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Authors on the Air: Anthony Bourdain; John Waters; Charles Bowden
Authors on this morning's Today show include Anthony Bourdain, whose Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Ecco, 978-0061718946, $26.99) pubs tomorrow.
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Authors on the Air: 'Marmaduke'; Spike Mendelsohn; Christopher Hitchens
Today, the movie Marmaduke opens, based on Brad Anderso's Marmaduke comic strip, directed by Tom Dey and starring the voices of Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, Ron Perlman, William H. Macy, George Lopez, Stacy Ferguson, Damon Wayans Jr., and Jeremy Piven. Tie-ins include Marmaduke: The Junior Novel by J. E. Bright (HarperFestival, 978-0061995064, $5.99) and Kirsten Mayer's Marmaduke: Meet Marmaduke (I Can Read Book 1) (HarperCollins, 978-0061995057, $3.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'Dear Money'; Plenitude; Gary Player
Martha McPhee counted Dear Money (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0151011650, $25; Blackstone Audio unabridged CD, $29.95), which goes on sale today. PW found it "a middling tweak of a familiar story, though a fitting one for these times of shattered money dreams."
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Authors on the Air: Dick and Liz, Unwrapped; Henry Luce, Too; Bill Gates, Sr.
Today, Good Morning America hosted journalist Sam Kashner and biographer Nancy Schoenberger, whose Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century (Harper, 978-0061562846, $27.99) pubs on June 15. PW called it a "raucous, intimate, dual biography of Hollywood's ultimate It Couple."
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Authors on the Air: Belinda Carlisle; Chuck Barris; 'AIA Guide to New York City'
Today, Good Morning America hosted singer Belinda Carlisle, whose Lips Unsealed: A Memoir (Crown, 978-0307463494, $26; RH Audio abridged CD, $30) pubs today. PW thought "Carlisle writes candidly, and her chronic fear of being exposed as a fake is heartfelt and winning." Tomorrow, she visits The View.
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Authors on the Air: 'Sex and the City 2'; 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'; 'Mohamed's Ghosts'
Movies opening today include Sex and the City 2, directed by Michael Patrick King, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth, and Cynthia Nixon, and based on Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446617680, $7.99). The book tie-in, by the movie's co-producer Eric Cyphers, is Sex and the City 2: The Stories. The Fashion. The Adventure (Running Press, 978-0762440603, $29.95).
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Authors on the Air: Howard Shapiro; 'Bottled and Sold'; 'Crash Course in Love'
Today, Good Morning America consulted weight-loss doctor Howard Shapiro, co-author of Eat & Beat Diabetes with Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program to Prevent and Control Diabetes (Harlequin, 978-0373892181, $19.95). And the Diane Rehm Show interviewed Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, whose book is Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Island Press, 978-1597265287, $26.95).
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Authors on the Air: 'Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer'; 'Why We Hate the Oil Companies'; 'Merchants of Doubt'
This morning, the Today show hosted John Grisham, whose Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Dutton Children's Books, 978-0525423843, $16.99; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $19.95) pubbed yesterday.
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Authors on the Air: 'The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey'; 'My Fair Lazy'; 'Slow Love'
Authors on this morning's Today show include Danielle Staub, whose The Naked Truth: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewife of New Jersey--In Her Own Words (Gallery, 978-1439182895, $25) pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: Lou Gossett, Jr.; Noah D. Oppenheim; Kai Bird
Today, Good Morning America hosted actor Lou Gossett, Jr., whose memoir is An Actor and a Gentleman (Wiley, 978-0470574713, $26.95). He returns to the show tomorrow. On Today: Noah D. Oppenheim, co-author of The Intellectual Devotional Biographies: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities (Rodale, 978-1605299501, $24), which is the fifth installment in the bestselling The Intellectual Devotional series.
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Authors on the Air: 'Shrek Forever After'; 'The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain'; 'The Black Swan'
Today, the movie Shrek Forever After opens, directed by Mike Mitchell, with voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas. It's based on William Steig's Shrek! (20th Anniv. Ed., FS&G Books for Young Readers, 978-0374368791, $16.99; Live Oak Media unabridged CD, $39.95), which PW's review deemed an "engrossing and satisfying tale." Movie tie-ins from Price Stern Sloan include Cathy Hapka's Shrek Forever After: The Movie Storybook, illus. by Larry Navarro (978-0843199482, $9.99) and Lauren Alexander's Shrek Forever After: The Novel (978-0843199475, $4.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'How to Be a Grown Up'; Daisy Fuentes; Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Authors on this morning's Today show included psychotherapist and relationship expert Stacy Kaiser, who explained How to Be a Grown Up: The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know (HarperOne, 978-0061941184, $25.99), which pubbed this week; and TV personality Daisy Fuentes, whose new book is Unforgettable You: Master the Elements of Style, Spirituality, and True Beauty (Atria, 978-1416563013, $24).
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Authors on the Air: 'President Obama, Year One'; Cheryl Forberg; 'The Lassa Ward'
Today's Brian Lehrer Show featured Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One (S&S, 978-1439101193, $28), which pubbed yesterday.
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Star Trek Partners with S&S, Pocket, Abrams, and Haynes
Star Trek has some new publishing partners for a number of new Star Trek-themed novels and other works. The franchise, which is owned by CBS Consumer Products, has inked deals with CBS-owned Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books, as well as Abrams, and Haynes Publishing. It has already released one title and plans to roll out several more in the next year. The new titles include a YA series of paperbacks focusing on Starfleet Academy and a novel based on the Star Trek Online game that launched earlier this year.
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Authors on the Air: 'Teaching the Pig to Dance'; 'The Profiler'; 'The Rational Optimist'
Today on Good Morning America, Fred Thompson discussed Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances (Crown Forum, 978-0307460288, $25), which pubs today. Tomorrow, he visits The Brian Lehrer Show.
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Authors on the Air: The Ling Sisters; Thomas Chatterton Williams; Chuck Palahniuk
Today, Oprah hosts journalists Laura Ling and her sister Lisa Ling, whose Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home (William Morrow, 978-0062000675, $26.99) pubs tomorrow.
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Authors on the Air: 'Robin Hood'; 'Letters to Juliet'; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Movies opening today include Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, and Max von Sydow, and based on the Robin Hood legend. The tie-in novelization by David B. Coe is Robin Hood (Tor, 978-0765366276, $7.99; Blackstone unabridged CD, $19.95).
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Authors on the Air: 'Modern Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations;' 'Heart of the Matter;' 'The End of the Free Market'
This evening, The Daily Show meets with Ian Bremmer, author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (Portfolio, 978-1591843016, $26.95), which pubs today and which PW said "concludes on a hopeful note, laying out a powerful case for the superiority of regulated free markets above state capitalism and a clear prescription for how the U.S. can defend its competitive advantage in the future."
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RH Films Taps Forthcoming Vaillant Book
Random House Films, the co-financing unit established by Random House and indie studio Focus Features to adapt the publisher's books into films, has announced the latest potential project in its partnership, an adaptation of John Vaillant's forthcoming The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. The nonfiction book, which is being released by Knopf in late August, is set on the Siberian plane amid the destruction of the local tigers' natural habitat and concerns a tiger that begins hunting a group of townspeople and the game warden called upon to stop the animal.
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Authors on the Air: Jack Rakove; Sarah Moulton; Donald Miller
This evening, The Daily Show hosts Pulitzer winner Jack Rakove, whose Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0618267460, $30) pubs today. PW's starred review called it "a sparkling, authoritative work. Everyone interested in the founding of the U.S. will want to read this book."
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