AOT #28: Dave Barry Podcasts Money Secrets

Dave Barry, the best-selling humorist and Pulitzer Prize winner for his commentary and columns for the Miami Herald, reads from and discusses his hilarious new book, Dave Barry’s Money Secrets – Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?

Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) topics ranging from… how the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler to an absolutely foolproof system for making money in the stock market, requiring only a little effort (and access to time travel).

($24.95) Crown Publishing ISBN # 1-40004-758-7.

Please visit, if you dare, Dave Barry’s official web site as well.

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AOT #27: Linda Fairstein Podcasts Death Dance

Linda Fairstein discusses her riveting new thriller, Death Dance, which takes readers behind the scenes of New York City’s theater world – from Lincoln Center to the lights of Broadway.

Rich with her trademark blend of cutting-edge legal issues, skillful detective work and heart-stopping suspense, Death Dance’s shocking twists make this novel Fairstein’s most chilling adventure yet.

($26.00) Scribner ISBN # 0-7432-5489-9.

Please visit Linda Fairstein’s web site as well.

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AOT #26: Joseph Ellis Podcasts His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, his portrait of Thomas Jefferson that won the National Book Award, discusses the paperback edition of his biography of our first president, His Excellency: George Washington.

To this landmark biography, Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era.

($15.00) Random House ISBN # 1-40003-2539.

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AOT #25: Elliot Perlman Podcasts The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming

Elliot Perlman, the Australian writer and barrister, and author of the acclaimed Seven Types of Ambiguity and Three Dollars will read from and discuss his new work.

The Reason I Won’t Be Coming is Perlman’s new collection of smart and thoughtful short stories. They explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students and murderers. Witty, vulnerable and honest, they display the same preoccupations that made Perlman’s novel, Seven Types of Ambiguity, one of the most notable publications of 2004.

($24.95) Riverhead ISBN # 1-57322-321-2.

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