AOT #200: David Wroblewski Podcasts The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his extraordinary debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Filled with breathtaking scenes-the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain-The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a meditation on the limits of language and what lies beyond, a brilliantly inventive retelling of an ancient story, and an epic tale of devotion, betrayal, and courage in the American heartland.

($26.99) Ecco ISBN #978-0-06-137423-4. You can visit David Wroblewski’s official web site as well.

Please also listen to David Wroblewski’s podcast recorded while on book tour for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle hardcover edition.

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AOT #199: Zachary Lazar Podcasts Evening’s Empire

Zachary Lazar, whose novel Sway was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, reads from and discusses his new book Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder. When he was just six years old, Lazar’s father, Edward, was shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona, parking garage. The year was 1975, a time when, according to the Arizona Republic, “land-fraud artists roamed the state in sharp suits, gouging money from buyers and investors.” How did his father fit into this world and how could his son ever truly understand the man, his time and place, and his motivations? In Evening’s Empire, Lazar brilliantly attempts to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to his father’s murder.

($24.99) Little, Brown ISBN #978-0-316-03768-6.

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AOT #198: Lucinda Scala Quinn Podcasts Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys

Born to a family that always cared about food, Lucinda Scala Quinn started cooking professionally as a teenager. She has worked as a chef, cooking teacher, caterer, and food writer. She is Executive Food Director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and she appears regularly on NBC’s Today and Martha, as well as co-hosting PBS’s Everyday Food. Quinn discusses her new book Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys. With four hungry brothers, three ravenous sons, and a husband who loves to eat, Quinn has spent much of her life feeding the men and boys in her life and teaching them how to feed themselves. In her new book, she shares winning strategies for how to sate the seemingly insatiable, trade food for talk, and get men to manage in the kitchen.

($29.95) Workman ISBN #978-1-57965-356-9. You can visit Lucinda Scala Quinn’s official web site as well.

AOT #197: T. A. Barron Podcasts Merlin’s Dragon: Doomraga’s Revenge

T.A. Barron is the award-winning author of fantasy novels such as The Lost Years of Merlin epic–soon to be a major motion picture. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards including The Nature Conservancy and The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Barron reads from and discusses his new book Merlin’s Dragon: Doomraga’s Revenge, in which Basil becomes Merlin’s partner as they battle the mysterious shadows that threaten the new Avalon. In this jaw-dropping sequel to the mega-hit Merlin’s Dragon, Barron sends Merlin, Rhia, and Basil, the greatest dragon ever, on a mission across Avalon to root out this new enemy. But sacrifices will be made, relationships will be tested, and precious lives will be lost.

($19.99) Philomel ISBN #978-0-399-25212-9. You can visit T.A. Barron’s official web site as well.

AOT #196: Elizabeth Beckwith Podcasts Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation

Successful actress, stand-up comedienne, and television writer Elizabeth Beckwith reads from and discusses her hilarious first book Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation. A frequent guest on The Late, Late Show and one of seven comics featured in the Time magazine article, “Funny: The Next Generation,” Beckwith now puts forth a hilarious new parenting philosophy that would shock Dr. Spock and traumatize T. Berry Brazelton. Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation is a riotously irreverent take on contemporary child rearing.

($14.99) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-0617-5957-4 . You can visit Elizabeth Beckwith’s official web site as well.

AOT #195: Karl Alexander Podcasts Jaclyn the Ripper

In Karl Alexander’s book Time After Time, H.G. Wells used his time machine to chase after Jack the Ripper who was on a killing spree in 1979 San Francisco. After H.G. met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Alexander reads from and discusses his sequel to Time After Time, Jaclyn the Ripper, in which Amy returns to the present, accidentally freeing Jack from his prison in the far future while also transforming Jack into a woman. Jaclyn the Ripper sets out on a new killing spree in 2010 Los Angeles, vowing revenge on H.G. and Amy. With the panache, excitement, and thrills that made Time After Time so popular, Karl Alexander has penned another winning tale of Wells: author, inventor, and unlikely hero.

($24.99) Tor ISBN #978-0-7653-1894-7. You can visit Karl Alexander’s official web site as well.

AOT #194: Brandon Sanderson Podcasts The Gathering Storm

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor–his wife, Harriet McDougal–to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, so The Gathering Storm is the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light. Sanderson reads from and discusses Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm).

($29.99) Tor ISBN #978-0-7653-0230-4. You can visit Brandon Sanderson’s official web site as well.

AOT #193: Jonathan Lethem Podcasts Chronic City

Jonathan Lethem, the acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, reads from and discusses his new book Chronic City, a gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies. Like Manhattan itself, Lethem’s newest masterpiece is beautiful and tawdry, tragic and forgiving, devastating and antic, a stand-in for the whole world and a place utterly unique.

($27.95) Doubleday ISBN #978-0-385-51863-5. You can visit Jonathan Lethem’s official web site as well.

AOT #192: Eoin Colfer Podcasts And Another Thing…

Eoin Colfer is the author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series. His books have won several awards, including the British Children’s Book of the Year, the German Children’s Book of the Year, and a Betelgeusean Bloater award for shortest newcomer, which he keeps in his head as it is radioactive and scares the children. Colfer reads from and discusses And Another Thing…, the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth installment in the late Douglas Adams‘ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone’s favorite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer, and at least one very large slab of cheese.

($25.99) Hyperion ISBN #978-1-40132-358-5. You can visit Eoin Colfer’s official web site as well.

AOT #191: James Ellroy Podcasts Blood’s a Rover

James Ellroy, author of the internationally bestselling L.A. Quartet novels-The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz-as well as many other bestselling mysteries and a critically acclaimed memoir, reads from and discusses his new book Blood’s a Rover. Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of history. Ellroy’s new story is political noir as only he can write it. Blood’s A Rover is a novel of astonishing depth and scope, a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love.

($28.95) Random House ISBN #978-0-679-40393-7.

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