“Kevin Starr seems particularly well equipped to write a biography
of that famous orange bridge. The author of more than half a dozen histories of
California, Mr. Starr has written frequently about the myths and metaphors that
festoon the Golden State, and he seems to instinctively understand the place that
the Golden Gate Bridge has come to occupy in the national imagination as a symbol
of American enterprise and the gateway to the Pacific. —Michiko Kakutani,
New York Times.

Matthew Aid, author of The Secret Sentry, was interviewed live
on Jon Wiener’s show on the 4 o’clock report on KPFK 90.7 FM (Pacifica station in LA) yesterday afternoon. Listen up!

“Powerful.” —The Economist. Read full review of Oreskes' and Conway's Merchants of Doubt.

“An ecstatic meditation on the complicated drama of the Golden Gate Bridge and a
chronicle of its history.”—Wall Street Journal. Read full review.

Listen to Kevin Starr's (author of Golden Gate) interview on KQED’s “Forum".

Rawn James, Jr., author Root and Branch, will be on Sirius XM’s
The Joe Madison Show this Friday at 9am discussing the Kagan confirmation hearings.

Victor Davis Hanson, author of Father Of Us All, will be appearing on Fox and Friends next Wednesday, June 30th. You can watch him from 8-8:15 am discussing the McChrystal resignation. He will be interviewed on The Kojo Nnamdi Show from 1pm-2pm, also on June 30th.

Watch the video to catch Wendell Potter, author of Deadly Spin on PBS FRONTLINE.

Great news. Cro-Magnon is #10 in non-fiction on the LA Times Bestseller list!

The New Frugality is featured in Time’s It’s Your Money” blog.