AOT #380: Mary Roach Podcasts Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Humorous science writer Mary Roach, author of the bestsellers Stiff and Packing for Mars, reads from and discusses her newest in-depth look at an unlikely subject, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. “Roach’s approach is grounded in science, but the virtuosic author rarely resists a pun, and it’s clear she revels in giving readers a thrill-even if it is a queasy one. Adventurous kids and doctors alike will appreciate this fascinating and sometimes ghastly tour of the gastrointestinal system.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

($26.95) W.W. Norton ISBN # 9780393081572. You can visit Mary Roach‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #379: Philip Kerr Podcasts A Man Without Breath

Philip Kerr, the bestselling author of Prague Fatale, reads from and discusses A Man Without Breath, a powerful new thriller that returns sardonic Berlin cop Bernie Gunther to the Eastern Front in search of a cunning and savage killer who has left a trail of bloody victims. “The author pulls the reader down into the dark underground of Der Führer’s rabbit hole of totalitarian horror . . . [A Man Without Breath] masterfully explores morality’s shadowy gray edge.”-Kirkus

($26.95) Penguin ISBN # 9780399160790. You can visit Philip Kerr‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #378: John Thavis Podcasts The Vatican Diaries

For more than twenty-five years, John Thavis held one of the most fascinating journalistic jobs in the world: reporting on the inner workings of the Vatican. Thavis discusses his timely new book The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church, which offers a revealing look at the reign of Pope Benedict, the conclave, the papal election process by the cardinals, and the history of one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious institutions.

($27.95) Viking ISBN # 9780670026715. You can visit John Thavis‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #377: Indira Ganesan Podcasts As Sweet as Honey

Indira Ganesan reads from and discusses her new novel As Sweet as Honey.”The imaginary Indian coastal island of Pi, where Ganesan has set her previous fiction, works beautifully as the setting for this East Asian homage to To the Lighthouse, both the nostalgic recreation of a lost perfect moment and an exploration into Woolf’s ‘thousand shapes of love.’ The novel is masterful at exploring the difficulty of cultural identity and integration. There’s also a bit of magical realism in the shape of a ghost. But ultimately, this is a novel about the many permutations of both love and family…. The characters’ genuine charm and the girlish, witty energy of the storytelling are irresistible.”-Kirkus (starred review)

($25.95) Knopf ISBN # 9780307960443. You can visit Indira Ganesan‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #376: Kristopher Jansma Podcasts The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards

Kristopher Jansma reads from and discusses his novel The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, an inventive and witty debut about a young man’s quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe. “Light and airy, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards is a funhouse of a novel about the outsized ambitions of authors and the sneaky power of storytelling. Kristopher Jansma’s debut is a whimsical round-the-world tour that recalls Calvino, Millhauser and The Confidence Man.” – Stewart O’Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster

($26.95) Penguin ISBN # 9780670026005. You can visit Kristopher Jansma‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #375: Dan Schultz Podcasts Dead Run: The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West

Award-winning journalist Dan Schultz, who until recently co-managed the Aspen, Colorado independent bookstore Explore Booksellers, discusses his new book Dead Run: The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West. Evoking Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Schultz tells the true story of desperado survivalists, a brutal murder, and vigilante justice set against the harsh backdrop of the Colorado wilderness.

($25.99) St. Martin’s ISBN # 9780312681883.

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AOT #374: Marisa Silver Podcasts Mary Coin

Critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver reads from and discusses her new novel Mary Coin. In 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression, photographer Dorothea Lange took a photograph for the Federal Resettlement Program that would become the most iconic image of that unforgettable time in American history. Her subject was Florence Owens Thompson, a thirty-two-year-old Native American and mother of seven, whose arresting face became the defining symbol of American poverty. Mary Coin is a novel inspired by that photograph.

($26.95) Blue Rider Press ISBN # 9780399160707. You can visit Marisa Silver‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #373: Taiye Selasi Podcasts Ghana Must Go

Taiye Selasi reads from and discusses her critically acclaimed debut novel Ghana Must Go. Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku’s death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Ghana Must Go is their story. Electric, exhilarating, beautifully crafted, Selasi’s book is a testament to the transformative power of unconditional love, from a debut novelist of extraordinary talent.

($25.95) Penguin ISBN # 9781594204494. You can visit Taiye Selasi‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #372: Hugh Howey Podcasts Wool

Former bookseller Hugh Howey reads from and discusses his debut science fiction novel Wool. In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Now, the Silo’s inhabitants are about to learn just how badly their world is broken. The silo is about to confront what its history has only hinted about and its inhabitants have never dared to whisper.

“Howey’s Wool is an epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world.” – Justin Cronin, bestselling author of The Passage and The Twelve

($26.00 – Hardcover / $15.00 – Paperback) Simon & Schuster ISBN # 9781476735115 / 9781476733951. You can visit Hugh Howey‘s official web site as well.

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AOT #371: Dan Baum Podcasts Gun Guys: A Road Trip

Colorado author Dan Baum, a former staff writer for The New Yorker, reads from and discusses his new book Gun Guys: A Road Trip. In his book, Baum, both a lifelong gun guy and a Jewish Democrat, grabs his licensed concealed handgun and hits the road to meet some of the 40 percent of Americans who own guns. Written equally for avid shooters and those who would never touch a firearm, Gun Guys is more than a travelogue. It gives a fresh assessment of the heated politics surrounding guns, one that will challenge and inform people on all sides of the issue.

($26.95) Knopf ISBN # 9780307595416. You can visit Dan Baum‘s official web site as well.

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