AOT #106: Jane Smiley Podcasts Ten Days in the Hills
April 28, 2008 by Rob
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of her bestselling book Ten Days in the Hills. With its breathtaking passion and sexy irreverence, Ten Days in the Hills is “a blazing farce, a fiery satire of contemporary celebrity culture and a rich, simmering meditation on the price of war and fame and desire.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review
($14.95) Anchor ISBN #1-40003-320-9.
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AOT #105: Isabel Allende Podcasts The Sum of Our Days
April 21, 2008 by Rob
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Award-winning novelist Isabel Allende reads from and discusses her new book The Sum of Our Days, the sequel to her bestselling memoir Paula. In this heartfelt memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss-the death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, bound together by the love, fierce loyalty, and stubborn determination of a beloved, indomitable matriarch.
($26.95) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-155183-3. You can visit Isabel Allende’s official web site as well.
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AOT #104: Lisa Daily Podcasts Fifteen Minutes of Shame
April 14, 2008 by Rob
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Relationship expert and non-fiction author Lisa Daily reads from and discusses Fifteen Minutes of Shame, a hilarious debut novel that will delight fans of Jane Green and Sophie Kinsella. What happens when America’s favorite dating expert finds out on national television that her husband is cheating on her? Darby Vaughn’s fifteen minutes of fame quickly becomes fifteen minutes of shame when the story of her divorce is splashed across supermarket tabloids. If Darby takes her philandering husband back, her career will be over. If she doesn’t, she’ll lose the only man she’s ever loved. As she rebuilds her life with help from her girlfriends, Darby has to make some tough choices, but she stays true to her heart every step of the way.
($14.00) Plume ISBN #0-452-28913-0. You can visit Lisa Daily’s official web site as well.
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AOT #103: Pam Anderson Podcasts The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great
April 7, 2008 by Rob
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Pam Anderson, the author of The Perfect Recipe, which won a Julia Child Award, CookSmart, and Perfect Recipes for Having People Over, discusses her new book The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great. Filled with voice-of-experience tips for curbing appetite (she is still maintaining her forty-pound weight loss), no-nonsense shortcuts for getting food on the table pronto, and recipes that could only have been developed by this food-loving pro-this new book offers no compromises, no wasted steps, just extraordinary results from ordinary ingredients.
($27.00) Houghton Mifflin ISBN # 0-618-83596-2.
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