Media Heat: Thin Japanese Women

Today's Early Show hails former chief Jimmy Carter, whose latest book is Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis (S&S, $25, 0743284577).

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This morning Imus in the Morning talks with Kurt Vonnegut, whose new book is A Man Without a Country (Seven Stories Press, distributed by Consortium, $23.95, 158322713X).

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Today on Ellen: Martha Stewart, whose most recent books are The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a Business (Rodale, $24.95, 1594864705) and Martha Stewart Baking Handbook (Clarkson Potter, $40, 0307236722).

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Move over thin French women: today the Today Show features Naomi Moriyama, author of Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen (Delacorte, $22, 0385339976).

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Today on WAMU's Diane Rehm Show: Blair Underwood, author of Before I Got Here: The Wondrous Things We Hear When We Listen to the Souls of Our Children (Atria, $18.95, 0743271491).

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WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show talks with Tony Judt, author of Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Penguin Press, $39.95, 1594200653).

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Her appearance today on Oprah may not sell many books, but Terry McMillan, author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (NAL, $14, 0451209141), should provide some entertainment as she confronts her gay ex-husband, the model for Stella's younger heartthrob.

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Yesterday on Fresh Air:

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (S&S, $35, 0684824906).
  • Mike Wallace, author of Between You and Me (Hyperion, $26.95, 1401300294).
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