The book says the saying began because a competitor's face was cleaned with a cloth towel or other material.

VOA: special.2010.11.21

To show that she could do more than just write stories, she wrote a book with Ogden Codman, "The Decoration of Houses."

VOA: special.2010.10.24

In two thousand three, Sendak worked with the playwright Tony Kushner on a picture book called "Brundibar."

VOA: special.2009.10.05

The book opens with the young man, Francis Marion Tarwater, refusing to do the two things his grandfather had ordered him to do.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

In this book he describes his efforts to restart diplomatic ties with China during the presidency of Richard Nixon in the early nineteen seventies.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

Later,he wrote a best-selling book, "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog."

VOA: special.2009.02.23

She wrote a book called "Emotional Freedom" that deals directly with Americans' economic fears.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

In a popular Spanish book, a fictional island called "California" was filled with gold.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

"The Book of Mormon" also deals with organized religion in a humorous way.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

Later,critics said her book only dealt with the problems of white, educated,wealthy,married women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

He created the band with the comic book artist Jamie Hewlett.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

The book's writer,John B.Watson, urged extreme firmness in dealing with children.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

He said it was a stupid book with dangerous ideas.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

She has written a book about her struggles with schizophrenia.

VOA: special.2009.10.02