Media Heat: Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography

This morning on the Today Show: Rachel Vassel, author of Daughters of Men: Portraits of African-American Women and Their Fathers (Amisted, $27.95, 9780061350351/0061350354).

Also on Today: Alek Wek, author of Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel (Amistad, $24.95, 9780061243318/0061243310).

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This morning on Good Morning America: Steve Martin, author of Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Scribner, $25, 9781416553649/1416553649).

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This morning's Book Report, the weekly AM radio book-related show organized by Windows a bookshop, Monroe, La., features two interviews that have aired earlier:

  • Erik Larson, author of Thunderstruck (Three Rivers Press, $14.95, 9781400080670/1400080673)
  • Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Penguin, $16, 9780143111979/0143111973)

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 Fox TV's Morning Show with Mike & Juliet: Danine Manette, author of Ultimate Betrayal: Recognizing, Uncovering and Dealing With Infidelity (Square One, $12.95, 9780757002816/0757002811).

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Today on the Diane Rehm Show: Paula Deen, author of Christmas with Paula Deen: Recipes and Stories from My Favorite Holiday (S&S, $23, 9780743292863/0743292863).

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Today on Talk of the Nation: Francis Wheen, author of Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography (Atlantic Monthly, $19.95, 9780871139702/0871139707), part of the Books That Changed the World series.

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Today on the Martha Stewart Show: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, author of Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most (Knopf, $35, 9781400040360/1400040361).

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Today on Oprah: Bob Greene, author of The Best Life Diet (S&S, $15, 9781416540694/1416540695).
 

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