The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, about a poor black woman from Baltimore whose cancer cells continue to be used in medical research, is still on the NYT Best Seller Hardcover Nonfiction list after 14 weeks.

Now Oprah Winfrey has picked it up, not for her show, but for an HBO film. According to an AP story, she and Alan Ball (Six Feet Under and True Blood) will join forces to produce it. No news yet on when it will go in to production.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Crown – (2010-02-02) ISBN / EAN: 1400052173 / 9781400052172

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Monday

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Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America Jack Rakove Retail Price: $30.00 Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – (2010-05-11) ISBN / EAN: 0618267468 / 9780618267460

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Tuesday

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WAR Sebastian Junger Retail Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Twelve – (2010-05-11) ISBN / EAN: 0446556246 / 9780446556248

Large Print; Hachette; hardcover; ISBN 9780446566971; $28.99
Hachette Audio; UNABR CD; ISBN 9781607881988; $29.98
BBC Audio; UNABR; 9781607885344; 10 CD’s; $74.99
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin Hampton Sides Retail Price: $28.95 Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Doubleday – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 0385523920 / 9780385523929

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Wednesday

The Colbert Report

The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Debbie Ford Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: HarperOne – (2010-05-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061962651 / 9780061962653

Harper Audio;9780061988509; $29.99
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Thursday

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? Ian Bremmer Retail Price: $26.95 Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover – (2010-05-13) ISBN / EAN: 1591843014 / 9781591843016

Continuing to climb on Amazon’s sales rankings, after the author’s appearance on The View yesterday, CBS Sunday Morning (see below) and on Oprah last week, is The Other Wes Moore, now at #80.

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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore Retail Price: $25.00 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 0385528191 / 9780385528191

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Monday

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The week begins with a book that is already rising on Amazon, after a review in the NYT BR and an NPR feature on Weekend Edition Saturday.

Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster Jonathan Eig Retail Price: $28.00 Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 141658059X / 9781416580591

Tuesday

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Oprah features Laura Bush on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Stewart sits down with another former First Lady.

Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis Rosalynn Carter, Susan K. Golant, Kathryn E Cade Retail Price: $22.99 Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Rodale Books – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 1594868816 / 9781594868818

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Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions Mark W. Moffett Retail Price: $29.95 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: University of California Press – (2010-05-05) ISBN / EAN: 0520261992 / 9780520261990

Wednesday

The Colbert Report

Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps Dave Isay Retail Price: $21.95 Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The – (2010-04-15) ISBN / EAN: 1594202613 / 9781594202612

Thursday

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Molto Gusto: Easy Italian Cooking Mario Batali Retail Price: $29.99 Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Ecco – (2010-04-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061924326 / 9780061924323

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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto Stewart Brand Retail Price: $25.95 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Viking Adult – (2009-10-15) ISBN / EAN: 0670021210 / 9780670021215

Tuesday

The Colbert Report

Conn Iggulden, who began the retro-edgy books for kids trend with The Dangerous Book for Boys is interviewed tonight by the guy who began the retro-edgy comedy news show.

The Dangerous Book of Heroes Conn Iggulden, David Iggulden Retail Price: $26.99 Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: William Morrow – (2010-05-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061928240 / 9780061928246

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The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey Richard Whittle Retail Price: $27.00 Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 1416562958 / 9781416562955

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Wednesday

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Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed Gregg Easterbrook Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Random House – (2009-12-29) ISBN / EAN: 1400063957 / 9781400063956

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The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency Ken Blackwell, Ken Klukowski Retail Price: $22.95 Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Lyons Press – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 0762761342 / 9780762761340

Coming to Oprah on Tuesday, is Wes Moore, the author of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, (Random House). Moore is an investment banker, Rhodes scholar, former aide to Condoleezza Rice and, some say, the next black president.

Moore discovered another Wes Moore, his same age and from the same area of Baltimore. The other Wes Moore’s life was quite different, however, he was wanted for killing a cop. PW calls it a “moving exploration of roads not taken.” Libraries are showing 1:1 holds on modest ordering.

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore Retail Price: $25.00 Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau – (2010-04-27) ISBN / EAN: 0385528191 / 9780385528191

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Wednesday’s show features Todd Bridges, the former Diff’rent Strokes star. The featured guest is former Miss USA Tara Conner.

Killing Willis: From Diff’rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted Todd Bridges Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Touchstone – (2010-03-16) ISBN / EAN: 1439148988 / 9781439148983

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There’s no direct book tie-in (at least, none has been announced yet), but John Edwards’ former mistress, Rielle Hunter gives her first TV interview to Oprah on Thursday. Earlier this year, Oprah featured former Edwards’ aide, Andrew Young, who wrote about the affair in his book, The Politician. And, last year, Oprah interviewed Elizabeth Edwards about her book, Resilience., back when she was saying that the affair with “that woman” was a one-time thing.

Monday, The Colbert Report

A new, paperback edition of George Wills’ classic study of professional baseball, is being released in a new edition.

Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball George F. Will Retail Price: $14.00 Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks – (1991-04-24) ISBN / EAN: 0060973722 / 9780060973728

Tuesday, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

On the heels of a NYT report that indicates the members of the Tea Party movement are wealthier and more educated than the rest of the population, one of the founders appears on the show.

A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes John M. O’Hara Retail Price: $24.95 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Wiley – (2010-01-12) ISBN / EAN: 0470567988 / 9780470567982

Wednesday, The Colbert Report

The First Lady’s brother on the lessons of his childhood.

A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago’s Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond Craig Robinson Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham – (2010-04-20) ISBN / EAN: 1592405487 / 9781592405480

Kids asked author N.D, Wilson about his book, 100 Cupboards on the Today Show on Friday, as part of “Al’s Book Club.”

The next book in the club is Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City.

Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City Kirsten Miller Retail Price: $7.95 Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books – (2007-05-29) ISBN / EAN: 1599900920 / 9781599900926

There’s some sound issues in the beginning of this clip; they just can’t get Jimmy Durante off the stage. Al; we love your club, but it’s time to ditch that song.

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100 Cupboards: Book 1 (The 100 Cupboards) N. D. Wilson Retail Price: $6.99 Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Yearling – (2008-12-23) ISBN / EAN: 0375838821 / 9780375838828

PBS is beginning a week of programming about the Holocaust with a new adaptation of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl this Sunday, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day; all of the programs are based on books.

Monday, April 12

Among the Righteous, a documentary about Arabs who protected Jews during the Holocaust.

Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands ROBERT SATLOFF Retail Price: $26.00 Hardcover: 251 pages Publisher: PublicAffairs – (2006-10-30) ISBN / EAN: 1586483994 / 9781586483999

Tuesday, April 13

Blessed Is the Match, a documentary based on the diary of Hannah Senesh, who, at age 22,  parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe to save the Hungarian Jews.

Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary, the First Complete Edition Hannah Senesh Retail Price: $19.99 Paperback: 325 pages Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing – (2007-08-30) ISBN / EAN: 1580233422 / 9781580233422

Wednesday, April 14

Worse Than War, a documentary about state-sponsored genocide, from the Holocaust to Rwanda to Darfur, based on the book of the same title.

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity Daniel Jonah Goldhagen Retail Price: $29.95 Hardcover: 672 pages Publisher: PublicAffairs – (2009-10-06) ISBN / EAN: 1586487698 / 9781586487690

Beginning on PBS Masterpiece Theater a week from Sunday is a two-part series based on Andrea Levy’s Small Island.

About Jamaicans coming to London to find a better life in the late 1940’s, the book won both the Orange and the Whitbread Prizes in 2004. It was well-reviewed here, with the San Francisco Chronicle called it a “triumph,” lauding the author’s remarkable narrative skills,

Using multiple narrative voices and regular flashbacks, the plot unfolds fanlike, from the middle. Where some authors risk frustrating the reader with several narratives, Levy uses the technique like a prose conductor.

Picador has released a tie-in.

Small Island Andrea Levy Retail Price: $15.00 Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Picador – (2010-03-30) ISBN / EAN: 0312429525 / 9780312429522

On Sunday, April 11, a two-hour British version of The Diary of Anne Frank premieres on PBS. The new issue of People magazine (4/12) says it presents Anne as “a very real teenage girl: brash, flirty, moody” and gives it 4 of a possible 4 stars.

PBS is also inviting “the next generation of independent media makers and storytellers ages 13 and up to create [their] own diary online, using video, audio or still images.” The deadline is May 31st. More information is available here.

This is a good opportunity to revive interest in Francine Prose’s fascinating look at Anne Frank as a writer and how the 1959 movie managed to make her more famous, but less interesting than she appears in the Diary.

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife Francine Prose Retail Price: $24.99 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper – (2009-10-01) ISBN / EAN: 006143079X / 9780061430794

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This week, Comedy Central shows interview the following authors,

Tuesday, 3/30

The Colbert Report

13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown Simon Johnson, James Kwak Retail Price: $26.95 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Pantheon – (2010-03-30) ISBN / EAN: 0307379051 / 9780307379054

Wednesday, 3/31

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran Roxana Saberi Retail Price: $25.99 Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Harper – (2010-04-01) ISBN / EAN: 0061965286 / 9780061965289

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The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education Craig M. Mullaney Retail Price: $28.95 Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The – (2009-02-19) ISBN / EAN: 1594202028 / 9781594202025

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CBS Sunday Morning‘s feature, Spokes Women, about female motorcycle riders, propelled the book, American Motorcycle Girls to #332 (from #141,249) on the Amazon best seller list.

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The American Motorcycle Girls: A Photographic History Of Early Women Motorcyclists Cristine Sommer Simmons Retail Price: $50.00 Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Parker House – (2009-06) ISBN / EAN: 0981727050 / 9780981727059

Premiering last night on FX was the new series, Justified, based on Elmore Leonard’s short story “Fire in the Hole” (which is also the title of the first episode). The main character, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens also appears in two Leonard novels, Pronto and Riding the Rap. Both are being released in mass market paperback this month, with bursts on the covers that read “Featuring RAYLAN GIVENS, from the new FX Series, JUSTIFIED.”

The story “Fire in the Hole” is in the collection, When the Women Come Out to Dance.

When the Women Come Out to Dance: Stories Elmore Leonard Retail Price: $13.95 Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks – (2004-01-01) ISBN / EAN: 0060586168 / 9780060586164

Leonard was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered last night (listen here) and the new series was reviewed on Fresh Air. It is also reviewed in the New York Times.

Leonard’s next book, Djibouti, (listen to the interview for the pronunciation), scheduled for a one-day laydown on 10/12/10 (not in November, as the interview indicates), is about “terrorism, piracy, and al-Qaida.” (see publisher’s description in the Morrow catalog).

The video from CBS Sunday Morning‘s feature on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is now available online:

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