Karl Taro Greenfeld
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Karl Taro Greenfeld

Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of seven books, including the novel Triburbia, the much-acclaimed memoir Boy Alone; NowTrends; China Syndrome; Standard Deviations; and Speed Tribes. Greenfeld's writing has appeared in Harper's, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Best American Short Stories and The PEN/O Henry Prize Stories among other publications. A veteran editor and writer for The Nation, TIME, and Sports Illustrated, Karl has also been a frequent contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, GQ, Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, Playboy, Men's Journal, The Washington Post, Outside, Wired, Details, and Salon. Born in Kobe, Japan, Karl has lived in Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo and TRIBECA.

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    • Dr. J Unabridged

    • The Autobiography
    • By: Julius Erving, Karl Taro Greenfeld
    • Narrated by: Julius Erving
    • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 73
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 70
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 70

    With startling honesty and an unmistakable voice, Dr. J is a historic self-portrait of an American legend, Julius "The Doctor" Erving....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • I may overrate it, but I’m a hoops junkie!

    • By @JWTheBlueprint on 01-29-14

    Regular price: $28.51

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    • Great Football Writing

    • By: Rob Fleder (editor)
    • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
    • Length: 23 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3 out of 5 stars 4
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 4
    • Story
      3.5 out of 5 stars 4

    For more than 50 years, Sports Illustrated has been the gold standard of sports writing, and during that time, football taken its unquestioned place as Americas most popular sport....

    Regular price: $34.94

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    • True

    • A Novel
    • By: Karl Taro Greenfeld
    • Narrated by: Siiri Scott
    • Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 3
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      3 out of 5 stars 2

    Karl Taro Greenfeld, acclaimed author of Triburbia and Boy Alone, offers a literary coming-of-age novel that deftly and unflinchingly imagines a world where an angry teenage girl discovers the nature of the bigger game of life....

    Regular price: $24.49

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    • Boy Alone

    • A Brother's Memoir
    • By: Karl Taro Greenfeld
    • Narrated by: William Dufris
    • Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 5
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5
    • Story
      3.5 out of 5 stars 5

    Karl Taro Greenfeld knew from an early age that his little brother, Noah, was not like other children....

    Regular price: $24.95

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    • The Subprimes

    • By: Karl Taro Greenfeld
    • Narrated by: Adam Verner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 16
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 13
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 13

    In a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes....

    Regular price: $34.99

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    • Triburbia

    • By: Karl Taro Greenfeld
    • Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 18
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 18
    • Story
      3.5 out of 5 stars 18

    A group of fathers meets each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to school....

    • 3 out of 5 stars

    • What the &@)(?!?

    • By Lisbeth on 08-18-12

    Regular price: $34.99

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