Karen Joy Fowler, author of the bestselling The Jane Austen Book Club, joins other Austen enthusiasts including novelists Siri Hustvedt and Jennifer Egan to celebrate the work of one of English literature's bestloved authors. In connection with Penguin Classics' 60th Anniversary release of Jane Austen: The Complete Novels: Classic Deluxe Edition, this lively discussion will span the vivid characters, biting satire, and delicious romance of Austen's six novels. Selections read by Hope Davis.
Here are worldfamous explorer and national treasure Ranulph Fiennes' stories of a life lived to the very limits, recorded in front of a live audience....
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Dan Baum, John Powers, Barry Siegal, Sharon Waxman
Narrator
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Elizabeth Taylor
Publisher
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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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Gioconda Belli, Aimee Bender, Mary Gaitskill, Dylan Landis
Narrator
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Donna Rifkind
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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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A lovely discussion between Judith Jones and Alex Prud'homme on their new books, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food and My Life in France....
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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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A. J. Jacobs as he discusses his recent book, The Year of Living Biblically, in which he recounts his fascinating, enlightening and delightfully strange year trying to follow all 613 commandments in the Bible....
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Ms. Cristina Garcia, Mr. Tom Healy, Ms. Lyrae Van CliefStefanon
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Ms. Carol MuskeDukes
Publisher
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Los Angeles Times
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Ms. Judith Freeman, Ms. Barbara Isenberg, Mr. Richard Schickel, Mr. Kenneth Turan
Narrator
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Mr. James Rainey
Publisher
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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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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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In 14 sublime stories, Edward P. Jones turns an unflinching eye to the ordinary citizens of Washington, DC....
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Audible by Alan Twigg
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