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On the August 31st episode of Today, New York Yankee Jorge Posada and his wife Laura appeared to talk about their son’s health problems and the book they’ve written detailing how their family rallied to deal with their struggles.
 Buy The Beauty of Love: A Memoir of Miracles, Hope, and Healing by Jorge Posada from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On the August 29th episode of Meet the Press, the show was devoted to the five year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Part of the show was devoted to a panel to discuss the reaction to it, which included author and history professor Douglas Brinkley. In 2006, he published one of the early books examining Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans as a historical event – covering the period of August 27 until September 3, 2005 in exacting detail at book length.
 Buy The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Here is the round up all of the people who appeared on C-SPAN Book TV programming over the weekend of August 28th through August 30th 2010 who also have recent ebook editions of their books. This weekend includes programming from : Organization of American Historians 2010, 2010 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest, 2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting, 2010 Pen World Voices Festival, FreedomFest 2010, and the 2010 Harlem Book Fair.
 Buy Silent Cal’s Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont’s Calvin Coolidge by David Pietrusza from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Wolf by James L. Haley Coffin from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
 Buy Killer Politics: How Big Money and Bad Politics Are Destroying the Great American Middle Class by Ed Schultz from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
 Buy Political Correctness and Higher Education: British and American Perspectives by Jonathan Zimmerman from Amazon for the Kindle.
 Buy Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff from Amazon for the Kindle.
 Buy The End of War: How waging peace can save humanity, our planet and our future by Paul K. Chappell from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Peter Jennings by Lynn Sherr from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance by Alexander Zaitchik from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
 Buy Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto by Dick Armey from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy More Money Than God : Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite by Sebastian Mallaby from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Morning Miracle: Inside the Washington Post A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life by Dave Kindred from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
 Buy Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by Roger Thurow from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
 Buy The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
 Buy The Department of Mad Scientists by Michael Belfiore from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
 Buy Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Volume IV by Orson Scott Card from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
 Buy Life After Death: The Evidence by Dinesh D’Souza from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
 Buy The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics by Steven E. Landsburg from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy by Steve Forbes from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
 Buy Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the End of the Atomic Monopoly by Michael D. Gordin from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks by Kyle Ward from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
 Buy Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam by Akbar Ahmed from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.  Leave a comment  C-SPAN Shows  akbar ahmed, alexander zaitchik, american library association, book tv, chicago tribune printers row lit fest, clay shirky, cspan, dave kindred, david pietrusza, dick armey, dinesh d'souza, ed schultz, freedomfest, harlem book fair, james haley, jonathan zimmerman, kyle ward, lauren sklaroff, lynn sherr, michael belfiore, michael gordin, nathaniel philbrick, organization of american historians, orson scott card, paul chappell, pen world voices festival, roger thurow, scott kilman, sebastian mallaby, steve forbes, steven landsburg On the August 27 episode of Need to Know, public health reporter for the New York Times Gardiner Harris appeared on their “Newsmaker Interview” segment discussing the egg recall. Harris’ newest book is his first novel, a story of coal miners faced with a disaster.
 Buy Hazard by Gardiner Harris from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. On the August 27th episode of Today they spoke to former First Lady Laura Bush as part of the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting Louisiana and Mississippi. Her most recent book is her memoir, covering her whole life from her early life through her time in the White House.
 Buy Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Here at EBFTV, we continue to look for new programs to cover with these blog posts. This week I turned up a new one, the PBS program Need to Know. As of this week, it has been added to our regular routine to look for author appearances and future episodes will be covered. On the August 20th episode, one segment featured teacher and novelist Gary Shteyngart. His writing has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate and many other publications. His newest novel is a satirical look at a dystopic near-future and a sharp commentary on life in the information age.
 Buy Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store.
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. On the August 26th episode of Today, they spoke with professional tennis player, business mogul and author Venus Williams. Her new book is an examination of how the aspects that lead to success in sports, such as drive and determination and discipline, lead to success in all areas of life.
 Buy Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession by Venus Williams from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The August 26th episode of Today was guest co-hosted by country music superstar Trisha Yearwood. Recently she published a cookbook of southern recipes prepared by her family as she was growing up.
 Buy Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store. On the August 25 episode of The Colbert Report, a guest was climatologist Heidi Cullen. Her new book is an examination of possible scenarios of changes in landscape in a warming world.
 Buy The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet by Heidi Cullen from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
On August 23rd, physicist and science popularizer Dr. Michio Kaku appeared on the The Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life and visits by them. His newest book is both a biography of Albert Einstein as well as an examination of his works and theories and how they affect scientific thinking to this day.
 Buy Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time by Michio Kaku from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On the August 25 episode of Live With Regis and Kelly, they talked with actor Michael J. Fox. His newest book is an examination of the path he took from young Canadian actor in Hollywood through his success. It is written from the perspective of encouraging young people to take charge of their destinies and go for it.
 Buy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned by Michael J. Fox from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the August 24 episode of Tavis Smiley, one of the guests was journalist David Finkel. He is a staff writer for The Washington Post and in 2006 won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting he did in Yemen. His new book is an account of the Iraq surge, reported while he was embedded with the 2-16 Rangers battalion.
 Buy The Good Soldiers by David Finkel from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook, or from the Kobo store. Here’s one that I missed from last week because it was in the first segment, not the main interview. On the August 16th episode of The Colbert Report in a segment on the large number of intelligence agencies and over 800,000 people with Top Secret clearance, Stephen talked with security expert and author Richard Clarke. Clarke is currently Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, and has been a long time public servant in the State Department across many presidential administrations. His newest book examines the current USA state of preparation for cyber attacks.
 Buy Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It by Richard A. Clarke from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
On the August 24 episode of Live With Regis and Kelly, tennis great Andre Agassi was one of the guests. Late last year he published his controversial autobiography about the days when he was the top tennis player in the world.
 Buy Open by Andre Agassi from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more or from the Kobo store. On the August 24th episode of Today, they spoke with former reporter and current mystery author Deborah Sharp. Her new book is the third in her Mace Bauer series of comedic mystery novels.
 Buy Mama Gets Hitched by Deborah Sharp from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On the August 23rd episode of Countdown, Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell appeared to talk about the protests in Lower Manhattan over the weekend by supporters and opponents of the Lower Manhattan Community Center.
 Buy Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought by Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from Powells for Nook, Sony Reader and more.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On the August 23th episode of Charlie Rose they replayed past interviews with recently deceased British historian and author Tony Judt. His most recent book, the last published before his death, is an examination of the current state of world politics and the way the social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America, the guarantee of a basal level of security, stability and fairness, is no longer guaranteed.
 Buy Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook or from the Kobo store. On the August 23th episode of The Colbert Report the interview guest was journalist and broadcaster Leslie Kean. Her newest book is a serious examination of the phenomenon of UFO sightings.
 Buy UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record by Leslie Kean from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
On the August 23 episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, the interview guest was former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. At the time of this writing, Blagojevich was recently convicted of one count of lying to the government in his corruption trial with 23 counts ending in deadlock.
 Buy The Governor by Rod Blagojevich from Amazon for the Kindle or from Barnes and Noble for the Nook.
On the August 23rd episode of Good Morning America Dr. Marie Savard appeared on a segment talking about the role of getting enough sleep in the academic performance of students. Her newest book is an overview of the steps people can take to raise their overall health and live a more productive life with less involvement of the medical system.
 Buy How to Save Your Own Life: The Eight Steps Only You Can Take to Manage and Control Your Health Care by Marie Savard from Amazon for the Kindle or from the Kobo store.
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