Yahoo! News: Books/Publishing NewsBooks/Publishing NewsHistory of Prozac fight gives hope to underdogs (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - "Side Effects: A Bestselling Drug on Trial" (Algonquin Books. 240 pages. $24.95), by Alison Bass: It's hard not to cheer for the little guy in "Side Effects," the true story of underdogs who stand up to powerful drug companies and their questionable ethics.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_en_re/b... How presidents travel discussed in new book (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - "Presidential Travel. The Journey From George Washington to George W. Bush" (University Press of Kansas. 328 pages. $34.95), by Richard Ellis: In 1833, President Andrew Jackson was a steamboat passenger when a lieutenant he had once fired asked him if he was, in fact, President Jackson. Jackson allowed as how he was, and was greeted with a punch in the nose.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en_re/b... "Conquistador" details Cortes' defeat of the Aztecs (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - "Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma and the Last Stand of the Aztecs" (Bantam Books. 330 pages. $27.50), by Buddy Levy: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met the mighty Montezuma during a brief but elaborate ceremony in the Aztec ruler's home city of Tenochtitlan on Nov. 8, 1519.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en_re/b... 'Hit and Run' is hard to put down (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - "Hit and Run" (William Morrow, 287 pages, $24.95), by Lawrence Block: John Keller, professional hit man, is on his way to Des Moines to take a life one last job before retiring to spend more time with his stamp collection.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en_ot/b... McClellan book moves beyond typical tell-all (AP)- June 20, 2008 AP - "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception" (PublicAffairs, 323 pages, $27.95), by Scott McClellan: The authorized spokespeople for George W. Bush who have written books generally put on paper what they had said endlessly from the lectern. These books stuck militantly to talking points about what a judicious, strong, honest leader Bush was.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_en_ot/b... Hornbacher recalls bipolar struggle in 'Madness' (AP)- June 20, 2008 AP - Marya Hornbacher remembers her "endless nights" as a child as young as 4, when she says she first began to show symptoms of bipolar disorder.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_en_ot/b... Book takes readers deep into seldom-glimpsed lives (AP)- June 19, 2008 AP - "Say You're One of Them" (Little, Brown and Company. 384 pages. $23.99), by Uwem Akpan: Uwen Akpan's first book bears out the promise implicit in his first short story, "An Ex-mas Feast," published in The New Yorker's Debut Fiction 2005 issue and reprinted here.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_en_re/b... WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS (AP)- June 19, 2008 AP - 1. "Sail" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, (Little, Brown) (F-H)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_en_ot/b... Son of "Godfather" author sues over video game (Reuters)- June 19, 2008 Reuters - The son of author Mario Puzo, who created "The Godfather," sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, saying the studio had failed to hand over any of the revenues from a video game based on the book and award-winning movie.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/people_nm/... USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS (AP)- June 19, 2008 AP - Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperbackhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/books/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_en_ot/b... |