TOP BOOK NEWS

• Sarah Palin memoir tops US book sales

  AFP – Wed Nov 25, 4:01 pm ET
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  NEW YORK (AFP) - Republican former governor Sarah Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" shot to the top of the US bestseller list in its first week after publication, industry figures showed Wednesday. Full Story »

• Palin to run Red Cross Turkey Trot in Wash.

  AP – Wed Nov 25, 1:55 pm ET

  RICHLAND, Wash. - Sarah Palin is taking a Thanksgiving break from her book tour to spend time with family members in Washington for a 5K run to benefit the Red Cross. Full Story »

• 'The Gift' is not an extraordinary present

  AP – Wed Nov 25, 11:44 am ET
  AP

  "The Gift" (Harper, 302 pages, $19.99) by Cecelia Ahern: In Cecelia Ahern's latest novel, a successful, self-absorbed workaholic finds his life take a turn by one kind gesture. Full Story »

• Guantanamo novel aimed at teens eyes Costa prize

  AFP – Wed Nov 25, 11:00 am ET
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  LONDON (AFP) - A novel for teenagers about the US prison in Guantanamo Bay written by a rock star's wife was nominated Wednesday for a prestigious children's book prize in Britain. Full Story »

• Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race

  AP – Wed Nov 25, 10:31 am ET
  AP

  JACKSON, Miss. - Gene Dattel grew up in the segregated South and was one of the few Mississippians enrolled at Yale University in 1962 when his home state became ensnared in a bloody confrontation over integration. Full Story »

• Book Talk: Michael Morpurgo fuses facts with fiction

  Reuters – Wed Nov 25, 4:35 am ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Michael Morpurgo has been writing award-winning children's books for decades but he has lost none of his passion for storytelling or his fascination with taking a real-life event and fusing it with fiction. Full Story »

• Top 2 booksellers report losses, their shares fall

  AP – Tue Nov 24, 8:28 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation's two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Tuesday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying competition from discount chains and online retailers is stiffening. Full Story »

• Former Hawaii publisher to sell historic envelope

  AP – Tue Nov 24, 5:04 pm ET

  HONOLULU - A New York gallery will auction off what is believed to be one of three known surviving historic envelopes postmarked on the first day of the Pony Express. Full Story »

• Darwin book found on bathroom shelf makes $171,000

  Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 4:46 pm ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a bathroom bookcase in England for years, fetched 103,250 pounds ($171,000) at auction Tuesday, around twice its pre-sale estimate. Full Story »

• Barnes & Noble cuts outlook; Borders sales fall

  Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 4:05 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc cut its full-year forecast on expectations of a tough holiday season and high costs for its Nook electronic reader, while rival Borders Group Inc posted a wider-than-expected loss. Shares of both booksellers fell sharply. Full Story »

• Review: Bradley's 'Imperial Cruise' goes adrift

  AP – Tue Nov 24, 3:53 pm ET
  AP

  "The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War" (Little, Brown and Company, 400 pages, $29.99), by James Bradley: Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most admired figures in American history. Full Story »

• Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground

  AP – Tue Nov 24, 3:07 pm ET
  AP

  "Pirate Latitudes" (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest — and last — book, published posthumously. Full Story »

• Escort's book describes night with Berlusconi

  Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 1:20 pm ET

  ROME (Reuters) - The escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave graphic details of their alleged lovemaking in a book published on Tuesday and said she had been attacked and threatened since. Full Story »

• TV weatherman Al Roker writes murder mystery

  Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 12:33 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's best known weatherman Al Roker, who is already a top-selling author, changes gears with "The Morning Show Murders", a mystery thriller set in his world of network breakfast television.