Not that Robert Downey Jr. hasn't had an exciting, action-packed, and substance-filled life thus far, but the man is only 43 and could likely stand to crank out a few more major Hollywood blockbusters (ie. Iron Man...
""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined the...
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Sunday the 8th of June 2008 - 20h30:
As one does, I settled in for my favourite hour of the week.
To save both the planet and the water bill, I started by topping up the kids’ bath water to the...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Scott McClellan certainly hit the mother lode as confident to the President, a Holy Grail position which now that his explosive book which came out with a Dirty Laundry...
It's all about how you present your story.This spring I read Dave Eggers' heartbreaking book "What is the What", which recounts the powerful and tragic experience of Valentino Achak Deng, who was a child refugee...
"Douglas Feith served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005. His government service extends back to work at the NSC and the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. His work at the Pentagon during the Reagan administration earned...
Barbara Walters will appear on Oprah on May 6th to chat about her new book. In her tell all she relates that she had an affair with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts for years during the...
Daoud Hari, 35, a Zagahawa tribesman, says he misses home. For now, it appears he has no option other than exile from his beloved country. His life is not safe in Darfur. He has been granted...
Super-pop sensation Miley Cyrus has signed a deal to pen a memoir about her life -- at the wisened age of fifteen.I'll readily admit that the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana phenomenon is totally beyond me, but for the...
Aww, but it makes such a good story...Seriously, it's hard to feel bad for folks like Margaret B. You're not doing yourself any favours by telling other people's stories as though they were your own. No matter how good the stories."In “Love and Consequences,” a critically...
Ok, I don't care if you do not believe in Hell, but for the sake of Misha Defoseca, who wrote, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocasut Years," there should be a reserved room. The lying author admits that her memoir is...
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
Lynne Spears' book on Christian parenting was due to be released early 2008, but it has been delayed indefinitely. "Lindsey Nobles, a spokeswoman for Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson Inc., said Wednesday that...
Issoff Veteran Hollywood agent Sam Haskell said Wednesday he had signed a book deal but that former clients including Bill Cosby Dolly Parton and Ray Romano need not worry about a juicy tell all memoir
Haskell who retired from the William Morris Agency three years ago at...
I recently read a review of Naomi Klein`s book and it sounds like a worthwhile read. Here is Arianna`s take:"A fascinating dispute on modern economics -- and the dominant role it plays in our politics -...
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