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The great English actor remembers his life, family, friends, and career--from an unpromising first entrance on the legitimate stage to…
"Star Wars." This treasury of recollections and anecdotes features such friends as Ralph Richardson, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Tyrone Guthrie. Bestseller 1986
An unflattering portrait of the legendary actress Bette Davis by her natural daughter. Hyman tells what it is like to…
grow up under the glare of the world-famous star. While Hyman tells of some of the abuses she endured, she also claims that her mother loved her. A recent convert to the Pentecostal faith, the author hopes for a reconciliation with her mother. Strong language. Bestseller 1985
Novel about marriage unfolds through Joanna's journal, a diary filled with joy and pain. It describes the first moment of…
her meeting with David, a playwright, who is to become her husband. Then comes Joanna's discovery of her own writing ability and the problems, angers, and hurts that go with it. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1986
Biography of the international oil man who was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, the only child of strict parents. He…
is seen as a complex, eccentric, contradictory figure who made his fortune from Oklahoma crude oil during World War II. Lenzner covers not only the rise of Getty Oil, but also Getty's bizarre personal life, which included a bevy of young women and five marriages. Bestseller 1985.
Suspense caper features--and ingeniously connects--a maverick American colony on the Moon, a fabulous sunken treasure sought by an unscrupulous, blimp-owning…
financier, and Soviet schemes to steal U.S. space secrets and to replace Fidel Castro with a Kremlin puppet. The action involves murder and torture as well as superpower politicking. Bestseller 1985
A firsthand look behind the scenes at Winston Churchill's 10 Downing Street in the form of a diary kept by…
the great man's private secretary, Sir John Colville. The diarist sees Churchill as an incomparable fighter--generous, but inconsiderate to his staff--and as a statesman of soaring vision. Bestseller 1986
A young, married nurse is knifed to death just outside her mother's apartment house in middle-class Forest Hills. None of…
the neighbors comes to the screaming woman's aid as she bleeds to death. New York detective Miranda Torres and columnist Mike Stein pursue the killer and become lovers during the investigation. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986
Rich in detail and based on extensive research and travel, this work captures the animals and people who inhabit the…
harsh region of the Far North, as well as the exploits of the explorers. 1986.
Novel in which Ronald and Nancy Reagan's daughter records the travails of Beth Canfield, the child of an actor-turned-politician. Beth…
opposes the Vietnam War, while her father becomes the Republican governor of California. Her politics continue to differ from his as, later, he becomes president. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986
Novel of intrigue and love set in Afghanistan, where mountain-bred natives fight a guerrilla war against Russian invaders. At the…
center of the battle is the elusive leader Masud, whom the guerrillas must protect and whom the Russians hope to kill. As Masud sweeps from his hidden aerie bringing death to the enemy, a brave, beautiful woman finds herself trapped between two spies--one the man she loves, the other her husband. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986
Citing ways to achieve distinction in management, the authors use hundreds of examples garnered through seminars, interviews, and "skunk work."…
Includes a series of individual and group histories intended to demonstrate excellence rather than define it. The model organizations range from People Express, Apple Computer, and the city of Baltimore to a one-store dairy operation. Bestseller 1985
Chronicles the story of England's Queen Elizabeth I, a woman of intense passions and human desires, and the three men…
whose ardent love for her altered history. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985.
True story of Edwin P. Wilson, a CIA agent run amok, who uses his knowledge of high-level espionage to gain…
a personal fortune. Responsible for supplying the Libyan terrorist machine with weapons and explosives, he becomes the focus of a federal investigation. Strong language. Bestseller 1986
Salvaged from three manuscript versions, this early novel is set in the 1920s in France and Spain. Young and successful…
writer David Bourne is honeymooning with his wife, Catherine. She has her hair cropped as short as a boy's, and tells David of her yearning to play sex-role games. David temporarily acquiesces, but trouble begins to brew. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1986