Husband Brooks is "a really good cook," and her cookbook includes some of his dishes
Last April, the day after North Carolina won the national championship in college basketball, I got an e-mail in South Africa from SI senior writer Tim Layden. I was living in Johannesburg for nearly a year while on leave from the college basketball beat, but I had stayed up until 4 a.m. to watch the Tar Heels take apart Michigan State in the title game on ESPN International.
Some Democrats had dubbed the possibility of a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton pairing last year as a "dream ticket," though the notion that the two once-bitter primary rivals would team up always seemed far-fetched.
It has been 20 years since best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell began work on her first novel in the series chronicling the cases of forensic analyst Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
The latest in Sports Illustrated's series of best-selling, sport-specific coffee-table specials, THE GOLF BOOK will be the must-have holiday gift for golfers and golf fans. With lavish photography and award-winning writing from Sports Illustrated's archives, this majestic new volume tracks golf history from 19th century Scotland to Tiger Woods' latest heroics on the green. In 288 oversized pages, THE GOLF BOOK celebrates the royal and ancient game as only Sports Illustrated can, showcasing its biggest personalities (Nicklaus, Hogan, Palmer, to name just a few) and top performances in richly illustrated display. The sport's most beautiful landscapes, most treasured courses and most renowned artifacts are depicted in stunning large-format detail. With precision and passion THE GOLF BOOK tees it up and hits it straight down the fairway.
Anderson Cooper, Ali Velshi and the CNN Money Team held a "CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St." on September 17 on CNN. Here are the panelists featured on the show:
Although Elizabeth Woodville lived centuries ago, author Philippa Gregory believes women today will find they have a commonality with her.
Too many hands were reaching out to the candidate, writes author Christopher Andersen
CNN.com's Virginia Cha spoke to HLN "Morning Express" anchor Robin Meade about overcoming anxiety and her new book, "Morning Sunshine! How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too," published by Hachette Book Group.
Husband Brooks is "a really good cook," and her cookbook includes some of his dishes
Last April, the day after North Carolina won the national championship in college basketball, I got an e-mail in South Africa from SI senior writer Tim Layden. I was living in Johannesburg for nearly a year while on leave from the college basketball beat, but I had stayed up until 4 a.m. to watch the Tar Heels take apart Michigan State in the title game on ESPN International.
Some Democrats had dubbed the possibility of a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton pairing last year as a "dream ticket," though the notion that the two once-bitter primary rivals would team up always seemed far-fetched.
It has been 20 years since best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell began work on her first novel in the series chronicling the cases of forensic analyst Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
The latest in Sports Illustrated's series of best-selling, sport-specific coffee-table specials, THE GOLF BOOK will be the must-have holiday gift for golfers and golf fans. With lavish photography and award-winning writing from Sports Illustrated's archives, this majestic new volume tracks golf history from 19th century Scotland to Tiger Woods' latest heroics on the green. In 288 oversized pages, THE GOLF BOOK celebrates the royal and ancient game as only Sports Illustrated can, showcasing its biggest personalities (Nicklaus, Hogan, Palmer, to name just a few) and top performances in richly illustrated display. The sport's most beautiful landscapes, most treasured courses and most renowned artifacts are depicted in stunning large-format detail. With precision and passion THE GOLF BOOK tees it up and hits it straight down the fairway.
Anderson Cooper, Ali Velshi and the CNN Money Team held a "CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St." on September 17 on CNN. Here are the panelists featured on the show:
Although Elizabeth Woodville lived centuries ago, author Philippa Gregory believes women today will find they have a commonality with her.
Too many hands were reaching out to the candidate, writes author Christopher Andersen
CNN.com's Virginia Cha spoke to HLN "Morning Express" anchor Robin Meade about overcoming anxiety and her new book, "Morning Sunshine! How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too," published by Hachette Book Group.
Nancy Grace sits down with one of the show's producer's, Stacey Newman, to talk about her new book, answer your questions, and respond to her facebook fans in this exclusive one-on-one interview! Somewhere between juggling her beloved 21 month old twins, Lucy and John David, her nightly HLN show Nancy Grace, countless charities and crusading for victim rights, Nancy Grace found time (usually in the wee hours) to complete what she calls a labor of love. Grace's much-anticipated, new thriller "The Eleventh Victim" is now on bookshelves. Although the novel appears semi-autobiographical, including her strong resemblance to the book's main character, assistant DA Hailey Dean, Grace swears it's just fiction. Full disclosure: a Nancy Grace producer, I stayed up until 1am finishing the book, on the edge of my couch. Not because Grace is my boss or I wanted to make sure she didn't name me as the killer, but because I couldn't wait to get to the ending...and sure enough there was a
Readers of Nancy Grace's debut novel, "The Eleventh Victim," would be forgiven if they assumed the main character is based on Grace.
Join Anderson Cooper, Ali Velshi and the CNN Money Team for the next "CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St." on Thursday, September 17 on CNN.
Reclusive author J.D. Salinger has emerged, at least in the pages of court documents, to try to stop a novel that presents Holden Caulfield, the disaffected teen hero of his classic "The Catcher in the Rye," as an old man.
Meet Jane and Paolo in Teen Vogue's sneak peak of L.A. Candy
CNN's Larry King sat down with Elizabeth Edwards on Tuesday to discuss her new book, her personal tragedies and the power of resilience.
Debbie Phelps, the mother of swimming star Michael Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals in Beijing, is the author of a new memoir, "A Mother For All Seasons."
Actor, author and Parkinson's disease activist Michael J. Fox spoke with CNN's "Larry King Live" to be aired Thursday.
Fans of the character Easy Rawlins don't want to hear it, but author Walter Mosley says he has officially moved on.
The actress feels no competition when it comes to Stories from Candyland, says a source
From mean girls to her first love, the teen star shares the private moments of her life
L.A. Candy will focus on a girl who unexpectedly becomes the star of a reality show
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball manager Joe Torre's new book about his old club has been burning up best-seller lists even before it hits stores.
SI.com spoke with Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci on Sunday about his soon-to-be released new book, co-authored with Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, called The Yankee Years. The book is published by Doubleday and will be released on Feb. 3.
Like that other famous environmentalist, Thomas Friedman began his talk at the Asia Society in Hong Kong on December 16 with a simple PowerPoint slide. But that's where the similarities between Al Gore and The New York Times columnist end.
When Patricia Cornwell began writing thriller novels, she ruled the world of forensic science.
Why are some people amazingly successful -- and other people with the same intelligence or abilities just part of the crowd?
You might want to take John Hodgman's new book, "More Information Than You Require," with a grain of salt. Or maybe the whole shaker.
Since the start of the financial crisis, the world's wealthiest man, investor Warren Buffett, has been front and center.
It's the greatest force in publishing today, with the power to raise authors from the dead and banish them from the bestseller lists
"Writing is hard work. If you want to succeed, don't ever give up!" says 17-year-old author Michelle Izmaylov. Izmaylov, a senior at Alpharetta High School in Alpharetta, Georgia, speaks from experience.
The pugilist and pop culture icon talks to TIME about his new book, Black Belt Patriotism
The actress plans a memoir about Mommywood, being a parent in Hollywood
I worked with Scott McClellan in the West Wing for almost three years. Like most people, I liked Scott very much. But there is zero resemblance between the Scott I worked with and the person I have been watching this past week.
An Indonesian businessman known for publicity stunts dropped 100 million rupiah, or about $10,700, from an aircraft Sunday to promote his new book.
As the global population increases, it gets harder to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Simple answer: Control the population
The country star whips up big sales with her new cookbook
Jose Canseco -- self-professed truth teller and whistleblower on alleged liars -- appears to be caught in a whopper here.
Back in July 2006, when Jose Canseco was called to meet with the lead investigator in Sen. George Mitchell's inquisition into the steroids scandal in Major League Baseball, Canseco did what Canseco has become almost infamous for doing. He talked. A lot. For more than 2 ½ hours, he talked.
Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, talks about our fascination with the end of the world
With Harry Potter's adventures having come to their breathless end, J.K. Rowling is wasting no time when it comes to what's next.
Once again, the Nobel-winning geneticist has embroiled himself in controversy -- this time over foul remarks about race. But does he really deserve this much condemnation?
In Restless Virgins, two Milton Academy alumnae explore how a case of underage sex rocked the prestigious school
Publisher HarperCollins said on Wednesday it would make samples from 14 new book titles available for Apple's web-browsing iPhone in a new effort to extend publishing into digital formats.
Albert Einstein was more than an Einstein.
Turkish author Orhan Pamuk -- recently facing prosecution in a Turkish court for remarks he made about the killings of Armenians nearly a century ago -- won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Our children's book specialist, Andrew Oglesby, has turned 7, and with age has come experience. A little, anyway -- two other stories' worth.
When adults review children's books, they often focus on the simplicity of the language. Or the beauty of the artwork. Or the appropriateness of the subject matter.
The Japanese translator of a book purportedly written by Saddam Hussein, which went on sale this week, describes the ousted dictator as "misunderstood."
After the success of his autobiography "My Life," former U.S. President Bill Clinton will write a second book, the chairman of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, Sonny Mehta, announced Wednesday.
No one writes 19th-century novels about 20th -- and now 21st -- century America better than Allegra Goodman, whose omniscient narrators and impeccably polished storytelling seem borrowed from an era when authors were expected to issue cool moral judgments rather than exorcise inner demons.
David Carkeet had the ultimate airport novel, and he couldn't wait to read it.
With all the famous people clogging the sidewalks and mountain trails of Aspen, you might think that no one there would make a fuss over a newspaper columnist. Try making the rounds of the Colorado...
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In a perfect world, we'd each have our own consigliere. You know, a Robert Duvall, an oracle of Delphi--someone to follow us around 24/7 and whisper wise words. Paper, not plastic. Google, not Info...
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal can relate to those Apple iPod ads that assert, "Life is random."
Anthony Bourdain never intended to become a cook. In fact, he considered the possibility ridiculous.
Just in time for Halloween, to quote the Bard in "Macbeth," act four, scene one: "By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes."
Neale Donald Walsch believes the end is at hand.
A young man seeking to make a place for himself in the world gets caught up in events he can't control or even fully understand. It is a familiar premise, especially to fans of John Grisham.
At one time not so long ago, Joe Eszterhas was the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood -- and the most controversial. The former Rolling Stone magazine writer -- part of that periodical's early-'70s writers' Golden Age -- wrote "Music Box," "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls."
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The buzz on Po Bronson's new novel, The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest, is that it's a thinly veiled roman a clef about prominent Silicon Valley figures like Novell CEO Eric Schmidt and Ne...
LET THE RECORD show that Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has lost his laser pointer once again and is practically jumping up off the stage to point to a...
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