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Unabridged Essays Audiobooks

American Studies
Author: Louis Menand, Reader: Ron McLarty

As incisive and thought-provoking as the wide-ranging subject. This second volume in a projected three-volume intellectual history of America explores a variety of Americana, including TV networks, The New Yorker cartoons, RollingStone, Larry Flint, and why we dropped the bomb. By the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Metaphysical Club. "Cogent and clearly articulated... brilliant."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 5 CDs, Essays, E5Z704, 9781565117044, $29.95
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Art's Prospect
The Challenge of Tradition in an Age of Celebrity
Author: Roger Kimball, Reader: Christopher Lane

The managing editor of The New Criterion and an art critic for The London Spectator examines the current art scene with scathing intelligence, assuring us that most art is created out of the limelight by people uninterested in buzz or publicity. Eloquent and interesting. Particularly amusing are his dissections of art-show catalogspeak. "Witty, insightful, and inciting."—Artscope

Unabridged, 7 CDs, Essays, L7B979, 9780786189793, ~~$56.00~~ Now $50.40
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Changing My Mind
Occasional Essays
Author: Zadie Smith, Reader: Barbara Rosenblat

A sparkling collection of the author's nonfiction on topics as diverse as literature, going to the Oscars, feminism, Obama, and Anna Magnani. Her probing analysis offers tremendous food for thought, encouraging listeners to attend to the slippery questions of identity, art, love, and vocation that so often go neglected. From the author of On Beauty and White Teeth. "Sharp, funny, and agile... [She] is a superb essayist of skill, candor, and caring."—Booklist

Unabridged, 10 CDs, Essays, E9F521, 9780143145219, $39.95
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The Disappointment Artist
Author/Reader: Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Lethem

In this entertaining and thought-provoking collection, the talented author of Fortress of Solitude and Men and Cartoons offers a series of windows into the collisions of art, landscape, and personal history. Includes The Disappointment Artist, Defending the Searchers, Identifying With Your Parents, and 13/1977/21. "His authentic enthusiasm, coupled with his admirable writing, makes for a pleasurable, thought-provoking listening experience."—Booklist

Unabridged, 3 CDs, Essays, E4R492, 9780739314920, $16.95
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I Thought My Father Was God
And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
Editor/Reader: Paul Auster, Paul Auster

Everyone has a story to tell, and NPR's National Story Project provides a sounding board for 180 personal, true-life accounts. These tales of blunders, coincidences, sorrows, and dreams offer a rare glimpse into the American soul. What's more, one of our staff has a story included! "A moving collection of stories that realizes the audio format's best possibilities."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 8 CDs, Essays, E8H411, 9780060874117, $34.95
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Joan of Arc
Author: Mark Twain, Reader: Michael Anthony

Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He reached his conclusions about Joan's unique place in history only after studying in detail the accounts written by both sides, the French and the English. This is a fascinating and remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc.

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Essays, EP7338, 9781605147338, $84.99
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Magical Thinking
True Stories
Author/Reader: Augusten Burroughs, Augusten Burroughs

He has a sharp eye and a tongue to match, and the combination is a hoot. The author of Running with Scissors shares more about his life, more about his skewed sense of humor, and it results in a contagiously funny, heartwarming, shocking collection. "[He] explores the outrageous side of life... [He] reads well; his perspective is witty, and his essays, appealing and agreeably shocking."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 7 CDs, Essays, E7U421, 9781593974213, $29.95
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The Reluctant Metrosexual
Dispatches from an Almost Hip Life
Author/Reader: Peter Hyman, Peter Hyman

If modern life seems complicated, let this almost-hip hipster help. Equal parts cultural anthopologist, amateur sexologist, and witty skeptic, he chronicles the promiscuity and perils of modern manhood with wry sophistication. Audie Award finalist. "[His] deadpan delivery is just right for the self-deprecating humor... laugh-out-loud funny... touching, pathetic, and hilarious."—Booklist

Unabridged, 6 CDs, Essays, E8B588, 9780786185887, $29.95
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Small Wonder
Author/Reader: Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver

Kingsolver raises her magnificent voice in praise of nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the genesis of war, violence, and poverty. Contains 22 wonderfully articulate essays from the author of Prodigal Summer and The Poisonwood Bible. "Like a visit from a cherished old friend... Respect for the intelligence of her audience is apparent everywhere... outstanding."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 6 cassettes, Essays, E6H146, 9780060511463, ~~$34.95~~ Now $14.95
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We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
Revised and Expanded Edition
Author/Reader: Cokie Roberts, Cokie Roberts

In this 10th anniversary edition of her important work, the renowned ABC and NPR news correspondent explores significant issues confronting women today. This audiobook features a series of new profiles of achievers, including Nancy Pelosi,Katie Couric, and Michelle Rhee. She discusses the balance of work and family, diverse roles of women, and women's generational connections and distinctions.

Unabridged, 7 CDs, Essays, E9H443, 9780061774430, $39.99
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