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Authors on the Air: Mansharamani, Bezmozgis, Christian
Today, WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate Show welcomes Vikram Mansharamani, author of Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst (Wiley, ISBN 978-0470879467); David Bezmozgis, author of The Free World (FSG, ISBN 978-0374281403); and Brian Christian, author of The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive (Doubleday, ISBN 978-0385533065).
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Authors on the Air: 'Hop,' Kreamer, Danson
Hop, starring James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins, and Hugh Laurie, opens today. There is a tie-in chapter book based on the film: Hop (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, ISBN 978-0316129008).
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Authors on the Air: Lillien, Bloch, Abrams
Today, The Today Show features Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl 300 Under 300 (St. Martin’s Griffin, ISBN 978-0312676810). PW’s review said, “The architect of the Hungry Girl franchise returns with nearly a year's worth of recipes that all clock in at under 300 calories per serving... the majority are healthier takes on the familiar and will give time-starved cooks a litany of choices.”
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Authors on the Air: Kathy Freston
On The Martha Stewart Show today, Kathy Freston, author of Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Weinstein Books, ISBN 978-1602861336), makes fruit and nut bars. PW’s review said, “Freston, coining the word ‘veganist,’ puts a soft edge on the vegan lifestyle... for the novice, this book offers a gentle, guilt-free path to a meatless (or even, as Freston says, ‘vegan-ish’) life.”
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Authors on the Air: Nicolelis, Vaynerchuk, Haag, Lucci
Miguel Nicolelis, author of Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines--and How It Will Change Our Lives, is on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart today. PW’s review said, “While Nicolelis predicts future developments, such as brain-machine interfaces that will, for instance, allow paralyzed humans to interact fully with their environment, he devotes most of the book to a historical perspective on neuroscience and to explaining the specifics of his research, which will fascinate neuroscience buffs but may be too detailed for general readers.”
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Authors on the Air: Bindi Irwin, Sheryl Crow, Alexander McCall Smith
Today, Bindi Irwin , author of the new children’s book series Bindi Wildlife Adventures, whose first two books are Trouble at the Zoo and Rescue!, is on Good Morning America, Live! with Regis and Kelly, and Piers Morgan Tonight. PW’s review of Trouble at the Zoo said, “Young wildlife conservationist and media darling Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin, is as exuberant on the pages of this peppy early reader as she is on-screen.”
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Authors on the Air: 'Sucker Punch,' 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules'
Movies opening today include Sucker Punch, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jamie Chung. The tie-in book is Sucker Punch: The Art of the Movie by Zach Snyder (Titan Books, ISBN 978-1848568532).
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Authors on the Air: 'Man Down,' 'The Longevity Project'
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), is on CBS’s The Talk and KTLA’s Morning Show in Los Angeles today.
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Authors on the Air: DiSpirito, Yamaguchi, Burnett
This morning, The View sits down with Rocco DiSpirito, author of Now Eat This! Diet (Grand Central Life & Style, ISBN 978-0446584494). PW’s review said, “The recipes are mostly super (more like assembling ingredients than cooking) and the prose is straightforward (if a little choppy and repetitive)--meaning just about anyone who wants to should be able to follow this plan and lighten up mealtimes.”
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Authors on the Air: 'Martha Stewart's New Pies and Tarts,' 'The Savage City'
The bakers behind Martha Stewart's New Pies and Tarts: 150 Recipes for Old-Fashioned and Modern Favorites (Clarkson Potter, ISBN 978-0307405098) are on The Martha Stewart Show today, demonstrating how to make rustic galettes filled with seasonal rhubarb and raspberries; light, bright marbleized lemon tarts; and velvety coffee cream pie.
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Authors on the Air: 'Unfamiliar Fishes,' 'Heaven Is for Real'
Sarah Vowell, author of Unfamiliar Fishes (Riverhead, ISBN 978-1594487873), is on The Daily Show today. PW’s review said, “Recounting the brief, remarkable history of a unified and independent Hawaii, Vowell, a public radio star and bestselling author (The Wordy Shipmates), retraces the impact of New England missionaries who began arriving in the early 1800s to remake the island paradise into a version of New England.... Outrageous and wise-cracking, educational but never dry, this book is a thought-provoking and entertaining glimpse into the U.S.'s most unusual state and its unanticipated twists on the familiar story of Americanization.”
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Authors on the Air: 'The Lincoln Lawyer,' 'Limitless,' 'Alabama Moon'
The Lincoln Lawyer opens today, starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, and Michael Pena. It is based on Michael Connelly’s novel of the same name (Grand Central, ISBN 978-1455500239). PW’s starred review said, “Veteran bestseller Connelly enters the crowded legal thriller field with flash and panache.... heart-stopping twists and topflight storytelling.”
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Authors on the Air: 'Ireland Unhinged'
Today, The Leonard Lopate Show interviews David Monahan, who moved his family their home in Connecticut to Cork, Ireland, in 2000. Monahan’s book Ireland Unhinged (Council Oak Books, ISBN 978-1571782526) looks back at the past decade, the changes that the economic boon wreaked on the Irish countryside, and what the future holds for the country. The show also talks to mystery novelist Ian Rankin, author of The Complaints (Reagan Arthur Books, ISBN 978-0316039741).
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Authors on the Air: Kristi Yamaguchi, Nan Sussman, Alan Paul
Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is on CNN's American Morning today to promote her debut children’s picture book, Dream Big, Little Pig! (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, ISBN 978-1402252754). PW’s review said, “Yamaguchi's message is more about determination than preternatural talent.... Comedic flourishes, both in the artwork and in the repetition of the praise/criticism Poppy [the little pig] receives, keep the story from feeling overly inspirational.”
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Authors on the Air: 'The Dressmaker of Khair Khana,' 'Ideal Illusions'
Today, NPR’s Morning Edition and WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show feature The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Harper, ISBN 9780061732379). PW’s review called the book “an exciting, engrossing one that reads like a novel, complete with moments of tension and triumph, plus well-researched detail on daily life in Kabul under Taliban rule.... a fascinating story that touches on family, gender, business, and politics and offers inspiration through the resourceful, determined woman at its heart.”
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Authors on the Air: Kasarda, Lindsay, Sirota
Today, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show talks to John Kasarda, professor at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, and journalist Greg Lindsay, co-authors of Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ISBN 978-0374100193); and to radio show host David Sirota, author of Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now (Ballantine, ISBN 978-0345518781).
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Authors on the Air: 'Jane Eyre,' 'Red Riding Hood,' 'Mars Needs Moms'
Jane Eyre hits theaters today, starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, and Holliday Grainger. Many editions of the Charlotte Bronte novel are in print; one of the newest is Tribeca Books’ paperback (ISBN 978-1936594191).
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Authors on the Air: Greenfield, Dolnick, Fazio
Jeff Greenfield, author of Then Everything Changed (Putnam, ISBN 978-0399157066), is on The Colbert Report tonight. PW’s review said, “Speculation isn't history, but it's catnip to pundits and journalists like veteran CBS News reporter and commentator Greenfield (The Real Campaign), who can be excused for this romp into what ifs.... In the end, fun but insubstantial.”
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Movie Alert: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
The Heffleys strike back: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, based on the second book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling middle-grade series, lands in theaters March 25.
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Authors on the Air: David Brooks, Joshua Foer
David Brooks, author of The Social Animal (Random, ISBN 978-1400067602), is on Good Morning America and The Colbert Report today. PW’s review said, “New York Times columnist Brooks (Bobos in Paradise) raids Malcolm Gladwell's pop psychology turf in a wobbly treatise on brain science, human nature, and public policy. Essentially a satirical novel interleaved with disquisitions on mirror neurons and behavioral economics, the narrative chronicles the life cycle of a fictional couple—Harold, a historian working at a think tank, and Erica, a Chinese-Chicana cable-TV executive—as a case study of the nonrational roots of social behaviors, from mating and shopping to voting.”
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