Hardcover Nonfiction

by John Naisbitt · Warner

Details America's shift from industrial production to providing services and information.

by Jane Fonda · Simon & Schuster

Contains exercises and advice useful during pregnancy, childbirth, and recovery.

by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr · Harper & Row

Discusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies.

by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson · Morrow

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.

by William Least Heat Moon · Atlantic/Little, Brown

A masterful view of the diversity of America, told via the author's 13,000-mile, 38-state, automobile trek down the country's fascinating backroads. 21 photos.

by Andrew A. Rooney · Atheneum

Essays taken from the author's syndicated newspaper columns.

by Leo Buscaglia · Holt/Slack

by Leo Buscaglia · Holt/Slack

As Freddie experiences the changing seasons along with his companion leaves, he learns about the delicate balance between life and death.

by Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw · Warner

Discusses various aspects of aging and includes suggestions on how to slow the aging process and improve your health.

by Mary Ellen Pinkham · St. Martin's/Marek

by Femmy DeLyser · Simon & Schuster

by Russell Baker · Congdon & Weed

ISBN 0452254345 LCCN 838213.

by Helen Gurley Brown · Simon & Schuster/Linden Press

by Robert A. Caro · Knopf

Traces Johnson's life from his Texas childhood through his rise to political power and his successful 1948 senatorial campaign and eventual presidency.

by Jean Nidetch · New American Library

Provides more than 600 recipes for tasty and nutritious dishes, arranged by food type, such as vegetables, meats, and cereals, and offers a complete guide to the three levels of the Weight Watchers Food Plan