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July 2008
- Maddy Police Chief Pens 'Explosive' Book
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 20, 08 7:52 AM CDT
  
  The former Portuguese police chief who led the investigation into British tyke Madeleine McCann's disappearance will release a book on the case which he claims will contain "‘explosive revelations," the Guardian reports. The book, True Lies by Gonçalo Amaral, is believed to contain attacks on British police for caving into pressure to follow fruitless leads demanded by Maddy's parents. More »
  
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  book • police • Madeleine McCann • Portugal
- Textbook Revolution? Free and Paperless
  
  newser | Time | Jul 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT
  
  The hefty cost of university textbooks now averages $900 per student each year, and financial aid can't be counted on to cover the expense. But starting in September, one publisher will be offering its textbooks online—for free, Time reports. "Nobody's satisfied with the status quo," said the founder of Flat World, a start-up with plans to shake up the $5.5 billion industry. More »
  
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  book • college • college student • publishing • financial aid • online learning
- More Madonna Dirt Surfaces in Bro's Book
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 11, 08 12:13 PM CDT
  
  The forthcoming tell-all by Madonna’s estranged brother Christopher Ciccone is a treasure trove of gossip, the New York Post reports. More juicy bits trickling out from Life With My Sister Madonna : Madonna hung an a 8-by-12-foot photo of herself in S&M gear, lying on a bed with dead animals, in full view of her kids. More »
  
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  book • Madonna • memoir • Guy Ritchie • celebrity tell-alls • Christopher Ciccone
- Anne of Green Gables, at 100, Goes Legit
  
  newser | Slate | Jul 10, 08 12:31 PM CDT
  
  Impetuous redheaded orphan Anne of Green Gables got the biggest gift of all on her 100th birthday: Official introduction into the literary canon. The Modern Library will issue a centennial edition of the first book in the series of eight. Some scholars bristle at the decision to place Anne alongside Huck Finn and Anna Karenina, dubbing the novels sentimental and their readers nostalgic, but Meghan O’Rourke comes to her defense on Slate. More »
  
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  book • literature • Canon • young adult • young adult novel
June 2008
- More Young Men Go Into the Wild in Alaska
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 30, 08 7:18 PM CDT
  
  Just as residents of Healy, Alaska feared, more men have come looking for the bus—the old jalopy where Christopher McCandless died on his famous quest, the AP reports. Portrayed in the book and film, Into the Wild , his trip to Alaska has inspired dozens to trek through dicey weather and mosquito clouds to the bus. "I don't want people to go out there and die," a former official said. "It's that simple." More »
  
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  film • book • Alaska • tourists • Into the Wild • visitors
- Christian Novel Outstrips Oprah Pick
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 24, 08 9:16 AM CDT
  
  Once rejected by multiple mainstream publishers, the slim Christian novel The Shack is flying off shelves, topping the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. “Everybody that I know has bought at least 10 copies,” says one devotee. The Times looks at a blockbuster built around an unconventional depiction of God—as a jolly black woman named “Papa.” More »
  
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  religion • book • literature • Christianity • best seller
- Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book
  
  newser | Politico | Jun 16, 08 4:35 PM CDT
  
  Stephen Mansfield expects to cast his ballot against Barack Obama in November. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing an admiring book about the candidate's religious profile— The Faith of Barack Obama —which argues that the candidate may well steal young evangelical voters away from John McCain. McCain is “clumsy when it comes to religion,” Mansfield tells Politico, in stark contrast to Obama’s “fluency” in the language of Christianity. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • election 2008 • book • abortion • Christianity • evangelicals • abortion rights • Republican evangelicals
- Summer's 'Most Enchanting Debut Novel'
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 13, 08 4:25 PM CDT
  
  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle , the debut novel from former software developer David Wroblewski, is “a great, big, mesmerizing read, audaciously envisioned as classic Americana," Janet Maslin raves in the New York Times . "Pick up this book and expect to feel very, very reluctant to put it down," she says of a coming-of-age story involving a deaf boy and the dogs his family breeds. More »
  
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  book • dog • book reviews • fiction • great books
- Mommy Spears-est Memoir Unshelved
  
  newser | People | Jun 12, 08 11:59 AM CDT
  
  Lynn Spears’ book about raising daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn will hit stores in the fall, the publisher tells People . Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World was shelved when Jamie Lynn became pregnant last year. A spokesman for the publisher says the memoir, “will not be a parenting book.” More »
  
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  Britney Spears • book • parenting • celebrity parents • tabloids • Jamie Lynn Spears • memoir • Lynne Spears • celebrity tell-alls
- Search Engines: How They're Reshaping Your Brain
  
  newser | Atlantic Monthly | Jun 11, 08 10:42 AM CDT
  
  Although he’s thrilled with all the time he saves using the Internet for research and awed by the vast intellectual opportunities available to every web surfer, Nicholas Carr is a bit disconcerted that he no longer has the patience for reading books or long articles. With his netizen mind fidgeting and losing the thread after a few pages, Carr wonders in the Atlantic : What is the net doing to our brains? More »
  
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  Internet • book • computer • reading • artificial intelligence • human intelligence
- 2 Books Detail Sex-a-Day Vows
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 8, 08 3:19 PM CDT
  
  Can non-stop sex revitalize a marriage? Two American couples have books coming out that chronicle their attempts to sex it up, the New York Times reports. Just Do It records 101 nights of romance intended to offset a couple's boredom in Boulder, Colo., while 365 Nights documents a year of whoopee that a Bible-loving Republican wife gave her husband in Charlotte, NC. More »
  
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  book • marriage • sex • love • nonfiction books
- 'Realish' Sedaris Book Skirts Memoir Scrutiny
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 8, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  With his new book of nonfiction essays, Engulfed in Flames , David Sedaris finds himself engulfed in questions of truth and accuracy. In America, the recent explosion of memoirs has been followed with one scandal after another, prompting more scrutiny of the humorist’s work. “I do think Sedaris exaggerates too much for a writer using a nonfiction label," a New Republic writer argued last year. More »
  
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  book • literature • humor • memoir • writer • nonfiction books • fake memoirs
- Top 10 Summer Cookbooks
  
  newser | NPR | Jun 5, 08 11:44 AM CDT
  
  Summer cooking should combine those elements we love most about the season: fresh fruits and vegetables, bright colors, arresting aromas, and the great outdoors. So NPR selected the 10 best cookbooks for jumping out of the frying pan and into the garden: Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients : Organic creations to complement eight distinct seasons. More »
  
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  list • book • summer • book reviews • cooking • fruits and vegetables • cookbooks
May 2008
- Bush Mob Sets Its Sights on McClellan
  
  newser | New York Daily News | May 30, 08 3:55 PM CDT
  
  The Bush administration's reaction to Scott McClellan's new book should look familiar to anyone with HBO, with one important difference, writes Mike Lupica in the Daily News. "it has become clear by now that even the hoods from The Sopranos would be out of their weight class with George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove." More »
  
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  Bush administration • White House • book • propaganda • Scott McClellan
- McClellan: I Believed Bush
  
  newser | Politico | May 29, 08 9:16 AM CDT
  
  Affection and loyalty blinded Scott McClellan in the run-up to the Iraq war, but now the former press secretary has found a higher allegiance—“a loyalty to the truth.” McClellan, whose book is causing a media storm for alleging President Bush ran a “propaganda” campaign about the war, defended his work this morning on NBC's Today . More »
  
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  Iraq war • Bush administration • White House • book • propaganda • Scott McClellan • press secretary
- 10 Easy Breezy Summer Reads
  
  newser | MSNBC | May 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
  
  The perfect summer read is like a breathmint: light, refreshing, and available for purchase at the airport. Cosmopolitan book editor John Searles dishes his top 10 titles of the season to MSNBC. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein: a family tell-all—from the dog’s POV The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer: a woman learns dark secrets about her husband More »
  
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  book • summer • reading • Frank Lloyd Wright
- Salon 's Favorite Thrillers
  
  newser | Salon | May 26, 08 6:09 PM CDT
  
  Memorial Day means beaches, languid hours, and a page-turner within reach—so Salon has collared the season's best thrillers. This year's lineup includes: An art forger who gets in too deep; a Stalinist official who tries to do good; and a college prof who needs help solving an imaginary murder. Let's dive in! More »
  
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  list • book • book reviews • novel • thriller • crime novel
- Harding Skates Back Into Spotlight
  
  newser | Newsweek | May 23, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  What read like a closed book in 1994 is falling open in a Tonya Harding tell-all, reports Newsweek in an interview with the fallen figure skater. The Tonya Tapes argues that Harding wasn't just uninvolved in Nancy Kerrigan's knee-whacking—she planned to rat out her ex-husband to the FBI until he intervened, backed by two enforcers and a gun. More »
  
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  crime • book • Olympic Games • figure skating • innocent • Nancy Kerrigan • Tonya Harding
- Book Giant Weighs Bid for Chief Rival
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 21, 08 2:36 AM CDT
  
  Barnes & Noble is mulling a possible bid for its nearest rival, Borders, reports the Wall Street Journal . America's biggest book chain, with 22% of the market, has assembled a team of 30 executives and experts to study a takeover of the second biggest, with 12% of the market. Such a takeover would likely raise anti-trust issues. More »
  
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  book • publishing • Amazon • Borders • Leonard Riggio
- Baba Wawa Flies High on Book Tour
  
  newser | New York Daily News | May 6, 08 10:58 AM CDT
  
  Barbara Walters is footing the bill so she can travel in style during her 25-city book tour, the Daily News reports. The 78-year-old, who received a $3 million advance for her memoir Audition, will not only pony up for private jet trips, she'll also bring along her hair and makeup artists from The View. More »
  
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  book • memoir • Barbara Walters • private jet

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