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C2 THE NEWS JOURNAL MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1996 book seen a winner before it's out By PAUL D. COLFORD Newsday Publishers hoping to move books onto the nonfiction bestseller list next fall can be reasonably sure that at least one slot will be taken and it may be occupied for a long time. It was announced recently that Hyperion and Harpo Entertainment Group, which is Oprah Winfrey's media company, will publish a health-fitness book by the popular queen of daytime talk and her trainer, Bob Greene. When Winfrey last put her im print on a book, appearing in the spring of 1994 on the cover of cook Rosie Daley's calorie-conscious "In the Kitchen With Rosie," copies were sold as fast as Alfred Greene, described as an exercise physiologist, met Winfrey in 1992 when he led her on several mountain hikes at Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado.

Moving to Winfrey's home base in Chicago to become her personal trainer, Greene later helped the broadcaster lose more than 80 pounds through a regimen that placed a heavy emphasis on running. Along the way Greene has become familiar to Winfrey's vast TV audience from visits to her show. A cover story about his work with Winfrey in the March 1995 issue of Runner's World was a runaway seller for the magazine. The issue outpaced the magazine's average newsstand sales by 60 percent. "Bob has taught me to 'make the connection' it's not just about losing weight it's all about self-confidence, inner strength, feeling better on a daily basis and having control over your life," Winfrey said in a statement released by Hyperion.

"My life has changed," she said, "and I believe what I've learned will help other people. I will write the introduction and share my experiences and thoughts throughout the book." A workbook, in which a reader can track his or her progress following Greene's regimen, will be sold separately from the Greene-Winfrey collaboration. Winfrey's agreement with Hyperion, which is owned by Walt Disney follows her signing of a production deal last fall with Capital CitiesABC. The deal calls for Winfrey to develop programming for ABC and gives the network first option on her publishing and other projects. ABC recently was acquired by Disney.

At the same time, word of Winfrey's new book raises an all-too-obvious question about the status of her autobiography. That was the book she unexpectedly withdrew from Knopf's fall schedule in 1993 after the Random House division had heralded publication with great promotional fanfare and plans for a first printing of 750,000 copies. "She has not been in touch about that book," Erroll McDonald, who had signed up and was editing the autobiography for Knopf, said last week. Oprah Winfrey A. Knopf Inc.

could print them. There are more than 1 million in print. Oprah's fitness People omen: 1,000 expected to attend ber barons built the theater at the turn of the century in the jungle capital Manaus for a single performance by Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor of the time. More than 600 tickets, between $200 and $600 each, were sold the performance. CALLING THE SHOTS: Tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King are joining with Mary Carillo to be the first all-female broadcasting team to cover men's tennis at Wimbledon.

TV Guide reports in the March 2 issue that Carillo will call the play-by-play, while Navratilova and King will provide analysis for HBO at the June-July tournament in Great Britain. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Mason Adams is 77. Actor Tony Randall is 76. Actress Betty Hutton is 75. Singer Fats Domino is 68.

Political columnist Robert Novak is 65. Singer Johnny Cash is 64. wasn't easy convincing Cherokee men especially elders that a woman could do the job. But with her husband's help, she prevailed and was victorious. She was appointed principal chief two years later when Ross Swimmer resigned to head the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In 1987, 85 percent of the Cherokee Nation's voters elected Mankiller to the post of principal chief. There she remained until last year, when she elected not to run again. In her autobiography, "Mankiller: A Chief and Her People," (St. Martin's Press), she explained that she became a leader because of the needs of her people, and because she was willing to take risks. "I am trying to teach other women to take risks also," she wrote.

"I hope more women will gradually emerge in leadership Simpson gets juicy price for '85 Ferrari It looks like life in the fast lane is slowing down a bit for O. J. Simpson. Simpson has sold his 1985 Ferrari Testarosa "Juices" license plates included for $108,000. Steve Davis said he bought the car Saturday on behalf of Valley Oak Auto and Martella Auction Co.

and plans to resell it in July. He already has offers, he said. "It was very friendly and very open," Davis said of his discussions with Simpson after the sale. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (FOREST): Spanish tenor Jose Carreras traveled to the middle of the world's largest rain forest Sunday to visit Brazil's Amazon Theater. He'll be performing there Tuesday at a centennial celebration for the opera house.

"The acoustics are outstanding," Carreras said. Rub FROM PAGE C1 In her 1993 autobiography, Mankiller wrote: "Today we are helping to erase the stereotypes created by media and by Western films of the drunken Indian on a horse, chasing wagon trains across the prairie. "Some people still think that all native people live in teepees and wear tribal garb every day. They do not realize that many of us wear business suits and drive station wagons." Susan Arruda, chairwoman of this year's conference, hopes Mankiller's story, wisdom and words will inspire the nearly 1,000 women expected to attend the daylong conference, the largest regularly held gathering of women in the state. More than 990 women had already signed up late last week, some from as far away as Connecticut and South Carolina.

The conference is sponsored by the Junior League of Wilmington, The Delaware Commission for Women, Wilmington Women in Business and the YWCA of New Castle County. Sixty workshops will be offered, including ones on work, business and financial guidance; physical, spiritual and emotional health; nutrition, fitness and family dynamics. Some workshops will deal with such weighty issues as living wills and teen suicide. Others will deal with topics such as lesbian parenthood. "Although the conference focuses on many serious subjects, there are some topics that are presented in a very fun manner," notes Joyce Hunter, chairwoman-elect of the conference; she will head the event next year.

Hunter noted that there will be sessions on quilt making, herbal healing and understanding the Internet. One session is simply devoted to "How to Work with a Jerk." Another proposes that "Real Women Don't Have Hot Flashes, They Have Power Surges." An art exhibit during the conference will feature paintings, sculptures, metalwork, textile and paper art, ceramics photography and mixed media. "The art show was started as a way to focus on women artists in Delaware and feature their work and give them a chance to exhibit," says Arruda. "Several of these artists will also be presenting workshops." Mankiller's talk will reflect more than three decades of working to improve the health and welfare of her people. In 1983, while serving as director of community development, she ran for deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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