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The Audio Book Boom is Coming: Latest Buzz from The New York Times, The Atlantic, and AAP December 2011 Viva titles are available in every format: print, ebook and now audio. We’ve just entered into a partnership with ACX to produce audio editions of our books, beginning with WORDCATCHER and RANDOM OBSESSIONS. And Highbridge and Blackstone have licensed rights for audio editions of ONE AND ONLY and DRUNKEN ANGEL, respectively. If you are interested in stories and narrative, one of these titles should be on your holiday gift list. Wordcatcher An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words by Phil Cousineau By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words inWordcatcher, listeners will be lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and endearing curiosity. More · Buy Random Obsessions Trivia You Can't Live Without by Nick Belardes In Random Obsessions: Trivia You Can't Live Without, historian Nick Belardes has dug into the raw source material found in historical archives, scientific studies, and libraries the world over. Guaranteed to provide you with the best cocktail conversation for many years to come! More · Buy One and Only The Untold Story of On the Road by Gerald Nicosia and Anne Marie Santos Lu Anne Henderson was a beautiful 15-year-old girl in Denver in 1945 when she met Neal Cassady. The two married, and soon were hanging out with young would-be writers including Jack Kerouac. Lu Anne ended up loving them both, and she taught them how to love each other—in effect, making the Beat Generation possible. One and Only traces Lu Anne’s life and shows how she was involved with Jack and Neal to the very end. More · Buy Drunken Angel by Alan Kaufman Alan Kaufman recounts the story of the alcoholism that took him to the brink of death, the PTSD that drove him to the edge of madness, and the love that brought him back. Son of a French Holocaust survivor, Kaufman was so mauled by his indulgences that it is a marvel he hung on long enough to get into recovery. He delivers a lacerating, cautionary tale of a life wasted and reclaimed. More · Buy Gerald Nicosia and Alan Kaufman will be appearing at bookstores in the coming weeks. You can meet Gerry Nicosia and hear him read from One and Only at: The Beat Museum in San Francisco on Thursday, December 8 and Bookshop Santa Cruz on Tuesday, January 31 Alan Kaufman will read from Drunken Angel at: The Beat Museum in San Francisco tonight, December 1 The Make-Out Room in San Francisco tomorrow, December 2 Books, Inc. in Alameda on Saturday, January 14 St. Mark's Bookshop in New York City on Tuesday, January 17 Housing Works Bookstore Café in New York City on Wednesday, January 18 Afikomen Judaica in Berkeley on Thursday, February 9 Bird & Beckett in San Francisco on Sunday, February 19 Both of these authors will be making additional appearances thoughout the winter and spring. Print editions are available from Viva Editions You can buy print editions of these four books, and the full complement of Viva Editions titles, at your local bookstore or at www.vivaeditions.com. Viva Editions, an imprint of Cleis Press, 2246 Sixth St., Berkeley, CA 94710