Books published by Simon & Schuster

In the midst of the standard dreary midlife crisis--complete with wine-tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel--a 40-year-old Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing.

For people who long for time to restore their minds, bodies, and spirits but can't arrange a fully-fledged sabbatical, CLARITY QUEST suggests a terrific programme of refreshing exercises and activities that progresses through an eight-week training programme which culminates in a week of profound rejuvenation and renewal.

Dispensing equal doses of help, hope, and humor, Schechter (a.k.a. "the Miracle Worker") offers effective chaos-conquering strategies developed from her experience in helping thousands of people get organized since 1986. 5 line drawings.

From the dynamic CEO who engineered an astounding reinvention of his own company comes a practical guide to customer-focused innovation that will prepare business managers of today for the unpredictable future.

For anyone who wants to be "just a little bit more amazing" in whatever they do, this revealing look at the world's most daring athletes combines sensational stories with practical advice on surviving the physical and mental challenges of extreme sports. 50 photos.

The engaging and admirable story of how the Irish have saved themselves, FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY is a peerless work of scholarship, and it offers a fresh context for the ongoing discussion of Ireland's political future.

From the award-winning magazine OUTSIDE comes a collection of engaging and original stories and articles devoted to travel, adventure, sports, and the environment.

Psychic Linda Georgian brings her insights to that most intriguing of all subjects - finding love.

Reporting from the frontiers of research, an award-winning science writer brings readers the story of the people hunting for the genetic key to cancer, and the dramatic recent breakthroughs that offer hope for an eventual cure.

Reynolds Price pays tribute to his literary love of translation in this adaptation of the Gospels of Mark and John, in addition to a gospel written by the esteemed novelist himself.Esteemed novelist, dramatist, scholar, essayist, and poet, Reynolds Price turns his attention back to a literary love he had discovered earlier in his career: translation. But for Reynolds that didn't mean abandoning his passion for writing original work; powerful and imaginative, Three Gospels offers eloquent translations of the Gospels of Mark and John as well as a gospel never before seen?an original one written by Price himself. These stunning triumphs of imagination tell and retell some of the most iconic ancient stories in Price's unparalleled literary voice.

From Simon & Schuster, in its ninth year, The Best American Poetry 1996 is universally acclaimed as the best anthology in the field.The compilation includes a diverse abundance of poems published in 1995 in more than 40 publications ranging from The New Yorker to The Paris Review to Bamboo Ridge.

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With "the bracingly rational passion of a writer who can think and feel at the same time" (The Wall Street Journal), Bruce Bawer exposes the heated controversy over gay rights and presents a passionate plea for the recognition of common values, "a place at the table" for everyone.

A nationally known psychic shows readers how to get in touch with the angels specially appointed to enlighten, guide, and defend them. Linda Georgian takes readers to that magical place where heaven and earth meet in this delightful introduction to the power of angels.

Featuring all the latest developments in the ever-evolving world of cycling, the updated, revised edition of this classic book focuses on issues which are particularly relevant to bikers today, including brands, designs, shifting mechanisms, and new technologies. 200 photos.

Albrecht introduces the six functional thinking abilities needed in order to become an adaptive, innovative thinker. It will help readers avoid logic pitfalls and learn to use creative problem solving strategies in business and private life.

This book is about cults, crime, and shoddy goods, and the shrinking dollar. It's about porno parlors, and sex shops, and men kissing in the streets. It's about daughters shaking up, women on the rampage, marriages postponed, divorces on the rise, and no one having kids. It's about old ladies getting mugged and raped, people shoved in front of trains, and shoot-outs at gas pumps. And letters that take weeks to get delivered, waiters who throw food at you, rude sales help, and computers that bill you for things you never bought. It's about broken benches, waterless fountains, cracked windows, dirty toilets, crater-filled roads, graffiti-covered buildings, slashed paintings, toppled statues, stolen books. It's about shoelaces that break in a week, bulbs that keep burning out, pens that won't write, cars that rust, stamps that don't stick, stitches that don't hold, buttons that pop off, zippers that jam, planes that lose their engines, reactors that leak, dams that burst, roofs that collapse... It's about astrologers, shamans, exorcists, witches, and angels in space suits... It's about a lot of other things that are new and strange in America today. —from the Introduction

HE JUST DOESN'T GET IT provides simple solutions to some of the most common relationship problems.

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In a tour de force of romantic comedy, brilliant newcomer Tim Farrington brings San Francisco into delightful focus in this wonderfully witty novel of life, love and awakenings.

Harvard theologian Phillip Berman examines how near-death and mystical experiences can give our lives new meaning. Universal truths culled from the author's and others' experiences allow readers to see that these messages have immediate relevance to everyone's lives, and show how to let these lessons transform one's own sense of worth and meaning.

This is the biggest, most complete, and most authoritative book ever written on poker—everything there is to know about the Great American Game from the rules of each variation to the most expert instruction on playing the odds. Albert Morehead, author of more than 70 books on the rules and procedures of card games, has taken most of the mystery and even more of the luck out of winning—“Poker is a game of skill. If you aren’t beating the game, you’re being outplayed.” What does count in this game is attitude, judgment, skills, and these can all be acquired.

Outlines a month-long process of successive affirmation that acknowledges an employee's positive qualities while fostering creativity and job satisfaction.

The author of more than twentyfive books on the Civil War tells the moving story of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his Union soldiers, who called him "Father Abraham," based on a wealth of soldiers' letters and diaries. Reprint.

Nineteen of America's top-recording black gospel greats share their stories of finding God. The author, a Grammy award winner, hosts his own syndicated show on Black Entertainment Television.

In this magnificent follow-up to her bestselling "Necessary Losses", Viorst explores the need to control events, ourselves, and those around us.

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The author, the former medical director of one of the world's leading centres for addiction, shares the expertise that assisted thousands of drug abusers to get well. Providing many answers to the questions surrounding a difficult subject. Aimed at those struggling with substance abuse and those who care for them.