AOT #284: Chad Kultgen Podcasts Men, Women and Children

Chad Kultgen, cult hero and author of the buzz-generating illicit classics The Average American Male and The Lie, reads from and discusses his new novel Men, Women & Children, a shocking, salacious, and surprisingly subtle story of the average American family. In his novel, Kultgen explores the sexual pressures at work on a handful of troubled, conflicted junior-high students and their equally dysfunctional parents. From porn-surfing fathers to World of Warcraft-obsessed sons, from competitive cheerleaders to their dissatisfied, misguided mothers, Kultgen clicks open the emotionally treacherous culture in which we live-in his most ambitious and surprising book yet.

($14.99) HarperPerennial ISBN #978-0-06-165731-3. You can visit Chad Kultgen’s official web site as well.

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AOT #283: Lisa See Podcasts Dreams of Joy

In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. See reads from and discusses her most powerful novel yet Dreams of Joy, in which she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter Joy. Acclaimed for her richly drawn characters and vivid storytelling, Lisa See once again renders a family challenged by tragedy and time, yet ultimately united by the resilience of love.

($26.00) Random House ISBN #978-1-40006-712-1. You can visit Lisa See’s official web site as well.

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AOT #282: Ann Brashares Podcasts Sisterhood Everlasting

Ann Brashares, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, reads from and discusses her new novel Sisterhood Everlasting. With this book comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting. As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.

($25.00) Random House ISBN #978-0-385-52122-2. You can visit Ann Brashares’s official web site as well.

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AOT #281: Jeffery Deaver Podcasts Carte Blanche

Jeffery Deaver is the international bestselling author of Roadside Crosses, The Bodies Left Behind, The Broken Window, The Sleeping Doll, The Bone Collector (which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington), and twenty-one other suspense novels. He has been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the Year. Jeffery Deaver has been selected by Ian Fleming Publications to write the new James Bond thriller. The plot of the new novel features a contemporary setting and brings Fleming’s legendary 007 character firmly into the modern age. Deaver discusses this new James Bond novel Carte Blanche.

($26.99) Simon & Schuster ISBN #978-1-45162-069-6. You can visit Jeffery Deaver’s official web site as well.

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AOT #280: Alex Prud’homme Podcasts The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century

Author and journalist Alex Prud’homme discusses his new book The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century. As Prud’homme and his great-aunt Julia Child were completing their collaboration on her memoir, My Life in France, they began to talk about the French obsession with bottled water, which had finally spread to America. From this spark of interest, Prud’homme began what would become an ambitious quest to understand the evolving story of freshwater. What he found was shocking: as the climate warms and world population grows, demand for water has surged, but supplies of freshwater are static or dropping, and new threats to water quality appear every day. The Ripple Effect is Prud’homme’s vivid and engaging inquiry into the fate of freshwater in the twenty-first century.

($27.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #978-1-41653-545-4. You can visit Alex Prud’homme’s official web site as well.

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AOT #279: Joe Henry Podcasts Lime Creek

Joe Henry received his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. A renowned lyricist, he has had his words performed on more than a hundred recordings by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra and John Denver to Garth Brooks and Rascal Flatts. In addition to his many music awards, Henry also received a National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation “for the celebration of the natural world in his work” and the Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Henry reads from and discusses his debut novel Lime Creek, which explores the complex relationship between a father and his sons, whose deep connections to one another, to the land, and to the creatures that inhabit it give meaning to their lives.

Acclaimed character actor Anthony Zerbe joined us for this event and offered a dramatic reading from Lime Creek. Zerbe won critical praise for his adaptation of, and performance in, “Prelude to Lime Creek,” taken from the prose and poetry of Joe Henry, at the Denver Center Theatre Company. He also appeared with Garth Brooks and John Denver in “Lime Creek Christmas,” which he devised from the novel before it was published.

($24.00) Random House ISBN #978-1-40006-941-5. You can visit Joe Henry’s official web site as well.

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AOT #278: Matt Richtel Podcasts Devil’s Plaything

New York Times science reporter Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize winner for Journalism in 2010 and the critically acclaimed author of Hooked, reads from and discusses his new book Devil’s Plaything. This phenomenal “neuro-tech” thriller about a dark and insidious plot to reengineer the human brain is a smart, fast, and terrifyingly plausible-a page-turner of the first order.

($9.99) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-199969-7. You can visit Matt Richtel’s official web site as well.

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AOT #277: Deepak Chopra and Gotham Chopra Podcast The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World

Spiritual leader and New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra and his son Gotham Chopra, author and cofounder of Liquid Comics, discuss their new book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World. From Buddha’s search for truth to Batman’s struggle with his dark side, from Wolverine exposing his greatest fears to Hanuman’s divine gifts of inspiration, this timely book decodes the seven essential laws that govern the realm of superheroes both ancient and modern, cosmic and commercial, and explain their relevance, importance, and perhaps most critically, how to apply them to our daily lives.

($25.99) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-205966-6. You can visit Deepak Chopra’s official web site as well.

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Best of AOT: Deepak Chopra Tells the Story of Buddha

Next week we will podcast Deepak Chopra & Gotham Chopra, who recently visited the Tattered Cover book store’s LoDo location to speak about their new book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World.

Deepak Chopra first visited the Tattered Cover in 1988, but in this Best of AOT podcast, we take you back to 2007, when he came to discuss his novel Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment. In Buddha, Chopra tells the story of Prince Siddhartha, who becomes the Buddha. This re-imagining of the Buddha’s life presents a new form of teaching which shows how the iconic journey of the prince who became the Buddha has changed the world forever.

Listen in as Chopra talks about the early life of this legendary character. If you enjoyed this Best of Authors On Tour podcast, please listen to the entire Deepak Chopra podcast.

This podcast was originally recorded on May 21, 2007.

AOT #276: John Sayles Podcasts A Moment in the Sun

John Sayles‘s previous novels include the National Book Award-nominated Union Dues. He has directed seventeen feature films, including Matewan, Lone Star, and Eight Men Out, and the recent Amigo. His many awards include a John Steinbeck Award, a John Cassavetes Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers Guild of America, and two Academy Award nominations. Sayles reads from and discusses his new book A Moment in the Sun. It’s 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the unforgettable story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time.

($29.00) McSweeney’s ISBN #978-1-936365-18-0. You can visit John Sayles’s official web site as well.

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