Also on Good Morning America: Dr. Mehmet Oz, author of You on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management (Free Press, $25, 0743292545).
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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 "humor for the holidays":
- David C. Barnette, author of The Official Guide to Christmas in the South, Or, If You Can't Fry It, Spraypaint It Gold (Morrow, $14.95, 0060850531)
- Tom Franklin, author of Smonk (Morrow, $23.95, 006084681X)
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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Today on the View: Kaye Ballard, author of the showbiz memoir How I Lost 10 Pounds in 53 Years (Back Stage Books, $24.95, 0823084787).
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Today on the Martha Stewart Show: Alex Witchel, New York Times reporter
and author of the novel Me Times Three (Touchstone, $13, 0743240855),
shares a recipe for potato pancakes.
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Today on the Megan Mullally Show: Dushan Zaric and Jason Kosmas tell tales as they talk
about You Didn't Hear It from Us: Two Bartenders Serve Women the Truth
about Men, Making an Impression, and Getting What You Want (Atria
Books, $19.95, 0743293436).
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Tonight on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Paula Poundstone,
author of the memoir There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say
(Harmony, $24, 0609603167).