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Artist in chief: Former president George W. Bush, inspired by Winston Churchill, has taken up a paintbrush in retirement, and the result is a bestselling art book that honors service members and veterans. Bush’s Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief ’s Tribute to America’s War
riors lands at No. 3 on USA TODAY’s BestSelling Books list. The 43rd president is no stranger to USA TODAY’s bestseller list. His memoir, Decision Points, was No. 1 for five straight weeks in 2010, and 41: A Portrait of My Father made it to No. 3 in 2014. The men and women in Courage, many of them wounded, are individuals Bush knows personally, and he writes a narrative portrait to accompany each impressionistic painting. The former president, who took up painting after he left office because he was “antsy” and now calls it a “passion,” has made widespread media appearances to promote Portraits of Courage. Hey ‘You’!:
Get ready, New York. Louisa Clark is coming. The appealing British heroine of two Jojo Moyes’ best sellers, Me Before You and its sequel, After
You, will return in a third, as-yet untitled novel in spring 2018, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking tells USA TODAY. Feisty “Lou” first appeared in the 2012 weepie Me Before You as caretaker to Will Traynor, a privileged young man paralyzed in an accident. The novel was No. 1 for six (non-consecutive) weeks last spring and summer as the movie, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, hit theaters. In the new book, a job opportunity brings Lou to America, and she has to decide whether her personal Brexit should be permanent.