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Authors on the Air: Daniel Silva; Bryan Batt; Vendela Vida
Authors on this morning's Today show included bestseller Daniel Silva, whose The Rembrandt Affair (Putnam, 978-0399156588, $26.95; Brilliance Audio abridged CD, $26.99) pubs today.
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Authors on the Air: Ken Follett; 'Sh*t My Dad Says'; 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran'
Today's Good Morning America featured Ken Follett, whose The Pillars of the Earth (Signet tvti, 978-0451232816, $9.99; Penguin Audio unabridged CD, $59.95) is the basis of a series premiering on the Starz TV network this Friday, and whose World Without End (Signet, 978-0451228376, $9.99) comes out in paperback next week.
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Authors on the Air: 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet'; 'Just Food'; 'Come to Win'
Authors on today's Leonard Lopate Show include David Mitchell, who talked about his latest novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Random House, 978-1400065455, $26). In a starred review, PW declared it a "majestic historical romance set in turn-of-the-19th-century Japan. It's certainly no Cloud Atlas, but it is a dense and satisfying historical with literary brawn and stylistic panache."
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Authors on the Air: Frank Deford; Pete Carroll; Stolen Art, Unwrapped
Authors on this morning's Today show include Frank Deford, whose new book is Bliss, Remembered (Overlook, 978-1590203590, $25.95). PW's starred review declared, "Told as a memoir, Deford's newest is entertaining and thought provoking. This is a poignant story, utterly charming and enjoyable."
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Authors on the Air: 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'; 'Fiesta at Rick's'; Eileen Davidson
Today the movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice opens, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Jay Baruchel, Teresa Palmer, and Omar Benson Miller. Book tie-ins include James Ponti's The Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Junior Novel (Disney Press, 978-1423126904, $5.99) and Michael Singer's The Answer Is Yes: The Art and Making of The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney Editions, 978-1423129035, $35).
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Velveteen Films Adds Book-Film Department
Independent production company Velveteen Films, with offices in Newburyport, Mass., and New York City, announced the launch of a book- film department to be overseen by former editor and ghostwriter Brin Stevens, who will be based in Massachusetts.
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Authors on the Air: Jorge Ramos; Jonathan Weiner; Sean Payton
Today, The Bob Edwards Show interviewed Emmy Award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and author Jorge Ramos, whose latest is A Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto (Vintage, 978-0307475541, $14).
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Authors on the Air: 'Rizzoli & Isles'; Karen Kingsbury; Ayelet Waldman
This evening, TNT premieres the series Rizzoli & Isles, based on Tess Gerritsen's popular mystery series, the latest of which is Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel (Ballantine Books, 978-0345515483, $26; Brilliance Audio abridged CD, $24.99), which pubbed last month.
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Authors on the Air: 'The Girl Who Played with Fire'; 'Despicable Me'; Leigh Anne & Sean Tuohy
Movies opening today include Despicable Me, directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and starring the voices of Julie Andrews, Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove. Book tie-ins include Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316083805, $5.99; Hachette Audio unabridged CD, $12.98); and three from LB Kids: Despicable Me: The World's Greatest Villain by Kirsten Mayer (978-0316083775, $3.99); ... My Dad the Super Villain by Lucy Rosen (978-0316083829, $3.99) and ... Sleepy Kittens by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (978-0316083812, $7.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'Little White Whys'; 'Hamlet's BlackBerry'; 'Perfect Reader'
This morning, the Today show hosted psychiatrist Dr. Ish Major, author of Little White Whys: A Woman's Guide Through the Lies Men Tell and Why (iUniverse, 978-0595518180, $24.95).
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Authors on the Air: Venus Williams; Bill Clegg; Judy Collins
On today's Good Morning America is tennis champ Venus Williams, co-author of Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession (Amistad, 978-0061718250, $25.99), which pubbed last week.
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Authors on the Air: Drew Brees; Kendra Wilkinson; Nathan Ward
Today, Good Morning America hosted Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees, whose Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity (Tyndale House, 978-1414339436, $26.99; Tyndale House CD, $29.99) pubs today.
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Hot Topic: Indies to Watch
Small books, and small movies, are anathema to summer. This season is about beach reads and blockbusters. But for every tepidly reviewed popcorn flick that adds to a bestseller's sales, there's a glowingly reviewed indie that could turn the tide for an overlooked gem.
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Authors on the Air: Blair Underwood; Pat Benatar; John Banville
This morning, Live with Regis and Kelly hosted Blair Underwood, whose latest in the Tennyson Hardwick mystery series (co-authored with Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes) is From Cape Town with Love (Atria, 978-1439159125, $25).
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Authors on the Air: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'; Sean Payton; Tony Hsieh
Today, the movie The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens, directed by David Slade, starring Xavier Samuel, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, and Justin Chon, and based on Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers mti, 978-0316087360, $12.99; Listening Library unabridged CD, $57). Another tie-in, by Mark Cotta Vaz, is The Twilight Saga Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316087377, $18.99), which pubbed yesterday.
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Authors on the Air: 'Hero Found'; 'BBQ 25'; 'Whistling Vivaldi'
Today, The Diane Rehm Show interviewed Bruce Henderson, whose Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War (Harper, 978-0061571367, $27.99; Tantor unabridged,CD, $34.99) pubs today. PW declared "This often riveting account sheds new light on an oft-told true story."
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Authors on the Air: 'Huge'; 'Eating with the Enemy'; 'Colorblind'
This evening, the ABC Family channel premieres the series Huge, based on the novel by Sasha Paley (S&S Children's Publishing, 978-1442417182, $8.99).
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Authors on the Air: 'The Most Dangerous Place'; 'Holy Hullabaloos'; 'The War on Moms'
Today on The Bob Edwards Show, Pakistani journalist Imtiaz Gul described The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier (Viking, 978-0670022250, $26.95; Tantor unabridged CD, $34.99). PW wrote, "Gul's disorganized but readable account doesn't alter the conventional picture of the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, but he offers a useful scorecard for the struggle to bring order to the region--and shows how difficult and perhaps even unrealizable it is."
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Authors on the Air: 'The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith'; Reinvention 101; 'Texas Tough'
This morning, The View hosted judge Larry Seidlin, whose The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith (Transit Publishing, 978-1926745336, $25) is just out this week.
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Authors on the Air: 'The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith'; 'Reinvention 101'; 'Texas Tough'
This morning, The View hosted judge Larry Seidlin, whose The Killing of Anna Nicole Smith (Transit Publishing, 978-1926745336, $25) is just out this week.
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