Word: authorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past, of course. And so three of them are publishing new books to apply their wisdom to the untidy art of being a mom and a dad. The titles give the game away. These books are franchise extenders--knockoffs from a successful product line. Elaine St. James, author of last year's Simplify Your Life, now tells us to Simplify Your Life with Kids (Andrews McMeel Publishing; $14.95). Stephen Covey, who has lobotomized a generation of business executives with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, offers The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Golden Books; $25). And Deepak Chopra...
Some attorneys even took out newspaper ads desperately seeking any individuals who felt they had been hurt by the capsules. New York lawyer Paul Rheingold, author of four suits so far, describes the diet-pill debacle as such "easy" pickings that he expects "many thousands of lawsuits scattered all around the country." Eventually, say some analysts, the Redux-fenfluramine recall could grow into one of the biggest medical-liability cases in history, perhaps exceeding the anticipated $2.4 billion from silicone breast implants...
...story begins in Philadelphia, scene of the crime and home to both its writer and D.A. Richard DiBenedetto, who spent 16 years tracking down his man. Lopez's dozen conversations with DiBenedetto yield a mesmerizing story that takes you inside the mind of the hunter and the hunted. The author of The Sunday Macaroni Club, a fiercely funny crime novel that features a similarly crusading attorney, Lopez pursued his own quest. It took him to Einhorn's lawyers in Paris, the murderer's former hideout in Champagne-Mouton, and Einhorn himself. "I wanted to gauge by his eyes whether...
...whose novel made the middle-aged extramarital dalliance seem like a cosmic event having a fling of his own? According to Texas Monthly, Bridges of Madison County author Robert James Waller, 58, has split with his wife of 36 years, Georgia, for another woman, Linda Bow, 34, a ranch forewoman. The Wallers' only child, Rachael, tells the magazine, "How do you watch your hero fail...
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, author of a new book, The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls, held a discussion and book signing at Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library yesterday...