BOOK NEWS
Cheney, Condie won’t like ex-CIA boss’ book
The wait is almost over for the book by former CIA Director George Tenet, above, in which he gives his take on pre-9/11 days and on Saddam Hussein’s puported cache of weapons of mass destruction. Early word is that Vice President Dick Cheney won’t be happy with “At the Center of the Storm, which is set for release Monday. Early word is that Colin Powell comes out fine; Condoleezza Rice doesn’t. |washingtonpost.com
Carts gone wild
When it comes to wacky titles, a book on rogue shopping carts goes straight to the express lane for winners. “The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification” was named the winner recently of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for oddest book title.|Associated Press
FIRST LINE
Harpsong, Rilla Askew
Folks say he was born the same year the state was, 1907, but you won’t find a public record to prove that, or deny it. Some say he was first cousin to Tom Joad and second-cousin-once-removed to Pretty Boy Floyd’s family in Sallisaw – except the Joads weren’t real Okies, they were a made-up clan, and it is certain that the Floyds never claimed him. You’ll even hear it told from time to time that he was kin to our most favorite son, Will Rogers, but that’s just a tall tale.”
HARRY POTTER BY THE NUMBERS
12 million
First printing for “Deathly Hallows”
50,000
First printing for “Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first in the Potter series released in 1998
$34.95
Cover price for “Deathly Hallows”
$22.99
Cover price for “Sorcerer’s Stone”
$815 million
Total revenue generated by Potter for Scholastic, fiscal 1999-2006
– Publishers Weekly
