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Assange fails in bid to suppress own memoirs

Jerome Taylor The Independent 09/21/2011
Russia publishes 'Comandante Fidel' memoirs

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov presented Monday a state-funded translation of the veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro's memoirs, praising "Comandante Fidel" as a "most competent" statesman.

Assange fails in bid to suppress own memoirs

The autobiography of Julian Assange is published today despite attempts by the WikiLeaks founder to suppress it after a bitter row with its publisher.

Jackie Kennedy: Martin Luther King Jr. "phony"

President John F. Kennedy openly scorned the notion of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeding him in office, according to a book of newly-released interviews with his widow, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Cheney: My book will have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C.

When former Vice President Dick Cheney releases his memoir early next week, it may cause the second earthquake in Washington, D.C., this month. “There are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington,’’ Cheney told NBC’s Jamie Gangel in an exclusive interview that will air on NBC’s “Dateline” at 10 p.m. ET Aug. 29.

Digital book companies jostle for dominance in NY

Christine Kearney Reuters 05/29/2011
Digital book companies jostle for dominance in NY

As American publishers gathered in New York this week to promote the best of what's coming in the year ahead, more and more attention was focused on the growing influence of digital publishing.

Dick Cheney’s memoir will have ‘very strong views,’ daughter Liz says

Dick Cheney has finished his memoir, according to his daughter, and the book is scheduled to come out on Aug. 30. Liz Cheney said that the former vice president’s manuscript was turned in at the beginning of the month. She said the book, currently being edited, will be “very straightforward,” with “a lot of in-depth analysis of really critically important issues.”

Paul O'Donnell's 'Man Up!' teaches New York guys to be macho yet modern

Jacob E. Osterhout New York Daily News 05/01/2011
Paul O'Donnell's 'Man Up!' teaches New York guys to be macho yet modern

"Man Up!" ($14.95, Artisan), by Paul O’Donnell, is now in bookstores.

India state bans book hinting Gandhi had gay lover

A state in western India banned Pulitzer-Prize winning author Joseph Lelyveld's new book about Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday after reviews saying it hints that the father of India's independence had a homosexual relationship.

Book: Lincoln sought to deport freed slaves

Stephen Dinan The Washington Times 02/10/2011

Bob Woodward Book Portrays Obama Aides’ Battles

PETER BAKER The New York Times 09/21/2010
Book: Lincoln sought to deport freed slaves

The Great Emancipator was almost the Great Colonizer: Newly released documents show that to a greater degree than historians had previously known, President Lincoln laid the groundwork to ship freed slaves overseas to help prevent racial strife in the U.S.

Bob Woodward Book Portrays Obama Aides’ Battles

Some of the critical players in President Obama’s national security team doubt his strategy in Afghanistan will succeed and have spent much of the last 20 months quarreling with one another over policy, personalities and turf, according to a new book.


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