AOT #280: Alex Prud’homme Podcasts The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century
August 15, 2011 by Rob
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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
August 8, 2011 by Rob
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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
August 1, 2011 by Rob
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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
July 25, 2011 by Rob
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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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AOT #276: John Sayles Podcasts A Moment in the Sun
July 18, 2011 by Rob
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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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AOT #275: Jessica Anya Blau Podcasts Drinking Closer to Home
July 11, 2011 by Rob
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Jessica Anya Blau, the critically-acclaimed author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, reads from and discusses her new novel Drinking Closer to Home. This poignant and funny exploration of one family’s over-the-top eccentricities is a story of California, growing up, and learning to love your insane family.
($14.99) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-198402-0. You can visit Jessica Anya Blau’s official web site as well.
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AOT #274: Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach Podcasts One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History
July 5, 2011 by Rob
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Larry Flynt is the legendary publisher of Hustler magazine and has been a famous crusader for First Amendment and privacy rights for over three decades. His landmark Supreme Court case, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, is taught in law schools throughout the United States. David Eisenbach, Ph.D., is an award-winning historian who teaches American political history at Columbia University. He was the creator and host of the two-hour History Channel special “The Beltway Unbuckled,” about how presidential sex shaped American history. Flynt and Eisenbach discuss their new book One Nation Under Sex: How the Private Lives of Presidents, First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History.
($25.00) Palgrave ISBN #978-0-230-10503-4. You can visit Larry Flynt’s official web site as well.
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AOT #273: Josh Chetwynd Podcasts The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat
June 27, 2011 by Rob
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Josh Chetwynd is an award-winning journalist who has worked as a staff reporter for USA Today and U.S. News & World Report. A former professional baseball player, he’s also broadcasted Major League Baseball games in Great Britain on BBC Radio. Chetwynd reads from and discusses his new book The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat. You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don’t know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs? The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics? The Nerf ball was originally created to be part of a board game featuring cavemen? Chetwynd’s book mines these stories, and many more, from backyards to stadiums around the globe.
($13.95) Penguin ISBN #978-0-399-53674-8.
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AOT #272: Francisco Goldman Podcasts Say Her Name
June 20, 2011 by Rob
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Multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed journalist and author Francisco Goldman reads from and discusses his new autobiographical novel Say Her Name. Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in a romantic Mexican hacienda in the summer of 2005. The month before their second anniversary, during a long-awaited holiday, Aura broke her neck while body surfing. Francisco, blamed for Aura’s death by her family and blaming himself, wanted to die, too. But instead he wrote Say Her Name, a love story, a bold inquiry into destiny and accountability, and a tribute to Aura, who she was and who she would have been.
($24.00) Grove/Atlantic ISBN #978-0-8021-1981-0. You can visit Francisco Goldman’s official web site as well.
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AOT #271: Dan Millman Podcasts The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World
June 13, 2011 by Rob
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Dan Millman, a former world-champion athlete and college professor, is the author of numerous books, including Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior, The Life You Were Born to Live, The Laws of Spirit, and The Journeys of Socrates. Millman discusses his new book The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World. In his first work of new teachings in twelve years, Millman faces life’s fundamental questions: Why am I here? What am I meant to do? Here, in his wonderfully straightforward and down-to-earth way, he shares fresh, realistic techniques anyone can use to find and fulfill their fourfold life purpose.
($17.00) New World Library ISBN #978-1-932073-49-2. You can visit Dan Millman’s official web site as well.
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