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...Nation," the LIFE September 11 book edited by TIME senior editor Bob Sullivan, takes the number 7 spot on the 3/17 NYT nonfiction list after 16 weeks. On March 19, Ecco/HarperCollins) will publish a new paperback edition of "The Essential Lewis and Clark," edited by Lanny Jones, who has reported, written and edited at LIFE, TIME, MONEY, and PEOPLE. In September, Norton will publish "In the Image," the first novel by former TIME intern Dara Horn. Her publisher calls the book "an extraordinary first novel illuminated by spiritual exploration, one that remembers 'a language, a literature, a held hand...
Cook’s books are fashioned to reflect the medical issues of the times. He sees himself as a teacher whose vehicle is the mass-market paperback and he shares his opinion throughout the 370-page novel. The plot revolves around two Harvard graduate students (one getting a Masters degree in economics, the other in Biology) who respond to a Crimson ad seeking young, attractive Ivy League egg donors...
...PETER?S PRIMER: Who will succeed John Paul II as Pope? "Conclave: The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election" (Image/Doubleday; paperback; June 18) by John Allen Jr. explores that question. Says Kirkus, "An oddity, an instant book dedicated to an event that has yet to happen...Allen?s roster of candidates and their qualifications will be the strong selling point of ?Conclave.? Breathless though the prose is, it conveys much that is of use including, for instance, a thorough discussion of just what the job of pope entails (settling squabbles and travelling a lot) and how popes...
Like the hero of a paperback thriller, campaign-finance reform keeps dodging bullets. Legislation meant to clean up the political-money game was almost left for dead last summer, but the Enron scandal revived it again. And last Wednesday evening the bill survived yet another near-death experience, when its backers in the House went head-to-head with one of their most powerful opponents, the National Rifle Association. Republicans, led by Tom DeLay, the majority whip from Sugar Land, Texas, offered a clever "poison pill" amendment that would have exempted gun-rights groups from the bill's limits...
...independent publishers, had been scheduled to convene in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. When it got cancelled a lot of very expressive people were left with free time and lousy feelings. Jeff Mason, publisher of Alternative Comics, began organizing a benefit book which quickly grew into trade-paperback length...