Tonight on Charlie Rose: Alice Waters whose most recent book is The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution (Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798/0307336794).
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Tomorrow on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Larry Smith, author of Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure (Harper Perennial, $12, 9780061374050/0061374059).
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Tomorrow on the Diane Rehm Show: Pope Brock, author of Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam (Crown, $24.95, 9780307339881/0307339882).
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Tomorrow on KCRW's Bookworm: Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Knopf, $26, 9781400040810/1400040817). As the show put it: "Oliver Sacks explores the brain's affinity for music by examining the extraordinary ways our brains adapt in response to musical aberrations. Sack's wisdom and deep love of music are palpable in this vibrant conversation."
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Tomorrow on Oprah: Bob Greene, author of The Best Life Diet (S&S, $15, 9781416540694/1416540695). He appears tomorrow on the Rachael Ray Show, too.
Also on Oprah: clutter expert Peter Walsh, author of Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More (Free Press, $25, 9781416560166/1416560165).
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A new TV series based on Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell (Hyperion, $7.99, 9780786893966/0786893966) premieres tomorrow night on NBC.