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.
Authors on this morning’s Today show:
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) pubbed yesterday. They also appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Nutritionist Cheryl Forberg, with The Biggest Loser: 6 Weeks to a Healthier You: Lose Weight and Get Healthy For Life! (Rodale, 978-1605295145, $21.99).
The Bob Edwards Show talked with UCLA medical prof and ER doc Ross Donaldson about The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases (St. Martin's Press, 978-0312377007, $24.95). PW’s starred review declared “Despite a slow start, this astounding story of the seemingly insurmountable barriers to public health in a Third World country revs up into an irresistible tale of discovery, courage and kindness.”
Tonight, The Late Show with David Letterman meets with British comedian Russell Brand, whose My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up (It! Books, 978-0061857805, $14.99) came out in paperback yesterday.
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