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Thirty-five years ago, Wayne Huizenga rose before the sun to run his garbage collection route. Today, the sun never sets on the international Blockbuster Video empire he created, and he has emerged from the spoils of the Paramount/Viacom merger one of the most powerful and wealthy figures in the entertainment and sports businesses.

An international crisis looms, and special ops team Old Dog Zero One must avert a full-scale war. In this sequel to Flight of the Old Dog, it's discovered one of the team's own is alive. Presumed dead in Siberia, the airman has come out of a coma only to face the death penalty for crimes against the Soviet state. Captured and brainwashed by the KGB, the American airman reveals military secrets to the Soviets that could rejoin the shattered factions of the Soviet Union.

Off the coast of southern Florida, a deadly war is being waged that threatens our national security. Thousands of kilos of illicit drugs are dumped on our shores annually. But "business as usual" takes a different turn when Sandra Geffar, head of the U.S. Customs Department, and Ian Hardcastle, Commander of the Coast Guard, put their departmental and personal squabbles behind them and team up. In a daring plan to put an end to airborne smuggling, their operation— dubbed "Hammerheads"— proposes nothing less than to fight the Colombian cartel with the latest hi-tech weaponry available.

As president and CEO of Herman Miller, Inc., Max DePree nurtured a culture of open communication and inclusion. In Leadership Is an Art, DePree expounds on his innovative style of business stewardship, one that contributed to the remarkable success of his firm and other respected American companies. DePree emphasizes a humanistic approach, which encourages relationship-building and idea-sharing at all levels of the organization. In a unique take for a business guide, he also stresses the importance of corporate responsibility and the power of generosity.

Robert Ludlum has been acclaimed as the master of .suspense and international intrigue for over twenty-five years. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed. Now, from the...

In the near future, U.S. forces are completing their final withdrawal from bases in the Philippines. The navy of the People's Republic of China lays claim to the Spratly Islands, decimating a Philippine drilling platform when its occupants refuse to knuckle under.

What went wrong in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial? Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi dares to lay bare the bungling he perceived in the case. Incriminating evidence was never presented and lapses in strategy left prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden at a disadvantage. These are just a few of the fatal errors that led to a victory for the defense.

A single pilot can fly the U.S. Air Force's powerful fighter plane, DreamStar - and he's a KGB mole. Captain Kenneth Francis James - a.k.a. Andrei Maraklov - has been ordered to steal DreamStar, an XF-34 fighter that has the frightening ability to respond to its pilot's thoughts and issue its own commands. It's up to Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan - the hero of Dale Brown's earlier thriller, Flight of the Old Dog - to remove the DreamStar threat.

Throughout the US, the politics of race and gender in our universities are transforming admissions policies, as well as curriculums. This controversial expose attacks the wave of multicultural ideology, in one of the earliest, and most thorough, efforts to examine the rapidly eroding traditions of scholarship and reward for individual achievement.

Selections from Reader's Digest magazine's most popular series The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met. All of these stories have one thing in common: Somehow, each of the characters featured struck home in the memory of the storyteller. These characters enriched lives through humor, wisdom, adventure, and affection, each possessing a unique regard for humanity, each a gem reflecting its own light.

On a routine visit to Switzerland, Charles Black—recently retired Federal Reserve Chairman—finds himself suddenly and inexplicable jailed by Swiss police. Framed with perpetrating massive financial frauds, Charlie and his wife Sally realize that he has no chance of avoiding a 30-year sentence of hard labor.

Let America's foremost authority on management prepare you for the 21st century. Peter F. Drucker's wide-ranging guide explores such topics as the new cost savings revolution in retailing, the urgent requirement for each company to have a "theory of the business," and the need for executives to seek new kinds of information through new technology.

In 1995, for all practical purposes, the United States will have spent itself into bankruptcy. The government will have to spend more to make its interest payments that it will collect in taxes and America will enter an age of financial disaster that will dwarf the Great Depression and hail the end of the United States as we now know it.

In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, an inevitable conflagration could set the whole world aflame. A desperate gamble by the President of the United States could postpone the outbreak of World War. Or could it hasten its arrival?

Revlon's C.E.O., financier Ronald O. Perelman is one of the richest men in America. Watched by the financial community with interest, Perelman has built a personal business empire worth an estimated $6 billion over the past 15 years. Linked to society's most dazzling beauties, Perelman owns palatial estates in Palm Beach, East Hampton, Manhattan, Sun Valley and Bel Air, as well as an impressive art collection, a fleet of automobiles and two G-4 jets.

Wild mustangs, ghosts on the ranch, gun-toting outlaws and trailblazing cowboys roam the pages of this collection of 8 classic stories about the American frontier. Travel down "The Road to Hell" with a mysterious ranch builder, face down the "Yellow Devil" mountain lion, travel "Where the Wind Blows Free," and join in on a herd of other adventures that will keep you reading until long after high noon.

Not just a searing indictment of American drug policy, but a step-by-step guide to addressing it once and for all! Respected attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson, directs his attention to a national epidemic— the chronic drug crisis in America. An analysis of the drug policy in the United States, this critical review reveals a disturbing level of ineptness in drug control practices. But Bugliosi also presents a program for bringing the drug crisis in our nation to an end.

Considered by some to be an island of sanity surrounded by a sea of insanity that is our society, the Supreme Court has increasingly come under scrutiny for some dubious decisions. In this compelling work, Famed Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi puts the Supreme Court on trial for its handling of Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton. The author argues that the right of a president to be free of a private lawsuit while in office outweighs a plaintiff's interest in having his or her case brought expediently to trial—regardless of a case's supposed merit.

Stuart M. Berger, M.D. warns that medical treatment can be unhealthy - even dangerous. Fortunately, you can do something about it. You can become your own advocate in the Medical Machine.

In a series called “The Library of Contemporary Thought,” top opinion-makers explore the most provocative, fascinating, and momentous issues that have occurred in the United States. In this first volume, famed Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi takes on the Supreme Court. Considered by some to be an island of sanity surrounded by a sea of insanity that is our society, the Supreme Court has increasingly come under scrutiny for some dubious decisions. In this compelling work, Bugliosi puts the Supreme Court on trial for its handling of Paula Jones vs. Bill Clinton.