Shifting Sands

The audiobook provides an overview of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, highlighting its origins in 1996 and its status as the largest book festival in the United States, drawing over 130,000 attendees annually. It also features biographies of notable contributors, including Marjorie Miller, a seasoned foreign affairs journalist; Gholam Reza Afkhami, a scholar of Iranian studies; Laurie Brand, an expert in Middle East international relations; and Patrick Tyler, a renowned correspondent covering Middle East policy and U.S. politics.