Today on KCRW's Bookworm: Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep (Knopf,
$23.95, 1400043921). As the show describes the segment: "Jennifer Egan
researched classic Gothic fiction to develop a style that would deepen
the terrors at the core of her new novel. The creaking conventions of
the haunted-house story are overturned by the author's interest in
unsolved mysteries."
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Today on the Oprah Winfrey Show: a rebroadcast of the show featuring
Marshall Brain, founder of howstuffworks.com and author
of Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works (Wiley, $24.99, 0764565184) and
Marshall Brain's MORE How Stuff Works (Wiley, $24.99, 076456711X).
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Today on the Megan Mullally Show: Lara Shriftman and Elizabeth
Harrison, the authors of Party Confidential (Bulfinch, $29.99,
0821257803), dish about celebrity parties they've thrown and offer tips
for holiday soirees.
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Tonight on a repeat of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Ed Viesturs tackles the subject of his book, co-written with David Roberts, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks (Broadway Books, $23.95, 0767924703).
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Tonight the Colbert Report offers a repeat of the show featuring Dr. Francis S. Collins, author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (Free Press, $26, 0743286391).
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Tonight on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Max Brooks, son of
Mel and author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Crown, $24.95, 0307346609) and
The Zombie Survival Guide (Three Rivers Press, $13.95, 1400049628).