not exactly new but the harry potter books are amazing on tape, even if you've read them before.
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If you like to laugh out loud, I mean if you really want a Lolzfest, "More Information Than You Require" by John Hodgman is out and about for sale. Hodgman is the PC guy from the Apple ads. You may have also seen him on the Daily Show.

This book is supposed to be the hilarious follow up to this last book, "More Information Than You Require." He has very recently been on tour in support of the book. Maybe he still is?!?

It currently has a 4 1/2 stars rating based on 10 reviews on Amazon.com.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525950346?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwokaythings-2...

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Tough to answer without knowing your tastes, but I'm looking forward to reading Patricia Cornwell's latest , "Scarpetta", over Christmas.
http://www.amazon.com/Scarpetta-Kay-Patricia-Cornwell/dp/0399155163/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229833160&sr=8-1
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The Harry Potter Audio Books are excellent - the reader does an amazing job with the characters and I can testify to their excellent replay value.
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About Alice by Calvin Trillin
a brief memoir 96 pages to his late wife Alice Stewart Trillin
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http://www.amazon.com/About-Alice-Calvin-Trillin/dp/1400066158

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Marry Roach.

Easily one of the most fascinating (and humorous) books I've read in a long time.

From Publishers Weekly
"Uproariously funny" doesn't seem a likely description for a book on cadavers. However, Roach, a Salon and Reader's Digest columnist, has done the nearly impossible and written a book as informative and respectful as it is irreverent and witty. From her opening lines ("The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back"), it is clear that she's taking a unique approach to issues surrounding death. Roach delves into the many productive uses to which cadavers have been put, from medical experimentation to applications in transportation safety research (in a chapter archly called "Dead Man Driving") to work by forensic scientists quantifying rates of decay under a wide array of bizarre circumstances. There are also chapters on cannibalism, including an aside on dumplings allegedly filled with human remains from a Chinese crematorium, methods of disposal (burial, cremation, composting) and "beating-heart" cadavers used in organ transplants. Roach has a fabulous eye and a wonderful voice as she describes such macabre situations as a plastic surgery seminar with doctors practicing face-lifts on decapitated human heads and her trip to China in search of the cannibalistic dumpling makers. Even Roach's digressions and footnotes are captivating, helping to make the book impossible to put down.
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http://www.amazon.com/Stiff-Curious-Lives-Human-Cadavers/dp/0393050939

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I've been listening to Fareed Zakaria's excellent The Post-American World for the past month while playing poker. It's amazing.

http://www.audible.com/adbl/entry/offers/productPromo2.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&productID=BK_SANS_001328
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Although I am fairly apolitical, I am interested in this president-elect we have in the US. Tomorrow when I am flying, I will listen to The Audacity of Hope/Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama.

Assuming you're from the US, I'd recommend we all take a listen...whether we voted for him or not. :)
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iTunes

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There's a great selection on audible.com
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http://www.audible.com

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There's a podcast called "Wormwood"which is a serialized mystery done as a radio drama. Listen to the first couple episodes, and then, if you like it, you can download them all and listen to them on your trip. Season 1 was 24 episodes, each one about 25 minutes so that'll burn off 10 hours.

The story is sort of X-Files meets Sam Spade meets Twin Peaks.

the episodes download page:
http://wormwoodshow.com/?page_id=153

If you like radio drama, and sci fi, you might like

Ruby: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe $14.95 as an MP3 download directly from ZBS

http://www.zbs.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=2_24&products_id=34

or 29.95 as a set of 3 CDs from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Adventures-Galactic-Gumshoe/dp/1881137929
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Brooks tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told to the author" by various characters around the world. The tale follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace.
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I would recommend Out of Poverty by Paul Polak. It's a great book written by a man who has allowed 27 million people to earn their way out of poverty. He implements product design for the dollar a day people. It's fascinating.
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http://www.paulpolak.com/html/media.html

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