Word: paperback
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judy Slattum (Chronicle; hardcover, $29.95; paperback, $18.95). According to the Balinese, their religion is monotheistic; but their God "takes as many forms as the sun has rays." The most dramatic of those forms are here, along with scores of other stark, comic or beautiful masks. Each is exquisitely carved; all express the yearning of an ancient and still dynamic culture...
...chapter written for the newly released paperback of his book on Diana, Andrew Morton states that the couple made a friendly agreement between themselves to separate. That pact did not survive stormy sessions with Charles' parents, who supposedly would love to see Diana go but resist any concessions. For instance, if a divorce were to occur, they would want her to give up her public work, which is genuinely dear to her. If she were to remarry, the royal family would want her to leave the country and her boys. It is doubtful that either the mother or the reputation...
...title is also the name of his newly launched advocacy group. The book contains the drastic economic prescriptions that Perot made public only after withdrawing from the race. Perot has won the attention and credibility he craves by helping to keep the slim volume on the New York Times paperback best-seller list. Volunteers, using the author's own money, are urged to buy the plan, then distribute it free of charge at Perot field offices, to public libraries and to interested voters. Steve Fridrich, director of the Perot campaign in Tennessee, has bought 2,000 copies. "People who earlier...
...offering, is trumpeted as its most ambitious effort since Sesame Street made its debut more than 20 years ago. A half-hour mystery-adventure series whose goal is to promote literacy among grade-school children, the show is part of a wide-ranging educational effort that includes a magazine, paperback books, teachers' guides and even Ghostwriter pens and T shirts. Who can quarrel with such a worthy aim? But who, alas, will believe this amateurish series comes from the same people who gave us Big Bird and Mathnet...
...advocacy organization, United We Stand, which is also the title of a book he brought out in August. The slim volume contains the austere economic plan, including tax increases and spending cuts, that Perot never announced while he was campaigning. It currently tops the New York Times paperback best-seller list...