Authors on today’s Sirius XM Book Radio's Pia Lindström Presents:
Bestselling Nathaniel Philbrick, whose latest is The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Viking, 978-0670021727, $30; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $39.95). PW’s starred review declared it “a lively narrative that brushes away the cobwebs of mythology to reveal the context and realities of Custer's unexpected 1876 defeat at the hands of his Indian enemies under Sitting Bull, and the character of each leader.”
George Prochnik, with In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise (Doubleday, 978-0385528887, $26). PW wrote “Silence is good for falling asleep, but Prochnik's attentive take on noise keeps us wide awake.”
Authors on today’s Leonard Lopate Show:
The pseudonymous Reza Kahlili, author of A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran (Threshold Editions, 978-1439189030, $26; Tantor unabridged CD, $34.99).
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg, with his anthology Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings (Potomac Books, 978-1597975056, $27.50).
This evening, Hannity talks with Michelle Malkin, whose Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (Regnery, 978-1596986206, $16.95; Tantor unabridged CD, $34.99) is out today in an updated and expanded paperback edition.
Tonight, Tavis Smiley interviews science journalist Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Crown, 978-1400052172, $26; RH Audio unabridged CD, $35), which PW’s starred review called a “remarkable debut.”
Last night, ABC’s Nightline featured journalist Graham Bowley, author of No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Harper, 978-0061834783, $25.99).
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Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in this compilation, email author appearance information to dpatrick@publishersweekly.com (at least TWO days in advance, please).
