AOT #472: Joseph Kanon Podcasts Leaving Berlin

Joseph Kanon, the bestselling author of Istanbul Passage, discusses his new novel Leaving Berlin, a sweeping, atmospheric novel of postwar East Berlin, a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation. Filled with intrigue, and the moral ambiguity of conflicted loyalties, Kanon’s new novel is a compelling thriller and a love story that brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life.

($27.00) Atria ISBN # 9781476704647. You can visit Joseph Kanon‘s official web site as well.

AOT #471: Cory Doctorow Podcasts Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free

Award winning science fiction author, activist, blogger and journalist Cory Doctorow discusses Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, which takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. The co-editor of Boing Boing, he is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.

($22.00) McSweeney’s Books ISBN # 9781940450285. You can visit Cory Doctorow‘s official web site as well.

AOT #470: Gretchen Rubin Podcasts Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

Gretchen Rubin, author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, has helped millions of readers to get happier. Rubin reads from and discusses her new book Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of our Everyday Lives, in which she tackles the critical question: How can we make good habits and break bad ones?

($26.00) Crown ISBN # 9780385348614. You can visit Gretchen Rubin‘s official web site as well.

AOT #469: Cat Warren Podcasts What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs

Cat Warren is a university professor and former journalist with an admittedly odd hobby: She and her German shepherd have spent the last seven years searching for the dead. Solo is a cadaver dog. What started as a way to harness Solo’s unruly energy and enthusiasm soon became a calling that introduced her to the hidden and fascinating universe of working dogs, their handlers, and their trainers. Warren reads from and discusses her fascinating new book What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs.

($16.00) Touchstone Books ISBN # 9781451667325. You can visit Cat Warren‘s official web site as well.

AOT #468: Tim Johnston Podcasts Descent

Prize-winning, critically acclaimed author Tim Johnston reads from and discusses his debut novel Descent. Written with a precision that captures every emotion, every moment of fear, as each member of a family searches for answers after one goes missing, Descent is a perfectly crafted thriller that races like an avalanche toward its heart-pounding conclusion, and heralds the arrival of a master storyteller.

“Johnston has a poet’s eye for the majestic and forbidding nature of the Rockies, and a sociologist’s understanding of how people act under pressure. He also has a knack for creating characters that the reader will come to care about…Combining domestic drama with wilderness adventure, Johnston has created a hybrid novel that is as emotionally satisfying as it is viscerally exciting.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review

($25.95) Algonquin Books ISBN # 9781616203047. You can visit Tim Johnston‘s official web site as well.

AOT #467: Jennifer Chiaverini Podcasts Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule

Jennifer Chiaverini, the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker and Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival, reads from and discusses her new historical novel Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule. In her new book, Chiaverini imagines the inner life of Julia Grant, beloved as a Civil War general’s wife and the First Lady, yet who grappled with a profound and complex relationship with the slave who was her namesake-until she forged a proud identity of her own.

($26.95) Dutton ISBN # 9780525954293. You can visit Jennifer Chiaverini‘s official web site as well.

AOT #466: Philip Connors Podcasts All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found

Philip Connors, the prize-winning author of Fire Season, reads from and discusses his new memoir All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found, the heartrending story of his troubled years before finding solace in the wilderness. In his debut Fire Season, Philip Connors recounted with lyricism, wisdom, and grace his decade as a fire lookout high above remote New Mexico. Now he tells the story of what made solitude on the mountain so attractive: the years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy.

($25.95) W.W. Norton ISBN # 9780393088762. You can visit Philip Connors‘s official web site as well.

AOT #465: Kyle Boelte Podcasts The Beautiful Unseen

Kyle Boelte reads from and discusses his unique memoir The Beautiful Unseen: Variations on Fog and Forgetting. At age thirty, Boelte finds himself living in San Francisco, amidst an ever-changing sea of fog, and struggling to remember his brother Kris, who committed suicide in the family’s Denver home when Boelte was just thirteen. In this impressive debut, Boelte sets up a dual narrative: one investigates San Francisco’s climate to explain the science behind the omnipresent fog; another explores Boelte’s memory as well as letters, notes, newspaper articles, and other artifacts that tell the story of his brother’s short life and eventual suicide.

($15.95) Soft Skull Press ISBN # 9781619024588. You can visit Kyle Boelte‘s official web site as well.

AOT #464: Alexandra Fuller Podcasts Leaving Before the Rains Come

Alexandra Fuller, author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, discusses her new book Leaving Before the Rains Come. A child of the Rhodesian wars and daughter of two deeply complicated parents, Alexandra Fuller is no stranger to pain. But the disintegration of Fuller’s own marriage leaves her shattered. Looking to pick up the pieces of her life, she finally confronts the tough questions about her past, about the American man she married, and about the family she left behind in Africa. A breathtaking achievement, Leaving Before the Rains Come is a memoir of such grace and intelligence, filled with such wit and courage, that it could only have been written by Alexandra Fuller.

($29.95) Penguin ISBN # 9781594205866. You can visit Alexandra Fuller‘s official web site as well.

AOT #463: Norman Doidge, M.D. Podcasts The Brain’s Way of Healing

Dr. Norman Doidge, the New York Times bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself, discusses his new book The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity. For centuries it was believed that the brain’s complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain’s Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. As he did so lucidly in The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain’s performance and health.

($29.95) Viking ISBN # 9780670025503. You can visit Norman Doidge‘s official web site as well.

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