Night-table Reading

Kim Campbell (prime minister of Canada): Preparing for the Twenty-first Century, by Paul Kennedy (Random House). "I'm in the business of preparing for the 21st century myself. I'll take advice wherever I can get it."

Janet Jackson (singer): The Greatest Salesman in the World, by Og Mandino (Bantam). "It's a great book. It preps you for the future, not just in business but in life, period."

Peter Bart (editorial director, Variety): It Ain't As Easy as It Looks: Ted Turner's Amazing Story, by Porter Bibb (Crown). "This resourceful and restless media king's financial machinations make Murdoch's look conservative."