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Stranger Shoots Hitchhiker Writing Kindness of America

Raymond Dolin of West Virginia was looking for a ride in Montana

(Newser) - It's so ironic that it almost seems made up: A West Virginia man hitchhiking across America while penning a memoir—working title The Kindness of America—was apparently shot for no apparent reason by a total stranger in Montana on Saturday night. The Billings Gazette reports that Raymond Dolin,...

Vanessa Williams: I Was Molested as a Child

Actress bares abuse in new memoir

(Newser) - In a new memoir, Vanessa Williams reveals that she was molested at just 10 years old by the daughter of a family friend. She relates the story in a People interview picked up by the Huffington Post and Radar . Williams saw 18-year-old Susan as the "epitome of cool,"...

JFK's Teen Lover Tells All in Explosive New Book

Mimi Alford's 'Once Upon a Secret' recalls Kennedy fling

(Newser) - A former White House intern's shocking tell-all about her affair with President Kennedy has arrived in bookstores. Mimi Alford's Once Upon a Secret recounts her first sexual encounter with JFK at a White House after-party in 1962: The president guided her into Jackie O's bedroom, "unbuttoned...

Fidel Emerges to Promote New Memoir

Castro, the former Cuban leader, talks up 1,000-page tome

(Newser) - Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said today. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader. Images on state television showed a smiling, animated Castro wearing a dark track suit over...

Condi Rice Strikes Back in New Memoir

She recalls clashes with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush

(Newser) - It's time for Dick Cheney to take a little return fire from Condi Rice. Less than 2 months after his memoir described her as turning tearful during a political discussion , Condoleezza Rice has written her own book, No Higher Honor, which comes out next month, the New York Times...

Diane Keaton: I Was Woody Allen's 'Endearing Oaf'
 Keaton: 
 I Was Woody's 
 'Endearing Oaf' 
celeb memoirs
Oct 20, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

Keaton: I Was Woody's 'Endearing Oaf'

Actress recalls romance in upcoming memoir

(Newser) - Diane Keaton fondly recalls her romance with Woody Allen in upcoming memoir Then Again, out next month, writing that she “was in love with him before I knew him.” Her family often watched him on TV before she first worked with him in 1968, and she loved “...

Giffords Narrates Last Chapter of Her Audiobook

Public can hear her voice for first time since shooting

(Newser) - Another milestone to mark in Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery: In the audio edition of her upcoming memoir, the congresswoman herself reads aloud the last chapter. A spokesperson confirms to the Arizona Republic that Giffords has completed the recording for Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope , to be released Nov. 15....

Courtney Love Penning Tell-All Memoir
 Love Penning 
 Tell-All Memoir 
Sep 30, 2011 10:07 AM CDT

Love Penning Tell-All Memoir

Don't worry, it will have a co-author

(Newser) - Oh, goody: Someone decided to give Courtney Love a book deal. The rocker and controversy magnet will write not just a memoir, but a “tell-all” memoir, thanks to the deal with HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint, MediaBistro reports. Love will collaborate with Anthony Bozza, who has co-authored books with other...

Condi Rice Disses Cheney 'Cheap Shots': I Never Cried

Former secretary of state says she never 'tearfully admitted' anything

(Newser) - Add Condoleezza Rice to the list of people torqued by Dick Cheney's opus: The former secretary of state is taking umbrage to Cheney's assertion that she "tearfully admitted I had been right" that the administration shouldn't apologize over a claim in George W Bush's 2003...

Powell Aide: Cheney Fears War Crime Trial

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson slams 'vindictive' memoir

(Newser) - It doesn't look as if the Colin Powell-Dick Cheney feud is going to end any time soon. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Powell's longtime chief of staff, says that Cheney—whose new memoir is sharply critical of Powell—"fears being tried as a war criminal" and "was president...

Colin Powell: Cheney Took 'Cheap Shots'

Powell says former VP goes 'too far' in pitching his memoir

(Newser) - Colin Powell fired back at Dick Cheney and his revealing memoir yesterday, calling the former veep's revelations "cheap shots that he's taking at me and other members of the administration who served to the best of our ability for President Bush," reports Politico . In particular, Powell...

Cheney Profiting From His Crimes

 Cheney Profiting 
 From His Crimes 
Glenn Greenwald
Aug 25, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

Cheney Profiting From His Crimes

Obama administration should have prosecuted him, Glenn Greenwald suggests

(Newser) - Lots of countries have laws preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes. “By rather stark contrast, Dick Cheney will prance around the next several weeks in the nation's largest media venues,” touting his new book and debating “whether he was right to invade other countries, torture,...

Dick Cheney&#39;s Secret: I Wrote a Resignation Letter
Dick Cheney's Secret:
I Wrote a Resignation Letter
new memoir
Aug 24, 2011 5:17 PM CDT

Dick Cheney's Secret: I Wrote a Resignation Letter

...and other revelations from his new memoir, 'In My Time'

(Newser) - Warning: Reading Dick Cheney's memoir could be fatal. Or so says Cheney: "There are gonna be heads exploding all over Washington," he says in an interview to air on Dateline Monday. MSNBC has tidbits from In My Time, and the one generating plenty of waves is his...

Jaycee Lee Dugard Interview: There Is Life After Something Tragic

 Jaycee Dugard: I Can 
 Finally Say My Name 
ABC INTERVIEW
Jul 7, 2011 11:39 AM CDT

Jaycee Dugard: I Can Finally Say My Name

Kidnap victim deals frankly with ordeal in new memoir

(Newser) - After 18 years in Phillip Garrido's backyard hell, one might expect Jaycee Dugard to be joyless and withdrawn. But Diane Sawyer instead encounters a fiercely devoted 31-year-old mother, a rape survivor who confronts her ordeal unflinchingly, and a vibrant woman savoring each tiny freedom in her new life—like...

Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly to Write Memoir

He is retiring from NASA as astronaut

(Newser) - Big news for Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly: He is retiring from NASA, and the two will write a memoir together about their careers, courtship, and the Arizona shooting, reports USA Today . "After thinking about it, and talking about it, we decided it was the right thing to...

Bristol Palin Memoir: Calls Levi Johnston a Lying 'Gnat' in 'Not Afraid of My Life'
 Bristol Explains 
 How She Lost 
 Her Virginity 
wine coolers involved
Jun 18, 2011 11:05 AM CDT

Bristol Explains How She Lost Her Virginity

...and other revelations from her new memoir, 'Not Afraid of My Life'

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's memoir (Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far) is out next week, and one lucky AP writer got the assignment to score an early copy. And so we learn:
  • She doesn't remember much about the night she lost her virginity to Levi Johnston because she
...

Michele Bachmann Signs Deal for Memoir

Congresswoman's book expected in the fall

(Newser) - The good vibes keep on rolling for Michele Bachmann. Fresh off the positive reviews for her debate performance, the congresswoman has signed a deal to write her memoir, reports the New York Times . The book (no title yet) is expected in the fall, and Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund...

Frank Sinatra Took 12 Showers a Day, Widow Barbara Reveals
 Sinatra Took 12 
 Showers a Day 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 5, 2011 9:50 AM CDT

Sinatra Took 12 Showers a Day

He was obsessed with being 'neat,' widow reveals

(Newser) - Frank Sinatra was known for his handsome looks, and apparently there were quite a few showers behind those looks. "He was a guy who took about 12 showers a day," widow Barbara Sinatra tells ABC News . "I mean, he was neat. And he always smelled of lavender....

Dick Cheney Memoir 'In My Time' Out Aug. 30 ... but Rachel Maddow Is No Fan of the Cover
Dick Cheney Memoir Out in August 
May 20, 2011 10:17 AM CDT

Dick Cheney Memoir Out in August

But Rachel Maddow has a bone to pick with him over the cover

(Newser) - Dick Cheney's memoir will be released Aug. 30, the AP reports, and his daughter says it's full of "very strong views." In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir will "certainly" include discussion of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, adds Liz Cheney, who collaborated on...

Regis Philbin Writes Memoir on Television Career, 'Live! With Regis and Kelly'
 Regis Philbin Pens Memoir 
May 10, 2011 10:10 AM CDT

Regis Philbin Pens Memoir

Retiring talk show host calls book a 'thank-you' to fans

(Newser) - Regis Philbin may be exiting the talk show world , but before he (finally) goes, he's leaving his fans with a "personal thank-you" in the form of a memoir, due this fall. Though currently untitled, the book will reflect on his decades-long television career and include stories about Live!...

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