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Bum Phillips Releases Autobiography Bum Phillips, a former NFL coach, has released his autobiography. Bum Phillips became the head coach of the National Football League's Houston Oilers in 1975. He retired from the league 10 years later as one of its most colorful characters of all time. Phillips was known for his cowboy hat and boots, but he also survived deadly battles during World War II and found Jesus during a trip to prison.
The book covers Phillips' accounts of his pro footaball coaching career, his favorite NFL stories, accounts of his time during World War II, his struggle to balance family life with NFL demands and how a trip to prison turned him into a faithful Christian.
Socialite Tinsley Mortimer Writing a Book Socialite Tinsley Mortimer is writing a novel. The New York Postreports that the socialite, who used to have a CW reality show called High Society, has landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster.
Tinsley has no novel writing experience, but she did contribute a chapter to a nonfiction book, Dr. Stuart Fisher's The Park Avenue Diet.
Tinsley is also a designer - she has a line of handbags and apparel in Japan for Samantha Thavasa. Her Twitter account can be found here.
Jimmy Wayne to Publish Book Called Paper Angels Country music star Jimmy Wayne is writing a book. Wayne's first book, Paper Angels, will be published by Howard Books, in September 2011. The book will be co-authored by novelist Travis Thrasher.
Wayne was abandoned at a young age by his father and growing up in foster care due to his mother being in prison. Wayne and his sister were both recipients of the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. Wayne went on to be awarded the William Booth Award from the Salvation Army, the youngest ever recipient of the honor.
Howard Books vice president and publisher, Jonathan Merkh, says, "Paper Angels is the book that Jimmy Wayne felt he had to write. He brings his own unique personal perspective to bare in writing an inspiring book that brings compelling awareness to the often forgotten children in our society."
Betty White to Publish Two Books
Betty White will write two books for G. P. Putnam's Sons. The first book, titled Listen Up!, will draw upon life lessons learned during her long career in Hollywood, with an emphasis on the extraordinary past 15 years of the star's life. The second book, titled The Zoo and I: Betty and Her Friends, will be filled with stories and photographs capturing the daily life of her animal friends at the zoo. Betty White is a long-time member of the board of the Los Angeles Zoo, and she has been a passionate supporter of animal health and welfare her entire life.
Putnam is planning to publish the first book in hardcover in Spring 2011 and the second book in hardcover in 2012.
Betty White said, "Much as I love what I do for a living in show business, I love writing even more - so I am thrilled to be working on not only one new book but two of them."
Ricky Martin's Memoir to be Published November 2nd
Ricky Martin has released the cover art and the release date for his memoir. The book, entitled Me, will be published by Celebra on November 2nd.
A statement released by his publicist said the book will discuss Ricky Martin's experience as a member of the boy band Menudo. It will also reveal his challenges dealing fame and the popularity of Livin' La Vida Loca. Ricky Martin writes about his decision to come out as a gay and his family life. He also discusses his devotion to helping children around the world.
Ricky Martin told CNN in March that the book was the tool that set him free. Ricky said, "From the moment I wrote the first phrase I was sure the book was the tool that was going to help me free myself from things I was carrying within me for a long time. Things that were too heavy for me to keep inside."
Emma Thompson to Write Peter Rabbit Book BBC Newsreports that Emma Thompson will be writing a new Peter Rabbit story to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's original story. Emma Thompson says she plans to take Peter Rabbit to Scotalnd in the story she writes. The story will be published in 2012 by Frederick Warne.
Emma Thompson other written work includes the screenplays for Sense and Sensibility and Nanny McPhee.
The Hollywood Reporterreports that Fox is going to turn 29: A Novel by Adena Halpern into a film. John Davis will produce the movie. The novel follows Ellie Jerome, a young-at-heart seventy-five-year-old who feels she has more in common with her twenty-nine-year-old granddaughter, Lucy, than her fifty-five-year-old daughter, Barbara. On her 75th birthday, she wishes she was 29 again. Her wish comes true and she goes on an adventure with her granddaughter. Meanwhile, Ellie's daughter and close friend believe her to be kidnapped so they set out to find her.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Dr. Seuss classic, Green Eggs and Ham. You can watch a video of President Obama reading the book here. ABC News reports that the children's book was the result of a bet between Dr. Seuss and publisher Random House. The bet was "Could Dr. Seuss, using 50 words, write an intelligent, entertaining children's book?" Take a look:
NPR Publishes Top 100 Thriller List
NPR has published a list of the top 100 "Killer Thrillers." The NPR audience nominated about 600 novels to the poll and cast over 17,000 ballots. Stephen King has six titles in the top 100 list. Below is the top ten. You can see the complete list here.
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Shining by Stephen King
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Hunt tor Red October by Tom Clancy
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Gordon Brown Book About Fiscal Crisis Coming in November
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is publishing a book about the global economic crisis. The book will be published by Simon & Schuster's Free Press imprint in November 2010. Gordon Brown's book promises to offer insight into the events that led to the fiscal downward spiral and the reactions of world leaders as they took steps to avoid further disaster. The book will also offer measures Brown believes the world should adopt to regain fiscal stability.
Gordon Brown says, "We now live in a world of global trade, global financial flows, global movements of people and instant global communications. Our economies are connected as never before, and I believe that global economic problems require global solutions and global institutions. In writing my analysis of the financial crisis, I wanted to help explain how we got here, but more importantly to offer some recommendations as to how the next stage of globalization can be managed so that the economy works for people and not the other way around."
2010 Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced The judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have anounced the longlist of 13 books. The chair of judges, Andrew Motion, said, "Here are thirteen exceptional novels - books we have chosen for their intrinsic quality, without reference to the past work of their authors. Wide-ranging in their geography and their concern, they tell powerful stories which make the familiar strange and cover an enormous range of history and feeling. We feel confident that they will provoke and entertain."
The longlist includes:
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey (Faber and Faber)
Room by Emma Donoghue (Pan MacMillan - Picador)
The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore (Penguin - Fig Tree)
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut (Grove Atlantic - Atlantic Books)
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (Bloomsbury)
The Long Song by Andrea Levy (Headline Publishing Group - Headline Review)
C by Tom McCarthy (Random House - Jonathan Cape)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (Hodder & Stoughton - Sceptre)
February by Lisa Moore (Random House - Chatto & Windus)
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (Penguin - Hamish Hamilton)
Trespass by Rose Tremain (Random House - Chatto & Windus)
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Grove Atlantic - Tuskar Rock)
The Stars in the Bright Sky by Alan Warner (Random House - Jonathan Cape)
William Morrow to Publish Two Novels by Dick Wolf
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, hasy announced plans to publish two novels by Dick Wolf, the creator and executive producer of Law & Order. The first novel (not yet titled) is a tale in the tradition of The Day of the Jackal and Three Days of the Condor. The plot involves a major terrorist attack planned for New York City over the July 4th weekend.
The two-book deal was acquired by William Morrow Executive Editor, David Highfill. Highfill says, "As he has shown us in the authenticity and freshness of his TV work, Dick Wolf is a master of tightly woven, character-driven American stories that feel like they are happening right in front of you, right now, not last week or last year. He will bring just that sense of heightened immediacy and drama to this new novel."
Rhonda Byrne, author of the wildly successful book, The Secret, has another book coming out on August 17. Atria Books will publish Rhonda Byrne's new book called The Power.
Atria Books says The Power will reveal the single greatest force in our universe. Rhonda Byrne believes everyone is meant to have an amazing life. In The Power, she shows how "perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want" all come from The Power.
Knopf to Publish Justice Sotomayor's Memoir Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir will be published by Alfred A. Knopf. The book, as yet untitled, will be a coming-of-age memoir by Sotomayor, an American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants. Sotomayor will write about growing up in the South Bronx, her relationship with her mother and the loss of her father when she was nine years old. She will also discuss her inspiration as a young girl to become a lawyer and her journey to Princeton University (on a full scholarship) and later to Yale Law School. She will also write about her appointment to the federal bench.
The book will be edited by George Andreou, Vice-President and Senior Editor at Alfred A. Knopf. It will be published simultaneously in a Spanish-language edition by Vintage Espanol.
"I am honored to be working with the distinguished publishing house of Alfred A. Knopf on the publication of my memoir," said Justice Sotomayor.
Memoirs by Supreme Court Justices can make big money. The Wall Street Journalsays Justice Clarence Thomas has earned more than $1 million from his 2007 memoir.
Bum Phillips, a former NFL coach, has released his autobiography. Bum Phillips became the head coach of the National Football League's Houston Oilers in 1975. He retired from the league 10 years later as one of its most colorful characters of all time. Phillips was known for his cowboy hat and boots, but he also survived deadly battles during World War II and found Jesus during a trip to prison.
Socialite Tinsley Mortimer is writing a novel. The New York Post 
Country music star Jimmy Wayne is writing a book. Wayne's first book, Paper Angels, will be published by Howard Books, in September 2011. The book will be co-authored by novelist Travis Thrasher.
BBC News 
The judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have anounced the longlist of 13 books. The chair of judges, Andrew Motion, said, "Here are thirteen exceptional novels - books we have chosen for their intrinsic quality, without reference to the past work of their authors. Wide-ranging in their geography and their concern, they tell powerful stories which make the familiar strange and cover an enormous range of history and feeling. We feel confident that they will provoke and entertain."
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir will be published by Alfred A. Knopf. The book, as yet untitled, will be a coming-of-age memoir by Sotomayor, an American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants. Sotomayor will write about growing up in the South Bronx, her relationship with her mother and the loss of her father when she was nine years old. She will also discuss her inspiration as a young girl to become a lawyer and her journey to Princeton University (on a full scholarship) and later to Yale Law School. She will also write about her appointment to the federal bench.
