AOT #330: María Dueñas Podcasts The Time In Between

María Dueñas reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of her debut novel The Time In Between, an inspiring international bestseller. The story of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II, The Time In Between is one of those rare, richly textured novels that enthrall down to the last page. María Dueñas reminds us how it feels to be swept away by a masterful storyteller.

($16.00) Atria ISBN #9781451616897. You can visit María Dueñas’s official web site as well.

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AOT #329: Amor Towles Podcasts The Rules of Civility

Amor Towles reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his bestselling debut novel The Rules of Civility, a story of 1938 New York City and a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.

($16.00) Viking ISBN #9780143121169. You can visit Amor Towles’s official web site as well.

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AOT #328: David Freed Podcasts Flat Spin

David Freed owns a small plane and was a specialist in both law enforcement and military affairs. During an eighteen-year reporting career as an investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times, he was an individual finalist for the Pulitzer Prize’s gold medal for Public Service, the highest award in American journalism, and later shared a Pulitzer Prize for the newspaper’s coverage of the 1992 Rodney King riots. He reported from the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm, and holds an active security clearance from the US Department of Defense. Freed reads from and discusses his debut thriller Flat Spin. Transcending worlds of murder, aviation and international counter-terrorism, Flat Spin resonates with a veracity that only an author who knows his subject first hand can deliver.

($29.00) Permanent Press ISBN #9781579622725. You can visit David Freed’s official web site as well.

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AOT #327: Anthony Swofford Podcasts Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir

Anthony Swofford, author of the bestselling memoir Jarhead, reads from and discusses his new book Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir. Following the success of Jarhead, Swofford assumed he had exorcised his military demons – but as every veteran knows, that isn’t exactly how it works. In these searing, courageous pages, Swofford struggles to make sense of what his military service meant, and to decide – after nearly ending it – what his life can and should become.

($26.99) Twelve ISBN #9781455506736.

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AOT #326: Gillian Flynn Podcasts Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn‘s debut novel, Sharp Objects, was an Edgar Award finalist and the winner of two of Britain’s Dagger Awards. Flynn reads from and discusses her new thriller Gone Girl, which has received incredible advance critical praise, including starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. With her razor-sharp writing and trademark psychological insight, Flynn delivers another fast-paced, devilishly dark, and ingeniously plotted thriller that confirms her status as one of the hottest writers around.

($25.00) Crown ISBN #9780307588364. You can visit Gillian Flynn’s official web site as well.

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AOT #325: Mark Stevens and Mike Keefe Podcast Gary Reilly’s The Asphalt Warrior

Publishers Mark Stevens and Mike Keefe present The Asphalt Warrior, the first of ten comic novels by the late Gary Reilly featuring Denver cab driver Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. “Murph.” All the Murph novels are set in the Denver area and follow Murph to The Brown Palace, DIA, along East Colfax Avenue, and all around the local neighborhoods. Murph is not only a likable cabbie, he’s a tour guide to life who sees and savors the small things, and wonders about the big questions. The next volume, Ticket to Hollywood will be released this fall.

($14.95) Running Meter Press ISBN #9780984786008. You can visit The Asphalt Warrior’s official web site as well.

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AOT #324: Richard Ford Podcasts Canada

Richard Ford, the only writer ever to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel (Independence Day), reads from and discusses his new novel Canada. This long-awaited book delivers a haunting and elemental story about the cataclysm that undoes one teenage boy’s family, and the stark and unforgiving landscape in which he attempts to find grace. A true masterwork of haunting and spectacular vision from one of our greatest writers, Canada is a profound novel of boundaries traversed, innocence lost and reconciled, and the mysterious and consoling bonds of family. Told in spare, elegant prose, both resonant and luminous, it is destined to become a classic.

($26.99) HarperCollins ISBN #9780061692048. You can visit Richard Ford’s official web site as well.

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AOT #323: Kevin Wilson Podcasts The Family Fang

Kevin Wilson, the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his novel The Family Fang, a funny, poignant, laugh-and-cry-out-loud story about the art of surviving a masterpiece of dysfunction. “The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family….The best single word description would be brilliant.” -Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto

($12.99) HarperCollins ISBN #9780061579059. You can visit Kevin Wilson’s official web site as well.

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AOT #322: Justin Halpern Podcasts I Suck at Girls

Justin Halpern, the New York Times bestseller author of Sh*t My Dad Says, reads from and discusses his new book I Suck at Girls, a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching collection of personal stories about relationships with the opposite sex, from a first kiss to getting engaged and all the awkward moments in between. I Suck at Girls is full of Halpern’s dad’s patented brand of wisdom. But it’s also full of new characters just as funny as his dad-from his brother, who provides insights into wedding night rituals, to his first boss, who warns Justin to man up, the result is a pilgrim’s progress through the landscape of sex and love-by one of the funniest writers at work today.

($16.99) It Books ISBN #978006243375. You can visit Justin Halpern’s official web site as well.

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AOT #321: Dora Levy Mossanen Podcasts The Last Romanov

Born in Israel and raised in Iran, Dora Levy Mossanen fled to the United States at the onset of the Islamic Revolution. She is the recipient of the San Diego Editor’s Choice award and the author of Harem and the international bestseller Courtesan, which have both been translated into numerous languages. She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and a graduate of the USC masters of professional writing program. Mossanen reads from and discusses her new novel The Last Romanov, which is set in a time of Rasputin’s magic and Romanov mystery, and tells the tale of a young girl who finds herself in the heart of the royal family.

($14.99) Sourcebooks ISBN #9781402265945. You can visit Dora Levy Mossanen’s official web site as well.

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