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Dave Eggers' The Wild Things is available for preorder, in regular hardcover and
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THE IPHONE: A USER'S GUIDE. BY DARREN CAHR - - - - Congratulations on your purchase of the 8-gigabyte iPhone from Apple Inc.! For the first time, you will be able to engage in all the varieties of human interaction through a single device. Please consult the table of contents below for an in-depth look at your iPhone experience. I. Introduction II. Turning on the iPhone III. Making a call using the iPhone IV. Using the iPhone to listen to music V. Using the iPhone to watch video content VI. Using the iPhone camera VII. Using the iPhone to catalog your contacts VIII. Using the iPhone to manage your calendar IX. Using the iPhone to solve disputes between Moqtada al-Sadr and certain Sunni elements within Iraq without causing an escalation of hostilities, or the development of closer ties between Iran and Shiite militias X. Using the iPhone to assist European antitrust authorities in understanding the difference between "tying arrangements" and "legitimate competition" in online music sales XI. Using the iPhone to explain how the internal board committee of Apple Computer Inc. (before the name change) headed by Al Gore could exonerate Steve Jobs of any wrongdoing in the options-backdating scandal XII. Using the iPhone to explain why Microsoft believed that introducing the Zune was either wise or appropriate, given the market for MP3 players in late 2006 XIII. Using the iPhone to take pictures of celebrities without underpants XIV. Using the iPhone to become governor of an oil-rich former Soviet republic where the temperature often drops to 76 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit), and then buy an English Premier League soccer team XV. Using the iPhone to better understand the coming synergies between Disney and Apple, and the fact that no conflicts involving the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will ensue XVI. Using the iPhone to develop the new, John Lasseter-inspired design of a theme-park ride called "the iPhone Flume!" XVII. Using the iPhone to assist Nicole Kidman in playing a frankly commercial Mrs. Coulter in the new adaptation of The Golden Compass without losing the anti-Miltonian vibe or the stuff about the Magisterium XVIII. Using the iPhone to learn whether superstring theory's positing of 10 dimensions (or 11 in M-theory) is viable in light of recent discoveries relating to dark matter XIX. Using the iPhone to learn whether Ehud Barak ever considered adopting Barack Obama and changing the Illinois junior senator's name to Barack Barak XX. Using the iPhone to find love, true love, love like you've never dreamed of XXI. Using the iPhone to write poetry like Paul Muldoon, except without the rock-and-roll aspect XXII. Using the iPhone to create multilevel marketing opportunities XXIII. Using the iPhone to attain inner peace XXIV. How to change the iPhone's battery - - - - OTHER McSWEENEY'S FEATURES: - - - - The iPhone: A User's Guide By Darren Cahr John Updike, Television Writer By Jared Young James, I Cannot Even Begin to Imagine Who Threw a Bag Full of Feces Into Your Dishwasher By John Jodzio The 4-Year-Old Appears on Deal or No Deal By Ross Murray Production Rider for Kate Kershner's Holiday Visit Home Tour By Kate Kershner

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