Analyzed 17 current success books for women. Considered (1) how success is defined and exemplified in these books; (2) how the author-audience relationship develops; and (3) how women are portrayed in relation to others and society. Concluded that writers of success books are not in agreement about what constitutes success. (PD)

Traces development of the campaign history genre by exploring two key exemplars: T. White's "The Making of the President 1960" and R.B. Cramer's "What It Takes: The Way to the White House." Reveals that the books make sense of the election, develop a reciprocal relationship between private man and public figure, and create an authoritarian reading…