June 21: CBC Radio, Canada “The Mystery of Area 51.”
The Current is one of Canada’s top morning radio shows. Annie Jacobsen discusses Area 51 with host Anna Maria Tremonti, in a forty minute radio interview “The Mystery of Area 51.” “We started this segment with a clip of Orson Welles’ famous War of The Worlds broadcast. It terrified a…
Continue reading...June 19: New York Times Bestsellers, “Area 51.”
Another week on The New York Times Bestsellers List.
Continue reading...June 19: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List, “Area 51.”
Another week on the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List, Hardcover Non Fiction (June 12, 2011). “Area 51” is also featured as a great summer read.
Continue reading...June 16: USA Today, Best Selling Books
“Area 51” is again featured on USA Today’s Best-Selling Books list, which ranks the 150 top-selling books in America to determine “What America’s Reading.”
Continue reading...June 16: Indie Bestsellers List
Independent Booksellers across America love “Area 51,” according to IndieBound.org.
Continue reading...June 15: Edizioni Piemme to Publish Area 51 in Italy
“Area 51” will soon be published in Italy by Edizioni Piemme.
Continue reading...June 15: Italian Public Radio Broadcast
Speak Italian? Journalist Alessandro Forlani interviewed Annie Jacobsen about “Area 51,” which was translated for Italian-speaking audiences and can be listed to at GrParlamento.
Continue reading...June 13: The Washington Post, Area 51’s Secrets Revealed
The Washington Post is running the CBS The Early Show segment on its website: “CNET’s Molly Wood reports on author Annie Jacobsen’s book, ‘Area 51,’ which chronicles what happened on the top secret military base during the Cold War.”
Continue reading...June 13: CBS The Early Show
Filmed in the desert outside Area 51, the author and two of her book’s sources discuss the secret base with CBS The Early Show.
Continue reading...June 13: The Mancow Radio Experience
With his approximately eleven million listeners a day, The Mancow Experience is quite an experience. Annie Jacobsen joins Mancow to talk about Area 51.
Continue reading...June 12: New York Times Bestsellers, “Area 51.”
Another week on The New York Times Bestsellers List.
Continue reading...June 12: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List, “Area 51.”
Another week on the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List, Hardcover Non Fiction (June 12, 2011). “Area 51” is also featured as a great summer read.
Continue reading...June 9: USA Today Best-Selling Books, What America’s Reading
For the 3rd week in a row, Area 51 is listed on USA Today’s Best Selling Books List: What America’s Reading.
Continue reading...June 9: Democracy Now! the War and Peace Report, TV segment
“Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report” hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez discussed “Area 51: Uncensored” with author Annie Jacobsen this morning. The TV segment can be seen here.
Continue reading...June 8: Slate Magazine, DoubleX Book of the Week: “Area 51”
In “Annie Jacobsen Uncovers the Mother of All Government Cover-ups,” Slate Magazine managing editor Rachael Larimore picks “Area 51″ as Factor” Book of the Week. Larimore writes, “It’s amusing and eerie, as you read through the book, to see that many of the jokes about Area 51 made in movies…
Continue reading...June 7: Appeal-Democrat: Profile on U-2 pilot Tony Bevacqua
This Appeal-Democrat feature story profiles Area 51’s youngest U-2 pilot, Tony Bevacqua. “Retired Lt. Col. Tony Bevacqua of Yuba City flew both the SR-71 and U-2 during his time in the U.S. Air Force. Bevacqua was stationed at Groom Lake, also known as Area 51, and is featured in the…
Continue reading...June 7: Big Think, Think Tank: The Truth Behind Area 51
Big Think’s moniker: “a place where Big Think’s editors and expert contributors look at ideas that are in the news.” Author Q&A here.
Continue reading...June 5: The Wall Street Journal, Bestselling Books, Spotlight: Hardcover History #3
From The Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Books, with data from Nielson Scan. Spotlight: Hardcover History, Area 51 is #3.
Continue reading...June 5: The New York Times Best Sellers List #7 Hardcover Nonfiction
AREA 51, by Annie Jacobsen. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An account of the mysterious military installation, which the author contends is the home of secret espionage programs. Read the New York Times review by Janet Maslin.
Continue reading...June 5: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers #4 Hardcover Nonfiction
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen: A history of the top secret Nevada base includes familiar conspiracies and unexpected ties to Stalin. (Little, Brown: $27.99) Read The Los Angeles Times Review by Scott Martelle. .
Continue reading...June 5: KPFK Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Ian Masters hosts Annie Jacobsen on his radio program featuring international and national news with analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural and social issues. You can access the June 5, 2001 radio broadcast archive here.
Continue reading...June 4: WABC Radio with John Batchelor
Host Simon Constable discusses Area 51 legends and lore with Annie Jacobsen for WABC radio.
Continue reading...June 3: The Week Magazine picks “Area 51” as its “book of the week.”
The Week Magazine chooses “Area 51” as its book of the week in its June 3 print edition, on newstands now.
Continue reading...June 3: Kirkus Book Reviews: “Jacobsen’s expansive, well-written narrative takes in the sweep of Cold War history, from the Bay of Pigs to Francis Gary Powers to Joe Stalin to Vietnam to the Nazi doctors pressed into service by U.S. and USSR alike—and none of it is pretty… Jacobsen provides an endlessly fascinating—and quite scary—book.”
High praise for “Area 51” from “The World’s Toughest Book Critics.”
Continue reading...June 3: The Michael Medved Show: Jacobsen is “the bard of Area 51.”
With his nearly four million weekly listeners, Michael Medved is one of America’s top talk radio hosts. He and Annie Jacobsen engaged in a lively, hour-long discussion about “Area 51: Uncensored” which you can listen to in real time or download the podcast here.
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National Media:
May 13: Exclusive! Newsweek/Daily Beast
May 13: The Atlantic Wire: Quote of the Day
May 16: New York Times, Review
May 16: Publishers Weekly, Review
May 17: NPR Fresh Air
May 17: Comedy Central Daily Show
May 18: Bloomberg, Review
May 18: CNN American Morning
May 18: CBS Radio Weekend Round Up
May 19: MSNBC-TV Morning Joe
May 19: Fox News Radio, Alan Colmes Show
May 20: Fox News Happening Now
May 21: Fox News, Fox & Friends
May 22: NatGeo Documentary, "Area 51 Declassified," Nat Geo Channel Premiere
May 23: Popular Mechanics
May 24: Slate Magazines
May 25: io9
May 26: NPR Will-AM
May 27: NPR Nevada Public Radio
May 29: Coast to Coast AM
May 29: New York Times, Sunday Book Review
May 30: Los Angeles Times, Review
June 1: Westwood One Jim Bohannon Show
June 1: Jalopnik
June 2: NPR Radio West
June 2: Science Fantastic with Michio Kaku
June 2: America in the Morning Radio
June 3: The Michael Medved Show
June 3: Kirkus Book Reviews
June 3: The Week Magazine
June 4: WABC Radio with John Batchelor
June 5: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
June 5: New York Times Best Sellers List
June 5: Wall Street Journal Spotlight
June 8: Slate Magazine
June 9: Democracy Now
June 9: USA Today Best-Selling Books
June 12: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
June 12: New York Times Best Sellers List
June 13: The Mancow Radio Experience
June 13: CBS The Early Show
June 13: The Washington Post
June 16: USA Today Best-Selling Books
June 19: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
June 19: New York Times Best Sellers List
June 22: MSNBC
June 24: Publishers Weekly, PW Daily
June 24: PBS Tavis Smiley
June 26: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
June 26: New York Times Best Sellers List
June 27: Wall Street Journal Radio Network
June 28: International Business Times
June 29: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
July 1: New York Times June's Political Best Sellers
July 3: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
July 3: New York Times Best Sellers List
July 5: The Independent, UK
July 5: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
July 6: The Glenn Beck Show
July 10: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
July 10: New York Times Best Sellers List
July 13: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
July 17: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
July 17: New York Times Best Sellers List
July 19: Google Author Series
July 20: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
July 24: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
July 24: New York Times Best Sellers List
July 27: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
July 31: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
July 31: New York Times Best Sellers List
Aug 1: Maholo Author Series
Aug 3: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
Aug 5: New York Times July's Political Best Sellers
Aug 7: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
Aug 7: New York Times Best Sellers List
Aug 8: NY Daily News
Aug 10: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
Aug 14: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
Aug 14: New York Times Best Sellers List (Extended List)
Aug 17: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List
Aug 21: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List (Extended List)
Aug 21: New York Times Best Sellers List (Extended List)
Aug 24: Indie Bound National Bestsellers List (Extended List)
Aug 28: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List (Extended List)
Aug 28: New York Times Best Sellers List (Extended List)
Aug 30: PRI's The World, BBC Moscow
Sept 4: New York Times Best Sellers List (Extended List)
Nov 16: Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List (Extended List)
Dec 7: National Public Radio
Jan 12, 2012: Il Venerdi di Republica Magazine (Cover Story)
May 11, 2012: NPR Best Paperbacks of the Wee
May 13, 2012 Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
Events and Book Signings:
May 18: Washington, DC/Spy Museum
May 23: San Francisco/Commonwealth Club
May 24: Dallas, TX/World Affairs Council
May 25: Los Angeles, CA/Google, Lunch Event
May 26: Las Vegas, NV/Paseo Verde Library
June 2: Santa Monica Public Library
July 26: Los Angeles Public Library, Mark Taper Auditorium
July 30: Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
Sept 26: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Daytona Beach, FLA
Oct 2: Caltech Univ, Pasadena, CA
***See the National Geographic Channel documentary based on several chapters in Jacobsen's book***