Today’s Good Morning America featured Ken Follett, whose The Pillars of the Earth (Signet tvti, 978-0451232816, $9.99; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $59.95) is the basis of a series premiering on the Starz TV network this Friday, and whose World Without End (Signet, 978-0451228376, $9.99) comes out in paperback next week.
On The Early Show, Justin Halpern repeated Sh*t My Dad Says (It Books, 978-0061992704, $15.99).
The Diane Rehm Show interviewed Ken Doctor, author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get (St. Martin's Press, 978-0312598938, $25.99). From PW’s review: “Far from expressing bitterness about the barrage of blogs and Web sites that have brought old media giants like his former employer to their knees, Doctor is an enthusiastic, even giddy champion of how advances in digital technology are reshaping news media.”
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Music journalist Rob Sheffield recalled Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut (Dutton, 978-0525951568, $25.95), which pubbed last week. PW called it a “tuneful coming-of-age memoir. The result is a funny, poignant browse from a wonderful pop-culture evocateur.”
Historian William Jelani Cobb looked at The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress (Walker & Co., 978-0802717399, $23). PW thought “While more hope than substance, Cobb's book is still an eloquent meditation on the meaning of the Obama presidency, all 18 months of it.”
Daniel Asa Rose described Larry's Kidney: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life (Harper, 978-0061708718, $14.99).
This evening on Sirius XM Book Radio's Pia Lindström Presents, Linda Greenlaw talks about Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea (Viking, 978-0670021925, $25.95). PW’s review had this to say: “From mishaps to fish tales, Greenlaw keeps her narrative suspenseful. Between bad luck and self-doubt, she moves from experience to wisdom, guiding both crew and readers on a voyage of self-affirmation.”
Yesterday on Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, Alan Furst discussed Spies of the Balkans (Random House, 978-1400066032, $26; S&S Audio unabridged CD, $39.99), which PW called a “powerful WWII thriller. Furst fans will welcome seeing more books set in less familiar parts of Europe.”
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