Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Gary Shteyngart shared his Super Sad True Love Story (Random House, 978-1400066407, $26), which pubs tomorrow. In a starred review, PW declared “A rich commentary on the obsessions and catastrophes of the information age and a heartbreaker worthy of its title, this is Shteyngart's best yet.”
Original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler revealed My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses (It Books, 978-0061917110, $25.99), which also pubs tomorrow.
New York Times seafood writer Paul Greenberg served up Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Penguin, 978-1594202568, $25.95; Brilliance Audio unabridged CD, $29.99), which PW considered an “unusually entertaining and nuanced investigation into global fisheries.”
Scholar Michael Otterman, co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto Press, 978-0745328973, $20).
Fox & Friends interviewed Mosab Yousef, oldest son of a founding member of Hamas and author of Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices (SaltRiver, 978-1414333076, $26.99; Tyndale Audio unabridged CD, $29.99).
This evening on The Colbert Report, British journalist Hephzibah Anderson is Chastened: The Unexpected Story of My Year without Sex (Viking, 978-0670021864, $25.95; Tantor unabridged CD, $34.99), which PW called a “fluffy dating chronicle.”
Sirius XM Book Radio's Pia Lindström Presents visits with award winning documentary filmmaker Richard Schickel, whose book/DVD combo is Clint: A Retrospective (Sterling, 978-1402774720, $35).
On The Wendy Williams Show, chef Cat Cora discusses Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist: Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547126036, $30). PW found it “an impressive collection of popular favorites, tweaked and stylized for the modern, health-conscious cook. Her book will appeal to the home cook who wants to break from the monotony of the weeknight meal.”
Yesterday, Studio 360 With Kurt Andersen talked with James Hannaham, whose God Says No (Grove Press, 978-0802144966, $14) is recently out in paperback.
Authors on Saturday’s Early Show:
Oscar-winning actress Julie Andrews discussed her new children's book, The Very Fairy Princess (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316040501, $16.99), which she wrote with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton.
Chefs Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, co-authors of The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual (Artisan, 978-1579654153, $24.95).
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