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By Randy Shilts. 1987
The author traces the history of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. He presents the apathy and politics displayed…
by the government, the media, the medical establishment, and the gay community before they realized the magnitude of the crisis. c1987.By Cleveland Amory. 1987
One Christmas Eve, Amory rescues a white cat. He describes life with this cat, as well as sharing his feelings…
about veterinaries, airlines, hotels, and the complexities of modern life. 1987.By Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Julie N. Eisenhower. 1986
A daughter's admiring portrait of her mother. Follows the former first lady from her birth in a boomtown mining shack…
to the White House. Full of anecdotes, gossip, behind the scenes glimpses of historical figures, and surprising revelations. Bestseller. 1986By Robert Harold Schuller, Robert H Schuller. 1986
Dr. Schuller, the minister of the popular television program "The Hour of Power," counsels that "a life of happiness is…
found on the train called love." He says that it can be boarded at any of three stations--love of self, neighbor, and God--but one must continue for the entire trip to reap the promised benefits. Bestseller 1986By David Halberstam. 1986
Dramatic interweaving of two little-known stories--the inside struggles of the Ford organization, including the firing of Lee Iacocca in the…
1970s, and the growth of the Japanese automotive industry, notably Nissan, since the 1950s. Halberstam sees the consequent transfer of economic power from West to East as the inevitable result of American arrogance. Bestseller 1986By C. G Jung. 1973
A doctor explores neurological disorders with a novelist's skill and appreciation of his patients as human beings. Sacks suggests that…
therapy for brain-damaged patients be designed to help restore the personal quality of the individual. Bestseller 1986By James Herriot, Victor G. Ambrus. 1986
Collection of fifty dog stories from the Scottish veterinarian and master storyteller of Yorkshire. Whether treating Mrs. Pumphrey's pampered Pekingese…
Tricki Woo, saving a dog's badly mangled leg without antibiotics, or ducking out of the Daffodil Ball with future wife Helen, Herriot's reminiscences are warm and cheery. Bestseller. 1986By Barry Holstun Lopez. 1986
Rich in detail and based on extensive research and travel, this work captures the animals and people who inhabit the…
harsh region of the Far North, as well as the exploits of the explorers. 1986.By Peter Maas, Peter Maass. 1986
True story of Edwin P. Wilson, a CIA agent run amok, who uses his knowledge of high-level espionage to gain…
a personal fortune. Responsible for supplying the Libyan terrorist machine with weapons and explosives, he becomes the focus of a federal investigation. Strong language. Bestseller 1986By Harold S. Kushner, Harold S Kushner. 1986
By Jimmy Carter. 1985
Carter's experiences negotiating the Camp David Accords, his visits to the Middle East, and portraits of Arab and Israeli leaders.…
The former president maintains that peace in the Middle East must be based on Israeli recognition of the Palestinians' right to self-determination and Arab recognition of Israel's right to exist. Bestseller 1985By Thor Heyerdahl. 1973
Relates how six hardy young Norwegians made a perilous but successful voyage from Peru to Tahiti on a raft of…
balsa logs. This venture tested the author's theory that the original settlers of Polynesia might have come from South America by following the ocean currents. Bestseller 1951By Shana Alexander. 1985
Journalist Alexander chronicles the sensational case of Salt Lake City Mormon multimillionaire Franklin Bradshaw, whose bizarre murder was engineered by…
his daughter Frances and carried out by his grandson. Alexander reconstructs conversations and events that lay bare the twisted infrastructure of the Bradshaw family and, in particular, the sick symbiosis that Frances encouraged between her children and herself. Some strong language. Bestseller 1985By Bob Hope, Dwayne Netland. 1985
By Sonya Friedman. 1985
A practicing psychologist examines the excuses and myths she believes women often use to avoid taking charge of their own…
lives. She offers woman of all ages and backgrounds advice on mining their individual strengths to shape more promising futures. Bestseller 1985By Charles Kuralt. 1985
A collection of television interviews by the popular CBS reporter who roamed the United States searching for unusual stories. He…
presents portraits of "just plain folks." Bestseller. 1985. Uniform title: On the road with Charles Kuralt (Television program)By Anthony Summers. 1985
In this compassionate biography, Monroe is portrayed as a vital, tragic figure. Summers depicts an essentially lonely woman with a…
seriously disturbed psyche, who "postured as the world's mistress, yet yearned for monogamy and motherhood." He also believes that the stories circulating about Monroe's affairs with President Kennedy and his brother Robert are true. Bestseller 1985By Richard Davis, Jeffrey Stone, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly, Jane C. Meara, Mary Jane Frances Cavolina. 1984
A look at some of the earlier traditions and practices of Roman Catholicism. The authors take good-natured potshots at such…
old-fashioned sacred cows as Catholic attitudes toward public school, fasting, religious objects, going on retreat, and nuns' habits. Nostalgic and irreverent. Bestseller 1985By Robin Norwood. 1985
The author believes that this work will help anyone who loves too much, though she asserts that it is written…
for women because loving too much is primarily a female phenomenon. Its purpose is to help women recognize destructive patterns of relating to men, understand their origins, and gain the tools for changing their lives. Bestseller 1985