Hardcover Nonfiction

by Scott Adams · Harper Business

by Jeffrey Toobin · Random House

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The inspiration for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, and Connie Britton The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin’s nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of “the trial of the century.” Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life. Praise for The Run of His Life “This is the book to read.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world’s attention.”—Boston Sunday Globe “A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case.”—Entertainment Weekly “A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it.”—USA Today “Engrossing . . . Toobin’s insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack.”—People (one of the top ten books of the year)

by Gary Aldrich · Regnery

by Robert H. Bork · Regan Books/ HarperCollins

Modern liberalism and American decline.

by Stephen E. Ambrose · Simon & Schuster

Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West.

by James Herriot · St. Martin's

This illustrated gift book contains ten of James Herriot's stories about cats. Six of the stories come from Every Living Thing and include the tale of Ginny and Olly, the Woodshed Cats - and four come from the earlier James Herriot books. There is also the story of Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas Day, and Emily who lived with the gentleman up the road. There is humour with the story of Tristan Farnon trying to catch Mrs Bond's fierce cat Boris, and sadness with the story of the cat that James and Helen loved but had to give back to its original owner.

by Harold S. Kushner · Little, Brown

Explores the destructive effects of perfectionism and self-righteousness, showing how acceptance and forgiveness can improve relationships

by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi · Doubleday

Recounts the life, religious career, and political influence of Pope John Paul II, discussing his political views and role within the Church

by Frank McCourt · Scribner

<b><i>Angela's Ashes</i>, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic.</b><br><br><i>"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood."</i><br> <br> So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy -- exasperating, irresponsible and beguiling-- does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father's tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies. Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank's survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig's head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbors--yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

by John Berendt · Random House

by Lucille Ball with Betty Hannah Hoffman · Putnam

Over thirty years ago, when she was at the pinnacle of her success, Lucille Ball set down for the record the story of her life, which her son and daughter unexpectedly discovered in 1989. This autobiography up to 1964 offers a genuinely interesting picture of her life. A glamorous era in show business, this book includes many excellent black and white photographs

by Edward Klein · Pocket

An examination of the lives of President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline.

by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo · Simon & Schuster

A description of the author's searches for shipwrecks with a creative dramatiztion of the ship and the way she met her end.

by Daniel Goleman · Bantam

by David Denby · Simon & Schuster

Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain.

by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr · Regnery

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

by Dominique Moceanu as told to Steve Woodward · Bantam

by Vincent Bugliosi · Norton

A best-selling account by the author of Helter Skelter outlines the main reasons O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, from the jury's makeup to the incompetence of the prosecutors. Reprint.