European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Who reads what recommended Reading from Chen a interview with a from Vincent Price a nothing if not scoop from stars by Glenn Adams associated press. A hoops Goldberg a favorite Book is Harper Leeds to kill a mockingbird. Cher was chilled by Anne Rice a interview with a Vampire. And James Stewart praised James Mich Nero a Island epic Hawaii. Goldberg Cher and Stewart arc just a few of the scores of celebrities on Glenna Nowells growing list of who reads what. And just who is Glenna Nowell she san enterprising librarian in Gardiner Maine who just released her fourth annual list. She came up with the idea of writing to celebrities in 1988. Some celebrities Send Nowell cordial notes listing several favourites. Others such As Queen Elizabeth ii coolly turn her Down. A a i was looking for a it Xii that would get peo pie to read a Book a Nowell said adding that she also wanted to steer readers toward books other than Best Sellers. After looking at news and fashion magazines and listening to suggestions from readers Nowell formulated her first list of vips to be contacted. She dug their addresses from the celebrity refer Encis at the Gardiner Public Library the first list included several Maine political figures and such entertainers As Doris Day whose favorite is kinship with All life Lana Turner who liked Anatomy of an illness and Oprah Winfrey who listed the color purple among her favourites. And then there was Alan Alda whose response Nowell still considers her favorite. Among the actor s Best liked volumes is the congressional record which he remembers poring Over As a child. A i had never read anything so funny a a Alda wrote. A from then on i knew i wanted to do Lucille Ball writing Back for the 1989 list recalled being As a child by Black Beauty As Well As life of Samuel Johnson. First lady Barbara Bush picked the Auto Biog reviews from Arsenio Hall a Little girl a history of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani Harvard University press 551 pp., $24.95. Of the myriad of books recently published seeking to focus attention on and explain current events in the Middle East Albert by Urania a a history of the Arab Peoples will be in the Long run. Among the most useful. Hourani does no to mention the current crisis or Olfer policy prescriptions. Instead he gives us what history a in the right hands a does Best a sense of How we in the sense of All of humanity got where we Are. And in particular How those called arabs got there. This is history straight up a sweeping portrait covering some 12 centuries of Rahv of Frederick Douglass and Jimmy Carter a chose James Agee a let us now Praise famous men Maureen Stapleton Stop Book was the Brothers Karamazov and Steven Spielberg chose the leather stocking Saga and treasure Island. Ann Landers favorite Book is the Scarlet let Ter. Rev. Desmond m. Tutu recommends gods fool and the journey and the dream. A a Connie Chung a favourites arc the classic Little women along with All the Kings men and All the presidents men. Stephen King likes fifth business and lord of the flies. Carol Burnett told Nowell that a no Book will Ever have the Impact of the yearling read for the first a. Arsinio Hall chose Little girl lost while Bob Hope listed the Mark Twain classics Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry finn. The latter was also Diane Sawyers top pick. Garrison Keillor picked wartime and communications Mogul Ted Turner hailed Commodore Hornblower and Mutiny on the Bounty. Nowelia a latest list includes a rare reply from a sports figure a Jack Nicklaus a who said he has found time to read All of Wilbur Smiths books in his sparse spare time. Nicklaus who confessed he did no to care much for Reading As a child said his current favorite is a time to die. Cybill Shepherd listed women sex and addiction Angela Lansbury tabbed the Shell seekers and Vincent Price likes nothing if not critical. Marilyn Quayle recommends the icon and the axe Jeff Bridges picks Iron John Giraldo rive a recommends one Hundred years of Solitude and Loretta Lynn said her Best loved Book is the Bible. Of the 145 letters Nowell sent out for this year s list Only 22 wrote Back with the name of their favorite Book. Others replied but declined to say what they like to read. A lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth ii answered Nowells letter stiffly a i am commanded by the Queen to write and thank you for your letter but because of her majesty a rules in these matters i regret it is not possible for her to do As you Nowell is already collecting names for her next list with designs on such hot celebrities As Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf and Saddam Hussein a a if he a still she May also try to reel in More Rock musicians and athletes reasoning that idols talking about Reading will lure youths to the Library. As for her favorite Book a its James Joyce a dubliners. Development and turmoil. David e. Anderson United press International Paris Trout by Pete Dexter Penguin 306 pp., $8.95pete Dexter won the National Book award for his Fine novel Paris Trout. Now this riveting often depressing Story of the murder of a Black teen age girl by a White Man in Georgia is being reissued by Penguin As a tie in for the made for Cable movie in the United states starring Dennis Hopper Barbara Hershey and de Harris. Done to worry if you done to have Access to the film though. Go out and buy this Book. It is a psychological spellbinder a compelling study of a Man and his Community. A. United press International both books Are available at stars and stripes bookstores pages a sunday i a 12 1991
