Hardcover Nonfiction

by Robert Fulghum · Villard

by Bill Cosby · Doubleday

by Stephen W. Hawking · Bantam

Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? From Galileo and Newton to modern astrophysics, from the breathtakingly cast to the extraordinarily tiny, Professor Hawking leads us on an exhilarating journey to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions--as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. From the vantage point of the wheelchair from which he has spent more than twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Stephen Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. Cogently explained, passionately revealed, "A Brief History of Time is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge: the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

by Lois Wyse · Crown

Chronicles the experiences of the modern-day grandmother, offering advice on how to help parenting children, when to butt in and out of their affairs, and tips on careers and family life

by Simon Schama · Knopf

Considers the fullest resources of social, cultural, and political history and includes accounts of private and public lives to help see the reality of the revolution.

by Orel Hershiser with Jerry B. Jenkins · Wolgemuth & Hyatt

The story of the incredibly talented baseball star who joined the Dodgers in 1984.

by Patrick F. McManus · Holt

"McManus here offers another bag of whimsy in the Great Outdoors.... A text light enough to keep in your backpack, even if you forget the compass." -Kirkus Reviews

by Joe McGinniss · Putnam

The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town—from author and journalist Joe McGinniss. The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful wife and the perfect mom to their three great kids. Then one night while the couple drove home from Atlantic City, Rob, his head bloodied, reported Maria had been brutally slain. Sympathy poured in—until disquieting facts began to surface…and the true story of adultery, gambling, drugs and murder tore the mask off Rob Marshall and the blinders off the town that thought he could do no wrong.

by C. David Heymann · Lyle Stuart

by Richard Shenkman · Morrow

A collection of background information on numerous legends from American history.

by A. Scott Berg · Knopf

Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era - a fierce independent force i a time when studios ruled, a producer of silver screen sagas who was, in all probability, the last Hollywood tycoon. In this riveting book, Pulitzer Prize winning biographer A. Scott Berg tells the life story of this remarkable man - a tale as rich with drama as any feature length epic and as compelling as the history of Hollywood itself.

by John Allen Paulos · Hill & Wang

This New York Times bestseller shows how understanding probability and statistics can change your life: "Brief, witty, and full of practical applications." — Time Magazine Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers and the probabilities associated with them results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudoscience of all kinds. Innumeracy lets us know what we're missing, and how to do something about it. Sprinkling his discussion of numbers and probabilities with quirky stories and anecdotes, Paulos ranges freely over many aspects of modern life, from contested elections to sports stats, from stock scams and newspaper psychics to diet and medical claims, sex discrimination, insurance, lotteries, and drug testing. Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world. "This admirable little book [can be read] in two hours. Chances are that they could be among the most enlightening and even profitable 120 minutes you ever spent." — Chicago Sun-Times "Like carrying on a conversation with an engaging, articulate math whiz who easily shifts from the profound to the funny." — Business Week "Paulos makes numbers, probability, and statistics perform like so many trained seals for the reader's entertainment." — Chicago Tribune

by Robert MacNeil · Viking Press

MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos.

by David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman · Simon & Schuster

by Joseph Wambaugh · Morrow

"The true story of the Narborough village murders," involving the first use of genetic fingerprinting in criminal investigation.