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NEWS ABOUT: nonfiction books

nonfiction books stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Rightwing Pundits Belong
on the Fiction Lists

Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin have crafted paranoid masterpieces

Sep 12, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salon writer Steve Almond has seen the future of literary fiction and it looks like Glenn Beck. Right-wing pundits like Beck and Michelle Malkin have dominated non-fiction bestseller lists since President Obama took office, Almond notes. A close read finds that their works aren't the "psychotic, fact-challenged rants of... More »

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literature • Michelle Malkin • Glenn Beck • nonfiction books • Mark Levin

Fact-Challenged Facebook Book Not Making Many Friends

Author Mezrich defends his reporting methods

Jul 15, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not everybody is friending a book detailing the birth of Facebook, Reuters reports. BusinessWeek calls Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires a “tawdry mismash,” amounting to “a fictionalized account of the founding.” The book is full of over-the-top scenes—like one in which Facebook founder Mark... More »

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Silicon Valley • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • book • nonfiction books • Danielle Steel • Ben Mezrich • Jackie Collins

glossies

 LBJ Biographer 
 Aims for Eternity 

Tireless writer published average of one book every ten years

Feb 8, 09 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Lyndon Johnson's biographer takes his work seriously—so much so, he didn't cover LBJ's presidency for 30 years, Newsweek reports. Rising from the tabloid world in the 1960s, Robert Caro first wrote a painstaking biography of New York mogul Robert Moses. Next came a volume on LBJ's youth; Caro even... More »

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Newsweek • Lyndon Johnson • Pulitzer Prize • biography • nonfiction books • writers • authors

Jefferson-
Hemings History Wins National Book Award

Tome details founding father's slave family

Nov 20, 08 6:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The heart-wrenching and controversial history of Thomas Jefferson's secret family with slave Sally Hemings took the top prize for nonfiction at the National Book Awards last night, USA Today reports. Annette Gordon-Reed became the first African-American woman to win the prize for her detailed exploration of the lives of three... More »

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book • slavery • National Book Awards • nonfiction books • Thomas Jefferson • Annette Gordon-Reed • Sally Hemings • Monticello

What Really Happened in Astor's House

Millionaire's former
staff say abusive son bilked her of $60M

Nov 16, 08 6:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A new book about Brooke Astor portrays the New York philanthropist as a frail, paranoid 105-year-old pressured to give up her fortune. Drawing on notes from Astor's former staff, Mrs. Astor Regrets describes son Tony Marshall's alleged bilking of her millions. Astor's staff "filled 30 journals over four years... More »

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trial • will • millionaires • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall • elder abuse • nonfiction books • celebrity tell-alls • Alzheimer's Disease

 2 Books Detail
 Sex-a-Day Vows 

Couples try to rev romance with daily lovin'

Jun 8, 08 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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marriage • sex • love • book • nonfiction books

'Realish' Sedaris Book Skirts Memoir Scrutiny

Genre 'the last place you’d expect to find the truth,' humorist says

Jun 8, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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literature • humor • memoir • writer • book • fake memoirs • nonfiction books • David Sedaris

 Miley Cyrus
 to Outsource
 Autobiography 

Disney tween will hire ghostwriter for tell-all

Apr 17, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has inked a multimillion-dollar deal with Disney Books to pen an autobiography of her short, sweet life, according to Ok! magazine. But don't think it'll read like some 15-year-old's homework assignment. The "hush-hush" tween queen is looking for a ghostwriter to put the young superstar's life... More »

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Disney • ghostwrite • autobiography • Miley Cyrus • nonfiction books

Book Review

Superclass Exposes Global Elite . . .Sort Of

Ultra-powerful rule the world, author argues, and that's not all bad

Mar 15, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and Bono have in common? All are members of the powerful global elite that’s reshaping the planet, David Rothkopf argues in his new book Superclass. But Rothkopf’s isn’t a conspiracy-laden indictment, writes Salon’s Laura Miller. Rather,... More »

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globalization • Bill Clinton • Bono • power • global economy • Osama bin Laden • Davos • elite • nonfiction books

NYT's Top Reads for 2007

Agent Zigzag and Foreskin's Lament among best 100
in Book Review

Nov 22, 07 5:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Recent write-ups say Americans should read more—but where to start? Try the New York Times' 100 notable books of 2007, ranging from fiction to poetry, essays to bios. Among the acclaimed page-turners:
  • Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal, Ben Macintyre
  • The Art of
... More »

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fiction • literature • top 10 • book • John Updike • Philip Roth • nonfiction books

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