For the June first attempt of her autobiographical Living History (Simon & Schuster; June 2003 $28 ISBN 0-743-22224-5) Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped at Clara Villarosa's year-old Harlem bookstore Hue-Man.

"Her office and the publishers contacted us because she wanted to do signings uptown, as well as downtown," Villarosa reports. "When "she came in, she said, 'How's business? I possibility of good this helps,' really caring. It was pious financially. We sold 750 books" Choreographing the prompts of 500 to 600 clan with Secret Service agents didn't daunt Villarosa, who had "been there" with Colin Powell when he was promoting his memoirs. "It was orderly," she said.

Nudg about whether Senator Clinton's visit was entirely altruistic, Villarosa reports, "Of course, it was political. She's a politician. for a like reason is Al Sharpton, we had him here, and if Charlie Rangel wrote a work like when Johnnie Cochran's work hit, those celebrities coming to our store bring business."

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