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Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (DB 32592) and two of his colleagues present the fourth-generation approach…
to time management. More than doing things right or efficiently, it focuses on doing the right things. Discussed are the "principles of peace" and the authors' prescription for avoiding the main obstacles to fulfillment, meaning, and joy. Bestseller
A guide to financial planning for the late 1990s, a time in which the "rules of money have changed" from…
earlier decades in terms of taxation, personal longevity, and other factors. Explains bonds, equities, insurance, real estate, and investment strategies for managing assets. Bestseller
A collection of firsthand reports on pivotal events in American history. These authentic accounts convey the urgency and attitudes of…
their times concerning significant issues and themes in American life from 1492 through 1994. Bestseller
Explores the process of menopause as a natural stage in a woman's life. Discusses symptoms, consequences, and alternatives for treatment;…
evaluates the benefits and risks of hormone therapy. Includes an in-depth questionnaire to help women make individual decisions concerning menopause. Bestseller
Explores the formation of character during the first two decades of life. Identifies key elements in moral learning and describes…
ways in which parents and teachers can help a child grow up to be a good person. Bestseller
Believing America's high schools have forgotten to teach one of the most important courses of all--investing--the authors offer a guide…
for first-time investors, young or old. Explains the value of investing early in life, how to pick a company, how to read stock pages and balance sheets, and how to make a profit. For senior high and older readers. Bestseller
A fast-paced narrative covering alleged scandals in the Clinton White House. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, Stewart gives detailed accounts…
of Vincent Foster's death, the sexual harassment allegations of Paula Jones, the first lady's profitable investments, and the Whitewater scheme. Describes the impact of these matters on those involved and on national policy. Some strong language. Bestseller
A mystery writer's dark memoir of his mother's murder when he was ten years old, and his youthful decline into…
crime, substance abuse, and alienation. Obsessed with his mother's memory, he investigates her death--and her life--thirty-six years after the fact. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller
The authors stress that close relationships with other women are vital to a woman's development and quite different from relationships…
with men. Opinions and stories about "girlfriends" include childhood friends; the bonds of friendships, especially those that outlast transitions; mothers as friends; and ways in which to remember a special friend. Bestseller
El autor describe los últimos días en la vida de Selena y apunta los hechos y rumores de su asesinato.…
Entonces repasa la niñez de Selena, el amor que tenía a la familia y a otros, y explica cómo la música de ella unía la gente--mexicanos, mexicano-americanos, puertorriquenños, cubanos y anglos. Libro bilingüe en español e inglés. Lenguaje injurioso
Technothriller author Tom Clancy provides an in-depth look at air force fighters. As in Submarine (RC 40075), he portrays life…
in an elite military group. Clancy also provides a history of air warfare and background in the technical aspects of aircraft and flight. The last chapter is an imagined scenario of air combat over Southeast Asia in the year 2000. Bestseller
A former secretary of labor chronicles his experiences in "the best job I ever had." Recounts his interactions with the…
president and other politicians, his battles with powerful corporations, and his dealings with labor leaders. Describes his personal crusade to narrow the gap between rich and poor. Strong language. Bestseller
Walsch states that in the spring of 1992, "God began talking with you. Through me." Here he discusses with God…
people's questions about marriage and family, health, money, power, and the hereafter. Prequel to Conversations with God, Book 2 (DB 44644). Bestseller
A noted college basketball coach presents a formula for reaching one's dreams and becoming a winner in life. Discusses ten…
steps involving attitudes and behaviors that provide both a code of conduct and a "plan of attack" for setting goals and achieving personal success. Bestseller
Essays by an award-winning scientist about the possible development of human intelligence, written for nonspecialists. Discusses the biological functions of…
sleep, increasing brain size, and language learning among chimpanzees. Chronicles advances in understanding the brain and implications for the future. Bestseller
Portrait of a famous "gentleman" thief of the Victorian age. After being misreported as dead in the Civil War, Adam…
Worth began a forty-year career that would lead him to the top of an international criminal empire. Worth became the literary model for Professor Moriarty, the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Bestseller. 1997.
An eleven-month World War II chronicle spanning the period from D-Day to Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945. Using first-hand…
accounts of combat soldiers, the author depicts the valor and determination of Allied forces who advanced and prevailed in the face of harsh adversities. Sequel to D-Day (DB 38858). Strong language and violence. Bestseller
A portrait of Monty Roberts, the horse trainer who discovered a humane technique for taming wild horses. Appalled by traditional…
methods of "breaking" horses that he witnessed in his youth, Roberts developed a gentle procedure for "joining-up" with a horse through a process of man-animal communication. Bestseller
A personal history of growing up in suburban New York in the 1950s. A love of baseball permeated the author's…
childhood and helped her forge a special bond with her father, who taught her at age six to keep a scorebook for the Brooklyn Dodgers and to relate an inning-by-inning account of the game to him at the end of the day. Bestseller
A noted expert on the "prediction and management of violence" examines the elements and stages of violent situations. Discusses a…
variety of common threats to physical safety, arguing that people can often discern signs of danger and avoid confrontation. Strong language. Bestseller. 1997