AOT #80: Michael Korda Podcasts Ike

New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda‘s books include Horse People, Country Matters, Ulysses S. Grant, and Charmed Lives. Korda discusses his new biography Ike. This big, ambitious, and enthralling new biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower is full of fascinating details and anecdotes, which place particular emphasis on his brilliant generalship and leadership in World War Two. It also provides, with the advantage of hindsight, a far more acute analysis of Ike’s character and personality than any that has previously been available, reaching the conclusion that he was perhaps America’s greatest general and one of America’s best presidents, a man who won the war and thereafter kept the peace.

($34.95) HarperCollins ISBN #0-06-075665-9.

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AOT #79: Robert Fulghum Podcasts What On Earth Have I Done? Stories, Observations, and Affirmations

Robert Fulghum, the bestselling author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and numerous other books, discusses What On Earth Have I Done? Stories, Observations, and Affirmations. This wonderful new collection is an armchair tour of everyday life as seen by Fulghum, one of America’s great essayists, a man who has two feet planted firmly on the earth, one eye on the heavens and, at times, a tongue planted firmly in his cheek.

($22.95) St. Martin’s ISBN # 0-312-36549-7. You can visit Robert Fulghum’s official web site as well.

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AOT #78: Michael Connelly Podcasts The Overlook

Multiple award-winning writer Michael Connelly discusses the newest book featuring detective Harry Bosch, The Overlook. A body has been found on the overlook near Mulholland Drive and LAPD detective Harry Bosch is called out to investigate. It is the case he has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the city’s Homicide Special squad. However, what begins as a routine homicide investigation opens up before Bosch into something much larger, more dangerous—and much more urgent.

($21.95) Little, Brown ISBN # 978-0-316-01895-1. You can visit Michael Connelly’s official web site as well.

AOT #77: Joyce Carol Oates Podcasts The Gravedigger’s Daughter

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. Oates discusses her new novel The Gravedigger’s Daughter, a masterpiece of domestic yet mythic realism, at once emotionally engaging and intellectually provocative: an intimately observed testimony to the resilience of the individual.

($26.95) HarperCollins ISBN #978-0-06-123682-2.

AOT #76: Michael Ondaatje Podcasts Divisadero

Michael Ondaatje, the celebrated author of The English Patient and In the Skin of a Lion, discusses his new novel Divisadero, a remarkable tale of intersecting lives that ranges across continents and time. Breathtakingly evoked and with unforgettable characters, Divisadero is a multilayered novel about passion, loss, and the unshakable past—and about the often discordant demands of family, love, and memory.

($25.00) Knopf ISBN #978-0-307-26635-4.

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AOT #75: Garrison Keillor Podcasts Pontoon

Garrison Keillor, founder and host of the acclaimed radio show A Prairie Home Companion and the daily program The Writer’s Almanac, and author of nearly a dozen books, discusses his new novel Pontoon. A fresh and funny Lake Wobegon novel about a woman with a secret life, Pontoon is a comic and heartfelt tale of courage and transformation in a town stuck in its ways.

($24.95) Viking ISBN # 0-670-06356-8.

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AOT #74: Deepak Chopra Podcasts Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Deepak Chopra, the preeminent voice in Eastern philosophy in the West, reads from his new novel Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment. This re-imagining of the Buddha’s life presents a new form of teaching which shows how the iconic journey of the prince who became the Buddha has changed the world forever.

($24.95) HarperSanFrancisco ISBN #978-0-06-087880-1. You can visit Deepak Chopra’s official web site as well.

AOT #73: Diana Gabaldon Podcasts Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade

Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Outlander novels and Lord John and the Private Matter, discusses her new Lord John novel Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade.

($25.00) Delacorte ISBN #978-0-385-33749-6. You can visit Diana Gabaldon’s official web site as well.

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AOT #72: Martin Cruz Smith Podcasts Stalin’s Ghost

Martin Cruz Smith is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers, a recipient of Britain’s Golden Dagger Award, and his acclaimed novels include Gorky Park, Rose, December 6, Polar Star and Stallion Gate. Cruz Smith discusses his new mystery Stalin’s Ghost, which begins with investigator Arkady Renko being assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station.

($26.95) Simon and Schuster ISBN #0-7432-7672-8. You can visit Martin Cruz Smith’s official web site as well.

AOT #71: Elizabeth Berg Podcasts Dream When You’re Feeling Blue

Elizabeth Berg is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including We Are All Welcome Here, The Year of Pleasures, Joy School, and Talk Before Sleep. Berg discusses her new novel Dream When You’re Feeling Blue, a wonderful story about three sisters, their lovely Irish family, and the men they love, set in the Chicago of WWII.

($24.95) Random House ISBN #978-1-4000-6510-7. You can visit Elizabeth Berg’s official web site as well.

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