AOT #56: Jeff Shaara Podcasts The Rising Tide

Jeff Shaara, a modern master of the historical novel, has painted brilliant descriptions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Shaara discusses his new book, The Rising Tide, his most ambitious epic yet and the first book in a trilogy about WWII,...

AOT #55: John Naisbitt Podcasts Mind Set!

John Naisbitt, in his seminal works Megatrends and Megatrends 2000, proved himself one of the most farsighted and accurate observers of our fast-changing world. Naisbitt discusses his new book, Mind Set! Reset Your Thinking and See the Future. ($24.95) Harper Collins...

AOT #54: Erik Larson Podcasts Thunderstruck

Erik Larson, the bestselling author of Isaac’s Storm and The Devil in the White City, discusses his thrilling new history, Thunderstruck. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck tells the interwoven...

AOT #52: Barack Obama Podcasts The Audacity of Hope

Barack Obama discusses his new book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper gives a rousing introduction of Barack Obama: a senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all...