Authors On Tour - Live!
Weekly Podcasts of Authors and Their Books, Live From The Tattered Cover Book Store. Authors ranging from Al Franken to Joan Didion read from and discuss their newest books.
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AOT #173: James Rollins Podcasts The Doomsday Key
James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling master of nail-biting suspense and historical mystery, discusses his new thriller The Doomsday Key. Combining cutting-edge biotechnology with a centuries-old secret, Rollins has created an apocalyptic story that reveals where humankind is truly headed. …
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AOT #172: Ali Sethi Podcasts The Wish Maker
Ali Sethi reads from and discusses his debut novel The Wish Maker, a sweeping story of love, friendship, and family ties that brings to life the turbulent world of modern Pakistan. The Wish Maker, in Ali Sethis mature and sure-handed prose, is an engaging family saga, an absorbing coming-of-age sto …
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In Memoriam: Frank McCourt
In honor or Frank McCourt, who passed away this past weekend, we are replaying this classic podcast, recorded when he was on tour for Teacher Man. McCourt became an unlikey star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angelas Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of h …
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AOT #171: Monica Ali Podcasts In the Kitchen
British author Monica Ali, whose novel Brick Lane was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, reads from and discusses her follow-up novel In the Kitchen. Readers and reviewers have been stunned by the breadth of humanity in M …
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Best of AOT: Al Franken Talks About God, from The Truth (with Jokes)
It always gives us great pleasure to see Authors On Tour alumni reach higher peaks. Al Franken has gone from entertaining us on Saturday Night Live to informing us as a liberal radio talk-show host. Now, after a eight-month legal battle, Franken is the junior Senator from the state of Minnesota. B …
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AOT #170: Michael Connelly Podcasts The Scarecrow
Multiple award-winning journalist and author Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of the Harry Bosch series of novels as well as The Poet, Blood Work, Void Moon, Chasing the Dime, and the New York Times bestseller The Lincoln Lawyer. Connelly reads from and discusses his new mystery featuring …
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AOT #169: Reif Larsen Podcasts The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Writer and filmmaker Reif Larsen reads from and discusses his first book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, a brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel tracing twelve-year-old genius mapmaker T.S. Spivets attempts to understand the ways of the world. When T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call …
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AOT #168: Jennifer Chiaverini Podcasts The Lost Quilter
Jennifer Chiaverini, celebrating the 10th anniversary of her beloved Elm Creek Quilts series, reads from and discusses her 14th series installment The Lost Quilter, which picks up the threads from The Runaway Quilt, to tell another tale of adventure, love, perseverance and, of course, quilting. ($ …
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AOT #167: Mario Acevedo Podcasts Jailbait Zombie
Colorado author Mario Acevedo is a former infantry and aviation officer, engineer, art teacher to incarcerated felons, and the bestselling author of The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, X-Rated Bloodsuckers, and The Undead Kama Sutra. Acevedo reads from and discusses his new novel Jailbait Zombie, which find …
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Purpose-Filled Presentations by Tony Jeary
Discover how to communicate more effectively to anybody, anytime, anywhere with Tony Jearys, Purpose-Filled Presentations. Standard Publishing, $14.99, June 2009, ISBN#: 9780784723142 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2009 in New York City.
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The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
From bestselling author Dennis Lehane comes an epic novel set at the end of the First World War that unflinchingly captures the political unrest of a nation dangling between a chaotic past and unpredictable future. William Morrow, $27.95, September 2008, ISBN#: 9780688163181 This podcast was record …
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope, The Art of Racing in the Rain is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human lifeas only a dog could tell it. HarperCollins, $23.95, May 2008, ISBN#: 978006153 …
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The Last Oracle by James Rollins
SIGMA Force battles a group of rogue scientists who’ve unleashed a bioengineering project that could bring about the extinction of mankind. William Morrow, $26.95, June 2008, ISBN#: 9780061230943 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians. There, he and his cohorts are sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, unpredictable saecular world, an endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is …
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Fool by Christopher Moore
King Lear told from the fools point of view. William Morrow, $25.95, February 2009, ISBN#: 978-0-06-059031-4 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon
In Yes, Youre Pregnant, But What About Me?, Kevin Nealon details his trip through all the emotional stages of pregnancy—uncomfortable, denial, hungry, sleepy, self-conscious, hungrier, confused, cranky, not-quite-as-hungry but still craving something, sweaty, covered in cookie crumbs—all while strug …
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Buddha by Deepak Chopra
In this major new work, New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra brings the teachings of the East to the West as he breathes life into the iconic path of Buddha. HarperSanFrancisco, $24.95, May 1, 2007, ISBN#: 0060878800 This podcast was recorded at BookExpo America 2007 in New York City.
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Best of AOT: David Sedaris Reads Crybaby from When You Are Engulfed in Flames
While on book tour for When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris read to a standing room-only crowd at the Tattered Cover book store in Lower Downtown Denver. This story from the book, Crybaby, recounts Sedariss experience with a publicly mourning seatmate on a flight from New York City to P …
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Health Care Will Not Reform Itself by George Halvorson
Written by one of the leading authorities in the industry, this book provides a basic primer on the American health care system. Using simple-to-understand language supplemented by insightful anecdotes and examples, the author cuts through the thicket of health care reform rhetoric to offer a step-b …
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The Birth (and Death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia
This intriguing cultural history shows why cool is not a timeless concept and how it has begun to lose meaning and fade into history being replaced by a new cultural tone, one marked by sincerity, earnestness, and a quest for authenticity. Speck Press, $25.00, November 2009, ISBN #: 9781933108315 T …
Authors On Tour - Live!
