Today, Good Morning America, The Brian Lehrer Show, and The Daily Show all host bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributing editor Sebastian Junger, whose War (Twelve, 978-0446556248, $26.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $29.98) pubs today. PW’s starred review considered it a “riveting combat narrative... an unforgettable portrait of men under fire.”

Also on The Brian Lehrer Show: Susan Yager discussed The Hundred Year Diet: America's Voracious Appetite for Losing Weight (Rodale, 978-1605290119, $24.99), also pubbing today.

Authors on this morning’s Today show:

LL Cool J, whose new book is LL Cool J's Platinum 360 Diet and Lifestyle: A Full-Circle Guide to Developing Your Mind, Body, and Soul (Rodale, 978-1605295411, $29.99).

Dara Torres, whose Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program (Broadway, 978-0767931946, $25.99) pubbed last week.

Authors on The Leonard Lopate Show:

Tara Parker-Pope, author of For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage (Dutton, 978-0525951384, $25.95; HighBridge unabridged CD, $29.95). PW wrote “Although the scientific research adds depth, much of the relationship advice is familiar and commonsensical, but married couples will still benefit from this refresher course.”

Alice Albinia, author of Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River (W. W. Norton, 978-0393338607, $16.95.

Authors on The Bob Edwards Show:

Environmentalist Bill McKibben with Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Times Books, 978-0805090567, $24; Macmillan Audio unabridged CD, $34.99). PW wrote “The world as we know it has ended forever: that's the melancholy message of this nonetheless cautiously optimistic assessment of the planet's future by McKibben, whose The End of Nature first warned of global warming's inevitable impact 20 years ago.”

Dmitry Orlov discussed Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects (New Society Publishers, 978-0865716063, $17.95).

This evening, The Colbert Report hosts Hampton Sides, author of Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin (Doubleday, 978-0385523929, $28.95; RH Audio unabridged CD, $45). PW’s starred review called it an “engrossing study of the King assassination. The result is a tragedy more compelling than the grandest conspiracy theory: the most significant of lives cut short by the hollowest of men.”

Tonight, both the Late Show with David Letterman and The Mo'Nique Show interview actress Queen Latifah, author of Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom (Grand Central Publishing, 978-0446555890, $20; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $22.98).

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