Titles starting with M from BEJAYS Books

Famed investigative reporter Bob Woodward looks for the reasons behind the economic boom that took place during the Clinton presidency. He weighs many factors, including Washington policy, technology, globalization, Wall Street--and finds the main factor to be the acumen of Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan. Woodward includes many behind-the-scenes accounts of decision-making and power plays. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

Famed investigative reporter Bob Woodward looks for the reasons behind the economic boom that took place during the Clinton presidency. He weighs many factors, including Washington policy, technology, globalization, Wall Street--and finds the main factor to be the acumen of Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan. Woodward includes many behind-the-scenes accounts of decision-making and power plays. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

Kay Farrow is a San Francisco photographer working on a study of the city's dark and exotic sexual underworld. When one of her subjects, Tim Lovsey--a male prostitute--is found dead, Kay is intent on finding his killer. During her search, Kay uncovers police corruption in a serial murder case years earlier--a case that has direct links to Tim's murder. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.

This is a practical guide to getting from your first semester of college to your first job. It will teach you not only how to explore career options, but how to broaden your horizons and build skills necessary for success in college and beyond.

Margaret Mead's classic study of gender roles was first published in 1949. Beginning with an account of sex roles among peoples of the Pacific, it proceeds to a provocative analysis of sexual patterns in the United States.

As a cabal prepares a full scale onslaught to unseat the current ruler of Spanish Guiana, a group of American businessman is just as determined to keep him in place. Why? There's oil to be found beneath the Guianan soil, and the reigning president is amenable to the pillage of his country's natural resources by Americans. A full-scale battle breaks out, as the desire for freedom struggles to win out against the equally compelling motivation of greed.

After taking fertility drugs, Manda Frank gives birth to 11 babies in a Virginia town. At the same time, a dairy farmer named Margaret Prickett has a plan to transport a 1200-pound cheese to the White House (based on an incident from the presidency of Thomas Jefferson). Other characters include an insincere presidential candidate, a Jefferson-impersonator in love with Margaret, his selfless minister father, and a teenager madly in love with her history teacher.

Writing completely from and about the male perspective, Patrick Morely outlines problems posed by a life caught up in the rat race, the endless daily grind that can zap life energy and transform men into burnt-out cogs in the machine. This Christian-based book has a broad goal, to cover nearly every kind of problem men face, including identity, relationships, money, career, and time. Morely proposes that faith in God may be the way to slow down the churning wheels of modern life.