AOT #117: David Guterson Podcasts The Other

David Guterson, the author of the best-selling Snow Falling on Cedars, reads from and discusses his long-awaited new novel The Other. Riveting and deeply humane, this dazzling new novel is about youth and idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life.

($24.95) Random House ISBN #0-307-26315-0.

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AOT #116: David Sedaris Podcasts When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio International’s This American Life, and is the bestselling author of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, and Barrel Fever. Sedaris reads from and discusses his new book When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, Sedaris’s sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from “a writer worth treasuring” (Seattle Times).

($25.99) Little, Brown ISBN #0-316-14347-2.

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AOT #115: Jeff Shaara Podcasts The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, America’s premier author of military historical fiction, reads from and discusses his new book The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II, the centerpiece of his epic trilogy of the Second World War. Taking us from G.I. to general, this story carries the reader through the war’s most crucial juncture-the invasion that altered the flow of the war, and, ultimately, changed history.

To listen to Shaara podcasts The Rising Tide, please click here.

($28.00) Random House ISBN #0-345-46142-8. You can visit Jeff Shaara’s official web site as well.

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AOT #114: David Wroblewski Podcasts The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Colorado author David Wroblewski reads from and discusses his critically acclaimed debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Wroblewski is a master storyteller, and his breathtaking scenes create a riveting family saga, a brilliant exploration of the limits of language, and a compulsively readable modern classic. “I flat-out loved The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Wonderful, mysterious, long and satisfying. I don’t re-read many books, because life is too short. I will be re-reading this one.”-Stephen King

($26.95) Ecco ISBN #978-0-06-137422-7. You can visit David Wroblewski’s official web site as well.

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AOT #113: Mark Bowden Podcasts The Best Game Ever

Mark Bowden, the bestselling author of Black Hawk Down, discusses his new book The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the game, this remarkable story of the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Colts and the Giants-considered by many to be the greatest football game ever played-delivers a brilliant narrative on the game itself, the story behind the key players in that game, and the effect the contest had on the modern game of football and today’s NFL.

($23.00) Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN #0-87113-988-x.

AOT #112: Simon Winchester Podcasts The Man Who Loved China

Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa, discusses his new book The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom. In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Winchester brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, long the world’s most technologically advanced country.

($27.95) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-088459-8. You can visit Simon Winchester’s official web site as well.

AOT #111: Leif Enger Podcasts So Brave, Young, and Handsome

Leif Enger, the acclaimed, bestselling author of Peace Like a River, reads from and discusses his new novel So Brave, Young, and Handsome, a touching, nimble, and rugged story of an aging train robber on a quest, and the failed writer who goes with him. With its smooth mix of romanticism and gritty reality, Enger’s novel often recalls the Old West’s greatest cowboy stories. But it is also about an ordinary man’s determination as he risks everything in order to understand what it’s all worth, and follows an unlikely dream in the hope it will lead him back home.

($24.00) Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN #978-0-87113-985-6. You can visit Leif Enger’s official web site as well.

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AOT #110: Arthur Agatston, M.D. Podcasts The South Beach Diet Supercharged

Five years after publication of the #1 international blockbuster bestseller, The South Beach Diet, renowned cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, M.D. releases The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life.

In the original South Beach Diet book, Dr. Agatston changed the way America eats, with his right carbs, right fats approach. Now his mission is to change the way America lives, not only by helping people lose weight and eat healthfully but also by becoming more fit.

Listen to Dr. Agatston’s previous Authors on Tour podcast.

($25.95) Rodale Press ISBN #978-1594864575. You can visit Arthur Agatston’s official web site as well.

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AOT #109: Elizabeth George Podcasts Careless in Red

Elizabeth George, the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels of psychological suspense, reads from and discusses her new mystery Careless in Red. In this eagerly anticipated novel, George brings back Scotland Yard’s Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime.

($26.95) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-116087-5. You can visit Elizabeth George’s official web site as well.

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AOT #108: Mary Roach Podcasts Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach, “the funniest science writer in the country” (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker), is the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Salon, GQ, Vogue, and the New York Times Magazine. Roach discusses her new book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, in which she turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all!

($24.95) W.W. Norton ISBN #0-393-06464-6. You can visit Mary Roach’s official web site as well.

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