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The New Yorker's blend of reporting, commentary, criticism, fiction, and cartoons has garnered 36 National Magazine Awards - more than any other publication. Get the latest issue or subscribe!
The New Yorker, May 7th 2012 (David Kushner, Ariel Levy, James Wood)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 21 mins)
By David Kushner, Ariel Levy, James Wood
Narrated By Todd Mundt
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"Vive la France", by Adam Gopnik; "Picks", by Reeves Wiedeman; "Machine Politics", by David Kushner; "A Ring of One’s Own", by Ariel Levy; "Invitation to a Beheading", by James Wood; and "Going the Distance", by David Denby.
Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 23 mins)
By Woody Allen, John Cheever, E.B. White, and others
Narrated By Tyne Daly, Timothy Jerome, Joe Morton, and others
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New York City is not only The New Yorker magazine's place of origin and its sensibility's life blood, it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town, an anthology of superb short fiction by many of the magazine's most accomplished contributors, celebrates the 75-year marriage between a preeminent publication and its preeminent context with this collection of 20 of its best stories from (so to speak) home.
Alison says:
"Great stories and readers, but technically sloppy"
The New Yorker, April 9th 2012 (Steve Coll, Evan Osnos, James Surowiecki)
HIGHLIGHTS (1 hr and 59 mins)
By Steve Coll, Evan Osnos, James Surowiecki
Narrated By Todd Mundt
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"Heavy Burden", by Jeffrey Toobin; "Call That a Budget?", by James Surowiecki; "Gusher", by Steve Coll; "The God of Gamblers", by Evan Osnos; and "Have Mercy", by Anthony Lane.
The New Yorker, May 14th 2012 (Nick Paumgarten, Michael Specter, James Surowiecki)
HIGHLIGHTS (1 hr and 56 mins)
By Nick Paumgarten, Michael Specter, James Surowiecki
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"Six More Months", by George Packer; "Afterlife", by Christopher Heaney; "Invisible Hand, Greased Palm", by James Surowiecki; "Here’s Looking at You", by Nick Paumgarten; "The Climate Fixers", by Michael Specter; and "Double Lives", by Anthony Lane.
The New Yorker, April 30th 2012 (Dana Goodyear, Ken Auletta, Philip Gourevitch)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 3 mins)
By Dana Goodyear, Ken Auletta, Philip Gourevitch
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"China’s Crisis", by Evan Osnos; "Raw Deal", by Dana Goodyear; "Get Rich U.", by Ken Auletta; "Unreconciled", by Philip Gourevitch; and "Funny and Funnier", by David Denby.
Eggs, Cookies, and Leeches: Memorable Writing from The New Yorker
ABRIDGED (4 hrs and 32 mins)
By Malcolm Gladwell, Hendrik Hertzberg, John Colapinto, and others
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(31)
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(7)
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Certainly, all the writing in The New Yorker is memorable, and this collection is no exception. The authors include such best sellers as Malcolm Gladwell, Seymour Hersh, and Jonathan Franzen - and the subjects range from the lives of short-order cooks to the secrets of college admissions.
The New Yorker, April 2nd 2012 (Rebecca Mead, Lauren Collins, David Sedaris)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 4 mins)
By Rebecca Mead, Lauren Collins, David Sedaris
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"A Lot of Gas", by Elizabeth Kolbert; "The Trade", by Ben McGrath; "Mayor Presumptive", by Rebecca Mead; "Mail Supremacy", by Lauren Collins; "Dentists Without Borders", by David Sedaris; and "Kids at Risk", by David Denby.
The New Yorker, March 5th 2012 (Nick Paumgarten, Jonah Lehrer, James Surowiecki)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 9 mins)
By Nick Paumgarten, Jonah Lehrer, James Surowiecki
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"Satanic Reverses", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "A New Max", by Reeves Wiedeman; "Linjustice", by James Surowiecki; "Magic Mountain", by Nick Paumgarten; "Kin and Kind", by Jonah Lehrer; and "Born Free", by David Denby.
Front Lines: Memorable Reporting From The New Yorker
ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 40 mins)
By Ken Auletta, Seymour M. Hersh, David Remnick, and others
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From the corridors of power in Washington to the prison cells of Guantanamo to the disease-ravaged communities of Africa, The New Yorker takes you directly to the scene of today's biggest stories. Along the way, you'll hear great reporting by such best-selling writers as Malcolm Gladwell, David Remnick, Ken Auletta, and Seymour Hersh.
The New Yorker: A Fiction Trio features short stories by three masters of the form: "Path Light" by Tom Drury: A carelessly tossed bottle nearly misses a man and his dog and begins a quest to find out who threw it; "Coping Stones" by Ann Beattie: A neighbor's secrets unsettle a small Maine town; "The View from Castle Rock" by Alice Munro: A family emigrates from Scotland to Canada in 1818 with visions of their lives in the new world.
The New Yorker's special Debut Fiction collection features three very different stories by writers who have yet to publish a book: "An Ex-Mas Feast" by Uwem Akpan, the day-to-day struggles and conflicts of a street family in Nairobi, dependent on the money their 12-year-old daughter brings in as a prostitute; "Haunting Olivia" by Karen Russell, a tale of two brothers searching the water for their dead sister; and "The Laser Age" by Justin Tussing.
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 57 mins)
By David Remnick
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Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker: literally. As the home of A. J. Liebling, Joseph Wechsberg, and M. F. K. Fisher, who practically invented American food writing, the magazine established a tradition that is carried forward today by irrepressible literary gastronomes, including Calvin Trillin, Bill Buford, Adam Gopnik, Jane Kramer, and Anthony Bourdain. Now, in this indispensable collection, The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing on food and drink.
By Steve Coll, Jane Mayer, Yoni Brenner, and others
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"Read All About It", by Steve Coll; "The Black Sites", by Jane Mayer; "Aesop in the City", by Yoni Brenner; "Slippery Business", by Tom Mueller; "Lover Beware", by Anthony Lane.
The New Yorker, July 11th & 18th 2011: Part 2 (Philip Gourevitch, David Sedaris, James Surowiecki)
HIGHLIGHTS (1 hr and 50 mins)
By Philip Gourevitch, David Sedaris, James Surowiecki
Narrated By Todd Mundt
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"Dodger Mania", by James Surowiecki; “Big Picture”, by Nick Paumgarten; “Jailhouse Rock”, by Ben McGrath; “Climbers", by Philip Gourevitch; and "Easy, Tiger", by David Sedaris.
The New Yorker, April 16th 2012 (Daniel Mendelsohn, Lauren Collins, Nathan Heller)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 4 mins)
By Daniel Mendelsohn, Lauren Collins, Nathan Heller
Narrated By Dan Bernard, Christine Marshall
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"Girls Will be Girls", by Margaret Talbot; "Crystal Ball", by Lizzie Widdicombe; "Club Med", by James Surowiecki; "Unsinkable", by Daniel Mendelsohn; "The British Invasion", by Lauren Collins; "The Disconnect", by Nathan Heller; and "Learning on the Job", by David Denby.
The New Yorker, April 23rd 2012 (Jill Lepore, Judith Thurman, Adam Gopnik)
HIGHLIGHTS (2 hrs and 4 mins)
By Jill Lepore, Judith Thurman, Adam Gopnik
Narrated By Todd Mundt
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"The Forty-Year Itch", by Adam Gopnik; "Tax Day", by Reeves Wiedeman; "Prodigy", by Christopher Noxon; "Battleground America", by Jill Lepore; "Drawn from Life", by Judith Thurman; and "Jammin’", by Anthony Lane.
By Truman Capote, Ian Frazier, Susan Orlean, and others
Narrated By Philip Bosco, Amy Irving, Alton Fitzgerald White
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One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker magazine has met this challenge more often and more successfully than any other modern American journal. Starting with its light fantastic evocations of the glamorous and the idiosyncratic in the '20s and continuing to the present, with complex pictures of such contemporaries as Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor, The New Yorker's Profiles have presented readers with a vast and brilliant portrait gallery.
Jody says:
"Exceptional writing makes this a fascinating read"
The New Yorker Festival - Richard Dawkins: Disciple of Darwin
ORIGINAL (1 hr and 22 mins)
By Richard Dawkins
Narrated By Henry Finder
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Richard Dawkins holds the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford. His books include the best-selling The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor's Tale, and A Devil's Chaplain, a collection of essays. He has received the International Cosmos Prize and the Kistler Prize.
