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Talking Book Topics
September-October 2008
Volume 74, Number 5

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped

_Talking Book Topics_ is published bimonthly in large-print,
cassette, and computer diskette formats and distributed free
to blind and physically handicapped individuals who
participate in the Library of Congress free reading program. 
It lists recorded books and magazines available through a
network of cooperating libraries and covers news of
developments and activities in library services.
     The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles
recently added to the national collection, which contains
thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including
classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and
self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of
books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs
and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries.
Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer
requests for special materials.
      To order books, contact your local cooperating
library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should
be sent to: Publications and Media Section, National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC  20542 

Library of Congress, Washington 2008

Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number 60-46157
ISSN 0039-9183

Contents:

In Brief

Books for Adults

     Cassettes--Nonfiction
     Cassettes--Fiction

Books for Children

     Cassettes--Nonfiction
     Cassettes--Fiction

Foreign Language Books

     Spanish

Talking Book Magazines

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In Brief 

The following information is reprinted from an issue of NLS 
Flash, a newsletter created to bring current information on 
NLS progress in digital technology to patrons, library 
staff, and other interested individuals.

NLS Flash 
July 2008
volume 4 issue 2
Contracts awarded for digital talking-book player, 
cartridge mailing container, and training
On behalf of the National Library Service for the Blind and 
Physically Handicapped (NLS), the Library of Congress has 
awarded contracts for three critical elements necessary for 
implementation of the digital talking-book system. Shinano 
Kenshi Corporation Ltd. of Japan and its subsidiary 
Plextor-LLC of Culver City, California, will produce the 
digital talking-book players; LC Industries in Hazlehurst, 
Mississippi, will produce the digital talking-book 
cartridge mailing containers; and SI International in 
Reston, Virginia, will develop training strategies for the 
network of cooperating libraries. The award of the 
cartridge contract is pending.

Digital talking-book players
Shinano Kenshi/Plextor will produce the standard and 
advanced digital talking-book players. Plextor, the 
electronic equipment division of Shinano Kenshi, produces 
the Plextalk line of DAISY talking-book players and other 
computer components including players for compact discs 
(CDs), DVDs, and Blu Ray discs.						

The player contract's base period is for three years with a 
unilateral government option of an additional four years. 
More than $35 million has been obligated to fund the 
initial production of 223,837 players. The first players 
will be manufactured in late 2008.

Digital talking-book cartridge mailing containers
LC Industries, a Javits-Wagner-O'Day contractor, has 
produced injection-molded plastic mailing containers used 
by NLS for more than 15 years. The company will initially 
produce 500,000 blue plastic mailing containers for digital 
talking books. NLS is working out details regarding the 
network purchase of the mailing containers and will notify 
the network when the containers are available for purchase.

Training contract
SI International has designed training applications for 
deployment over the Internet since 1998. NLS has engaged 
the company to assist with preparing strategies for 
training the staffs of the 128 cooperating libraries 
serving blind and physically handicapped readers throughout 
the country and in U.S. territories. SI International will 
gather information to recommend training models appropriate 
for preparing library staff to handle three specific tasks: 
using and explaining the digital talking-book machine; 
downloading digital talking books and signing up patrons 
for the download project, NLS BARD; and duplicating digital 
talking books at the local level. 

The goal is to provide a variety of training materials for 
each task and to identify the best methods of delivery. The 
materials will be designed to assist current and future 
network library staffs.

Newsstand			
The following announcement may be of interest to readers. 
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped reserves the right to publish announcements 
selectively, as space permits. The item mentioned, however, 
is not part of the NLS program, and its listing does not 
imply endorsement.
								
Bookshare.org offers free text reader for visually impaired 
students
At the beginning of the 20082009 school year, visually 
impaired students with access to the Internet on a Windows 
PC will be able to use the free Read:OutLoud, Bookshare.org 
Edition, text reader to access the more than thirty-six 
thousand electronic books, magazines, and newspapers 
available in the Bookshare.org online library. Memberships 
to Bookshare.org are now free to all U.S. students with 
qualifying disabilities. 

This software tool was designed to serve elementary and 
secondary students who receive special education services 
and qualify for free reading materials under the 1996 
Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Law. The text reader 
was designed to align with state educational standards 
and provides audio feedback, electronic highlighting, 
and note-taking features. A Macintosh version of the text 
reader will be introduced in 2009. For more information, 
visit bookshare.org.

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_Books for Adults_

Books listed in this issue of _Talking Book Topics_ were
recently sent to cooperating libraries.  The complete
collection contains books by many authors on fiction and
nonfiction subjects, including biographies, classics,
gothics, mysteries, romances, and others.  Contact your
cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of
books available in the collection.Cassette books are labeled
with the code RC and play at 15/16 ips.  To order books,
contact your cooperating library.
      _Note:_  For the information of the reader, a notice
may appear immediately following the book description to
indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit
descriptions of sex, or violence.  The word "some" before
any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent
occurrence, as in "some strong language."

Cassettes Nonfiction

The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense
RC 61260
by Edward Lear
read by Lindsay Ellison
3 cassettes
Collected limericks and whimsical rhymes of the British 
writer Edward Lear (18121888). Includes "The Owl and the 
Pussy-cat," "The Jumblies," and "The Scroobious Pip." 2001.
RC 61260
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the 
Lynching of Leo Frank
RC 63019
by Steve Oney
read by Ted Stoddard
6 cassettes
Reconstructs the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, the Jewish 
factory superintendent accused of murdering thirteen-year-
old employee Mary Phagan. Drawing on original newspaper 
dispatches, Oney describes the zealous investigation by 
Atlanta police, Frank's failed courtroom appeals, and his 
lynching and its aftermath. Some violence and some strong 
language. 2003.
RC 63019
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American Cancer Society's Complete Guide to Colorectal 
Cancer
RC 63026
edited by Bernard Levin,
read by Gregory Gorton
4 cassettes
Comprehensive guide to the physical and emotional aspects 
of colorectal cancer. Discusses prevention, detection, 
diagnosis, and treatment options and insurance and health 
care issues. Also covers choosing a doctor, working with a 
health care team, care-giving, and life after cancer. 
Includes personal stories and a foreword by Katie Couric. 
2006.
RC 63026
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The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent: Selected Essays
RC 63034
by Lionel Trilling
read by Ted Stoddard
5 cassettes
A collection of essays exploring and speculating on writers 
and literature, originally published between 1938 and 1975, 
the year of Trilling's death. Includes pieces on John Dos 
Passos, Hemingway, Twain, Wordsworth, Keats, Isaac Babel, 
Robert Frost, James Joyce, and "Why We Read Jane Austen." 
2000.
RC 63034
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Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life 
of Miss Florence Nightingale
RC 63037
by Gillian Gill
read by Corrie James
5 cassettes
Family history of British nurse Florence Nightingale (1820
1910), who was driven "to channel spiritual energies into 
social reform." Relates the dynamics of her cultivated 
Victorian family, their dismay when she rejected marriage, 
and their support as she treated soldiers on Crimean 
battlefields, then returned home to live in seclusion. 
2004.
RC 63037
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The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the 
Spanish Armada
RC 63248
by Neil Hanson
read by Lewis Grenville
5 cassettes
The author of The Custom of the Sea (RC 51749) describes 
the epic 1588 sea battle between Catholic Spain and 
Protestant England. Reveals the political and cultural 
environments of the two contrasting empires of Elizabeth I 
and Philip II as well as the vile conditions aboard ship. 
Violence. 2003.
RC 63248
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and 
Survival in the Amazon
RC 63249
by Robert Whitaker
read by Lisette Lecat
3 cassettes
Recreates Peruvian socialite Isabel Godin's perilous 1769 
journey across the Andes mountains and down the Amazon 
River to join her husband Jean and his team of French 
mapmakers and scientists exploring the New World. Documents 
her perilous three-thousand-mile trek and his landmark 
expedition. 2004.
RC 63249
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The John Fante Reader
RC 63303
by John Fante
read by Richard Davidson
3 cassettes
A selection of stories, excerpts from novels, and letters 
by California writer John Fante (19091983). From Fante's 
largely autobiographical work the book's editor, Stephen 
Cooper, also Fante's biographer, chose many samples evoking 
the subject's life in Los Angeles. Some descriptions of sex 
and some strong language. 2002.
RC 63303
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Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of Ren Descartes
RC 63305
by Richard Watson
read by Robert Blumenfeld
3 cassettes
Biography of the seventeenth-century French philosopher who 
pioneered work in metaphysics and mathematics, while also 
investigating optics, medicine, and psychology. Portrays 
the private aspects of this public figure whose principles 
of deductive reasoning continue to inform modern 
philosophical thought. 2002.
RC 63305
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Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia
RC 63306
by William Shawcross
read by Peter Johnson
4 cassettes 
The author investigates the United States government's role 
in bringing about a neutral country's destructionan act 
regarded as a "sideshow" to the Vietnam War. Draws on 
personal experience, interviews, and classified documents 
to show how President Nixon and Henry Kissinger extended 
the war to Cambodia. 1987 revised edition. 1979.
RC 63306
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas
RC 63307
by Paul Theroux
read by Jonathan Davis
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Overland adventures described by Theroux as he journeys by 
train from Medford, Massachusetts, through Central America 
and down the Andes mountains to remote Patagonia at South 
America's southern tip. His portrayal of cities, 
countryside, and people includes his meeting with Jorge 
Luis Borges, the blind poet and Nobel Prize winner. 1979.
RC 63307
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World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell
RC 63308
by Nicholas Murray
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Biography of the seventeenth-century metaphysical poet and 
politician. Integrates the various elements of Marvell's 
lifeexamining his Cromwellian period and his long 
parliamentary career as well as his role as a lyric poet. 
1999.
RC 63308
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Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters: Beaton, Capote, Dal, 
Picasso, Freud, Warhol, and More
RC 63310
by John Richardson
read by Gordon Gould
3 cassettes
Twenty-eight profiles of artists, writers, tycoons, and 
trendsetters of the twentieth century by a former art 
dealer who was personally acquainted with many of his 
subjects. "Bonnard's Amphibious Wife" records the sad 
history of the French artist's mistress and eventual wife, 
who "spent much of her life soaking in a bathtub." 2001.
RC 63310
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The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American 
Poetry
RC 63325
edited by Clarence Major
read by Catherine Byers
3 cassettes
Editor of Calling the Wind: Twentieth-Century African-
American Short Stories (RC 39164) compiles poetry 
reflecting the African American experience from the early
1900s through the Harlem Renaissance and the civil 
rights movement to the mid-1990s. Features ninety-nine 
poets including Paul Laurence Dunbar, 
Rita Dove, Langston Hughes, and Alice Walker. 1996.
RC 63325
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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
RC 63352
by Leigh Montville
read by Erik Synnestvedt
3 cassettes
The author use archives and oral history to pen a biography 
of professional baseball player Babe Ruth (18951948). 
Chronicles his bleak Baltimore childhood, his success with 
the Boston Red Sox, and his career with the New York 
Yankees. Also details his scandalous private life. Strong 
language. 2006.
RC 63352
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In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution
RC 63353
by Susan Brownmiller
read by Susan McInerney
3 cassettes
Feminist journalist and author of Femininity (RC 20231) 
chronicles the women's liberation movement in the United 
States during the late twentieth century. Highlights 
leaders including Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, and 
Germaine Greer and discusses social issues such as economic 
oppression, sexual harassment, and abortion rights. 1999.
RC 63353
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Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose
RC 63472
by Robin McGraw
read by Wendie Sakakeeny
2 cassettes
Advice for women from the wife of television's Dr. Phil. 
Includes a glimpse of McGraw's youth in Oklahoma, her 
thirty-year marriage supporting her husband's dreams and 
raising their sons, and her philosophy of life. Encourages 
women to make deliberate choices and accept God as their 
guiding light. Bestseller. 2006.
RC 63472
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Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the 
American Civil War
RC 63597
by Harry S. Stout
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Using primary sources, Yale professor of religious history 
documents the belief held by both the North and the South 
that God was on their side during the Civil War. Analyzes 
the moral rhetoric behind the battles. Asserts that 
patriotic ideology created a bloodbath that set the tone 
for future conflicts. 2006.
RC 63597
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The Mind of Bill James: How a Complete Outsider Changed 
Baseball
RC 63642
by Scott Gray
read by Don Hagen
2 cassettes
Sportswriter discusses what he calls baseball sage Bill 
James's "uncommon analytical ability," which James uses to 
help build winning teams, including the 2004 World Series 
champions, the Boston Red Sox. Describes how James devises 
"theories to explain how things in baseball are connected 
to one another." 2006.
RC 63642
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The Souls of Black Folk
RC 63648
by W.E.B. Du Bois
read by Chuck Young
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Fourteen essays and sketches by the early civil rights 
activist examine African American experiences in the post-
Civil War South. Argues that emancipation should have 
brought immediate racial equality and that racial 
accommodation policies reflected a sellout. Centennial 
edition includes 2003 introduction by Pulitzer Prize-
winning biographer/historian David Levering Lewis. 1903.
RC 63648
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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
RC 63654
by Jimmy Carter
read by Geoffrey Centlivre
2 cassettes
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter provides an overview of 
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with his own assessment of 
the reasons for the lack of a lasting peace. Advocates a 
comprehensive two-state agreement that supports both 
entities' right to share the Holy Land and protects 
civilians from acts of violence. Bestseller. 2006.
RC 63654
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Thunder along the Mississippi: The River Battles That Split 
the Confederacy
RC 63659
by Jack D. Coombe
read by Derald Breneman
2 cassettes
Explains how Civil War naval battles on the Mississippi 
River led to the North's victory. Describes the development 
of ironclads and the creation of a modern navy. Discusses 
the effects of the halt of western commerce and the seizure 
of southern ports during the eastern campaigns. 1996.
RC 63659
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The Iranians: Persia, Islam, and the Soul of a Nation
RC 63699
by Sandra Mackey
read by Margaret Strom
5 cassettes
Middle East expert and author of Lebanon (RC 62908) and 
Reckoning (RC 54695) chronicles the development of the 
Iranian people from the ancient Persian empire to modern 
times. Highlights the reign of the Shah and Khomeini's 1979 
revolution. Discusses Iran's uncertain future. Includes a 
1998 afterword by the author. 1996.
RC 63699
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Curse of the Narrows
RC 63721
by Laura M. MacDonald
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
Uses primary sources to document the December 6, 1917, 
collision of a WWI munitions ship and a relief vessel in 
the Canadian port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Describes the 
explosion that caused a tsunami, chemical rain, and 
devastation in the city. Discusses the blizzard that 
hindered rescue efforts. 2005.
RC 63721
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Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
RC 63759
by Jim Newton
read by Bill Wallace
6 cassettes
Award-winning journalist uses archives and personal 
interviews to portray former chief justice of the U.S. 
Supreme Court Earl Warren (18911974). Details Warren's 
rise in California politics to the governorship and 1948 
Republican Party vice presidential nomination. Highlights 
Warren's 1953 appointment to the bench and his legal 
opinions. Bestseller. 2006.
RC 63759
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Freedom
RC 63799
edited by Marc Maurer
read by Michael Scherer
1 cassette
Eight individuals share their experiences with blindness. 
In the title memoir, Maurer reflects that "blindness must 
be confronted in unconventional ways if progress in 
surmounting its disadvantages is to be made." In "Mom, What 
Does Blind Mean?" Pauletta Feldman answers her nonsighted 
son's questions. 2006.
RC 63799
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Just One More Thing
RC 63876
by Peter Falk
read by Roy Avers
1 cassette
Autobiography of Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor 
from the television show Columbo. Falk discusses his family 
life, his bout with eye cancer at age three, and the 
theater training and film experience that led to the role 
of the eccentric police detective. Some strong language. 
2006.
RC 63876
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Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for 
Invention
RC 63885
by Charlotte Gray
read by Kerry Dukin
3 cassettes
Biography of Alexander Graham Bell (18471922), inventor of 
the telephone and champion of the deaf. Discusses his 
temperament; creativity; marriage to Mabel Hubbard, who was 
deaf; family life; and friendship with Helen Keller. Covers 
his many inventions, years living in Washington, D.C., and 
association with the National Geographic Society. 2006.
RC 63885
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Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
RC 63894
by Daniel Goleman
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes
The author reports on studies of human relationships and 
concludes that people are hardwired to interact with 
others. Posits that social relationships help mold human 
biology. Presents findings from the emerging field of 
social neuroscience. Discusses marriage, sex, autism, and 
more. Companion to Emotional Intelligence (RC 41511). 2006.
RC 63894
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The New York Times Guide to Coin Collecting
RC 63897
by Ed Reiter
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
History and guidelines on collecting coins by a former 
numismatics columnist for the New York Times. Includes ways 
to buy and care for coins, grading information, and 
descriptions of ten historic American coins. Discusses the 
United States Mint, the Fifty State Quarters Program, 
bullion coins, and supply and demand. 2002.
RC 63897
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Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War
RC 63905
by Nicholas Lemann
read by Erik Synnestvedt
2 cassettes
Chronicles post-Civil War Reconstruction's degeneration 
into Jim Crow laws. Describes the 1873 Easter Sunday 
massacre in Colfax, Louisiana, and the armed campaign of 
racial violence. Highlights the attempts of former Union 
general Adelbert Ames, governor of Mississippi, to preserve 
black civil rights. Violence and some strong language. 
2006.
RC 63905
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The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006
RC 63909
edited by Philip Zaleski
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
Thirty-four short stories, essays, and poems. In "Renewing 
Husbandry" Wendell Berry laments the loss of soul in modern 
industrial agriculture. In "Are You There, God?" Katherine 
Paterson describes faith's role in her work. Also includes 
selections by Rick Bass, Michael Chabon, Edward Hoagland, 
Thomas Lynch, John Updike, and others. 2006.
RC 63909
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Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and 
Survival
RC 63930
by David A. Kearns
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Reporter chronicles the two-week ordeal of U.S. Navy 
airmenincluding his fatherstranded in Antarctica after 
their plane crashed in December 1946. Describes the shelter 
the injured survivors created in the wreckage, their use of 
smoke signals to alert searchers, and the ten-mile trek 
they endured to reach a rescue seaplane. 2005.
RC 63930
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Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archeology, and Greed 
off the Coast of Vietnam
RC 63934
by Frank Pope
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Maritime archeologist chronicles the excavation of a 
fifteenth-century shipwreck believed to contain golden-age 
Vietnamese pottery. Details dive and surface operations and 
the efforts of Chinese businessman Ong Soo Hin, Oxford 
University's Mensun Bound, and the author himself (a 
project manager) to salvage, preserve, and identify the 
relics. 2007.
RC 63934
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Melville: His World and Work
RC 63940
by Andrew Delbanco
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
Columbia University professor, author of Required Reading 
(RC 45409), examines the autobiographical aspects of Herman 
Melville's work. Describes family poverty that forced 
Melville (18191891) to leave school and seek employment at 
age thirteen, his time at sea during his twenties, his 
friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his posthumous 
fame. 2005.
RC 63940
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Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture 
of Failure That Are Undermining Black Americaand What We 
Can Do about It
RC 63947
by Juan Williams
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
NPR correspondent builds upon Bill Cosby's controversial 
2004 speech to address problems within the African American 
community. Blames pervasive economic, education, and crime 
woes on negative role models and self-defeating behavior. 
Criticizes as misguided the efforts of black leaders, and 
urges a return to traditional values. Some strong language. 
2006.
RC 63947
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My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-first-Century Freedwoman 
Confronts Her Roots
RC 63950
by Thulani Davis
read by Kerry Dukin
3 cassettes
Author describes her search for her family roots. Traces 
both her white Mississippi forebears and her black, 
originally African, ancestry. Highlights her freed great-
grandmother who lived with a white former slave owner. 
Depicts the difficult circumstances of blacks after the 
Civil War. Some violence and some strong language. 2006.
RC 63950
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Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, 
Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
RC 64007
by Pankaj Mishra
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
North Indian author recounts his journeys through vastly 
different South Asian countries, all holding on to 
centuries-old traditions as they face globalization. 
Interconnected narratives of individual Hindus, Muslims, 
and Buddhists relate their experiences in the modern world. 
Covers ethnic, economic, and political issues in the Far 
East. 2006.
RC 64007
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One Hundred Questions and Answers about Crohn's Disease and 
Ulcerative Colitis: A Lahey Clinic Guide
RC 64011
by Andrew S. Warner and Amy E. Barto
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Gastroenterologists answer the most common patient 
questions regarding two forms of inflammatory bowel 
disease. Includes explanations of the symptoms, diagnosis, 
and complications. Lists pros and cons of treatment options 
involving drugs, surgery, and diet. Discusses quality of 
life issues. 2007.
RC 64011
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Paula Deen Celebrates! Best Dishes and Best Wishes for the 
Best Times of Your Life
RC 64012
by Paula Deen
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Host of the Food Network's Paula's Home Cooking presents 
recipes for celebrating an entire year of holidays and 
special occasions, including New Year's Day, Valentine's 
Day, Elvis's birthday, Mardi Gras, Thanksgiving, and 
Christmas. Many of the holidays and individual recipes 
include Paula's reminiscences and her "Pearls of Wisdom." 
2006.
RC 64012
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From Stonehenge to Samarkand: An Anthology of 
Archaeological Travel Writing
RC 64015
by Brian Fagan
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
Anthropology professor's anthology of excerpts from some of 
history's greatest travel accounts. Includes Herodotus at 
the pyramids, Mark Twain in Egypt, Hiram Bingham at Machu 
Picchu, and Paul Theroux on the Nile. Traces the history of 
archaeological tourism at locations from the Holy Land to 
the Silk Road. 2006.
RC 64015
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The First YearRheumatoid Arthritis: An Essential Guide for 
the Newly Diagnosed
RC 64016
by M.E.A. McNeil
read by Kerry Dukin
2 cassettes
A month-by-month guide for people learning to live with 
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune condition 
characterized by joint inflammation. The author, who has 
RA, offers advice on choosing medication and alternative 
therapies, managing stress, exercising, building a support 
network, traveling, socializing, and adjusting one's 
lifestyle to accommodate the condition. 2005.
RC 64016
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
RC 64017
by Hampton Sides
read by Butch Hoover
4 cassettes
Author documents U.S. government efforts in the nineteenth 
century to drive Mexico out of the Southwest and California 
and simultaneously to decimate the Navajo nation. Focuses 
on the role of frontiersman Kit Carson, a comrade of Native 
Americans, who became instrumental in their defeat. Some 
violence. 2006.
RC 64017
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Infidel
RC 64022
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
read by Sabrina Peters
4 cassettes
Author of The Caged Virgin (RC 64046) describes her 
childhood and upbringing in Africa and Saudi Arabia before 
she fled to Holland in 1992. Highlights her work with 
battered women and collaboration with director Theo van 
Gogh on a 2004  film about domestic violence. Violence. 
Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64022
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 
to the Present
RC 64023
by Michael B. Oren
read by Peter Johnson
5 cassettes
Author of Six Days of War (RC 54459) details U.S. relations 
with the Middle East from the 1776 attack on U.S. ships by 
Barbary pirates to the twenty-first-century war in Iraq. 
Discusses the roles of American explorers, Zionists, 
diplomats, soldiers, and missionaries. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64023
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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in 
Professional Sports
RC 64034
by Brad Snyder
read by Bill Quinn
4 cassettes
Attorney and baseball writer details  St. Louis Cardinals 
center fielder Curt Flood's 1970 lawsuit against major-
league baseball. Discusses Flood's decision to sue rather 
than be traded, his unsuccessful appeal to the U.S. Supreme 
Court, and the subsequent repeal of the reserve clause 
binding players to a team for life. 2006.
RC 64034
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Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
RC 64035
by Dave Kindred
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
Sportswriter explores the mutually beneficial relationship 
between heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and sportscaster 
Howard Cosell. Highlights their meeting in 1962 and their 
many television interviews. Examines their dissimilar 
backgrounds, their common ground as performers, Ali's 
conversion to Islam, and Cosell's eventual dis-  
enchantment with boxing. 2006.
RC 64035
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The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women 
and Islam
RC 64046
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
read by Sabrina Peters
2 cassettes
Somali-born Muslim author who fled to Holland advocates 
women's rights in Islamic cultures and condemns such 
practices as forced marriages, genital mutilation, and 
honor killings. Describes her 2002 election to the Dutch 
Parliament and her controversial film Submission that led 
to the 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. 2006.
RC 64046
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The Female Brain
RC 64048
by Louann Brizendine
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
Neuropsychiatrist examines the structure, function, and 
chemistry of a woman's brain and their effects on her 
thought processes, mood, and behavior. Using case studies 
and clinical research, the author describes the differences 
between male and female brains and the role hormones play 
during each phase of a woman's life. 2006.
RC 64048
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Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich
RC 64090
by James J. Cramer
read by Ray Childs
2 cassettes
Former hedge-fund manager and author of Jim Cramer's Real 
Money (RC 62042) explains how to use the tips given on his 
television program Mad Money. Cramer breaks down investing 
concepts and rules and translates show references with the 
goal of turning his "advice into money in your pocket." 
Bestseller. 2006.
RC 64090
##

Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography
RC 64103
by Sharon Osbourne
read by Anne Hancock
3 cassettes
Autobiography of British music producer, wife of hard-
rocker Ozzy, and star of their family reality TV show. 
Sharon (b. 1952) details her experienceslearning the 
business from her father, meeting her husband and managing 
his band, raising three children, and confronting obesity 
and cancer. Strong language. 2005.
RC 64103
##

Strange Piece of Paradise
RC 64114
by Terri Jentz
read by Anne Hancock
5 cassettes
Author reconstructs the events of the night in 1977 when 
shethen nineteenand a college classmate were attacked in 
an Oregon campground by an axe-wielding man. Discusses her 
return to the scene fifteen years later to investigate the 
crime for which no one was prosecuted. Violence and strong 
language. 2006.
RC 64114
##

Between the Lines: A History of Poetry in Letters, 1962
2002
RC 64139
edited by Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young
read by Annie Wauters
4 cassettes
Continues the exchanges between  poet and editor and the 
cultural commentary begun in Dear Editor (RC 57744). The 
almost five hundred letters from A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, 
Elizabeth Bishop, Billy Collins, Allen Ginsberg, Seamus 
Heaney, Maxine Kumin, and Karl Shapiro, among others, cover 
their work, private lives, and opinions. 2006.
RC 64139
##

Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York
RC 64142
by Adam Gopnik
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
The author describes his family's move back to New York 
City in the fall of 2000, after five years in Paris. He 
recounts the joys and frustrations of hunting for an 
apartment, child-rearing, and life after the September  11 
terrorist attacks. Sequel to Paris to the Moon (RC 51276). 
2006.
RC 64142
##

Ghosts among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters
RC 64147
by Leslie Rule
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Firsthand accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal 
experiences, based on interviews with psychics, 
parapsychologists, historians, and witnesses as well as 
extensive archival research. Includes reports of hauntings 
of amusement parks, hotels, and private houses by human and 
animal spirits. Foreword by crime writer Ann Rule, the 
author's mother. 2004.
RC 64147
##

Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook
RC 64150
by Betty Crocker
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
Collection of more than 250 recipes for Christmas treats 
from appetizers to main dishes and from breads to desserts. 
Also includes holiday decorating tips, make-ahead ideas, 
food gifts to give, and new twists to standard recipes. 
2006.
RC 64150
##

A Year of Sundays: Taking the Plunge (and Our Cat) to 
Explore Europe
RC 64156
by Edward D. Webster
read by Alexander Strain
3 cassettes
Recounts author's year-long 1997 European trip with his 
visually impaired, menopausal wife Marguerite and sixteen-
year-old cat Felicia. Describes putting careers on hold to 
realize their dream and embarking "on a quest for 
adventure," exploring eateries, tourist destinations, and 
romantic locales in France, Greece, Holland, Spain, 
Germany, Italy, and Austria. 2004.
RC 64156
##

A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of 
Australia
RC 64158
by Thomas Keneally
read by David Cutler
3 cassettes
Author of Schindler's List (RC 20835) chronicles the 1788
1792 colonization of the British penal colony in Australia 
by convicts and the officers guarding them. Discusses the 
first governor, Arthur Phillip, who believed in 
rehabilitation, and the discord with the Aborigines, who 
were represented by go-between Woolawarre Bennelong. Some 
violence. 2006.
RC 64158
##

But You Can Feel It: A Statement of My Mother When I 
Returned Empty-Handed Saying, "I Can't See It"
RC 64162
by Emil B. Fries
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
Blind author recounts his life, from his boyhood in a log 
cabin and struggles for an education to international 
recognition in the field of vocational training for 
visually impaired persons. Chronicles his establishment in 
1949 of the Emil Fries Piano Hospital and Training Center 
for piano servicing and tuning. 1980.
RC 64162
##

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes; an Essential Guide for the 
Newly Diagnosed
RC 64186
by Gretchen Becker
read by Kerry Dukin
3 cassettes
Updated edition of Type 2 Diabetes (RC 54748), a guide to 
managing blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes, includes 
treatment options and medications made available since 
publication of the 2001 edition. Discusses interpreting lab 
results, preventing complications, dealing with stress, and 
making lifestyle changes to cope with the disease. 2007.
RC 64186
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Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self
RC 64190
by David M. Brodzinsky, Robin Marantz Henig, and Marshall 
D. Schechter
read by Kerry Dukin
2 cassettes
Psychologist Brodzinsky, psychiatrist Schechter, and 
medical writer Henig examine ramifications of the adoption 
experience at each stage of life from the perspective of 
adoptees themselves. Case studies illuminate adoptees' 
unique internal and interpersonal challenges in childhood, 
adolescence, and adulthood, including issues regarding 
self-identity and a sense of loss. 1992.
RC 64190
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A Velvet Revolution: Vclav Havel and the Fall of Communism
RC 64197
by John Duberstein
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
Biography of Czechoslovakian playwright and human-rights 
activist Vclav Havel (b. 1936). Chronicles his middle-
class childhood under Nazi rule, participation in his 
country's communist-resistance movement beginning in the 
1960s, and 1989 election as the first president of the 
Czechoslovak Federal (formerly "Socialist") Republic. For 
junior and senior high readers. 2006.
RC 64197
##

Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!
RC 64198
by Bob Harris
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
Five-time Jeopardy! champion recounts his participation on 
the long-running television quiz show hosted by Alex 
Trebek. Chronicles his numerous failed auditions before he 
first became a contestant. Gives minute-by-minute accounts 
of triumphs and losses in subsequent games. Weaves in tips 
and buzzer strategies and muses about trivia and memory. 
2006.
RC 64198
##

Meeting the Challenge of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
RC 64200
by Patricia K. Coyle and June Halper
read by Kerry Dukin
1 cassette
Covers the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis 
with the goal of disease modification and symptom 
reduction. The neurologist and nurse authors discuss 
managing the symptoms with both pharmacologic and 
nonpharmacologic interventions. They also deal with the 
social, psychological, emotional, vocational, and economic 
consequences of the condition. 2001.
RC 64200
##

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying 
Epidemicand How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern 
World
RC 64203
by Steven Johnson
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Chronicles the 1854 London cholera outbreak and the efforts 
of physician John Snow and clergyman Henry Whitehead to 
find its cause. Discusses Snow's search for geographic 
patterns of death, which led to the contagion's sourcea 
contaminated water well. Examines the epidemic's influence 
on waste disposal and disease control. 2006.
RC 64203
##

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. 
Navy
RC 64205
by Ian W. Toll
read by Lou Harpenau
4 cassettes
Chronicles the development of America's maritime forces 
from 1794, when Congress decided to build six frigates to 
combat piracy in the Mediterranean, to the end of the War 
of 1812. Recounts conflicts with Tripoli and France and 
details the key players, politics, and inner workings of 
the early navy. 2006.
RC 64205
##

The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child 
Successfully Negotiate the Major Developmental Milestones
RC 64206
edited by Tanya Remer Altmann
read by Kerry Dukin
2 cassettes
Month-by-month guide to the physical, mental, emotional, 
and social development of children from newborn to age 
five. Provides instructions, activities, games, and tips 
for parents to help children master such skills as 
grasping, walking, communicating, and toilet training. 
Includes information on possible concerns and when to 
consult a pediatrician. 2006.
RC 64206
##

My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of 
George H.W. Bush
RC 64211
by Doro Bush Koch
read by Kerry Dukin
4 cassettes
The author uses personal papers, interviews, and 
recollections to portray her father, George H.W. Bush. 
Recounts Bush's life as a husband, father, and son of a 
senator and his careers as war pilot, Texas oilman, United 
Nations ambassador, CIA director, vice president, and 
president. Foreword by Barbara Bush. 2006.
RC 64211
##

Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic
RC 64219
by Marla Cone
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Environmental journalist describes five Arctic countries 
where communities are heavily exposed to toxic pollutants 
called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Praises the 
traditional survival skills and technologies of Arctic 
inhabitants and chronicles the damage inflicted on wildlife 
by the spreading of contaminants around the globe. 2005.
RC 64219
##

Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home 
and Abroad; the Story of the 100th Battalion/442d 
Regimental Combat Team in World War II
RC 64223
by Robert Asahina
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
Examines the anti-Japanese hysteria in the United States 
following the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to President 
Roosevelt to authorize relocation and internment of 
Japanese Americans. Discusses the U.S. military service of 
volunteers from the camps, who formed two segregated units. 
Describes their heroism in battle and belated recognition. 
2006.
RC 64223
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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of 
WWII
RC 64224
by Sarah Helm
read by Anne Flosnik
4 cassettes
Award-winning journalist offers a biography of British 
intelligence agent Vera Atkins (19082000), who joined the 
Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1941 to help mobilize 
resistance movements in Nazi-occupied countries. Chronicles 
Vera's life and role in clandestine operations, as well as 
her postwar search for missing agentsincluding several 
women. 2005.
RC 64224
##

The Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of 
Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business
RC 64241
by Stephanie Capparell
read by Bob Moore
3 cassettes
Wall Street Journal editor chronicles the role of African 
American businessmen hired by Pepsi-Cola in the 1940s to 
develop a marketing strategy geared toward black consumers. 
Recounts the executives' experiences as they created the 
campaign. Describes their advertisements' effect on 
corporate diversity and discusses the emergence of niche 
markets. 2007.
RC 64241
##

My Battle of Algiers: A Memoir
RC 64242
by Ted Morgan
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes his service in 
the 1950s French army during the war in Algeria. Highlights 
the urban warfare and use of torture he observed during the 
Battle of Algiers, the first modern insurgency that 
involved bombings and assassinations. Violence and some 
descriptions of sex. 2005.
RC 64242
##

Trevon Jenifer: From the Ground Up
RC 64266
by Trevon Jenifer
read by Bill Quinn
2 cassettes
Autobiography of an African American teen wrestler from 
Maryland who was born without legs in 1988. Describes his 
competitive spirit, from his participation in wheelchair 
sports when he was six years old to his seventeen 
victorious matches while on  his high school's varsity 
wrestling team. For senior high readers. 2006.
RC 64266
##

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and 
Build Nations . . . One School at a Time
RC 64285
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
read by Peter Ganim
3 cassettes
Award-winning journalist Relin describes the mission of 
American humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who established the 
Central Asia Institute and built schools throughout 
Taliban-ruled lands. Discusses his childhood in Tanzania 
and a failed 1993 attempt to climb K2, which resulted in a 
promise to the Pakistani villagers who saved his life. 
2006.
RC 64285
##

The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War
RC 64298
by Martin Gilbert
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Chronicles the pivotal four-and-a-half-month 1916 battle 
between Allied and German forces on the western front in 
Europe. Discusses the military significance of the first 
use of tanks and air war and incorporates personal accounts 
of soldiers, generals, aviators, artillerymen, and nurses. 
2006.
RC 64298
##

To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown; 
an Autobiography
RC 64300
by Berry Gordy
read by Bob Moore
3 cassettes
Berry Gordy recalls his Detroit upbringing among tight-knit 
family members from whom he borrowed eight-hundred dollars 
in 1959 to create Motown Records. Highlights his 
relationships with recording stars Mary Wells, the 
Supremes, the Temptations, the Jackson Five, Smokey 
Robinson, and others and discusses his personal life. Some 
strong language. 1994.
RC 64300
##

For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and 
Your Best Friend
RC 64302
by Patricia B. McConnell
read by Margaret Strom
4 cassettes
Animal behaviorist offers a guide to recognizing canine 
expressions of fear, anger, joy, and love to help improve 
relationships between owners and pets, facilitate training, 
and prevent bad behavior. Discusses the ways dogs perceive 
and react to their environment and to humans. Includes case 
studies and practical training advice. 2005.
RC 64302
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The Soul of a New Cuisine: A Discovery of the Foods and 
Flavors of Africa
RC 64306
by Marcus Samuelsson
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes
Swedish-raised, Ethiopian-born celebrity chef of New York 
City's Restaurant Aquavit describes his many trips to 
Africa and discovery of native dishes. Includes travel 
essays and more than two hundred recipes adapted for the 
American kitchen, from northern Arab-influenced foods to 
southern curries. Foreword by Desmond Tutu. 2006.
RC 64306
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Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy: Delicious Recipes for Your 
Home Kitchen
RC 64307
by Wolfgang Puck
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Austrian-born author presents recipes designed for the home 
cook. Puck provides a list of "kitchen helpers"important 
ingredients for a well-stocked pantry and refrigeratorand 
"easy tips" for preparation. Recipes include breakfast and 
brunch, soups and salads, pastas, main dishes, side dishes 
and sauces, and desserts. 2004.
RC 64307
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The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook
RC 64311
by Beverly Lewis
read by Faith Potts
1 cassette
Author of numerous novels on Amish life offers a collection 
of dishes unique to their community, including many from 
her maternal grandmother. Recipes include shoofly pie, 
friendship bread, snickerdoodles, apple betty, corn relish, 
and bread and butter pickles. Also includes kitchen hints 
and tips, Amish lore, and favorite scriptures. 2004.
RC 64311
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MySpace Unraveled: A Parents' Guide to Teen Social 
Networking
RC 64322
by Larry Magid and Anne Collier
read by Michael Scherer
1 cassette
Online-safety advocates explain the web site MySpace and 
other social networking sites and offer parents suggestions 
on ways to monitor their teens' use of such pages. 
Highlights various computer features including blogs, 
instant messages, and chat rooms and explains how to set up 
a MySpace account. 2007.
RC 64322
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Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the 
World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers
RC 64332
by Amy Sutherland
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Journalist describes her year in the Exotic Animal Training 
and Management Program at California's Moorpark College
deemed the "Harvard" of teaching zoos. Follows students as 
they clean cages, prepare meals, attend classes, handle 
injuries and other job-related hazards, and learn to work 
with residents like Schmoo, a temperamental sea lion. 2006.
RC 64332
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Bandido: The Death and Resurrection of Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
RC 64346
by Ilan Stavans
read by Mark Delgado
1 cassette
Biographical essay on an El Paso-born activist, attorney, 
and leading figure in the 1960s and 1970s Chicano civil 
rights movements. Author uses interviews and Acosta's 
published and unpublished writings to recreate his life 
until his 1974 disappearance in Mexico. Includes 2003 
epilog. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 64346
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A Deadly Affair
RC 64388
by Tom Henderson
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Reporter details the crime and trial of Macomb County, 
Michigan, attorney Michael "Mick" Fletcher, who murdered 
his pregnant wife Leann in August 1999. Discusses the 
police investigation that turned up Fletcher's extramarital 
affair with a local judge but botched forensic evidence. 
Some violence and some strong language. 2001.
RC 64388
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Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of 
North America
RC 64397
by Paul Schneider
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
History of the 1527 Spanish expedition led by Pnfilo de 
Narvez that attempted to explore the North American Gulf 
Coast. Details struggles with disease, hurricanes, 
cannibalism, and hostile natives that reduced four hundred 
men to four survivorsincluding conquistador Cabeza de 
Vacawho reached western Mexico eight years later. Some 
violence. 2006.
RC 64397
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Tell Me, Grandmother: Traditions, Stories, and Cultures of 
Arapaho People
RC 64402
by Virginia Sutter
read by Megan Burnett
1 cassette
Northern Arapaho elder and activist interweaves her own 
life story with that of her great-grandmother Goes In 
Lodge. In a series of imagined conversations, the women 
discuss tribal life and customs and changes undergone by 
their land and culture over two centuries. 2004.
RC 64402
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Selected Poems, 19471995
RC 64404
by Allen Ginsberg
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg (19261997) presents a 
half century of verse in a variety of forms and themes 
including the political, sexual, devotional, and spiritual. 
Contains selections from Howl, Kaddish, The Fall of 
America, Plutonian Ode, White Shroud, and others. 
Descriptions of sex and strong language. 1996.
RC 64404
##

The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, 
and the Evidence That Could Change History
RC 64405
by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
Film director Jacobovici and archaeologist Pellegrino, 
author of Unearthing Atlantis (RC 35393), chronicle their 
investigation of a first-century Jewish tomb in Jerusalem 
containing ossuariesone inscribed "Jesus, son of Joseph." 
Using statistical and physical evidence and scripture 
clues, the authors speculate on Jesus's life, death, and 
relationships. Foreword by James Cameron. 2007.
RC 64405
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A Reading Diary
RC 64414
by Alberto Manguel
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Argentinean-born author chronicles his rereading of twelve 
personal literary favorites in one year, in a diary that 
consists, he says, "of notes, reflections, impressions of 
travel, sketches of friends, of events public and private." 
Selections include Atwood's Surfacing (RC 33968), 
Cervantes's Don Quixote (RC 57711), and Kipling's Kim 
(RC 35722). 2004.
RC 64414
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
RC 64417
by Anne Lamott
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
The author of Traveling Mercies (RC 47831), who is mother 
of a teenage son and a convert to Christianity, presents 
twenty-three vignettes on everyday crises of love, family, 
and work life. She reflects on her path to faith and on 
growing in grace. 2007.
RC 64417
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The Dawn's Early Light
RC 64421
by Walter Lord
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes (Reissue)
An account of the War of 1812 by the author of Day of 
Infamy (RC 49907). Describes the capture and burning of 
Washington, D.C., General Jackson's victory at New Orleans, 
and the repulsing of the British at Baltimore, which 
inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star Spangled 
Banner." 1972.
RC 64421
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To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with 
Disabilities
RC 64437
by Katherine Schneider
read by Mitzi Friedlander
1 cassette
Psychologist pens memoir, providing opinions and "pearls of 
wisdom" acquired during some fifty years as a blind woman. 
Describes contracting fibromyalgia a decade ago. Discusses 
the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 
her career as a clinical psychologist, and personal 
experiences with guide dogs and grocery stores. 2005.
RC 64437
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Jesus of Nazareth: From Baptism in the Jordan to the 
Transfiguration
RC 64444
by Pope Benedict XVI
read by Don Leslie
3 cassettes
Pope Benedict pens a biography of the flesh-and-blood Jesus 
as revealed in the Gospels. The pope shares his 
understanding of Jesus of Nazareth as the central figure of 
Christianity, who brought God to Earth along with faith, 
hope, and love. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64444
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The Diana Chronicles
RC 64449
by Tina Brown
read by Rosalyn Landor
4 cassettes
British writer and former editor of the New Yorker 
interviews colleagues and friends of the late Princess 
Diana (19611997) to provide a personal profile of Her 
Royal Highness. Discusses Diana's marriage to Prince 
Charles, their divorce, and assertions of her manipulation 
of the press. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64449
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Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New 
York's Trial of the Century
RC 64457
by Mike Dash
read by Robertson Dean
3 cassettes
Author uses archives and private papers to detail the 
descent of Charles Becker (18701915)the only New York 
City police officer to be executed for murder. Discusses 
Becker's 1912 trial, 1914 retrial, and electrocution. 
Depicts the Tenderloin district where Becker worked and the 
corruptness of the police department. Commercial audiobook. 
2006.
RC 64457
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Cassettes Fiction

Badger Games: A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery
RC 63056
by Jon A. Jackson
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Former mobster Joe Service and his lover Helen Sedlacek, 
now of Montana, work for Colonel Vernon Tucker's vigilante 
group called the Lucani. They are sent after agent Franko 
Bradovic, who went missing  in Kosovo, but an assassin is 
also on Bradovic's trail. Violence and strong language. 
2002.
RC 63056
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Ptolemy's Gate: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3
RC 63058
by Jonathan Stroud
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Three years after events in The Golem's Eye (RC 58924), 
seventeen-year-old magician Nathaniel ranks high in the 
British government and the djinni Bartimaeus is exhausted 
from serving him. Their destinies converge once again with 
Kitty's as they test the limits of this world. For junior 
and senior high readers. 2006.
RC 63058
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All the Flowers Are Dying: A Matthew Scudder Mystery
RC 63066
by Lawrence Block
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
The serial killer from Hope to Die (RC 54138) escapes 
imprisonment in Virginia by setting up an innocent man. 
Back in New York City he stalks ex-cop Matthew Scudder and 
his wife Elaine for enjoyment and kills Elaine's best 
friend. Violence, strong language, and some explicit 
descriptions of sex. 2005.
RC 63066
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Charmed Thirds
RC 63079
by Megan McCafferty
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Jessica Darling, from Second Helpings (RC 58114), attends 
Columbia University while her boyfriend Marcus is in 
California. Over the next few college years she dates 
different types of men, struggles to pay the bills, and 
grows up. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For 
senior high readers. 2006.
RC 63079
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The River Midnight
RC 63225
by Lilian Nattel
read by Suzanne Toren
4 cassettes
Jewish residents of a nineteenth-century Polish village, 
childhood friends Faygela, Zisa-Sara, Hanna-Leah, and Misha 
reach womanhood, gradually growing apart. Their lives 
unfold from various perspectives as the town reacts to 
scandal: unmarried Misha becomes pregnant and refuses to 
identify the father. Some descriptions of sex and some 
violence. 1999.
RC 63225
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Life Mask
RC 63239
by Emma Donoghue
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
5 cassettes
Late-eighteenth-century England. The lives of actress Eliza 
Farren, sculptress Anne Damer, and the earl of Derby 
intersect during great political instability. Marriages and 
friendships are made and broken as social success, pride, 
and morality hang in the balance. Some descriptions of sex. 
2004.
RC 63239
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What I Loved
RC 63251
by Siri Hustvedt
read by Bill Quinn
3 cassettes
New York City, 1970s. After purchasing one of Bill 
Wechsler's provocative paintings in a SoHo gallery, art 
historian Leo Hertzberg befriends the artist. Over the next 
two decades, the men and their families develop intimate 
bonds tested by love and tragedy. Explicit descriptions of 
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003.
RC 63251
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New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2006
RC 63256
edited by Allan Gurganus
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
Twenty Southern short stories published in U.S. magazines 
in 2005. Features Wendell Berry's "Mike," Nanci Kincaid's 
"The Currency of Love," Daniel Wallace's "Justice," and 
work by J.D. Chapman, Kevin Wilson, and others. Includes 
introduction and author biographies and commentary. Some 
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong 
language. 2006.
RC 63256
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The Praise Singer
RC 63313
by Mary Renault
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Greece, sixth century B.C. Historical novel centers on the 
life of the poet Simonides and the court of the 
Pisistratids. When the court eventually falls from power, 
Simonides survives the upheaval and retires to Sicily, 
where he looks back over his long and eventful life. 1978.
RC 63313
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The Wapshot Chronicle
RC 63314
by John Cheever
read by Nick Sullivan
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Follows the fortunes of the Wapshot family of St. Botolphs, 
a mythical New England seaport. Old captain Leander Wapshot 
loves his ferryboat, which he keeps losing and regaining. 
An eccentric aunt wants to give Leander's sons a fortuneif 
they marry and produce heirs. Some strong language. 
National Book Award. 1954.
RC 63314
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Where There's a Will: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
RC 63342
by Rex Stout
read by Conrad Feininger
2 cassettes
Nero Wolfe and sidekick Archie Goodwin investigate the will 
of the late, wealthy Noel Hawthorne. The deceased forty-
nine-year-old's sisters and widow, furious that he left the 
bulk of his fortune to his mistress, are further shocked 
when the police announce that Hawthorne was murdered. 
Includes 1992 introduction by Dean Koontz. 1940.
RC 63342
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After This
RC 63354
by Alice McDermott
read by MaryBeth Wise
2 cassettes
Long Island. Thirty-year-old Mary marries veteran John 
Keane after World War II. Their four children struggle with 
the changing times of the 1960s and 1970sthe Vietnam War, 
unwanted pregnancy, drugs, religious confusion, and other 
issues that disrupt their parents' quiet suburban life. 
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 63354
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All Aunt Hagar's Children
RC 63355
by Edward P. Jones
read by Chuck Young
3 cassettes
Fourteen short stories from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 
author of The Known World (RC 56918), most set in the 
African American community of Washington, D.C. In the 
title piece, a recently discharged Korean War veteran 
agrees to help his mother's friend find her son's killer. 
Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006.
RC 63355
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The Poe Shadow
RC 63356
by Matthew Pearl
read by Conrad Feininger
3 cassettes
1849. Writer Edgar Allan Poe's untimely demise, widely 
attributed to alcoholism, leaves many unanswered questions 
for young Baltimore attorney Quentin Hobson Clark. To 
uncover the truth and restore Poe's literary reputation, 
Quentin journeys to France to track down the real-life 
inspiration for Poe's fictional detective character, C. 
Auguste Dupin. 2006.
RC 63356
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The Night in Lisbon
RC 63379
by Erich Maria Remarque
read by Michael Kramer
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Lisbon, Portugal; 1942. A German  refugee attempting to 
flee Europe is offered passage on a ship bound for America 
by a man calling himself Schwarz. Schwarz has one 
condition: that the man stay with him through the night and 
hear his own desperate tale of bravery, love, and death. 
1961.
RC 63379
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Emma Brown
RC 63383
by Clare Boylan and Charlotte Bront
read by Kate Kiley
3 cassettes
Deposited mysteriously at a provincial boarding school in 
mid-Victorian England, Matilda refuses to reveal her true 
identity and is expelled. When the girl takes flight, 
sympathetic widow Chalfont and her neighbor Mr. Ellin 
pursue Matilda to London, hoping to unravel her story. 
Based on a fragment left by Charlotte Bront. 2003.
RC 63383
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My Jim
RC 63517
by Nancy Rawles
read by Tracy Mickens-Hundley
1 cassette
Shreveport, Louisiana; 1884. Sadie, the wife of Jim from 
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (RC 57349), relates her 
life under slavery to her granddaughter Marianne. Sadie 
recalls being sold from Jim and their children in Hannibal, 
Missouri. Violence and strong language. For senior high and 
older readers. Alex Award. 2005.
RC 63517
##

Strivers Row: City of Fire Trilogy, Book 3
RC 63624
by Kevin Baker
read by Richard Hauenstein
4 cassettes
Two black men struggle in tumultuous 1940s Harlem. The 
Reverend Jonah Dove, a resident of elite Strivers Row, 
suffers a crisis of faith. Eighteen-year-old hustler 
Malcolm Littlethe future Malcolm Xconfronts poverty and 
prejudice. Sequel to Paradise Alley (RC 56752). Strong 
language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some 
violence. 2006.
RC 63624
##

If Morning Ever Comes
RC 63647
by Anne Tyler
read by Nicola Daval
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Columbia law student Ben Joe Hawkes rushes home to 
Sandhill, North Carolina, when he learns that one of his 
six sisters has left her husband. Restless, Ben Joe renews 
his acquaintance with the townspeople and spontaneously 
asks his high school girlfriend to marry him. 1964.
RC 63647
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Kiss of Darkness
RC 63673
by Heather Graham
read by Walter Dixon
2 cassettes
Following several international occult murders, Bryan 
MacAllistaira professor who battles ancient evilarrives 
in New Orleans, where he fears a dark cult is gathering. 
When a body disappears from the morgue, psychologist 
Jessica Fraser helps Bryan track a vampire. Some explicit 
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong 
language. 2006.
RC 63673
##

The Last Heiress: Friarsgate Inheritance, Book 4
RC 63776
by Bertrice Small
read by Gabriella Cavallero
3 cassettes
15301536. Rosamund of Friarsgate despairs of ever marrying 
off Elizabeth, her youngest daughter. When she reluctantly 
appears at the court of King Henry VIII, Elizabeth meets 
dashing Flynn Stewart, although Scotsman Baen MacColl also 
appeals to her. Sequel to Philippa (RC 60223). Some 
explicit descriptions of sex. 2005.
RC 63776
##

The Return of the Player
RC 63778
by Michael Tolkin
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
Fifty-two-year-old Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill, 
from The Player (RC 28242), has trouble at work and with 
his wife and unlikable children. In a rush to make more money, 
he inveigles a job with sinister billionaire Phil Ginsburg and 
commits another murder. Strong language and some explicit 
descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 63778
##

Star Wars: The Old Republic; Darth Bane, Path of 
Destruction
RC 63786
by Drew Karpyshyn
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
One thousand years before the Republic's collapse, a young 
miner named Dessel joins the Sith against their ancient 
enemies, the Jedi order. Dessel embraces the dark side and 
his new identityBaneto rise to power and forge a new 
destiny for the Brotherhood of Darkness. Some violence. 
2006.
RC 63786
##

Born in Death: An Eve Dallas Mystery
RC 63794
by J.D. Robb
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
New York City, 2060. Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband 
Roarke agree to find missing mom-to-be Tandy Willowby for 
her pregnant friend Mavis Freestone. When high-profile 
accountants Natalie Copperfield and her fianc are 
murdered, the two cases become intertwined. Descriptions of 
sex, violence, and strong language. 2006.
RC 63794
##

The Moneychangers
RC 63827
by Upton Sinclair
read by Michael Kramer
2 cassettes
Arriving from New Orleans, Lucy Dupree expects her old 
friend Allan Montague, a successful lawyer, to introduce 
her into elite circles. Against a background of the 1907 
Wall Street panic, Lucy discovers that glittering New York 
society is rife with intrigue, rivalry, and an unscrupulous 
hunger for power. 1908.
RC 63827
##

Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories
RC 63871
by Frederik Pohl
read by John Polk
6 cassettes
Thirty tales by the science fiction grand master, published 
from 1949 to 1996. Includes "The Merchants of Venus," 
featuring the Heechee aliens from Pohl's prizewinning novel 
Gateway (RC 59083), and Hugo Award winners "The Meeting" 
(with C.M. Kornbluth) and "Fermi and Frost," an account of 
nuclear war. 2005.
RC 63871
##

Over the Edge
RC 63884
by Suzanne Brockmann
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Terrorists hijack a commercial airliner and force it to 
land in Kazbekistan. FBI agents, soldiers, and experts
including helicopter pilot Teri Howe and Stan Wolchonok of 
the elite navy SEAL Team Sixteen Troubleshooters Squadare 
deployed to rescue the hostages. Strong language, some 
explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2001.
RC 63884
##

Yukon Quest
RC 63902
by Tracie Peterson
read by Michele Schaeffer
5 cassettes
Three women find solace in God. In Treasures of the North, 
Grace travels to Alaska in 1897 to escape an arranged 
marriage. The following year, Karen, in Ashes and Ice, 
transports her two elderly wards to the goldfields while 
Miranda, in Rivers of Gold, finds love with a stranger. 
2001.
RC 63902
##

The Grays
RC 63903
by Whitley Strieber
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
Extraterrestrials, called the grays, hope to save their 
species and humanity by engineering child prodigy Conner 
Callaghan. When rogue agent Michael Wilkes tries to destroy 
the grays by killing Conner, colonels Rob Langford and 
Lauren Glass fight back. Some descriptions of sex, some 
violence, and some strong language. 2006.
RC 63903
##

The Best American Mystery Stories, 2006
RC 63911
edited by Scott Turow
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Annual collection features twenty-one tales of mystery, 
crime, and suspense. Includes stories by C.J. Box, James 
Lee Burke, Jeffery Deaver, Laura Lippman, Ed McBain, Walter 
Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Pike, and others. Selected 
and introduced by Scott Turow. Some descriptions of sex, 
some violence, and some strong language. 2006.
RC 63911
##

The Attack
RC 63918
by Yasmina Khadra
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
After working to save victims of an explosion in a Tel Aviv 
restaurant, naturalized Israeli Dr. Amin Jaafari learns 
that his wife Sihem was the suicide bomber responsible. He 
searches for the people who recruited Sihem to learn why 
she committed such an act. Violence and some strong 
language. 2005.
RC 63918
##

Shantaram
RC 63923
by Gregory David Roberts
read by Alec Volz
7 cassettes (in 2 containers)
An Australian bank robber escapes from prison and flees 
under an assumed name to Bombay, India, where he hides in 
the slums. Aided by tour guide Prabaker, Lindsay becomes 
part of the city's Mafia and falls in love with Karla, an 
emotionally damaged young woman. Violence and strong 
language. 2003.
RC 63923
##

The Road to Home
RC 63928
by Vanessa Del Fabbro
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
White South African journalist Monica Brunetti, severely 
wounded during a carjacking in Soweto, is taken to an all-
black hospital. Monica befriends Ella Nkhoma, the young 
woman in the next bed. With the help of Ella and other 
patients, Monica rediscovers her faith. Christy Award. 
2005.
RC 63928
##

Half of a Yellow Sun
RC 63931
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
As the Biafran war erupts in 1960s Nigeria, three people 
are caught up in the turbulence: thirteen-year-old houseboy 
Ugwu; his master's mistress Olanna; and Richard, a shy 
young Englishman. Their ideals and loyalties are tested as 
they flee from advancing Nigerian troops. Some descriptions 
of sex. 2006.
RC 63931
##

Richard Temple
RC 63932
by Patrick O'Brian
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Captured British spy Richard Temple retreats into his 
memories to survive Nazi imprisonment. He recalls his bleak 
childhood, his days as a student painter, and the poverty 
that forced him to become an art forger before joining the 
army at his socialite patron's instigation. Some violence 
and some strong language. 1962.
RC 63932
##

You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
RC 63933
by Parnell Hall
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Puzzle Lady Cora Felton, the public face of her niece 
Sherry's crossword creations, finds herself arrested for 
murder. The victimBenny Southstreet, a small-time 
gambler and crossword-puzzle writerhad accused Cora of 
plagiarism. Cora works to clear her name without revealing 
her secret partnership with Sherry. Some strong language. 
2006.
RC 63933
##

Angels
RC 63939
by Marian Keyes
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
After losing her job and leaving her husband, Dubliner 
Maggie Walsh joins her best friend Emily in Los Angeles. 
Maggie reinvents herself in the entertainment scene by 
writing scripts and experimenting with new lovers, but she 
reconsiders ending her marriage. Some explicit descriptions 
of sex and some strong language. 2002.
RC 63939
##

Armageddon's Children
RC 63948
by Terry Brooks
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
In a world ravaged by ecological disasters, plagues, and 
war, Knight of the Word Logan Tom seeks the magical gypsy 
morph destined to save humanity. Meanwhile, fellow knight 
Angel Perez undertakes her own mission, and a tribe of 
youths struggles to survive against demons and mutated 
once-men. Some violence. 2006.
RC 63948
##

Manassas: A Novel of the War
RC 63949
by Upton Sinclair
read by Gary Tipton
3 cassettes
The author of The Jungle (RC 52961) portrays Allan 
Montague, a young southerner who, after living in Boston, 
becomes an abolitionist and joins the Union army. Montague 
first sees action in the Battle of Manassas on July 21, 
1861. Introduction by Kent Gramm. Violence. 1904.
RC 63949
##

The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner
RC 64001
by Andrea Smith
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Canaan Creek, South Carolina; 1957. Bonnie Wilder and her 
church friends help women who give birth to unwanted 
infants by putting the children up for adoption without 
government interference. Thirty years later one of the 
children returns seeking her birth mother. Strong language 
and some descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 64001
##

Midnight at the Dragon Caf
RC 64002
by Judy Fong Bates
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
1957. Su-Jen "Annie" Chou and her mother leave China to 
help Su-Jen's elderly father run a restaurant in a small 
Canadian town. Su-Jen is gradually integrated into the 
society, while her mother becomes isolated, eventually 
having an affair that shatters the family. Alex Award. 
2005.
RC 64002
##

Warrior Woman
RC 64004
by James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain Thom
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Fictionalized account of Shawnee women's peace chief 
Nonhelema, who attempts to negotiate an armistice with both 
the Americans and British during the Revolutionary War. 
Nonhelema's loyalties are divided as her white allies 
betray her and she is alienated from her people. Some 
explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003.
RC 64004
##

The Silent Harp: The House of Winslow, Book 33
RC 64005
by Gilbert Morris
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Wealthy socialite Sharon Winslow is devastated by the death 
of her fianc in World War I. Deciding marriage is not for 
her, Sharon develops her artistic abilities. When she finds 
herself in a dangerous situation and Temple Smith rescues 
her, Sharon begins to love again. 2004.
RC 64005
##

The Right Attitude to Rain: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
RC 64006
by Alexander McCall Smith
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
When her American cousins arrive in Edinburgh with friends, 
Isabel Dalhousie suspects that one of the women is marrying 
for money, not love. Meanwhile, the fortyish Isabel ponders 
her feelings toward a younger man who is a former beau of 
her niece Cat. 2006.
RC 64006
##

Stork Naked: Xanth
RC 64008
by Piers Anthony
read by Brian Conn
3 cassettes
Stymy Stork refuses to deliver Surprise Golem's baby
because of her youth and the dictates of the Adult 
Conspiracyand flees with the child into another reality. 
Surprise, the two bratty half-demon children she's 
babysitting, and the pet peevean obnoxious birdset out to 
retrieve the infant. For senior high readers. 2006.
RC 64008
##

Strange Candy
RC 64009
by Laurell K. Hamilton
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Fourteen supernatural tales dating back to the 1980s. 
Includes Hamilton's only completed science fiction story 
"Here Be Dragons"; the very first Anita Blake, Vampire 
Hunter story "Those Who Seek Forgiveness"; and selections 
set in the Nightseer world, each with a brief introduction. 
Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 64009
##

Command Decision: Vatta's War, Book 4
RC 64013
by Elizabeth Moon
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Interstellar shipping scion and spaceship captain Kylara 
Vatta continues her quest to avenge the destruction of her 
family and merchant empire by recruiting allies to battle 
marauding pirates. Meanwhile, Ky's cousin Stella attempts 
to rebuild the corporation, but treachery undermines her 
efforts. Sequel to Engaging the Enemy (RC 63466). 2007.
RC 64013
##

There Is a Season: Cheney and Shiloh; the Inheritance, Book 
3
RC 64032
by Lynn Morris and Gilbert Morris
read by Aimee Jolson
3 cassettes
1870s. Shiloh Irons-Winslow and his physician wife Cheney 
travel to a Florida plantation for a vacation. On arrival 
they find the estate in disarray and owner Louis Grider 
dead. The couple uncovers disturbing secrets and analyzes 
Louis's will for clues. Sequel to The Moon by Night (RC 
62941). 2005.
RC 64032
##

The Golden Age: A Romance of the Far Future; the Golden 
Age, Book 1
RC 64033
by John C. Wright
read by J.P. Linton
3 cassettes
At a party celebrating the High Transcendence, Phaethon 
Prime of Rhadamanth meets several visitorsincluding a 
being from Neptune who claims to be an old friendwho lead 
him to doubt his identity. Phaethon sets out to find his 
memories, risking exile from his utopian, immortal society, 
Golden Oecumene. 2002.
RC 64033
##

Golden Country
RC 64036
by Jennifer Gilmore
read by Peter Ganim
3 cassettes
Three Jewish immigrant families become intertwined during 
the early and middle twentieth century. Salesman Joseph 
Brodsky is embarrassed when his brother Solomon becomes a 
Mafia bootlegger. Seymour Bloom joins Solomon before 
becoming a Broadway producer, while starlet Frances 
Verdonik's husband invents television. Some descriptions of 
sex. 2006.
RC 64036
##

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
RC 64037
by Carolly Erickson
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Fictional journal of Marie Antoinette (17541793), in which 
she describes her childhood as an Austrian archduchess, her 
marriage to Louis XVI, and her life as queen. Marie records 
her captivity during the French Revolution and her thoughts 
from prison as she awaits execution. Some violence and some 
strong language. 2005.
RC 64037
##

Cracking India
RC 64039
by Bapsi Sidhwa
read by Yolande Bavan
2 cassettes
1947. Eight-year-old Lenny worries about events occurring 
in her affluent region of India. Lenny's carefree days with 
her parents and nanny, or ayah, are quickly disappearing as 
tensions increase among Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and 
Parsees. When her ayah is kidnapped, Lenny's life changes 
forever. Violence and strong language. 1991.
RC 64039
##

The Secret River
RC 64041
by Kate Grenville
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Australia, 1806. Exiled to the penal colony at New South 
Wales for stealing, William Thornhill, along with his wife 
and baby, eventually escapes servitude, acquires land of 
his own, and prospers. But clashes between the white 
settlers and nomadic Aborigines lead inexorably to tragedy. 
Some violence. Commonwealth Prize. 2005.
RC 64041
##

Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
RC 64042
by Xinran
read by Catherine Byers
1 cassette
China, 1950s. Doctors Kejun and Wen are newlyweds when 
husband Kejun joins the People's Liberation Army and 
travels to Tibet. Two months later, news of Kejun's death 
drives Wen to search for him. She spends thirty harsh years 
in Tibet before finally learning Kejun's fate. Some 
violence. 2004.
RC 64042
##

The Ruby in Her Navel: A Novel of Love and Intrigue in the 
Twelfth Century
RC 64047
by Barry Unsworth
read by Ken Kliban
3 cassettes
Medieval Italy. Thurstan Beauchamp dreams of knighthood and 
love while working for the Norman king, the ruler of a 
multicultural society of Christians, Muslims, and Jews. 
Thurstan's ambitions entangle him in a murder plot and 
force him to choose between the lady Alicia and the belly 
dancer Nesrin. 2006.
RC 64047
##

The Suspect
RC 64052
by John Lescroart
read by Gabra Zackman
3 cassettes
California. When Dr. Caryn Dryden is found murdered in a 
hot tub, suspicion falls on her husband, writer Stuart 
Gorman. Dismas Hardy's partner, attorney Gina Roake, 
represents Stuart, while homicide detective Devin Juhle and 
PI Wyatt Hunt, from The Hunt Club (RC 61996), investigate. 
Strong language and some violence. 2007.
RC 64052
##

The Barefoot Princess: The Lost Princesses, Book 2
RC 64055
by Christina Dodd
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
2 cassettes
England, 1810. Exiled princess Amy Rosabel kidnaps Jermyn 
Edmondson, marquess of Northcliff, to avenge the 
mishandling and neglect of his subjects. Amy keeps Jermyn 
chained in a cellar while awaiting ransom payment from his 
uncle but inadvertently falls in love with her handsome 
hostage. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 64055
##

Whiteoak Heritage: Whiteoak Chronicles, Book 5
RC 64056
by Mazo de la Roche
read by Terry Donnelly
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Fortunes of the Whiteoak family of Canada after World War 
I. Renny returns home to find his one-time love still 
unforgiving and his brother involved with an older woman. 
1940.
RC 64056
##

Death of a Glutton: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
RC 64057
by M.C. Beaton
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
The Scottish Highlands. Maria Worth brings eight of her 
most difficult singles-club clients to the Tommel Castle 
Hotel, run by Constable Hamish Macbeth's crush, Priscilla 
Halburton-Smythe. But the matchmaking is disrupted by the 
unexpected arrival of Maria's obnoxious business partner 
Peta Gore. Someone murders Gore and Macbeth investigates. 
1993.
RC 64057
##

Code Name: Blondie
RC 64059
by Christina Skye
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
A plane crash leaves photographer Miki Fortune on an island 
with Navy SEAL Max Preston, who's searching for rogue agent 
Enrique Cruz. Max suspects Miki is connected to Enrique and 
tries to uncover the truth, while Enriqueand a cyclone
prepare to strike. Some explicit descriptions of sex and 
some violence. 2006.
RC 64059
##

Good Morning, Midnight: A Dalziel/Pascoe Mystery
RC 64060
by Reginald Hill
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Yorkshire. Before killing himself, Pal Maciver tape-records 
a statement blaming his stepmother for his father's suicide 
and alleging police misconduct in the investigationand 
naming inspector Peter Pascoe's superior, Andrew Dalziel. 
Pascoe questions Dalziel's motives and his connection to 
both cases. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and 
some violence. 2004.
RC 64060
##

The Dangerous Protector: Puffin Harbor, Book 2
RC 64061
by Janet Chapman
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
Willow Foster, Maine's assistant attorney general, returns 
to Puffin Harbor to help solve the mystery behind a 
worrisome lobster catch. She is determined to avoid being 
with Duncan Ross after their one-night fling eighteen 
months ago, but Duncan has other ideas. Explicit 
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2005.
RC 64061
##

Strangled Prose: A Claire Malloy Mystery
RC 64062
by Joan Hess
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Bookstore owner Claire Malloy hosts a reception celebrating 
the release of her friend Mildred Twiller's trashy new 
romance novel. During the party, excerpts reveal Mildred 
has libeled many of the attendees. Soon after, Mildred is 
found strangled to death, and Claire herself joins the 
suspect list. Some strong language. 1986.
RC 64062
##

Knots and Crosses: A John Rebus Mystery
RC 64063
by Ian Rankin
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
A serial killer targets young girls in Edinburgh, Scotland. 
Detective John Rebus receives taunting letters that he 
dismisses as coincidenceuntil they threaten his daughter. 
Reporter Jim Stevens, who is investigating Rebus's brother 
for drug trafficking, suspects Rebus is involved. Some 
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong 
language. 1987.
RC 64063
##

Beast Master's Ark
RC 64064
by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie
read by Gabra Zackman
2 cassettes
A mysterious killer stalks Arzor, threatening to incite war 
among human and native inhabitants. Hosteen Storm, a Navajo 
Indian who can communicate telepathically with animals, 
sets out to save his adopted world with help from genetic 
engineer Tani, who must first embrace her own beast-master 
abilities. Some violence. 2002.
RC 64064
##

Heart-Shaped Box
RC 64088
by Joe Hill
read by John Haag
2 cassettes
Middle-aged rock star Judas Coyne collects morbid curios. 
He buys a haunted suit online and discovers that it 
belonged to Craddock McDermott, the deceased stepfather of 
one of Coyne's groupies. Over time, both Coyne's own 
motives and those of McDermott's ghost are revealed. 
Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64088
##

Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
RC 64089
by Eric Nylund
read by Ray Childs
3 cassettes
Twenty-sixth century. The Office of Naval Intelligence 
creates a top-secret team of elite Spartan soldiers to 
battle alien Covenant forces intent on annihilating 
humanity. The Spartans train on the nearly abandoned planet 
Onyx, where they awaken an ancient technology that could 
change the course of the war. Violence. Bestseller. 2006.
RC 64089
##

Love, Cajun Style
RC 64097
by Diane Les Becquets
read by Anne Hancock
2 cassettes
Lucy Beauregard and her friends grow up in Sweetbay, 
Louisiana, a quiet, sleepy placeuntil one hot summer when 
the whole town seems to fall in love. Seventeen-year-old 
Lucy falls for a newcomer, musician Dewey Savoi, while 
avoiding unwanted advances from her handsome drama teacher. 
For senior high readers. 2005.
RC 64097
##

Articles of War
RC 64100
by Nick Arvin
read by Walter Dixon
1 cassette
1944. Iowa farm boy George Tilson, nicknamed Heck because 
he never swears, fights on the Normandy battlefront. 
Surrounded by death and destruction, cowardly Heck hopes to 
escape war by being wounded. But he is selected for a 
horrifying missionon a firing squad. Violence, strong 
language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005.
RC 64100
##

Mission Flats
RC 64101
by Bill Landay
read by Pat Bottino
3 cassettes
Versailles, Maine, police chief Ben Truman discovers a 
Boston assistant district attorney's body in a lakeside 
cabin. Boston authorities suspect drug dealer Harold 
Braxton from one of their city's toughest neighborhoods, 
Mission Flats. Unconvinced of Harold's guilt, Ben travels 
to Boston. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions 
of sex. 2003.
RC 64101
##

Finding Noel
RC 64105
by Richard Paul Evans
read by Ray Childs
2 cassettes
Mark Smart has just lost his mother, his college 
scholarship, and his girlfriend when he meets Macy Wood at 
a Salt Lake City coffee shop. Waitress Macy has left an 
abusive adoptive home and is searching for her long-lost 
sister Noel. Despite obtacles, Mark and Macy fall in love. 
2006.
RC 64105
##

The Pox Party: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, 
Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1; Taken from Accounts by His 
Own Hand and Other Sundry SourcesCollected by Mr. M.T. 
Anderson of Boston
RC 64106
by M.T. Anderson
read by Dan Bloom
2 cassettes
Eighteenth-century Boston. Sixteen-year-old slave Octavian, 
the son of an African princess, is educated as part of a 
scientific experiment researching the intelligence of 
African Americans. When the experiments change, Octavian 
escapes and joins the fight against the British. Some 
violence. For senior high and older readers. National Book 
Award. 2006.
RC 64106
##

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology
RC 64111
edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
read by Ray Childs
3 cassettes
Nineteen surreal tales combining elements of fantasy, magic 
realism, and science fiction. In Michael Chabon's "The God 
of Dark Laughter" (2001) two Indiana boys discover a dead 
circus clown. Also includes work by Karen Joy Fowler, 
Jonathan Lethem, George Saunders, and others. Strong 
language and some violence. 2006.
RC 64111
##

Indecision
RC 64113
by Benjamin Kunkel
read by Dan Bloom
2 cassettes
Twenty-eight-year-old New Yorker Dwight Wilmerding is 
chronically unable to make up his mind. Dwight tries an 
experimental drug before visiting his prep school 
sweetheart Natasha in Ecuador, hoping the treatment will 
help him decide between Natasha and his current fling 
Vaneetha. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 
2005.
RC 64113
##

Upstairs, Downstairs
RC 64119
by John Hawkesworth
read by Anne Hancock
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Based on the popular television series, this novel follows 
the intertwined lives and loves of the upper-class Bellamy 
family and their loyal servants in Edwardian London as 
Europe teeters on the brink of World War I. 1971.
RC 64119
##

True Evil
RC 64120
by Greg Iles
read by Ray Childs
4 cassettes
FBI agent Alexandra Morse learns at her sister Grace's 
deathbed that Grace's husband killed her. Alex suspects the 
involvement of a divorce lawyer who arranges murders for 
money. His next target, Mississippi doctor Chris Shepard, 
helps Alex plan a trap. Explicit descriptions of sex, 
strong language, and some violence. 2006.
RC 64120										
##

A Family Affair
RC 64122
by Marcus Major
read by John Haag
2 cassettes
The extended Moore family faces its share of personal and 
professional problems, which are compounded when rebellious 
teenage cousin Jasmine moves in. As the families cope,  a 
secret comes to light that stuns them all. Sequel to Good 
Peoples (RC 63490). Some descriptions of sex and some 
strong language. 2004.
RC 64122
##

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate; a Splinter Cell 
Adventure
RC 64124
by David Michaels
read by Ray Childs
2 cassettes
Special agent Sam Fisher, a splinter cell with the covert 
NSA subdivision Third Echelon, intercepts a freighter 
carrying radioactive material headed for the U.S. coast. 
Meanwhile, thousands of residents of a remote New Mexico 
town are fatally poisoned. Fisher races to find the 
mastermind behind the attacks. Some violence. 2006.
RC 64124
##

Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. the Ugly American
RC 64135
edited by Ken Bruen
read by John Haag
2 cassettes
Nineteen short crime stories set in the Irish capital. In 
Laura Lippman's "The Honor Bar" a scorned American tourist 
exacts revenge on her ex-boyfriend with a new conquest. 
Also includes selections by Gary Phillips, Ray Banks, Jim 
Fusilli, and others. Descriptions of sex, violence, and 
strong language. 2006.
RC 64135
##

Red Chrysanthemum: A Sano Ichiro Mystery, Book 11
RC 64137
by Laura Joh Rowland
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Japan, 1698. Sano Ichiro, now a chamberlain, doubts his 
pregnant wife Reiko's innocence when she's found bloody 
beside the corpse of a treasonous nobleman. As Ichiro 
investigates he battles his political enemies and fights 
for his family's honor and their very lives. Violence and 
some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006.
RC 64137
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The Stranger in Her Bed: The Loggers, Book 2
RC 64144
by Janet Chapman
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
Ethan Knight, from The Seduction of His Wife (RC 62874), is 
fired by foreman Anna Segee on his first day of work in a 
Maine sawmill. Anna, back from Canada with a new name, 
remembers Ethan from childhood and falls in love. 
Descriptions of sex and strong language. 2007.
RC 64144
##

The Dream-Maker's Magic: The Safe-Keepers, Book 3
RC 64145
by Sharon Shinn
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Kellen's mother insists that Kellen be raised as a boy and 
therefore sends her to school. Kellen becomes friends with 
Gryffin, a quick-minded boy who is physically disabled. As 
their feelings deepen, a new dream-maker is discovered, and 
Kellen and Gryffin are separated. For junior and senior 
high readers. 2006.
RC 64145
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The Brethren: Annie's People, Book 3
RC 64146
by Beverly Lewis
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Amish preacher's daughter Annie Zook, from The Englisher 
(RC 62875), still feels torn between her family's way of 
life and her dreams to become an artist and to pursue her 
love for non-Amish Ben Martin. Meanwhile Ben discovers he's 
adopted and sets out to uncover his surprising true 
identity. 2006.
RC 64146
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The Defiant: Sons of Texas, Book 6
RC 64149
by Tom Early
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Concluding volume of frontier family saga. In 1842, 
violence sweeps across south Texas as marauding Comanches 
resume their raids and the Mexican army attacks San 
Antonio. The Lewis brothers once again take up arms to 
defend their beloved republic. Violence, some descriptions 
of sex, and some strong language. 1993.
RC 64149
##

The Bold: Sons of Texas, Book 5
RC 64152
by Tom Early
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Texas republic, 1840. Texas Ranger James Lewis organizes a 
volunteer company against marauding Comanche war parties. 
But while much of the Lewis clan is off fighting Indians, 
Kiowa raiders attack the family homestead and kidnap young 
Angeline. Violence, some explicit descriptions of sex, and 
some strong language. 1992.
RC 64152
##

Infernal Devices: The Hungry City Chronicles, Book 3
RC 64153
by Philip Reeve
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
Sixteen years after Predator's Gold (RC 59779), Tom, 
Hester, and fifteen-year-old daughter Wren are settled in 
Anchorage. Wren, longing for adventure, is kidnapped after 
agreeing to steal a mysterious book of lost warfare 
technology. Her parents search for her among the traction 
cities. For junior and senior high readers. 2005.
RC 64153
##

First Dawn: Freedom's Path, Book 1
RC 64154
by Judith Miller
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Kansas, 1870s. Drawn by the promise of free land, African 
American sharecropper Ezekiel Harban and his three 
daughters settle in Nicodemus despite the harsh conditions. 
Samuel Boyle, a white physician, moves his family to nearby 
Hill City. With the help of God, the two families prosper 
and become friends. 2005.
RC 64154
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Short Straw
RC 64157
by Stuart Woods
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
New Mexico attorney Ed Eagle, from Santa Fe Rules 
(RC 58179), discovers that his wife Barbara has emptied 
their bank accounts and fled to Mexico. Ed recruits two PIs 
to help, but Barbara will do anythingeven killto keep the 
money. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some 
violence. 2006.
RC 64157
##

God Don't Play
RC 64159
by Mary Monroe
read by Victoria Gordon
2 cassettes
Annette, from God Still Don't Like Ugly (RC 59849), has 
achieved the American dream: husband, daughter, job, and 
house. When she starts to receive threatening letters and 
calls, she turns to old friend Rhoda to help her uncover 
the culprit. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, 
and some violence. 2006.
RC 64159
##

The Grand Sophy
RC 64160
by Georgette Heyer
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Widower Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy journeys to South America 
on a diplomatic mission, leaving his twenty-year-old 
daughter Sophy in the care of his sister. Sophy soon sets 
out to solve her cousins' problems but unexpectedly 
encounters romantic woes of her own. Includes 2003 foreword 
by Catherine Coulter. 1950.
RC 64160
##

Stripped
RC 64161
by Brian Freeman
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Las Vegas newcomer Jonathan Stride, of Immoral (RC 61116), 
investigates a playboy's slaying while Stride's lover, 
detective Serena Dial, handles two killings, including a 
hit-and-run. They link the three deaths to an exotic 
dancer's murder that occurred decades ago. Strong language, 
some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006.
RC 64161
##

The Lay of the Land
RC 64163
by Richard Ford
read by Steven Carpenter
4 cassettes
New Jersey, 2000. Realtor Frank Bascombe, from Independence 
Day (RC 44192), spends the week before Thanksgiving 
bemoaning the contested presidential election, his pending 
divorce, and his bout with prostate cancer. He is also 
anxious about the upcoming holiday with his abrasive grown 
son and bisexual daughter. Strong language. 2006.
RC 64163
##

The Marriage Lesson: Effington Family, Book 3
RC 64164
by Victoria Alexander
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
London, 1819. Thomas Effington, the marquess of Helmsley, 
hosts his brother-in-law's three sisters for the season, 
among them Marianne Shelton. After an unforeseen tryst, 
Thomas makes an honorable offer of marriage, but Marianne 
refuses. Thomas enlists the aid of Marianne's sisters to 
sway her. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.
RC 64164							
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Deadly Gamble: A Mojo Sheepshanks Novel
RC 64165
by Linda Lael Miller
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
Arizona. Mojo Sheepshanks contends with the ghosts of her 
late husband and cat as she sustains relationships with her 
two former foster sisters, an undercover police boyfriend, 
and a man who claims to be her uncle. Meanwhile her 
murderous half-brother stalks her. Some violence and some 
strong language. 2006.
RC 64165
##

McKettrick's Luck: The McKettricks, Book 1
RC 64173
by Linda Lael Miller
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
The modern-day descendants of the McKettrick clan, from the 
McKettrick Brothers series, experience turmoil in business 
and love. Cheyenne Bridges returns to Indian Rock, Arizona, 
to persuade her old flame, gambler Jesse McKettrick, to 
sell some land for development. Some explicit descriptions 
of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64173
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Nineteen Minutes
RC 64175
by Jodi Picoult
read by Madelyn Buzzard
4 cassettes
Bullied teenager Peter Houghton takes multiple weapons to 
his New Hampshire high school and kills ten classmates
sparing the life of his former friend Josie Cormier. 
Josie's mother Alex, a judge, has been assigned to Peter's 
case, while attorney Jordan McAfee defends him. Strong 
language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64175
##

Storm Runners
RC 64176
by T. Jefferson Parker
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Disabled-cop-turned-private-detective Matt Stromsoe, still 
mourning the murders of his wife and son, takes a job 
guarding San Diego weather announcer Frankie Hatfield. 
Someone is after her family secret that controls rainfall. 
While investigating, Matt falls for Frankie. Violence and 
strong language. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64176
##

The Pattern of Her Heart: Lights of Lowell, Book 3
RC 64177
by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
1857. Tragedy forces Jasmine Houston and her husband Nolan 
to leave their Lowell, Massachusetts, horse farm and return 
to her family's Mississippi plantation to oversee the final 
cotton harvest. Jasmine's plans to free the slaves have 
unintended consequences. Sequel to A Love Woven True 
(RC 60451). 2005.
RC 64177
##

The Virtuous Woman: The House of Winslow, Book 34
RC 64178
by Gilbert Morris
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
New York, 1935. When Cara and Phil Winslow learn their 
daughter, who they thought died in infancy, is alive, they 
hire detectives to bring her home. Now twenty, Grace cannot 
adjust to her new life and runs away. Brother Kevin, a 
scarred recluse, searches for her. 2005.
RC 64178
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The Assassin King: The Symphony of Ages, Volume 6
RC 64179
by Elizabeth Haydon
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
When the dragon Llauron dies, a human council convenes to 
prepare for a war that could destroy the known world. 
Meanwhile a demon hunter stalks Firbolg king Achmed, once 
called the Assassin King. Sequel to Elegy for a Lost Star 
(RC 59724). Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 
2006.
RC 64179
##

Aerie: Dragon Jousters, Book 4
RC 64181
by Mercedes Lackey
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
With Sanctuary overflowing with Tian and Altan peoples, 
dragon jouster Kiron and his companions move to Aerie, an 
abandoned cliff city. Kiron juggles demands of students, 
dragons, and his lover Aket-ten, and faces an evil that may 
be the work of the long-subdued Magi. Sequel to Sanctuary 
(RC 60690). 2006.
RC 64181
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Irish Crystal: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel
RC 64182
by Andrew M. Greeley
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Nuala Anne McGrail has had a nightmare foretelling evil. 
But is it the Homeland Security agents who want to deport 
her, or the neighbors who dislike her wolfhounds, or recent 
acquaintances, the Currans? Following an explosion, Nuala 
and husband Dermot search an ancient manuscript for 
answers. Strong language. 2006.
RC 64182
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Find Me: A Kathleen Mallory Mystery
RC 64183
by Carol O'Connell
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
Renegade detective Kathy Mallory leaves New York to track 
down a serial killer who has murdered more than one hundred 
children along Route 66. When Mallory's partner Riker and 
psychologist Butler find a body in Mallory's apartment, 
they set out after her. Some violence and some strong 
language. 2006.
RC 64183
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Princess on the Brink: The Princess Diaries, Book 8
RC 64185
by Meg Cabot
read by Madelyn Buzzard
1 cassette
Princess Mia's junior year at New York's Albert Einstein 
High School is off to a disastrous start. Michael, her 
college-age boyfriend, plans to leave for a year to build 
robots in Japan, and Mia is caught kissing her classmate 
Lilly's boyfriend. For junior and senior high readers. 
2007.
RC 64185
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Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
RC 64188
by Ann Brashares
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Carmen, Lena, Bridget, and Tibby, from Girls in Pants 
(RC 59737), share the magic blue jeans during the summer 
after their freshman year in college. The four relish their 
long friendship while experiencing grown-up dilemmas and 
romance. Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 
2007.
RC 64188
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The Outfit: A Parker Novel
RC 64191
by Richard Stark
read by John Polk
1 cassette
The Outfit, a criminal organization headed by Arthur 
Bronson, puts a contract out on Parker for a long-standing 
dispute over stolen money. While Parker's associates target 
Outfit operations, Parkerwith a new identity and a new 
face thanks to plastic surgerysets out to even the score 
with Bronson himself. 1963.
RC 64191
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Odyssey: Engines of God, Book 5
RC 64192
by Jack McDevitt
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
Journalist Gregory MacAllister spearheads a campaign to cut 
funding to the Academy's interstellar program. In a 
desperate move to stop him, Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, 
from Omega (RC 57357), invites Gregory to join a space 
mission to investigate mysterious lights called 
"moonriders." The crew makes some unexpected discoveries. 
2006.
RC 64192
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Tersias the Oracle
RC 64194
by G.P. Taylor
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Tersias, a twelve-year-old blind boy who predicts the 
future, is held captive for his powers. Jonah and his 
friendsa band of young thievesseek to rescue Tersias but 
become embroiled in the machinations of the lunatic 
Solomon. Sequel to Wormwood (RC 59385). For junior and 
senior high readers. 2005.
RC 64194
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Get a Life
RC 64196
by Nadine Gordimer
read by Megan Burnette
1 cassette
Thirty-five-year-old white South African Paul Bannerman is 
diagnosed with cancer. Paul's treatment makes him a 
radioactive threat to his wife and young son, so he moves 
into an isolated wing at his parents' house. While 
recuperating, Paul, an ecologist, contemplates his life. 
Meanwhile, his parents review their own past. 2005.
RC 64196
##

The Pushcart Prize XXXI: Best of the Small Presses, 2007
RC 64201
edited by Bill Henderson
read by Roy Avers
4 cassettes
Sixty-three short stories, essays, and poems from literary 
magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. 
Includes Wendell Berry's "The Way of Ignorance," Kate 
Braverman's "Cocktail Hour," Louise Glck's "Persephone the 
Wanderer," and Stephen Dunn's "Salvation." Some 
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong 
language. 2007.
RC 64201
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The Gypsy Moon: The House of Winslow, Book 35
RC 64213
by Gilbert Morris
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Following her parents' deaths, Gabby Winslow joins her aunt 
and uncle in the Netherlands, eventually becoming a doctor. 
She helps the Dutch underground to smuggle German Jews to 
safety and later teams up with a British agent to get her 
uncle out of Berlin. 2005.
RC 64213
##

The Wrong Man
RC 64226
by John Katzenbach
read by Colleen Delany
4 cassettes
New England. Graduate student Ashley Freeman's one-time 
fling Michael O'Connell resurfaces and stalks her with 
disturbing messages. Ashley's father Scott turns to his ex-
wife Sally and her lesbian partner Hope to stop Michael. 
When lawful methods fail, the trio resorts to extreme 
measures. Some violence and some strong language. 2006.
RC 64226
##

When We Meet Again: Effington Family
RC 64230
by Victoria Alexander
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
In 1818 Venice, Pamela Effington allowed herself to be 
seduced by Prince Alexei's charm, knowing she would never 
see him again. Four years later, fate intervenes: Pamela 
inherits a house in London and discovers Prince Alexei in 
residence. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005.
RC 64230
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No More Playas
RC 64232
by Brenda Jackson
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
Chicago. Breaking the rules of his own bachelor manifesto, 
The Playa's Handbook (RC 63546), Lance Montgomery decides 
he is in love with a former fling, fellow relationship 
psychologist Asia Fowler. Lance sets out to win her back 
from her current fianc. Explicit descriptions of sex and 
some strong language. 2005.
RC 64232
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Wind Rider's Oath: Bahzell Trilogy, Book 3
RC 64233
by David Weber
read by Michael Scherer
4 cassettes
Bahzell Bahnakson, champion of the war god Tomanak, 
attempts to persuade the Sothoii people to help fight 
against the Dark Gods. Bahzell joins the elite wind riders 
and their mystical horse-like coursers, while the Dark Gods 
plot his demise. Sequel to The War God's Own (RC 63011). 
Violence. 2004.
RC 64233
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Daylight Comes: Freedom's Path, Book 3
RC 64234
by Judith Miller
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Kansas, 1882. African American homesteader Moses Wyman 
decides  to run for state auditor, but a victory would mean 
uprooting his pregnant wife Truth from family and friends 
and their beloved hometown of Nicodemus. Meanwhile in Hill 
City, young Macia Boyle, fresh from a European holiday, 
deliberates about two suitors. 2006.
RC 64234
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Wilderness Trek
RC 64235
by Zane Grey
read by Michael Russotto
2 cassettes (Reissue)
American cowboys Sterling Hazelton and Red Krehl sail to 
Australia, where they join a three-thousand-mile cattle 
drive across the outback. The Dann familyincluding 
beautiful Berylrides along on the perilous two-year 
journey, during which they encounter hostile natives and 
rustlers and confront betrayal and death. 1944.
RC 64235
##

The Whole World Over
RC 64236
by Julia Glass
read by Faith Potts
4 cassettes
New York City bookstore owner Fenno McLeod, from Three 
Junes (RC 55525), says goodbye to pastry chef Greenie and 
her son when they leave for New Mexico. Meanwhile Greenie's 
psychotherapist husband befriends a woman suffering from 
memory loss, and Greenie's friend Walter meets a new man. 
Some strong language. 2006.
RC 64236
##

Sugar Daddy
RC 64237
by Lisa Kleypas
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Beautician Liberty Jones is struggling to raise her half 
sister in Houston when wealthy client Churchill Travis 
hires her as his personal assistant. Churchill's son Gage 
falls in love with Liberty, but she still longs for 
childhood-love Hardy Cates. Some explicit descriptions of 
sex and some strong language. 2007.
RC 64237
##

Obsession
RC 64239
by Karen Robards
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
When CIA employee Katharine Lawrence is viciously attacked, 
neighbor Dr. Dan Howard takes her to the hospitalwhere she 
wakes up with partial amnesia and a new face. After another 
attempt on her life, the two go on the run. Violence, 
strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 
2007.
RC 64239
##

Scavenger
RC 64245
by David Morrell
read by Joe Peck
2 cassettes
History professor Adrian Murdock sends Frank Balenger, from 
Creepers (RC 62011), to find a time capsulethe Sepulcher 
of Worldly Desires. Meanwhile Frank's lover Amanda Evert 
and five others are kidnapped and have only forty hours to 
solve the mystery of the device. Violence and strong 
language. 2007.
RC 64245

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We Shall Not Sleep: A World War I Novel
RC 64248
by Anne Perry
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes
Siblings Matthew, Joseph, and Judith Reavley wind up in 
Flanders at the close of the war. A German officer agrees 
to go to England and expose the Peacemaker, a spy who had 
the Reavleys' parents murdered. Sequel to At Some Disputed 
Barricade (RC 64441). Some violence. 2007.
RC 64248									
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The Richlands
RC 64249
by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Pennsylvania, early 1900s. Love for the Richlands sets Jim 
Ryall on a different path from the law career his father 
intended. While Jim farms the land, his life revolves 
around his brothers, a servant with a secret, Aunt Polly, 
his wife Peggy, and Phoebe, who cares for his children. 
1974.
RC 64249
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Final Curtain: An Inspector Roderick Alleyn Mystery
RC 64254
by Ngaio Marsh
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Troy Alleyn, wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, paints a 
portrait of Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Ancred, a 
patriarch preparing to marry a young chorus girl. After a 
tense birthday dinner, Henry is found dead. Troy, finally 
reunited with Roderick after a prolonged separation, 
suspects poisoning and enlists Roderick's aid. 1947.
RC 64254
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The Whiteoak Brothers: Jalna1923; Whiteoak Chronicles, 
Book 6
RC 64255
by Mazo de la Roche
read by Terry Donnelly
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Adeline Whiteoak, elderly matriarch of her Canadian family, 
has reached her ninety-eighth year and her grandson Renny 
is now head of the household at Jalna. Renny's half-brother 
Eden nearly bankrupts the family by investing in a fake 
gold mine, while his other half-brother Piers begins a 
controversial romance. 1953.
RC 64255
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Evanly Bodies: A Constable Evans Mystery
RC 64259
by Rhys Bowen
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
In Llanfair, Wales, Constable Evan Evans contends with a 
dense supervisor while investigating three murders that 
appear to have been committed by the same person. Evans's 
schoolteacher wife Bronwen helps him search for a missing 
teenage Muslim girl whose radical brother wants her to 
return to Pakistan to marry. 2006.
RC 64259
##

A Christmas Secret
RC 64292
by Anne Perry
read by Vanessa Maroney
1 cassette
December, 1890. London vicar Dominic Corde and his wife 
Clarice spend Christmas in an isolated village where 
Dominic substitutes for the Reverend Wynter, who has taken 
a last-minute holiday. But Wynter isn't on vacation at all. 
Dominic and Clarice investigate but soon find themselves in 
danger. 2006.
RC 64292
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Marrow
RC 64293
by Robert Reed
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
A planetdubbed Marrowis discovered in the cargo hold of a 
vast, ancient spacecraft called the Great Ship. A disaster 
maroons an expedition team on the planet and triggers a 
course of events that will eventually threaten the Great 
Ship's existence. Strong language, some descriptions of 
sex, and some violence. 2000.
RC 64293
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Tanner's Twelve Swingers: An Evan Tanner Mystery
RC 64295
by Lawrence Block
read by Gregory Gorton
1 cassette
Insomniac spy Evan Tanner seeks a friend's long-lost love 
in Latvia by way of Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Russia. Evan 
soon acquires other companionsan elderly political author, 
a young Lithuanian heiress, and twelve Latvian gymnastswho 
all wish to be smuggled to America. Some descriptions of 
sex and some strong language. 1967.
RC 64295
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The Baby Merchant
RC 64338
by Kit Reed
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
Tom Starbird is planning to quit his illicit business of 
placing "unwanted" children with wealthy clients when he 
gets one last job: journalist Jake Zorn, who threatens to 
expose Tom unless Tom finds him a baby. Tom targets 
pregnant, unwed artist Sasha Egan, but has second thoughts. 
Strong language. 2006.
RC 64338
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The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy 
Clancy's Nephew
RC 64368
by Jon Hassler
read by Ray Childs
2 cassettes
Two novellas. In The Staggerford Murders Minnesota hotel 
residents investigate the nine-year-old case of Chamber of 
Commerce head Neddy Nichols's murder and the disappearance 
of his wife. In The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy's Nephew 
elderly W.D. Nestor pays a long-overdue visit to his 
centenarian aunt Nancy Clancy. 2004.
RC 64368
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Case Histories: A Jackson Brodie Mystery
RC 64391
by Kate Atkinson
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Cambridge, England. Cop-turned-PI Jackson Brodie 
investigates multiple cold cases. Two middle-aged sisters 
follow up the childhood disappearance of their sibling, a 
retired attorney seeks his daughter's killer, and an ax 
murderer's sister searches for her niece. Some descriptions 
of sex and some strong language. 2004.
RC 64391
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Old Twentieth
RC 64392
by Joe Haldeman
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Jacob Brewer, a virtuality engineer, joins the crew of 
Aspera on a thousand-year spaceflight during which voyagers 
seek amusement on twentieth-century Earth using the ship's 
time machine. But while investigating deadly malfunctions, 
Jacob discovers the machine has become sentient. Strong 
language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 
2005.
RC 64392
##

A Separate War and Other Stories
RC 64395
by Joe Haldeman
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Fifteen science fiction tales published between 1969 and 
2005 by the award-winning author. Includes "Out of Phase," 
the first story Haldeman sold; its sequel "Power Complex;" 
and the title work, featuring Marygay Potter from The 
Forever War (RC 48659). Some descriptions of sex, some 
violence, and some strong language. 2006.
RC 64395
##

Redemption
RC 64398
by Frederick Turner
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
New Orleans, 1913. Francis "Fast-Mail" Muldoon becomes vice 
lord Tom Anderson's assistant in Storyville after his 
police career ends in gunfire. The Parker brothers tread on 
Anderson's territory and complicate life when they hire 
Anderson's former stepdaughter/lover to sing. Strong 
language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some 
violence. 2006.
RC 64398
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On Tall Pine Lake
RC 64399
by Dorothy Garlock
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Arkansas, 1980. Orphan Nona Conrad takes a job managing an 
Ozark fishing campand brings along her fourteen-year-old 
sister Maggie. A package from their half brother Harold 
leads to danger, while Nona falls in love with the camp 
owner. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, 
and some strong language. 2007.
RC 64399
##

Too Big a Storm
RC 64401
by Marsha Qualey
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Minneapolis, 1969. Eighteen-year-old Brady Callahan feels 
conflicted about the Vietnam War because her brother went 
AWOL there, her new friend is active in the antiwar 
movement, and she herself fell in love with a veteran. When 
tragedy strikes, Brady must form her own beliefs. For 
senior high readers. 2004.
RC 64401
##

One Good Turn: A Jackson Brodie Mystery
RC 64403
by Kate Atkinson
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
After receiving an inheritance, British PI Jackson Brodie, 
from Case Histories (RC 64391), retires and moves to 
France. While visiting his girlfriend in Edinburgh, 
Scotland, Brodie witnesses a road-rage accident. Later, as 
the bystanders are menaced, he investigates the incident. 
Strong language and some violence. 2006.
RC 64403
##

The Fugitive Wife
RC 64406
by Peter C. Brown
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
1900. After her son's death, Esther Crummey flees her 
Minnesota farm and volatile husband Leonard and joins a 
prospecting company headed for Nome, Alaska. Esther 
befriends foreman Nate Deaton, unaware that Leonard has set 
out to find her. Strong language, some explicit 
descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006.
RC 64406
##

The White Tyger
RC 64407
by Paul Park
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
After magical transportation from contemporary 
Massachusetts to an alternative eighteenth-century world, 
Miranda and her friend Peter de Graz are captured by the 
mad baroness Ceausescu, who wants to steal the political 
role of white tyger and rule Roumania. Sequel to The 
Tourmaline (RC 64427). For senior high readers. 2007.
RC 64407
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Walk Proud, Stand Tall: A Western Story
RC 64408
by Johnny D. Boggs
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Seventy-year-old former Arizona lawman Lin Garrett learns 
his nemesis Ollie Sinclair has robbed a train. Garrett and 
his onetime deputy Ol' Corb set out after the outlaw. The 
aging duo believes Sinclair is headed for the home of Holly 
Mossman, whom both Garrett and Sinclair once loved. 2006.
RC 64408
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Love Walked In
RC 64413
by Marisa de los Santos
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
One day Martin Grace walks into the life of Cornelia Brown, 
a thirty-one-year-old Philadelphia caf manager, and a 
brief romance follows. When Martin introduces Cornelia to 
his estranged ten-year-old daughter Clare, whose unstable 
mother has disappeared, Cornelia's maternal instincts 
emerge. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 
2005.
RC 64413
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When Death Comes Stealing: A Tamara Hayle Mystery
RC 64426
by Valerie Wilson Wesley
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Newark. African American cop-turned-PI Tamara Hayle 
receives a phone call from her ex-husband DeWayne, who 
informs her that his son by another woman has died. When 
DeWayne confides that this is the second suspicious death 
among his children, Tamara investigates. Strong language, 
some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1994.
RC 64426
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Camouflage
RC 64434
by Joe Haldeman
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Samoa, 2019. Marine biologist Russell Sutton discovers an 
undersea relic that, once recovered, summons two aliens who 
have lived among humans for millennia. One is a peaceable 
changeling, the other a chameleon bent on eliminating 
competition. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some 
violence, and some strong language. Nebula Award. 2004.
RC 64434
##

The Cleaner
RC 64446
by Brett Battles
read by Scott Brick
3 cassettes
Loner Jonathan Quinn makes his living as a professional 
cleanerdisposing of unwanted bodies. But when he's 
dispatched to a Colorado cabin to investigate an arson 
case, Quinn finds his life in danger. He hopes a woman from 
his past can help. Commercial audiobook. 2007.
RC 64446
##

The Pesthouse
RC 64450
by Jim Crace
read by Michael Kramer
2 cassettes
After America is turned into a barren, lawless wasteland, 
people flee to Europe. Franklin Lopez is stopping to 
recover from an injury when he meets Margaret at a 
pesthousewhere she's suffering from a deadly infection. 
The two gradually fall in love and seek refuge together. 
Commercial audiobook. 2007.
RC 64450
##

On Chesil Beach
RC 64458
by Ian McEwan
read by Ian McEwan
1 cassette
England, 1962. Twenty-two-year-old musician Florence 
Ponting and twenty-three-year-old history student Edward 
Mayhew, both sexually innocent, fall in love and travel to 
the Dorset coast for their honeymoon. A momentary 
misunderstanding on their wedding night changes everything. 
Commercial audiobook. 2007.
RC 64458
##

Sun Kissed: The Coulter Family, Book 7
RC 64470
by Catherine Anderson
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Rancher Samantha Harrigan and veterinarian Tucker Coulter 
meet while protecting a horse from its drunken owner. When 
her own horses are poisoned, Samantha suspects her ex-
husband. But authorities think that Samanthathe insurance 
beneficiaryis involved. Tucker helps prove her innocence. 
Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 
Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64470
##

Shopaholic and Baby
RC 64471
by Sophie Kinsella
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
After discovering that she has a half-sibling in Shopaholic 
and Sister (RC 58896), Becky learns that she is pregnant 
and has baby shopping to do. She hires celebrity 
obstetrician Venetia Carter and later realizes that the 
doctor is her husband Luke's old college flame. Some strong 
language. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64471
##

Innocent in Death: An Eve Dallas Mystery
RC 64472
by J.D. Robb
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
New York City, 2060. History teacher Craig Foster dies 
after eating a ricin-laced lunch. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas 
investigates Foster's death, another teacher is murdered 
and a beautiful criminalthe ex-girlfriend of Eve's husband 
Roarkereappears. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, 
and strong language. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64472
##

The 6th Target: A Women's Murder Club Mystery
RC 64498
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
read by Carolyn McCormick
2 cassettes
San Francisco. When a mass shooting on a ferry wounds 
Women's Murder Club member Claire Washburn, Sergeant 
Lindsay Boxer investigates and attorney Yuki Castellano 
prosecutes. Lindsay also delves into a child kidnapping 
case involving a dead nanny. Strong language, some 
descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. 2007.
RC 64498
##

Nails: A Gabriel Du Pr Mystery
RC 64595
by Peter Bowen
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Toussaint, Montana. Mtis Indian Gabriel Du Pr is guiding 
Jesuit priest Van Den Heuvel into the Wolf Mountains when 
he discovers the body of a young girl. Meanwhile, a 
fundamentalist sect moves into town bent on converting the 
community. Eventually Gabriel connects the two events. 
Strong language and some violence. 2006.
RC 64595
##

Emako Blue
RC 64625
by Brenda Woods
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Los Angeles. African American classmates Monterey, Jamal, 
and Eddie remember their friend Emako, who was accidentally 
shot and killed. Having bonded with her through a mutual 
interest in singing, they reminisce about the talented 
vocalist. Some violence. For senior high readers. 2004.
RC 64625
##

T Is for Trespass: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
RC 65338
by Sue Grafton
read by Judy Kaye
3 cassettes
Santa Teresa, California. After PI Kinsey Millhone's 
elderly neighbor Gus Vronsky falls, his great-niece hires 
nurse Solana Rojas to care for him. Kinsey investigates 
Solana's background, but doesn't learn until much later 
that Solana is a sociopath who is abusing and robbing Gus. 
Commercial audiobook. Strong language and some violence. 
Bestseller. 2007.
RC 65338
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Books for Children

Books listed in this issue of _Talking Book Topics_ were
recently sent to cooperating libraries.  The complete
collection contains books by many authors on fiction and
nonfiction subjects, including animals, geography, nature,
mystery, sports, and others.  Contact your cooperating
library to learn more about the wide range of books
available in the collection.  Cassette books are labeled
with the code RC and play at 15/16 ips.  To order books,
contact your cooperating library.

Cassettes Nonfiction

A Whale Biologist at Work
RC 63782
by Sneed B.Collard III
read by Bill Wallace
1 cassette
Explains the work of marine biologist John Calambokidis, 
who studies humpback and blue whales off the coast of 
California. Discusses the scientist and his team's 
investigations of whale behaviors, relationships, and 
feeding habits. Covers commercial whale hunting and whale 
populations and birth rates. For grades 3-6. 2000.
RC 63782
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Sparks Fly High: The Legend of Dancing Point
RC 63783
retold by Mary Quattlebaum
read by Erik Sandvold
1 cassette
Colonial Virginia. Proud Colonel Lightfoot accepts the 
devil's challenge to dance for control of some land along 
the James River, with surprising results for both of them. 
Retelling of the legend of Dancing Point. For grades 2-4. 
2006.
RC 63783
##
Langston Hughes
RC 63798
edited by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel
read by Chuck Young
1 cassette
Twenty-six poems by African American writer Langston Hughes 
(19021967), whose work reflects the language and heritage 
of his people. "Aunt Sue's Stories" celebrates oral 
tradition while "I Dream a World" expresses a hope for all 
mankind. Includes explanatory notes and a biographical 
essay. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2006.
RC 63798
##

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
RC 63916
by Gwendolyn Brooks
read by Tracy Mickens-Hundley
1 cassette (Reissue)
In these thirty-four poems Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn 
Brooks (19172000) celebrates childhood in the Bronzeville 
neighborhood of Chicago. Poem topics range from Mexie and 
Bridie's tiny tea party to Andre's dream parents, Beulah at 
church, Michael's fear of a storm, and Vern's snuggly pup. 
For grades 3-6. 1956.
RC 63916
##

The American Story: One Hundred True Tales from American 
History
RC 64003
by Jennifer Armstrong
read by Alec Volz
2 cassettes
U.S. historyfrom 1565 to 2000expressed in portraits of 
people and events. Describes tragedies, such as the Chicago 
Fire and the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, and triumphs, 
including completion of the transcontinental railway and 
the first moon landing. Profiles Benjamin Franklin, Elvis 
Presley, and others. For grades 4-7. 2006.
RC 64003
##

Stories from the Silk Road
RC 64108
retold by Cherry Gilchrist
read by Walter Dixon
1 cassette
Seven folktalesabout camels, demons, dragons, and horses
from places along the ancient trade route between the old 
Chinese capital city Chang'an and Samarkand. "The Bride 
with the Horse's Head" tells how a kindhearted Chinese 
girl, betrothed to a horse, became the goddess of silk. For 
grades 3-6 and older readers. 1999.
RC 64108
##

Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War
RC 64155
by Kathy Henderson
read by Anne Flosnik
1 cassette
Little prince Lugalbanda accompanies his seven older and 
stronger warrior brothers to attack Aratta, but falls ill 
along the way and nearly dies. Using his wits and courage
and a wish granted by the Anzu birdLugalbanda survives and 
saves the king's army. Ancient Sumerian folktale. For 
grades 3-6. 2006.
RC 64155
##

Amazing Tigers!
RC 64184
by Sarah L. Thomson
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
Presents facts about tigers and their cubsthe reason they 
have stripes, the ways they hunt, and why they are 
disappearing from the wild. For grades K-3. 2004.
RC 64184
##

Cooking Rocks! Rachael Ray Thirty-Minute Meals for Kids
RC 64199
by Rachael Ray
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Recipes for sandwiches, soups, one-dish meals, and desserts 
suitable for preparation by children in various age groups. 
Sections on beverages, snacks, and big subs are for all 
ages. Includes kitchen basics and tips for grown-up 
helpers. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2004.
RC 64199
##

John Smith Escapes Again!
RC 64207
by Rosalyn Schanzer
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
Biography of English explorer John Smith (15801631) 
featuring his travels and dangerous adventures. Discusses 
his European journeys involving pirates, shipwrecks, and 
enslavementall before his twenty-sixth birthday and voyage 
to the colony of Virginia. Covers his encounters with 
Native Americans and exploration of New England. For grades 
4-7. 2006.
RC 64207
##

Beowulf
RC 64317
retold by Michael Morpurgo
read by Robert Sams
1 cassette
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the 
great warrior Beowulf's heroic efforts to save the people 
of Heorot Hall from several terrifying monsters, including 
Grendel; Grendel's mother, an old sea-hag; and the death-
dragon of the deep. For grades 6-9. 2006.
RC 64317
##

Scholastic Atlas of Space
RC 64321
read by Colleen Delany
1 cassette
Provides an overview of facts about the universe. Covers 
galaxies, the Milky Way, the sun and moon, stars, planets, 
asteroids, comets, meteors, and space exploration. Includes 
three activities and a glossary. For grades 3-6. 2004.
RC 64321
##

More than Man's Best Friend: The Story of Working Dogs
RC 64323
by Robyn O'Sullivan
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
Explains the jobs that some dogs are trained to do to help 
people. Covers guide, service, customs, herding, and 
search-and-rescue dogs. Includes a glossary and a list of 
resources. For grades 2-4. 2006.
RC 64323
##

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Cassettes Fiction

Mr. Chickee's Funny Money: Flint Future Detectives, Book 1
RC 60758
by Christopher Paul Curtis
read by Rick Wiseman
1 cassette
Mr. Chickee, the blind neighbor of Flint Future Club member 
Steven, gives him a quadrillion dollar bill, which pictures 
soul singer James Brown. Treasury agent Fondoo chases 
Steven, his friend Russell, and Russell's dog Zoopy in 
order to retrieve the money. For grades 4-7. 2005.
RC 60758
##

Spacer and Rat
RC 62076
by Margaret Bechard
read by Peter Lavezzoli
1 cassette
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station 
changes when he meets Kit, an Earthie rat. Kit possesses an 
illegal sentient robot, modified by her father, that the 
Company wants. Spacer Jack finds himself protecting the rat 
and her bot. For grades 6-9. 2005.
RC 62076
##

Rowan Farm
RC 63341
by Margot Benary-Isbert
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Western Germany, 1948. The refugee Lechow family, first met 
in The Ark (RC 16794), are reunited in their converted 
railroad-car home on Rowan Farm. Sixteen-year-old Margret 
manages the household, copes with her siblings' problems, 
and rescues a Shetland pony. For grades 5-8. 1954.
RC 63341
##

When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories
RC 63351
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
read by Barbara Rappaport
1 cassette
Eight tales based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern 
Europe and filled with fools and wise men, witches, demons, 
and devils. In the title story, Shlemiel is so stubborn 
that he won't believe his own eyes. For grades 4-7 and 
older readers. Newbery Honor Book. 1968.
RC 63351
##

Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale
RC 63376
by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
read by Victoria Gordon
1 cassette
After Callie interviews Gringras, the flute player of the 
Brass Rat band, for her school newspaper, she feels uneasy. 
When her younger brother Nick and all the other children in 
town disappear on Halloween, Callie follows her hunch to 
rescue them, journeying into Faerie realm. For grades 5-8. 
2005.
RC 63376
##

Stormbreaker: An Alex Rider Adventure
RC 63401
by Anthony Horowitz
read by Michael Russotto
1 cassette
After the murder of his guardian Uncle Ian, fourteen-year-
old Alex Rider is blackmailed into completing Ian's 
dangerous undercover work for MI6, Britain's intelligence 
agency. The boy's assignment is to infiltrate computer 
millionaire Herod Sayle's business and search for viruses. 
For grades 6-9. 2000.
RC 63401
##

Fairest
RC 63518
by Gail Carson Levine
read by Celeste Lawson
2 cassettes
In Ayortha, where singing and beauty are prized above all 
else, Aza's voice soars, but her looks are homely. While 
discovering her true self, Aza encounters a mysterious 
magical mirror, a romantic prince, a queen's treachery, and 
ogres. For grades 6-9. 2006.
RC 63518
##

Point Blank: An Alex Rider Adventure
RC 63559
by Anthony Horowitz
read by Michael Russotto
2 cassettes
Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider's espionage work for British 
MI6 takes him to the French Alps. On his mission there to 
investigate an exclusive boarding school for delinquent 
sons of wealthy parents, Alex discovers brainwashed clones 
and evil headmaster Dr. Grief. For grades 6-9. 2001.
RC 63559
##

The End: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13
RC 63646
by Lemony Snicket
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans wash up on the shore of 
an island along with the evil Count Olaf. Sequel to The 
Penultimate Peril (RC 61167) and the last book in a Series 
of Unfortunate Events. For grades 4-7. 2006.
RC 63646
##

Peter Pan in Scarlet
RC 63702
by Geraldine McCaughrean
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
England, 1926. A now-grown-up Mrs. Wendy realizes that 
dreams are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter 
Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys return to Neverland 
with fairy Fireflyer's assistance. Authorized sequel to 
Peter Pan (RC 59430)the boy who never grows up. For grades 
5-8. 2006.
RC 63702
##

Things Hoped For
RC 63723
by Andrew Clements
read by Megan Burnett
1 cassette
Seventeen-year-old violin prodigy Gwen lives with her 
ailing grandfather in Manhattan while attending a music 
academy on a scholarship. As Gwen prepares to audition for 
a prestigious college, her grandfather disappears. Fellow 
musician RobertBobby, from Things Not Seen (RC 54713)
provides help and friendship. For grades 6-9. 2006.
RC 63723
##

Crispin: At the Edge of the World
RC 63729
by Avi
read by Alec Volz
1 cassette
Fourteenth-century England. This sequel to Crispin: The 
Cross of Lead (RC 55295) finds Crispin and Bear, the 
enormous red-haired juggler, fleeing for their lives from a 
rebel brotherhood. When Bear is wounded, Crispin relies on 
an ancient healer and a disfigured girl for help. For 
grades 6-9. 2006.
RC 63729
##

Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
RC 63818
by Eoin Colfer
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Artemis solves temporal equations to detect demon presence 
and prevent catastrophe. But someone else completes the 
complex mathematical calculationsa twelve-year-old girl 
who may be as smart as Artemis, which makes her a 
formidable new foe. Sequel to Artemis Fowl: The Opal 
Deception (RC 60583). For grades 5-8. 2006.
RC 63818
##

The Eternal Flame: The Great Tree of Avalon, Book 3
RC 64014
by T.A. Barron
read by Megan Burnett
2 cassettes
Merlin's grandson Tamwyn, the priestess Elli, and the 
eagleman Scree set out on separate quests to stop warlord 
Rhita Gawr and his army of deathless warriors from 
destroying Avalon. Sequel to Shadow on the Stars  
(RC 62081). For grades 6-9. 2006.
RC 64014
##

Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses
RC 64049
by Harriette Gillem Robinet
read by Bill Quinn
1 cassette
In an 1860 Kentucky slave auction, thirteen-year-old Jacob 
is reunited with his mother and eight friends by a kind 
master who is newly and suspiciously rich. As the group 
journeys toward California, Jacob foils a robbery of a 
stagecoach carrying election results and Pony Express 
wages. For grades 4-7. 2003.
RC 64049
##

Martin Bridge: Blazing Ahead!
RC 64086
by Jessica Scott Kerrin
read by Madelyn Buzzard
1 cassette
Martin looks forward to the Junior Badgers' first overnight 
camping trip, while his friend Alex, king of pranks, has 
prepared some slime that looks like relish. In a second 
story, "Lightning Bolts," Martin finds a special way to 
thank his father for teaching him about tools. For grades 
2-4. 2006.
RC 64086
##

The Black Stallion and Satan
RC 64094
by Walter Farley
read by Constance Crawford
1 cassette (Reissue)
Alec Ramsay enters Satan, a Triple Crown champion, and the 
Black Stallion, Satan's sire, in a competition against each 
other for the first time at the International Cup. But 
unexpected events place the stallions in the path of a 
forest fire and a race for their lives. For grades 4-7. 
1949.
RC 64094
##

Probably the World's Best Story about a Dog and the Girl 
Who Loved Me
RC 64096
by D. James Smith
read by Geoffrey Centlivre
1 cassette
California, 1951. Twelve-year-old Paolo, his six-year-old 
brother Georgie, and their nine-year-old deaf cousin Billy 
try to find their missing dog, cope with a new paper route, 
and discover romance in their small hometown. Sequel to The 
Boys of San Joaquin (RC 63488). For grades 5-8. 2006.
RC 64096
##

Worlds Apart
RC 64098
by Kathleen Karr
read by Geoffrey Centlivre
1 cassette
Carolina Colony, 1670. Soon after arriving from England, 
fifteen-year-old Christopher West strikes up a friendship 
with Asha-po, a Sewee Indian youth. During the year, they 
exchange language lessons and learn some hard lessons about 
survival, slavery, and friendship. For grades 5-8. 2005.
RC 64098
##

Soccer Chick Rules
RC 64118
by Dawn FitzGerald
read by Constance Crawford
1 cassette
For Tess, being on the soccer team is the best part of 
middle school. When she learns that all school sports 
programs will be stopped unless a community tax levy is 
passed, Tess becomes involved in local politics. For grades 
5-8. 2006.
RC 64118
##

Mercy Watson Fights Crime: Mercy Watson, Book 3
RC 64121
by Kate DiCamillo
read by Anne Hancock
1 cassette
Mercy, a pig, loves buttered toast. One night her cravings 
lead her to the kitchen, where she finds a thief trying to 
steal the Watson's toaster. Beginning chapter book. Sequel 
to Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (RC 62778). For grades K-3. 
2006.
RC 64121
##

Voyage of Slaves: A Tale from the Castaways of the Flying 
Dutchman
RC 64187
by Brian Jacques
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
The Mediterranean Sea, 1703. Continuing their adventures 
from The Angel's Command (RC 56068), Ben and his loyal dog 
Ned are again shipwrecked and separated. Ned is rescued by 
a troupe of traveling entertainers, but Ben falls into the 
clutches of slave lord Al Misurata. For grades 5-8. 2006.
RC 64187
##

Among the Free: The Shadow Children
RC 64193
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
In this series conclusion, thirteen-year-old Shadow Child 
Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion that ousts the 
Population Police from power. Quickly realizing that the 
new regime is corrupt, Luke may hold the only key to true 
freedom. Sequel to Among the Enemy (RC 63366). For grades 
5-8. 2006.
RC 64193
##

Water Street
RC 64195
by Patricia Reilly Giff
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Brooklyn, 1875. Twelve-year-old Bridget "Bird" Mallon and 
her new upstairs neighbor Thomas Neary take turns 
recounting their Irish American family happeningsthe 
drinking, the illegal backroom boxing, midwifing, and 
dreams of overcoming their working-class liveswhile the 
Brooklyn Bridge is built. Sequel to Maggie's Door  
(RC 57807). For grades 5-8. 2006.
RC 64195
##

Ghost Dog
RC 64222
by Eleanor Allen
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
When Kim's family moves into a new house, her parents don't 
want to bother with a dog. One night Kim spots a big black 
guard dog chasing a thief in the garden, but she soon 
realizes that the dog is a ghost. For grades 2-4. 1996.
RC 64222
##

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a 
Prairie Teacher
RC 64231
by Jim Murphy
read by Kimberly Schraf
1 cassette
Broken Bow, Nebraska; 1881. After her schoolteacher-
father's death from black diphtheria, fourteen-year-old  
Sarah Jane has limited prospects. She must live in the 
faraway Orphan Girls Asylum with six-day work weeks or 
convince the town school board to hire her as their new 
teacher. For grades 5-8. 2001.
RC 64231
##

Shakespeare's Secret
RC 64246
by Elise Broach
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit 
sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this 
connection and other puzzling matters: a valuable diamond 
supposedly hidden in her house, an intriguing neighbor, and 
the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. 
For grades 4-7. 2005.
RC 64246
##

Probuditi!
RC 64320
by Chris Van Allsburg
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
On his birthday, Calvin takes his best friend Rodney, 
rather than his sister Trudy, to a magician's show. Back 
home the boys hypnotize Trudy to act like a dog and are 
alarmed when they cannot snap her out of it. But Trudy gets 
the last laugh. For grades K-3. 2006.
RC 64320
##

Worth
RC 64359
by A. LaFaye
read by Ray Childs
1 cassette
Nebraska, late nineteenth century. After eleven-year-old 
Nate's leg is crushed in a barn accident, his father adopts 
"orphan train" boy John Worth to help with farm chores. 
Nate and John gradually overcome their mutual distrust, 
bonding during a feud between the farmers and ranchers. For 
grades 4-7. 2004.
RC 64359
##

Gooney the Fabulous
RC 64379
by Lois Lowry
read by Anne Hancock
1 cassette
While Mrs. Pidgeon teaches her second-grade class about 
Aesop's fables, Gooney Bird has a fabulous idea. Students 
will make up a fable based on an animal that begins with 
the same letter as their first name. Sequel to Gooney Bird 
and the Room Mother (RC 61256). For grades 2-4. 2007.
RC 64379
##

Adam Canfield of the Slash
RC 64390
by Michael Winerip
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
Middle-schoolers Jennifer and Adam, coeditors of the school 
newspaper, are on the lookout for front-page news. But it's 
third-grader Phoebe who delivers a major scoop to Adam
leading to an investigation of the principal. For grades 5-
8. 2005.
RC 64390
##

A Dirty Deed
RC 64410
by Ted Stenhouse
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
Canada, 1952. Old Man Howe, the town's richest citizen, 
beats an Indian teen. The only witnesses are Will, a white 
boy, and his friend Arthur, a Blackfoot Indian. The boys' 
search for the truth uncovers Howe's dirty dealings. Sequel 
to Across the Steel River (RC 63927). For grades 5-8. 2003.
RC 64410
##

Murder on the Ridge
RC 64420
by Ted Stenhouse
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
Canada, 1952. Best friends Arthur, a Blackfoot Indian, and 
Will, a white boy, from A Dirty Deed (RC 64410), 
investigate the death of a Blackfoot soldier in World War I 
after they read a letter that suggests he was murdered and 
not killed by enemy fire. For grades 5-8. 2006.
RC 64420
##

Ivy and Bean, Book 1
RC 64440
by Annie Barrows
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Adventurous seven-year-old Bean does not want to be friends 
with quiet Ivy, the new girl across the street. But when 
Bean's trick on her eleven-year-old sister Nancy backfires, 
Ivy comes to Bean's rescue with a secret hiding place. Soon 
Ivy and Bean are having fun together. For grades 2-4. 2006.
RC 64440
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_Foreign Language Books_

The following cassette titles are available in the languages designated.

Spanish

Ins del Alma Ma (Ins of My Soul)
RC 61061
por Isabel Allende
ledo por Mara Pino
3 cassettes
1580. A travs de las crnicas que Doa Ins Surez deja a 
su hija, conoceremos la historia que la convirti en 
herona de la conquista chilena. Cuenta sobre su vida en 
Espaa, su llegada al Nuevo Mundo, y su romance con el 
valiente conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, quien fund la 
ciudad de Santiago y libr la guerra sangrienta contra los 
indgenas chilenos. Algunas descripciones de ndole sexual. 
(1580. Doa Ins Surez chronicles for her daughter the 
life that made her one of Chile's heroines. She recounts 
her early years and marriage in Spain, arrival in Peru, and 
long affair with conquistador Pedro Valdivia, with whom she 
conquered Chile and founded Santiago. Some descriptions of 
sex.) 2006.
RC 61061
##

La Telaraa de Carlota (Charlotte's Web)
RC 61062
por E.B. White
ledo por Mara Pino
1 cassette
Fern, una nia que entiende los animales, quiere mucho a 
Wilbur, un cerdito bobo, y a Carlota, una hermosa araa 
gris que teje palabras alentadoras en sus telaraas. Para 
grados 3 a 6. (Fern, a young girl with a unique 
understanding of animals, shares a special friendship with 
Wilbur, a foolish little pig, and Charlotte, a beautiful 
gray spider who weaves encouraging words in her web. For 
grades 3-6.) 2005.
RC 61062
##

La Familia: La Verdadera Historia de la Dinasta Bush (The 
Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty)
RC 61066
por Kitty Kelley
ledo por Mara Pino
7 cassettes en 2 cajas 
La autora es bigrafo "no autorizado" de muchas personas 
famosas. Edita este libro sobre la dinasta Bush amasando 
casi mil entrevistas con amigos, ex-empleados, 
condiscpulos, parientes, y asocios de negocios del 
Presidente Bush, lo que revela secretos personales, 
financieros, y polticos. (Critical Bush family portrait by 
the "unauthorized" biographer of many celebrities. The 
author claims that her nearly one thousand interviews with 
Bush friends, former employees, classmates, business 
associates, and relatives unearth personal, financial, and 
political secrets.) 2004.
RC 61066
##

El Demonio y la Seorita Prym (The Devil and Miss Prym)
RC 61067
por Paulo Coelho
ledo por Peter Pereyra
1 cassette
Un forastero llega al pueblo de Viscos acompaado por el 
Diablo. Trae consigo once barras de oro, y ofrece darles la 
fortuna a los habitantes del pueblo si aceptan la propuesta 
de asesinar a alguien. La joven Chantal Prym y los otros 
del pueblo se afligen al enfrentarse con un dilema moral 
entre el Bien y el Mal. (A stranger arrives in the village 
of Viscos with the devil, eleven gold bars, and a 
proposition: he will give the townspeople the fortune if 
they commit murder. Young Chantal Prym and others struggle 
with the moral dilemma.) 2001.
RC 61067
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La Habitacin de los Reptiles: Una Serie de Catastrficas 
Desdichas, Segundo Libro (The Reptile Room: A Series of 
Unfortunate Events, Book 2)
RC 61068
por Lemony Snicket
ledo por Mara Pino
1 cassette
Despus de escaparse de las desgracias que sufrieron a 
manos del malvado Conde Olaf, como se narraron en Un Mal 
Principio (RC 61045), ahora los hurfanos Baudelaire llegan 
a vivir con el divertido To Monty, un herpetlogo que 
tiene unos reptiles interesantes. Por un tiempo, estn 
contentos, pero el Conde Olaf no acaba con sus amenazas. 
Lenguaje injurioso. Para grados 4 a 7. (After narrowly 
escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf 
in Un Mal Principio (RC 61045), the Baudelaire orphans go 
to live with Uncle Monty, a kindly herpetologist. For a 
brief time they are happy, but then Count Olaf reappears. 
Some strong language. For grades 4-7.) 2000.
RC 61068
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Charles Darwin
RC 61069
por Jos Luis Martnez Sanz y Ana Mara Gonzlez Martn
ledo por Mara Pino
2 cassettes
Biografa del famoso naturalista britnico del siglo XIX. 
En 1831 Darwin participa en un viaje de exploracin 
cientfica de cinco aos a bordo del bergantn Beagle. Como 
resultado de sus investigaciones, fomenta su famosa teora 
de la evolucin con la publicacin del Origen de las 
Especies en 1859, la cual todava produce controversas y 
divisiones en las comunidades cientficas y religiosas de 
hoy. (Biography of the famous nineteenth-century British 
naturalist. After a five-year voyage of scientific 
exploration aboard the HMS Beagle, begun in 1831, Darwin 
developed his famous theory of evolution and published The 
Origin of Species in 1859, which remains a source of 
scientific and religious controversies.) 2004.
RC 61069
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Mara Magdalena (Mary Magdalene)
RC 61070
por Enrique Fernndez
ledo por Mara Pino
2 cassettes
Mara Magdalena, discpula de Jess, es pintado por la 
historia como prostituta arrepentida y penitente. Con 
pretensin de devolverle un poco de honor, el autor recorre 
la historia y la leyenda de Mara Magdalena, enfatizando su 
influencia en la Iglesia y en el arte, desde la antigedad 
hasta la modernidad. (Mary Magdalene, a follower of Christ, 
is often depicted by history as a repentant prostitute. The 
author questions this judgment and strives to uplift Mary 
Magdalene by reviewing her story in history and legend and 
emphasizing her influence in religion and art from 
antiquity to modern times.) 2005.
RC 61070
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Rafi y Rosi (Rafi and Rosi)
RC 61072
por Lulu Delacre
ledo por Mara Pino
1 cassette
Tres cuentos de dos coques borinqueos, el travieso Rafi y 
su hermana menor Rosi, que viven en Puerto Rico. El 
chistoso Rafi ensea a Rosi acerca de la arena de la playa, 
del alga que brilla, y de los cangrejos ermitaos. Para 
grados K a 3. (Three short stories about two tree frogs, 
mischievous Rafi and his younger sister Rosi, who live in 
Puerto Rico. As Rafi teases Rosi, he also teaches her about 
beach sand, algae that make the water sparkle, and hermit 
crabs. For grades K-3.) 2006. 
RC 61072
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American Heritage (8 issues)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact (11 issues)
Asimov's Science Fiction (11 issues)
The Atlantic Monthly (11 issues; combined issue July-August)
Das Beste aus Reader's Digest (German; 12 issues)
Bon Apptit (monthly)
Buenhogar (Spanish; monthly)
Choice Magazine Listening (on loan from cooperating 
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Consumer Reports (monthly)
Contemporary Sound Track: A Review of Pop, Jazz, Rock, and                   
Country (bimonthly)
Cricket (for children, on one cassette with National
      Geographic Kids, monthly)
Diabetes Forecast (monthly)
Discover (monthly)
Ebony (monthly)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (11 issues)
Foreign Affairs (6 issues)
Good Housekeeping (monthly plus special issues)           
Health and Nutrition Newsletters (includes Dr. Andrew
      Weil's Self Healing, The Johns Hopkins
      Medical Letter--Health after Fifty, Mayo Clinic Health
      Letter, and Nutrition Action Healthletter, monthly)
Horticulture (6 issues)
Journal Franais (French; monthly)
Magazine of the Month (monthly)
Money (monthly plus special issues)
The Musical Mainstream (quarterly)
The Nation (47 issues)
National Geographic (monthly)
National Geographic Kids (for children and teens, on
      one cassette with Cricket, monthly)
National Review (25 issues)
The New York Times Book Review (weekly)
Odyssey (9 issues SeptemberMay)
Outdoor Life (10 issues; combined issues June-July,
       December-January)
People Weekly (weekly plus special issues)
QST (monthly)
Quarterly Music Magazine (quarterly)
Selecciones del Reader's Digest (Spanish; monthly)
Slections du Reader's Digest (French; monthly)
Smart Computing (monthly)
Sound & Vision (10 issues)
Spider: The Magazine for Children (monthly)
Sports Illustrated (weekly plus special issues)
Sports Illustrated for Kids (monthly)
Talking Book Topics (bimonthly, also contains selections
      from NLS News irregularly)
Travel & Leisure (monthly)
True West (monthly)
U.S. News and World Report (weekly)
The Writer (12 issues)
Young Adult Magazine of the Month (monthly)