Media Heat: Cooking, Politics, History, What to Wear?

The Book Report, the weekly AM radio book-related show organized by Windows a bookshop, Monroe, La., will feature two author interviews on today's show, which has the theme "fading communities":
  • William J. Cobb, author of Goodnight, Texas (Unbridled Books, $24.95, 1932961267)
  • Stacy Mitchell, author of Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses (Beacon Press, $24.95, 0807035009)

The show airs at 8 a.m. Central Time and can be heard live at thebookreport.net; the archived edition will be posted this afternoon.

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This morning on MSNBC, Michele Wucker, author of Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting It Right (PublicAffairs, $25.95, 1586483560), debates Pat Buchanan on immigration.

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Today on the Martha Stewart Show: chef Rick Bayless, whose most recent cookbook is Rick and Lanie's Excellent Kitchen Adventures: Chef Dad--Teenage Daughter--Recipes and Stories (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $29.95, 0810982587).

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Today on NPR's Fresh Air: newly re-elected Rep. Rahm Emanuel, co-author of The Plan: Big Ideas for America (PublicAffairs, $19.95, 1586484125).

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Today on the View: New York Times columnist Frank Rich, author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina (Penguin Press, $25.95, 159420098X).

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Today on the Oprah Winfrey Show: a re-broadcast featuring fashion guru Stacy London, host of TLC's What Not to Wear and author of Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That's Right for Your Body (Three Rivers Press, $18.95, 0307236714).

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Today on WAMU's Diane Rehm Show: Adriana Trigiani, author of Home to Big Stone Gap (Random House, $25.95, 1400060087).

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Tonight on the Colbert Report: Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (S&S, $19.95, 0743270754).

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