The Walk On by John Feinstein

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John Feinstein understands sports. He has written more than 20 books that cover a variety of sports topics. From golfing, through tennis, all the way to American football, John Feinstein has been through it all. He has also worked on several movies, contributed to major sports publications and hosts his own radio show “The john Feinstein Show.”

We have had the pleasure of having John in our studio to talk about his newest novel, The Walk On. The book takes place in the ever-competitive world of high school sports. Alex Meyers, the main protagonists is a promising triple-threat athlete, who finds himself in an unfamiliar situation – he has to compete with a rival. The book discusses some important issues young athletes may encounter. Especially how easily the ruthless competition between young athletes can take a wrong turn.

We prepared a satellite media tour with John to promote The Walk On and have posted the video on YouTube. To find out more about this book, and why it speaks to young athletes, watch it here:

Sneak Peak: Lee Child’s PERSONAL

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Today we sat down with Lee Child, the bestselling author of the sensational thriller series about a former military policeman Jack Reacher. Child has had tremendous success with this suspenseful thriller series. The mysterious and intriguing nature of Jack’s sharp analytical intellect and physical strength has been captivating readers for the past seventeen years. The latest installment, PERSONAL was published on August 28th 2014.

Lee Child shared with us the surprising story of how he came up with the main character’s name. In the beginning of his writing career, Child was struggling to find a name for his leading character, and looked for inspiration everywhere. One day, while grocery shopping with his wife, he was approached by an elderly woman, who asked him to reach for a can of beans off the top shelf. The two started talking, and the woman suggested he become a reacher in a grocery store in case his writing career falls through. Haunted by the idea, Child named his leading man Jack Reacher.

Check out this behind-the-scene photo, and stay tuned for the whole interview with Child, where he talks about PERSONAL, Jack Reacher and much more.

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Veronica Roth releases FOUR: A DIVERGENT COLLECTION

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Veronica Roth’s debut novel Divergent (2011) was an instant bestseller, immediately embraced by both teen readers and adults alike. Buzz of this new series spread quickly and the release of Insurgent in May 2012 solidified Veronica Roth as a new voice in Young Adult fiction; the book debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller’s list where the series has remained ever since. With massive critical and commercial appeal and unstoppable international buzz, the series skyrocketed in popularity. As fans geared up for the release of Veronica Roth’s highly-anticipated Allegiant in October 2013, SUMMIT Entertainment announced plans to make the popular series into a major motion picture much to delight of Veronica Roth’s loyal fan base. The DIVERGENT film starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet debuted on March 21, 2014, and grossed $56 million in its opening weekend. Wowing audiences across the country and enchanting fans of Roth’s action-packed series, the subsequent movies based on the books are set to release in coming years.

The DIVERGENT trilogy has become a major pop culture phenomenon and now fans have a chance to go back to the beginning with Tobias “Four” Eaton. With the release of FOUR: A DIVERGENT COLLECTION, readers and movie-goers can finally get inside of Four’s head and find out what makes him tick. FOUR is a collection of short stories set in Roth’s dystopian Chicago told from Tobias “Four” Eaton’s point of view. Each story gives readers a glimpse into Four’s past, his deepest thoughts and most profound moments, and the decisions of loyalty-and love- that he makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior. Also included are 3 exclusive scenes from DIVERGENT, except this time, they are told by Four.

Here, Veronica talks to us, during her integrated media tour in Boston, about her inspiration for DIVERGENT and how she was able to turn that small idea into a phenomenon.

 

Check out her interview here!

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Wolfgang Makes It Healthy by Wolfgang Puck

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photo[2]Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck Is Back With More Ways To Zest Up Our Day With…

 WOLFGANG PUCK MAKES IT HEALTHY

Light, Delicious Recipes & Easy Exercise For A Better Life

 World renowned chef Wolfgang Puck not only brings his signature charm and wide array of culinary expertise into every kitchen but also provides readers with the food and fitness plan that helped him go from being overweight and out of shape to fit and energetic. In his latest cookbook, Wolfgang Puck offers more than 100 health-conscious recipes that are full of flavor and simple to prepare including some modified classics from his earlier cookbooks and others that are brand new, with many of the recipes reflecting the food he cooks at home for his family and friends.

With meal advice, fitness tips, and a techniques section, readers now have the ultimate toolkit to find healthy and flavorful food inspiration for each meal, including side dishes, snacks and desserts. This is not a diet or weight-loss book, according to Puck. Instead, it is “a lifelong way to cook, eat, and exercise for better health”.

Wolfgang Puck was a driving force behind the popularity of California Cuisine as a result of opening Spago in 1982. Puck was twice named Outstanding Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. His other restaurants include Chinois, Postino, and CUT. Puck regularly appears on ABC’s Good Morning America, has a syndicated newspaper column, “Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen”, which reaches more than five million home cooks every week, sells his own merchandise on the Home Shopping Network, and has developed his own lines of gourmet soups, pasta sauces, bottles iced coffee drinks, estate-grown coffees, and fine wines.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying by Carol Leifer

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Lessons From A Life In Comedy

by Carol Leifer

For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys’ club—until a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol has written for and/or performed on some of the best TV comedies of all time.

 How to Succeed in Business without Really Crying: Lessons from a Life in Comedy is a collection of essays charting Leifer’s extraordinary three-decade journey through show business, illuminating her many triumphs and some missteps along the way—and offering valuable lessons for women and men in any profession. Part memoir, part guide to life, and all incredibly funny, this hilarious collection offers tips and tricks for getting ahead, finding your way, and opening locked doors—even if you have to use a sledgehammer.

Carol Leifer is a four-time Emmy nominee for her writing on such shows as Seinfeld, Modern Family, Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show, and seven Academy Awards telecasts. She has starred in five of her own comedy specials, which have aired on Showtime, HBO, and Comedy Central. Her previous book was the national best seller When You Lie about Your Age, the Terrorists Win. Carol is currently Co-Executive Producer of Devious Maids on Lifetime which returns for a second season on April 20th.

 

 

Skinny Meals by Bob Harper

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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Skinny Rules and

Jumpstart To Skinny, and The Star Of NBC’s Ongoing Smash Reality Show

“The Biggest Loser,” Bob Harper, Is Back!

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SKINNY MEALS


EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT-FAST!

100 All-New Recipes

All Under 330 Calories

 

 

About Skinny Meals: Have you ever read about some celebrity’s dramatic weight loss and thought how much easier losing weight would be if you had the support of a personal chef like so many of them do? Ever imagine the ease of having someone tell you exactly what to put in your mouth, and when (not to mention shopping and preparing all your food each day)?

The wait is over. In his latest book, Skinny Meals
Everything You Need to Lose Weight-Fast, Bob Harper answers the call, offering more than 100 delicious recipes for a terrific variety of power breakfasts, lean lunches, thinner dinners, and satisfying snacks that follow Bob’s Rules. More good news: every recipe adheres to the nonnegotiable rules for getting to thin. That means that individually, each is Rules-abiding in terms of what should go into every meal, and what time of day you should be eating what kinds of ingredients (protein, carbs, fiber, sodium, etc).

With twenty breakfast options, thirty-five lunches, thirty-five dinners and ten snack recipes, you could mix and match for months and never get bored. Skinny Meals
Everything You Need to Lose Weight-Fast allows you to mix and match different types of food, creating recipes that are appetizing to you, each serving as a powerful weapon in the battle against the bulge.

BOB HARPER is the world-renowned fitness trainer and the longest-reigning star of the NBC reality series The Biggest Loser, which has run for 15 seasons and counting! He has released several popular fitness DVDs and is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Skinny Rules and Jumpstart to Skinny. Harper lives in Los Angeles.

 

I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark

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photo 1-2Perennial New York Times bestseller MARY HIGGINS CLARK

returns with her latest novel

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

 

From the reigning “Queen of Suspense” and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, comes a gripping new mystery that begins when a handsome Manhattan ER doctor is brazenly murdered in front of his young son in a city playground. Only three-year-old Timmy saw the face of his father’s killer, and five years later his piercing blue eyes still haunt Timmy’s dreams. His heartbreaking shriek, ‘Blue Eyes killed my Daddy’ and the killer’s shouted warning, ‘Tell your mother she’s next, then it’s your turn’, is overheard by an elderly woman, the only witness to the crime.

About I’ve Got You Under My Skin: Now, five years later, Laurie, Timmy’s mother is dealing with murder again, this time as the producer of a true-crime, cold-case television show. The series will launch with the twenty-year-old unsolved murder of Betsy Powell. Betsy, a socialite, was found suffocated in her bed after a gala celebrating the graduation of her daughter and three friends. The sensational murder was news nationwide. Reopening the case in its lavish setting and with the cooperation of the surviving guests that night, Laurie is sure to have a hit on her hands. But when the estranged friends begin filming, it becomes clear each is hiding secrets . . . small and large.

And a pair of blue eyes is watching events unfold, too . . .

Fast-paced, exciting, and expertly plotted, I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN is Mary Higgins Clark at her best – a master storyteller keeping readers on the edge of their seats with the heart-pounding suspense that has made her books international bestsellers.

Mary Higgins Clark is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, has written thirty-three suspense novels; three collections of short stories; a historical novel, Mount Vernon Love Story; and a memoir, Kitchen Privileges. She is the coauthor with Carol Higgins Clark of five suspense novels: Dashing through the Snow, Deck the Halls, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, The Christmas Thief, and Santa Cruise. Her books are worldwide bestsellers, with over 100 million sold in the United States alone. She lives with her husband, John Conheeney, in Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

The Finisher by David Baldacci

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s most popular, widely-read storytellers- David Baldacci – comes a new fantasy novel for young readers, THE FINISHER. 

“What happens when an international best-selling crime novelist tries his hand at a youth fantasy? Well, in this case, success. Baldacci, best known for writing thrillers, also has a talent for creating magical worlds… offers readers a smart, tough heroine worth rooting for.” –Booklist, starred review

Called a “master craftsman” by the Associated Press and “one of the greatest thriller writers of the last decade” by Strand Magazine, Baldacci, whose adult thrillers have more than 110 millions copies in print worldwide, is venturing onto new fictional turf with THE FINISHER.  The novel centers on 14-year-old Vega Jane, who fights to do what’s right after discovering that her village of Wormwood is built on dangerous lies.  She is determined to uncover the truth, but the closer she gets, the more she risks her life.

About THE FINISHER: Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations—until Vega’s mentor Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there’s a way out of Wormwood, and something extraordinary on the other side. As Vega begins to investigate, she realizes that Wormwood is a village built on dangerous lies. And that powerful people are willing to kill in order to keep it that way. Soon Vega is careening down a path that will either lead straight to the truth…or straight to an early grave.

David Baldacci is the author of twenty-seven books for adults, each of which has become both a national and international bestseller. His astonishing career started with Absolute Power, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Clint Eastwood. David’s books have sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, and been translated into more than forty-five languages. Together with his wife, Michelle, David established the Wish You Well Foundation® to promote family literacy. David and his family live in Virginia.

Being A Teen by Jane Fonda

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Jane FondaFOR 18 YEARS, JANE FONDA, THE OSCAR-WINNER, PHYSICAL FITNESS PIONEER, BUSINESSWOMAN AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO TELL YOUNG PEOPLE ALL THE THINGS SHE SAYS NOBODY EVER TOLD HER.

BEING A TEEN: Everything Teen Girls & Boys Should Know About Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity & More
BY JANE FONDA

Most people know Jane Fonda as an Oscar-winning actress, physical fitness pioneer, businesswoman, and bestselling author in her own right.  Her new book however, focuses on a cause most important to Jane, a passion project she has been involved with for 18 years–adolescent sexuality and development.   Notes Jane in the book’s introduction, “I wanted to write an honest book for teens that would be a frank and straightforward resource for them, for both boys and girls, and an aid for parents, teachers, librarians, and others, in talking about sex, health, identity and relationships.”

In BEING A TEEN: Everything Teen Girls & Boys Should Know About Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity & More, Jane draws on years of experience as the founder of Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (now known as Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential).  In 1994, she founded the center to address Georgia’s teen pregnancy rate, which was the highest in the nation at the time. Jane sought to broaden the traditional prevention agenda to address the social circumstances that lie beneath the behavior, and since GCAPP’s founding, teen births in Georgia have decreased by 45%.  She also founded Emory University’s Jane Fonda Center for Adolescent Reproductive Health, which opened in 2000, providing additional resources and research to support GCAPP’s mission.

Jane Fonda is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress and highly successful producer. She revolutionized the fitness industry with the Jane Fonda Workout in 1982 and has sold more than seventeen million copies of her fitness-focused books, videos, and recordings. She is involved with several causes and is the founder of both the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential and the Jane Fonda Center at Emory University. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir My Life So Far and the #2 New York Times bestseller Prime Time. She received a Tony nomination in 2009 for her role in 33 Variations. She lives in Los Angeles.

Where Nobody Knows Your Name by John Feinstein

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Mariano Rivera was there… Derek Jeter was there…

WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME, acclaimed author and sportswriter John Feinstein reveals the paradox that is baseball’s minor leagues and gives readers an intimate look at a world rarely if ever seen by fans.

For some players, the minors are a launching pad toward years of fame and fortune; for others, a crash-landing pad when injury or poor play forces a big leaguer back to a life of obscure ballparks and cramped buses instead of Fenway Park and charter planes.

Focusing exclusively on the Triple-A level, a step beneath Major League Baseball, Feinstein introduces readers to nine unique men. Through their compelling stories, Feinstein pulls back the veil on a league that is chock-full of gifted baseball players, managers and umpires who are all one moment away from getting called up—or back—to the majors

John Feinstein is a columnist for the Washington Post, Golf World and Golf Digest. He also hosts a daily radio show on the CBS Sports Radio Network, is a contributor to the Golf Channel, and an essayist for CBS Sports Television. He has written for Sports Illustrated, National Sports Daily, Golf Digest, and contributes a column for AOL Sports.