Today, the movie Marmaduke opens, based on Brad Anderson’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).
On The View, former Top Chef contestant and one-time Le Cirque underling Spike Mendelsohn served up The Good Stuff Cookbook: Burgers, Fries, Shakes, Wedges, and More (Wiley, 978-0470527924, $24.95), which PW said “expands upon his eatery's menu to offer up 120 comfort foods with attitudes.”
On Today, Amy Wilson wondered When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be (William Morrow, 978-0061956959, $23.99).
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Christopher Hitchens, whose memoir Hitch-22 (Twelve, 978-0446540339, $26.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $34.98) is just out this week.
Australian research scientist and journalist Vanessa Woods discussed Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo (Gotham, 978-1592405466, $26; Tantor unabridged CD, $29.99). PW wrote “Woods's personable, accessible work about bonobos elucidates the marvelous intelligence and tolerance of this gentle cousin to humans.”
The Bob Edwards Show hosted journalist Gretchen Peters, whose Seeds of Terror: How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime Are Reshaping the Afghan War (Picador, 978-0312429638, $16; Tantor unabridged CD, $29.99) is now out in paperback. PW said “Peters has exhaustively framed one of the thorniest problems facing policy makers in this long war.”
Praise the Lord interviewed convicted serial bank robber Ken Cooper, author of Held Hostage: A Serial Bank Robber's Road to Redemption (Chosen, 978-0800794569, $14.99). PW’s review had this to say: “Cooper steals the show in the road to redemption genre with this gripping narrative about his slide from petty theft to hostage-taking bank heists. This new voice will be a runaway favorite for fans of the redemption narrative.”
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