European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books out ?  a it a.    times Haven to made Trump Humble Trump surviving at the top by Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen random House 236 pp., $21.95 Don of Briant done to look for a Kinder gentler humbler Donald Trump in his recently published autobiography a Trump surviving at the  Trump seems to be a bit More introspective but he is As Brash As Ever lashing out at what he perceives As unfair Media reports weak business leaders and an unnatural obsession with his personal life. He devotes one paragraph to Marla Maples absolving her of any blame in the breakup of his marriage. He gives one chapter to his wife Ivana explaining that they grew apart because she was addicted to the social whirl while he preferred to stay Home and watch television. Mike Tyson gets much More space in the Book than either of the two women. Displaying a bit of insight Trump says the 1989 helicopter crash that killed three top Trump executives revealed to him just How fragile life is just As the Tyson Buster Douglas fight showed him that even champions have to lose. Comparing himself to the former heavyweight Champion Trump admits that he is on the ropes but not Down for the count. A far from it. But after a Long winning Streak a Donald Trump coolly flips a big Apple in the air on the cover of his latest Book. In a being tested under pressure. I know that whatever happens in a a survivor a a survivor of Success which is a rare thing indeed a he writes. Why is his business in turmoil and Why Are his prize possessions such As the Trump Princess yacht up for Sale simple he writes. He is just too competitive for his own Good. Like other americans he got caught up in a buying frenzy in the go go �?T80s and overextended himself. Random House moved up the october publication Date of a surviving at the top a capitalizing on the Trump divorce trial under Way in new York. The publisher is gambling that fascination with the Donald a woes will sell a first printing of 500,000 copies and recoup the $2 million plus Advance. His first Book a Trump the Art of the Deal a sold More than 825,000 copies when Trump was at the Peak of his Success in 1987. Proceeds from that Book were donated to Charity. No decision has been made yet about the dispersal of profits from this one. To be fair Trump reveals a lot More of himself in this sequel than in his first Book. In one of the More interesting parts of the Book aside from the chapters on his personal life Trump recounts a typical business week which includes a request from Helen Gurley Brown to pose As a Cosmo Centrefold a request from the Duchess of York to borrow the Trump helicopter on her next trip to new York a visit to a victim of a gang rape and an outpouring of Small checks from fans concerned about his financial difficulties. He graciously returned the checks other chapters Deal with his business and political tangles with Leona Helmsley Merv Griffin Malcolm Forbes Frank Lorenzo and de Koch his purchases of the Plaza hotel the Eastern now Trump shuttle and the Trump Princess and his woes in Atlantic City. A final chapter allows Trump to warn of the economic dangers of a United Germany criticize business leaders who have allowed the japanese to overtake . Industry and spout his philosophy on toughness a toughness is Pride drive commitment and the courage to follow through on things you believe in even when they Are under attack. Some people Are always saying that i can to go on like this forever and that in a at the beginning of the end. Id rather see myself As being at the end of the  Mike Tyson  have said it better. Cox news service. The Book will be available in stars and stripes  four past Midnight by Stephen King Viking 759 pp., $22.95 in a Library of Stephen King collections this latest four Story offering would hold a second place spot behind the Well read a different seasons a but better make that a close second. Kings latest collection is almost the opposite of a different seasons a published in 1983, in that it contains three classic King tales of visual horror and one of mental horror a secret window secret Garden. That ratio was reversed in his earlier work which had three mainstream stories and one chiller. As in almost All of his earlier work King tackles that dark Side of Ordinary life by peering into the shadowed Corners of air plane trips with unknown destinations authors who Are their own worst critics libraries where the head librarian really is a Devil to be dealt with and cameras which take pictures that Are a Little too realistic to be healthy. Undoubtedly each Reader will have his favorite tale but King fans and newcomers to his work wont be disappointed by any of the four stories which All contain evidence of Kings uncanny ability to touch on the irrational fears in All of us. Kelly Collins United press International get shorty by Elmore Leonard delacorte 295 pp., $18.95 Miami loan shark Chili Palmer makes a pretty Good living because he has an effective Way of making a a clients meet their obligations. He just fixes his gaze on the object of his intention and says a look at me. That kind of Well steeled approach serves him Well when he enters the High stakes of a High concept movies with All their attendant hoopla a taking meetings pitching Story ideas and playing the game. The move is a result of palmers pursuing a delinquent client who has fled to los Angeles. There Palmer meets film producer Harry Zimm who has gambled away a bundle that belongs to two men who run a Limo and drug running service Money that was supposed to be used for Harry a next picture. Harry a investors Arentt pleased so Palmer sets into motion a scheme by which everyone should end up with what he wants a except for the owner of a Limo and drug running service who wants to end up with everything and preferably with Palmer out of the picture permanently. Elmore Leonard has called this a my Hollywood  nearly All of his 20-plus books have been sold As film properties several have been produced a but not by and Large in keeping with the authors vision As Leonard has said several times. One can Only wonder what will happen when the Powers that be a take a meeting on this one. Kathleen Silvassy United press International hammerheads by Dale Brown Donald i. Fine 462 pp., $19.95 As the drug War moves High tech the anti drug warriors move High tech with the hammerheads an elite armed . Force. Consisting of the coast guard and customs service the hammerheads have a dazzling array of weaponry a including of course in a Dale Brown novel an amazing aircraft. Browne a other books a Day of the cheetah a a flight of the old dog a and a Silver Tower a showed an unsurpassed Eye for detail and action a but his newest is undoubtedly his Best. It even offers a plausible solution to stemming the drug Trade. Dale Brown a a hammerheads is a major new addition to the techno thriller Library. Done to miss it. Kathleen Ostrander United press International All books Are or will be available at stars and stripes  8 c sunday september 16, 1990