Authors on the Air: Staying Alive
by Staff, PW Daily for Booksellers -- Publishers Weekly, 1/12/2004
No, Graham Greene has not come back to life. Yesterday the Today Show featured The Heart of the Matter, but this version, with the subtitle The Three Key Breakthroughs to Preventing Heart Attacks, was written by Peter Salgo, M.D., with Joe Layden (Morrow, $24.95).
On the lineup tomorrow at Weekend Edition: Not Till the Fat Lady Sings: The Most Dramatic Sports Finishes of All Time by Les Krantz, narrated by Jim McKay (Triumph book and DVD, $29.95). PW's commentary: "This compendium of the 50 most dramatic endings to sports events divides the great plays into first, second and third place rankings, along with honorable mentions . . .The supplementary DVD, narrated by Jim McKay, adds a dramatic edge to the package, with commentators relating moments with wild excitement and fans roaring."
Tuesday on the Today Show, former New York City sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein makes the case for her new book, The Kills: A Novel (Scribner, $25; Audioworks abridged cassette, $26, abridged CD, $30), which features NYC sex crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper. PW's brief: "Fairstein's style and skills have matured over the years, making this a consistently dependable series with a likable and intelligent heroine."
For a complete listing of television and radio shows and their guests--including regional NPR shows such as the Diane Rehm Show and the Connection--see Motor Online.
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