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Media interviews are a popular way for writers to introduce new books they hope will catch the viewer's eye and generate interest in their work. Here's a selection of forthcoming Kindle books by authors scheduled for interviews on TV and radio programs. Books are arranged in chronological order by the date of the scheduled interview.

ON NPR'S MORNING EDITION (17 SEP 2010) and ON NPR'S DIANE REHM (20 SEP 2010):
The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge, by Hooman Majd. W. W. Norton & Company. Print Length: 282 p. Kindle edition $14.82. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Hooman Majd offers a dramatic perspective on a country with global ambitions, an elaborate political culture, and enormous implications for world peace. Drawing on privileged access to the Iranian power elite, Majd argues that despite the violence of the disputed 2009 elections, a group of influential ayatollahs - including a liberal, almost-secular opposition - still believes in the Iranian republic; for them, 'green' represents not a revolution but a civil rights movement, pushing the country inexorably toward democracy, albeit a particular brand of 'Islamic democracy.' With witty, candid, and stylishly intelligent reporting, Majd, himself the grandson of an esteemed ayatollah, introduces top-level politicians and clerics as well as ordinary people (even Jewish community leaders), all expressing pride for their ancient heritage and fierce independence from the West." - Amazon.

ON THE CBS 60 MINUTES SHOW (19 SEP 2010)
and ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S THE DAILY SHOW (20 SEP 2010)
White House Diary, by Jimmy Carter. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Print Length: 592 p. Kindle edition $14.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public—until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency." - Amazon.

ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING (19 SEP 2010):
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century, by Michael Hiltzik. Free Press. Print Length: 512 p. Kindle edition $14.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"Decked out in art deco, the Hoover Dam is a beautiful immensity that awes throngs of visitors, and it boasts a construction epic reflecting Depression-era America: the first to impound the Colorado River, the dam is both product and symbol of the politics of water rights in the American West. It is the 1920s iteration of the latter on which Hiltzik, a business writer for the Los Angeles Times, embarks in his fascinating account of the genesis of the Boulder Canyon Project, as the enabling congressional act called the yet-unnamed dam. Starting the story at the torrid desert job site, Hiltzik recounts the rigorous organization of the project by the contract-winning consortium and its engineering chief, Frank Crowe...Astutely conveying the characters of its creators, Hiltzik marvelously captures the times of the Hoover Dam." - Gilbert Taylor for Booklist.

ON NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (19 SEP 2010) and ON COMEDY CENTRAL'S COLBERT REPORT(29 SEP 2010):
Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry, by Steven Rattner. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Print Length: 320 p. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Steve Rattner is not just the man brought in by the president to save the auto industry, he is a former New York Times financial reporter who also earned a place among the top tier of Wall Street's most informed investment bankers and corporate experts. Now, from his vantage point at the helm of the historic auto-industry intervention, Rattner crafts a tightly plotted narrative of political brinkmanship, corporate mismanagement, and personalities under pressure in a high-stakes clash between Washington and Detroit. He also explains the tough choices he and his team made, working against a ticking clock and facing vocal opposition from free market champions, to keep Chrysler and General Motors in operation. As the economy faced free fall, Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and economic advisor Larry Summers - all revealingly described - faced the possibility of more than a million lost jobs and the astonishing wreckage of GM (a nightmare of huge proportions, caused by terrible management) and Chrysler (a company so close to death it was nearly sacrificed)...a gripping account of one of the severest crises of President Obama's first year in office. - Amazon.

ON NPR'S THE DIANE REHM SHOW (20 SEP 2010)
Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran - A Journey Behind the Headlines, by Scott Peterson. Simon & Schuster. Print Length: 368 p. Kindle edition $16.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"No other country so dominates the headlines: Iran is portrayed as a nuclear threat, a terrorist nation, a charter member of the Axis of Evil bent on the destruction of Israel. But behind those headlines - and the fierce rhetoric of Iran’s most hard-line leaders - is a proud nation with a 2,500-year history of Persian poetry, art, and passion. Based on more than thirty extended reporting trips to Iran, including the turbulent aftermath of the disputed June 2009 election, Scott Peterson’s portrait is the definitive guide to this enigmatic nation, from the roots of its incendiary internal struggles to the rise and slide of Iran’s earthshaking 1979 Islamic Revolution. Let the Swords Encircle Me gives voice to Iranians themselves - the clerics and the reformers, the filmmakers and the journalists, the True Believers and their Westernized and profane brethren - to understand the complexities of Iran today. In this critical and personal account, Peterson illumines the latest episodes of Iran’s century-old quest for democracy and freedom. He explains how the Islamic Revolution - launched as a beacon of justice and resistance for Iranians and all the world’s Muslims - has not lived up to its ambitious promise. He shows how the violence of 2009 damaged the regime’s legitimacy and marks the start of an irreversible decline.

ON NPR'S THE DIANE REHM SHOW (23 SEP 2010):
Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To, by Sian Beilock. Free Press. Print Length: 304 p. Kindle edition $12.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"It happens to all of us. You’ve prepared for days, weeks, even years for the big day when you will finally show your stuff - in academics, in your career, in sports - but when the big moment arrives, nothing seems to work. You hit the wrong note, drop the ball, get stumped by a simple question. In other words, you choke. It’s not fun to think about, but now there’s good news: This doesn’t have to happen. Dr. Sian Beilock, an expert on performance and brain science, reveals in Choke the astonishing new science of why we all too often blunder when the stakes are high. In an energetic tour of the latest brain science, with surprising insights on every page, Beilock explains the inescapable links between body and mind; reveals the surprising similarities among the ways performers, students, athletes, and business people choke; and shows how to succeed brilliantly when it matters most." - Amazon.