Best of
21st-Century

1989

Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life's Challenges


Paramahansa Yogananda - 1989
    A practical and spiritual handbook for coping with adversity, building relationships, cultivating inner peace, overcoming worry and understanding death.

Fish Whistle: Commentaries, Uncommentaries, And Vulgar Excesses


Daniel Pinkwater - 1989
    Included are two previously published articles in addition to commentaries written originally for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered".

For Every Child


UNICEF - 1989
    For this breathtaking picture book the fourteen declarations that are most relevant to children's everyday lives have been retold by Caroline Castle in a simple, evocative text, each one interpreted in a stunning double-page illustration by a different artist from around the world. These well-known contributors include two Americans, both major award-winners: Jerry Pinkney and Rachel Isadora.UNICEF has declared that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child stands alone as the single most comprehensive instrument of human rights law. However, not nearly enough people know of this important document's existence, and the new Millennium has presented the opportunity to draw attention to these rights.

Belfast Confetti


Ciaran Carson - 1989
    His subjects include the permeable boundaries of Belfast neighborhoods, of memory, of public and private fear, and, indeed, of the forms of language and art. Carson finds unexpected uses—constructive and destructive—of the building rubble of Belfast history. Rich in lore of place, these innovative and vividly fresh poems draw deeply on traditions—oral, local, and literary.

The Complete Gone with the Wind Trivia Book


Pauline Bartel - 1989
    Related in loving detail are inside stories of the writing and publishing of the novel; the Hollywood frenzy of transforming the book into film, including casting headaches, on-set tensions, and jinxed scenes; the premiere; and the Academy Awards. This updated edition also contains the scoop on the publication of two GWTW sequels; the disastrous debut of the Scarlett television miniseries; the post GWTW lives of cast members, such as the news of Gable s secret lovechild; the restoration of three original costumes in time for GWTW s seventy-fifth anniversary; and much, much more. The reader-friendly format fact-packed features, profiles, quizzes, and photographs will delight any GWTW fan and make this the one book that no Windie can do without."