Hardcover Nonfiction

by Erma Bombeck · McGraw-Hill

#1 New York Times bestseller: A hilarious look at one of the toughest jobs on earth, by a writer "with the comic equivalent of perfect pitch" ( The Boston Globe). Anyone who thinks motherhood is easy has never had children. To care for children, a husband, and oneself is a superhuman task, and any woman who appears to be expert at doing all three simultaneously is not Supermom—she's a good actress. For three decades, Erma Bombeck chronicled motherhood's daily frustrations and victories. In this classic anthology, she presents all sorts of mothers, and even a stay-at-home dad, on good days and bad. With hilarious anecdotes and deep compassion, she shows that there is no other profession that demands so much, and rewards so highly. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.

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

Discusses eight basic practices characteristic of successfully managed companies.

by · St. Martin's Press

The Best of James Herriot is one of the most extraordinary volumes ever devoted to the work and world of a contemporary writer. Within its covers are unforgettable episodes from the remarkable series of memoirs that began with All Creatures Great and Small-"the ones my family and I have laughed at over the years and the ones my readers have said they most enjoyed," as Herriot, himself, put it. Yet the book is far more than a simple anthology: Its gorgeous pages also include hundreds of line drawings and color photographs, capturing Herriot's Yorkshire in a worthy complement to the writer's words. The 1991 publication of Every Living Thing, rendered the original edition of this book incomplete. This fall will mark the publication of the complete, definitive edition with the addition of five of his best, more recent stories, as well as new art. Once again The Best of James Herriot becomes the quintessential Herriot volume-one of those invaluable books that will be loved as much in decades to come as it is today.

by Ken Follett · Morrow

Relates the true story of a Green Beret colonel who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid to get two Americans out of an Iranian jail and home to America.

by John Naisbitt · Warner

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

by Stanley Karnow · Viking Press

"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."-Boston Globe. "Superb, balanced in interpretation... immensely readable and full of new and interesting detail."-George Herring, Univ. of Kentucky.

by · Addison-Wesley

by Robert H. Schuller · Thomas Nelson

by Victoria Principal · Simon & Schuster

by Dan Kiley · Dodd, Mead

Provides a social and psychological profile of the syndrome, explores each of the major symptoms, and offers advice for those who want to change.

by Penny W. Budoff · Putnam

by Joe McGinniss · Putnam

by Ralph G. Martin · Macmillan

by Gloria Steinem · Holt, Rinehart & Winston

This phenomenally successful book, that has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays.

by Art Buchwald · Putnam