Hardcover Nonfiction

by James Herriot · St. Martin's Press

James Herriot is probably the most beloved living writer. When All Things Bright and Beautiful was published three years ago, it became the number one best seller in the world, winning still new friends for the Yorkshire veterinarian whose first book All Creatures Great and Small had already been enjoyed by millions of readers. In this, his third book, he takes up where he left off-- both in terms of the warmth, humor, and skill with which he writes, and in the story itself. It is World War Two and James has just been inducted into the RAF. We see him at training camp and we go back to Yorkshire-- on real trips as he breaks away to see Helen who is about to have a baby, and on trips of reverie as he recalls the Dales, the animals, and the Yorkshire people who have so enriched his life. We meet old friends again-- his partner Siegfried, the zany Tristan, the bon vivant Granville Bennett-- and scores of new folk, each with a story to tell. James Herriot is back, and, as one reviewer said of his work, "If ever you have loved a friend, human or otherwise, this is the book for you."

by Robert Ringer · Cromwell

by David Wallechhinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace · Morrow

by Carl Sagan · Random House

Dr. Carl Sagan Takes Us on a Great Reading Adventure, Offering his Vivid and Startling Insight Into the Brain of Man and Beast, the Origin of Human Intelligence, the Function of our Most Haunting Legends -- and Their Amazing Links to Recent Discoveries. Book jacket.

by Dan Rather with Mickey Herskowitz · Morrow

The noted CBS newsman recounts the behind-the-camera activities and occurrences of his career and offers eyewitness accounts of recent newsmaking events, of controversial personalities, and of fellow correspondents

by Victor Lasky · Dial Press

by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer · Funk and Wagnalls

by David McCullough · Simon & Schuster

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Truman," here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In "The Path Between the Seas," acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise. "The Path Between the Seas" tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), "The Path Between the Seas" is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

by Anne Edwards · Simon & Schuster

by Margaret Hennig and Anne Jardim · Anchor Press/Doubleday

by Allistair Cooke · Knopf

by Charles Paul Conn · Revell

Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel had a dream big enough to embrace everyone seeking to change their lives and willing to work to do it. Make it happen, they challenged. Build your future within the framework of Amway. And thousands have, spurred on by freedom from a time clock and, of course, money. Inside is the warm and personal story behind the explosive growth of Amway.

by E.B. White · Harper & Row

by Robert LaGuardia · Arbor House

"Classically handsome, extraordinarily gifted, a legend before his death who created the mold for James Dean and Marlon Brando--Montgomery Clift will never be forgotten by anyone who saw him on the screen. Women literally screamed for him; critics acclaimed him--yet he died, at the age of 45, a haunted, broken man. What happened? Why did so promising a life end so tragically? Here, through years of research and hundreds of interviews with Clift's family, friends, lovers, associates and confidants, illustrated with sixty photographs, many never before published, is the first definitive in-depth biography to break through the public and private façade of Montgomery Clift--a 1950s rebel on screen and off. Here are the famous films, from Red River to From Here to Eternity to The Misfits, as well as the real stories behind them: the lacerating fights with John Huston on Freud; the intense relationship with Elizabeth Taylor begun during the filming of A Place in the Sun; the man-to-man showdown with John Wayne in Red River; the deep friendships and provocative confrontations with such people as Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Alfred Hitchcock. Elia Kazan, William Wyler, Olivia de Havilland, James Jones, Howard Hawks, and Katharine Hepburn. Here, too, is the private Monty, a life heretofore hinted at in rumors and whispers, but never before revealed in true depth: the frank story of his battles with alcohol and drugs; his complex relationships with friends and family; his sexual encounters with men and women; his psychological disturbances and bizarre behavior; the car accident that changed his life. From his peripatetic childhood in the close care of his mother to his early Broadway successes to his meteoric rise and subsequent fall before the eyes of the world, this is a riveting, life-size portrait of Montgomery Clift the actor and the man--a fascinating voyage into the spotlighted world of the movie star, and the dark realms of the human psyche. "--Dust jacket.

by Milfred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich