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Beacon Weekly Report

September 20, 2006

Bestseller List (Book Sense Regional Lists w/e 9/17)

Thirst, Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 0-8070-6896-9

  • NEIBA Hardcover Fiction #15
  • PNBA Hardcover Fiction #12

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Big-Box Swindle, Stacy Mitchell, cloth, November 2006, $25.95, 0-8070-3500-9

  • Publishers Weekly, review in the September 11th issue: “[Mitchell] has produced a compelling indictment of Wal-Mart and other “big box” stores, based on numerous national examples.”
  • KVON 1440 AM (Morning Edition), live interview Friday, October 6th
  • KPFA Morning Show, interview taped Tuesday, September 26th

The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-0308-5

  • Todd Feinberg Show/nationally syndicated and live on web, live Saturday, September 23rd, 3:30-4:00pm
  • NECN/Morning News Show (Boston), live Wednesday, October 4th, 7:30-8:00 am
  • Pages to People/WBNW Radio (Boston), taped on October 4th
  • Worldview/WBEZ Radio (Chicago), taped on October 6th
  • Chicago Tonight/WTTW-TV (Chicago), taped on October 6th
  • The Frank Beckmann Show/WJR Radio (Detroit), live Wednesday, October 11th, 1:00-11:30 am
  • Charlie Rose Show/PBS (National), taped on October 16th
  • Jim Bohannon Show/Westwood One (National), live Tuesday, October 17th, 11:00pm-12:00am
  • The Bob Edwards Show/XM Satellite Radio (National), taped Wednesday, October 18th
  • On Point with Tom Ashbrook/WBUR Radio (National), live Thursday, October 19th, 11-Noon (EST)
  • Morning Edition/KVON Radio (NPR, Napa Valley), live by phone Tuesday, October 24th, 11:00-11:20 am (Eastern)
  • Forum/KQED Radio (NPR, San Francisco), live Wednesday, October 25th, 10:00-11:00 am
  • Upfront/KALW Radio (NPR, San Francisco), taped Wednesday, October 25th
  • Jon Wiener Show/KPFK Radio (L.A.), live by phone Wednesday, October 25th, 4:00-4:20 pm (Pacific)
  • Gene Burns Show/KGO Radio (San Francisco), live Wednesday, October 25th, 9:00-10:00 pm
  • Brian Lehrer Show/WNYC Radio (NPR, NYC), live Wednesday, November 15th, 11:05-11:40 am

Mama’s Boy, Preacher’s Son, Kevin Jennings, cloth, August 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7146-3

  • Author appearance in Boston at the Brookline Booksmith, Thursday September 21st at 7:00 pm

Weaving a Family, Barbara Katz Rothman, paperback, May 2006, $18.00, 0-8070-2830-4

  • Roosevelt University has named Weaving a Family as the http://www.beacon.org/client/client_pages/reports/2006/2007 One Book/One University choice

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