NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--May 30, 2001--June is a time for graduations and to celebrate the joys of fatherhood and the life lessons they taught us. If you`re still looking for the perfect gift for the men in your life or the graduate starting out in life, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation`s largest bookseller, has something for everyone on your shopping list. Here are just a few of our favorite gift items:
BOOKS FOR THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE
The 60th Anniversary Pearl Harbor DVD Commemorative Edition is a great gift for the history buff. This limited edition set includes a deluxe hardcover book containing photographs and companion text by World War II historian Ernest Arroyo, and the History Channel`s newly releases DVD collector`s set of two discs chronicling every aspect of this historic event.
Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering veterans by preserving their letters for posterity in 1998. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence
from American Wars, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, the First and Second World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans.
If Dad loves horses, he will certainly enjoy reading the story of Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Seabiscuit, the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail, was the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, much to the surprise to the racing establishment, which had written him off. Laura Hillenbrand has crafted a wonderful narrative about Seabiscuit`s amazing transformation from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon.
Bill Russell has been hailed as the greatest team player of the twentieth century, the most important and most valuable basketball player ever, and its greatest winner. In Russell Rules: 11 Lessons for Leadership From the Twentieth Century`s Greatest Winner, he shares the insights, humor, memories and essential rules of success that made him and the Boston Celtics perennial champions. Every CEO, manager, entrepreneur, or parent can benefit from his perspectives on leadership and teamwork.
Dorian Kindersley`s World Atlas is a visually stunning, geographical guide. More than 450 maps created especially for this book show you exactly what the world really looks like today. There are at least two types of maps for each region: one showing the physical layout, including color-coded points of interest such as the urban/rural breakdown of a country or its modes of transportation; satellite-image maps; 3-D terrain models; and a free wall map and satellite-image CD.
John Shanahan`s The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time: In Two Lines presents the best that has been thought and said on every imaginable subject, classified by such themes as ''Truth, Lies and Deception,'' ''Men, Women and Relationships,'' and ''Passions, Virtues and Vices.'' The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time is the perfect book for anyone who has ever been left speechless.
GIFTS FOR DADS-TO-BE
For the Dad who is apprehensive about the impending responsibilities of fatherhood, you`re not alone! Celebrity Dads Al Roker`s Don`t Make me Stop This Car and Bill Cosby`s Fatherhood take a humorous approach to the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.
Expectant men will appreciate the candor of Gordon Churchwell`s account of life as a father-to-be in Expecting: One Man`s Uncensored Memoir of Pregnancy. Mothers-to-be will find a window into their thoughts of their mates and a starting point for discussion with them. Expecting is a wonderful book for both sexes, expectant or not.
BOOKS FOR GRADS FINDING A JOB
Richard Nelson Bolles` What Color is Your Parachute? 2001 is the latest version of the popular job-hunter`s guide. A best-selling title for nearly three decades, the book provides current and up-to-date tips on job hunting, including a new Internet job hunting section.
Targeted toward first-time job seekers, Bob Adams` The Complete Resume & Job Search Book for College Students helps newly minted college graduates win job offers. The book guides the job seeker through writing a resume, preparing for an interview and finding the ''edge'' over other applicants.
LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
You`re Officially a Grown-Up: The Graduate`s Guide to Freedom, Responsibility, Happiness, Personal Hygiene, and the Conquest of Fear by Judith Viorst describes, in verse and illustrations, all those terrifying, but eagerly anticipated freedoms that go hand- in-hand with leaving home and trying to make one`s way in the world.
You`re a grown-up now, act like one! A Book of Courtesy is a practical and reliable guide to proper manners for every situation, presented in a classic, simple and elegant design. Written by Sister Mary Mercedes, O.P., this timeless book includes epigraphs from a diverse pool of the world`s greatest writers and thinkers.
In many professional fields, a graduate degree is necessary to succeed. Peterson`s Graduate Schools in the U.S. 2001 helps prospective graduate students choose the ideal program. The book also provides in-depth information about selected graduate schools across the nation.
LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
Filled with real stories and advice from interviewing 1,600 college students over 10 years, Richard Light`s Making the Most of College provides invaluable information on getting the most out of the college experience. The book has been hailed as ''the blueprint of academic success'' and is the recipient of the 2001 Virginia and Warren Stone Prize from Harvard University Press for an outstanding publication dealing with education and society.
22-year old Benjamin Kaplan graduated from Harvard completely debt-free because of merit-based scholarship money. Learn how you can do the same in his aggressive ''how-to'' book, How to Go to College Almost for Free.
In Been There (Should`ve) Done That, Suzette Tyler shares strategies and advice on succeeding in college. Tyler provides the inside scoop on topics such as finding the best professors, raising your GPA, transfer tips and money management.
Still not sure what to give as a gift? Barnes & Noble`s new membership loyalty program, Readers` Advantage, offers customers additional discounts and other benefits. For a $25 annual fee, members will receive an additional 10 percent discount at any Barnes & Noble store and an additional five percent discount at Barnes & Noble.com. The program benefits also include invitations to special events for members only. For additional information about Readers` Advantage and its special programs, stop in your local Barnes & Noble bookstore, or visit Barnes & Noble.com (www.barnesandnoble.com).
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) operates 569 Barnes & Noble and 339 B. Dalton bookstores, and, with its acquisition of Babbage`s Etc. and Funco, Inc., is the nation`s largest operator of video game and entertainment software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock an authoritative selection of book titles and provide access to more than one million titles. They offer books from more than 50,000 publisher imprints with an emphasis on small, independent publishers and university presses. Barnes & Noble is one of the world`s largest booksellers on the World Wide Web (http://www.bn.com), and the premiere bookseller on America Online`s (Keyword: bn) proprietary network. Barnes & Noble.com has the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller. Barnes & Noble also publishes books under its own imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores and Web site.
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