Hardcover Nonfiction

by John Naisbitt · Warner

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

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 Jane Fonda · Simon & Schuster

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

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 Leo Buscaglia · Holt/Slack

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

by Lewis Thomas · Viking Press

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 Andrew A. Rooney · Atheneum

Essays taken from the author's syndicated newspaper columns.

by Femmy DeLyser · Simon & Schuster

by Audrey Eyton · Crown

by Russell Baker · Congdon & Weed

ISBN 0452254345 LCCN 838213.

by James B. Stewart · Simon & Schuster

Introduces the elite corporate law firms and some of their unique contributions to economic, social, and political developments in recent years.

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.