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My life
By Earvin Magic Johnson, Earvin Johnson. 1992
Learning that he is HIV positive led Johnson to write a very different book from the one he had originally…
planned. While he discusses his love of basketball and many games he played, Johnson also talks candidly about the women in his life who may have led to his infection, his marriage to Cookie, his two sons, and his campaign to teach young people the dangers of unprotected sex. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1992The te of Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh #2)
By Benjamin Hoff. 1992
In a companion piece to The Tao of Pooh (DB 36173), Hoff continues his explanation of Taoism through A.A. Milne's…
characters. Agonizing Piglet is chosen because he alone undergoes the transformation of virtue into virtue stepping out--Te. Passages from Milne's books and conversations between Hoff and Piglet and Piglet's friends illustrate the need for a return to Taoist philosophy before people destroy the earth. Bestseller. 1992On the pulse of morning
By Maya Angelou. 1993
The inaugural poem created and read by noted African-American poet Maya Angelou for President William Jefferson Clinton on January 20,…
1993. She speaks of a rock, a river, and a tree as symbols of a land once inhabited by now-extinct species. The messages that these symbols deliver through the ages is that each dawn brings new hope, especially the morning whose pulse can be felt on "this fine day." BestsellerThe Tao of Pooh
By Benjamin Hoff. 1982
Hoff considers A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh to be a Western Taoist, "(his mind) emptied of the countless minute somethings…
of small learning, and filled with the wisdom of the Great Nothing, the Way of the Universe." This idea is illustrated with excerpts from Milne's books and conversations between Hoff and Pooh. Hoff recommends putting aside the ways of Eeyore, Rabbit, and Owl, adopting instead the way of Pooh. BestsellerThe wives of Henry VIII
By Antonia Fraser. 1993
England's Henry VIII earned a distinct reputation from the fates of his six wives--Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour,…
Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. Fraser examines the lives of each of these women--the circumstances surrounding their marriages, their attempts to bear the king a male heir, the dissolution of their reigns as other women caught the king's eye, and, finally, their deaths. Bestseller. 1992Dream makers, dream breakers: the world of Justice Thurgood Marshall
By Carl Thomas Rowan, Carl T. Rowan. 1993
An anecdote-filled biography of "Mr. Civil Rights," the legendary NAACP counsel and first black Supreme Court justice. Drawing on his…
forty-year friendship with Marshall and on interviews with his friends, Rowan portrays a driven, earthy, ornery, and gracious man. Rowan includes his own views on other "dream makers" and on several "dream breakers." Strong language. BestsellerHang time: days and dreams with Michael Jordan
By Bob Greene. 1992
A newspaper columnist presents his impressions of the popular Chicago Bulls basketball player, Michael Jordan--impressions formed by spending two championship…
seasons observing the star on and off the court. Greene describes small incidents that he feels illustrate Jordan's caring personality and the impact a high-profile career has had on his life-style. BestsellerWritten by herself: autobiographies of American women : an anthology / [v. 1
By Jill Ker Conway. 1992
Autobiographical excerpts collected by historian Conway focus on pivotal events in the lives of twenty-five remarkable American women. The contributors…
include writers, scientists, former slaves, and athletes, such as Maya Angelou, Margaret Mead, "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, and Harriet Ann Jacobs. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerThe lobbyists: how influence peddlers get their way in Washington
By Jeffrey H Birnbaum, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum. 1992
The Wall Street Journal reporter begins with a history of lobbying. Birnbaum, who stalked lobbyists for more than a year,…
observes the relationship between lawmakers and representatives of commercial and special interests. He demonstrates how financial support buys access and influence for some, while pressure from nonprofit groups is also powerful. Some strong language. BestsellerOfficial and confidential: the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover
By Anthony Summers. 1993
Summers says that in 1972, when the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation died, many Americans were relieved. The…
author argues that hatred of Hoover was justified and that secrets protected his powerful position for nearly fifty years. Summers claims that Hoover's early life set the pattern for his later controversial behavior. Strong language. BestsellerAfter Henry
By Joan Didion. 1992
After a brief tribute to Henry Robbins, her late editor, Didion provides her readers with eleven essays focused on Washington,…
D.C., Los Angeles, and New York City. Topics include the rape of a Central Park jogger, the 1988 Writer's Guild strike, the 1988 presidential campaign, California earthquakes, the long reign of Mayor Tom Bradley, and the delivery of a lecture at her old alma mater. BestsellerMaking the mummies dance: inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Thomas Hoving. 1993
These memoirs are about the decade the author spent as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…
City. Hoving begins with the maneuvering that brought him the post. And he continues with stories, often quoting directly from personal daily dictation, that reveal what went on behind the scenes as the Met was transformed into a major tourist attraction. Bestseller. 1993Dave Barry does Japan: Deibu Barī ga "Nihon o suru"
By Dave Barry. 1992
Essays resulting from Barry's 1991 trip to Japan with his wife and son, courtesy of his publisher. Barry comments on:…
attempts to learn Japanese and to sightsee in a Tokyo without street names; attendance at a Kabuki theater, where one hour appears to him equivalent to seventeen hours; and the diet of sumo wrestlers, who apparently prepare for matches by eating 275 quarts of ice cream every day. 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. 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. BestsellerA 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. 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. 1993