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Tom Bodett is a storyteller recognized for his warm, humorous style, but he is perhaps best known as the spokesperson for Motel 6. He made his national broadcasting debut in 1984 as a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered; he currently hosts the PBS/Travel Channel co-production Travels on America's Historic Trails with Tom Bodett, which has received two Emmy nominations. His voice can also be heard on Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Saturday Night Live, and National Geographic Explorer. He is the author of five books and has recorded fifteen audiocassettes.
He has lived in Alaska for the... Read More
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Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $6.50
"Bodett, the genial voice in those Motel 6 commercials, offers a page-turner set in the wilds of Alaska, and he clearly knows the taste of sea and storm, the face of the landscape, and the sound of the loons and the scent of salmon. In this sentimental but rousing tale, September... Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
The author of The End of the Road and Small Comforts returns to his fictional Alaska town, The End of the Road, to present more unforgettable stories about its colorful inhabitants and their doings. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
The colorful cast of characters in The End of the Road, Alaska. congregate around the coffeepot at the Big Garage to share wit and wisdom. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $9.99
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
A collection of short stories from The Big Garage on Clear Shot chronicles the offbeat lives of the colorful inhabitants of The End of the Road, a small town in Alaska. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $9.99
The compilation audiobook featuring Tom Bodett's most beloved stories. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
Bodett offers his keen, unforgettable observations of the lives of the peopleof Homer, Alaska, who "just ended up there, and stayed." Read more >
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.00
NORMAN TUTTLE IS, in a word, awkward. He falls off his father’s fishing boat into icy Alaskan waters. He quietly sweats on gorgeous Laura Magruder at the school dance. He gets himself on the bad side of Leonard Kopinski, an overgrown eighth-grader who shaves. As Norman contemplates a long and lonely... Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
Popular radio humorist Tom Bodett once again journeys to the End of the Road and introduces listeners to some of the colorful inhabitants of the remote Alaskan town. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
The best-selling humorist returns to The End of the Road, Alaska, to bring to life a new collection of stories about the colorful inhabitants of the unusual town. Read more >
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Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $14.95
The End of the Road
This delightful collection of stories from Tom Bodett's acclaimed book The End of the Road is a fictional chronicle of a small Alaska town. Follow the romantic misadventures of sixties throwback Tamara Dupree, vegetarian activist and New Age missionary; join Stormy Storbock and Ed Flannigan on their sightseeing... Read more >
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $14.98
From humorist, storyteller, author, and the voice of Motel 6 commercials, here is an exciting middle-grade adventure novel set in rural Alaska. Ivan and September Crane, ages 12 and 13, are left alone for a couple of weeks while their fisherman Dad is away at sea. In typical adolescent fashion, they... Read more >
