AOT #32: Sister Helen Prejean Podcasts The Death of Innocents

Sister Helen Prejean, author of the national bestseller Dead Man Walking, discusses and reads from the new paperback edition of her important second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions.

The Death of Innocents is a brave and firecely argued book that tests the moral edge of the debate on capital punishment: What if we’re executing innocent men? As Sister Prejean recounts several cases of innocent men being executed, and takes us through their terrible last moments, she brilliantly dismantles the legal and religious arguments that have been used to justify the death penalty.

($14.00) Vintage ISBN # 0-679-75948-4.

You can visit Sister Helen Prejean’s official web site as well.

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AOT #31: John Hodgman Podcasts The Areas of My Expertise

John Hodgman (accompanied by his personal troubador, Jonathan Coulton), provides a hilarious look into his first book, The Areas of My Expertise, which is a brilliant (and funny) compendium of trivia and wisdom on topics large and small. Make sure you stay tuned for the author’s theme song (performed by Coulton) and the Q&A by walkie talkie, which has to be a podcasting first!

Hodgman lives in NYC where he curates and hosts “The Little Gray Book Lectures,” a monthly colloquium of readings, songs and dubious scholarship. He is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, a frequent guest on TV shows and a voice on public radio’s This American Life. Hodgman’s book, The Areas of My Expertise, assembles handy reference tables, fascinating trivia and sage widsom, all sifted through the singular, illuminating imagination of John Hodgman (in other words, he made it all up).

($22.00) Penguin ISBN # 0-525-94908-9.

You can visit The Areas of My Expertise official web site or you can also visit Hodgman at his Little Gray Books web site.

And if you liked the music of Hodgman’s personal troubador, Jonathan Coulton, please go to his site where you can hear, subscribe to or buy more wonderful, witty and whimsical songs.

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AOT #30: Jill Conner Browne Podcasts The Sweet Potato Queens’ Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide

Jill Conner Browne, Boss Queen of the Sweet Potato Queens of Jackson, Mississippi, and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, reads from and discusses her newest book, The Sweet Potato Queens’ Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide.

In this hilarious guide, readers will find must-have advice on planning a marvelous marriage, and (when you flip the book over) everything you need to know about dumping a deadweight hubby!

($22.95) Crown ISBN # 1-40004-969-5.

Hey cute shoes! Don’t forget to visit the Sweet Potato Queens’ official web site as well.

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AOT #29: Julian Barnes Podcasts Arthur & George

Julian Barnes, one of England’s most esteemed novelists, reads from and discusses his highly acclaimed new novel, Arthur & George.

“In this combination psychological novel, detective story and literary thriller, Barnes elegantly dissects early 20th-century English society as he spins this true-life story with subtle and restrained irony… Shortlisted for the Booker, this novel about love, guilt, identity and honor is a triumph of storytelling…” Publishers Weekly.

Intriguing, relentless and, most of all, moving, Arthur & George richly extends the reach and achievement of a novelist described by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a dazzling mind in mercurial flight.”

($24.95) Knopf ISBN # 0-307-26310-x.

Please visit Julian Barnes’ official web site as well.

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