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 Barbara W. Tuchman · Knopf

Examines the irrationalities of governments through analysis of four crises of history--the fall of Troy, the Renaissance popes' own provocation of the Protestant secession, Britain's loss of the American colonies, and America's involvement in Vietnam

by Edward I. Koch with William Rauch · Simon & Schuster

The controversial ex-mayor of New York speaks out on his years in office, the people, and the policies of "the Big Apple".

by Eudora Welty · Harvard University Press

by Robert H. Schuller · Thomas Nelson

by Robert H. Schuller · Thomas Nelson

by Graig Nettles and Peter Golenbock · Putnam

A candid, behind-the-scenes look at the New York Yankees by the team's outspoken third baseman offers an irreverant chronicle of the crucial 1983 season--profiles of George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and fellow team members--and anecdotes about the baseball strike and other controversial events.

by Antoinette Giancana and Thomas C. Renner · Morrow

In an autobiography illustrated with family photographs, the daughter of a gangster once the most powerful Mafia boss west of the Mississippi and an award-winning investigative reporter reveal the day-to-day life of a Mafia family.

by Joseph Wambaugh · Perigord/Morrow

Not since Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling "The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as . . ."Lines And Shadows. The media hailed them as heroes. Others denounced them as lawless renegades. A squad of tough cops called the Border Crime Task Force. A commando team sent to patrol the snake-infested no-man's-land south of San Diego. Not to apprehend the thousands of illegal aliens slipping into the U.S., but to stop the ruthless bandits who preyed on them nightly--relentlessly robbing, raping and murdering defenseless men, women and children. The task force plan was simple. They would disguise themselves as illegal aliens. They would confront the murderous shadows of the night. Yet each time they walked into the violent blackness along the border, they came closer to another boundary line--a fragile line within each man. and crossing it meant destroying their sanity and their lives. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

by Joan Collins · Simon & Schuster

The beautiful and talented actress recounts her professional and personal life, from her childhood in England, through her three broken marriages and love affairs, to her daughter's accident and recovery

by Daniel J. Boorstin · Random

by Alexander M. Haig Jr · Macmillan

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. writes of his eighteen months as Pres. Reagan's Secretary of State, which included the lifting of the grain embargo and the skirmish in the Falklands, and ended as Israel marched on Beirut.

by Robert Townsend · Knopf

by Candice Bergen · Simon & Schuster/Linden Press

Originally published by Linden Press in 1984.

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 M. Scott Peck · Simon & Schuster

"So compelling in its exploration of the human psyche, it's as hard to put down as a thriller...such a force of energy, intensity, and straightforwarness.