Authors on the Air: Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood; The 4 Day Diet; The Invention of Air
by Diane Patrick -- Publishers Weekly, 1/7/2009
This morning on The Early Show, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter told Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood: Rebels, Reds, and Graduates and the Wild Stories Behind the Making of 13 Iconic Films (Penguin, 978-0143114710, $16).
Authors on this morning’s Today:
Dr. Ian K. Smith offered up The 4 Day Diet (St. Martin's Press, 978-0312373580, $24.95; Macmillan Audio unabridged CD, $19.95).
Relationship columnist Whitney Casey revealed The Man Plan: Drive Men Wild... Not Away (Perigee, 978-0399534775, $19.95).
Mark Bittman, discussing Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes (S&S, 978-1416575641, $25).
Good Morning America hosted Bob Greene, with The Best Life Diet, Revised and Updated (S&S, 978-1416590231, $15) and The Best Life Diet Cookbook (S&S, 978-1416588337, $25).
On The View: Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo brought their reprint of He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 978-1416909774, $14.99). Tomorrow, SoapNet premieres the original series Greg Behrendt’s Wake-Up Call.
Authors on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet:
Catherine Hickland, author of The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure: Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month from Today (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 978-1416958871, $19.95).
Personal development guru Larry Winget, whose latest is People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It! The 10 Ways You Are Sabotaging Yourself and How You Can Overcome Them (Gotham, 978-1592404377, $25).
On The Bob Edwards Show, Matthew Goodman watched The Sun and The Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York (Basic Books, 978-0465002573, $26; Blackstone Audiobooks unabridged CD, $32.95). From PW’s review: “Goodman offers a richly detailed and engrossing glimpse of the birth of tabloid journalism in an antebellum New York divided by class, ethnicity and such polarizing issues as slavery, religion and intellectual freedom.”
Authors on The Leonard Lopate Show:
Journalist Robert Firstman and private investigator Jay Salpeter, authors of A Criminal Injustice: A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff (Ballantine Books, 978-0345491213, $28) which pubbed last week.
Steven Johnson recalled The Invention of Air (Riverhead, 978-1594488528, $25.95; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $29.95), which also pubbed last week. In a PW Signature Review, Simon Winchester wrote “As a reminder of the underlying sanity and common sense of this country—a reminder perhaps much needed after the excesses of a displeasing presidential election campaign—The Invention of Air succeeds like a shot of the purest oxygen.”
Azar Nafisi, author of Things I've Been Silent About: Memories (Random House, 978-1400063611, $27; RH Audio abridged CD, $29.95). From PW’s review: “The calm candor with which she narrates her experiences, from childhood sexual abuse to a frightening confrontation when her second husband argues with a religious zealot over her unscarved hair, provides a solid emotional anchor—and the intimate drama at her memoir's core, the conflicting frustration with a parent and the desire for connection, is one that will resonate with readers everywhere.”
David Cay Johnston lined up for Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and StickYou with the Bill) (Portfolio, 978-1591842484, $16; Penguin Audio abridged CD, $29.95). PW noted “Through a variety of anecdotal but quite expansive evidence and legitimate research, Johnston reveals that the true dividing line in Washington is between the corporatists and ‘peopleists,’ that is representatives who bend over backwards for businesses and those who want to protect citizens.”
On QVC, Joan Rivers will be selling Men Are Stupid… And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery (Pocket, 978-1416599227, $25; S&S Audio abridged CD, $29.99) and the forthcoming Murder at the Academy Awards: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery (Pocket, 978-1416599371, $24).
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Authors on the Air is compiled by Diane Patrick. To be included in this compilation, email author appearance information to DPatrickPW@aol.com (at least TWO days in advance, please).
