By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Mariano Rivera is writing an autobiography. No word on whether he'll open with the final chapter.
A new J.D. Salinger film and biography are being billed as an unprecedented look into the mysterious life of the author of "The Catcher In the Rye."
"The Black Box" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Michael Connelly
"The Black Box" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Michael Connelly
For nearly 24 years, history aficionados have been looking forward to the final volume of William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill. The wait was worth it.
After leaving the White House in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower fretted about what future generations would think of his legacy, stating that the peace and prosperity that marked his two terms "didn't just happen, by God." But as Evan Thomas writes in his study of the Eisenhower presidency, "[Ike] had trouble articulating just how that had happened. He never could admit that he had kept the peace by threatening all-out war. His all-or-nothing strategy worked brilliantly."
Sales for J.K. Rowling's first adult novel were hardly magical during its first six days, but the publisher isn't complaining.
One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business.
The bravery of the men who died defending the Alamo in 1836 was drummed into my head on an annual basis beginning in the third grade at Van Zandt Elementary School in Marshall, Texas. To me, the Alamo was a continuation of the American Revolution, with the Texians — as they were called in that era, and I will use the term, as does author James Donovan — fighting for freedom as an independent nation.
At age 96, Herman Wouk is ready for a fresh start.
In this, his 17th novel, George Pelecanos proves once again that his knowledge of Washington, D.C., its streets, its neighborhoods and, especially, a certain stratum of its people is unparalleled. Also as usual, he writes like an angel - an angel with dirty hands, but an angel nonetheless.
Emma Donoghue's novel "Room" has sold 1 million copies, and the author has a short story collection scheduled for next year.
Here's an unusual way to boost sales: Have the publisher withdraw a novel because it contained passages lifted from other authors.
A son of disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff called authorities in a panic after receiving a text message he thought was a suicide note from his dad months after his December 2008 fraud scheme arrest, a new book says.
A son of disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff called authorities in a panic after receiving a text message he thought was a suicide note from his dad months after his December 2008 fraud scheme arrest, a new book says.
