by Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson · Viking Press
"A masterful job...Inspires all kinds of empowering ways to use technology."-Chicago Tribune. Now updated with new material, the software pioneer describes how emerging technologies will transform human existence in unprecedented ways.
by Charles Kuralt · Putnam
"Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our premier chroniclers, a man who has helped us to see and celebrate our country in a way we never had before." "He takes us to Montana in September and Alaska in June, deep into Cajun country in winter and along the North Carolina mountains in spring. He explores Charleston and the Florida Keys, the coast of Maine and the deserts of New Mexico, the boundary waters of northern Minnesota and the back roads of Vermont when the oaks and maples turn to crimson and gold." "Throughout, his accounts are filled with people, stories, and experiences; suffused by a poet's love of language; rich in the spirit and flavor of this infinite and varied land. Here is a book of pure reading pleasure - like its author, a national treasure."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
by Colin L. Powell with Joseph E. Persico · Random House
In his enlightening and very human memoir, General Colin Powell, one of the most prominent figures in American public life, celebrates not only the rise of a great man from obscurity, but, in the General's own words, "the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers". 32 pages of photos. Barbara Walters interview scheduled for September. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
by David Brinkley · Knopf
Title cont: 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina, A Borzoi Book.
by Howard Stern · Regan
Howard Stern versus the world in Miss America. Including eight pages of full-color photos, this book covers the celebrity shock jocks thoughts on himself and the world in which he leaves. From the author of the New York Times bestselling author of Private Parts. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
by David Herbert Donald · Simon & Schuster
Draws extensively on Lincoln's personal papers and legal writings to present a biography of the president.
by Ellen DeGeneres · Bantam
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we’re so scared of the boogeyman–to fashion trends, celebrity, and her secret recipe for Ellen’s Real Frenchy French Toast. Most of all, this witty, engaging book offers insights into the mind of one of America’s most beloved comics.… Dear Reader, I was awfully excited when I was asked to write a book. I was however, nervous. I was afraid I didn’t have anything important to say. But when I began writing, I realized that although I don’t know a lot about any one thing, I know a little about a whole bunch of things: baking a pie; dancing; curing the common cold; running the Iditarod–it’s all in the book. And I realized I notice things that maybe some people don’t notice (or they don’t notice that they don’t notice). That’s all in the book, too.
by Erma Bombeck · HarperCollins
The author compares human and animal behaviors in a humorous way.
by David Hays and Daniel Hays · Algonquin
More than a tale of adventure, this touching account of a father and son's rite of passage assesses their complex and evolving relationship. Alone with nothing but the mammoth waves of the Southern Ocean, the unceasing wind, a compass, a sextant, and a pet cat, David and Daniel Hays voyage down the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, past the Galapagos Islands, beyond Easter Island, and around their desintation--Cape Horn. Father and son alternately narrate, their voices weaving together an engrossing story of travel, exploration, and difficult, dangerous sailing. 16 maps. Line drawings.
by Lorraine Zenka · Regan Books/HarperCollins
Published to coincide with the popular soap opera's thirtieth anniversary and including commentary by Diedre Hall, a fan's album provides two hundred color photographs and covers the top moments in the show's history. 175,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.
