AOT #30: Jill Conner Browne Podcasts The Sweet Potato Queens’ Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide
July 13, 2006 by Rob
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Jill Conner Browne, Boss Queen of the Sweet Potato Queens of Jackson, Mississippi, and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, reads from and discusses her newest book, The Sweet Potato Queens’ Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide.
In this hilarious guide, readers will find must-have advice on planning a marvelous marriage, and (when you flip the book over) everything you need to know about dumping a deadweight hubby!
($22.95) Crown ISBN # 1-40004-969-5.
Hey cute shoes! Don’t forget to visit the Sweet Potato Queens’ official web site as well.
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AOT #29: Julian Barnes Podcasts Arthur & George
July 10, 2006 by Rob
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Julian Barnes, one of England’s most esteemed novelists, reads from and discusses his highly acclaimed new novel, Arthur & George.
“In this combination psychological novel, detective story and literary thriller, Barnes elegantly dissects early 20th-century English society as he spins this true-life story with subtle and restrained irony… Shortlisted for the Booker, this novel about love, guilt, identity and honor is a triumph of storytelling…” Publishers Weekly.
Intriguing, relentless and, most of all, moving, Arthur & George richly extends the reach and achievement of a novelist described by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a dazzling mind in mercurial flight.”
($24.95) Knopf ISBN # 0-307-26310-x.
Please visit Julian Barnes’ official web site as well.
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AOT #28: Dave Barry Podcasts Money Secrets
June 22, 2006 by Rob
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Dave Barry, the best-selling humorist and Pulitzer Prize winner for his commentary and columns for the Miami Herald, reads from and discusses his hilarious new book, Dave Barry’s Money Secrets – Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?
Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) topics ranging from… how the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler to an absolutely foolproof system for making money in the stock market, requiring only a little effort (and access to time travel).
($24.95) Crown Publishing ISBN # 1-40004-758-7.
Please visit, if you dare, Dave Barry’s official web site as well.
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AOT #27: Linda Fairstein Podcasts Death Dance
June 18, 2006 by Rob
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Linda Fairstein discusses her riveting new thriller, Death Dance, which takes readers behind the scenes of New York City’s theater world – from Lincoln Center to the lights of Broadway.
Rich with her trademark blend of cutting-edge legal issues, skillful detective work and heart-stopping suspense, Death Dance’s shocking twists make this novel Fairstein’s most chilling adventure yet.
($26.00) Scribner ISBN # 0-7432-5489-9.
Please visit Linda Fairstein’s web site as well.
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AOT #26: Joseph Ellis Podcasts His Excellency: George Washington
June 13, 2006 by Rob
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Joseph Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, his portrait of Thomas Jefferson that won the National Book Award, discusses the paperback edition of his biography of our first president, His Excellency: George Washington.
To this landmark biography, Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era.
($15.00) Random House ISBN # 1-40003-2539.
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AOT #25: Elliot Perlman Podcasts The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming
June 5, 2006 by Rob
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Elliot Perlman, the Australian writer and barrister, and author of the acclaimed Seven Types of Ambiguity and Three Dollars will read from and discuss his new work.
The Reason I Won’t Be Coming is Perlman’s new collection of smart and thoughtful short stories. They explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students and murderers. Witty, vulnerable and honest, they display the same preoccupations that made Perlman’s novel, Seven Types of Ambiguity, one of the most notable publications of 2004.
($24.95) Riverhead ISBN # 1-57322-321-2.
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AOT #24: Chris Elliott Podcasts from The Shroud of the Thwacker
May 25, 2006 by Rob
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Chris Elliott, television and film writer, comic and actor, reads from and discusses his debut novel, The Shroud of the Thwacker.
Set in New York City in 1882, this hilarious story chronicles the adventures of Police Chief Caleb Spencer and his cohorts, Evening Post reporter Liz Smith and Mayor Teddy Roosevelt, as they unravel the mystery of the world’s first serial killer, Jack the Jolly Thwacker.
($22.95) Miramax, ISBN # 1-40135-245-6.
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AOT #23: Blair Underwood Podcasts from Before I Got Here
May 13, 2006 by Rob
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Blair Underwood, a Golden Globe-nominated actor and recipient of several NAACP Image Awards, discusses his new book Before I Got Here: The Wondrous Things We Hear When We Listen to the Souls of Our Children.
Through conversations with his family and friends, Underwood discovered how often people have children who say things that have “left them with their jaws on the floor.” Underwood created a web site as a place to collect these stories and this book is a collection of the best of the conversations and stories posted on the site.
($20.00) Atria Books ISBN # 0-7432-7149-1. Please visit Blair Underwood’s official web site as well.
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AOT # 22: Lynne Truss Podcasts Talk to the Hand
May 8, 2006 by Rob
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Lynne Truss, author of the best-selling book on grammar, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, tackles a new subject – manners, or the lack thereof – in her new book Talk to the Hand .
British writer Lynne Truss reviews books for the Sunday Times of London, is a familiar voice on BBC Radio and won the British Book Award for her 2004 book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Truss reads from and discusses her new book, Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or, Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door. Truss issues a “call to arms” as a witty defender of the civilized world.
($19.95) Gotham Books ISBN # 0-14-305803-7. Please visit Lynne Truss’s Web site as well.
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AOT #21: Andrew Weil Podcasts from Healthy Aging
May 1, 2006 by Rob
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Andrew Weil, M.D. discusses his important new book, Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being.
Dr. Weil, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, is the author of 10 previous books including Spontaneous Healing, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health and, with Rosie Daley, The Healthy Kitchen. Now Dr. Weil gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other in the breadth and depth of its information and understanding. Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting, it is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have been the hallmarks of all his books.
($27.95) Knopf ISBN # 0-375-40755-3. Please visit Dr. Weil’s informative Web site as well.
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