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Dubai: Pumping Sewage, Jailing Lovebirds, and Growing
Dubai is everywhere. Well, not everywhere, it's specifically on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf and one of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the UAE. On the plane to the RNC I read Ben Mezrich's new book, Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil From Wall Street to Dubai.
Voting by the Book: Amazon Maps US's Political Reading List
If our electoral map were as red as Amazon's map of our political book-buying habits, things would be looking up for John McCain. Yet while Americans are buying up conservative books, our electoral map is getting bluer and bluer each day.
I initially chalked up this discrepancy to how unscientific Amazon's map is.
Jerome Corsi, Author of Obama Nation Is Being Held in Kenya
The author of the controversial book Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality has been detained by Kenyan authorities. Jerome Corsi is being held under the claim that there's a problem with his work permit papers — he had been in the country to unveil his best-selling book to a Kenyan audience. Obama Nation has been accused of being a smear against the candidate, whose father was from Kenya.
The Long and Short of the Guinness Book of World Records
The 2009 Guinness World Records went on sale today. To mark the release, the world's shortest man, 2 foot 5 inch Pingping from China, posed with the world's longest legs, which stretch 4 feet 3 inches and belong to Russian Svetlana Pankratova.
Her are some other fresh records:
- Most searched person on the Internet: Britney Spears, displacing Pairs Hilton
- Most powerful actor: Brad Pitt, ending Tom Cruise's four-year domination
- Most powerful actress: Angelina Jolie, knocking off Jennifer Aniston
- Most lucrative movie partnership in history: Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, thanks to five films netting $570.6 million
Summer Reading: Last Call For Beach-Worthy Reads
August. Any way you slice it, it's hot and hotter — even the name sounds oppressive. This month, beat the heat with true tales of corruption, hypocrisy, scandal, and white-on-white racism.
Bookmobile: Lewd American Wife Based on Laura Bush?
Best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld has written American Wife — a novel about a quiet librarian, and wife of a bumbling American president. The main character "Alice" might as well be called "Laura," as the story meshes snippets from Mrs. Bush's life with the stories of Sittenfeld's imagination.
Radar has provided some arousing excerpts from the book.
Here Comes the Bookmobile With Hot, New Summer Pages!
What to read, what to read? With serious beach towel time or an empty nightstand, you might just be looking for a new book. Here are some brand spanking new releases that I'm checking out right now.
From Spokesman to Critic — McClellan's Book Bashes Bush
Before there was Dana Perino, before Tony Snow, was the sublime Ari Fleischer's replacement, Scott McClellan. As a sort of press secretary groupie, I have to say he never really did it for me. He was the young-looking, usually grumpy, never quite comfortable press secretary for George W.
Does the Conservative Movement Need Fixing?
In mid-November, two weeks after the next president is declared the winner, Mike Huckabee's new book hits shelves. In it, he'll tell the tale of his failed bid for the White House and offer his vision for remodeling the conservative movement.
According to the publisher, "There's going to be a lot of untold stories and untold anecdotes.
Ron Paul's New Book Hits #1 on Amazon
Rep. Ron Paul, former (?) outside-the-box, passion-inspiring presidential candidate has a new book — and it's become the #1 bestselling political book on Amazon.com even though it's not even being released until April 30.
The master of inspiring the grassroots revolution, Paul's book has a website where you can pledge to buy the book, making sure it will debut at the top of the New York Times best-seller list.
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