Political Bookworm: December 12, 2010 - December 18, 2010

BOOK WORLD - December 19, 2010

Just one week 'till Christmas ... and political books are selling just about the same, with only one new addition to the list this week (others have been on, fallen off, and made return engagements). That new title is "And...

By Christopher Schoppa  | December 18, 2010; 12:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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BOOK WORLD - December 19, 2010

As the last shopping days before Christmas tick away, here's a snapshot of what folks are purchasing ... New additions to the lists include the latest Oprah Book Club pick, an omnibus edition of Charles Dickens' "Tale of Two Cities"...

By Christopher Schoppa  | December 18, 2010; 11:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Global impact of Chinese corruption

About this blog: In the thriller, “Absolute Risk,” private investigator Graham Gage tries to piece together a series of unconnected events that point to a possible global collapse – and a key part of the puzzle seems to be China’s...

By Steven Gore  | December 16, 2010; 12:30 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Guest Blogger  | Tags:  chinese corruption; global instability; economic instability;  
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Larry Flynt on the sex lives of presidents

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt knows the true motivation of American politicians. Ready to feign surprise at the porn peddler’s revelation? “There really is an all-powerful force that shaped our great nation,” Flynt writes. “That force is sex.” In “One...

By Stephen Lowman  | December 14, 2010; 12:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
Tags:  presidents and sex; presidential scandals; white house sex;  
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Rumsfeld plans document dump in memoir

This blog has been updated for clarification He railed against such unconscionable conduct -- there was that press conference in October 2001 where then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld growled about leakers of classified documents. And then in July of...

By Steven E. Levingston  | December 13, 2010; 3:08 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (49)
Tags:  rumsfeld memoir; rumsfeld's classified documents; leak of documents;  
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BOOK WORLD - December 12, 2010

It's just about mid-December, as shoppers scurry to nail down those gift items for the holidays as Hanukkah wraps up and Christmas looms ... There are several new titles to speak of this week --- In new fiction, the surfeit...

By Christopher Schoppa  | December 13, 2010; 12:25 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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