Former President Bill Clinton visits the patients of a HIV/AIDS research center in Kigali, Rwanda, on July 23, 2005. Clinton's planned book on citizen activism, "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," will come out Sept. 4 with a first printing of 750,000, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday, July 10, 2007.
Author Laurie Lindeen reflects on her past Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at The Podium guitar store in Minneapolis, Minn. Lindeen, former leader of all girls rock band Zuzu's Petals and wife of former frontman Paul Westerberg of The Replacements, has written a memoir titled "Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story."
Musician Alex James, of the British band Blur, signs copies of his new book "Bit Of A Blur" at Waterstones on July 10, 2007, in London, England.
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he desembarks from a helicopter after landing in Lorenzago di Cadore, near Belluno, northern Italy, Monday, July 9, 2007. The pontiff said he plans to use his nearly 3-week-long vacation in the mountains to write a new book and prepare a new encyclical. Benedict said he hopes to work on the second volume of the book "Jesus of Nazareth," the first volume of which was published earlier this year.
Jose Saramago, the 1998 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, speaks during a press conference July 9, 2007 in Bogota. The Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist was in Bogota in the frame of the city activities as World Book Capital.
JK Rowling, British author of the "Harry Potter" series of books, poses for the photographers as she arrives with her husband Neil Murray for the premiere of the latest Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," at a cinema in central London, July 3, 2007. Her seventh and final book in the series is due in bookstores on July 21.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang signs his autograph for a fan during an event as he unveils his new book titled "I'll Get The Job Done" in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
Actor and writer Gabe Kaplan poses at Barnes and Noble to promote his new book "Kotter's Back" July 2, 2007, in New York.
Author Jack Kerouac laughs during a 1967 visit to the home of a friend in Lowell, Mass. Fans and some close friends of the late author took turns reading his most famous novel, "On The Road," aloud at Naropa University in Boulder on Saturday, June 30, 2007.
Singer Pete Doherty arrives to sign copies of his new book, "The Collected Writings Of Pete Doherty," at the Red Snapper Book Store in central London Thursday, June 28, 2007.
Tour de France winner Floyd Landis signs copies of his book "Positively False: The Real Story of How I Won the Tour De France" during an appearance in New York's Bryant Park, Wednesday June 27, 2007. Attorneys for Landis have acknowledged the release of the tell-all book violates the gag order in his arbitration case against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Richard Belzer arrives at the New York premiere of Michael Moore's movie "Sicko," Monday, June 18, 2007, in New York. The actor and comedian has signed with Simon & Schuster to write two mystery books featuring himself as a TV performer caught up in his own plot, Belzer said in a statement released Monday, June 25, 2007, by his publisher.
Charles Spencer signs copies of his new book, "Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier" at Hatchards Piccadilly on June 14, 2007, in London, England. Spencer is the brother of the late Princess Diana.
Stephen Hawking smiles at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 26, 2007. Hawking, author of the million-selling "A Brief History of Time," is writing a "middle-grade" novel. "George's Secret Key to the Universe," the story of a young man's computer-driven adventures, will be published this fall by Simon & Schuster, the company said June 14, 2007.
Israeli author Saul Friedlander is seen during the Leipzig Book Fair award ceremony in Leipzig, eastern Germany, March, 22, 2007. Friedlaender will be awarded the Peace Price of the German Booksellers Association in October, the foundation announced on June 14, 2007.
Actor Bruce Dern poses at a park near his home in Pasadena, Calif., June 14, 2007. Dern, who's most infamous role came in 1972 with "The Cowboys" when he shot John Wayne, has a new memoir, "Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have."
Author Rajaa Alsanea poses with her first novel "Girls of Ridayh" in Chicago on May 27, 2007. Alsanea said she wrote the book as a criticism of her homeland. The novel, which portrays the love lives of four twentysomething Muslim women in upper-class Saudi Arabia, has already created a stir throughout the Arab world.
Comedian Don Rickles responds during an interview in New York, May 18, 2007, about his memoir "Rickles' Book."
Paul Shirley poses on the beach in Menorca, Spain, in April 2007, where he is playing with his latest basketball team. The professional basketball player has written a book about his experiences, "Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond." Shirley kept an online journal while playing for the Phoenix Suns in 2004-05 and blogs for ESPN.com.
Patches, one of more than 60 cats in residence at the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West, Fla., prowls through the late author's writing room July 13, 2002. City officials have sided with Hemingway's former home and its celebrated six-toed felines in its catfight with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, exempting the home from a city law prohibiting more than four domestic animals per household.