FICTIONTHE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN by Tom...

FICTION

THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN by Tom Clancy (Berkley: $5.95). Jack Ryan’s current mission in the protracted conflict between the superpowers is to rescue an American mole in Russia.

ONLY CHILDREN by Rafael Yglesias (Ballantine: $4.50). Two yuppie couples encounter the challenges of child-rearing.

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN BRITISH SHORT STORIES, edited by Malcolm Bradbury (Penguin: $7.95). Thirty-four examples of the genre written since 1945 by England’s most acclaimed authors.

THE NATIONALISTS by William Stuart Long (Dell: $4.95). Continuation of an epic tale for Australia’s struggle for sovereignty.

THE BRIDE by Julie Garwood (Pocket: $4.50). In an arrangement designed to mitigate the hostilities between their two countries, an arrogant Scotsman meets his match in his English bride.

NONFICTION

DREAMS OF LOVE AND FATEFUL ENCOUNTERS: The Power of Romantic Passion by Ethel S. Person (Penguin: $8.95). Psychoanalyst emphasizes the positive, transformational powers of love.

LIKE LIONS THEY FOUGHT by Robert B. Edgerton (Ballantine: $8.95). Critical 1879 battle between Zulu warriors and the British that ushered in the system of apartheid.

RETAKES: Behind the Scenes of 500 Classic Movies by John Eastman (Ballantine: $4.95). Eastman’s use of film biographies, memoirs and other sources reveals unusual backgrounds to films now on video cassette.

VEECK . . . As in Wreck by Bill Veeck with Ed Linn (Fireside: $9.95). Eccentric baseball owner--who unabashedly used every trick in the book to fill a ballpark--writes his autobiography.

PERFECT VICTIM by Christine McGuire and Carla Norton (Dell: $4.95). Account of the seven-year abduction, forced submission, and brainwashing of a young woman by a man and his wife.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

THE RIGHTS OF PATIENTS by George J. Annas JD, MPH (Southern Illinois University Press: $8.95). Answers to legal questions about hospital stays and out-patient care.

WATERSHEDS by Robert H. Lauer Ph.D. and Jeanette C. Lauer Ph.D. (Ivy: $3.95). How to change the direction of undesirable events toward more positive ends.