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Incest: families in crisis
By Anna Kosof. 1985
A frank discussion of incest and what can be done to prevent and treat this problem. Although some information on…
mother-son and sibling-sibling incest is included, the book concentrates on fathers and daughters, about which more is known. For junior and senior high and older readersMayflower madam: the secret life of Sydney Biddle Barrows
By Sydney Biddle Barrows. 1986
Revealing story of a sophisticated, well-educated woman, born into one of America's most prestigious families, who ran the most exclusive…
escort agency in America. She describes how she operated the world's oldest profession as an efficient business. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986Alone in America: the search for companionship
By Louise Bernikow. 1986
A perceptive exploration into the nature of loneliness. Portraying many different cases of adolescents, widows, widowers, those who live alone,…
family groups, and the unemployed, Bernikow illustrates how all are subject to lonelinessPublic philosopher: selected letters of Walter Lippmann
By Walter Lippmann. 1985
Letters from 1907-1969 show some of the development of Lippmann's thoughts on political and moral issues over a period of…
time. Some of Lippmann's correspondents include such notables as Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Bernard BerensonMy discovery of America
By Farley Mowat. 1985
An account, written in outrage but with good humor, of Mowat's fight against his ostracism when he tried coming to…
the United States in 1984 to promote a new work advocating environmental protection. He was barred by provisions of the McCarran Act, a 1951 law he believes was enacted to keep subversives, degenerates, and other undesirables from corrupting the body politicLetitia Baldrige's Complete guide to executive manners
By Letitia Baldrige. 1985
Practical guidance for correct business entertaining, appropriate dress for the office, proper conduct between male and female employees, business gift…
giving, and writing effective letters and memos. The author maintains that considerateness and civility are "cost-effective" and attract customers as well as better personnelFour essays by, and an interview with, the Mexican poet and essayist. Paz provides insight into Mexican society as contrasted…
with United States society. In addition to the title essays, the collection also includes "Mexico and the United States," "The Philanthropic Ogre," and the interview, "Return of the Labyrinth of Solitude."To live in two worlds: American Indian youth today
By Brent K Ashabranner. 1984
Tells how individual Indian men, women, and tribes have fought to save their heritage and identities while at the same…
time taking successful places in the dominant culture of the country. For junior and senior high and older readersMostly true confessions: looking for love in the eighties
By Jean Gonick. 1986
With a sharp eye for the foibles and follies of single men and women courting, these witty essays touch on…
four stages of contemporary mating--looking, being together, breaking up, and being alone--and such key elements as sex, food, and money. Some strong languageBeyond power: on women, men, and morals
By Marilyn French. 1985
In this examination of the nature and effects of power, the author draws on a wide range of disciplines, including…
anthropology, history, political science, law, and theology to investigate the sources of patriarchyThe new terrorism: politics of violence
By Jonathan Harris. 1983
A concise overview discusses the historical roots of terrorism, the motivation of terrorists, and the social and political climates which…
promote the terrorist mind-set. Harris looks at what has been done and could be done to combat terrorism and projects how terrorists may use new technology to add weight to their threats. For high school and adult readersA historian examines traditional American cultural myths such as the idea of America as a virtuous "city on the hill"…
and the notion of invincibility through technological supremacy. He believes such concepts shaped the Vietnam conflict and led to its disastrous mismanagement from the White House to the Pentagon to the fieldManners from heaven: a divine guide to good behaviour
By Quentin Crisp. 1984
Witty discourse on manners by the flamboyant homosexual who is something of an English celebrity. Studded with anecdotes and often…
uproarious bon mots, his guide is based on the premise that manners are largely a combination of self-effacement, self-restraint, and verbal dexterity. Some descriptions of sexThe social contract (The Penguin classics, L201)
By Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1968
Woman on a seesaw: the ups and downs of making it
By Hilary Cosell. 1985
In a spirited exploration of arguable issues, the author, a former NBC producer of sports programs, interviews women between the…
ages of twenty-six and forty who express mixed emotions about "having it all." These women, successful in stressful careers they fashioned on the male standard of success, now question the cost. Some strong languageSome American men
By Gloria Emerson. 1985
A former Vietnam War correspondent presents a view of the various types of American men through hundreds of interviews with…
them. Those of different generations, classes, and locations, talking about their perceptions of duty, manhood, failure, self-respect, courage, and love are included. Some strong languageWhen all you've ever wanted isn't enough
By Harold S. Kushner, Harold S Kushner. 1986
Children of alcoholism: a survivor's manual
By Geraldine Youcha, Judith S Seixas, Judith S. Seixas. 1985
In the name of eugenics: genetics and the uses of human heredity
By Daniel J Kevles. 1985
Explores the historical development of this science, including its moral and social aspects, with the hope that lessons from the…
past can help direct the future. An impressive array of well-known figures, from Julian Huxley to Margaret Sanger, is included with descriptions of their commitment to the eugenics cause