Hardcover Nonfiction

by Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass · Viking Press

by · Random House

A biography of the long-time Congressman from Massachusetts, Speaker of the House Thomas P. O'Neill, discussing not only his personal and political life, but also the important events in which he played a part.

by Bill Cosby · Dolphin/Doubleday

Looks at the shifting ways in which the world is viewed at different stages of life--from childhood to middle age

by Allan Bloom · Simon & Schuster

Med udgangspunkt i det amerikanske samfund og den amerikanske universitetsverden argumenterer forfatteren for, at det intellektuelle niveau i verden er dalende og at demokratier er i fare, fordi den almene dannelse er ved at smuldre

by Erma Bombeck · McGraw-Hill

by Shirley MacLaine · Bantam

by Katharine Hepburn · Knopf

A hard-drinking river boat man (Bogart) and a stern, puritanical lady missionary (Hepburn) are thrown together in the war-torn African jungle as they embark on a perilous mission to destroy a German gunboat.

by Ravi Batra · Simon & Schuster

Batra predicts that we are moving toward the greatest world-wide depression in history--and 1987's Black Monday may have been just the beginning. Batra's advice is easily accessible to all. He advises when to get out of the stock market, cautions against real estate investments, and helps readers plan the right moves to ensure a secure future.

by E. D. Hirsch Jr · Houghton Mifflin

by Bernie S. Siegel · Harper & Row

Surgeon Bernie S. Siegel gives an inspirational, first-hand account of how patients can participate in their own recovery. Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day—patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery.

by Mary S. Lovell · St. Martin's

by M. Scott Peck · Simon & Schuster

Looks at the importance of community in contemporary society, examining such topics as individualism, group dynamics, and nationalism.

by Annie Dillard · Harper & Row

by Patty Duke and Kenneth Turan · Bantam

The Star: The public saw her as a gifted child star: the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and the youngest actor to have a prime-time television series bearing her own name. The Nightmare: What the public did not see was Anna Marie Duke, a young girl whose life changed forever at age seven when tyrannical mangers stripped her of nearly all that was familiar, beginning with her name. She was deprived of family and friends. Her every word was programmed, her every action monitored and criticized. She was fed liquor and prescription drugs, taught to lie to get work, and relentlessly drilled to win roles. The Legend: Out of this nightmare emerged Patty Duke, a show business legend still searching for the child, Anna. She won three Emmy Awards and divorced three husbands. A starring role in Valley of the Dolls nearly ruined her career. She was notorious for wild spending sprees, turbulent liaisons, and an uncontrollable temper. Until a long hidden illness was diagnosed, and her amazing recovery recovery began. The Triumph: Call Me Anna is an American success story that grew out of a bizarre and desperate struggle for survival. A harrowing, ultimately triumphant story told by Patty Duke herself—wife, mother, political activist, President of the Screen Actors Guild, and at last, a happy, fulfilled woman whose miracle is her own life.