The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.
One of the key figures of the Beat movement in San Francisco in the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been the coowner of City Lights Books since 1953....
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Economist Paul Krugman examines the past 80 years of American history, focusing on economic reforms and achievements and what he sees as increased inequality in our society....
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A discussion of the aftermath of September 11: the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, the invasion of Iraq, the prison abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib, and what comes next....
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Israeli president, former prime minister, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres is one of the great statesmen of the modern world....
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Our actions are shaped by how we perceive the world, and these days our perception of reality is relentlessly shaped by the media....
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SleaterKinney started out ten years ago as a side project by the singerguitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. James Surowiecki has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2000....
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Tippi Hedren remembers the most frightening moments of her career and tells intimate details about her daughter Melanie Griffith....
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Ms. Susie Bright, Ms. Rachel Kramer Bussel, Mr. Stephen Elliott, Mr. John Freeman
Narrator
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Ms. Rachel Resnick
Publisher
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Los Angeles Times
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$ 4.19
Audible Price
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$ 2.93
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Writer, lecturer and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Alice Walker sit down with Wilma Mankiller to discuss gender and politics in today's world....
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Mr. Michael Connelly, Mr. Robert Crais, Mr. T. Jefferson Parker
Narrator
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Ms. Paula Woods
Publisher
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Los Angeles Times
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$ 4.19
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$ 2.93
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Nicole Krauss is the author of two novels, Man Walks Into a Room and The History of Love, which was published this year....
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Mr. Christopher Farnsworth, Mr. Seth GrahameSmith, Mr. Michael Shea
Narrator
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Mr. Tod Goldberg
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them...
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Mr. Peter Biskind, Mr. Leo Braudy, Mr. David Thomson
Narrator
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Mr. Steven J. Ross
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Actor and director Alan Alda played Hawkeye Pierce on the television series M*A*S*H and has acted in, written, and directed many feature films....
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Why I Recommend
Audible by Alan Twigg
Audible (an Amazon.com company) is the world's leading online
audio-book provider. Audible is responsible for supplying audio
content to Apple's ITunes service. I have been listening,
enjoying and creating audio books for many years. With
the arrival of the internet and portable digital devices,
audio-books began to become availalbe for download.
Having tried most of
the other download services myself, I finally came to
the conclusion that Audible offers the best and most
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This link will take you to Audible...
All about Audiobooks and how they can make your life more
enjoyable.
Books in audio format are a fantastic alternative to reading.
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Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
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