Even after 64 hours of interviews and months of editing, North Carolina coach Roy Williams says he still found himself tearing up the first two times he proof-read his autobiography, "Hard Work: A Life on and Off the Court" that was released on Tuesday.
This week's best sellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
Craig Ferguson's autobiography is a testimony to America's eternal appeal to immigrants
"American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot" by Craig Ferguson. HarperCollins. 268 pages.
Top 25: What corporate America is reading, October 2009
800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best-sellers for October 2009, plus descriptions of the Top 10.
Kohl's online customers would like to get free shipping on all their purchases. And the right people at Kohl's know it.
Homework helper: Fun ways to remember important facts
Can you recall which presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore? The phrase "We Just Like Rushmore" can give you a clue: it's Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. "Thirty Days Has September," by Chris Stevens, is filled with mnemonic tricks - phrases, rhymes, and silly songs - that help make it easier to memorize everything from the order of the planets (with or without Pluto!) to punctuation rules, multiplication tables, and more. Ages 8 and up, Scholastic, $10 - RUTH SPIRO
Book of rules' for runners is good for laughs or arguments
If they gave National Book Awards for public service, as they do with the Pulitzer Prize, "The Runner's Rule Book" (Rodale, $17.99, 166 pages) by Runner's World online editor Mark Remy would be a shoo-in simply by virtue of Rule 2.18:
The Romance Reader: At Home In Stone Creek'
"At Home In Stone Creek" by Linda Lael Miller; Silhouette (2009), 211 pages, $4.99 (paperback)
20 questions for author Barb Johnson
"Except for the stink and the heat and the mosquitoes, it was beautiful at night. Like being out in the country," says Barb Johnson of living on her balcony post-Hurricane Katrina and working on her collection of short stories, "More of This World or Maybe Another" (HarperCollins, October), often by the light of a headlamp.
Kingsolver's sweeping new novel makes a case for a new world view
"The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver; HarperCollins (507 pages, $26.99)
Celebrating the memoir fiction's day is done?
When browsing online or in a bookstore, one might easily conclude that every third person in the country is actively engaged in writing or reading a memoir.
Party books: New additions to your entertaining library
Foodies will naturally gravitate toward this book: "Tips Cooks Love" by Rick Rodgers and Sur La Table (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $15). In fact, unless they're food professionals, most cooks will appreciate the knowledge served up in this stubby (read: easily portable) book.
Some famous men (and women) and their best friends
"Top Dogs and Their Pets," photography by David Woo and Richard Pruitt; Parapet Press (208 pages, $29.95)
Q&A: Irving puts his own fears in print with Last Night in Twisted River'
In John Irving's latest novel, the main character shares the author's profession, but that's not the most important similarity.
Louise Penny pays homage to Agatha Christie
"The Brutal Telling" by Louise Penny; Minotaur (372 pages, $24.99)
A medieval monarch who has been forgotten by history
"The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily" by Nancy Goldstone; Bloomsbury, NY (365 pages, $27)
Reviews of new audiobook titles
"The Devil's Punchbowl" by Greg Iles, read by Dick Hill; Brilliance Audio. Unabridged, 20 CDs, 24 hours, 14 minutes. $38.99. In print: Scribner. $26.99. 592 pp.
Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath
Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
Ethical journalism: A book goes case by case
PHILADELPHIA - If you were a newspaper editor, would you run a picture of a young woman and toddler falling from a fire escape? Of a man plunging to his death from the World Trade Center on 9-11?
John Irving's portrait of a fugitive father and son reveals clues about his creative process
"Last Night in Twisted River" by John Irving; Random (553 pages, $28)
Ready, set, go! Author shows beginning cooks the right steps
"Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen"
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