by Bob Woodward · Simon & Schuster
From the New York Times bestselling author of All the President's Men comes an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the Clinton administration.C., and New York City.
by Betty J. Eadie with Curtis Taylor · Gold Leaf Press
Relates the near-death experience of Betty Eadie, and recounts the events that followed
by William J. Bennett · Simon & Schuster
Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.
by Stephen E. Ambrose · Simon & Schuster
Focusing on the 24 hours of June 6, 1944, D-DAY brings to life the stories of the men and women who made history -- from top Allied and Axis strategic commanders to the citizen soldiers whose heroic initiative saved the day.
by Dan Quayle · HarperCollins/Zondervan
An autobiography by the America's forty-fourth Vice President, provides the first and most authoritative account of the Bush Administration.
by Dave Barry · Crown
Since Dave Barry writes about weird things, you might be tempted to think he has a weird brain. He does, of course, but that's not the whole explanation: A lot of the things he writes about -- exploding Pop-Tarts, for example -- are real. In fact, Dave's main job as a humor columnist -- aside from playing Stealth Fighter on his computer to avoid writing humor columns -- is to point out what is already funny in a world that is seriously bonkers. In Dave's world, amazing but true adventures occur every day, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist investigates a ground-breaking anti-flatulence product recommended to him by a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; the ecologically dangerous shellfish attacking women's undergarments; and the epidemic of snakes and woodland creatures currently appearing in people's toilets. Dave's bad song contest required him to read thousands of entries from people like you; now, people like you could have the pleasure of being badgered all the bad songs that badger Dave. Dave also participates in real-life form of investigative journalism that actually require him to leave the house: marching with the Lawn Rangers precision lawnmower drill team of Arcola, Illinois; playing lead guitar in an extremely mediocre rock band with Stephen King and other literary lights; and taking his little boat Buster from its happy berth in the Barry garage onto Miami's high seas, only to run it aground. He's even appeared in an episode of "Dave's World," the CBS television show based on his real life -- only taller -- in which he bids for an air conditioner. Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up includes longer feature pieces by Dave in which many of the featured factshappen to be accurate. Now you can read Dave Barry on UFO thrillseekers and the Elvis lovers who hang out at Graceland -- all articles that show Dave at his best and smartest. Complete with illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, Dave Barry is Not Making This Up brings you straight into the truly twisted center of Dave's world. On Buying His Son Sneakers: The salesperson's tone of voice carried the clear implication that he was going to call the Child Abuse Hotline if I didn't care enough, as a parent, to take out a second mortgage so I could purchase sufficient sneakerage for my son.... We need Congress to pass a law requiring the sneaker industry to return to the system we had when I was growing up, under which there was only one kind of sneakers, namely U.S. Keds, which were made from Army surplus tents and which cost about $10, or roughly $1 per pound. On Being Left-Handed: According to the researchers, left-handers die sooner than right-handers because they have more accidents. I know why this is: We read books backward...This saves us a lot of time with murder mysteries, but it's a bad habit when we're reading, say, the instructions for operating a barbecue grill, and we begin with "Step 147: Ignite Gas." On The Uses Of Exploding Pop-Tarts: When we detected incoming missiles, we'd simply hold the toaster levers down via some method (possibly involving Tom and Roseanne Arnold) and within a few minutes Whoom the country would be surrounded by a protective wall of flames, and the missiles would either burn up or get knocked off course and detonate harmlessly in some place like New Jersey. On Readers' Reaction To The Bad Song Contest: Sometimes the voters were so angry that they weren't even sure of the name of the song they hated. There were votes against "These Boots Are Made for Stomping"; the Beach Boys' classic "Carolina Girls"; "I'm Nothing But a Hound Dog"; and "Ain't No Woman Like the One-Eyed Gott."
by Thomas Moore · HarperCollins
In companion volumes, Care of the Soul, a philosophical guide, shows how to add spirituality and meaning to modern life, and Soul Mates, explains how relationships deepen our lives and fulfill the needs of the soul.
by Richard Nixon · Random House
Former President Nixon's compelling analysis of America's urgent foreign and domestic issues--and his proposal for the renewal of our national purpose. Acknowledged even by his critics as a master of foreign policy, Nixon offers a new vision and a new agenda for America in the post-Cold War era.
by Dannion Brinkley with Paul Perry · Villard
Dannion Brinley was struck by lightening and was clinically dead. On leaving his body he visited a spiritual realm where he was told of events that would shake the world - some have already happened. During a second near-death experience he was told to use his gifts to help the dying.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
