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Presumed Guilty: The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair by Stacey C. Koon and Robert Deitz (Regnery Publishing, 1992)
A look at the brutal and unnecessary battering of motorist Rodney King at the hands of cops from the notorious Los Angeles Police Department describes the injustice of the trial of the cops and its violent aftermath.

How to Write and Give a Speech: a Practical Guide for Executives, Pr People, Managers, Fund-Raisers, Politicians, Educators, and Anyone Who Has to Make Every Word Count by Joan Detz (St. Martin's Press, 1992)
For beginners and experts, here are podium-tested examples and practical advice from a professional speechwriter covering every aspect of researching, writing, and delivering an effective speech. Anyone who has to make every word count-executives, PR people, managers, fund-raisers, politicians, and educators-will be glad to have this guide on their side.

Habits of Wealth: 111 Proven Entrepreneurial Strategies for Achieving and Leading in the '90s by Bill Byrne (Performance One Publishing, 1992)
Updating the definition of success for the '90s, Byrne offers proven methods that can work for entrepreneurs, including a checklist for evaluating and selecting a franchise, and tried and true ways to maximize performance and productivity.

Fundraising: Hands-On Tactics for Nonprofit Groups by Peter Eddles (McGraw-Hill, 1992)
This hands-on operations manual remedies the funding crisis by showing nonprofit professionals and volunteers how to design and run successful fundraising campaigns for their organizations. Combines sound, cost-effective strategies for building better organizational, management, sales, and marketing practice along with insider tips for training solicitors, cultivating donors, and organizing small and large gift drives that capture the emotions and imaginations of potential supporters. Sample letters, scripts, invitations, pledge cards, acknowledgement letters, press releases, budgets, grant proposals, and action checklists guide readers every step of the way toward fundraising success.

For a Mother's Love by Lee Butcher (Pinnacle Books, 1992)
In March, 1991, a masked gunman fatally wounded Florida dentist Norman Larzelere. During the ensuing criminal investigation, the brutal truth was revealed: driven by her greed for a multi-million dollar insurance policy, Larzelere's wife convinced her teenaged son Jason, with whom she was having an incestuous affair, to kill his stepfather.

Lullaby and Good Night by Vincent Bugliosi with William Stadiem (NAL, 1987)
The time: The Roaring Twenties, this century's wildest decade. The place: Glittering New York, capital of pleasure, where anything goes - for a price. And Emily Stanton. She came to this city of bright lights and dark corners a lovely young innocent, with a dream of stardom on the legendary stages of Broadway. But in place of that dream, she becomes the star of a dazzling but dangerous world of speakeasies and bootleg gin, mobsters and flappers. Finally, accused of murder, she takes center stage in the murder trial of the decade - a case so sensational its revelations shake even the highest ranks of wealth and power in the city·

Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton, 1978)
Rooted in greed, seething with the fury of unleashed passions, this bizarre story of poolside living, pickups in singles bars, and sudden violence begins with the Palliko-Stockton double murders. It ends when a sulky-faced playboy and his sultry blonde paramour are finally brought to trial in LA. The prosecutor is Vincent Bugliosi, the man who put Manson behind bars. Shreds of evidence were the starting points of a fascinating investigation and a trial that generated more tension and unexpected reversals than the best Hollywood drama. There is no smoking pistol, no physical evidence, no living eyewitness to prove the defendants' guilt beyond a shadow of doubt. It is up to Bugliosi to get the proof that will convict the two murderers.
*Literary Guild selection
*Edgar Awards for best true-crime book of the year 1978
*Playboy Book Club edition 1978
*Reader's Digest Condensed Book edition, May, 1979

Texas vs. Davis by Mick Cochran (Signet, 1991)
At last, the definitive account of the sensational Cullen Davis case written by the award-winning reporter who covered the entire four-year story from the night of the mansion murders through the three circus-like trials to the newsmaking revelations still surfacing as the book went to press. Texas vs. Davis uncovers information never before printed anywhere and witnesses who never testified. Davis family members disclose personal insights for the first time; a woman who claims she was with Cullen the night of the murders speaks up; a hired gun spills the beans about his employer- for starters.

You mean I have to stand up and say something? by Joan Detz (Macmillan Publishing, 1986)
From that first gasp of disbelief to how to take your seat when you're done, this book guides you through each step of preparing and giving a report or speak in public. The author of this simple and clear handbook understands the agonies you feel when you have to stand up and say something and takes the mystery out of it. There are descriptions of different kinds of audiences, both in and out of school, advice on how to conceal stage fright, and chapters on preparing a speech from the introduction to the conclusion, including sources for quotations and statistics, and how to use posters, charts and other audio/visual aids. All are discussed in an informal style that turns what seems like a huge problem into a useful skill. And maybe you'll even discover you enjoy it.

Evil Harvest: The Shocking True Story of Cult Murder in the American Heartland by Rod Colvin (Bantam, 1992)
In Evil Harvest, reporter Rod Colvin re-creates in detail a chilling story of torture, terror, hate, and perversion-and how good, ordinary people could be twisted enough to commit the most unthinkable acts of all. . . in the name of God.

The Art of Gone with the Wind: The Making of a Legend by Paul Christman and Judy Cameron (Prentice Hall, 1989)
A lavishly illustrated 50th -anniversary celebration of one of the greatest motion pictures of all time.

Can You Say a Few Words by Joan Detz (St. Martin's Press, 1991)
Whether it's a toast, eulogy, commencement address, panel presentation, making a short speech can be even more nerve-wracking than delivering a longer, more formal address. Packed with excerpts from actual speeches, this invaluable guide is sure to help readers steer clear of common pitfalls and blunders-and actually enjoy being asked to stand up and say a few words.

Drugs in America: The Case for Victory a.k.a. The Phoenix Solution: Getting Serious About Winning America's Drug War by Vincent Bugliosi (Knightsbridge Pub. Co., 1991)
The United States is not winning the war on drugs, which has raged for nearly 70 years. Even with the $9.5 billion pumped into the federal drug-fighting effort in 1990, cocaine and other drugs continue to flood our nation's bloodstream. The drug problem has reached epidemic levels in America. It is the most serious internal crisis this country has faced since the Civil War. Incredibly, no book or document until now has set forth a detailed, step-by-step plan for solving the drug problem in the United States. DRUGS IN AMERICA: THE CASE FOR VICTORY is a controversial, breakthrough book. Written by Vincent T. Bugliosi, the nation's most celebrated prosecutor, it offers not only a startling analysis of current drug policy but an actual blueprint for bringing the crisis to an end.

Doctors of Death: Ten True Crime Stories of Doctors Who Kill by Wensley Clarkson (St. Martin's Press, 1992)
Offering graphic insight into the darkest side of the medical profession--a side seldom discussed among the medical hierarchy--Doctors of Death reveals how physicians trained and trusted to save lives can become cold-blooded murderers . . . and then use their medical expertise to cover up their crimes.

Spring Winds of Beijing by Gail Copeland (Glenbridge Pub Ltd., 1993)
SPRING WINDS OF BEIJING is a vivid and passionate account of the events in Beijing during the spring of 1989. The reader "takes to the streets" to mingle with the people from the early days of exhilaration through the silence of horror that enveloped the city following the Tiananmen Massacre. Giving voice to the ordinary Chinese people-the laobaixing- Spring Winds of Beijing provides insight into the social, economic, and political problems of modern China, while recounting the dramatic effects of the student movement on government and student leaders. Above all, it pays tribute to the character and courage of the Chinese people. Most foreigners in China have limited access to the Chinese people. Government authorities have assumed them to be spies. Each group then sees a different side of China with their impressions drawn from their restricted contact. Gail Copeland has had the advantage of living and traveling in China as a member of a business delegation, a potential investor, an independent traveler, a student, and a writer. Her various experiences, coupled with a gregarious nature and a warm personality, have earned her the friendship and trust of Chinese from all walks of life.

Silver Bullets: A Soldier's Story of How Coors Bombed in the Beer Wars by Robert J. Burgess (St. Martin's Press, 1993)
On a bright summer morning in 1985, Bob Burgess arrived for his first day of work at Coors Brewing Company. It was a crucial time for Colorado's most famous corporation, and Burgess had been hired to serve on the front line of "The Beer Wars" - a struggle for supremacy with arch-rivals Budweiser, Miller and Stroh's. For the new senior marketing analyst, it was a dream job. But from the first day, Burgess watched as a wacky "Dr. Strangelove" mentality overtook the Coors High Command's strategic planning. In SILVER BULLETS, Burgess reveals the underside of one of America's most controversial companies and its founding family. Told with humor, professional savvy, and a sharp eye for the absurd, Burgess's tale might be a blueprint for how to lose a business war and spend millions doing it - even as victory stares you in the face.

Mel Gibson: Living Dangerously by Wensley Clarkson (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1993)
In just a few short years, Mel Gibson shot from drama school obscurity to international fame. This biography follows the trajectory of his career, starting with his first roles in Australia's Mad Max movies, through a variety of notable films like Peter Weir's Gallipoli, the ambitious The Year of Living Dangerously, and the mega-hit Lethal Weapon, to his current position as one of Hollywood's top-grossing stars and an Academy Award-winning director.

Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones (Pinnacle Books, 1994)
Veteran true crime journalist Aphrodite Jones reveals the shocking truth behind the most savage crime in Indiana history-the torture, mutilation, and murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer by four teenage girls. Here is a tragic story of twisted love and insane jealousy, lesbianism, brutal child abuse, and sadistic ritual killing in small-town America.

Atlantic City Proof by Christopher Cook Gilmore (Simon & Schuster, 1978)
From the first meeting of young Garvey Leek, an innocent backbay clammer, and the irrepressible Minnie Creek, a quick-witted, hard-swearing, lovely orphan, the reader's off on a wild adventure in Atlantic City, circa 1928. Garvey and Minnie begin their partnership in a clamming enterprise, but Prohibition expands their horizons to bootlegging, through which they gain control of the best Canadian rye- a booze so much in demand that it has its own label. In an intricate and bizarre supersting, Garvey and Minnie organize the biggest, classiest scam in rum-running history- outwitting the federal agents; the relentless lush, Coast Guard Captain Frye; and their most pernicious competitor, the low-down Dutchy Muldoon.

The Black Mariah by Jay R. Bonansinga (Warner Books, 1994)
Lucas Hyde and Sophie Cohen are career truck drivers. Fiercely independent and loyal to each other, these two restless spirits find peace only on the open road. But after watching a man burst from his car and erupt into flames, a curse is transferred to the truck drivers. To survive, they struggle to fight the dark magic and ultimately learn the stunning secrets behind it.
*"Fast paced... Haunting." - Publishers Weekly.
*Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in a First Novel."

Body of a Crime by Michael C. Eberhardt (Dutton, 1994)
In Body of a Crime, a beautiful Hollywood starlet has vanished. All evidence points to murder and the police and prosecutor are convinced they've got the killer behind bars. Sean Barrett is a brilliant young defense attorney and devoted surfer who takes on the representation of a man charged with killing his ex?girlfriend - even though no one can find her body. Barrett discovers a labyrinth of legal and financial corruption, violence and deception; when new evidence arises and a photograph of the dead body emerges, the mystery is further confounded. Sean must fight to save his client's life and examine the limits of his own morality.
*national bestseller
*Mystery Guild main selection
*Literary Guild alternate selection

Bohemian Heart by James Dalessandro (St. Martin's Press, 1994)
"Peekaboo" Frankie Fagen is a long-haired, leather-jacketed private detective, best known for his unconventional methods and the Norton Commando he rides through his beloved San Francisco. When summoned to a box at the opera, he meets the beautiful Colleen Farragut, due to go on trial the next day for the murder of her husband, the city's richest and most powerful real estate developer and a lifelong Fagen nemesis. A million-dollar bonus is Frankie's if he finds the actual killer - but the real prize would be a century's worth of Farragut diaries that document a family tradition of criminal activity and corruption. With evidence and public sentiment stacked against his client, Frankie, motivated by both love and revenge, races against the clock to find the killer and save Colleen.

Cut Up by William Cross (Berkley Publishing, 1993)
The victim was found alive. In shock. Traumatized by the things he did to her· The police knew it had to be the work of someone who was medically trained. And insane. Only a doctor or nurse could perform a task so cleanly, so precisely. Only a surgeon could have kept her alive through it all. Detective Fuchs has never seen anything so strange or disturbing in his entire career. . . Until it happened again.

Dead Lock by William Cross (Jove, 1994)
Alex and Jenny Gregory were searching for the American dream. A place to settle down and raise children. A small rural town where Alex could work on the police force and Jenny could teach. They thought they found it is Picksburg, West Virginia, population 1, 458. . . They were wrong. Because deep in the backwoods there lived a family with a different kind of American Dream. And there, in the isolated mountains, it was so easy to make their twisted dream a reality. No one could hear the growling of guard dogs, the rattle of chains, or the screams of prisoners. But soon, Alex and Jenny will hear it all. . . Because it's not a dream. It's their worst nightmare come true.

First Offense by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (Dutton, 1994)
In First Offence, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg draws on her personal experience as a California probation officer to create a remarkable heroine in Ann Carlisle, who suddenly finds herself the target of someone who wishes to harm not only her but also her teenage son. As a probation officer, Ann knows what it means to walk a treacherously thin line between dangerous criminals who have scores to settle - and the system that seeks to punish them. As a wife, she holds closely guarded secrets about her life with her police officer husband, who inexplicably vanished four years ago. And as a woman who has been sexually reawakened by a handsome, hard-driving district attorney after being alone too long, she is haunted by the spector of a mate who may suddenly reappear...and terrified by an unknown enemy who seems to know her every move and thought. The danger is clear to Ann from the moment a bullet hits her while she is leaving work one day. Ironically, the man who comes to her and saves her life is one of the first offenders she is supervising - convicted drug dealer Jimmy Sawyer. What was this smooth-talking, slick-moving, almost too good-looking young man doing at the scene of the shooting? No one is able to help Ann find answers, not her dynamic, career-obsessed lover, or the cops who were buddies of her missing husband and who look on her as prone to shock and fantasy - especially when the evidence of an unspeakable crime she finds in Jimmy Sawyer's house disappears before she can prove it existed. Meanwhile, she is investigating a man accused of a series of brutal rapes, never suspecting his case will have a bearing on her own growing peril. Part of the B&N "Books That Take You Anywhere You Want To Go" summer reading promotion.
*Literary Guild main selection

Hemingway by Christopher Cook Gilmore (St. Martin's Press, 1988)
Set against the most explosive events of our century, Hemingway is the story of a man who has become legend and his stormy relationships with the women he loved.

Hoover vs. Kennedy: the Second Civil War by Christopher Cook Gilmore (St. Martin's Press, 1987)
Here is the inside story of the Kennedy years- a searing tale of passion and obsession: the president's affairs with Mafia mistress Judith Cambell and superstar Marilyn Monroe, his friendship with Sinatra and Peter Lawford... Bobby Kennedy's involvement with the Civil Rights movement... the growing power of Martin Luther King and J. Edgar Hoover's hatred of the men he wanted to destroy- even if it meant covering up JFK's assassination. Vivid scenes of courage, terror, and desire re-enact history with a stunning ring of truth... and we witness a time of explosive drama and electrifying events- all the more startling because they really happened!

Interest of Justice by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (Dutton, 1994)
Judge Lara Sanderstone is a brilliant young woman whose judicial career suddenly takes second place to her hunt for the savage murderer of her sister and brother-in-law. The hideous crime leaves Lara responsible for a bitterly unmanageable teenage nephew, and she herself is being stalked by a killer who provides not the slightest clue of identity or motive. To add to the terror, she can find no safe haven not in the California courtroom where an ongong case of child abuse is putting the law on trial. Not in the arms of a high-powered lawyer for whom she had no heart. Not in the condo where she is trying to hide. With her life hanging by an unraveling thread, Lara puts her trust in a tough homicide detective to whom she is compellingly drawn...and mobilizes her fierce intelligence to bring down the violent and powerful forces behind a lucrative breeding ground for murder - before they bring her down. Nancy Taylor Rosenberg's riveting thriller takes the reader deep into the twisting labyrinth of the criminal justice system. This masterful novel is not to be missed. *Literary Guild main selection

Mitigating Circumstances by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (Dutton, 1992)
Lily Forrester is an ambitious Assistant District Attorney on the rise in her professional career and on the brink in her private life. Eager to step into her new role as a Chief of the Sex Crimes Division, she is also coping with a foundering marriage and the lure of an extremely attractive man. What keeps her anchored is her quirky thirteen-year-old daughter, Shana. But when an intruder invades their home and commits a savage attack against them, Lily heads out on a trail of vengeance beyond any law but that of her own rage. And suddenly, with one shattering act, she finds her life is spinning out of control, leaving her nowhere to hide. But even as a circle of danger closes in on her, Lily Forrester knows that she must find a way out, because there's no turning back. Written by a former policewoman, this riveting, edge-of-the-seat spellbinder bursts with authenticity, giving an irresistible insider's look at the shifting dynamics between cops and killers, prosecutors and defenders, law or order.
*Literary Guild main selection

Sins of Commission (Star Trek the Next Generation No, 29) by Susan Wright (Pocket Books, 1994)
While on a mission to save the planet Lessenar from environmental collapse, the crew of the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM becomes entangled in a web of treachery and murder. When a member of a strange, emotion-casting race is killed on board the ship, all evidence points to Lieutenant Worf and one of his oldest friends. Soon the crew of the Starship Enterprise is crippled by an emotional onslaught as the surviving aliens respond in anger and pain to the death of their comrade. Worf must overcome this alien influence and find the true killer with the destruction of the Starship Enterprise, the survival of Lessenar, and his Klingon honor hanging in the balance.
*national bestseller