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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – This Week’s Best Seller

This week we have lots of new material hitting the best seller list. I’ve just started on the Stief Larsson books and really enjoy his writing. Can’t wait to catch up to the newest one.

And I’m sure my daughter will want the newest Twilight book, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. Apparantly, it’s a must have before seeing Eclipse, the Movie.

And don’t forget Father’s Day is coming up in the US. Audiobooks make a great present.

Here’s the top sellers for the week. I hope you find something you enjoy.

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Unabridged) by Stieg Larsson
Girl-kicked-hornet-nest-unabridgedSummary: Lisbeth Salander lies in Intensive Care with a bullet lodged in her head. She will face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Salander is now ready to fight back.
Click to hear an audio sample of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Unabridged) audiobook

2. The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Unabridged) by Jeffery Deaver
Burning-wire-lincoln-rhyme-novel-unabridgedSummary: Lincoln Rhyme is back, on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear. The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is electricity. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire. When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhym…
Click to hear an audio sample of The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Unabridged) audiobook

3. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight Saga) (Unabridged) by Stephenie Meyer
Short-second-life-bree-tanner-eclipse-novella-twilightSummary: Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse , and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to an unforgettable conclusion.

Click to hear an audio sample of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight Saga) (Unabridged) audiobook

4. 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel (Unabridged) by Lee Child
61-hours-reacher-novel-unabridgedSummary: Jack Reacher is back. The countdown has begun. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your life. Number-one New York Times best-selling author Lee Child’s latest thriller is a ticking time bomb of suspense. Sixty-one hours. Not a minute to spare. A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces. If she’s goi…
Click to hear an audio sample of 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel (Unabridged) audiobook

5. The Passage (Unabridged) by Justin Cronin
Passage-unabridgedSummary: Just one credit through July 7, 2010. "It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born." First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear – of …
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6. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (Unabridged) by Dan Ariely
Upside-irrationality-unexpected-benefits-defying-logic-work-homeSummary: The provocative follow-up to the New York Times best seller Predictably Irrational Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? How can confusing directions actually help us? Why is revenge so important to us? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational , social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions. Now, …

Click to hear an audio sample of The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (Unabridged) audiobook

7. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective (Unabridged) by Eric Van Lustbader
Robert-ludlum-bourne-objective-unabridgedSummary: Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne’s impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ringA-A- – an artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain it. Now he’s determined to find the ring’s owner and purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he’ll discover he committed when he digs in…
Click to hear an audio sample of Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective (Unabridged) audiobook

8. Innocent (Unabridged) by Scott Turow
Innocent-unabridged-3Summary: The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark best seller Presumed Innocent , Innocent continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, 20 years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty’s wife. Rusty is the prime suspect. Reunited with his charismatic lawyer Sandy Stern, he will do anything to convince his beloved son, Nat, of his innocence. But what is he hiding? In an explosive trial which will expose …
Click to hear an audio sample of Innocent (Unabridged) audiobook

9. Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress (Unabridged) by Kyra Davis
Vows-vendettas-black-dress-unabridgedSummary: The peach taffeta Bridesmaid dress- that should be Sophie’s problem. Not attempted murder. Overjoyed at Maryanne’s engagement, amateur sleuth Sophie Katz can’t wait for the wedding vows and party toasts to begin. But then Dena – best friend, bridesmaid, and all-around vixen – is mysteriously shot just after the announcement. Leave this to the authorities? No way. Dena may never walk again, and Sophie vows to marry her fists with the shooter’s face. Problem is, the number of suspects i…
Click to hear an audio sample of Vows, Vendettas, and a Little Black Dress (Unabridged) audiobook

10. The Spy: An Isaac Bell Adventure (Unabridged) by Clive Cussler, Justin Scott
Spy-isaac-bell-adventure-unabridgedSummary: Detective Isaac Bell, hero of The Chase and The Wrecker , returns in the remarkable new adventure from the number-one New York Times best-selling author. It is 1908, and international tensions are mounting as the world plunges toward war. When a brilliant American battleship-gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide, the man’s grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father’s name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case,…
Click to hear an audio sample of The Spy: An Isaac Bell Adventure (Unabridged) audiobook

11. The Lion (Unabridged) by Nelson DeMille
Lion-unabridgedSummary: In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion’s Game , John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion". Last we heard from him, Khali had claimed to be defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign of terrorism ever to occur on American soil. While Corey and his partner, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, chased him across…

Click to hear an audio sample of The Lion (Unabridged) audiobook

12. Storm Prey: A Lucas Davenport Novel (Unabridged) by John Sandford
Storm-prey-lucas-davenport-novel-unabridgedSummary: The brilliant new Lucas Davenport thriller from the number-one New York Times -best-selling author. "Sandford’s track record as a best-selling author is amazing, but it’s not an accident," wrote Booklist of Wicked Prey . "His plotting is sharp, his villains are extraordinarily layered, and his good guys are always evolving. And this time, there’s a storm brewing…Very early, 4:45, on a bitterly cold Minnesota morning, three big men burst through the door of a hospital pharmacy, du…
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13. The Help (Unabridged) by Kathryn Stockett
Help-unabridgedSummary: Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid, Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman rai…
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14. Bullet: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 19 (Unabridged) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Bullet-anita-blake-vampire-hunter-book-19-unabridgedSummary: The all-new novel in the number-one best-selling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. The triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude, necromancer Anita Blake, and werewolf Richard Zeeman has made Jean-Claude one of the most powerful vampires in the U.S. He’s consolidating power in himself and those loyal to him, doing in America what Belle Morte did in Europe when she was at her height of power. She almost owned Europe, and there was those who are determined that Jean-Claude won’t do …

Click to hear an audio sample of Bullet: Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 19 (Unabridged) audiobook

15. The Eyes of Darkness (Unabridged) by Dean Koontz
Eyes-darkness-unabridgedSummary: A year had passed since little Danny’s death – A year since his mother began the painful process of acceptance. But Tina Evans could have sworn she just saw her Danny in a stranger’s car…Then she dreamed that Danny was alive. And when she awoke, she found a message waiting for her in Danny’s bedroom – Two disturbing words scrawled on his chalkboard: NOT DEAD. Was this someone’s grim joke? Her mind playing tricks on her? Or something …more? For Tina Evans, it was a mystery she couldn’t e…
Click to hear an audio sample of The Eyes of Darkness (Unabridged) audiobook

16. Heart of the Matter (Unabridged) by Emily Giffin
Heart-matter-unabridged-2Summary: Tessa Russo is the mother of two young children and the wife of a renowned pediatric surgeon. Despite her own mother’s warnings, Tessa has recently given up her career to focus on her family and the pursuit of domestic happiness. From the outside, she seems destined to live a charmed life. Valerie Anderson is an attorney and single mother to six-year-old Charlie – a boy who has never known his father. After too many disappointments, she has given up on romance – and even, to some degree, fr…
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17. Fever Dream (Unabridged) by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston
Fever-dream-unabridgedSummary: At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen’s tragic death, only to make a stunning – and dreadful – discovery. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. But now, Pendergast learns that her rifle – her only protection from the beast – had been deliberately loaded with blanks. Who could have wanted Helen dead…and why? With Lieutenant Vi…
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18. Deliver Us from Evil (Unabridged) by David Baldacci
Deliver-evil-unabridged-2Summary: In South America, a 96-year-old man of great wealth reads a book late one night and an hour later he lies dead in his bed, the secrets of his past starkly revealed. Six months later, another mystery man lies dead at the bottom of his pool in a villa in Provence. This time, however, there’s a witness at the scene: Shaw, the shadowy operative from The Whole Truth who barely escapes with his life. Meanwhile, a half a world away, photojournalist Katie James is working on a story of internat…
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19. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Unabridged) by James W. Loewen
Lies-teacher-told-american-history-textbook-wrong-unabridgedSummary: This national best seller is an entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students. Lies My Teacher Told Me won the American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. James W. Loewen, a sociology professor and distinguished critic of history education, puts 12 popular textbooks under the microscope, and what he discovers will surprise you. In his opinion, every one of these texts fails to m…

Click to hear an audio sample of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Unabridged) audiobook

20. How We Decide (Unabridged) by Jonah Lehrer
Decide-unabridgedSummary: Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we "blink" and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind’s black box with the latest tools of neuroscience, they’re discovering that this is not how the mind works. Our best decisions are a finely tuned blend of both feeling and reason – and the precise mix depends on the situation. When buying a house, for example, it’s best to let our unconscious mull…
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136 Podcast Answer Man – Interview – Mignon Fogarty – Grammar Girl

Podcast Answer Man Episode 136
Interview With Mignon Fogarty

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Last night, my wife and I had the opportunity to discuss podcasting as a career with Mignon Fogarty, also known as Grammar Girl. Mignon is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of Quick and Dirty Tips.

This opportunity came about due to the fact that Mignon was going to be in Cincinnati for a book signing related to her new book “The Grammar Devotional.” Her first book, “Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing” achieved enough success that she made it on the New York Times Best Seller List.

We were very excited when the message came in from Mignon saying that she had remembered that we’re in the Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky area and that she’d love to meet us for dinner.

In this episode, we invite you to sit down at the restaurant with us as we discuss how podcasting was the catalyst for her published books, an appearance on the Oprah show (clip1clip2), and a life altering decision to go into podcasting as a full-time career.

Important highlights from the interview include:

Mignon started with an original podcast that took her as much as 20 hours a week to produce. She later made a decision to do something different, even though her original podcast had even won awards.

Mignon “fell into it (podcasting as a career).” It started out just as a hobby that she did in her free time.

There is a discussion that demonstrates the role of passion and enthusiasm about the topic(s) you podcast about. She mentions that she listens to a sports podcast because of their passion and enthusiasm, not because she loves sports.

It became a business when she got some publicity that led her to writing a book. However, the book would have never happened had it not been for the podcast.

Mignon says that she makes about as much money from podcasting as she did as a technical writer. She was a pretty successful technical writer. We both agree that we, as people who have found a way to turn podcasting into a career, are an anomaly and that there is no real formula for “being discovered” and making it work. Mignon shares about who invested in her podcast network and a little bit about how that is all managed.

We talked briefly about the ability to have a positive impact on the lives of others through your podcasting and the importance of picking the right format and being focused on consistency.

I hope that you enjoy the conversation with Mignon.


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Top Rated Podcast Keith and the Girl to Release Relationship Book

Keith And The Girl Book

Top voted Podcast Alley show, and long time podcast producers Keith and the Girl are in the process of releasing their new paperback book titled What Do We Do Now?: Keith and The Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions! If you have ever listened to their show, you know that this book is guaranteed to be sick and wrong on many levels. You will also know that it will make you laugh while they provide a non-biased, non-censored opinion about relationships around the world.

About Keith and the Girl

Not held back by the FCC or anyone else, Keith and Chemda create hilarious talk shows 5 days a week along with a video podcast. Topics cover celebrity gossip, current news, pop culture and preventing robots from taking over the world. Be sure to subscribe to their show (Podcast Alley Link) if you are interested in a primer for the book, or head over to the Keith and the Girl Amazon page to pre-order your copy of the book now.

About the Book

Finally, a modern relationship book for the modern relationship. Keith and the Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions is an R-rated, utterly honest Q&A book culled from the best and funniest questions posed by Keith and the Girl devotees, including:

  • My boyfriend joined the military and is being shipped off for an unknown amount of time. I’m young and I want to move on. Am I a bad person?
  • Why does my boyfriend always adjust himself in public?
  • My wife dresses like a slut. How do I make her stop?
  • My boyfriend’s number one friend on MySpace is his ex. Should I be concerned?

With he-said, she-said advice that is both raw and honest, Keith and the Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions is sure to appeal to the podcast’s legion of fans, and attract a brand-new audience tired of the tried-and-not-so-true relationship manuals.




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