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Santaland Diaries
by David Sedaris

When an unemployed slacker signs on as a Yuletide elf at Macy’s, a village of candy-caned kids and cynical Santas springs to hilarious, if humiliating, life. Crumpet the Elf is back for another round of best-selling author David Sedaris’ sardonic comedy. This wry tale is based on the outlandish, and true, chronicles of Sedaris’ brief stint as an elf in Macy’s Herald Square SantaLand display. His hysterical, behind-the-scenes anecdotes are a holiday treat for adults, mercilessly cutting through the sticky-sweetness of Christmas to illuminate the insanity of the holidays, and the resilience of the human spirit.

[ ADVISORY: adult content, adult language ]

Part 1 (22 min. at normal speed) 
Part 2
(21 min. at normal speed) 
Part 3 (22 min. at normal speed)

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  [ ADVISORY: Written for adults; not for children. Contains adult content, adult language ]
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  Human Readable  by Cory Doctorow
Part One (26 to 31 min.)  Part Two (26 to 31 min.)  Part Three (23 to 27 min.)  Part Four (16 to 19 min.)
  Striding Folly  by Dorothy L. Sayers
(31 to 27 minutes long, depending on chosen listening speed))
  The Listerdale Mystery  by Agatha Christie
Part One (18 to 21 min.)  Part Two (21 to 25 min.) 
  The Tunnel Under The World   by Frederik Pohl
Part One (19 to 23 min.)  Part Two (21 to 25 min.)  Part Three (21 to 25 min.)  Part Four (16 to 19 min.)
  Debarking   by Lorrie Moore     [ ADVISORY: Contains adult content, adult language ]
Part One (21 to 25 min.)   Part Two (19 to 23 min.)   Part Three (21 to 25 min.)    Part Four (19 to 23 min.
  Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Part One (24 to 30 min.)  Part Two (25 to 31 min.)  Part Three (25 to 32 min.)  Part Four (22 to 27 min.)
  Night Surf (22 to 26 min.)   and    [ ADVISORY: Contains adult content, adult language ]
I Am the Doorway (33 to 39 min.)
 - Two storie by Stephen King
  The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham
Part One (21 to 15 min.)  Part Two (21 to 25 min.)  Part Three (21 to 25 min.)  Part Four (21 to 26 min.)
  The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennet
Part One (26 to 31 min.)   Part Two (25 to 30 min.)   Part Three (27 to 32 min.)   Part Four (23 to 28 min.)
  I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon by Philip K. Dick
Part One (24 to 28 min.)  Part Two (22 to 26 min.)
  Too Many Coincidences by Jeffrey Archer
Part One (30 to 36 min.)  Part Two (31 to 37 min.)
  The Shadow on The Glass by Agatha Christie
Part 1 (24-29 minutes)   Part 2 (23-28 minutes)
  Old Indian Trick    (16 to 19 minutes)      Ministerial Aid    (22 to 26 minutes)
Two Sheriff Walt Longmire stories by Craig Johnson
  The Window of Time by Richard Matheson
  Sometimes They Come Back by Stephen King    [Contains adult content, adult language ]
Part 1 (23-28 minutes)   Part 2 (21-26 minutes)   Part 3  (23-28 minutes)
  1- Car Crash While Hitchhiking  (13-15 minutes) 2- Emergency  (23-28 minutes)
by Denis Johnson  (Two stories from Denis Johnson's book of eleven short stories - Jesus' Son.)
  Philomel Cottage by Agatha Christie
Part 1 (16-20 minutes)   Part 2 (17-21 minutes)   Part 3  (17-21 minutes)
  Cannibalism in the Cars / Case of Smith vs. Jones by Mark Twain
("Cannibalism" = 26 to 31 minutes)   ("Smith vs. Jones" = 16 to 19 minutes)
  Three-Ten to Yuma by Elmore Leonard
(Listening time = 33 to 39 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Tales of El-ahrairah by Richard Adams
5 stories about the legendary El-ahrairah, and his trusty companion, Rabscuttle
  The Singular Habits of Wasps by Geoffrey A. Landis
Part 1    (21 to 25 min)   Part 2    (20 to 24 min)  Part 3    (17 to 21 min)
  Five Short Stories by Saki - 1) Gabriel-Ernest     —  (18 to 21 min.)  
2) Sredni Vashtar    —  (15 to 18 min.)   3) The Penance       —  (17 to 20 min.)
4) The Story-Teller  —  (13 to 15 min.)    5) Tobermory           —  (21 to 25 min.)
  The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God - and other stories — by Etgar Keret
One  (9 to 11 min.)   Two  (11 to 13 min.)   Three  (6 to 7 min.)  Four  (10 to 12 min.)    Five  (7 to 8 min.)
   
Six  (5 to 7 min.)    Seven (12 to 14 min.)

  The Coming of Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
Part One   (19 to 23 min.)    Part Two   (21 to 25 min.)
  The Case of the Bloodless Sock by Anne Perry
Part One   (25 to 30 min.)    Part Two   (24 to 29 min.)
  Salt
by Sherman Alexie      (32 to 38 min. )
  The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
Part 1 (16-19 min)   Part 2 (16-19 min)   Part 3  (16-19 min)
Part 4
 (16-19 min)
  Part 5 (16-19 min)   Part 6  (11- 13 min)
  Grace Notes by Sara Paretsky
Part 1  (20 to 25 min)   Part 2 (22 to 27 min)  Part 3  (19 to 23 min)     Part 4  (20 to 25 min)
  The Road Virus Heads North by Stephen King
Part 1  (23 to 26 min)    Part 2 (22 to 25 min)    Part 3  (17 to 20 min)
  Too Near Real
by Jonathan Safran Foer   (33 to 37 min. )
  Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie (31 to 37 min.)
The Dream
by Agatha Christie
 Part One   (25 to 30 min.)    Part Two   (24 to 29 min.)
  War Dances  by Sherman Alexie     (* Advisory: contains adult language)
 Part One   (20 to 24 minutes)    Part Two   (20 to 24 minutes)    Part Three   (20 to 24 minutes)
  Three Stories by John Cheever
The Enormous Radio  
(25 to 29 minutes) The Swimmer  (27 to 33 minutes)
Goodbye, My Brother  Part One   (listening time = 27 to 33 min)  Part Two   (listening time = 25 to 30 mi)
  A Study in Emerald
by Neil Gaiman
   (49 to 65 min.)
  Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Part 1   (19 to 26 min)      Part 2  (19 to 25 min)    Part 3   (25 to 34 min)
  Duel by Richard Matheson
Part 1  (19 to 26 min)      Part 2 
(21 to 28 min)     Part 3  (22 to 29 min)
  The Limited / Breaking and Entering by Sherman Alexie
(Listening time = 29 to 34 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)  
  Almost The Last Story By Almost The Last Man  by Scott Edelman
Part 1  (26 to 35 min)   Part 2  (24 to 32 min)  Part 3  (23 to 31 min)
  The Kite by W. Somerset Maugham
Part 1  (23 to 28 min)    Part 2  (24 to 30 min) 
  Monsieur Rose by Irène Némirovsky
Part 1  (21 to 26 min)    Part 2  (21 to 25 min)
  The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman
Part 1  (20 to 25 min)    Part 2  (18 to 23 min)  
  Part 3  (21 to 26 min)    Part 4  (22 to 28 min) 
  The Book Signing by Pete Hamill
Part 1  (21 to 27 min)    Part 2  (16 to 21 min) 
  The Emperor by Frederick Forsyth
   Part 1  (20 to 25 min)    Part 2  (20 to 25 min)  
   Part 3  (20 to 25 min)    Part 4  (18 to 23 min)
 
Animal Rescue by Dennis Lehane
Part 1 (23-29 minutes) Part 2 (25-31 minutes) Part 3 (22- 28 minutes) Part 4 (24- 30 minutes) 
  Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Part 1  (23 to 29 min)    Part 2  (24 to 31 min)  
  Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket  by Jack Finney
Part 1  (25 to 30 min)    Part 2  (23 to 27 min)  
  Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde
Chapter 1  (23 to 29 min)    Chapter 2  (7 to 9 min)   
Chapter 3  (16 to 21 min)    Chapter 4  (6 to 8 min)   
Chapter 5  (23 to 29 min)    Chapter 6  (3 to 4 min)
  The Man in the Black Suit by Stephen King
Part 1  (22 to 28 min)      Part 2  (22 to 27 min)      Part 3  (22 to 27 min)
  The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
Part One (22 - 28 minutes)    Part Two (20 - 24 minutes)
  No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth
Part One (25 - 31 minutes)    Part Two (26 - 33 minutes)
  We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
Part One (24 - 30 minutes)    Part Two (27 - 34 minutes)
  The Night Flier by Stephen King
Part One (23-29 minutes)    Part Two (25-31 minutes)
  How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil Gaiman
(Listening time = 30 to 38 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Five Short Stories by Raymond Carver
  1) - I Could See the Smallest Things   (25-31 minutes)         2) - Mr. Coffee & Mr. Fix-it    (6-7 minutes)
  3) - Sacks  (15-19 minutes)          4) - So Much Water So Close To Home
  (16-20 minutes) 
  5) - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
 (31-39 minutes)
  The Snowstorm by Leo Tolstoy
Part One  (22 to 28 minutes)    Part Two  (22 to 28 minutes)     Part Three  (26 to 31 minutes)
  Four Short Short Stories by Anton Chekhov    1) - Hush!   (28 to 36 minutes)  
2) - The Chorus Girl  (28 to 36 minutes)   3) - The Beggar  (28 to 36 minutes)   4) - The Trousseau
(28 to 36 minutes)
  Three Short Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence
1 - The Shades of Spring   (15 to 18 minutes) 2 - Rawdon's Roof   (14 to 18 minutes) 3 - Goose Fair   (14 to 18 minutes)
  The Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
Part One   (28 to 36 minutes)     Part Two  (28 to 36 minutes)
  The Birds by Daphne du Maurier
Part One (23-29 minutes) Part Two (25-31 minutes) Part Three (22- 28 minutes) Part Four (24- 30 minutes) 
  The Good Deed by Pearl S. Buck
Part One  
(27 to 33 minutes)     Part Two  (25 to 31 minutes)
  The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Part One  
(27 to 33 minutes)     Part Two  (25 to 31 minutes)
  The End of The Whole Mess by Stephen King
Part One  
(32 to 40 minutes)     Part Two  (30 to 37 minutes)
  The Colonel's Lady by W. Somerset Maugham
Part One  (27 to 34 minutes)     Part Two  (28 to 35 minutes)
  I Know What You Need by Stephen King
Part One  (27 to 34 minutes)     Part Two  (28 to 35 minutes)
  Confido by Kurt Vonnegut 
(Listening time = 29 to 34 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
 
  The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber  by Ernest Hemingway
Part One  (32 to 40 minutes)     Part Two  (33 to 41 minutes)
  The Long Rain by Ray Bradbury
 (Listening time = 36 to 45 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)  
  A Casual Affair by W. Somerset Maugham
Part One  (23 to 29 minutes)     Part Two (23 to 28 minutes)
  Four Stories For The Winter Festivities and Holidays
 The Gift of the Magi     (Listening time = 12 to 16 minutes)
 Santaland Diaries     (Listening time = 6 to 8 minutes)
 Matchless: A Christmas Story     (Listening time = 21 to 26 minutes)
 Wolf Christmas     (Listening time = 6 to 7 minutes)
  Three Stories by Bailey White    
What Would They Say in Birmingham
(25 to 32 minutes)
The Green Bus (25 to 31 minutes)   The Telephone Man (20 to 25 minutes)
  The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers  by Dorothy Sayers
Part One  ( 20 to 25 minutes)     Part Two  (21 to 26 minutes)
  Sanctuary by Agatha Christie
Part One  ( 25 to 31 minutes)     Part Two  (19 to 24 minutes)
  The Ledge by Stephen King
Part One  ( 22 to 26 minutes)     Part Two  (23 to 28 minutes)
  Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
Part One  ( 22 to 26 minutes)     Part Two  (23 to 28 minutes)
  You're Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore
Part One  (25 to 32 minutes)     Part Two  (24 to 31 minutes)
  The Girl Detective by Kelly Link
(Listening time = 47 to 58 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The German Refugee by Bernard Malamud
(Listening time = 33 to 42 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Night Johnny Ace Died by James Lee Burke
(Listening time = 46 to 58 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  A Little Cloud by James Joyce
(Listening time = 29 to 36 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  A Mother by James Joyce
(Listening time = 30 to 37 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  A Painful Case by James Joyce
(Listening time = 25 to 31 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  An Occurrence at Owl Creek by Ambrose Bierce
(Listening time = 30 to 35 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Araby by James Joyce
(Listening time = 13 to 16 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Crazy Sunday by F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Listening time = 40 to 51 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Eveline by James Joyce
(Listening time = 13 to 16 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Best Girlfriend You Never Had by Pam Houston
(Listening time = 45 to 56 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Boarding House by James Joyce
(Listening time = 17 to 21 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Part One  (24 to 30 minutes)     Part Two  (28 to 34 minutes)      Part Three   (28 to 34 minutes)
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Part One  (26 to 33 minutes)     Part Two  (29 to 37 minutes) 
  The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells
(Listening time = 27 to 33 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe
(Listening time = 15 to 18 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
Part One  (10 to 13 minutes)     Part Two  (6 to 8 minutes)      Part Three   (8 to 11 minutes)
  The Open Window by Saki
(Listening time = 8 to 10 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson
(Listening time = 23 to 28 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Reach by Stephen King
Part One  (18 to 23 minutes)     Part Two  (27 to 33 minutes) 
  The Sisters by James Joyce
(Listening time = 23 to 28 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  The Star by H.G. Wells
(Listening time = 30 to 38 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)

  by Jack London
(Listening time = 41 to 51 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  Two Gallants by James Joyce
(Listening time = 25 to 32 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
  When the World Was Young  by Jack London
(Listening time = 38 minutes at normal speed - Various speeds available) 
  Word Processor of the Gods by Stephen King
(Listening time = 41 to 51 minutes - depending on chosen listening speed)
   
   
 
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