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Authors on the Air: 'Brave Girl Eating'; 'Mama Gets Hitched'; 'The Bucolic Plague'
Today, Good Morning America hosted journalist and food blogger Harriet Brown, whose Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia (Morrow, 978-0061725470, $25.99) pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Nanny McPhee Returns'; 'The Switch'; 'The Subtle Body'
Movies opening today include Nanny McPhee Returns, directed by Susanna White, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Smith, Asa Butterfield, Lil Woods, and Oscar Steer; it's inspired by Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda: The Collected Tales (Bloomsbury Children's, 978-1582346700, $16.95). Tie-in books include Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee Returns (Bloomsbury Children's, 978-1599904726, $7.99; Macmillan Young Listeners unabridged CD, $16.99) and Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda (Bloomsbury Children's, 978-1582346717, $7.95).
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Authors on the Air: Max Lucado; Martha McPhee; John Krakauer
Tonight, Tavis Smiley talks with pastor Max Lucado, whose Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference (Thomas Nelson, 978-0849920691, $24.99; Thomas Nelson unabridged CD, $24.99) pubs in September.
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PublicAffairs, Participant Media Offer Public School Donations
As part of its partnership with the social activist film production company Participant Media, PublicAffairs is releasing a companion title to filmmaker Davis Guggenheim’s forthcoming documentary on U.S. public education, Waiting for 'Superman', that will also allow the purchaser to make a donation to the school of their choice through DonorsChoose.org. Waiting For 'Superman' , which will open in October, is a documentary on the continuing failure of the American public education system to adequately educate children.
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Authors on the Air: 'Barefoot in Baghdad'; Ina Rikle; Thomas French
This morning, Fox and Friends met with Manal Omar, author of Barefoot in Baghdad: A Story of Identity--My Own and What It Means to Be a Woman in Chaos (Sourcebooks, 978-1402237218, $14.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'My Formerly Hot Life'; 'Through a Dog's Eyes'; 'A Tea Party Manifesto'
Authors on this morning's Today show include longtime New York journalist Stephanie Dolgoff, whose My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches from Just the Other Side of Young (Ballantine, 978-0345521453, $25) pubs today. PW said "In the end, Dolgoff fashions her tight, tongue-in-cheek memoir into a kind of humorous self-help manual to getting by in life."
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Authors on the Air: 'The Ice Princess'; 'P.S. I Hate It Here!'; 'The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex'
Swedish authors on today's Sirius XM Book Radio's Pia Lindstrom Presents include Camilla Lackberg, author of The Ice Princess (Pegasus, 978-1605980928, $25.95), which PW's starred review called a "haunting U.S. debut. Lackberg skillfully details how horrific secrets are never completely buried and how silence can kill the soul."
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Products, Sales Proliferate For 'Eat, Pray, Love'
Books benefiting from the release of a big-budget movie are nothing new, but the marketing blitz for Sony Pictures Entertainment's film Eat, Pray, Love has been accompanied by a huge licensing and sweepstakes effort as well.
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Authors on the Air: 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'; 'Eat, Pray, Love'; 'The Life of Leo Castelli'
Movies opening today include Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Kieran Culkin. It's based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series, which includes Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus the World (Oni Press, 978-1932664126, $11.99). PW starred its review: "The narrative jumps, combined with sharp, sardonic dialogue, make this a great oddball tale that captures the energy of a generation."
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Authors on the Air: Elizabeth Gilbert; David Callahan; 'Hot Time in the Old Town'
Today, Good Morning America hosted Elizabeth Gilbert, whose Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Penguin mti, 978-0143118428, $16; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $39.95) opens as a feature film tomorrow. From PW's starred review: "Gilbert fully engages readers in the year's cultural and emotional tapestry--conveying rapture with infectious brio, recalling anguish with touching candor--as she details her exotic tableau with history, anecdote and impression."
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Authors on the Air: Nina Garcia; Nancy Grace; 'The Good Soldiers'
Authors on today's Good Morning America included Nina Garcia, whose Nina Garcia's Look Book: What to Wear for Every Occasion (Voice, 978-1401341473, $23.99) pubbed yesterday.
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Authors on the Air: Rosanne Cash; Dave Mustaine; 'The Life of Karen Carpenter'
Today, both Good Morning America and The Leonard Lopate Show listened to Rosanne Cash, firstborn to country music legend Johnny Cash, whose memoir Composed (Viking, 978-0670021963, $26.95) pubs today. From PW's starred review: "This work is a rare treat, as Cash is not only a hereditary celebrity musician, but a terrific writer in her own right. Indeed, her memoir is an intensely reflective, carefully hewn chronicle of her coming-into-her-own as a writer."
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Authors on the Air: Nathaniel Philbrick; 'A Time to Betray'; Sydney Schanberg
Authors on today's Sirius XM Book Radio's Pia Lindström Presents include bestselling Nathaniel Philbrick, whose latest is The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Viking, 978-0670021727, $30; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $39.95). PW's starred review declared it "a lively narrative that brushes away the cobwebs of mythology to reveal the context and realities of Custer's unexpected 1876 defeat at the hands of his Indian enemies under Sitting Bull, and the character of each leader."
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Authors on the Air: 'Twelve'; 'Flipped'; 'The Dream Machine'
Movies opening today include Twelve, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emma Roberts, Chace Crawford, Kiefer Sutherland, Ellen Barkin, 50 Cent, and Zoë Kravitz. It's based on Nick McDonell's novel Twelve (Grove Press mti, 978-0802144676, $14), which PW declared a "shocker of a first novel. And although it brims with New York references, this is really a story about excess and its effects."
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Authors on the Air: 'Do It Gorgeously'; 'The Great Divorce'; 'Moscow Sting'
Today's Good Morning America hosted environmentalist and bestseller Sophie Uliano, whose latest is Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products (Voice, 978-1401341398, $19.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'Nigella Fresh'; 'Higher Education?'; 'Encountering Heaven and the Afterlife'
This morning on Today, Nigella Lawson served up Nigella Fresh: Delicious Flavors on Your Plate All Year Round (Hyperion, 978-1401310424, $19.99).
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Authors on the Air: Tony Dungy; Andrew Morton; Anna McCarthy
This morning, The Today Show hosted coach Tony Dungy, whose The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People & Teams That Win Consistently (Tyndale House, 978-1414338040, $24.99; Tyndale House CD, $34.99) pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Packing for Mars'; 'These Children Who Come at You with Knives'; 'No More Dirty Looks'
Tonight on The Daily Show: science writer Mary Roach, whose Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (W. W. Norton, 978-0393068474, $25.95; Brilliance Audio unabridged CD, $29.99) pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: 'Charlie St. Cloud'; 'The Extra Man'; 'Kaboom'
Movies opening today include Charlie St. Cloud, directed by Burr Steers and starring Zac Efron, Amanda Crew, Ray Liotta, Donal Logue, and Kim Basinger. It's based on the Ben Sherwood novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (Bantam mti, 978-0553584028, $7.99), which PW found "warmhearted but not maudlin, exploring the bonds between the living and the dead and the lengths to which we'll go for love."
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Authors on the Air: 'The Fiddler in the Subway'; 'The Same River Twice'; 'The Little Book of Bulletproof Investing'
Today on The Bob Edwards Show, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gene Weingarten shared stories from his new collection, The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts... And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer (S&S, 978-1439181591, $15.99). PW wrote, "Entertaining and funny, Weingarten's stories depict the poignancy of the human condition."
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