Today, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's On the Road (Penguin, $16.95), Bob Edwards talked with Joyce Johnson, author of Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir (Penguin, $19.95), which chronicles the 1950s and her relationship with Kerouac and other beats. Today, Viking is publishing On the Road: The Original Scroll ($25.95), the original 1951 version of his novel that was later revised and released in 1957. The scroll was typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120 foot scroll.

Today on Oprah, Tamar Geller, will pampered her new book, The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95; unabridged Tantor CD, $24.95).

On The Leonard Lopate Show, Gino Segre discussed Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the Soul of Physics (Viking, $25.95). PW starred its review, saying “Segrè once again applies a human scale to important physics topics in a way that's as informative and accessible as it is appealing. Segrè brings the scientists and their ideas to vivid life.”

NPR’s World Café featured an interview with Alex Halberstadt, author of Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus (Da Capo, $26). Noted PW: “This strangely affecting biography follows a straight chronology, including wonderful excerpts from Pomus's own diaries and a great selection of rarely seen photos.”

This evening on The Colbert Report, Andrew Keen explains The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture (Currency, $22.95).

Tonight, both Larry King Live and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart meet with Arizona senator John McCain, author of Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them (Twelve, $24.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $39.98). From PW’s review: “Meticulously crafted, this collection will appeal to those who respect McCain's reputation as a maverick for whom ‘faith and courage’ ranks among the most important forces in human history.”

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