Vanity Fair: January 2014 Issue, Vanity Fair
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Vanity Fair: January 2014 Issue

Author: Vanity Fair

Narrator: Graydon Carter; various narrators

Abridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Published: 12/05/2013

Genre: Literary Collections

Synopsis

Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice-often the only choice-for the world's most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the smartphone and now on audio, Vanity Fair is the arbiter of our era. This month's issue features: Cover Story: Amy Adams on her wildly different film roles and her real life, which is like a private Broadway musical Special Report: The dangerous birth control that could be the killer inside you Scandal: The Bikram Yoga guru caught in a compromising position Silicon Valley: Can Marissa Mayer fix both Yahoo's problems and her own? Plus: One Roman family plunged into a very twenty-first-century crisis Articles include:Editor's Letter, Read by Graydon CarterThe Adams ChronicleBikram Feels the HeatThe Shape of Things to ComeV.F. Portrait: Tracy LettsDanger in the RingBig Hair on CampusFrieze Until Numbness Sets InOut to Lunch with John GoodmanYahoo's Geek GoddessThe Collective American ScreamPalazzo Intrigue

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