Media Heat: Oval Office Scribbles

Today on the Early Show: Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes, and Pleasure (Knopf, $24.95, 0307265234).

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Today on Live with Regis and Kelly: Anderson Cooper, host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and author of Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival (HarperCollins, $24.94, 0061132381).

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Today on NPR's On Point: Robert Greenfield, author of Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones (Da Capo, $24, 0306814331).

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Today for a 20/20 look at privilege in the U.S., the show features:

  • Madeline Levine, author of The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060595841)
  • Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull, $13.95, 1932360689)

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Tonight on Larry King Live: 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney, author of Out of My Mind (PublicAffairs, $26, 1586484168).

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This weekend CBS Sunday Morning will feature Presidential Doodles: Two Centuries of Scribbles, Scratches, Squiggles & Scrawls from the Oval Office (Basic Books, $24.95, 0465032664) from the creators of Cabinet Magazine.

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The Spoken Word, which will be aired on many public radio stations on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. (as well as some other times next week), features interviews with:

  • Jane Hamilton, author of A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth
  • Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers, who talks about his new book Blood and Thunder (Doubleday, $26.95, 0385507771)
  • Michael Perry, author of Truck, A Romance (HarperCollins, $24.95, 0060571179)
Also on the show: Tom Bell, who discusses this week's Book Sense picks; Robin Fischer, who talks about handselling; and Carla Jimenez, co-owner of Inkwood Books, Tampa, Fla., who recommends three titles.

For a listing of the radio stations playing the Spoken Word, click here.

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