Book Ahead
By Staff and Wire Reports on Sep 8, 2013, at 2:30 AM Updated on 9/08/13 at 4:45 AM
Books
If Jeff Kinney had not missed getting on a plane in May, it's possible he would not be making a trip to Oklahoma later this month.
It's been several years since the publication of Daniel Woodrell's slim, harrowing and much-celebrated "Winter's Bone." Now "The Maid's Version" has finally hit the bookstores, and it's even slimmer - just 164 pages.
In "Morning By Morning Pathway to Health," author Norma DeVault integrates scientific information with Bible teachings to make practical health applications to daily life. Filled with strategies, guidelines and supporting Scriptures, DeVault provides a look into health and wellness that takes into account the state of the soul as well as the body. She will be signing copies from 1-3 p.m. Saturday at Steve's Sundry, Books & Magazines, 2612 S. Harvard Ave.
The book world is finally honoring
Maya Angelou The poet and author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" will be this year's recipient of the Literarian Award, an honorary National Book Award for contributions to the literary community, the National Book Foundation announced. It is the first major literary prize for the 85-year-old Angelou, who has been celebrated everywhere from the Grammy Awards to the White House.
E.L. Doctorow, a familiar name among prize judges, will receive an honorary medal for "contributions to American letters." Doctorow, 82, won the National Book Award in 1986 for "World's Fair" and was a finalist three other times.
Golfing great
Nancy Lopez has an agreement with HarperOne, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, for a memoir scheduled to be published in June. The 56-year-old Lopez will write of her lifelong involvement with golf. HarperOne promises previously unknown details of her public and private life, including her 27-year marriage to baseball star Ray Knight. They divorced in 2009.
Lopez says in a statement that she was at a stage in her life where she was ready to reflect on the good "and, yes, difficult times."
Make that the e-Cat in the Hat.
Dozens of
Dr. Seuss classics, including "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham," will be available this fall for the first time as e-books. Random House Children's Books announced that the first 15 will come out Sept. 24, followed by additional publications in October and November.
Other Seuss picture books coming out electronically include "Fox in Socks," "Horton Hears a Who!" and "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"
Books
If Jeff Kinney had not missed getting on a plane in May, it's possible he would not be making a trip to Oklahoma later this month.
It's been several years since the publication of Daniel Woodrell's slim, harrowing and much-celebrated "Winter's Bone." Now "The Maid's Version" has finally hit the bookstores, and it's even slimmer - just 164 pages.
