New York Public Library Literature Companion

The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage

A valuable reference for business professionals provides an A-to-Z guidebook on contemporary language style and usage that incorporates the latest business terminology and the special needs of the corporate community with the principles and practices of proper language usage. 25,000 first printing.

No Peace, No Honor

This behind-the-scenes account of the secret negotiations, in 1975, between the United States and North Vietnam to bring an end to the Vietnam conflict asks whether, in focusing on military issues first, the political and other issues of South Vietna...

Shadow Warriors

Written in conjunction with U.S. Army General Carl Stiner, Tom Clancy`s nonfiction book is a history of the U.S. Special Forces and how they evolved, from their rather shadowy presence in World War II and Vietnam, to their much more visible role in t...

The Great Olympic Swindle

A journalist who was one of the first to critically cover the International Olympics Committee in depth reviews the efforts of reform following the revelations of bribery involving Salt Lake City, and finds them wanting. He particularly criticizes IO...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

This is the first in the 14-book Wizard of Oz series. When a tornado hits her small Kansas town, Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are transported to the magical Land of Oz. Seeking a way back home, Dorothy sets out in search of the Wizard of Oz, who she...

Pillar of Fire

The second part of a three-volume history of the civil rights movement, written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Branch portrays the movement itself and the larger society that it both grew from and fought against, and he includes depictions of...

The African-American Century

W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Carter G. Woodson, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Pryor, Alice Walker, Spike Lee....These profiles reflect the achievements by African-Americans in many fields of endeavor and collectively test...

Pearl`s Passover

It`s time for Passover and Pearl and her brother, Avi, are helping to prepare the house for company. Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Solly, and the two terrors from Teaneck, cousins Harry and Sophie, are coming to spend the holiday at Pearl`s ...

Advanced Sex Tips for Girls

The long-awaited sequel to Heimel's groundbreaking SEX TIPS FOR GIRLS brings with it the same irreverence, hilarity, and wisdom that crash landed in the laps of the frustrated and ever-searching women of the 1980s.

Lettice

A rabbit named Lettice finds fame when she joins a dancing class full of human students. What will Lettice`s family think of her new career? Pastel illustrations accompany the text.