http://dir.salon.com/topics/nonfiction_audio/?source=rss&aim=nonfiction_audio en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST By Adrienne Crew Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/12/06/crew_bap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/12/06/crew_bap/index.html?source=rss Adrienne Crew reads from her piece about black American princesses, responds to reader comments, and swears never to joke about Oprah again. Read by Daniel Gerroll Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/10/21/horwitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/10/21/horwitz/index.html?source=rss In his latest book, Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Horowitz retraces Captain James Cook's epic journeys onboard a replica of Cook's 18th-century ship. By John Miller Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/09/12/cell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/09/12/cell/index.html?source=rss Listen to an excerpt from the new book by ABC newscaster John Miller and reporters Michael Stone and Chris Mitchell on why the FBI and CIA failed to stop the 9/11 attacks. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/09/06/ensler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/09/06/ensler/index.html?source=rss Eve Ensler reads from her Obie Award-winning book, which celebrates female sexuality and gives voice to the deepest fantasies and fears of real women. By Peter Benchley Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/08/08/shark_trouble/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/08/08/shark_trouble/index.html?source=rss After being annoyed with what he calls phony hysteria over last summer's shark attacks, Peter Benchley, the author of "Jaws," sets the facts straight in his new book "Shark Trouble." Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/24/nugent/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/24/nugent/index.html?source=rss Listen to an excerpt from Amy Benfer's interview with the Nuge, in which he explains the three stages of being after rock stardom. You're either 1) a dead asshole, 2) near death (Ozzy) or 3) thriving like Uncle Ted. By Hugh Elliott Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/19/uncabaret/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/19/uncabaret/index.html?source=rss L.A.-based Un-Cabaret's star-studded comedy shows are about those moments when the evil TV network cancels your show, or you are on the receiving end of a diva fit. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/07/03/stiglitz/index.html?source=rss The winner of the 2001 Nobel prize in economics talks with Damien Cave about his book "Globalization and Its Discontents," the WorldCom scandal, the mistakes of the IMF and more. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/06/12/oren_int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/06/12/oren_int/index.html?source=rss Listen to an excerpt from Suzy Hansen's interview with Michael B. Oren, author of "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East." Read by Simon Prebble Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/06/03/hawking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/06/03/hawking/index.html?source=rss Famed physicist Stephen Hawking tackles the predictability of the future and flaws of astrology in an excerpt from his book "The Universe in a Nutshell." Read by Rick Adamson Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/05/03/schlosser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/05/03/schlosser/index.html?source=rss Eric Schlosser uncovers the beef industry's schemes as he reports from the dark side of the All-American meal. Read by Julia Roberts Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/05/01/nannies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/05/01/nannies/index.html?source=rss Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin share their experiences of tending to Manhattan's overprivileged children and their useless parents. Read by Chris Gannon Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/04/26/fierce_pajamas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/04/26/fierce_pajamas/index.html?source=rss Listen to a story by Paul Rudnick in which he suggests headlines for imaginary teen publications -- an excerpt from "Fierce Pajamas," a collection of humor writings from the New Yorker. Read by Laura Blumenfeld Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/04/10/revenge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/04/10/revenge/index.html?source=rss A decade after her father was shot by a terrorist in Jerusalem in 1986, Laura Blumenfeld went looking for the shooter. Listen to an excerpt from her story. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/02/12/seenoevil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2002/02/12/seenoevil/index.html?source=rss Former CIA field officer Robert Baer, who left the agency in 1997 after more than 20 years, recounts his 1995 mission in northern Iraq. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/14/miller_rantzone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/14/miller_rantzone/index.html?source=rss Never shy to state his opinion, Dennis Miller takes pity on Haley Joel Osment and makes it clear why you ought to keep your child away from Hollywood. Read by Peter Thomas Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/12/zimmer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/12/zimmer/index.html?source=rss Carl Zimmer's companion book to the PBS series tells the story of the theory of evolution from Darwin to 21st-century science. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/04/bryson_stranger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/12/04/bryson_stranger/index.html?source=rss Listen to humorist and bestselling author Bill Bryson's account of coming back to the U.S. after living in Britain for two decades. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/30/auster_stories/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/30/auster_stories/index.html?source=rss Paul Auster reads from a new compilation of stories submitted to him by listeners as part of NPR's National Story Project. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/29/lbj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/29/lbj/index.html?source=rss Listen to a phone conversation between Lyndon Johnson and a devastated Jacqueline Kennedy, secretly recorded by the president days after JFK was killed. By Jack Boulware Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/09/boulware/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/09/boulware/index.html?source=rss A post-Sept. 11 rant by the author of "San Francisco Bizarro" and "Sex American Style." Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/06/junger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/06/junger/index.html?source=rss Listen to Sebastian Junger read his profile of Afghan rebel Ahmed Shah Massoud, from in his new book, "Fire." Read by Edita Brychta Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/22/stolen_lives/index.html?source=rss After a fairy-tale upbringing as the adopted daughter of Moroccan King Muhammad V, Malika Oufkir was imprisoned in desert jails for over 20 years after her father's coup against the king's heir failed. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/19/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/10/19/dalai_lama/index.html?source=rss Nicholas Vreeland, the director of the Tibet Center in New York, reads from the Dalai Lama's book "An Open Heart," and Richard Gere reads his afterword. Fri, 06 Dec 2002 11:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/07/11/costas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/07/11/costas/index.html?source=rss Bob Costas examines the consequences of the growing financial disparities in Major League Baseball in his book "Fair Ball."