Books

Weekend books...*

Sunday's L.A. Times Book Review carries reviews of the new books by Eric Lax and Joe Domanick, and sees Richard Clarke displace Suzanne Somers from atop the non-fiction bestseller list... Denise Hamilton begins a 16-state tour for her third Eve Diamond novel, Last Lullaby, at Dutton's Brentwood on Tuesday (and cracks the list at #11). [* Added: She also was featured recently on NPR's Day to Day]...Liz Smith mentions in Sunday's New York Post column that Arianna Huffington's newest, Fanatics & Fools, will be feted Monday at a Manhattan party hosted by Harvey Weinstein, Tom and Kathy Freston, and Kenneth Lerer -- but the event bumps up against an Authors Guild Foundation black-tie benefit...LaVoice.org notes Taschen's release of the 75-pound Muhammad Ali book, Greatest of All Time. Yours for only $3,000...And in the world of magazines, Res will have its latest screening Monday at the Egyptian Theatre.


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