AOT #220: Sebastian Junger Podcasts War

Sebastian Junger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has been awarded a National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism. Junger reads from and discusses his new book War, in which he turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat-the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another. His on-the-ground account follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley.

($26.99) Twelve ISBN #978-0-446-55624-8. You can visit Sebastian Junger’s official web site as well.

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AOT #219: William Haywood Henderson Podcasts Native

William Haywood Henderson teaches writing at the nonprofit Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado, and is the author of The Rest of the Earth and Augusta Locke. As part of the Lighthouse Writers “Writer’s Buzz” series, Chris Ransick interviews Henderson about his novel Native, the tale of three gay men ensnared in the politics and prejudices of an isolated ranching town in Wyoming’s Wind River Valley. “Henderson’s moody, near mystical evocation of the Western heart owes more to the spirit of The Scarlet Letter than to Louis L’Amour. Native is a cowboy story unlike any other.” –Boston Globe

($18.95) Bison Books ISBN #978-0-8032-2845-0. You can visit William Haywood Henderson’s official web site as well.

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AOT #218: Nathaniel Philbrick Podcasts The Last Stand

Historian Nathaniel Philbrick, the National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea, reads from and discusses his new book The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer’s Last Stand, the June 1876 battle has been equated with other famous last stands, from the Spartans’ defeat at Thermopylae to Davy Crockett at the Alamo. Throughout his story of this epic battle, Philbrick beautifully evokes the history and geography of the Great Plains with his characteristic grace and sense of drama. The Last Stand is a mesmerizing account of the archetypal story of the American West, one that continues to haunt our collective imagination.

($29.95) Viking ISBN #978-0-670-02172-7. You can visit Nathaniel Philbrick’s official web site as well.

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AOT #217: Brad Meltzer Podcasts Heroes for My Son

Since the birth of his son in 2003, bestselling novelist Brad Meltzer (The Book of Fate, The Tenth Justice, The Book of Lies) has been collecting heroes from whom his son can learn how to live a good life. Melzer reads from and discusses his new book Heroes for My Son, in which he shares, with parents everywhere, the stories of 52 such heroes-from Dr. Seuss and Mr. Rogers to Mother Teresa and Mohandas Gandhi.

($19.99) HarperStudio ISBN #978-0-06-190528-5. You can visit Brad Meltzer’s official web site as well.

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AOT #216: Pam Grier Podcasts Foxy: My Life in Three Acts

Beautiful, bold, and bad, Pam Grier burst onto the movie scene in the 1970s, setting the screen on fire and forever changing the country’s view of African-American actresses. With a killer attitude and body to match, Grier became the ultimate fantasy of men everywhere. But she quickly proved that she was more than just a desirable film goddess. She had the brains, courage, and tenacity to sustain a career that would span more than 30 years. The Denver Film Society joins us in presenting Pam Grier as she discusses her new memoir Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, in which she chronicles the good, bad, and steamy highlights in her life and career.

($24.99) Grand Central ISBN #978-0-446-54850-2.

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AOT #215: Rick Reilly Podcasts Sports from Hell: My Search for the World’s Dumbest Competition

Colorado author and sports journalist Rick Reilly, whose “Life of Reilly” column appears each week in Sports Illustrated, has been voted five times as National Sportswriter of the Year by his peers. Reilly reads from and discusses his new book Sports from Hell: My Search for the World’s Dumbest Competition. Asking himself, “What is the stupidest sport in the world?” Rick Reilly set out on a global journey-with stops in Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, England, and even a maximum security prison at Angola, Louisiana-to discover the answer to this enduring question. From the physically and mentally taxing sport of chess boxing to the psychological battlefield that is the rock-paper-scissors championship, to the underground world of illegal jart throwing, to several competitions that involve nudity, Reilly, in his valiant quest, subjected himself to both bodily danger and abject humiliation (or, in the case of ferret legging, both).

($26.00) Doubleday ISBN #978-0-385-51438-5. You can visit Rick Reilly’s official web site as well.

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AOT #214: Roddy Doyle Podcasts The Dead Republic

Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer and winner of the 1993 Booker Prize for the novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. His first three novels-The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van-are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. Doyle reads from and discusses his eagerly anticipated new novel The Dead Republic, the triumphant conclusion to the trilogy that includes A Star Called Henry and Oh, Play That Thing. Raucous, colorful, epic, and full of intrigue and incident, The Dead Republic is also a moving love story-the magnificent final act in the life of one of Roddy Doyle’s most unforgettable characters, Henry Smart.

($26.95) Viking ISBN #978-0-670-02177-2.

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AOT #213: Dave Isay Podcasts Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps

Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades his radio documentary work has won nearly every award in broadcasting, including five Peabody awards. He is the author (or coauthor) of four books based on Sound Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago and Flophouse. Isay discusses his new book Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps . In this new collection, Isay presents StoryCorps’s most revelatory stories on moms, looking across a diversity of experience to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood.

($21.95) Penguin ISBN #978-1-59420-261-2. You can visit Dave Isay’s official web site as well.

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AOT #212: Kathy Kinney & Cindy Ratzlaff Podcast Queen of Your Own Life

Kathy Kinney (best known as Mimi on “The Drew Carey Show”) and Cindy Ratzlaff (marketing genius behind the launch of The South Beach Diet program) have been best friends for more than thirty years, and have helped each other navigate the ups and downs of their lives with humor and grace. Kinney and Ratzlaff discuss their new book Queen of Your Own Life. In this entertaining and inspiring book, Kinney and Ratzlaff share the tried-and-true techniques they call “the seven best gifts a woman can give herself.” They reveal how they learned to value themselves just the way they are-women in full bloom, sensual, vibrant, wise and more beautiful than ever-and they’ll show you how you can, too.

($18.95) Harlequin ISBN #978-0-373-89215-0. You can visit Kathy Kinney & Cindy Ratzlaff’s official web site as well.

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AOT #211: Harlan Coben Podcasts Caught

Harlan Coben, the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, discusses his new thriller Caught. In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills- filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben’s trademark-Caught tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can’t trust her own instincts about this story, or the motives of the people around her.

($27.95) Dutton ISBN #978-0-525-95158-2. You can visit Harlen Coben’s official web site as well.

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