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Sarah Vowell is a contributing editor for public radio's This American Life and has written for Time, Esquire, GQ, Spin, Salon, McSweeneys, The Village Voice, and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Radio On, Take the Cannoli, and The Partly Cloudy Patriot. She lives in New York City.

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Unfamiliar Fishes
Unfamiliar Fishes By: Sarah Vowell
Read by: John Slattery, Paul Rudd, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Catherine Keener, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves and Maya Rudolph
This edition: Unabridged Compact Disk, 7 disks
Publication date: March 22, 2011
“Vowell makes an excellent travelling companion, what with her rare combination of erudition and cheek.”—The New York Times Book Review Many think of 1776 as the most defining year of American history, the...
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The Wordy Shipmates
The Wordy Shipmates By: Sarah Vowell
Read by: Sarah Vowell
This edition: Unabridged Compact Disk, 6 disks
Publication date: October 7, 2008
New York Times bestselling author Sarah Vowell explores the Puritans and their journey to America in The Wordy Shipmates. Even today, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means -- and...
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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation By: Sarah Vowell
This edition: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2006
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit...
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
The Partly Cloudy Patriot By: Sarah Vowell
Illustrated by: Katherine Streeter
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2003
Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable...
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Take the Cannoli
Take the Cannoli Stories From the New World By: Sarah Vowell
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: April 3, 2001
Take the Cannoli is a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene. Vowell tackles subjects such as identity, politics, religion, art, and history with...
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