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Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions Illustrators Roz Chast, Seth, Anders Nilsen & Paul BuckleyRecorded 6/20/2006Listen to MP3 audioUnder the art direction of Paul Buckley, renowned graphic artists Roz Chast, Anders Nilsen, and Seth have designed new c... More...
Graphic Novels Panel: Chip Kidd, Charles Burns, Kim Deech, Kaz, Richard McGuire, Chris Weir, Art Spiegalman Recorded 2/2/2002Listen to MP3 audioChip Kidd, Editor of Pantheon's Graphic Novels Division, moderates a panel discussion between: Charles Burns, the cr... More...
Ralph Nader | Crashing the PartyRecorded 2/1/2002Listen to MP3 audioRalph Nader is one of America's most passionate and effective social critics. He has been called a muckraker, a consumer... More...
Ralph Nader | "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"Recorded 9/22/2009Listen to MP3 audioRalph Nader is one of our country's greatest champions of consumer safety and rights--he is responsible for major federa... More...
Azar Nafisi | Things I’ve Been Silent AboutRecorded 1/27/2009Listen to MP3 audioIn her New York Times bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi painted a vibrant portrait ... More...
Azar Nafisi | Reading Lolita in TehranRecorded 1/13/2004Listen to MP3 audioAfter resigning from the University of Tehran because of oppressive policies, Azar Nafisi invited seven of her best fema... More...
Sylvia Nasar | Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic GeniusRecorded 9/13/2011Listen to MP3 audioEconomist and journalist Sylvia Nasar is the author of A Beautiful Mind, the bestselling biography of the schizop... More...
David Nasaw | The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. KennedyRecorded 11/15/2012Listen to MP3 audioPatriarch of one of the greatest political dynasties in the United States, Joseph Patrick Kennedy was an indomitable fig... More...
Victor S. Navasky | A Matter of OpinionRecorded 7/11/2006Listen to MP3 audioA renowned editor, writer, and educator, Victor S. Navasky, helmed The Nation for almost thirty years. A Matte... More...
John Neff | Neff on InvestingRecorded 11/19/1999Listen to MP3 audioThe highly successful money manager shares the strategies that earned him international recognition. ... More...
Kadir Nelson: The Picture Book Illustration ProcessRecorded 4/16/2011Listen to MP3 audioKadir Nelson won the Coretta Scott King Author Award, the Sibert Medal, and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for... More...
Marion Nestle | What to EatRecorded 6/28/2007Listen to MP3 audioConfused by food labels that use words such as “natural,” “organic,” and “fresh?” Then come hear America’s most respecte... More...
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus | Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of PossibilityRecorded 10/11/2007Listen to MP3 audioIn 2004, environmentalists Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus set off a firestorm with their essay, “The Death of En... More...
Michele Norris | The Grace of Silence: A MemoirRecorded 10/14/2010Listen to MP3 audioAward winning journalist Michele Norris is the host of NPR's All Things Considered. She has served as a correspon... More...
Sigrid Nunez | For Rouenna | with Sue Miller | The World BelowRecorded 11/1/2001Listen to MP3 audioSigrid Nunez is the author of A Feather on the Breath of God and Naked Sleeper. Her latest book tells the ... More...
Martha Nussbaum | Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the HumanitiesRecorded 5/24/2010Listen to MP3 audio"Among academic stars, Nussbaum is one of the brightest," writes one Publishers Weekly reviewer. One of America’s... More...