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NOW IN STORES, FROM AMERICAN ICON TONY BENNETT, COMES LIFE IS A GIFT, BENNETT'S MEMOIR WHERE THE GRAMMY AND EMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF HIS MULTI-PLATINUM CAREER WITH STORIES OF BENNETT'S EXPERIENCES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN STORES TODAY FROM NEWMARKET PRESS IS THE BOOK OF MORMON: THE TESTAMENT OF A BROADWAY MUSICAL BY SHOW CREATERS MATT STONE AND TREY PARKER. COMPLETE WITH PHOTOS AND LYRICS, THE BOOK OF MORMON SHARES THE JOURNEY THAT STARTED IN A MANHATTAN BAR AND CULMINATED IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE BROADWAY SHOW.
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ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY FROM DOUBLEDAY AND AUTHOR MICHAEL ENNIS IS THE MALICE OF FORTUNE – WHERE LEONARDO DA VINCI AND HIS SCIENCE OF OBSERVATION MUST PARTNER WITH NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI AND HIS SCIENCE OF MEN TO UNTANGLE A WEB OF INTRIGUE TO UNMASK AN ENIGMATIC SERIAL KILLER.
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Previous Book of the Week

 

Cronkite
by Douglas Brinkley

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM DOUGLAS BRINKLEY WITH HIS NEW BOOK CRONKITE RECAPPING THE LIFE OF FAMOUS REPORTER, WALTER CRONKITE. FOR DECADES WALTER CRONKITE WAS KNOWN AS "THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA" AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WELCOME HIM INTO THEIR HOMES - FIRST AS A PRINT REPORTER FOR THE UNITED PRESS ON THE FRONT LINES OF WORLD WAR II, AND EVENTUALLY, WITH THE RISE OF TELEVISION, AS a NEWS ANCHOR FOR THE CBS EVENING NEWS. DESPITE BEING A PUBLIC FIGURE, LITTLE IS KNOWN OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE. DRAWING ON HIS PRIVATE PAPERS AND INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DOUGLAS BRINKLEY FILLS READERS IN ON THE PERSONAL LIFE OF WALTER CRONKITE. GRAB CRONKITE - THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK.

 

GAME CHANGERS
by Mike Lupica

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS FROM MY GOOD FRIEND, MIKE LUPICA, WITH HIS NEW YOUNG ADULT BOOK, GAME CHANGERS. GAME CHANGERS FOLLOWS BEN McBAIN, THE FOOTBALL TEAM'S DREAM PLAYER THAT CAN HANDLE ALMOST ANY POSITION. BUT WHEN BEN WANTS TO BE STARTING QUARTERBACK, THE ONLY THING IN HIS WAY IS THE COACH'S SON. WHEN BEN GETS AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY, THE ENTIRE GAME WILL CHANGE. GRAB YOUR COPY OF GAME CHANGERS FOR YOURSELF, OR MORE LIKELY, FOR ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

 

THE BILLY BOB TAPES: A CAVE FULL OF GHOSTS
by Billy Bob Thornton

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM ACTOR BILLY BOB THORTON AND KINKY FRIEDMAN WITH THE BILLY BOB TAPES: A CAVE FULL OF GHOSTS. RAISED IN SMALL-TOWN ARKANSAS, BILLY BOB THORTON GREW UP AMID A RICH STORY TELLING TRADITION. AS BILLY BOB SAYS - "THESE STORIES DIDN'T HAVE TO BE MADE UP. THE CHARACTERS WERE ALREADY THERE, SO THE STORIES CAME OUT OF THE CHARACTERS WE KNEW." FROM THIS – THE BILLY BOB TAPES WAS BORN, A NARRATIVE BASED AROUND LATE NIGHT CONVERSATIONS WITH KINKY FRIEDMAN AND OTHER FRIENDS WHO GATHERED TO HEAR BILLY MINE A CAVE FULL OF GHOSTS. RECAPPING HIS CHILDHOOD, TO HIS MEAGER BEGINNINGS IN HOLLYWOOD, TO HIS RISE TO STARDOM, THE BILLY BOB TAPES RECAPS STORIES OF INSPIRED COLLABORATIONS, FAILED ONES, TRUE FRIENDSHIPS WITH ACTORS AND MUSICIANS, AND GOOD FRIENDS GONE TOO SOON. GET YOUR COPY OF THE BILLY BOB TAPES AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.

Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
by Buzz Bissinger

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, BUZZ BISSINGER, WITH HIS NEW BOOK FATHER'S DAY: A JOURNEY INTO THE MIND AND HEART OF MY EXTRAORDINARY SON. BISSINGER'S TWINS WERE BORN THREE MINUTES – AND A WORLD- APART. HIS OLDER SON GERRY IS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT PENN PREPARING TO BECOME A TEACHER. HOWEVER, HIS BROTHER ZAK HAS SPENT HIS LIFE ATTENDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS. HE WILL NEVER DRIVE A CAR, OR LIVE BY HIMSELF. HE IS A SAVANT bLESSED WITH INTELLECTUAL DECIFICTS AND BLESSED WITH RARE TALENTS LIKE AN ASTONISHING MEMORY, UNCANNY NAVIGATION SKILLS, AND REFLEXIVE HONESTy. WHEN BUZZ AND ZACH HIT THE ROAD TO REVISIT ALL THE PLACES THEY HAD LIVED TOGETHER, ZACH REVELS IN THE MEMOTIEES WITH HIS FATHER WHILE BUZZ GETS INSIGHT INTO ZACH'S LIFE. READ FATHER'S DAY BY BUZZ BISSINGER, THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK

 

Island of Vice
by Richard Zacks

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM RICHARD ZACKS WITH ISLAND OF VICE. In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.
In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. GRAB YOUR COPY OF ISLAND OF VICE By richard zacks – available wherever books are sold.

Can't Is Not an Option
by Nikki Haley

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY WITH CAN'T IS NOT AN OPTION: MY AMERICAN STORY. THE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF NIKKI HALEY - A RISING STAR IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, SHARING HER INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR OF FAMILY, HOPE, AND THE POWER OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. STARTING WITH THE STORY OF HER PARENT'S STRUGGLE AS THE FIRST INDIAN FAMILY IN A SMALL TOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FOLLOWING GOVERNOR HALEY AS SHE OVERCAME ADVERSITY AND WAS ELECTED SOUTH CAROLINA'S FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST NON WHITE GOVERNOR. GRAB YOUR COPY OF CAN'T IS NOT AN OPTION, THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK

The Lost Years
by Mary Higgins Clark

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, WITH The Lost Years - her most astonishing novel to date. Biblical scholar Jonathan Lyons believes he has found the rarest of parchments—a letter that may have been written by Jesus Christ. Stolen from the Vatican Library in the 1500s, the letter was assumed to be lost forever. Now, under the promise of secrecy, Jonathan is able to confirm his findings with several other experts. Within days Jonathan is found shot to death in his study with his wife as a top suspect. It is up to their daughter, twenty-eight-year-old Mariah, to clear her mother of murder charges and unravel the real mystery behind her father's death. Mary Higgins Clark's The Lost Years this week's Imus Book of the Week.

 

Sundays Will Never Be the Same
by Darrell Waltrip

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM OUR PREVIOUS GUEST – THREE TIME NASCAR CHAMPION, DARRELL WALTRIP, WITH HIS BOOK – SUNDAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. WALTRIP VIVIDLY RECOUNTS THE MORNING OF FEBRURARY 18TH 2001 WHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE WOULD BE WATCHING THE RACE FROM ATOP THE BROADCAST BOOTH WHILE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WOULD BE PILOTING ONE OF TWO CARS OWNED BY LEGENDARY DRIVER DALE EARNHARDT. DALE EARNHARDT AND HIS SON, DALE EARNHARDT JUNIOR, REIGNING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, WOULD BE COMPETING IN THE RACE AS WELL, AND THE BOOK OPENS WITH A HEART STOPPING ACCOUNT OF THAT RACE. BY THE END OF THE DAY MICHAEL WILL HAVE TAKEN FIRST PLACE, EARNHARDT JUNIOR WOULD CAPTURE SECOND, AND NASCAR WOULD LOSE ITS BRIGHTEST STAR DUE TO A DEVESTATING ACCIDENT THAT WOULD TAKE THE LIFE OF DALE EARNHARDT SENIOR. DO NOT MISS THIS ESSENTIAL BOOK ON ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS IN NASCAR – DARREL WALTRIP'S SUNDAY'S WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM OUR PREVIOUS GUEST – DR. MARK HYMAN – WITH THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION. IN THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, DR. HYMAN REVEALS THE SECRET SOLUTION TO LOSING WEIGHT AND PREVENTING DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, STROKE, DIMENSIA, AND CANCER IS HAVING WELL BALANCED INSULIN LEVELS. DR. HYMAN OUTLINES SEVEN KEYS TO ACHIEVING WELLNESS AND HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER IN A MATTER OF 6 WEEKS. THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION IS THE FASTEST WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT, PREVENT DISEASE, AND FEEL BETTER THAN EVER. THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION BY DR. MARK HYMAN – THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK.

American Sniper
by Chris Kyle

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – CHRIS KYLE WITH AMERICAN SNIPER: THE INCREDIBLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY. IN AMERICAN SNIPER – CHRIS KYLE RECOUNTS HIS EXPERIENCES IN FALLUJAH, IRAQ IN 2004 AS A NAVY SEAL ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING A LEGEND. KYLE IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST LETHAL SNIPER IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY WITH OVER 150 KILLS, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 109. AMERICAN SNIPER BRINGS READERS FACE TO FACE WITH KYLE'S VIVID AND AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF PHYSICAL TRIALS FOR NAVY SEAL TRAINING, PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMPLEX MISSIONS, THE COMARADERIE THAT DEVELOPS BETWEEN SEALS IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, AND THE PROFOUND SATISFACTION ONLY GAINED BY LAYING ONE'S LIFE ON THE LINE FOR AMERICA. PICK UP YOUR COPY OF AMERICAN SNIPER BY CHRIS KYLE – THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK.

Becoming China's Bitch
by Peter D. Kiernan

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS AN AMERICAN CLASSIC OF GREAT PROPORTIONS WITH F. SCOTT FITZGERLAD'S "THE GREAT GATSBY." AS THE THIRD BOOK OF FITZGERALD'S CAREER, "THE GREAT GATSBY" STANDS OUT AS HIS SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT. THIS EXEMPLARY NOVEL HAS BEEN USED AS AN EXAMPLE TO DEFINE THE JAZZ AGE FOR GENERATIONSOF READERS. "THE GREAT GATSBY" TELLS THE STORY OF THE FABULOUSLY WEALTHY JAY GATSBY, HIS LOVE FOR DAISY BUCHANAN, OF WILDLY LAVISH PARTIES ON LONG ISLAND WHEN, AS THE NEW YORK TIMES NOTED - "GIN WAS THE NATIONAL DRINK AND SEX WAS THE NATIONAL OBSESSION." "THE GREAT GATSBY" IS THE ULTIMATE STORY OF AMERICA IN THE 1920'S, AND ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSICS OF 20th CENTURY LITERATURE. PICK UP A COPY OF "THE GREAT GATSBY" AND GIVE IT A RE-READ – THIS WEEK'S "IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK"

The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS AN AMERICAN CLASSIC OF GREAT PROPORTIONS WITH F. SCOTT FITZGERLAD'S "THE GREAT GATSBY." AS THE THIRD BOOK OF FITZGERALD'S CAREER, "THE GREAT GATSBY" STANDS OUT AS HIS SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT. THIS EXEMPLARY NOVEL HAS BEEN USED AS AN EXAMPLE TO DEFINE THE JAZZ AGE FOR GENERATIONSOF READERS. "THE GREAT GATSBY" TELLS THE STORY OF THE FABULOUSLY WEALTHY JAY GATSBY, HIS LOVE FOR DAISY BUCHANAN, OF WILDLY LAVISH PARTIES ON LONG ISLAND WHEN, AS THE NEW YORK TIMES NOTED - "GIN WAS THE NATIONAL DRINK AND SEX WAS THE NATIONAL OBSESSION." "THE GREAT GATSBY" IS THE ULTIMATE STORY OF AMERICA IN THE 1920'S, AND ONE OF THE GREAT CLASSICS OF 20th CENTURY LITERATURE. PICK UP A COPY OF "THE GREAT GATSBY" AND GIVE IT A RE-READ – THIS WEEK'S "IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK"

The New New Rules
by Bill Maher

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM BILL MAHER WITH HIS NEW BOOK, "THE NEW NEW RULES: A FUNNY LOOK AT HOW EVERYBODY BUT ME HAS THEIR HEAD UP THEIR ASS. " BILL MAHER'S NEW NEW RULES PLAYS LIKE A "GREATEST HITS" COMPILATION THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO END. COMPILED FROM THE MOST POPULAR SEGMENT OF THE HBO ORIGINAL SERIES REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, IT'S A FITTING SHOWCASE FOR MAHER'S TAKE-NO-PRISONERS APPROACH TO POLITICAL HUMOR, IN WHICH THE VETERAN COMEDIAN/PUNDIT INVENTS "NEW NEW RULES" IN RESPONSE TO THE INSANITY OF CURRENT EVENTS, CELEBRITY TRIVIA, AND THE NONSENSICAL IRRITANTS THAT POP UP IN THE MEDIA ON A REGULAR BASIS. MAHER DELIVERS A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF HILARIOUS YET SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE FOIBLES OF MODERN SOCIETY, FROM COMMON SENSE TO HARMLESSLY RISQUE, FROM APPROPRIATELY SARCASTIC TO JUST PLAIN CLEVER. BILL MAHER'S "NEW NEW RULES", THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK.

Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS A CLASSIC, KURT VONNEGUT'S BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS. Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of fictional author, Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics—breakfast of champions, this week's imus book of the week.

 

Through My Eyes
by Tim Tebow & Nathan Whitaker
AFTER COMING OFF OF A BREAKOUT SEASON, THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS QUARTERBACK TIM TEBOW AND NATHAN WHITAKER'S IS THROUGH MY EYES. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TIM TEBOW HAS MADE QUITE THE NAME FOR HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE GREATEST QUARTERBACKS IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND AS A TOP PROSPECT IN THE NFL. DURING HIS STAY AT FLORIDA, HE BUILT OUT HIS RESUME WITH TWO BCS CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND BECAME THE FIRST SOPHOMORE IN NCAA HISTORY TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY. ALL OF THIS LED TEBOW TO A FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK IN THE NFL TO THE DENVER BRONCOS. IN THROUGH MY EYES, TEBOW BRING READS AN INSPRIATIONAL MEMOIR ABOUT LIFE AS HE HAS CHOSEN TO LIVE IT, AND HOW FAITH AND FAMILY VALUES COMBINED WITH RELENTLESSNESS TO SUCCED HAS BROUGHT HIM TO THE TOP. THROUGH MY EYES, BY TIM TEBOW, THIS WEEKS IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK. Read more

 

Yossarian Slept Here
by Erica Heller
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF JOSEPH HELLER'S FAMOUS WORK, CATCH 22, BUT DO THEY KNOW THE MAN BEHIND THE TITLE?  THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK COMES FROM ERICA HELLER, JOSEPH HELLER'S DAUGHTER, WITH HER BOOK, YOASSARIAN SLEPT HERE: WHEN JOSEPH HELLER WAS DAD, THE AP-THORP WAS HOME, AND LIFE WAS CATCH 22.  THROUGH THE EYES OF ERICA HELLER, WE SEE THAT HER FATHER WAS A STUDY OF CONTRADICTIONS: ECCENTRIC AND BRILLIANT YET COMMPETITIVE AND STUBBORN WITH A MISCHEVIOUS SIDE THAT WOULD SOMETIMES CUT TOO CLOSE TO THE BONE.  YOSSARIAN SLEPT HERE IS ERICA HELLER'S WILDLY FUNNY, YET POIGNANT AND INCISIVE MEMOIR ABOUT GROWING UP IN A FAMILY WITH HER ICONIC FATHER AND OTHER STRONG FAMILIAL PERSONALITIES.  WITTY AND PERCEPTIVE, ERICA HELLER DISPLAYS HER STORYTELLING GIFTS WITH A COLORFUL PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN THE HELLER HOUSEHOLD AND HOW THEY GREW ALONGSIDE STRIVING FOR A DREAM, FAME AND ITS AFTERMATH, AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. . Read more

The Last Sultan
by Robert Greenfield
This week's Imus Book of the week comes from Robert Greenfield with The Last Sultan: The LifE and Times of Ahmet ERTEGUN.  The Last Sultan is the comprehensive biography of the Ahmet ERTEGUN, the man who changed popular culture not just in the U.S., but throughout the entire world.  As the founder of Atlantic Records, Ertegun signed and recorded many of the greatest musical artists of all time including Ray Charles, Sonny and Cher, Clapton, Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and more.  His talents touched many in younger generations since he served as a mentor to record business giants like Phil Spector, David Geffen, and Lyor Cohen.  GRAB A COPY THE LAST SULTAN AND LEARN ABOUT MUSIC HISTORY.  THE LAST SULTAN THIS WEEK's IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK.GIFT LIST. Read more

 

Snow Angel
by Glenn Beck
THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS "SNOW ANGEL" BY GLENN BECK.  SNOW ANGEL TELLS A HEARTWARMING STORY OF THE MENDING OF A BROKEN FAMILY; A STORY THAT IS NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT A YEAR ROUND STORY OF HOPE, GENEROSITY, AND INSPIRATION.  TOLD THROGUH THE EYES OF RACHEL, A MOTHER, HOMEMAKER, AND ABUSED WIFE; MITCH, HER FATHER WITH THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMERS, TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LOVE OF A LOST DAUGHTER, AND LILLY, RACHEL'S 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO INSPIRES THE HEALING OF LOST RELATIONSHIPS.  PUTTING ALL POLITICS ASIDE, GLENN BECK WRITES AN EMOTIONAL AND HEART FELT BOOK ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.  SNOW ANGEL, BY GLENN BECK FOR ANYONE'S HOLIDAY GIFT LIST. Read more
 

The Tanning of America
by Steve Stoute
THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS STEVE STOUTE'S "THE TANNING OF AMERICA."  STEVE STOUTE IS THE BUSINESS MARKETING GENIUS AT THE FOREFRONT OF TODAY'S ENTERTAINEMT MARKETING REVOLUTION HELPING CORPORATE AMERICA GET HIP TO TODAY'S NEW CONSUMER, OR AS HE CALLS IT, THE "TAN GENERATION," – BY LEARNING FROM HIP HOP AND YOUTH CULTURE.     WHEN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES NEED TO RENERGIZE OR REVAMP A LAGGING BRAND, THEY CALL STEVE STOUTE.  "THE TANNING OF AMERICA" SHOWS HIS COMPANY'S CASE STUDIES AND SHOWS AN INSIDE VIEW ON HOW POP CULTURE REVITALIZES THE AMERICAN DREAM.  "THE TANNING OF AMERICA" BY STEVE STOUTE, GO OUT AND GET IT.  Read More
 

The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
by Eric Greitens

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS ERIC GREITEN's "THE HEART AND THE FIST."  IN "THE HEART AND THE FIST," GREITENS ASKS, If you want to make a difference in the world do you need to be a saint -- or a soldier?  WELL, NOT ONLY DID GREITENS ASK THE QUESTION, BUT He lived it.  And now he's written a book about his life as both a humanitarian and a Navy SEAL: THE HEART AND THE FIST.  THE HEART AND THE FIST takes us through the years Greitens spent working in refugee camps… and how the experience led him to train to become an elite warrior. Read THE HEART AND THE FIST by Eric Greitens. Published by HOUGHTON Mifflin Harcourt. Available wherever books ARE sold. - Amazon.com Read More

 

Prostate Cancer: Everything You Need To Know About Conventional and Integrative Therapies

by Aaron E. Katz M.D.

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS DR. AARON KATZ'S "THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PROSTATE CANCER: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CONVENTIONAL AND INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES." IN "THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PROSTATE CANCER," DR. KATZ, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR HOLISTIC UROLOGY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INFORMES READERS ON NEW PRACTICES AND BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR EVERY STAGE OF THE BATTLE WITH CANCER FROM PREVENTION TO POSTDIAGNOSIS.  WITH SO MANY OPTIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENTS, DR. KATZ EMPOWERS READERS BY GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT.  PICK UP YOUR COPY OF DR. KATZ'S "THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PROSTATE CANCER"  " - Amazon.com Read More

 

The Underdogs
by Mike Lupica
New York Times Bestselling Author Mike Lupica delivers a feel good story that will have readers cheering where they sit! Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to finding the end zone, and no one can match his love for the game. But when the team's football season is canceled, so are his dreams. Unless one kid, with the help of New Balance, can rally an entire town and give everyone a reason to believe. The Underdogs, from Fill-O-Mell Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. For more information, visit MikeLupicaBooks.com Read More

 

Full Black
by Brad Thor

"New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor brings readers his darkest and most intriguing thriller yet—a terrifying story of espionage and betrayal—brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action. Born in the shadows and kept from heads of state, there are some missions so deadly, so sensitive, that they simply don't exist. When one such mission goes horribly wrong, a wave of dramatic terrorist attacks is set in motion. Their goal: the complete and total collapse of the United States. With the CIA's intelligence abilities hobbled, former Navy SEAL Team 6 member turned covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath launches an audacious plan to infiltrate the terrorists' network and prevent one of the biggest threats the United States has ever faced. Simultaneously, a foreign wet work team has been sent to California. Their target: one of Hollywood's most famous filmmakers. While working on a secret documentary project, movie producer Larry Salomon has unknowingly exposed one of the world's wealthiest and most politically connected powerbrokers—a man with a radical anti-American agenda poised to plunge the nation into deadly, irreversible chaos. As the plots rocket to their pulse-pounding conclusion and the identities of the perpetrators are laid stunningly bare, Harvath will be left with only one means to save America. Unable to trust anyone, he will be forced to go Full Black." - Amazon.com Read More

 

Seal Team Six
by Howard E. Wasdin

"SEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. In this dramatic, behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of Navy SEALS and Special Forces snipers, beginning with the grueling selection process of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)—the toughest and longest military training in the world.

 

Less than half a year after sniper school, he was fighting for his life. The mission: capture or kill Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. From rooftops, helicopters and alleys, Wasdin hunted Aidid and killed his men whenever possible. But everything went quickly to hell when his small band of soldiers found themselves fighting for their lives, cut off from help, and desperately trying to rescue downed comrades during a routine mission. The Battle of Mogadishu, as it become known, left 18 American soldiers dead and 73 wounded. Howard Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off while engaging the enemy. His dramatic combat tales combined with inside details of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers make this one of the most explosive military memoirs in years." – Amazon.com Read More

 

Of Thee I Zing
by Laura Ingraham

IN "OF THEE I ZING," LAURA INGRAGHAM BRINGS TO LIGHT A CULTURAL COMMENTARY THAT IS TOO FUNNY TO IGNORE. WALKING THROUGH A NORTHERN VIRGINIA SHOPPING MALL, INGRAHAM WAS STRUCK WITH AN EPIPHANY THAT AMERICA WAS ON THE PATH OF AN IMINENT DISASTER. SEEING A MAN HAVING HIS EYEBROWS THREADED AT A KIOSK, A FIFTY SOMETHING YEAR OLD WOMAN SQUEEZED INTO A TUBE TOP AND SKINNY JEANS, AND TEENAGERS SITTING ACROSS FROM EACHOTHER TEXTING AND NOT SPEAKING, INGRAHAM ASKED HERSELF, "SO THIS IS WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS FOUGHT FOR?!" IN "OF THEE I ZING," INGRAHAM ADDRESSES HOW THE CULTURE WE HAVE CREATED COULD POTENTIALLY BE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY. GRAB A COPY OF "OF THEE I ZING" AVAILABLE BY THRESHOLD EDITIONS. Read More

 

Muzzled
by Juan Williams

From prize-winning journalist Juan Williams, MUZZLED is a forceful call to end the ongoing assault against honest debate in America. Williams knows first hand how the tyranny OF POLITICAL correctness is preventing our nation from squarely facing the contentious issues-from racial profilling to partisan politics that will shape our future. In MUZZLED, he reveals why we must rededicate ourselves to the ideal of truly free speech. MUZZLED by juan williams: NOW Available wherever books are sold. Read More

 

Sex on the Moon
by Ben Mezrich

THIS WEEK'S IMUS BOOK OF THE WEEK IS BEN MEZRICH'S "SEX ON THE MOON: THE AMAZING STORY BEHIND THE MOST AUDACIOUS HEIST IN HISTORY." IN THIS TRUE STORY, THAD ROBERTS MAKES A PROMISE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT NOT EVEN NASA SECURITY CAN PREVENT HIM FROM UPHOLDING. A BRILLIANT CO-OP INTERN AT NASA IN THE LAB, AND A THRILL SEEKER OUTSIDE, THAD REALIZES THAT SCIENTISTS CONSIDER MOON ROCKS WORTHLESS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN IN EXPERIMENTS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, COULD STEALING THEM BE WRONG? BEN MEZRICH TELLS THE STORY THROUGH ROBERT'S LETTERS FROM PRISON IN THIS FASCINATING PIECE OF NON-FICTION. "SEX ON THE MOON' BY BEN MEZRICH: AVAILABLE FROM DOUBLEDAY BOOKS. Read More

 

What It Takes
by Richard Ben Cramer

An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, "What It Takes" BY RICHARD BEN CRAMER penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the course of the 1988 presidential race -- and scours the psyches of contenders from George Bush and Robert Dole to Michael Dukakis and Gary Hart -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations. Read More

 

Silent Mercy
by Linda Fairstein

NOBODY KNOWS NEW YORK CITY'S SECRETS LIKE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINDA FAIRSTEIN. WITH METICULOUS RESEARCH AND OVER TWO DECADES' EXPERIENCE AS A MANHATTAN PROSECUTOR, SHE IS A THRILLER-WRITER UNLIKE ANY OTHER. IN HER LATEST NOVEL, SILENT MERCY, FAIRSTEIN TAKES READERS ON A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO CATCH A BRUTAL KILLER, WHILE DELIVERING LITTLE KNOWN INSIGHTS ABOUT SIX POWERFUL RELIGIOUS LANDMARKS. SILENT MERCY BY LINDA FAIRESTEIN PUBLISHED BY DUTTON, IS NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES EVERYWHERE. Read More

 

Kurn Vonnegut
Library of America

"Capturing Vonnegut in pyrotechnic mid-career, this first volume of a projected three-volume edition gathers four of his most acclaimed novels. Cat's Cradle (1963) is a comedy of the end of the world (it ends with ice). God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) is the tale of a so-called fool, his money, and the lawyer who contrives to part them (it ends with fire).Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Vonnegut's breakout book and one of the iconic masterpieces of twentieth-century American literature, is the tale of Billy Pilgrim, who, being unstuck in time, is doomed to continually relive both the firebombing of Dresden and his abduction by space aliens. And, in a text enhanced by the author's spirited line drawings, Breakfast of Champions (1973) describes the fateful meeting of "two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men," one of whom disastrously believes that everyone else is a robot. The volume is rounded out with three brilliant short stories and revealing autobiographical accounts of the bombing of Dresden." – Amazon.com Read More

 

Demonic
by Ann Coulter

New from bestselling author Ann Coulter, Demonic, her most forceful and devestating book to date. Join Ann as she exposes the mob mentality that has driven liberal thought and behavior -- from the racist Democratic lynch mobs through the student radicalism of the 1960s to the violent liberal protests today. Ann demonstrates that liberals are the party of the mob and mobs are always demonic. Read More

 

All The King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren

"This landmark book is a loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the nation's most astounding politicians. All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics with the best of the back-room deal-makers. Though Stark quickly sheds his idealism, his right-hand man, Jack Burden -- who narrates the story -- retains it and proves to be a thorn in the new governor's side. Stark becomes a successful leader, but at a very high price, one that eventually costs him his life. The award-winning book is a play of politics, society and personal affairs, all wrapped in the cloak of history."-Amazon.com Read More

 

Mobbed
by Carol Higgins Clark

From New York Times bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark comes Mobbed, the new Regan Reilly mystery. Carol Higgins Clark is a native of New Jersey—and so is her sleuth Regan Reilly. In Mobbed, Clark sends Regan "down the shore" where they have both vacationed since childhood. But this trip turns out to be no vacation for Regan! Mobbed, the new Regan Reilly mystery from bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark. Available wherever books are sold. Read More

 

Life
by Keith Richards

Richards, as famous for his toxic lifestyle as for his guitar mastery, presents his sprawling autobiography, ably assisted by Fox, who, as author of White Mischief (1982), has experience in chronicling hedonistic British nobility. Here Fox's coauthor and subject is a British member of rock-music nobility with a deep and abiding commitment to hedonism. However, there are degrees of hedonism, even among pop stars. According to Richards, Willie Nelson reaches for a spliff upon awakening, whereas Keith gives it a good 10 minutes or so before inaugurating the day's herbal festivities. As to specific goodies of Stones lore: Decca Records management, rather than mercurial Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, sacked original member Ian Stewart, thereby consigning him to road-manager status though he continued to play piano with the band live and in the studio. Oldham, who had worked for the Beatles under Brian Epstein, was the originator of immortal publicity gambits such as planting nasty tabloid headlines, but he simply ran out of ideas and was sacked, personality issues with Mick Jagger also being a contributing factor. Over the years, Richards sneaked many people back into the Stones' orbit after they ran afoul of Jagger, saxophonist Bobby Keys and Richards' personal manager, Jane Rose, prime among them. Chuck Berry was "a big disappointment," not musically, of course, but as a cranky collaborator. And country-music legend George Jones, himself a Richards-level imbiber of recreational substances, impressed Keith with his immaculate pompadour, admittedly an architectural wonder. For the record, Richards stands by the story of encountering Muddy Waters, who owed the label money, painting rooms at Chess Records, though Marshall Chess denies it ever happened. On a personal level, Richards regrets whatever part he played in abetting the heroin addictions of several associates. However, he considers people to be ultimately responsible for their own actions. Cautionary words indeed, but then there's the merchandising idea that Richards and Paul McCartney came up with: celebrity "sun-dried turds," the specimens to be coated with shellac and decorated by "a major artist." Richards' (or Fox's) writing is spare and incisive, the narrative tone rarely self-serving, which is certainly something to be celebrated in celebrity autobiography. And make no mistake: at this time in their careers, Richards and the Stones are at least as much a celebrity-news matter as a musical force. --Mike Tribby – Booklist Read More

 

Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand

From Laura Hillenbrand, the bestselling author of Seabiscuit, comes Unbroken, the inspiring true story of a man who lived through a series of catastrophes almost too incredible to be believed. In evocative, immediate descriptions, Hillenbrand unfurls the story of Louie Zamperini--a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic runner-turned-Army hero. During a routine search mission over the Pacific, Louie's plane crashed into the ocean, and what happened to him over the next three years of his life is a story that will keep you glued to the pages, eagerly awaiting the next turn in the story and fearing it at the same time. You'll cheer for the man who somehow maintained his selfhood and humanity despite the monumental degradations he suffered, and you'll want to share this book with everyone you know. --Juliet Disparte Read More