This is page 40 of the nonfiction book news archives.

9/11 Books Still Selling (2005-02-16): Books about the terrorist attack on 9/11/01 are still selling.

Jose Canseco Tells All; Teammates Not Happy (2005-02-15): The Associated Press reports that Jose Conseco's new tell-all book is a runaway hit: Amazon.

General Musharraf Longs For the Bestseller Lists (2005-02-13): Yes, you heard correctly.

Donald Trump: The Biopic (2005-02-10): According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has given the green light to a 2-hour biopic of billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump.

Tom Brokaw To Write Two More Books (2005-02-08): Retired NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw will be writing two more books after signing a deal with Random House.

Enter Stage Right: Newt Gingrich (2005-02-01): He's Back! The Contract With America, the Bill Clinton Impeachment.

Mary Cheney Pitches New Book (2005-01-29): Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary Cheney, whose open sexual orientation caused such a ruckus in the recent presidential election, is now shopping an autobiographical book to New York publishers, according to the New York Post.

Bob Dylan Vs. William Shakespeare (2005-01-29): In the running for this year's U.

The Author and the Inaugural Speech (2005-01-27): How's this for a book blurb: "If you want a glimpse of how I think about foreign policy, read Natan Sharansky's book.

Oprah Unhappy With Clarkson Potter (2005-01-24): Oprah is unhappy with Clarkson Potter because they refused to cooperate with an Oprah Christmas Show feature. The book was The Way We Live by Stafford Clive.

Johnny Carson Dead at 79 (2005-01-23): Iconic talk show host and comedian Johnny Carson died today from complications of emphysema, from which he had suffered for many years.

Osama's Words Coming to a Bookstore Near You (2005-01-21): Reuters reports that Doubleday will publish a controversial new book which will feature a history of Al-Qaeda, interviews with Osama bin Laden and his associates and a tract on Islamic struggle by Egyptian terrorist mastermind Ayman al-Zawahri.

Lincoln: The Gay Blade? (2005-01-19): David Greenberg of Slate dives into the controversy surrounding The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln and the author's assertion that President Abraham Lincoln was bisexual.

David Letterman's Secret Joke-Writing Weapon (2005-01-18): Late night hosts need a lot of material and David Letterman has a secret weapon for coming up with jokes.

The Monkey Trial, Redux? (2005-01-13): It looks like Evolution is back.

Jon Stewart's America Banned in Mississippi (2005-01-11): The librarians in Mississippi are no fans of Jon Stewart, apparently.

Plagiarism No Bar to Top Speechwriting Job (2005-01-07): Apparently, plagiarism charges just aren't that damaging anymore.

Christine Todd Whitman Speaks Her Mind (2005-01-03): The Washington Post reports that former New Jersey governor and EPA head Christine Todd Whitman is going to ruffle some Republican feathers in Washington with her new book, It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America (Penguin).

Journalists and Weblogs Tell of Tsunami Tragedy (2004-12-31): This year was already labeled the Year of the Blog and as 2004 ends in sadness and tragedy with the Tsunami disaster, blogs have again proved their usefulness.

Susan Sontag Dies at 71 (2004-12-29): Novelist, essayist and human rights activist Susan Sontag died yesterday in a New York hospital at the age of 71.