Hardcover Nonfiction

by James Herriot · St. Martin's Press

by Cornelius Ryan · Simon & Schuster

The classic account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II. A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters—from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders—Ryan brings to life one of the most daring and ill-fated operations of the war. A Bridge Too Far superbly recreates the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation, which ended in bitter defeat for the Allies.

by Carlos Castaneda · Simon & Schuster

Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical." Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer's art—a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell.

by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward · Simon & Schuster

by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas · Stein and Day

by Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates · Harper & Row

by Charles Berlitz · Doubleday

by Ralph G. Martin · Simon & Schuster

by Edwin Newman · Bobbs-Merrill

Focuses on the state of the English language as a reflection of the sorry state of the society. This title skewers stereotypes, cliches, errors, and jargon used by weather forecasters, presidents, vice-presidents, sports-casters, diplomats, senators, pollsters, convention nominators, corporation executives, newsmen, and advertisers.