Book notes and quotes - Knoxville News Sentinel
Daniel Pierce, chair of the history department at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, will offer a revealing look at the sport of NASCAR, from its postwar Southern roots on Dayton and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s when the

Publishers argue, agree at New York book expo - Taipei Times
because it brings people into the stores, and then those people buy more books,” Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy executives David Shanks of Penguin Group (USA) and Robert Miller of Workman, and literary agent Esther Newberg was all

Legal drama leads pack of exciting books for young readers - Deseret News
A courtroom drama by a well-known author and a drama ripped from the headlines are among some of the many exciting books now available for middle and young adult readers. "THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER," by John Grisham, Dutton Children's Books, $16.99

Drugstore Cowboy author charged in attempted robbery - Seattle Times
James Fogle , who penned the book "Drugstore Cowboy, which was later made into the acclaimed 1989 film of the same name, and his accomplice were charged Friday with first-degree robbery in connection with a pharmacy robbery in Redmond earlier this

Thundercats cartoon writer killed - msnbc.com
ZEPHYRHILLS:Police in a small town near Tampa say a former writer for the 1980s cartoon and comic book series "Thundercats" was killed. Stephen Perry's van was found abandoned at a Tampa hotel May 16, with a severed arm located nearby. Police in

Kristin Cavallari to Write Tell-All Book - Limelife
for young adults and books about style , Kristin Cavallari has decided to write a tell-all. And we have to say, we're quite intrigued. After all, there's so much about all The Hills stars that we want the dirt on! Now that MTV's The Hills is