[Comment from The Fragrant Hand]Most this info is from Amazon. Think Howard Hughs reference intriguing wonder immediately William Bell jumps to mind.  Bio time bomb -= observers? Just a bunch of unanalyzed info.
 
The Hollow Earth by Raymond Burnard (name at top of book doesn't look long enough to be Burnard and pub is Morrow this book pub by \This controversial book claims that flying saucers not only exist, but that they are the vehicles of a super-race that lives in a huge, underground world whose entrance is in the earth's North Pole. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
http://www.amazon.com/Hollow-Earth-Raymond-Bernard/dp/0787300977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241706464&sr=8-1
 
Childhood's End Arthur C Clarke
It sounds like a story you've heard before: great alien masters descend on Earth and take control of the world, ushering in a golden age that may be cleverly disguised creative slavery. But Clarke's legendary novel (equal to _Rendezvous with Rama_ and _2001: A Space Odyssey_ in fame) isn't about a human rebellion against alien overlords, but the evolution of humanity into its next stage, and the ultimate dwarfing power of the unknowable order of the cosmos. The narrative glides between different characters and different eons, occasionally with a seeming clumsiness that turns out to be purposeful plotting devices. The pay-off is sublime science-fiction poetry that shows the genre's power to transcend human drama and fly into the infinite. The sheer scope of its conclusions leaves the reader wiser and sadder, the sign of a superb novel.
http://www.amazon.com/Childhoods-End-Del-Rey-Impact/dp/0345444051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241706845&sr=1-1
 
The Peter Prescription by Dr. Laurence J Peter
description for book is bland on Amazon not on BN.com but there are other "peter" titles by author.  Laurence J. Peter on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Peter best known for formulation of the Peter Principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle funny, I remember my Dad telling me a story about my Uncle Anthony in which (my uncle) expressed this view (although he just told me the view never knew it had a name) The Peter Principle is the principle that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." While formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1968 book The Peter Principle, a humorous treatise which also introduced the "salutary science of Hierarchiology", "inadvertently founded" by Peter, the principle has real validity. It holds that in a hierarchy, members are promoted so long as they work competently. Sooner or later they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain, being unable to earn further promotions. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out his duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence".
 
Dear Audience by (it looks like Yurk) couldn’t find this one.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Now-Face-Novel-Karleen-Koen/dp/0307406083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241707570&sr=1-1
Now Face to Face (not sure if right book Author name does look like it could be this) by Karleen Koen
This sequel to Through a Glass Darkly (LJ 11/1/86) follows Barbara Devane, a 20-year-old widow, as she picks up the pieces of her life. Devastated by her husband's betrayal and death and facing financial ruin from his participation in the South Sea Bubble scandal, Barbara travels to a Virginia plantation, now her grandmother's property. There she matures and finds the inner strength to return to England and face her problems. Back in London, however, she finds herself involved in Jacobite plots and the treachery of powerful men, which threaten her family, friends, and a new love. Period details, especially of politics, are abundant yet the 18th century never really comes to life. Many of the characters remain two-dimensional, while the action evolves slowly until the end, when several story lines are hurriedly tied up. Readers who enjoyed Koen's first novel will undoubtedly welcome this continuation, but others might find it heavy going.
 
I deduce this one whole title not visible.
Heir Not Apparent: A true life detective story. Howard Hughes Estate by Szanne Finstad (No description)
We are all familiar w/ Howard Hughes (reference to William Bell?!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_hughes
 
The Biological Time Bomb by Gordon Rattray Taylor
WITHIN A VERY FEW YEARS, THE WORLD AROUND US WILL BE CHANGED BEYOND RECOGNITION. THERE WILL BE NO SEX, NO DEATH, NO HUMAN BODY-AS WE KNOW THEM. WE MAY SEE PEOPLE BUYING CHASTITY OR DESIRE AT A DRUG STORE, GROUPS OF IDENTICAL PEOPLE-SUPERMEN, GENIUSES OR PERHAPS MONSTERS, THE MANUFACTURE OF HALF MEN HALF MACHINE, A PILL TO STOP OR START HUMAN AGGRESSION AND MUCH MORE INSIDE THIS GREAT BOOK.
http://www.amazon.com/BIOLOGICAL-PAPERBACK-SOFTCOVER-VERSION-PRINTING/dp/B000YMEAFU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241708421&sr=1-5
Wiki on Author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Rattray_Taylor
During the war he worked in the Psychological Warfare division of SHAEF
Other titles include The Domesday book: can the world survive?
 
Sea Hunters II by Cliver Cussler
This is nonfiction, but it's still pretty thrilling: Cussler recounts the efforts of his organization, NUMAR the National Underwater and Marine Agency to dredge up lost ships with historical value.
http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Hunters-II-Clive-Cussler/dp/0425193721/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241708780&sr=1-2
 
The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills
First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Elite-C-Wright-Mills/dp/0195133544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241708837&sr=1-1

The Biographer's Tale by A.S. Byatt
http://www.amazon.com/Biographers-Tale-Novel-S-Byatt/dp/0375725083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241708932&sr=1-1
(a reviewer) What grabbed me was that this novel is about the obsessive need to understand and possess another's identity. How much do we need to know to understand someone and what do we do when that understanding is found? Is history fixed or malleable? No answers are possible and this novel concedes to that point. It conveys a deep understanding that all this knowledge that we desperately acquire to know another must be gathered and dropped simultaneously if we are to gain any idea about another person's identity.
 
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
http://www.amazon.com/Poisonwood-Bible-Novel-P-S/dp/0060786507/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241709082&sr=1-1 coulnd't find a quick sum up for this... but is popular perahsp someone who's read it will have said somethin about it. I remember it was an Oprah pick.
 
Pale blue book w/ the Author's Last name Orpheus (couldnt' figure this one out)

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