Movies opening today:
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).
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, based on the video game, directed by Mike Newell, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Ronald Pickup, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, and Gemma Arterton. Book tie-ins from Disney Press include two titles by James Ponti: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Movie Storybook (978-1423117827, $6.99) and ...The Junior Novel (978-1423117803, $5.99); and Michael Singer’s We Make Our Own Destiny: Behind the Scenes of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (978-1423117544, $24.95). There’s also Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Visual Guide (DK Children’s Publishing, 978-0756657635, $16.99) and Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel by Jordan Mechner, et al. (First Second, 978-1596436022, $7.99), about which PW wrote “Video gamers should enjoy this byproduct of a popular franchise.”
This morning’s Today show met with Kathy Kinney, co-author of Queen of Your Own Life (Harlequin, 978-0373892150, $18.95).
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Stephan Salisbury, Pulitzer Prize–winning staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, introduced Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland (Nation Books, 978-1568584287, $26.95). PW’s review had this to say: “Though digressive and anecdotal, the text acquires cumulative power, especially in its vivid portrayals of Imam Ghorab and his wife, Meriem Moumen. Their heartbreaking story gives this frequently diffuse text a human center.”
Finnish-Estonian novelist and playwright Sofi Oksanen, with her international bestseller Purge (Grove/Black Cat, 978-0802170774, $14.95). PW thought “The translation has some rough spots, and the narrative can be heavier on history than humanity.”
Authors on tonight’s Tavis Smiley:
Bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Sebastian Junger declared War (Twelve, 978-0446556248, $26.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $29.98). PW’s starred review considered it a “riveting combat narrative... an unforgettable portrait of men under fire.”
Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, whose new novel is Tell-All (Doubleday, 978-0385526357, $24.95; Blackstone Audio unabridged CD, $32.95), which PW called a “rude sendup of name-dropping and the culture of celebrity worship. Unfortunately, this gossipy fantasia is a one-joke premise that, even at its modest length, wears out its welcome well before Miss Kathie's final fade-out.”
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