AOT #70: Craig Childs Podcasts House of Rain

Craig Childs—naturalist, adventurer, desert ecologist, and frequent contributor to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition—is the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water, Soul of Nowhere, and The Way Out. Childs discusses House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the Southwest, in which he presents a portrait, in words and photos, of the Anasazi people: their rise to power, their diaspora, and, ultimately, the long road of their civilization’s demise.

($24.99) Little, Brown ISBN #978-0-316-60817-6.

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AOT #69: Sara Davidson Podcasts Leap! What Will We Do with the Rest of our Lives?

Sara Davidson, author of the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book about the boomer generation’s coming-of-age, discusses her new book Leap! What We Will Do with the Rest of Our Lives? With Leap! Davidson, a witty social observer, offers a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at the choices and challenges baby boomers face.

($25.95) Random House ISBN #0-345-47808-8. You can visit Sara Davidson’s official web site as well.

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AOT #68: Jonathan Lethem Podcasts You Don’t Love Me Yet

Jonathan Lethem, the author of six novels, including the bestsellers The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, reads from his new novel You Don’t Love Me Yet. Brimming with satire and sex, You Don’t Love Me Yet is a funny and affectionate send-up of the alternative band scene, the city of Los Angeles, and the entire genre of romantic comedy, that explores the paradoxes of love and art.

($24.95) Doubleday ISBN #0-385-51218-x. You can visit Jonathan Lethem’s official web site as well.

AOT #67: Rachel Johnson Podcasts Notting Hell

Rachel Johnson reads from her new novel Notting Hell– a wickedly funny and oh-so-recognizable comedy of manners explores life on a communal garden in London—a world of wealthy one-upmanship, where the old-fashioned laws of love still rule among the stainless steel kitchen appliances, cashmere throws, and compassionately produced cups of latte.

($25.00) Simon & Schuster ISBN #1-41653-176-9.

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AOT #66: Tracy Chevalier Podcasts Burning Bright

Tracy Chevalier, the bestselling author whose works include Girl with a Pearl Earring, Falling Angels, and The Lady and the Unicorn, reads from her new novel Burning Bright. Set in eighteenth century London, this story of a poor country family and their experiences in the bustling city of London—and with their new neighbor, poet William Blake—offers an atmospheric tour of a unique time and place.

($24.95) Penguin ISBN #0-525-94978-X. You can visit Tracy Chevalier’s official web site as well.

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AOT #65: Arthur Agatston, M.D. Podcasts The South Beach Heart Program

Arthur Agatston, M.D., a leading cardiologist and the author of the international bestseller The South Beach Diet discusses his new book The South Beach Heart Program: The 4-Step Plan that Can Save Your Life. Presenting the truth about cardiac care in this country, Agatston’s book offers his call to action for preventing heart attacks and strokes.

($25.95) Rodale ISBN #1-59486-419-5. You can visit Arthur Agatston’s official web site as well.

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AOT #64: Sophie Kinsella Podcasts Shopaholic and Baby

Sophie Kinsella is the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series, as well as The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret? Kinsella reads from her new novel Shopaholic and Baby in which Becky Brandon is pregnant and couldn’t be more overjoyed–especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby, right down to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband’s glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky’s perfect world starts to crumble. She’s shopping for two . . . but are there three in her marriage?

($24.00) Bantam ISBN #0-385-33870-8. You can visit Sophie Kinsella’s official web site as well.

AOT #63: Kimberly Stewart Podcasts Eating Between the Lines

Kimberly Stewart, contributor for Natural Home Magazine and editor-in-chief of Dining Out Magazine is the recipient of two Association of Food Journalists awards for Food News Reporting in 2004 and the Jesse Neal Business Journalism Award in 2002. Stewart discusses her new book Eating Between the Lines: The Supermarket Shopper’s Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels.

($14.95) St. Martin’s Press ISBN #0-312-34774-x. You can visit Kim Stewart’s official web site as well.

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AOT #62: Chris Hedges Podcasts American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America

Chris Hedges, veteran journalist, National Book Award finalist and author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, will read from and discuss his new book American Fascists: The Chrisitan Right and the War On America. This book challenges the Christian Right’s religious legitimacy and argues that at its core, it is a mass movement fueled by unbridled nationalism and a hatred for the open society.

($25.00) Free Press ISBN #0-7432-8443-7. You can visit Chris Hedges’ official web site as well.

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AOT #61: Allan Folsom Podcasts The Machiavelli Covenant

Allan Folsom, the New York Times bestselling author of The Exile, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Day of Confession, reads and discusses his new thriller The Machiavelli Covenant. For five hundred years, a despotic order of the supremely rich and powerful has kept a manuscript by political thinker Niccolo Machiavelli hidden away under heavy guard: The Covenant, a terrifying blueprint for the gaining and keeping of true political power!

($25.95) Tor Books ISBN #0-7653-1305-7. You can visit Allan Folsom’s official web site as well.

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