A collection of Audible.com audio books recommended by the hosts and listeners of Slate podcasts. NOTE: In order to receive any of these as a free book, you must first sign up for an Audible.com membership through one of the Slate podcasts. http://www.slate.com/id/2119317/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:23 -0800 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:57 -0800 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Karen Iker. From the Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award-winning fiction. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HARP_002013&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes AA328582-98C7-45D4-948C-D591230831F2-1046-000022A037F90473-FFA Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:01 -0800 Recommended for children by Political Gabfest listener Karen Iker. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HARP_001844&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes DAA238CB-FBC9-4C27-AA38-C925B55F8058-1046-0000227FE9E20461-FFA Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:14:30 -0800 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader, is living the high life: wealth, power, and prestige, a Park Avenue apartment, a beautiful wife and an enchanting mistress are all his - until one wrong turn sends it all up in flames. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_003279&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Culture Gabfest D9CEE5B0-8674-47FE-8AFA-C55E815AB434-1046-0000223178F30D39-FFA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:11:53 -0800 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Robert Sloan. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_NAXO_000306&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 17C7E0EE-5BB7-48D1-B19D-3540AF923B21-5515-0000B50CE169F043-FFA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:03 -0800 Recommended by Gabfest listener Jim Bosiljevac. "Farm City" tells the story of a woman who turned a small garden in a vacant lot into a working farm with its own slaughterhouse. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_001046&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes CA4FFA72-F283-441F-80D4-23DCB6E8B8C8-5515-0000B4C18ADF0D0E-FFA Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:05:25 -0800 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. From the Publisher's Summary: Tom Ripley is struggling to stay one step ahead of his creditors and the law when an unexpected acquaintance offers him the chance to start over. Ripley wants money, success, and the good life, and he's willing to kill for it. When his newfound happiness is threatened, his response is as swift as it is shocking. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TWUK_000122&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Culture Gabfest B23F630D-59E0-4360-B67C-580E9DDF7DD7-5515-0000B4783562360E-FFA Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:59:51 -0800 (NOTE: This book requires two Audible credits, and so is not eligible for the Gabfest free book offer.) Recommended by Political Gabfest host David Plotz. Set against the rejection of the Catholic church by England's Henry VIII, this novel tells the story of Henry's pragmatic right hand man Thomas Cromwell. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_001018&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 3EA06DB2-73B7-4581-B83F-924B20F37822 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:05:35 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest hosts, who will be discussing the book on the Nov. 11, 2009, Culturefest as a way of marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. From the publisher's description of Black Dogs: "A fictional memoir set in late 1980s Europe, Black Dogs contemplates individuals responding to vast impersonal forces. Orphaned at the age of eight, Jeremy finds the course of his life transient and groundless until he marries and begins writing a memoir of his wife's estranged parents." http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_001508&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Culture Gabfest BA73070D-DCA7-4A75-BFB4-C2C6CF485BDA Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:50:13 -0700 Recommended by Hang Up and Listen host Stefan Fatsis. From the publisher's description: "Warren St. John decided to find out why people care so much about the outcomes of games they're not playing in by joining a group where the particulars of the fan psyche would show themselves in sharp relief: the caravan of hundreds of RVs that follow the Alabama Crimson Tide across the South, taking over college towns with a moveable feast of Weber grills, karaoke machines, Igloo coolers, and fast-draining liquor bottles." http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000269&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Hang Up and Listen 8BCB80DE-2ED6-421D-85C9-722A4A8DF5C2 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:40 -0700 Recommended by Culture Gabfest correspondent Hanna Rosin. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_LILI_000789&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes F18FCAFC-7C14-4F47-B5DA-22B5526CEE4F-504-00000E55F72B1F61-FFA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:35:08 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_000289&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 44787036-C693-43FE-924D-F410E8561BD7-1720-00003BA41C1273EC-FFA Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:24:39 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Sarah Keegan. The book chronicles the work of infectious disease specialist Paul Farmer, who travels around the world lobbying for lower prices for drugs necessary to treat tuberculosis. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000121&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 4DECE109-DFD1-4404-84E5-4AA5003CFDFC Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:57 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_003062&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 1954884B-3262-4FF6-A044-EAAB9723F280-1720-00003D0E985E4BFC-FFA Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:48:22 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Glenn Hochberg. Step by Step tells the story of a boy who leaves the Jim Crow South at 13 and heads to Washington, D.C. It chronicles his rise from sweeping the Capitol steps to working as hearing coordinator for the Senate foreign relations committee. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_OASI_000361&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest FE4801AE-4C6A-4D7A-8161-B7A236E14C5A Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:57:09 -0700 Today's recommendation is for Ruth Reichl's memoirs, such as "Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise," and "Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table". http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=ruth+reichl&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=ruth+reichl&x=0&y=0 28FFA3AC-65CE-4FA5-A45C-001D8DD0A36E-1720-00003E87A2B6062C-FFA Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:11:48 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Imogene Hatch. Publisher's summary: On his last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker, spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi. But overshadowing all is his most miraculous and terrible adventure, the Great War: a surreal parade of horrors that devastated and defined Alessandro, yet enabled him to experience fully the magic and beauty of the absurd human comedy called life. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BBCA_000063&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest CF88083A-A826-4A2D-B501-FB50EF3DDB47-1404-000029401EC1622C-FFA Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:56:49 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RAND_001992&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes A263A522-36A6-4278-9DB0-B26F11215CC1-504-00001059783DB6D0-FFA Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:10:57 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest host Emily Bazelon. This funny children's book features an 8-year-old girl named Lucy Rose writing about life during her parents' separation. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_LILI_000194&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest A9C73D69-9B6C-49C5-BB2F-AB7340CD09D1-1404-00002A1E5D806019-FFA Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:01:51 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HOWE_000143&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes BA1C7B4D-CCCF-4075-BFFC-9B134881B540-504-00001411D08DD6CA-FFA Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:19:16 -0700 Recommended by Slate Editor-in-Chief David Plotz. Narrated by Frederick Davidson. The book tells of the hardships one must go through to overcome the oppression of parents and affirm one's own personal freedom of expression. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_000676&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest E090FD20-A177-4934-B766-787CF30BACCD-1404-00002AA2B1A53883-FFA Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:14:20 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=bob+dylan%27s+chronicles&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=bob+dylan%27s+chronicles&x=0&y=0 CDA4D8D6-3A38-4E60-A8FA-7149A00A23AC-504-00001451B288EF02-FFA Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:22:14 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Robert Tracy. The Big Rich chronicles the scandals, tragedies, and conflicts of Texas oil tycoons. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_002997&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest E30BA888-B1FB-42CF-BE08-C39CAF250DDE Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:39:22 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_001123&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes FA075452-206E-486B-B436-87C3F1A0CB28-504-000014D29EF36FB2-FFA Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:31:58 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest reader Justin McMahan. All the Shah's Men tells the story of Operation Ajax, a U.S.-and-U.K.-led plot to oust Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000068&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 970CCF14-FC41-4C95-A350-ED8AC39DFB6E-1404-00002BC1ECC709B1-FFA Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:38:20 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. From the Publisher's Summary: Considered one of the finest historical works in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is lauded for its graceful, elegant prose style as much as for its epic scope. Remarkably accurate for its day, Gibbon's treatise holds a high place in the history of literature and remains an enduring subject of study. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_002451&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes D79F9C20-5985-4126-8461-1563798C03EC-504-00001502D5D1DC13-FFA Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:36:12 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest correspondent John Dickerson. This is a brilliant story set in 1953 about a woman named Pearlie and the pitfalls of married life. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_000790&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest D94A760D-1C07-494A-958B-942C494FD4DF-1404-0000303D5A42B0A0-FFA Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:14:39 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. From the Publisher's Summary: When Hitler's war ended in 1945, the war over Hitler, who he really was, what gave birth to his unique evil, had just begun. Hitler did not escape the bunker in Berlin, but, half a century later, he has managed to escape explanation in ways both frightening and profound. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000752&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 2311BB54-263D-496C-9903-CDCF7A14688D-3055-00006B3EC9258502-FFA Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:41:35 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Marc Baus. Set in Hungary, the book tells the true story of Attilla Ambrus—a hockey player who began to rob post offices and banks in the early 1990s while Hungary was resurfacing from communist rule. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TIME_000449&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest D24A6917-936C-4ABC-8939-8648F2D406EF-1404-000030A883325EBF-FFA Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:14:48 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. From one of our most interesting literary figures, former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs, a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook. Expanding on his James Beard Award-winning New Yorker article, Bill Buford gives us a richly evocative chronicle of his experience as "slave" to Mario Batali in the kitchen of Batali's three-star New York restaurant, Babbo. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000735&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 77A3D651-53DB-4ABA-BB61-177DF8AE0E90-3055-00006B7F292B63B6-FFA Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:46:46 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Edward Butler. Blind Side tells the story of Michael Oher, a young man born to a crack-addicted mother who found salvation through football. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000794&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest F80AA912-4641-4D16-BD43-2ABC8A2071A4 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:31:00 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew as an audiobook of the week. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_LILI_000133&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 8B86AAEB-AE15-4CC9-B6E0-C9618B77081D-3055-00006BFD38FDC928-FFA Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:53:24 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Janet Martin, particularly for Woodman's character portrayals. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HCUK_000059&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest E33FF67D-5222-4FF3-9A99-F5800D114212-1404-00002C6E2598F4C7-FFA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:21:37 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Janet Martin. Publisher's summary: "Ex-thief Barnaby Gaitlin works for Rent-a-Back, Inc., compassionately performing household chores for shut-ins and the elderly. The 30-year-old black sheep of an "old" Baltimore family, he is a disappointment to everyone in his life, including himself. Living in a basement, and haunted by his shady adolescent past, he can't seem to do anything right - until he meets kind and sensible Sophia. Could hers be the love that will alter his life? When Anne Tyler explores the complexities of navigating this perplexing little planet, her fans come away with a feeling of somehow being understood. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_001693&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest D83BF539-C0E4-45BB-BD5D-DA47123C7579-1404-00002CAF53A15DF9-FFA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:44:49 -0700 Recommended by Nathan Stanley and Slate editor David Plotz. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=the+rise+of+theodore+roosevelt&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=the+rise+of+theodore+roosevelt&x=0&y=0 Political Gabfest 7BC4CC39-3B60-4B7F-B0EA-3A87567AAFDD-1404-00002D4C363BF532-FFA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:21:10 -0700 Recommended by Slate editor David Plotz. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RAND_001680&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 9167127C-C73A-4BCB-971E-714C560B352F-1404-00002E20606B5ED6-FFA Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:21:03 -0700 Recommended by the Culture Gabfest crew. Fraser tells the story of the failed conspiracy of 1605, wherein a group of provincial English Catholics plotted to assassinate King James I of England. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ORIO_000127&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes 8815A6C6-99CE-4F25-9624-417B72AF42E6-4721-0000A137D92A2207-FFA Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:38 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Brian Glaser. Each book is "a short, focused look at a single rock album," from artists across the musical spectrum and from multiple eras. While the audiobooks do not include any of the music discussed, they make a great companion for favorite albums and artists. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=33+1%2F2+series&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=33+1%2F2+series&x=0&y=0 Political Gabfest C3471302-D9C5-4C21-96AC-2625E517AD6B-1404-00002E670855B809-FFA Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:55 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Andrew Karduna. Weaving the story of the Lafferty brothers and their fanatical brethren with a clear-eyed look at Mormonism's violent past, Krakauer examines the underbelly of the most successful homegrown faith in the United States, and finds a distinctly American brand of religious extremism. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000157&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest A1B90D84-EDFA-41F6-81EE-4384FA3BBF0F-1404-00002F2CA78CDB65-FFA Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:41:58 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Andrew Karduna. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000470&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest EC56B540-E248-42F1-BF99-66A9BEF27CDE-1404-00002EA17FE94298-FFA Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:24:13 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Cecilia GaposchkinThe story of two black women working as help in the homes of two white women in 1960s Jackson, Miss., The Help is a fantastic tale, and this reading of it is mind-blowing, according to Cecilia. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_001181&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 547E9A4C-49DF-4EBA-91D9-D6B600ADDDFC-214-00000410C01DA45E-FFA Fri, 29 May 2009 13:50:31 -0700 Recommended by the entire Political Gabfest crew. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of religion on American politics has never been greater, when many Americans still believe in the Bible's literal truth, it has never been more important to get to know the Bible. Good Book is what happens when a regular guy - an average Job - actually reads the book on which his religion, his culture, and his world are based. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000936&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest ED7781C1-6D75-405E-9B3B-D0863D962744-214-00000462C4C06846-FFA Fri, 22 May 2009 15:47:11 -0700 This recommendation from Political Gabfest listener Sean Oskea is for a narrator rather than a book. Sean says Barbara Rosenblat has an incredible vocal range, and the ability to make each character in a book instantly recognizable, regardless of gender, age, nationality, or anything else. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?D=barbara+rosenblatt&Ntt=Barbara+Rosenblat&Dx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Narrator_Search&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&y=0&N=0&x=0&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 3983DDF6-1350-4566-8F30-C48BD836CDBE-214-000005ECDE0CFAD3-FFA Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:35 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest correspondent Emily Bazelon. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HIGH_000246&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 59833DD2-6680-4EAC-ADA4-75D6B62219EC-214-00000663DB0C7293-FFA Fri, 15 May 2009 15:46:58 -0700 Recommended by Slate V executive producer Andy Bowers. The entertaining tales of airplane pilots, poker players, football players, and lab monkeys all serve to highlight very serious analytical data of how humans — and more importantly, their brains — make decisions. Lehrer skims the surface of modern research throughout, digging down only deep enough so the average listener can clearly understand. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BRLL_001535&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest D8345C09-9DC4-4716-83B1-B4782A69AE93-214-000006ED93483571-FFA Fri, 8 May 2009 15:46:48 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Christopher Proctor. In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HARP_001597&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest B78C15E6-0CAF-42B2-91BB-9FFA5BC68010-214-000007CFCF063D31-FFA Fri, 1 May 2009 15:46:37 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Bill Walthall, The Graveyard Book is a scary children's book that won the 2009 Newbery Medal as the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLOO_000013&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 3D58AAAB-1C88-4961-900D-934079AF7AD2-214-000008037C13B61B-FFA Fri, 1 May 2009 15:46:29 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Iain DeWitt. The late Richard P. Feynman won the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics for his many contributions to physics, especially for his work on quantum electrodynamics. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RHAU_000102&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 46CAABC0-6113-4FCC-8CE4-3E6D00B6770D-728-0000238BEEE38EB2-FFA Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:23:28 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Iain DeWitt. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_DOVE_001183&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 652F15C5-06E4-420A-A1D9-18FA17EAA446-214-000008CEA33DAD2C-FFA Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:21 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Iain DeWitt. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_000185&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest DB4587F5-19AC-448A-8844-0A8465D2B618-214-00000A5DA8B9A672-FFA Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:11 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Russ Woods. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_CSAW_000072&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 46FDA323-F711-42E3-B551-50F37E5F8F5C-214-00000AC305EC191A-FFA Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:00:27 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Peter Blake. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BANT_000056&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest B633C87A-153A-43B1-A972-BB3164C6E208-214-00000B3E5A567022-FFA Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:59:59 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Peter Blake. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=memoirs+of+a+geisha&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=memoirs+of+a+geisha&x=0&y=0 Political Gabfest FB74E81B-8F9A-42FB-A8B2-86A631FAB97E-214-00000B79BA744E6A-FFA Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:23:16 -0700 Recommended by a Political Gabfest listener who says that the book is helping her cope with pregnancy-induced insomnia. http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000330&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest 9B70126C-DF62-4D1C-8630-3687C4AC456F-728-000023DC2062DBF1-FFA Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:23:02 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest listener Dave Zobott. From the Publisher's Summary: The wide variety of carefully selected poetry in this audiobook provides the perfect introduction to reel in those who are new to poetry, and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way. Lithgow offers insightful and sometimes poignant commentary to accompany each poem. His essential criterion is that "each poem's light shines more brightly when read aloud". http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HACH_000087&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Political Gabfest DCD8180D-F059-4738-9FF0-3F05489B147D-728-0000245F6891A7D2-FFA Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:22:52 -0700 Recommended by Political Gabfest correspondent Emily Bazelon. 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