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Former President George W. Bush's new book, "Decision Points," got off to a strong start on Tuesday, selling at least 170,000 hardcover copies plus an estimated 50,000 e-books. The results represent the largest first-day sale of any nonfiction title published by Random House Inc. in the past six years, said Crown Publishers, a unit of Bertelsmann AG's Random House. The figures don't include sales at the nation's independent bookstores or at Kroger Co., the grocery company.

George W. Bush's account of his life in office is scheduled for release on Nov. 9, but Drudge Report Thursday revealed a glimpse into the book's themes, including that the former president "returned to his faith, time and time again." Bush famously told a minister, "I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me," an assertion that drew support from religious conservatives backing their man in the Oval Office. According to Drudge, the president's spiritual life and positions on social issues formed the core of...

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The publisher of former President George W. Bush's book "Decision Points" on Sunday set a Nov. 9 release date, unveiled its cover design and announced new details about it.

Two distinctly different titles supporting distinctly different administrations are heading for a late August release. The first is a title from World Ahead Publishing (Los Angeles), a new publishing house seeking to produce titles on free markets and individual liberties. Its first book, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH: REFLECTIONS ON THE WAR ON TERROR, DEFENSE OF THE FAMILY, AND REVIVAL OF THE ECONOMY, is a collection of essays written by conservative and libertarian policy makers and scholars, including Art Laffer, George Shultz and William Bennett. The editors are Rod Martin, founder of the Vangaurd political action committee, and Aman Verjee, who...

The article Drudge linked is HERE.

Sharon Bush is planning to write a tell all on the Bush family, The New York Observer is reporting exclusively in Wednesday's paper. Sharon Bush, the estranged wife of President George W. Bush's younger brother, Neil Bush, has spent two decades with the Bush family. Sharon Bush's spokesman, Lou Colasuonno, told The Observer: "This will be the story of Sharon Bush's life inside one of the most powerful families in America. She witnessed the evolution of a dynasty. She believes, and is prepared to reveal in her book, that the Bushs are far more pragmatic and calculating than has ever...