NONFICTION - April 7, 1991

MEN AT WORK: The Craft of Baseball by George Will (HarperPerennial: $9.95). Aspects of the game are discussed, and four players who have excelled in various areas are profiled, as metaphors for life.

ONCE A BUM, ALWAYS A DODGER by Don Drysdale with Bob Verdi (St. Martin’s: $5.95). Golden oldie reminisces as far back as the days when beer cost 15 cents.

TEST YOUR BASEBALL LITERACY by R. Wayne Schmittberger (John Wiley & Sons: $9.95). Field questions on topics such as batting records, rules, baseball movies and literature.

BEHIND THE MASK by Dave Pallone with Alan Steinberg (Signet: $5.99). Umpire forced to resign by the National League reveals the pressures he felt over 10 years as a gay man in a homophobic profession.

NOLAN RYAN’S PITCHER’S BIBLE (Fireside: $10.95) by Nolan Ryan and Tom House. Ryan shares the techniques that have made him a 43-year-old phenom in a game dominated by much younger men.

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HIS LITTLE WOMEN by Judith Rossner (Pocket: $5.95). Antics of a Hollywood dream-maker’s four daughters, each the image of a former wife.

MILK AND HONEY by Faye Kellerman (Fawcett Gold Medal: $5.95). Third mystery featuring an LAPD officer and a Jewish widow.

MAMBO by Campbell Armstrong (Harper: $5.95). The Dance Trilogy, which included “Jig” and “Mazurka,” ends here.

THE HERMIT OF 69th STREET: The Working Papers of Norbert Kosky by Jerzy Kosinski (Zebra: $5.95). National Book Award winner’s roman a clef about a boy who uses his wits to escape the Nazis.

TILL DAWN TAMES THE NIGHT by Meagan McKinney (Dell: $4.99). Straight-laced Aurora Dayne and pirate Vashon Blackwell act out the mating dance from A to V .