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Beck Pulls an Oprah, Pushing Thriller Writers

'It's almost conservative porn,' Fox host says
of one novel

Nov 5, 09 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Oprah's book club used to stand alone in its power to boost authors' sales and profiles. Then came Glenn Beck. The conservative Fox News pundit has endorsed dozens of novels and regularly hosts fiction writers on his show, a rare habit among talk show hosts. But unlike Oprah, Beck singles... More »

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fiction • Oprah Winfrey • Glenn Beck • book • political thriller • publishing industry

Interview

Obama's Half Bro Says Dad Beat Him, Mom

Autobiographical novel details abuse, doesn't mention president

Nov 4, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - For Mark Ndesandjo, Barack Obama is something of a monster. Not the president, but their father, Barack Obama Sr. Ndesandjo, full name Mark Odoth Obama Ndesandjo, has just released an autobiographical novel depicting the Obama patriarch as a brilliant-but-violent drunk who beat him and his Jewish-American mother, and while some... More »

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Barack Obama • autobiography • book • Barack Obama Sr. • Obama family • book deal • Mark Odoth Obama Ndesandjo

THE NEXT BESTSELLER?

 Lampoon Lampoons 
 Twilight With Nightlight 

Edwart's no vamp, he just has nosebleeds, but don't tell Belle

Nov 3, 09 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - She's a klutzy transplant to the Oregon town of Switchblade who falls for a computer geek with nosebleeds named Edwart. “Looking into his eyes I felt waves of electricity, currents of electrons charging towards me. Was this how it felt to be in love ... for robots?” Yes, it's Belle,... More »

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film • parody • satire • publishing • book • movies • sequel • Twilight • Harvard University • Harvard Lampoon

 Palin's Lost Concession Speech 

Book reveals what McCain wouldn't let America hear

Nov 3, 09 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - 'Twas a year ago tomorrow that John McCain’s team forbade Sarah Palin from delivering a concession speech, and a new book, Sarah From Alaska, gives you the chance to finally find out what she planned to say. Some highlights, from the Daily Beast :
  • “It would be
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book • speech • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

Book Excerpt

 Omar bin Laden: Dad Beat Me 

Terrorist's fourth son describes his childhood in Growing Up bin Laden

Oct 28, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Omar bin Laden was about to be born, his father got so excited that he lost his keys. When he finally found them after a frantic search, he tore to the hospital at reckless speed in his brand new golden Mercedes. It’s hard for Omar to imagine the... More »

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Islam • Osama bin Laden • book • Omar bin Laden

 Rogue Anti-Palin Book Coming 

Essay collection uses similar art, title

Oct 21, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Look out, Sarah Palin fans. If you’re not careful when you run out to buy Going Rogue: An American Life, the ex-governor’s memoir, you might accidentally grab Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare. A Palin-bashing essay collection from the editors of The Nation has pilfered... More »

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parody • memoir • book • Sarah Palin • publishing industry • Going Rogue

 Palin to Hawk Book on Oprah 

It'll be ex-governor's first visit to a non-news talk show

Oct 20, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a showdown for the ages, Sarah Palin will be bringing her trademark wink to the Oprah Winfrey Show on Nov. 16. Why would the conservative Palin sit down with a noted friend of Barack Obama’s? Because Nov. 16 is the day before her memoir,... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • memoir • talk show • book • Sarah Palin • women's issues • Going Rogue

Palin Memoir a Gift to Booksellers

Going Rogue likely to continue trend of hits from right-wing figures

Oct 15, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s memoir is expected sell so well that it will singlehandedly boost the fortunes of the ailing book business. The book is already topping preorder lists, and publisher Harper plans an extensive slate of promotional appearances to make full use the former Alaska governor's drawing power. "They... More »

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Alaska • Republican • conservative • publishing • memoir • author • Michelle Malkin • HarperCollins • Borders • Glenn Beck • book • Sarah Palin • Amazon.com • publishing industry • Going Rogue

PRODUCT PEEK

 B&N E-Reader 
 Sports 2 Screens: 
 E-Ink and LCD 

Miracle device rumored to have social networking and go for less than Kindle

Oct 14, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes & Noble’s entry into the e-reader market, supposed to be under wraps until next week, has been ferreted out, and it’s got something no one else has. Rumors predicted color e-ink—not true—but the device has “got something almost better,” Kit Eaton writes: two... More »

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iPhone • book • LCD • E Ink • Kindle • Barnes & Noble • ebooks • touchscreen • e-readers

 'Abortion Addict' Ended 
 15 Pregnancies 

In controversial memoir, Irene Vilar says legal abortion saved her life

Oct 13, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once an “abortion addict,” Irene Vilar is making waves on both sides of the contentious debate with her memoir of the 15 pregnancies she terminated—including one she had forgotten about. One pro-life blogger called for her to be thrown in jail; as for the other side, “... More »

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abortion • motherhood • memoir • book • pro-life • abortion debate • pro-choice • Irene Vilar

 WWII GI Returns 
 Looted 16th Century 
 German Books 

Vet took 400-year-old legal volumes home as souvenirs

Oct 8, 09 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retired optometrist Robert Thomas handed a pair of books he filched as an 18-year-old GI 64 years ago to the German ambassador in a ceremony at the National Archives this week. Thomas, 83, found the 400-year-old legal volumes stashed among millions of others in a salt mine while inspecting recently... More »

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veterans • Germany • World War II • book • National Archives

BOOK REVIEW

 Guys, Take a Page 
 From Chabon's 
 Manhood for 
 Amateurs 

Michael Chabon's essays on fatherhood, manhood paint him as quite a catch

Oct 7, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Chabon throws his voice into the widening pool of “daddy diaries” with Manhood for Amateurs, which offers “poignant meditations on manhood, fatherhood, and aspects of his own childhood.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning author emerges from the essays “as a prince among men,” writes Heller... More »

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fatherhood • parenting • father • book • essay • Michael Chabon • Jay-ZTV • fathers • Ayelet Waldman

 The Books Jay-Z Lives By 

The rapper talks to Oprah's magazine about books that inspire him

Sep 28, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z has gone from rapper to mogul, and he shares some of the books that helped him along the way with O magazine:
  • The Seat of the Soul, by Gary Zukav: "There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them. I
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entertainment • celebrity • book • Jay-Z • O, the Oprah Magazine • Jay-ZTV • books

Victoria Gotti Spills Mob Secrets in Tell-All Book

Author describes ritual that 'made' Junior

Sep 25, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Victoria Gotti insists she doesn’t condone crime. But in her new tell-all book, The Family of Mine, Mafia don John Gotti's daughter compares mobsters to Robin Hood and his merry men, claims they’re better than corrupt politicians, and says she sees no difference between paying into a... More »

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organized crime • mob • Mafia • book • La Cosa Nostra • John Gotti • book deal • Victoria Gotti



  Tim Russert's Dad Dies 



WWII veteran, preceded in death by son Tim Russert, dies of natural causes

Sep 25, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Russert’s father Timothy, subject of Tim’s book Big Russ and Me, Father and Son: Lessons in Life, died yesterday. Russert, 85, was also the grandfather of NBC News correspondent Luke Russert, Mediabistro reports. “While he was affectionately known to the world as ‘Big Russ,... More »

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obituary • death • Tim Russert • book • Luke Russert

 Edwards Aide's 
 Tell-All Finds Publisher 

Ex-aide Andrew Young's book expected to expose cover-up, reveal Edwards' paternity

Sep 23, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John Edwards wants to cop to fathering Rielle Hunter’s baby on his own terms, he’d better act quickly. Former aide Andrew Young—who took Edwards' fall as babydaddy—will have his tell-all published by St. Martin’s Press in wake of a prominent New York Times story... More »

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John Edwards • Andrew Young • book • love child • political scandal • Rielle Hunter • book deal

BOOK EXCERPT

 Barack Flirts Earned 
 Wrath of Michelle 

Obama didn't like women—like Vera Baker—throwing themselves at her husband

Sep 22, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest tidbit from Christopher Andersen’s Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage, out today, reveals the punishment Michelle Obama meted out for women who “pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets,” and grabbed his butt, the New York ... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • book • political campaign • Vera Baker

EXCERPT

 Bush Disses 
 Obama, Palin 
 in Aide's Book 

Obama 'has no clue,' while Palin isn't 'remotely prepared'

Sep 15, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Bush apparently didn't think much of Barack Obama as a candidate. “This is a dangerous world, and this cat isn’t remotely qualified to handle it," he's quoted in a new book as saying. "This guy has no clue, I promise you.” GQ has excerpts... More »

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John McCain • presidential campaign • White House • Republican Party • memoir • book • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • speechwriter • Matt Latimer

Jessica Seinfeld Wins Cookbook Copycat Case

Deceptively Delicious wasn't plagiarized,
federal judge rules

Sep 11, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge in New York has tossed out a suit claiming that a cookbook by Jerry  Seinfeld's wife plagiarized a rival's book. Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, like Missy Chase Lapine's The Sneaky Chef, shows parents how to sneak vegetables into their kids' food—an idea nobody can copyright, the... More »

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entertainment • plagiarism • New York • federal courts • Jerry Seinfeld • publishing • feud • book • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks • Missy Chase Lapine • books

OPINION

 Beck Dons 
 GDR Getup: 
Too Timid to 
 Do Nazi?

Host scales new heights of stupidity for cover of Arguing With Idiots

Sep 5, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck's decision to don an old East German army uniform for the cover of his latest book is as ridiculous as the paranoid rantings that no doubt lie within, Silbey writes at the Edge of the American West. It's not clear what statement Beck's trying to make, Silbey notes,... More »

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talk show • East Germany • Glenn Beck • book • Pat Buchanan

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