman. 1995
Boxer George Foreman tells of growing up poor in Texas, dropping out of junior high and turning to crime and…
drinking, and then going on to become the heavyweight champion of the world. He also discusses his several marriages and children and the effect religion has had on his adult life. Some violence. BestsellerA good walk spoiled: days and nights on the PGA tour
By John Feinstein. 1995
The author spent fifteen months following seventeen players on the Professional Golf Association tour. As Feinstein observes these famous and…
not-so-famous golfers, he learns what drives them to play day after day, and how one week they seem to have discovered the secret to the game, and the next week they never want to golf again. But each player keeps striving to be "there" on Sunday afternoon. BestsellerLost moon: the perilous voyage of Apollo 13
By Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger. 1994
Apollo 13 was to have been the fifth mission to the moon. But two days into the trip, on April…
13, 1970, the oxygen tank exploded in the command module, placing the three astronauts in grave danger. Lovell describes those terrifying days as astronauts, contractors, and Mission Control struggled to bring Apollo 13 safely back to earth. Basis for the movie Apollo 13. BestsellerThe Kennedy women: the saga of an American family
By Laurence Leamer. 1994
The large Catholic family that produced noted politicians and suffered through multiple tragedies is examined through its daughters, sisters, and…
wives. The six-generation family saga begins with President Kennedy's great-grandmother, Bridget Murphy, in Ireland, spans 104 years of Rose Kennedy's life, ends with Jackie Kennedy's death, and describes the lives of numerous other Kennedy women. Bestseller. 1994The path to power
By Margaret Thatcher. 1995
In this companion to The Downing Street Years (DB 39179), Thatcher looks at her personal life. She discusses her childhood,…
her years at Oxford, her marriage to Denis Thatcher, her family life, her first steps in politics, her experiences as a minister and as leader of the opposition, and the beginning of her role as prime minister. BestsellerDoctor, what should I eat?: nutrition prescriptions for ailments in which diet can really make a difference
By Isadore Rosenfeld. 1995
Although he considers himself an "establishment" doctor, Rosenfeld believes that almost every major medical condition is either caused or affected…
in some way by food. He provides advice on what food may help or hurt various conditions including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, pregnancy, panic attacks, jet lag, migraines, and osteoporosis. BestsellerPale blue dot: a vision of the human future in space
By Carl Sagan. 1994
Sequel to Cosmos (DB 15796), which is about human attempts to understand the universe from the vantage point of Earth,…
continues with a view of Earth from the perspective of space. The popular astronomer and author examines the claim that "our world and species are unique, and even central to the workings and purpose of the Cosmos," and concludes with an optimistic look at a future beyond our planet. BestsellerGrace
By Robert Lacey. 1994
The author examines the image of a beautiful fairy-tale princess who did not live happily ever after. Lacey chronicles the…
story of Grace Kelly's abbreviated life through her American phase, depicting the actress with a cool, classy facade and a tawdry private life. When the Hollywood star married her European prince, the location of her fantasy life changed, but reality began to destroy the portrait. BestsellerAn anthropologist on Mars: seven paradoxical tales
By Oliver W Sacks. 1995
Case histories of people with neurological disorders who reconstruct the world according to their needs. Comfortable with his forty-five years…
of blindness, one man is confused by the sudden restoration of his sight. An autistic zoology professor is at ease with animals but cannot bear human contact. Each tale portrays a patient with a condition such as Tourette's Syndrome, deafness, or amnesia. Bestseller. Winner of the 1997 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1995.Oswald's tale: an American mystery
By Norman Mailer. 1995
Mailer refers to this as a "sad tale of a young American who lived abroad and returned to a grave…
in Texas." Using transcripts, letters, and interviews, Mailer examines Lee Harvey Oswald's time in Russia, in the service, and in Dallas, concluding that Oswald "had the character to kill Kennedy, and that he probably did it alone." BestsellerAuthor of You Just Don't Understand (DB 32031) discusses how conversational style can affect the way a person is understood.…
Tannen uses an office setting to explain how differences in geographic, economic, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as gender, can affect how well men and women communicate. BestsellerAfter Submarine: A Guided Tour inside a Nuclear Warship (DB 37742), the bestselling author of military fiction examines the special…
organization of the armored cavalry, its equipment, its soldiers, its leaders, and how it fights. The focus is on the 3rd, or the "Brave Rifles," regiment that took part in the Persian Gulf War. Included are interviews with two cavalry leaders from that war. BestsellerExpose of recent chief executives and the mansion they and their families occupied. Author of previous "inside" looks at the…
FBI and the CIA relays the first-hand impressions of presidential assistants, Air Force One flight attendants, military aides, secret service agents, servants, chefs, and other members of the White House staff. BestsellerPaula: A Memoir
By Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden. 1995
Novelist Allende wrote The House of the Spirits (DB 21524) to say goodbye to her dying grandfather. She wrote this…
book to bring her comatose twenty-eight-year-old daughter, Paula, back to life. In case Paula has lost memories when she awakens, Allende tells her the story of their family. Intertwined is the story of Allende fighting to save her daughter, until Paula finally comes to her in a dream and asks to be released. 1995Real moments
By Barbara De Angelis. 1994
Talk show host believes that "we have become experts at preparing to live, but have a difficult time fully enjoying…
the process of being alive, right now." Although planning and achieving goals can bring satisfaction, real happiness can only be achieved by experiencing the present. Drawing from her own spiritual learning experience, De Angelis provides tips on learning this skill. BestsellerAll my Octobers: my memories of twelve World Series when the Yankees ruled baseball
By Mickey Mantle. 1994
Recollections of a man whose name is a symbol for baseball. Mantle writes about playing for the Yankees at a…
time that stands in the record books--twelve trips to the World Series in fourteen years. While he enjoyed the glory and excitement of those times, he blames alcohol for most of his injuries and for preventing him from playing his best. BestsellerChicken soup for the soul: 101 stories to open the heart & rekindle the spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen. 1993
Collection of true stories, poems, and several checklists that readers might use to help them through bad times. The seven…
sections include love, parenting, living your dream, and overcoming obstacles. They include works by Bennet Cerf, Art Buchwald, Robert Fulghum, and Theodore Roosevelt. Bestseller