FICTIONCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER by Tom Clancy...

FICTION

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER by Tom Clancy (Berkley: $5.95). Top gun in the techo-thriller genre places his protagonist, Jack Ryan, in the middle of the drug war--with innovative results.

RIGHTFULLY MINE by Doris Morton (Bantam: $5.95). A divorcee carves out a career in the high-profile antiques trade, but is unprepared for the elements of deception and duplicity that confront her.

HARD CANDY by Andrew Vachss (Signet: $4.95). Hardboiled ex-con detective combs the streets of New York for an old flame’s daughter caught in a cult.

THE FOLK OF THE FRINGE by Orson Scott Card (Tor: $4.95). After America’s biological and cultural decimation, a group of men and women in Utah, Colorado and Idaho attempts to resettle the land.

THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE by Oscar Hijuelos (Perennial: $9.95). Two Cuban brothers’ musical career culminates in a guest appearance on the I Love Lucy Show in 1956. A Pulitzer Prize-winner.

NONFICTION

DEATH SENTENCE: The Inside Story of the John List Murders by Joe Sharkey (Signet: $4.95). List went unpunished for 18 years for the calculated annihilation of his entire family.

THE MADWOMAN’S UNDERCLOTHES: Essays and Occasional Writings by Germaine Greer (Atlantic Monthly: t$12.95). Greer, presager of the woman’s movement, challenges cultural and political standards.

WILY VIOLETS AND UNDERGROUND ORCHIDS: Revelations of a Botanist by Peter Bernhardt (Vintage: $9.95). Botanist of international standing elucidates the symbiotic relationship between man and plants--1 in 10 of which are orchids.

FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM by Thomas L. Friedman (Anchor: $12.95). Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent attempts to sort out the complexities of the Middle Eastern conflict.

SPLASH! A HISTORY OF SWIMWEAR by Richard Martin and Harold Koda (Rizzoli: $29.95). Large-format picture book recaps a century of history and coincides with an exhibit at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology this summer.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

CARE AND FEEDING OF THE BRAIN: A Guide to Your Gray Matter by Jack Maguire (Doubleday: $14.95). Facts, myths, lastest research, along with charts, graphs and photos.

CLASSIC PLASTIC RADIOS OF THE 1930s and 1940s: A Collectors Guide To Catalin Models by John Sideli (Dutton: $19.95). These 223 radios illustrate the marriage of form and function that mark the modern age of design.