Hardcover Nonfiction

by Gloria Steinem · Little, Brown

by Susan Faludi · Crown

by Sam Giancana and Chuck Giancana · Warner

by Richard Marcinko with John Weisman · Pocket

by Susan Jeffers · Dial Press

"All races -- the red, black, yellow, and white -- were once believers in the beauty of the world. 'Brother Eagle, Sister Sky' brings to mind the possibility of a world that once was paradise". Jewell Praying Wolf James, Lineal nephew of Chief Seattle.

by James B. Stewart · Simon & Schuster

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr · Norton

The bestseller that reminded readers of what it means to be an American is more timely than ever in this updated and enlarged edition, including "Schlesinger's Syllabus", an annotated reading list of core books on the American experience. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler · Patrick/Addison-Wesley

In this policy-shaping book, Osborne and Gaebler show the way toward nothing less than an American perestroika, shaking up accepted notions of what governance means with success stories of ghetto schools that brilliantly educate, sanitation departments that make a profit, and police departments that are as efficient as any high-tech corporation.

by Gay Talese · Knopf

"An Italian ROOTS." —The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately it is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new.

by Al Gore · Houghton Mifflin

A U.S. senator convinced that the global environment is on the brink of disaster draws on the latest research on air, water, and soil pollution to develop a strategic plan for a worldwide clean-up effort

by Craig I. Zirbel · Texas Connection/Ingram

A new investigation of the circumstances surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy attempts to prove Lyndon Johnson's involvement in a conspiracy

by Molly Ivins · Random House

by Peter Mayle · Knopf

by Juliet B. Schor · Basic

The average American has seen his or her working hours increase by the equivalent of one month a year over the last 20 years. Why are we repeatedly "choosing" money over time? As it documents the unanticipated decline in leisure time, this pathbreaking book tells us about the nature of work and our quality of life.

by Robert Hughes · Knopf

by Ralph Emery with Tom Carter · Macmillan