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.
William Deverell is director of the HuntingtonUSC Institute on California and the West. He is the author of numerous studies on the history of California and the American West.
Frances Dinkelspiel is an awardwinning journalist who spent more than 20 years in the newspaper business. Her first title, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, captures the life of her greatgreat grandfather Isaias Hellman.
Chip Jacobs has written for the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News and LA Weekly. Smogtown: The LungBurning History of Pollution in Los Angeles, written with William. J. Kelly, was published this year. Jacobs lives in Pasadena.
D. J. Waldie received the California Book Award for nonfiction for his book Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir. His latest work, California Romantica, was a Los Angeles Times best seller in 2007.
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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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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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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F. Murry Abraham speaks about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and performs selections from Shakespeare's work with actress Kathleen Widdoes...
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Deborah Tannen, author of the best seller about women and men, You Just Don't Understand, here tackles the motherdaughter relationship....
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The author talks with Symphony Space Education Director Madeline Cohen about the next muchanticipated entry in his New York Times bestselling adventure series....
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Mr. Mark Danielewski, Mr. Steve Erickson, Ms. Nina Revoyr
Narrator
:
Ms. Laura Miller
Publisher
:
Los Angeles Times
Normal Retail Price
:
$ 4.19
Audible Price
:
$ 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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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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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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Medicine Woman Dr. Quinn and the former Bond Girl remembers the most embarrassing moments of her life and why Richard Chamberlain never wanted to make any movie with her again....
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Lisey's Story is Stephen King's most personal and powerful novel. In this special event, recorded live at Symphony Space in New York, King is interviewed by Irish novelist John Connolly.....
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Some of America's most prominent Jewish entertainers talk about their Jewish identity (or lack of one) in a panel discussion at New York's 92nd Street Y....
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Mr. James Brown, Ms. Samantha Dunn, Mr. Tim Page, Mr. Lac Su
Narrator
:
Ms. Dinah Lenney
Publisher
:
Los Angeles Times
Normal Retail Price
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$ 4.19
Audible Price
:
$ 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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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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certainly the title on this
page, too).
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.
Indeed, now that the digital age is upon, listening to your
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Here at Playtime Books we offer lots unabridged talking
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