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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 Fresh Air (2 Aug 2011):

The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda, by Peter L. Bergen. Free Press, 2011. Print Length: 496 p. Amazon customer rating: 3 1/2 stars (37 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99; Hardcover $17.81. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.

"...Many of the aspects of the ongoing, often indirect battles between America and al-Qaeda have been well covered, but there hasn't until now been a full overview of the conflict, and few are more qualified to write it than Peter Bergen, the print and television journalist who, as a CNN producer, arranged bin Laden's first interview with the Western press in 1997. He has been on the story ever since, as the author of Holy War, Inc., and The Osama bin Laden I Know, but in The Longest War he synthesizes his knowledge for the first time into an insightful portrait of both sides in this asymmetrical struggle between superpower and shadowy scourge. Readers of reporters like Lawrence Wright, Thomas Ricks, and Bob Woodward will be familiar with much of the story, especially on the American side, but Bergen's rare understanding of bin Laden's world - often based on personal interviews with present and former jihadists - along with his sharp assessments of each side's successes and failures...make it necessary reading for anyone wanting to understand our times." - Tom Nissley (Amazon Best Books of the Month, January 2011).

On Fox's The O'Reilly Factor (5 Aug 2011):

Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, by Tim Groseclose. St. Martin's Press, 2011. Print Length: 304 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (11 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Dr. Tim Groseclose, a professor of political science and economics at UCLA, has spent years constructing precise, quantitative measures of the slant of media outlets. He does this by measuring the political content of news, as a way to measure the PQ, or 'political quotient' of voters and politicians. Among his conclusions are: (i) all mainstream media outlets have a liberal bias; and (ii) while some supposedly conservative outlets - such the Washington Times or Fox News’ Special Report - do lean right, their conservative bias is less than the liberal bias of most mainstream outlets. With Left Turn readers can easily calculate their own PQ - to decide for themselves if the bias exists. This timely, much-needed study brings fact to this often overheated debate." - Publisher.

On CSPAN2's BookTV (6 Aug 2011):

The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America, by David R. Stokes. With a foreword by Bob Schieffer. Steerforth, 2011. Print Length: 384 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (39 reviews). Kindle edition $14.85; Hardcover $16.68. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"...chronicles what may be the most famous story you have never heard. In the 1920’s, the Reverend J. Frank Norris railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a congregation of more than 10,000 at First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, the largest congregation in America, the first 'megachurch.' Norris controlled a radio station, a tabloid newspaper and a valuable tract of land in downtown Fort Worth. Constantly at odds with the oil boomtown’s civic leaders, he aggressively defended his activism, observing, 'John the Baptist was into politics.' Following the death of William Jennings Bryan, Norris was a national figure poised to become the leading fundamentalist in America. This changed, however, in a moment of violence one sweltering Saturday in July when he shot and killed an unarmed man in his church office. Norris was indicted for murder and, if convicted, would be executed in the state of Texas’ electric chair..." - Amazon.

On CSPAN2's BookTV (7 Aug 2011):

The Warrior Ethos, by Steven Pressfield. Black Irish Entertainment, 2011. Print Length: 112 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $6.99; Paperback $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives? The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great... Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius - and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan." - Amazon.

On ABC's Nightline (11 Aug 2011), on NPR's Diane Rehm Show (12 Aug 2011) and on NBC's Tonight Show (12 Aug 2011):

Prime Time: Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit - Making the Most of All of your Life, by Jane Fonda. Random House, 2011. Print Length: 448 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (1 review). Kindle edition $13.99; Hardcover $17.64. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Highlighting new research and stories from her own life and from the lives of others, Jane Fonda explores how the critical years from 45 and 50, and especially from 60 and beyond, can be times when we truly become the energetic, loving, fulfilled people we were meant to be. Covering the 11 key ingredients for vital living, Fonda invites you to consider with her how to live a more insightful, healthy, and fully integrated life, a life lived more profoundly in touch with ourselves, our bodies, minds, and spirits, and with our talents, friends, and communities...She makes suggestions about exercise (including three key movements for optimal health), diet (how to eat by color), meditation, and how learning new things and creating fresh pathways in your brain can add quality to your life. Fonda writes of positivity, and why many people are happier in the second half of their lives than they have ever been before." - Amazon.

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