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Authors on the Air: 'Age of Greed'; Elena Mannes; 'Intern Nation'
Authors on today's Leonard Lopate Show include: Jeff Madrick, whose Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present (Knopf, 978-1400041718) pubbed yesterday; Oran B. Hesterman, author of Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All (PublicAffairs, 978-1610390064), which also pubbed yesterday; and Jonathan Dixon, with Beaten, Seared, and Sauced: On Becoming a Chef at the Culinary Institute of America (Clarkson Potter, 978-0307589033).
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Authors on the Air: Kung Fu Panda 2; 'Guy Fieri Food'; 'The Tao of Travel'
Yesterday, the movie Kung Fu Panda 2 opened, directed by Jennifer Yuh and starring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, and Angelina Jolie. Tie-ins from Price Stern Sloan include Cathy Hapka's Kung Fu Panda 2: Mystical Memories (978-0843198577) and Kung Fu Panda 2: Kaboom of Doom (978-0843198614); Katherine Noll’s Kung Fu Panda 2: Po & Ping's Recipe Storybook (978-0843198584); and Tracey West's Kung Fu Panda 2: The Novel (978-0843198591).
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Authors on the Air: 'How to Be a Grown Up'; 'Reckless Endangerment'
This morning, Today hosted Stacy Kaiser, whose How to Be a Grown Up: The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know (HarperOne, 978-0061941191) is recently out in paperback.
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Authors on the Air: 'They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children'; 'The Quotable Hitchens'; Dick Van Dyke
Today, The Leonard Lopate Show hosted Lieutenant-General The Honorable Roméo Dallaire (Ret.), author of They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers (Walker & Co., 978-0802779564), which pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Too Big to Fail'; 'The Central Park Five'; 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive'
Tonight, HBO Films premieres Too Big to Fail, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring William Hurt, Ed Asner, and Paul Giamatti. The tie-in book is Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Penguin mti edition, 978-0143120278).
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Movie Alert: 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'
It’s popping up to be a chilly summer with the June 17 release of Mr. Popper's Penguins, from 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment, a live-action adaptation of the Newbery Honor classic.
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Authors on the Air: 'Manana Forever?'; Chaz Bono; Albert Brooks
Authors on today's Diane Rehm Show include Jorge G. Castaneda, who will be discussing Manana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans (Knopf, 978-0375404245). Michael Crummey will also be on the show talking about Galore: A Novel (Other Press, 978-1590514344).
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Authors on the Air: 'We Have Your Husband;' Bill Moyers; Peter Bart
Both the Today show and MSNBC Live host Jayne Garcia Valseca, author of We Have Your Husband: One Woman’s Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico (Berkley, 978-0425241783). Tomorrow, she will appear on Fox and Friends.
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Authors on the Air: James Frey; 'The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It's Behind Me;' Area 51, Unwrapped
Yesterday, Oprah re-visited with James Frey, whose latest is The Final Testament of the Holy Bible (Gagosian Gallery, 978-1935263265).
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Authors on the Air: Sebastian Junger; 'A Jane Austen Education;' Bharati Mukherjee
Today, both Fox & Friends and Hardball with Chris Matthews host Sebastian Junger, whose WAR (Twelve, 978-0446556224) is out in paperback tomorrow. Tomorrow Junger will be on NPR's Here & Now.
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Authors on the Air: Paul Reiser, Peter Ford
Tonight, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson talks to Paul Reiser, author of Familyhood (Hyperion, ISBN 978-1401324322).
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Authors on the Air: Cleland, Goldman, Block
On The Leonard Lopate Show today, Scott Cleland, author of Search & Destroy (Telescope Books, ISBN 978-0980038323), argues that we can’t--and shouldn’t--trust Google; and David Goldman, author of A Father’s Love (Viking, ISBN 978-0670022625), tells about his years-long struggle to bring his son, who was abducted by his wife, home.
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Movie Alert: Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
On June 10, Judy Moody goes from middle-grade bestseller to movie-star hopeful with the release of Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer, based on Megan McDonald’s long-running series of books about temperamental third-grader Judy and her younger brother, Stink. The film, produced by Smokewood Entertainment and distributed by Relativity Media, is an all-new adventure, in which Judy and Stink are forced to spend the summer with their Aunt Opal.
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Authors on the Air: Abrams, Moby, Dyer, Bono
Judith Regan interviews Dan Abrams, author of Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers, and Just About Everything Else (Abrams Image, ISBN 978-0810998292), on Sirius Satellite’s Judith Regan Show today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Born in Africa,' Chaz Bono, Paul Reiser
Today, Talk of the Nation features Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life by Martin Meredith (Public Affairs, ISBN 978-1586486631).
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New Film Looks At Controversy Over Street Lit
Street lit, urban lit, or hip-hop lit—whatever you may call it—the popular and controversial genre generally focused on crime, sex, and violence set in African-American neighborhoods, will be examined in Behind Those Books, an independently produced documentary that will premiere May 27 at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City.
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Authors on the Air: Demetri Martin, Chelsea Handler, Julie Andrews
Demetri Martin, author of This Is a Book (Grand Central, ISBN 978-0446539708), is on Conan.
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Authors on the Air: 'Knowing Your Value,' 'Forks Over Knives'
Mika Brezeinski, author of Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You're Worth (Weinstein Books, ISBN 978-1602861343), is on The View today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Bossypants,' 'If You Ask Me'
Tonight, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon talks to Tina Fey, author of Bossypants (Reagan Arthur Books, ISBN 978-0316056861).
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Authors on the Air: Twain, Giudice, Elder, Dunn
This morning, The Today Show talks to Shania Twain, author of From This Moment On (Atria, ISBN 978-1451620740), and to Teresa Giudice, author of Fabulicious (Running Press, ISBN 978-0762442393).
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