Cassette Books 2002
National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Washington 2002###
Nonfiction###
Adventure###
The Custom of the Sea  RC 51749
by Neil Hanson
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes
Drawing from newspaper accounts and court proceedings, a
journalist depicts the 1884 Mignonette journey and the
ensuing case in English court that made cannibalism a
felony. Shipwrecked and wandering the seas in a lifeboat
without food and water for several days, the crew killed and
ate its youngest member. Some violence. 1999.##
The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea
Exploration  RC 51796
by Robert D. Ballard
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Ballard draws on some thirty years of personal experience on
marine expeditions to retrace the steps of pioneers who
first explored the ocean depths. He conveys the excitement
of scientific discovery and tells how deep-sea craft
required for visiting the bottom of the ocean were
developed. 2000.##
Expedition WHYDAH: The Story of the World's First Excavation
of a Pirate Treasure Ship and the Man Who Found Her  RC
51241
by Barry Clifford
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
The author recounts his lifelong fascination with the legend
of pirate Sam Bellamy and his ship Whydah, which wrecked off
the coast of Cape Cod in 1717. Details the expedition to
locate the ship and develop an archaeological record of the
artifacts. 1999.##
Fire  RC 53047
by Sebastian Junger
read by Brian Conn
2 cassettes
Magazine articles that the author of The Perfect Storm (RC
44751) wrote between 1992 and 2001 about "people confronting
situations that could easily destroy them." Includes a
deadly Colorado forest fire in 1994, Kosovo in 1998, and
Afghanistan in 2001. Some violence and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##
Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the
Greely Expedition  RC 52040
by Leonard F. Guttridge
read by Barry Bernson
3 cassettes
Historian reconstructs the tragic tale of the 1881-1884
American expedition to the Arctic. The team succeeded in
reaching the farthest point north to date and in obtaining
valuable scientific data, but these achievements were
overshadowed by subsequent reports of mutiny, shipwreck,
bureaucratic ineptitude, poor leadership, and cannibalism.
2000.##
I Dreamed of Africa  RC 51198
by Kuki Gallmann
read by Lisette Lecat
3 cassettes
Memoir by an Italian woman whose childhood dream of living
in Africa comes true when she moves there with her future
husband, following a car accident in Italy. They establish a
ranch home in Kenya where Kuki is determined to stay, even
after two devastating personal tragedies. Bestseller 1991.##
The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner  RC 51260
edited by Tim Flannery
read by Phil Regensdorf
1 cassette
Autobiographical account of a Scotsman's twenty-five years
at sea during the late eighteenth century. Nicol (1755-1825)
twice sailed around the globe; fought against American and
French revolutionaries; and traveled to China, Australia,
and the West Indies. On one voyage, he married his true
love--a convict girl being transported to Australia. 1997.##
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole: The Autobiography of
Matthew Henson  RC 53320
by Matthew Henson
read by Bob Moore
1 cassette
Henson (1866-1955) describes his trip to the North Pole in
1909 with friend and mentor Robert Peary. Henson knew the
Inuit language and became critical to the expedition's
success. Originally published in 1912, with a foreword by
Peary and an introduction by Booker T. Washington. New
introduction by S. Allen Counter. 2001.##
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark  RC 50831
by Jane Fletcher Geniesse
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
A biography of the romantic and intrepid travel writer.
Describes her love of learning, travel, and adventure--she
learned Arabic and ventured into the Middle East at a time
when unmarried women usually stayed home. Recalls how her
fame grew after the 1934 publication of her first book.
1999.##
The Race to the White Continent  RC 52189
by Alan Gurney
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
Discusses the competing American, British, and French
sailing expeditions in the 1830s to the then still
unexplored continent of Antarctica. Explains the background
of the national rivalries and depicts the personalities of
the major figures involved. 2000.##
Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the
Endurance Epic  RC 51969
by Lennard Bickel
read by Anne Flosnik
2 cassettes
In 1915 Shackleton's expedition was marooned in ice on one
side of Antarctica. Meanwhile, on the other side a small
team of men and dogs persevered to supply food depots for
Shackleton's expected transcontinental crossing. Relates the
attendant tragedies of the 2,000-mile sledge journey to
fulfill an obligation of honor. 2000.##
The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone
RC 51455
by McKay Jenkins
read by Brian Conn
2 cassettes
Relates how five young mountaineers died in an avalanche
while attempting a winter ascent on Mount Cleveland in
Glacier National Park in 1969. Their story is interspersed
with facts about the history and causes of avalanches. 2000.###
Animals and Wildlife
Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII  RC
52468
by William W. Putney
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
The 1943 commander, also a veterinarian, of the Marines'
Third War Dog Platoon describes the training and duties of
the animals he led during World War II. Explains the
recruitment and retention of his charges and their handlers
and their subsequent action in the Pacific. 2001.##
Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare
and Exotic Species  RC 50805
by Alan Green
read by Robert O'Keefe
2 cassettes
An expos of the underground trafficking in wild and exotic
animals. Reveals that even prestigious zoos and laboratories
send their surplus animals to disreputable zoological parks,
managed hunting ranches, private homes, and meat markets.
Outlines a world of abuse and greed that profits from
misery. 1999.##
The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections by a
Primatologist  RC 52970
by Frans de Waal
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
A primate-behavior expert argues that human culture is not
unique but merely more advanced than cultures found in other
species. Drawing on his years of research, de Waal proposes
that apes exercise learned, as opposed to instinctual,
patterns of behavior. Also explores human attitudes toward
animals. 2001.##
The Astonishing Elephant  RC 51923
by Shana Alexander
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
A journalist chronicles her growing interest in elephants
beginning with her coverage of an elephant's first live
birth in captivity in 1962.  She combines personal anecdotes
with historical and scientific facts to explore the
relationship between elephants and humans. Discusses
poaching and the possible extinction of the species. 2000.##
Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion,
Food, and Fortune  RC 51611
by Rob Nixon
read by Rick Foucheux
2 cassettes
The ostrich is the constant in these memories of growing up
in South Africa and later of commercial farming in Arizona.
Besides recounting the role of the ostrich in his personal
life, Nixon traces how society's whims influenced the
raising of these unusual birds. 1999.##
My Cat Spit McGee  RC 52219
by Willie Morris
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette
Mississippi author of My Dog Skip (RC 41612) recalls how he
had to overcome his fear of cats when his beloved fiance
wanted one. On Christmas Eve, the family took in a stray who
later had kittens--one with two different eye colors. 1999.##
Orangutans: Wizards of the Rain Forest  RC 51452
by Anne E. Russon
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Scientific observations gathered over a ten-year period in
Borneo provide insights into orangutan behavior and
intelligence. The author examines the great ape's solitary
lifestyle, eating habits, tool use, maternal instincts, and
mimicry of humans. Discusses the diminishing natural habitat
of orangutans living in the wild. 2000.##
Owls Aren't Wise and Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks
Our Favorite Fallacies about Wildlife  RC 51666
by Warner Shedd
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
Distinguishes myths and misconceptions from authentic animal
traits and behaviors for thirty familiar North American
species. Presents facts and anecdotes about the beaver,
muskrat, flying squirrel, porcupine, opossum, armadillo,
crow and raven, raccoon, coyote, wolf, black bear, bison,
and others, collected during the author's career as a
naturalist. 2000.##
Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals  RC 52849
by Steven M. Wise
read by Tom Burch
3 cassettes
Argues strongly that the best way to end cruelty to animals
in the name of laboratory research would be to extend their
rights under the law. Reviews legal treatment of nonhumans
since ancient times, examines scientific evidence of
similarities between apes and people, and proposes
"personhood" status for chimpanzees. 2000.##
The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company  RC
51229
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
In this sequel to the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs
(RC 37305) the anthropologist-owner of a multitude of pets
continues her observations of their behavior. Theorizes that
if canines cannot live only with their own kind, they will
establish family relationships with humans and other
household pets. 2000.##
Think like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat--Not a
Sour Puss  RC 51832
by Pam Johnson-Bennett
read by Ann Hodapp
3 cassettes
A behaviorist presents a step-by-step guide, using behavior
modification and play therapy, to help cat owners build an
acceptable relationship with their pets. Suggests that
understanding a feline's instincts may promote positive
conduct. Provides advice on grooming, traveling, and
stopping aggression and destructive chewing. 2000.###
The Arts
Come out the Wilderness: Memoir of a Black Woman Artist  RC
50789
by Estella Conwill Mjozo
read by Robin Miles
2 cassettes
An African American poet, artist, and associate professor of
English at Hunter College in New York chronicles her
childhood years in segregated Louisville, Catholic
upbringing, failed marriages, and supportive family. Also
recounts her successes in earning one of the first
doctorates in African American literature and as cofounder
of a Harlem arts center. 1998.##
From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky  RC 50534
by Matthew Spender
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes
Biography of the twentieth-century modern painter. Provides
a factual account of Gorky's tormented life, separating it
from the "myths" fabricated by the painter himself.
Discusses Gorky's rise through the New York art scene in the
1920s and 1930s and his suicide in 1948. 1999.##
Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American
Furniture  RC 51655
by Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
In alternating voices, Leigh, a New York antiques dealer,
and Leslie, a director at Sotheby's in New York, relate
stories about their passion for American antique furniture.
The twin brothers, perhaps best known for their appearances
on television's Antiques Roadshow, discuss the thrill of the
hunt, from flea markets to auction houses. Bestseller 2000.##
Lives of the Great Twentieth Century Artists  RC 50710
by Edward Lucie-Smith
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Biographical sketches of 100 deceased artists, presented
roughly in chronological order, grouped by movement or
nationality. Begins with Edvard Munch and major European
trends--cubism, dada, and the Bauhaus. Proceeds to North
Americans such as Diego Rivera and Edward Hopper, abstract
expressionists, pop artists, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1999.##
The Shameful Life of Salvador Dal  RC 51320
by Ian Gibson
read by Mark Ashby
6 cassettes
Biography of the twentieth-century surrealist Spanish
painter. Gibson describes Dal's escapades in Europe, New
York, and Hollywood. Explores his confused sexual
relationships with poet Garca Lorca and others, and the
role of the painter's superstitious wife, Gala. Examines
Dal's major accomplishments, all achieved before age forty;
summarizes events preceding his death in 1989. 1997.##
Under the Sign of Saturn  RC 51490
by Susan Sontag
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
Essays written between 1972 and 1980 exploring the
relationship between moral and aesthetic ideas. Sontag
discusses the work of such figures as Paul Goodman, Antonin
Artaud, Leni Riefenstahl, Walter Benjamin, and Roland
Barthes. 1980.###
Astronomy
The Accelerating Universe: Infinite Expansion, the
Cosmological Constant, and the Beauty of the Cosmos  RC
51106
by Mario Livio
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Astrophysicist affiliated with the Hubble Space Telescope
explains why the concept that the universe is expanding at
an accelerating rate is challenging former precepts and is
causing a reexamination of some fundamental theories in
cosmology. 2000.##
June 8, 2004: Venus in Transit  RC 51527
by Eli Maor
read by Mark Ashby
1 cassette
In anticipation of the 2004 passage of Venus across the sun-
-among the rarest of astronomical events--mathematician Maor
records the history of the five previously observed transits
of Venus, as the phenomenon is technically called, in 1639,
1761, 1769, 1874, and 1882. 2000.##
Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months aboard the
Space Station Mir  RC 52197
by Jerry M. Linenger
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
An American astronaut's personal account of his 1997 mission
on the deteriorating Russian space station. Covers his
training, his stay on the Mir, and his reactions upon
returning to Earth. He vividly describes surviving a near-
fatal fire and the physically hazardous conditions and
psychological difficulties endured with good humor and
ingenuity. 2000.###
Biography
Other biographies are listed in specific subject categories,
such as literature, music, sports, stage and screen, and
U.S. history.##
American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood  RC 52964
by Marie Arana
read by MaryBeth Wise
2 cassettes
Editor of the Washington Post Book World recounts her
bicultural upbringing in South America in the 1950s as the
daughter of a Peruvian engineer married to a blonde American
musician. She reminisces about coming to terms with her dual
heritage. 2001.##
And the Sea Is Never Full: Memoirs, 1969-  RC 51142
by Elie Wiesel
read by Ken Kliban
3 cassettes
The 1986 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize begins this
concluding volume of his memoirs where All Rivers Run to the
Sea (RC 45516) ended--on his wedding day in Jerusalem in
1969. Wiesel describes his work as a writer, humanist, and
political activist while voicing the concerns of a Holocaust
survivor. 1999.##
Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag  RC
52537
by Harry Wu and Carolyn Wakeman
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
Personal account by a survivor of nineteen years in Chinese
labor reform camps. Wu recalls his childhood in Shanghai,
his arrest in 1960, and the physical and mental hardships of
his imprisonment. Describes the plight and reactions of
fellow prisoners. 1994.##
Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family  RC
51948
by Esther Black Elk DeSersa and others
read by Bill Wallace
1 cassette
This companion to Black Elk Speaks (RC 22552) records the
reminiscences of his granddaughters and family members
concerning the Oglala Lakota holy man Black Elk and his son
Ben. The family recall their years growing up on Pine Ridge
Reservation, their traditions, and how Black Elk's legacy
still affects them. 2000.##
Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
RC 52624
by Rebecca Walker
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
The daughter of divorced African American author Alice
Walker and Jewish civil rights lawyer Mel Leventhal recalls
her unhappy childhood. Shuttled between two homes and
cultures and feeling neglected, Rebecca turned to drugs and
sex for comfort before escaping to Yale University. Strong
language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found  RC 51774
by Jennifer Lauck
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
Lauck recalls her childhood determination to survive despite
the tragedies she endured. While very young, she cared for
her chronically ill mother. Then she faced being uprooted
from her extended family, her mother's death, shocking news
about her ancestral heritage, and an emotionally abusive
stepmother. Strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
The Blood Runs like a River through My Dreams: A Memoir  RC
52065
by Nasdijj
read by Mark Ashby
1 cassette
Reminiscences of the son of an alcoholic Navajo mother and a
hardhearted white cowboy father--both migrant workers--who
longed to be a good father to his own adopted son, Tommy
Nothing Fancy. Nasdijj recalls the six best years of his
life: the years Tommy lived before his death from fetal
alcohol syndrome. Some strong language. 2000.##
Cherry: A Memoir  RC 51940
by Mary Karr
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Karr continues where she left off in The Liars' Club: A
Memoir (RC 41154)--as an adolescent growing up in the 1970s.
She describes experimenting with sex and drugs in her small
Texas town and leaving home for California. Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##
The Coalwood Way  RC 52009
by Homer H. Hickam
read by John Polk
3 cassettes
This sequel to Rocket Boys (RC 47833) continues the author's
reminiscences with memories of his senior year in high
school in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, in 1959.
Hickam describes misfortunes in the community, their
repercussions within his family, and his teenage problems
with girls. 2000.##
Colors of the Mountain  RC 51314
by Da Chen
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
Born in southern China in 1962, the now-American author
describes growing up in a once-prominent family that fell
out of favor under the Mao regime. When citizens were
unexpectedly allowed to compete for college acceptance, the
sixteen-year-old truant and his farmer brother studied
nonstop for months. Some strong language. 1999.##
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany  RC
51958
by Hans J. Massaquoi
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Former editor of Ebony magazine chronicles his life as the
son of an African diplomat and a German nurse under Nazi
rule. Recalls his early acceptance and admiration of Adolph
Hitler in the face of racial animosities; describes moving
to Liberia and later settling in the United States. 1999.##
Diana's Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved
RC 52908
by Christopher Andersen
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
Portraits of the princes William and Harry, with and without
their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Andersen describes
the boys' development from hellions to seemingly well-
adjusted adolescents, and the roles of Prince Charles, Queen
Elizabeth II, and Camilla Parker Bowles after Diana's death.
He also looks at the women in William's life. Bestseller
2001.##
Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain's Queen  RC 51345
by Sarah Bradford
read by Kristin Allison
5 cassettes
An in-depth portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Offers
inside views--including scandals--of her parents and other
forebears, sister, husband, and four children. Tells how the
queen copes with the pressures of being head of state, wife,
and mother in an era of tumultuous political and social
change. 1996.##
The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity  RC
50368
by Daniel Mendelsohn
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
A meditative memoir of growing up gay in a Jewish family.
Explores themes of sexual attraction and identity. The
author traces his personal odyssey to self-acceptance,
enjoying the gay lifestyle in the Chelsea neighborhood of
New York City, but also discovering the significance of
fatherhood. Some strong language. 1999.##
Ever After: Diana and the Life She Led  RC 51935
by Anne Edwards
read by Lisette Lecat
3 cassettes
Recounts the Spencer family history and examines how Diana's
unhappy childhood affected her adult life. Discusses the
princess's relationships with her family, her discovery of
Charles's infidelity--before their marriage, her position
within the troubled House of Windsor, her divorce, her life
afterward, and her untimely death. 1999.##
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the
Photograph, and the Vietnam War  RC 52787
by Denise Chong
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
The life of Vietnamese Kim Phuc, who at age nine was nearly
killed by a misdirected napalm air strike by U.S. forces in
1972. Asserts that a much-publicized photograph of the
fleeing, terrified girl--with skin and clothing incinerated-
-helped turn public opinion against the war in Vietnam.
1999.##
Hungry for the World: A Memoir  RC 51676
by Kim Barnes
read by Kimberly Schraf
2 cassettes
A poet from Idaho frankly recounts her sexual
experimentation and her rebellion against her Pentecostal
parents. Briefly covers her early childhood, her leaving
home at the end of high school, and her disillusionment with
early lovers. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and
some strong language. 2000.##
Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda  RC 50817
by Rosamond Halsey Carr
read by Lisette Lecat
2 cassettes
A former New York fashion illustrator, Carr tells of moving
to east central Africa with her husband in 1949. Her
marriage did not last, but her love for Rwanda and its
people endures, even beyond the 1994 genocide. She recalls
fifty years of experiences, including her friendship with
primatologist Dian Fossey. 1999.##
A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-
1950  RC 51449
by Arthur M. Schlesinger
read by Fred Major
5 cassettes
First volume of the Pulitzer Prize winner's memoirs; traces
his midwestern childhood, years at Harvard and Cambridge,
overseas assignments with the Office of Strategic Services,
and rise to fame as an author, historian, and commentator.
Explores the development of his political views and his
contributions to American thought. Bestseller 2000.##
A Life of James Boswell  RC 52179
by Peter Martin
read by Corrie James
5 cassettes
Reassesses the reputation of the eighteenth-century
biographer of Samuel Johnson. Based on journals discovered
in the 1920s and 1930s, this biography examines Boswell's
achievements as well as his weaknesses of character and
explores the vibrant and complex world in which he lived.
1999.##
Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker  RC 51487
edited by David Remnick
read by Kimberly Schraf
6 cassettes
The editor has selected twenty-five biographical pieces
representative of the form's development over the seventy-
five-year history of the magazine. The first is Joseph
Mitchell's "Mr. Hunter's Grave" from 1956, Remnick's
personal favorite. Others include portraits of Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Floyd Patterson, Marlon Brando, Richard Pryor,
and Roseanne Barr. Some strong language. 2000.##
Niccol's Smile: A Biography of Machiavelli  RC 52078
by Maurizio Viroli
read by David Elias
2 cassettes
Biography of the Italian Renaissance statesman Niccol
Machiavelli (1469-1527), a native of Florence and author of
The Prince (RC 39689). Discusses his life amid turbulent
times, his political beliefs, and his ultimate fall from
power, as well as the near-universal misunderstanding of his
philosophy. 2000.##
No Such Thing as a Bad Day  RC 51438
by Hamilton Jordan
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
Memoirs of the former presidential aide under Jimmy Carter
who survived three different types of cancer before the age
of fifty. Jordan reminisces about growing up in the South,
encountering Agent Orange in Vietnam, his time at the White
House, and surviving his illnesses. Offers ten tips for
patients. Some strong language. 2000.##
Not Even My Name: From a Death March in Turkey to a New Home
in America, a Young Girl's True Story of Genocide and
Survival  RC 51571
by Thea Halo
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Biography of the author's mother, a Pontic Greek from Turkey
whose people were forcibly expelled during an ethnic
cleansing of Christians in 1920. After being sold into
marriage at fifteen, Sano immigrates to America but returns
decades later to find her roots. Some violence. 2000.##
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood  RC 52944
by Nega Mezlekia
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes
The author relates stories and myths from his youth in
Jigiga, Ethiopia. Mezlekia recalls that, as the nation's
feudalism gave way to Marxism, he found himself in a
revolutionary student cell and later became a teenage
guerrilla. He survived imprisonment, famine, turmoil, and
near execution by a firing squad. Governor General's Award.
2000.##
On Burning Ground: A Son's Memoir  RC 52581
by Michael Skakun
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
A son relates his father's survival of the Holocaust by
posing as a Christian and then a Muslim Tatar. Rabbinical
student Joseph Skakun quickly learns the rudiments of Islam
and joins the German foreign labor program in Berlin. When a
colleague becomes suspicious near war's end, he enlists in
the Nazi SS. 1999.##
Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography  RC 51858
by Albert Schweitzer
read by David Elias
2 cassettes
Autobiography of the German missionary doctor, organist,
philosopher, theologian, and Nobel Peace Prize winner--first
written in 1931 and revised by the author through 1960.
Describes his childhood and education, religious views,
organ building, and activities in Africa. Authorized
translation with foreword  by President Jimmy Carter. 1990.##
Paris to the Moon  RC 51276
by Adam Gopnik
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
In 1995 an American writer moved with his wife and young son
to Paris, fulfilling a childhood dream. He recorded his
expatriate family experience and views on French culture and
society during their five-year stay. Bestseller 2000.##
Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
RC 53363
by Neil Henry
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Memoir by an African American professor who researched his
family's mixed-race genealogy. Tracing familiar oral
history, he eventually locates and contacts his Caucasian
great-great-grandfather's family. Henry describes the
Beaumont branch, his reunion with distant relatives, and his
experiences with racism. Some strong language. 2001.##
Pentimento: A Book of Portraits  RC 52818
by Lillian Hellman
read by Terry Hayes Sales
2 cassettes (Reissue)
In this follow-up to her memoir An Unfinished Woman (RC
25375), playwright Hellman reminisces about men and women
who influenced her intellectual development. One of the
portraits, "Julia," celebrates the moral courage of a
beloved friend who worked to save victims of the Nazis in
1937 Europe. 1973.##
Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son  RC 51308
by Maria Hinojosa
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
2 cassettes
Self-portrait focusing on motherhood by a Mexican American
journalist who succumbed to the modern American woman's
quest to "have it all": career, marriage, and children. In
vibrant prose laced with Spanish phrases, Hinojosa describes
her fulfillment as the wife of a Dominican painter and the
mother of their son Raul and daughter Yurema. 1999.##
Ralph Bunche: Model Negro or American Other?  RC 51678
by Charles P. Henry
read by Michele Schaeffer
3 cassettes
Analyzes the life and career of Ralph Bunche, the first
black Nobel Laureate and a world-renowned statesman.
Explains that as director of the United Nations Trusteeship
Division, he established and administered the institution's
first peacekeeping forces. Examines the demands made on him
by various groups because of his race. 1999.##
The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father  RC 51378
by Jim Wight
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Biography of Yorkshire veterinarian and author James Alfred
Wight, better known as James Herriot, by his son and
colleague. Recounts Herriot's childhood and the career upon
which his popular stories were based. Wight portrays his
father as a modest family man who was determined not to let
celebrity interfere with his life. 1999.##
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey  RC 49396
by Jane Goodall
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
A spiritual autobiography by the chimpanzee researcher,
covering the sixty-five years since her birth in 1934.
Describes meeting her mentor, Louis Leakey, in Africa in
1957 and her adventures studying chimpanzees in Gombe.
Discusses her love of family, friends, nature, pets, and
God. Explains her commitment to conservation and education.
1999.##
Saffron Sky: A Life between Iran and America  RC 51185
by Gelareh Asayesh
read by Yolande Bavan
2 cassettes
The reminiscences of a young woman caught between two
cultures, recorded as she travels back and forth trying to
assimilate the best of both worlds. She describes an
immigrant's feelings of alienation and nostalgia but seeks
to resolve her ambivalence by marrying an American and
starting a bicultural family. 1999.##
Seeing through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity
RC 51346
by Mary Gordon
read by Susan McInerney
2 cassettes
Eight autobiographical pieces contemplating some of the
places the author has lived and their influence on her
emotional and physical well-being. Gordon explores her
childhood reactions to being a visitor in her grandmother's
house and then moving in to stay; she also describes her
favorite residence, on Cape Cod. 2000.##
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail  RC 52093
by Malika Oufkir and Michle Fitoussi
read by Yolande Bavan
3 cassettes
Moroccan woman describes her family's twenty-year
imprisonment after her father led an unsuccessful coup
against the king. Malika recalls her luxurious childhood in
the palace; her harsh exile to an abandoned fort with her
mother and five siblings; and their escape, recapture, and
final release from prison. 1999.##
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother: The Crosswicks Journal,
Book 2  RC 52831
by Madeleine L'Engle
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes (Reissue)
L'Engle describes her ninety-year-old mother's plunge into
senility during her final summer at Crosswicks, the family
home. As she recalls this fourth four-generation season,
L'Engle reviews her parent's rich life and shows how her
mother influenced the entire family. 1974.##
The Virgin of Bennington  RC 53358
by Kathleen Norris
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
American poet and memoirist describes her coming-of-age
years in the 1960s at a women's college in Vermont and at
her first job with the Academy of American Poets in New York
City in the 1970s. Norris's memoir recalls lifestyle
choices, friendships, and people who influenced her career.
2001.##
A Walk toward Oregon: A Memoir  RC 51701
by Alvin M. Josephy
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
The twentieth-century reminiscences of an award-winning
author and advocate for American Indians. Josephy, a native
Easterner and nephew of book publisher Alfred A. Knopf,
ultimately attained a dreamed-for ranch in Oregon. He
describes his various career paths along the way as well as
his experiences in World War II. 2000.##
Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's
History  RC 51363
by Helen Epstein
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
After the death of her mother, who had survived Nazi
concentration camps, the author traveled to central Europe
to do research on her maternal family forebears in Vienna
and Prague. Describes the lives of Czech Jewish women in the
nineteenth century, the German invasion in 1939, and being
displaced after liberation. 1997.###
Blindness and Physical Handicaps
Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities:
A Guide to Methods, Tools, and Plants  RC 52241
by Janeen R. Adil
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
An avid gardener provides tips and techniques for adapting
garden format and methods for people with limited mobility.
Explains advantages of containers, raised beds, and vertical
gardens. Chapters discuss appropriate tools; choosing
vegetables, herbs, flowers, vines, and ornamentals; and
starting children in gardening. 1994.##
Amazing Grace: Autobiography of a Survivor  RC 52017
by Grace Halloran
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Recounts the life of Californian Grace Halloran, who was
diagnosed at age twenty-three with retinitis pigmentosa, a
genetic eye disorder leading to blindness. Learning that her
newborn son could also become blind, Halloran dedicated her
life to discovering ways to preserve and strengthen sight.
1993.##
Americans with Disabilities: Exploring Implications of the
Law for Individuals and Institutions  RC 51493
edited by Leslie Pickering Francis and Anita Silvers
read by Rick Rohan
5 cassettes
Essays by leading philosophers, legal scholars, and
political theorists--many with backgrounds in bioethics or
in disability studies--examine critical issues concerning
the conceptual, philosophical, political, and legal
foundations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
passed in 1990. 2000.##
Blind Fate  RC 52169
by Pierre Nubar
read by Christopher Walker
1 cassette
Memoir of a blind Frenchman, who came to the United States
in 1953. Nubar recalls his years in an orphanage in
Marseilles, coming to America seeking medical treatment for
his deteriorating eyesight, and how a policeman from his
past changed his fortune. 2000.##
Bravo! Miss Brown: A World without Sight and Sound  RC 52603
by Joan Mactavish
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
Biography of Mae Brown (1935-1973), who was the first deaf-
blind person to graduate from a Canadian university and a
counselor at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
Her college tutor chronicles Brown's family, education,
social and professional life, and triumphs and
disappointments. 2000.##
Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities: A
Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology  RC 52968
by Alliance for Technology Access
read by Erik Synnestvedt
3 cassettes
Provides an overview of the hardware, software, and other
considerations surrounding computer resources for people
with disabilities. Includes personal stories about using
technology in daily life. Discusses braille displays,
braille embossers and translators, and speech synthesizers,
among other products. Foreword by Stephen Hawking. Third
edition. 2000.##
Cooking without Looking: Food Preparation Methods and
Techniques for Visually Handicapped Homemakers  RC 52505
by Esther Knudson Tipps
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette (Reissue)
Cooking methods and techniques developed through research at
the Texas School for the Blind. In addition to recipes, the
book gives basic principles of meal planning, marketing,
food preparation, table service, and food storage. 1986.##
The Education of Laura Bridgman: First Deaf and Blind Person
to Learn Language  RC 51875
by Ernest Freeberg
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New
Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind at the
age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a
woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under
the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins
Institution for the Blind. 2001.##
Fall Down, Laughing: How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis
and Didn't Tell Nobody  RC 52257
by David L. Lander
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Best known for his role as Squiggy in the sitcom Laverne and
Shirley, the actor describes his career and the difficulties
of trying to hide a mid-1980s diagnosis of multiple
sclerosis. After going public in 1999, Lander became a
spokesperson for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Some strong
language. 2000.##
Helen Keller, Public Speaker: Sightless but Seen, Deaf but
Heard  RC 52120
by Lois J. Einhorn
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
An account of Helen Keller's public speaking, concentrating
on the characteristics, effectiveness, and broad range of
topics of her speeches. Observes that, although sightless
and deaf, she learned to communicate effectively, inspiring
others with her "vision of a better tomorrow." Provides a
chronology of her discourse. 1998.##
Job Strategies for People with Disabilities: Enable Yourself
for Today's Job Market  RC 52584
by Melanie Astaire Witt
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
A guide for job-seekers with disabilities who, under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, are entitled to
compete for jobs on an equal basis with the nondisabled.
Witt offers suggestions on identifying suitable jobs,
uncovering marketable skills, creating standout resumes,
understanding accommodation requirements, and interviewing
successfully. 1992.##
Living in the State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology
Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities  RC 52064
by Marcia J. Scherer
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Provides an overview of the issues surrounding people with
disabilities and assistive technology. Discusses how the
equipment affects the individual and how to successfully
match them. Uses vignettes to describe those who use devices
and those who tried and abandoned them. 2000.##
Living Well with Macular Degeneration: Practical Tips and
Essential Information  RC 52530
by Bruce P. Rosenthal and Kate Kelly
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Dr. Rosenthal, the chief of Low Vision Programs at
Lighthouse International, and coauthor Kelly provide a
resource guide on age-related macular degeneration. Includes
research-based information on the disease, services and
assistive technology available, and adaptive techniques and
devices for use in everyday life. 2001.##
The New Disability History: American Perspectives  RC 52391
edited by Paul K. Longmore and Lauri Umansky
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Fourteen essays examine disability in the social context of
American history. Several essays discuss attitudes toward
deafness and blindness specifically, including Kim Nielsen's
"Helen Keller and the Politics of Civic Fitness." The
collection ends with Richard K. Scotch's historical overview
of "American Disability Policy in the Twentieth Century."
2001.##
Overcoming Macular Degeneration: A Guide to Seeing beyond
the Clouds  RC 51826
by Yale Solomon
read by Butch Hoover
1 cassette
The author is an ophthalmologist specializing in macular
degeneration who was diagnosed with the condition in one eye
in 1990 and the other eye in 1997. He uses this combination
of experiences to provide detailed information, advice, and
reassurance in this guide for others with the disease. 2000.##
Rescuing Jeffrey  RC 51612
by Richard Galli
read by Rick Foucheux
1 cassette
Chronicles eleven days in 1998 that began on the fourth of
July, when the author's seventeen-year-old son, Jeffrey,
suffered a broken neck after diving into a backyard pool.
Describes reviving Jeffrey, learning he is a quadriplegic,
and struggling with the question of ending his life support.
2000.##
To Love This Life: Quotations  RC 51187
by Helen Keller
read by Peg Gilleland
1 cassette
Quotations from speeches, letters, articles, and interviews
by the author, lecturer, and humanitarian who became deaf-
blind at nineteen months of age. Topics include the senses,
faith, women in society, human nature, war and peace,
education, happiness, friendship and love, and triumph over
adversity. Includes a chronology of Keller's life from 1880
to 1968. 2000.##
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities  RC 51844
by Michael G. Paciello
read by Lou Harpenau
3 cassettes
Advocates making the World Wide Web fully accessible for
people with disabilities and provides instructions for
designing and building web sites with the use of assistive
technology. Describes tools and utilities currently
available, outlines legal issues, and discusses problem
solving resources. 2000.##
You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by
Parents of Children with Disabilities  RC 52795
edited by Stanley D. Klein and Kim Schive
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
More than sixty essays by parents who are raising physically
or mentally handicapped children. Includes advice,
anecdotes, and words of wisdom. Lists state and national
resource centers. Introduction by former U.S. attorney
general Dick Thornburgh. 2001.###
Business and Economics
An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern
America  RC 52804
by Gary Cross
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Traces the development and triumph of American consumerism
in the twentieth century. Focuses on the introduction of
Ford's "Model T" cars, the impact of amusement parks, the
advent of department stores, radio and promotion of
domesticity, and altered consumption patterns on the fast-
food model. Argues that commercialism will continue to shape
the nation's culture. 2000.##
Capital Moves:  RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor  RC
51700
by Jefferson Cowie
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
Asserts that America's continued loss of high-paying
industrial jobs to lower-wage areas is a long-occurring
phenomenon. Describes how  RCA shifted its electronics
operation several times over a seventy-year period. Pursuing
management control, cheap labor, and maximized profit, the
company made three moves, starting at Camden, New Jersey,
and ending in Juarez, Mexico. 1999.##
Chainsaw: The Notorious Career of Al Dunlap in the Era of
Profit-at-Any-Price  RC 51284
by John A. Byrne
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
A writer from Business Week details the career of Al Dunlap-
-"Chainsaw Al"--who used massive layoffs and questionable
business practices in attempts to resurrect failing
companies such as Scott Paper and Sunbeam. Chronicles
Dunlap's decline after it became uneconomical to downsize
solely for the benefit of short-term investors. 1999.##
Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction
to Credit  RC 52827
by Robert D. Manning
read by Butch Hoover
4 cassettes
Robert Manning, an economist and sociologist, examines the
damaging social, economic, and political consequences of
America's increasing dependence on credit cards and its
culture of debt. Using personal interviews, he focuses on
the nation's attitudes toward investments. He argues that
reliance on loans will lead to financial ruin, hardship, and
moral decadence. 2000.##
The Day Traders: The Untold Story of the Extreme Investors
and How They Changed Wall Street Forever  RC 51300
by Gregory J. Millman
read by Jim Johnston
2 cassettes
A business writer traces the development of day trading on
Wall Street, covering the legal, political, and
technological changes that hastened its birth. Explains that
online trading allows investors to place their bets on the
minute-by-minute fluctuations in stock prices, with profits
and losses often coming from one-eighth-point movements.
1999.##
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
RC 50172
by Edward Chancellor
read by Michael Consoli
3 cassettes
Traces the history of stock-market speculation from the
seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth. Asserts
that speculative activities are driven by fear, greed,
compulsion, and aspiration, as well as the desire to make
money. Notes the contribution of venture trading to the
success of the American economy in the 1990s. 1999.##
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of
Hershey and Mars  RC 50762
by Jol Glenn Brenner
read by Conrad Feininger
3 cassettes
Behind-the-scenes examination of two rivals in the secretive
chocolate industry. History of the business empires and the
dictators who built them: Forrest Mars Sr. and Milton
Hershey. Discusses the production of chocolate, its
financial market, and social customs associated with it.
1999.##
The Future of Success  RC 51999
by Robert B. Reich
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
Scholar and former labor secretary examines the
technologically advanced economy and its effects on
Americans' lives. Explains how communication,
transportation, and information technologies offer
individuals growth opportunities but endanger traditional
community and family structures as smaller, flexible
companies replace the stable large corporations that have
heretofore provided steady jobs and dependable benefits.
Bestseller 2000.##
A Future Perfect: The Essentials of Globalization  RC 51810
by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Two journalists from the Economist explain how the
combination of global economic trends and social forces
affects people's lives. The authors argue that increasing
international integration has strengthened overall
efficiency and broadened consumers' choices. They predict
that cheaper raw materials and faster distribution systems
will lead to greater innovation and lower prices. 2000.##
The Great Investment: Faith, Family, and Finance  RC 53159
by T.D. Jakes
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Jakes, pastor of a Dallas, Texas, Protestant assembly and
best-selling author, proposes specific business and
Christian principles that will help people maintain a
balanced and successful life. He emphasizes the importance
of basic financial planning, beginning with budgeting, in
achieving one's ultimate personal fulfillment. 2000.##
High-Flying Adventures in the Stock Market  RC 51618
by Molly Baker
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
Illustrates how decisions are made in allocating mutual
funds; cites examples from a year spent observing the day-
to-day activities of one investment manager in a successful
firm. Describes buying and selling initial public offerings,
technology stocks, and shares of rapidly expanding
organizations. 2000.##
The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race,
Entrepreneurship  RC 51711
by Juliet E.K. Walker
read by Jake Williams
6 cassettes
Examines African American business development from the
1600s to the 1990s. Discusses black participation in
commercial real estate, finance and investment,
manufacturing, and other sectors. Recommends resisting
policies based on racial prejudice and exploring
opportunities for expansion into national and global
markets. Black Caucus of ALA Award.  1998.##
The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848  RC
51082
by Niall Ferguson
read by Anne Flosnik
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Traces the family's ascent from Frankfurt's inner-city
poverty to unprecedented economic success by the mid-
nineteenth century. Recalls household strategies for
maintaining unity and spirituality; chronicles the
Rothschilds' role in designing the international bond market
and in improving communications among financial
institutions. Prequel to The House of Rothschild: The
World's Banker, 1849-1999 (RC 51093). 1998.##
The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1849-1999  RC
51093
by Niall Ferguson
read by Anne Flosnik
8 cassettes in 2 containers
Details the Rothschilds' economic and political
accomplishments, including the establishment of the world's
largest bank before World War I. Recounts the
diversification of the family's business empire into
insurance, mining, transportation, and real estate. Sequel
to The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 (RC
51082). 1999.##
Jack: Straight from the Gut  RC 53044
by Jack Welch
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
Autobiography by the CEO of General Electric for almost
twenty years describes his life and his moves up the company
ladder. Explains his management system, which led to his
company's phenomenal stock growth. Bestseller 2001.##
License to Steal: The Secret World of Wall Street and the
Systematic Plundering of the American Investor  RC 51500
by Anonymous and Timothy Harper
read by John Lescault
2 cassettes
An inside view of Wall Street investment firms of the 1990s,
illustrating how brokers often mislead their clients and
abuse their trust. Using the device of a fictitious
salesman, Burtelsohn, the authors suggest that portfolio
managers are motivated solely to earn profits for
themselves, rather than investors. 1999.##
Longaberger: An American Success Story  RC 52201
by Dave Longaberger
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Longaberger (1934-1999), who did not graduate from high
school until he was twenty-one because he stuttered and had
epilepsy and a learning disorder, explains how he created a
$700 million business that began by selling his father's
handmade baskets in 1973. Includes the eighteen management
principles he practiced in his company. Bestseller 1999.##
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom  RC 51271
by Bob Woodward
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Traces Alan Greenspan's years as chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board; explains the group's functions and the
ramifications of its decisions. Follows his career through
such crises as the stock market crash of 1987 and the
economic turmoil in Mexico and Asia during the 1990s. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
RC 53110
by Simon Garfield
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Biography of William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), the British
chemist who discovered the artificial dye mauve. Explains
how Perkin at age eighteen produced the first aniline dye
derived from coal. Discusses his subsequent fame and his
importance as an inspiration for chemical advances in
medicine, perfumery, food, explosives, and photography.
2001.##
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West
and Fails Everywhere Else  RC 52633
by Hernando de Soto
read by Michael Consoli
2 cassettes
The author explains capitalism's failure in developing
countries and offers a practical plan for transforming weak
economies. Observing that citizens of these nations often
lack registered titles to their property, he argues that
governments must establish legally integrated systems of
ownership and markets to convert work and savings to capital
and reward individual enterprise. 2000.##
Nathaniel's Nutmeg; or, The True and Incredible Adventures
of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History  RC
50638
by Giles Milton
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
An account of how the importance of nutmeg in sixteenth-
century Europe led to Nathaniel Courthope's 1616 sea
adventure to retain the Spice Island of Run for the British
against the Dutch. Chronicles England's eventual exchange of
Run and its lucrative nutmeg trade in return for Holland's
island of Manhattan in 1667. 1999.##
Networth: Successful Investing in the Companies That Will
Prevail through Internet Booms and Busts (They're Not Always
the Ones You Expect)  RC 53141
by Stephen E. Frank
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Internet correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and CNBC
explains investing in the dot-com economy. Discusses how the
Internet works, evaluates different business models, and
advises weaving "Internet-related investments through
investment portfolios," always with a long-term approach.
2001.##
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir  RC 52234
by Henry Kaufman
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
An economist traces his family's emigration from Nazi
Germany to the United States and his years in school and
rise to fame on Wall Street. Examines the relationship
between American economic policies and twentieth-century
global bond and financial markets. Recommends increased
regulation of the world's business and economic system.
2000.##
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth: The 8 Secrets of How
5,000 Ordinary Americans Became Successful Investors, and
How You Can Too  RC 52164
by Ric Edelman
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
After studying the practices of thousands of financially
successful Americans, a renowned financial advisor reveals
eight fundamental strategies these investors share. The
techniques for attaining wealth include turning a mortgage
into a wealth-enhancing program and maximizing employer-
sponsored retirement plans. Bestseller 2000.##
A Passion to Win  RC 53031
by Sumner Redstone
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Media magnate Redstone describes his career--begun in his
father's drive-in movie business--including his acquisitions
of Blockbuster, CBS, Paramount, Simon and Schuster, and
Viacom. He intersperses his account with discussions of his
childhood, years at Harvard, and military service as a
cryptanalyst. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
The Predictors  RC 51411
by Thomas A. Bass
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Asserts that the Prediction Company, established by two
physicists, used chaos theory to analyze trends in foreign
exchange and interest rates and to invest in stock and
commodity markets. Explores the basic hypothesis that order
can be found in disorder; examines its implications for
predicting the future based on patterns in the past. 1999.##
Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's
Most Famous Five-and-Dime  RC 51435
by Karen Plunkett-Powell
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
History of the "great five-cent store" from 1879 to 1997.
Traces the rags-to-riches story of founder Frank Winfield
Woolworth. Recalls his first successful enterprise, in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania; his role in the construction of the
world's tallest building in 1913; the depression years; and
the lunch-counter sit-ins of the early 1960s. 1999.##
The Richest Man in Babylon  RC 52557
by George S. Clason
read by Erik Synnestvedt
1 cassette
A guide to money management, financial problem solving, and
the acquisition of wealth. Acclaimed as a classic of its
type, the book uses parables set in the ancient world to
present the principles and techniques it endorses. 1926.##
The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys: A Family Tale of
Chutzpah, Glory, and Greed  RC 51137
by Joshua Levine
read by Peter Johnson
2 cassettes
A senior editor at Forbes details the rise of a secondhand
store into an international retail empire and its eventual
collapse and resurrection. Describes the founding family's
vision in the 1920s; asserts that the initially successful
men's fashion enterprise failed because of greed, arrogance,
extravagance, and unsound business practices. 1999.##
The Road to Wealth: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money;
Everything You Need to Know in Good and Bad Times  RC 52889
by Suze Orman
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
5 cassettes
Orman states that everyone should create a strong financial
foundation and that "money is not stagnant; it is ever-
changing. It means different things...at different points in
our lives." She discusses debt management, home ownership,
insurance, college funds, retirement planning, stocks and
bonds, and wills and trusts. Bestseller 2001.##
Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American
Marketplace  RC 51842
by David Brancaccio
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
The host of Marketplace--Public Radio International's
business news hour--provides insights into common concerns
about money. Explores various ways people say they would
handle an unexpected financial windfall; examples include
real estate investment, a shopping spree, and casino
gambling. Also presents advice on coping with the social
impacts of sudden wealth. 2000.##
Taken for a Ride: How Daimler-Benz Drove Off with Chrysler
RC 52235
by Bill Vlasic and Bradley A. Stertz
read by John Polk
3 cassettes
Investigates the 1998 business deal in which the Chrysler
Corporation was bought out by the German auto-maker Daimler-
Benz, and the results of the merger. Discusses an initial
takeover attempt by Kirk Kerkorian, Chrysler's largest
stockholder, and Lee Iacocca. 2000.##
TulipoMania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower
and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused  RC 51515
by Mike Dash
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Natural and economic history of the tulip, from its origins
in Central Asia to its phenomenal popularity in seventeenth-
century Europe. Examines the craze for tulip bulbs in the
Netherlands in the 1630s--when a rare bulb fetched a higher
price than a masterpiece by Rembrandt--and the repercussions
when the futures market crashed. 1999.##
Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America  RC
50566
by Alison J. Clarke
read by Jeremy Gage
2 cassettes
A cultural history of Tupperware that "explores the
processes by which objects of mass consumption are
appropriated as meaningful artifacts of everyday life...and
why some objects come to matter more than others do."
Discusses the designs of inventor Earl Tupper and the
Tupperware home parties concept developed by Brownie Wise.
1999.##
Typing and Keyboarding for Everyone with Typing Tutor 6  RC
52572
by Nathan Levine
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
A home study course with complete instructions in the
fundamentals of touch keyboarding. Contains information on
business letter format and advice on using a computer. 1998.##
The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the
Focus Investment Strategy  RC 51240
by Robert G. Hagstrom
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
The author of The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies
of the World's Greatest Investor (RC 39493) presents a plan
for building and managing investments. Advocates a low
portfolio turnover; provides advice on how to select
businesses that are operated efficiently and financially
sound. Includes appendixes and notes. 1999.##
The Wealth of Choices: How the New Economy Puts Power in
Your Hands and Money in Your Pocket  RC 52562
by Alan Murray
read by Ted Stoddard
2 cassettes
Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief asserts that the
globalization, information explosion, deregulation, and
digitization embodied by the Internet have produced a new
economic system in the United States. Includes tips on how
to thrive in the altered environment, which features
individual empowerment, greater consumer clout, and business
accountability. 2000.##
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital
Management  RC 52524
by Roger Lowenstein
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Chronicles how a private Wall Street hedge fund firm
developed computer models to deconstruct and minimize
investment risk, convinced that its stock market success
would never fail. Explains why the Federal Reserve rescued
the firm from bankruptcy in 1998. 2000.##
The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus  RC
52034
by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Using data from an international research project and
numerous case studies, two writers for the Economist examine
the major theoretical approaches in management philosophy
that were introduced during the last quarter of the
twentieth century. They discuss the field's commercial
applications and reveal contradictions among the various
ideas. 1996.##
You're Fifty--Now What? Investing for the Second Half of
Your Life  RC 53108
by Charles R. Schwab
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
An international brokerage firm's founder and chairman
offers older investors and retirees information on basic
personal finance, including retirement budgets, pension
programs, insurance, mutual funds, estate planning, and
charitable giving. Advises investors to modify their
strategy and goals as they mature. 2001.###
Careers
Careers for Aquatic Types and Others Who Want to Make a
Splash  RC 51197
by Blythe Camenson
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette
Highlights careers for those who love the water, including
service in the navy and coast guard and opportunities in
aquatic science, fishing, transportation and cruise
industries, safety and rescue work, and sports. Provides
information on professional organizations, salaries, and job
outlooks. For junior and senior high and older readers.
2000.##
Careers for Music Lovers and Other Tuneful Types  RC 50277
by Jeff Johnson
read by Candy Shannon
1 cassette
Describes nineteen careers in the music field, with
qualifications and duties for each job. Includes promotion,
publicity, marketing, distribution, publishing, songwriting,
and more. Profiles singers Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan,
Donna Summer, and Ace of Base. For junior and senior high
and older readers. 1997.##
Careers for Persuasive Types and Others Who Won't Take No
for an Answer  RC 51195
by Jan Goldberg
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette
Describes career possibilities for those with persuasive
personalities, including sales, public relations and
fundraising, marketing and advertising, politics, law, and
education. Emphasizes the training necessary, the salaries,
and the job outlooks. For junior and senior high and older
readers. 2000.##
Careers for Scientific Types and Others with Inquiring Minds
RC 51196
by Jan Goldberg
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette
Describes the attributes and education necessary to become
employed in the sciences. Analyzes various careers available
in biology and medicine, the physical sciences such as
chemistry and meteorology, agriculture, engineering,
computers, or mathematics. Also considers salaries and job
outlooks. For junior and senior high and older readers.
2000.##
Job Strategies for People with Disabilities: Enable Yourself
for Today's Job Market  RC 52584
by Melanie Astaire Witt
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
A guide for job-seekers with disabilities who, under the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, are entitled to
compete for jobs on an equal basis with the nondisabled.
Witt offers suggestions on identifying suitable jobs,
uncovering marketable skills, creating standout resumes,
understanding accommodation requirements, and interviewing
successfully. 1992.##
The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a
Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less  RC 52173
by Peter Bowerman
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Provides a step-by-step guide to building a successful
freelance writing career. Maintains that anyone can become a
financially independent writer in a short period of time.
Surveys the variety of projects that are outsourced by
corporations and offers marketing and customer-service
strategies. Includes samples of promotional materials. 2000.###
Computers
Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic
Resources Accessible to All  RC 51780
by Barbara T. Mates
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Advice for librarians and others on ways to improve disabled
persons' access to electronic resources, including computers
and the Internet. Provides information about screen readers,
braille displays, voice-recognition systems, and hearing-
assistance devices. Lists web sites, vendors, manufacturers,
consultants, and libraries with special programs. 2000.##
Amazon.com: Get Big Fast  RC 51814
by Robert Spector
read by John Richardson
2 cassettes
Overview of Amazon.com's development and unique business
practices, drawn from interviews with investors and early
employees. Explores the career and organizational objectives
of the founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos. Explains how
the online bookseller became a model for Internet commerce
and expanded into other product lines. 2000.##
A Brief History of the Future: From Radio Days to Internet
Years in a Lifetime  RC 52531
by John Naughton
read by Randy Davidson
3 cassettes
Traces the history, growth, and development of the Internet
from the massive computers of the 1930s and 1940s to the
high-tech, high-speed machines of the 1990s. Honors its
heroes and reviews their achievements in developing the
World Wide Web, crediting the U.S. Defense Department with
creating the first electronic networks. 2000.##
Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities: A
Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology  RC 52968
by Alliance for Technology Access
read by Erik Synnestvedt
3 cassettes
Provides an overview of the hardware, software, and other
considerations surrounding computer resources for people
with disabilities. Includes personal stories about using
technology in daily life. Discusses braille displays,
braille embossers and translators, and speech synthesizers,
among other products. Foreword by Stephen Hawking. Third
edition. 2000.##
The First Week with My New iMac: A Very Basic Guide for
Mature Adults and Everyone Else Who Wants to "Get Connected"
RC 52310
by Pamela R. Lessing
read by Renee Dutton-O'Hara
2 cassettes
Provides step-by-step instructions for beginners with iMac
computers for using e-mail, the Internet, word processing,
compact disks (CDs), and computer games. Also includes
prepurchasing advice. 2000.##
The First Week with My New PC: A Very Basic Guide for Mature
Adults and Everyone Else Who Wants to "Get Connected"  RC
52060
by Pamela R. Lessing
read by Renee Dutton-O'Hara
1 cassette
Step-by-step instructions to help novice computer users
perform basic tasks such as writing and saving letters,
sending e-mail, playing electronic games, using CDs (compact
discs), and going on the Internet. Also lists helpful
resources and directions for connecting new equipment. 2000.##
Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho  RC
52248
by Jon Katz
read by Brian Conn
2 cassettes
Chronicles the transformation of two blue-collar teens who
escaped from their depressing hometown for jobs and further
education in Chicago. Jesse and Eric were ostracized,
alienated nerds at school but discovered that their
formidable computer skills were in high demand. Some strong
language. For senior high and older readers. 2000.##
How to Expand and Upgrade PCs  RC 52822
by Preston Gralla
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Explains how and why to change a personal computer's
hardware to increase its speed, memory, or hard-drive
capacity. Teaches how to add digital cameras, printers,
scanners, cable modems, drives, and other technology. Lists
needed tools. 2001.##
It's Never Too Late to Love a Computer: A Friendly First
Guide  RC 51791
by Abby Stokes
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Advises novice computer users on the basics. Covers the
parts of a computer (software and hardware), purchasing
tips, choosing between the Apple Macintosh and IBM-
compatible personal computers (PCs), and experimenting with
using e-mail and word processing. Provides a glossary, and
lists recommended web sites and other resources. 2000.##
Katie.com: My Story  RC 51429
by Katherine Tarbox
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
A cautionary account by the first minor to prosecute an
adult for misuse of the Internet. Katie was a lonely,
neglected thirteen-year-old who met her online love interest
at a hotel only to discover that he was an older pedophile.
For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000.##
Living in the State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology
Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities  RC 52064
by Marcia J. Scherer
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Provides an overview of the issues surrounding people with
disabilities and assistive technology. Discusses how the
equipment affects the individual and how to successfully
match them. Uses vignettes to describe those who use devices
and those who tried and abandoned them. 2000.##
The Nudist on the Late Shift  RC 50775
by Po Bronson
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
Anecdotes from the computer world in Silicon Valley,
including the programmer who worked naked on the night
shift, the billionaire who slept under his desk until his
paperwork took over the space, and other eccentrics.
Includes stories about salespeople, entrepreneurs,
headhunters, and the "Cubicle Guy." 1999.##
Protect Yourself Online  RC 52574
by Matthew Danda
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Advice on safeguarding one's privacy and security while
using the Internet. Although the author concentrates on
Microsoft products, a general overview of the concepts
discussed may be drawn from the information provided. Covers
viruses, online shopping, e-mail and chat rooms,
downloading, securing and backing up files, and spamming.
2001.##
Troubleshooting Your PC  RC 52573
by M. David Stone and Alfred Poor
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Basic information on diagnosing and solving common personal
computer problems. Provides information on crashing systems,
disk drives, display screens, joysticks, error messages,
startups, keyboards, and printer and mouse difficulties.
Published by Microsoft. Explains reinstalling Windows. 2001.##
U.S. v. Microsoft  RC 52244
by Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr
read by Randy Davidson
3 cassettes
Two New York Times reporters present consolidated two-year
coverage of the antitrust case brought by the U.S. against
Microsoft in 1998. They explore the government's claim that
the software giant prodded computer companies to develop
systems around its programs, and they provide background
information on the attorneys, Microsoft, and the trial
judge. 2001.##
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities  RC 51844
by Michael G. Paciello
read by Lou Harpenau
3 cassettes
Advocates making the World Wide Web fully accessible for
people with disabilities and provides instructions for
designing and building web sites with the use of assistive
technology. Describes tools and utilities currently
available, outlines legal issues, and discusses problem
solving resources. 2000.##
Windows 98 for Dummies  RC 51821
by Andy Rathbone
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Explains the basics of a home computer and the often
preinstalled Windows 98 software program. Includes
instructions for using e-mail and audio and video features,
and for surfing the World Wide Web using Internet Explorer
5.  Also describes common problems. 1998.##
Windows ME Clear and Simple  RC 51843
by P.K. McBride
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Gives a new computer owner easy instructions on using
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, including information
on video and multimedia use. Also teaches how to organize
disks, customize the system, network, and cope with crashes.
2001.###
Consumerism
An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern
America  RC 52804
by Gary Cross
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Traces the development and triumph of American consumerism
in the twentieth century. Focuses on the introduction of
Ford's "Model T" cars, the impact of amusement parks, the
advent of department stores, radio and promotion of
domesticity, and altered consumption patterns on the fast-
food model. Argues that commercialism will continue to shape
the nation's culture. 2000.##
The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty  RC 50757
edited by Yona Zeldis McDonough
read by Celeste Lawson
1 cassette
Essays compiled for Barbie's fortieth birthday include
entries by Anna Quindlen, Carol Shields, Jane Smiley, and
Erica Jong. Created in 1959, the highly popular, oddly
proportioned doll with voluminous tresses has provoked
controversy ever since. Contributors humorously discuss
Barbie's impact on them and her role in their children's
lives. 1999.##
The Home Problem Solver: The Essential Homeowner's Repair
and Maintenance Manual  RC 52518
by Don Vandervort
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Provides solutions to more than four hundred home problems
and advice on handling emergencies; appliance repair
information; house maintenance tips on plumbing, electrical,
and cooling/heating systems; interior and exterior surface
problems; doors and windows; and when to call for an expert.
2000.##
Life Skills 101: A Practical Guide to Leaving Home and
Living on Your Own  RC 53215
by Tina Pestalozzi
read by Patricia McDermott
1 cassette
Advice for the transition to living single. Covers entering
the work world, handling business and financial matters,
setting up living space, organizing the basics, choosing
between eating at home or dining out, being a "savvy
consumer," and staying connected to people and the
community. For senior high and older readers. 2001.##
The Ralph Nader Reader  RC 52407
by Ralph Nader
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Four decades of essays from the consumer advocate and the
2000 presidential nominee of the Green Party. Includes
Nader's views on the government, corporations, world trade,
consumer rights, legal reform, the media, and citizen
action. 2000.###
Cooking
American Home Cooking: Over Three Hundred Spirited Recipes
Celebrating Our Rich Traditions of Home Cooking  RC 52029
by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison
read by Kerry Cundiff
4 cassettes
Award-winning authors present more than three hundred
recipes reflecting over four centuries of the culinary
innovations and adaptations of immigrants and natives. The
collection focuses on what's "flavorful, fun, and practical"
and on the use of fresh ingredients and time-honored
techniques. Includes appetizers, sandwiches, soups, meats,
vegetables, grains, desserts, drinks, and cooking technique
tips. 1999.##
The Cake Mix Doctor  RC 52035
by Anne Byrn
read by Patricia McDermott
3 cassettes
Byrn takes the best of what a prepared cake mix offers and
adds various ingredients--such as eggs, butter, chocolate,
and nuts--to create more than 150 different desserts. She
includes "cake doctor" hints throughout, with tips on such
things as toasting nuts and packing cakes for shipping.
1999.##
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table  RC
52508
by Ruth Reichl
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Reichl discusses her decision to become a restaurant critic
and the events that followed. She recounts the near disaster
of her first on-the-job dinner, meetings with renowned food
writers, world travels, an affair with a famous editor, and
two marriages. Includes recipes. Sequel to Tender at the
Bone (RC 46069). Bestseller 2001.##
Cook Right 4 Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to
Eat Right 4 Your Type; Including More than Two Hundred
Original Recipes, as Well as Individualized Thirty-Day Meal
Plans for Staying Healthy, Living Longer, and Achieving Your
Ideal Weight  RC 51822
by Peter J. D'Adamo
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
The doctor/author of the bestselling Eat Right 4 Your Type
(RC 46076) explains how to set up a nutritional program
based on your blood type. 1998.##
Cooking without Looking: Food Preparation Methods and
Techniques for Visually Handicapped Homemakers  RC 52505
by Esther Knudson Tipps
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette (Reissue)
Cooking methods and techniques developed through research at
the Texas School for the Blind. In addition to recipes, the
book gives basic principles of meal planning, marketing,
food preparation, table service, and food storage. 1986.##
Every Day's a Party: Louisiana Recipes for Celebrating with
Family and Friends  RC 51231
by Emeril Lagasse
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
The author celebrates his adopted state's heritage by
presenting menus and recipes that depict Louisiana's unique
culture and cuisine. Describes historical events that are
important in local areas; suggests foods and delicacies that
are popular at festivities throughout the year. 1999.##
A Goose in Toulouse: And Other Culinary Adventures in France
RC 52188
by Mort Rosenblum
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
American journalist Rosenblum, who moved to France in 1977
and stayed on, describes the people and cuisines of his
adopted country. He recounts his extensive travels, his
visits with the locals to learn about their finest regional
specialities, and his conversations about the appalling rise
of fast-food restaurants. 2000.##
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home  RC 51460
by Julia Child and Jacques Ppin
read by Mitzi Friedlander
4 cassettes
In this companion to the PBS series, Julia and Jacques share
their cooking secrets. With each recipe, both cooks (who
don't always agree) express their own thoughts on
ingredients, methods of preparation, and balancing of
flavors. Covers appetizers, soups, salads, vegetables,
seafood, meats, and desserts. 1999.##
The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook  RC 51388
by Judy Krizmanic
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
In this companion to A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian (RC
41479) the author offers recipes and tips for becoming self-
sufficient in the kitchen. Includes useful substitutions,
menus, and suggestions for the college-bound. For junior and
senior high and older readers. 1999.###
Crime
The Cases That Haunt Us: From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet
Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the
Mysteries That Won't Go Away  RC 53329
by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
The authors of Mindhunter (RC 43669) analyze notorious
crimes of the past in an effort to pinpoint the perpetrator
of each deadly deed. Cases include the Lindbergh kidnapping,
Lizzie Borden, the Boston Strangler, the Black Dahlia, and
Lawrencia ("Bambi") Bembenek. 2000.##
Della's Web: A True Story of Marriage and Murder  RC 51997
by Aphrodite Jones
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Cincinnati, 1996. Heart surgeon Darryl Sutorius is found
dead. His new wife, Dante--whom the doctor met through a
dating service--is under suspicion. As police investigate,
they learn of the widow's four previous husbands and her own
family's fears. Strong language and some descriptions of
sex. 1998.##
The Embrace: A True Vampire Story  RC 52615
by Aphrodite Jones
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
Account of a gruesome homicide in central Florida. When Rick
and Ruth Wendorf were murdered in November 1996, sixteen-
year-old Rod Ferrell, the leader of a gothic vampire cult,
was charged. Among the four teenage followers arrested with
Ferrell was the Wendorfs' daughter, Heather. Violence,
strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex.
1999.##
Empty Promises: And Other True Cases; Ann Rule's Crime
Files, Volume 7  RC 51901
by Ann Rule
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Collection of ten cases that focus on victims betrayed by
killers who made pledges they never intended to honor. In
the title piece, a young wife disappears and years pass
before her parents and the police can find evidence that
points toward her controlling husband. Some violence.
Bestseller 2001.##
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
RC 52209
by Miles Harvey
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Reconstructs the 1990s crime career of Gilbert Bland Jr., a
master thief of rare, valuable maps from renowned libraries.
Embellishes Bland's biography with the history of
cartography; portrays a subculture of scholars, collectors,
and dealers who are obsessed with antique maps. 2000.##
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw  RC
52308
by Mark Bowden
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
The author of Black Hawk Down (RC 48028) chronicles the
crimes of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, his Medelln
cocaine cartel, and his influence on his country. Describes
Escobar's imprisonment, escape, enemies, and the American
involvement with death squads that sought revenge. Violence
and strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation
Slaves  RC 51496
by Gregory A. Freeman
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Using FBI case notes, newspaper articles, and court
documents, a journalist recalls the practice of peonage.
Asserts that such "debt bondage," forcing African American
men into indefinite servitude, was widespread in the South.
Details the 1921 case of a Georgia plantation owner and his
overseer accused of killing their farm laborers. 1999.##
The Murder of Biggie Smalls  RC 52184
by Cathy Scott
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
Describes the rivalry between East and West Coast "gangsta"
rap musicians that leads to murder. Chronicles the life of
rap artist Biggie Smalls and his successful career under the
guidance of Sean "Puffy" Combs. Smalls was murdered a few
months after rival Tupac Shakur. Strong language and some
violence. 2000.##
The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden, and the
Future of Terrorism  RC 52900
by Simon Reeve
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
British journalist traces the capture of Pakistan-born
Muslim extremist Ramzi Yousef, who masterminded the 1993
bombing of the World Trade Center, among other crimes.
Examines Yousef's relationship to Osama bin Laden, the
creation of the al Qaeda terrorist network, and the dangers
of jihad against the West. 1999.##
The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer
Ted Bundy  RC 51671
by Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
Using interviews of convicted psychopathic serial killer Ted
Bundy--executed in 1989 for the heinous murders of more than
twenty women--investigative reporters demystify his aberrant
and ritual criminal behavior. Revised edition features an
introduction by former FBI profiler Roy Hazelwood. Violence
and strong language. 1999.##
The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped
Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia  RC 53353
by Joseph Salerno and Stephen J. Rivele
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
The author explains how he, a plumber by trade, became
caught in the nightmare world of the Philadelphia Mafia. He
describes the violent underworld and tells how witnessing a
brutal murder changed his life. He details the hardships he
endured in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Strong
language and some violence. 1990.##
The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story; Finding Felons and
Guiding Men  RC 52625
by Joshua Armstrong
read by John Hammock
3 cassettes
Personal narrative of an African American professional skip
tracer (bail enforcement agent) who tracks suspects who have
fled before trial. The book details Armstrong's experiences
and profiles his bounty-hunter company, which operates on
spiritual principles and has an 85 percent success rate.
Strong language and some violence. 2000.##
Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes,
the Most Notorious Con Artists in America; a Memoir by the
Other Son  RC 53341
by Kent Walker
read by Christopher Walker
4 cassettes
The elder son of Sante Kimes, a con artist and murderess,
recalls growing up in a criminal household with a sociopath
mother. Sante and the author's half-brother, Kenny, were
arrested for the murder of wealthy Irene Silverman. Strong
language. 2001.##
Terrorism  RC 53034
by Ann G. Gaines
read by Bruce Huntey
1 cassette
Focuses on terrorism in the Middle East and how it affects
the United States. Discusses the origins and motivations of
the organizations and individuals involved. Explores how
America can combat violence without impinging on traditional
freedoms. For senior high and older readers. 1999.##
Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the
Mojave  RC 53327
by Deanne Stillman
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Account of a violent crime, its origins, and its aftermath.
In 1991 Marine lance corporal Valentine Underwood raped and
murdered two young women in California's Mojave desert.
Stillman examines the abusive culture the victims inhabited
and the Marine code of silence. Violence, strong language,
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##
The Valachi Papers  RC 51136
by Peter Maas
read by Robert O'Keefe
2 cassettes (Reissue)
From his cell in a Washington, D.C., prison, gang member-
turned-informer Joseph Valachi remembers his life in the
Mafia. The book is filled with his detailed recollections of
the organization's ritualistic way of life, with its oaths,
beatings, revenge, murders, and unsolved crimes. Violence.
1968.###
Diet
The 3-Season Diet: Solving the Mysteries of Food Cravings,
Weight Loss, and Exercise  RC 52019
by John Douillard
read by Randy Davidson
2 cassettes
The author presents the results of a decade he spent
applying Ayurvedic concepts to the American way of life,
including exercise, eating habits, and stress prevention
techniques. The diet follows nature's harvest: low fat in
the spring, high carbohydrates in the summer, and high
protein and fat in the winter. 2000.##
Fit for Life: A New Beginning; Your Complete Diet and Health
Plan for the Millennium  RC 51027
by Harvey Diamond
read by Randy Davidson
3 cassettes
Author of Fit for Life (RC 22980) describes a program he
believes will prevent cancer and other health problems by
strengthening the lymph system. Components include walking,
rebounding on a mini trampoline, periodic monodieting with
fresh fruits and/or vegetables and juices, reducing animal
product consumption, and exploiting the mind-body
connection. 2000.##
Slow but Sure: How I Lost 170 Pounds with the Help of God,
Family, Family Circle Magazine, and Richard Simmons  RC
52482
by Sandra Dalka-Prysby
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Author describes how, at forty-eight and 310 pounds in 1993,
she asked Family Circle magazine to help her lose 150 pounds
and stop smoking. She includes journal entries from the
following five years to illustrate her slow but certain
progress and the effect it has had on her physically and
emotionally. 1999.##
Strong Women Eat Well: Nutritional Strategies for a Healthy
Body and Mind  RC 53052
by Miriam E. Nelson
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Discusses nutrition and its scientific basis--including the
national guidelines presented in the Food Guide Pyramid.
Promotes consumption of water, whole grains, and fresh
fruits and vegetables. Explains how to read labels on
packaged foods. Contains fifty healthy and easy-to-prepare
recipes. Companion to Strong Women, Strong Bones (RC 51016).
2001.##
Suzanne Somers' Eat, Cheat, and Melt the Fat Away  RC 52463
by Suzanne Somers
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
Somers explains how to lose weight by eating delectable
foods in the right combinations. She provides more than one
hundred new recipes for meats, sauces, and desserts using
rich substances like cheese and butter. Companion to Eat
Great, Lose Weight (RC 48948) and Get Skinny on Fabulous
Food (RC 48777). Bestseller 2001.###
Drama
Dario Fo: Revolutionary Theatre  RC 51793
by Tom Behan
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Biography of the Italian actor and playwright who won the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. Three chapters follow a
generally chronological order to form a political biography.
Other chapters focus on three of Fo's most famous plays.
2000.##
Diez Comedias del Siglo de Oro (Ten Plays of the Golden
Age): An Annotated Omnibus of Ten Complete Plays by the Most
Representative Spanish Dramatists of the Golden Age  RC
52886
edited by Jos Martel and Hymen Alpern
read by Juan Ramirez
7 cassettes
Ten seventeenth-century Spanish plays by major playwrights,
including Cervantes, Molina, Castro, and Caldern. Includes
introductory, biographical, and bibliographical information
in English and the plays in Spanish. 1968.##
Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier, The Brothers
Menaechmus, The Haunted House, The Pot of Gold  RC 51720
by Titus Maccius Plautus
read by George Holmes
2 cassettes
A collection of four plays, translated by Erich Segal, from
the best-known playwright of ancient Rome, Titus Maccius
Plautus (254-184 B.C.). The plays feature boisterous comedy,
abundant word play, commonplace settings, and brisk song-
and-dance routines. 1996.##
Much Ado about Nothing  RC 51553
by William Shakespeare
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes (Reissue)
First performed in 1598, this comedy in five acts concerns
two pairs of lovers. Before Hero and Claudio can find
happiness together, they must sort out the complications of
Don John's false accusations. Meanwhile, Beatrice and
Benedick match wits and fall in love. Includes notes and
explanatory essays. 1995.###
Family
Ancestors: A Family History  RC 52024
by William Maxwell
read by Brian Conn
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Former fiction editor at the New Yorker traces his family
history with affection and humor. His ancestors came to the
New World from Scotland and Ireland early in the eighteenth
century, finally settling in Lincoln, Illinois, where they
founded an independent sect called the Christian Church.
1971.##
The Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand
RC 51243
by Howard Gardner
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Harvard University cognition and education professor
proposes methods for teaching students to achieve
objectives. Suggests that cultures convey to youth the
artistry, truths, and virtues they value. Outlines several
approaches to scholarship, arguing that individuals can
learn in multiple ways. 1999.##
Endangered: Your Child in a Hostile World  RC 52412
by Johann Christoph Arnold
read by Bill Wallace
1 cassette
A pastor presents anecdotes and stories encouraging parents
to put children first and avoid contemporary social ills
that create unhappy families. He stresses the spiritual
aspects of parenting and offers suggestions for bringing up
offspring who are loved. 2000.##
Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family First  RC
51451
by Suzanne Braun Levine
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
A journalist relies on interviews with a cross section of
fathers in the United States to explore the rewards and
challenges facing men as parents in the twenty-first
century--the combined pursuit of success on the job,
intimacy with close relatives, and time for friends. Views
the workplace as more family-friendly for women. 2000.##
The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values  RC 52832
by Nancy Folbre
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
An economist examines the provision of care for children and
elderly and disabled people in a competitive market society.
Folbre observes that with many women working outside the
home, the personal care system evolved in an earlier era has
been eroded. She proposes measures for balancing economic
self-interest and social welfare. 2001.##
The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must
Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish  RC 52543
by T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley I. Greenspan
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Based on their broad experience, a pediatrician and a child
psychiatrist present the fundamental requirements for
providing children a healthy start. They identify seven
basic needs and explore such topics as day care, public
school, and environmental hazards. 2000.##
Long-Distance Genealogy  RC 51103
by Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
read by Randy Atcher
3 cassettes
A guide to genealogy for beginners and for those who cannot
travel, emphasizing the principles of research and the types
of records that can be accessed without leaving home.
Includes sample letters and charts, addresses for pertinent
associations and agencies, suggestions for the Internet, and
tips on hiring a professional. 2000.##
Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural
Selection  RC 51099
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
read by Mary Kane
6 cassettes
A mother, wife, and anthropology professor at the University
of California, Davis, draws from her own discipline, as well
as history, literature, psychology, and primatology, to
examine the distinct biological and genetic elements that
constitute maternal instincts. Discusses such issues as
infanticide, a mother's attachment and associated guilt, and
the father-figure role. 1999.##
Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning  RC 52300
by Deborah Stipek and Kathy Seal
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
Strategies that parents can employ to instill a lifelong
love of learning in their children from infancy to
elementary school age. Suggests ways to increase self-
motivation without the need of bribery and excessive praise.
Also includes information on selecting a school. Bestseller
2001.##
The Myth of Maturity: What Teenagers Need from Parents to
Become Adults  RC 53165
by Terri Apter
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes
Uses case studies to describe the age group called
"thresholders"--young people ages eighteen to twenty-four--
and the problems they encounter while growing up. Warns
parents that their children still need emotional support and
offers suggestions for both generations in dealing with
stress, money, relationships, college, and jobs. Some strong
language. 2001.##
The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of
Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning  RC 50960
by John T. Bruer
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
The author disputes the widely publicized theory of the mid-
1990s that the crucial window of opportunity to properly
stimulate a child's brain occurs before the third year.
Examining research, he asserts that this is not the only
critical period; the brain continues to develop throughout
childhood and beyond. 1999.##
The New Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are  RC
52622
by Kevin Leman
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Psychologist explains his theory that a child's placement
among siblings affects personality. Discusses first- and
last-borns and middle children, common strengths and
weaknesses of each group, and how to parent them. Suggests
solutions to problems that may arise and tips for eventual
success in life's endeavors. 1998.##
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and
Communicate with Your Baby  RC 52161
by Tracy Hogg
read by Anne Flosnik
2 cassettes
A neonatal nurse advocates methods for parents to gain
insights into their baby's needs. E.A.S.Y. is Hogg's acronym
for a recommended structured routine of Eating, Activity,
Sleeping, and time for You; S.L.O.W. is a reminder to Stop,
Listen, Observe, and evaluate What's up with the infant.
Bestseller 2001.##
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A Twenty-Five Year
Landmark Study  RC 51404
by Judith Wallerstein and others
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
This followup to Second Chances (RC 29593) continues the
study of children of divorce that was begun in 1971.
Compares seven now-adult subjects to peers from intact
families in the same community; offers suggestions for
strengthening marriage and minimizing the damage of broken
homes. Bestseller 2000.##
You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories by
Parents of Children with Disabilities  RC 52795
edited by Stanley D. Klein and Kim Schive
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
More than sixty essays by parents who are raising physically
or mentally handicapped children. Includes advice,
anecdotes, and words of wisdom. Lists state and national
resource centers. Introduction by former U.S. attorney
general Dick Thornburgh. 2001.###
General
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper  RC 52808
by Nicholson Baker
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
Novelist and library activist Baker opposes the library
practice of microfilming and then discarding old printed
materials. He argues against the purported brittle-paper
crisis and pleads for retaining old books and newspapers to
be perused in their original format. 2001.##
On Kissing: Travels in an Intimate Landscape  RC 50439
by Adrianne Blue
read by Susan McInerney
2 cassettes
Drawing on the work of researchers, novelists, poets, and
movie stars to illustrate her ideas, a journalist examines
the physical act of kissing and explores the importance of
the kiss from infancy through adulthood. Explicit
descriptions of sex. 1996.##
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex
RC 53624
by Joshua Piven and others
read by Barbara Pinolini
1 cassette
Suggestions for coping with romantic and not-so-romantic
situations. Tips on finding a suitable mate--from initial
attraction through the perils of dating, undressing,
sleeping with, or leaving someone special. Advice on
survival behavior in bars, restaurants, bedrooms, and
airplane lavatories. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2001.###
Government and Politics
The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
RC 52529
by Anthony Summers
read by Richard Hauenstein
6 cassettes
Scathing study of the thirty-seventh U.S. president based on
interviews with his psychiatrist and contemporaries.
Suggests that Nixon's flawed character, love of intrigue,
and money led to criminal behavior that began in California
and continued through Watergate. Strong language. 2000.##
At Any Cost: How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election  RC
52306
by Bill Sammon
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
Partisan analysis of the 2000 U.S. presidential election
crisis when, for thirty-six days, the results of the race
were contested by Democratic candidate Al Gore. Describes
how the Gore campaign's efforts in Florida came to an end
when George W. Bush's electoral victory was ensured by a
Supreme Court decision. Bestseller 2001.##
The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined
the Constitution and Chose Our President  RC 52784
by Vincent Bugliosi
read by Richard Hauenstein
1 cassette
Former Los Angeles prosecutor asserts that U.S. Supreme
Court justices Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, O'Connor, and
Kennedy "did not act impartially in the case of Bush v.
Gore" when they stopped the recount of contested Florida
votes during the 2000 presidential election. Developed from
an article that originally appeared in the Nation.
Bestseller 2001.##
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National
Security Agency; from the Cold War through the Dawn of a New
Century  RC 52277
by James Bamford
read by Lou Harpenau
5 cassettes
In this sequel to The Puzzle Palace (RC 19096), the author
pursues his investigation of the National Security Agency--
"the largest, most secret, and most advanced spy
organization on the planet." Bamford analyzes the agency's
Vietnam and cold war activities, technological capabilities,
and personnel, and argues the need for congressional
oversight. Bestseller 2001.##
The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William
Jefferson Clinton  RC 51776
by Peter Baker
read by Butch Hoover
4 cassettes
Journalist details the role of congressmen and White House
staff in the late-1990s effort to remove the American
president from office for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Discusses the political and cultural clashes that led to the
attempt and implications for future chief executives. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
The Case against Hillary Clinton  RC 53362
by Peggy Noonan
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
1 cassette
Polemic on the character of the former first lady by Reagan
speechwriter and author of What I Saw at the Revolution (RC
30709) and other works. Alleging that Senator Clinton feels
entitled to power, Noonan summarizes her involvement in a
number of scandals. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
Chances of a Lifetime  RC 51988
by Warren Christopher
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Memoir by secretary of state in the Clinton administration,
who began his legal career as a law clerk for Supreme Court
justice William O. Douglas in 1949. Christopher describes
his life in public service, which included roles in the
Johnson and Carter administrations, and discusses the
numerous crises he's witnessed. Bestseller 2001.##
A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House  RC 51903
by George W. Bush
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Autobiography of George W. Bush written during his campaign
for president. Recalls his childhood in Texas, education,
military service, business career, and political life.
Describes his philosophy of "compassionate conservatism" and
his hopes for the future. Bestseller 1999.##
Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, What It Does, and
How It Can Transform America  RC 51789
by Marvin Olasky
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
The author summarizes the principles of compassionate
conservatism as he observes how faith-based organizations
work among the poor. Also describes the tools needed by
these antipoverty programs to succeed and gives suggestions
for implementing them. Foreword by President George W. Bush.
2000.##
Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for
the Twenty-First Century  RC 53026
by Henry Kissinger
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
The Republican Party's elder statesman surveys and critiques
U.S. foreign policy around the world in chapters devoted to
geographical sectors: Europe and Russia, the Western
Hemisphere, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Discusses the
politics of globalization, NAFTA, and traditional American
stands on peace and justice. Bestseller 2001.##
Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership; Nixon to
Clinton  RC 51775
by David Gergen
read by Gary Tipton
3 cassettes
An advisor to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford,
Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton assesses their leadership
styles and their triumphs and failures. Outlines seven
qualities he deems essential for a successful commander-in-
chief. Bestseller 2000.##
The Gentleman from New York: Daniel Patrick Moynihan; a
Biography  RC 52392
by Godfrey Hodgson
read by Gordon Gould
4 cassettes
Presents an account of the popular senator's life as a
politician who championed both liberal and conservative
causes. Traces Moynihan's difficult childhood, his
educational path, and his varied career in government.
Discusses the philosophy behind his landmark 1965 report on
African American families. Some strong language. 2000.##
The Great American Tax Dodge: How Spiraling Fraud and
Avoidance Are Killing Fairness, Destroying the Income Tax,
and Costing You  RC 51805
by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning writers describe the fraud and
inequities they perceive in the American tax system. They
argue that tax laws should be revised and simplified,
maintaining that a double standard applied to citizens in
different income brackets allows the rich to evade
responsibility for their fair share. 2000.##
An Hour before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood  RC
51566
by Jimmy Carter
read by Ted Stoddard
2 cassettes
The thirty-ninth president of the United States reminisces
about growing up in rural Georgia during the depression.
Traces his family genealogy; examines social mores of the
segregated South. Describes his experience of daily life in
a small, close-knit farming community until his appointment
to the U.S. Naval Academy. Bestseller 2001.##
If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us
Candidates: More Political Subversion  RC 51808
by Jim Hightower
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
Radio talk show host seriocomically dissects American
politics, including the 2000 presidential race, and finds
much lacking. Exhorts people to demand change by eliminating
corporate influence on the parties and taking control
locally. Fumes against globalization, lobbyists, and the
sameness of Democrats and Republicans. 2000.##
Inventing Al Gore: A Biography  RC 51235
by Bill Turque
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Biography of the former senator from Tennessee and vice
president under President Bill Clinton. Concentrates on his
political views as well as his childhood and rise to power.
Questions some behavior such as the 1996 fundraising scandal
and his penchant for grandiosity. 2000.##
"Is Our Children Learning?" The Case against George W. Bush
RC 51902
by Paul Begala
read by Jim Zeiger
1 cassette
Partisan criticism of President George W. Bush by a
Democratic party political advisor, using quotations from
Bush's speeches during his Texas governorship and the 2000
presidential campaign. Examines Bush's record in Texas on
such issues as education, the environment, gun control, the
death penalty, and taxes. Some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##
It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United
States  RC 52264
by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Two political sociologists explain the rejection of the
socialist movement in the United States. Observing the
emphasis on economic centralization in many democratic
countries, they attribute its relative insignificance in
America to the overall prosperity of the working class, the
operations of the two-party system, and legal constraints.
2000.##
John Adams  RC 52275
by David McCullough
read by Gary Telles
6 cassettes
Award-winning author chronicles the life and times of
America's second president, New Englander John Adams (1735-
1826). Examines his pivotal role as revolutionary, diplomat,
and politician as well as his friendship--and rivalry--with
Thomas Jefferson. Primary sources detail his relationship
with his wife, Abigail, four children, and notable
contemporaries. Bestseller 2001.##
Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling  RC 52381
by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis
read by Judith Ann Gantly
3 cassettes
Washington pundits assess the chances of the United States
electing a female president. They assert that pop culture in
the media age makes the goal attainable and highlight the
careers of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Todd Whitman,
and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, among others. The authors
propose strategies for women considering political office.
2000.##
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom  RC 51271
by Bob Woodward
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Traces Alan Greenspan's years as chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board; explains the group's functions and the
ramifications of its decisions. Follows his career through
such crises as the stock market crash of 1987 and the
economic turmoil in Mexico and Asia during the 1990s. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
The Money Men: The Real Story of Fundraising's Influence on
Political Power in America  RC 52497
by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
read by Tom Burch
2 cassettes
A journalist details the activities of fundraisers and
describes donors' impact on American politics. Birnbaum
argues that the small elite group has had an increasingly
large say in the way the government is run and asserts that
the American Association of Retired Persons is the most
effective fundraising organization in the nation. 2000.##
The Ralph Nader Reader  RC 52407
by Ralph Nader
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Four decades of essays from the consumer advocate and the
2000 presidential nominee of the Green Party. Includes
Nader's views on the government, corporations, world trade,
consumer rights, legal reform, the media, and citizen
action. 2000.##
Robert Kennedy: His Life  RC 52309
by Evan Thomas
read by Terence Aselford
5 cassettes
Newsweek editor assesses the life and career of the New York
senator who was attorney general in the 1960s administration
of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. Thomas relies on
interviews, personal files, and declassified national
security documents; argues that courage and determination
contributed to his success; and explores the relationship
between the two men. 2000.##
Ron Brown: An Uncommon Life  RC 52552
by Steven A. Holmes
read by Bob Moore
3 cassettes
Traces Ron Brown's youth in Harlem; his years at Middlebury
College; his positions as chief lobbyist of the National
Urban League, partner in the Patton Boggs law firm, chairman
of the Democratic National Committee, and secretary of
commerce; and his untimely death. Discusses his efforts to
expand America's export market. 2000.##
Special Forces: A Guided Tour of U.S. Army Special Forces
RC 52128
by Tom Clancy
read by Ralph Lowenstein
4 cassettes
Portrait of the United States Special Forces, aka the Green
Berets. Discusses their recruitment and training, equipment,
and missions. Includes an interview with General Hugh
Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ends
with a mini-novel depicting a terrorist revolution in
Indonesia. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000
RC 52786
by Alan M. Dershowitz
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
A prominent attorney comments on the Supreme Court's
decision in Bush v. Gore that stopped the contested vote-
counting in Florida and settled the 2000 election. He
criticizes the decision as partisan, discusses the justices'
motives, and looks at some of their earlier opinions, which
he maintains contradict their arguments in this one.
Bestseller 2001.##
Teen Power Politics: Make Yourself Heard  RC 51800
by Sara Jane Boyers
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Explains the concept of a democracy, the history of voting
rights in America, the election process including the
electoral college, and the importance of becoming an
informed citizen. Encourages teens to participate in their
community and to become politically active. For junior and
senior high and older readers. 2000.##
Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century  RC 51966
by John Aloysius Farrell
read by Robert Sams
7 cassettes in 2 containers
The life and times of politician Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill
(1912-1994), whose career spanned fifty years and culminated
in five terms as Speaker of the House. Describes O'Neill's
family history as well as the changing fortunes of the
Democratic party during the course of the twentieth century.
Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Truth at Any Cost: Ken Starr and the Unmaking of Bill
Clinton  RC 51607
by Susan Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf
read by Ted Stoddard
2 cassettes
Account of independent counsel Ken Starr's impeachment
prosecution of U.S. president Bill Clinton in the late
1990s. Explores the hostile relations between Starr and the
Justice Department and the role of prosecution witness Linda
Tripp. Some strong language. 2000.##
Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of
the Cold War  RC 52547
by Frances FitzGerald
read by Nanette Savard
6 cassettes
Examines President Reagan's world view and the origins of
his "Star Wars" missile defense initiative. Documents the
clashes between Secretary of State George Shultz and
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger concerning the
program. Concludes with a report on missile defense research
after the Reagan years. 2000.##
When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan  RC 53364
by Peggy Noonan
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan asserts
that his greatness lay in his character. Includes anecdotes
from those who knew the president well; analyzes his career
as a film star, a union representative, and a politician;
and discusses the factors that influenced him. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.###
Hobbies
Crochet Your Way: A Learn-to-Crochet Afghan, Over Forty
Projects for Home and Family, Easy-to-Understand Text and
Symbols, Special Instructions for Left-Handers, EZ Reference
Crochet Shorthand Chart  RC 51102
by Gloria Tracy and Susan Levin
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
Basic instructions for novices and techniques to extend the
skills of experts. Presents step-by-step directions for
creating an afghan using a different stitch in each block.
Other projects range from sweaters, hats, and shoulder bags
to bath mats and similar items. 2000.##
Disney's Family Fun Crafts  RC 51107
edited by Deanna F. Cook and others
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Collection of five hundred creative activities for parents
to share with their children. Offers ideas on setting up an
area for crafts and suggests supplies, including recyclables
and inexpensive materials, to keep on hand. Sample projects
include spooky spiders, pencil toppers, finger puppets,
splatter shirts, and holiday gifts. 1997.##
Knitting for Fun and Profit  RC 51554
by Shirley MacNulty
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Half the book covers the basics of knitting--selecting yarn
and tools and reviewing stitches, techniques, and tips--and
the instructions for four projects. The second part
discusses how to sell finished products and includes a mini-
course in crafts-business basics. Contains personal
anecdotes about knitters who profit from their hobby. 1999.##
The Knitting Goddess: Finding the Heart and Soul of Knitting
through Instruction, Projects, and Stories  RC 52082
by Deborah Bergman
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Folktales and legends about knitting lead into basic
information for beginners and progressively harder projects
for the more advanced. New stitches are explained as
required. Projects include a stole, ribbed scarf, pullover,
pillow cover, bag, turtleneck, afghan, and a hood called an
Athena smoke ring. 2000.##
Mulholland's Book of Magic  RC 52956
by John Mulholland
read by Rick Foucheux
3 cassettes
Explains how to perform dozens of simple magic tricks
developed by the author. Suggests pleasing an audience by
using psychology, props, and trained assistants. Includes
tricks specifically for entertaining children. 1963.##
Penn and Teller's How to Play in Traffic  RC 53078
by Penn Jillette
read by Christopher Walker
1 cassette
A pair of professional illusionists intersperse descriptions
of how to perform magic tricks, practical jokes, and pranks
throughout this travelog of their favorite wacky tourist
attractions. Some strong language. 1997.###
Holidays
Merry Christmas! Celebrating America's Greatest Holiday  RC
51412
by Karal Ann Marling
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Art history professor focuses on the materialistic aspects
of Christmas in America. She writes of the images of trees,
holiday scenes, packages, food, and family that make the
holiday special. She also covers wrapping papers, store
decorations, parades, gifts, and Santa Claus. 2000.##
Noche Buena: Hispanic American Christmas Stories  RC 51674
edited by Nicols Kanellos
read by Peter Gil
2 cassettes
Collection of thirty-six literary works celebrating the
Christmas season, derived from the cultures of Mexican,
Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic groups who migrated to the
United States. Includes the play Los Pastores from Mexico, a
sixteenth-century dramatization of Christ's birth. Many
entries are presented in both English and Spanish languages.
2000.###
Humor
The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action  RC 51562
by Wendy Northcutt
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Compilation of bizarre anecdotes from a popular Internet
site commemorating individuals whose actions have lethal
personal consequences, thereby removing them from the gene
pool. Award-winners include tourists who locked themselves
out of their car in a tiger grotto and a terrorist who
opened his returned letter bomb. Some descriptions of sex
and some violence. Bestseller 2000.##
Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II
RC 52548
edited by Charles Osgood
read by Peter Gil
1 cassette
Radio and television anchorman edits and introduces a
collection of essays, jokes, and poems from the Second World
War. Includes "A Dictionary of American Military Slang 1941-
1944"; spoofs featuring Artie Greengroin, Pfc.; and
selections from Yank magazine and the Reader's Digest's
regular "Humor in Uniform" feature. Some strong language.
2001.##
Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor  RC 51709
edited by Michael J. Rosen
read by L.J. Ganser
3 cassettes
More than 100 humorous pieces by contemporary authors and
comedians, including Dave Barry, Roy Blount Jr., and Fran
Lebowitz. Presents commentaries on President Clinton, O.J.
Simpson, Madonna, and Saddam Hussein, as well as kids,
travel, soccer coaches, and El Nio. Some strong language.
2000.##
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse  RC 52561
by P.G. Wodehouse
read by David Cutler
5 cassettes
Collection of stories by the British humorist, featuring
golf, the Drones Club, Mr. Mulliner, Stanley
Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, and Jeeves. Also includes the
novel Quick Service. 1960.##
Napalm and Silly Putty  RC 52283
by George Carlin
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
The comedian, who also wrote Brain Droppings (RC 44750),
continues with a collection of zany one-liners, observations
on modern life, and loony lists. Strong language and some
explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##
Steve Allen's Private Joke File  RC 52837
by Steve Allen
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
The acclaimed comedian, entertainer, and early talk show
host relates his favorite jokes, one-liners, anecdotes,
limericks, quotes, and zingers gleaned from a career
spanning more than fifty years in radio, film, and
television. 2000.##
A Year in Van Nuys  RC 52568
by Sandra Tsing Loh
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Downwardly mobile thirty-five-year-old's witty account of a
year in suburban Van Nuys, California. Through four seasons,
from the "Winter of Our Discontent" to the "Fall of Our
Dearest Expectations," she muses on her brushes with fame, a
$300-an-hour therapist, a too-thin and well-off sister, and
her musician spouse. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.###
Inspiration
The Best Spiritual Writing, 2001  RC 53321
edited by Philip Zaleski
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Anthology of poems and prose pieces about faith, love,
prayer, and divinity representing Christian, Jewish, Native
American, and Buddhist traditions. Contains Valerie Martin's
biographical essay "Being Saint Francis" and Floyd Skloot's
poem "The Yoga Exercise" about a graceful woman in the yogic
"heron" posture. 2001.##
Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul: Stories to Open the
Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Fathers  RC 52660
by Jack Canfield and others
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
A collection of true stories by or about fathers. In "Riding
Tandem," blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer discusses his bond
with his father. He recalls the insights he gained on a
twelve-hundred-mile bicycle trek they made together in 1998
in Vietnam. Bestseller 2001.##
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters: Letters of Life,
Love, and Learning  RC 52367
compiled by Jack Canfield and others
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
A collection of letters written by teenagers reflecting on
and reacting to reading the Chicken Soup for the Teenage
Soul (RC 44853,  RC 47252,  RC 50351) series. For senior
high readers.  Bestseller 2001.##
God Calling  RC 51750
edited by A.J. Russell
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A book of daily Christian inspirations and devotions
compiled by two women who chose to remain anonymous and who
maintained that the messages were channeled through them by
Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 1933.##
How to Be Born Again  RC 51855
by Billy Graham
read by Don Nelson
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Veteran Christian evangelist explains the phrase "born
again" as a biblical message that dates back two thousand
years. Outlines the steps that can lead to a personal and
religious turnabout. 1977.##
Perfectly Still: A Journey through the Heart of Loss to Love
RC 53356
by Patricia B. Moran
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
1 cassette
Moran, a teacher at Oregon State University, discusses the
spiritual insight she has gained into human emotions while
helping two people very close to her, who are dying. One is
a former student with leukemia. The other is her mother, who
has a brain tumor. 2000.##
Sundays Down South: A Pastor's Stories  RC 52845
by James O. Chatham
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
A Presbyterian Church pastor presents a collection of
stories from parishes in Virginia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and Kentucky that portray the culture and values
of the South. Addressing daily life, these accounts depict
heroism and tragedy, ingenuity and vanity. Some descriptions
of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1999.##
Until Today! Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace
of Mind  RC 51659
by Iyanla Vanzant
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
Daily words, thoughts, and actions for those seeking
spiritual development and a more fulfilling sense of self.
Asserts that meditation and service to God will create
positive changes in life's circumstances. Presents three
elements of commitment: openness, willingness, and
readiness. Encourages readers to practice acts of love,
forgiveness, and faith. Bestseller 2000.###
Journalism and the Media
About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made  RC 51694
by Ben Yagoda
read by Frank Coffee
4 cassettes
A well-researched critical history of the magazine's first
seventy-five years. Discusses its contents--the form of the
magazine and how it evolved--and the magazine's role in
American cultural life under the leadership of Harold Ross
and then William Shawn. A brief epilogue covers the years
after 1987. 2000.##
Ava's Man  RC 53019
by Rick Bragg
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist continues the personal
history he began in All Over but the Shoutin' (RC 46142).
Focuses on his mother's disadvantaged childhood in
Appalachia during the Great Depression and recounts the life
of her beloved father, Charlie Bundrum, still vividly
remembered by relatives. Bestseller 2001.##
Book Business: Publishing; Past, Present, and Future  RC
52844
by Jason Epstein
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
A former editor at Doubleday and Random House recounts the
development of publishing during his fifty-year career and
recalls authors and publishers he has known personally. He
also discusses the challenges the industry faces in the
future, including the effects of the Internet. 2001.##
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst  RC 51959
by David Nasaw
read by Bill Wallace
5 cassettes
An account of publishing heir Hearst's childhood as the
wealthy son of a California gold miner, his own family with
five sons, life with his mistress Marion Davies, his
acquisition of fabulous homes and artifacts, as well as his
political views and use of power. 2000.##
Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics
RC 50832
by Jack W. Germond
read by Frank Coffee
2 cassettes
A veteran print and media journalist known for his honesty
and candor recounts highlights of his forty years reporting
American politics. Reminisces on his experiences covering
national figures from governor Nelson Rockefeller in the
1950s to president Bill Clinton through the 1990s, complete
with insider observations and anecdotes. Some strong
language. 1999.##
Natural Blonde: A Memoir  RC 51277
by Liz Smith
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
3 cassettes
Autobiography of the gossip columnist from Ft. Worth, Texas,
who wrote about the rich and famous for over five decades.
Describes her childhood and rise to prominence, and dishes
out gossip about past and present celebrities--both
bluebloods and Hollywood types. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##
The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and
Famous in America  RC 53298
by Bill O'Reilly
read by Terence Aselford
1 cassette
Television commentator continues his criticism of American
society begun in The O'Reilly Factor (RC 51053). Includes
his views on George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson,
pedophiles, sex, violence, capital punishment, taxes, drugs,
and more. Afterword by author James Ellroy. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##
Now This: Radio, Television...and the Real World  RC 51790
by Judy Muller
read by Sharon Murray
1 cassette
A veteran radio and television correspondent describes her
career as a journalist and single mother, juggling schedules
to raise two daughters. Recalls starting out as one of the
few women in the business and discusses some of the stories
she covered, including the O.J. Simpson trial and the
Columbine High School shootings. 2000.##
Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public  RC 52172
by Ted Koppel
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Koppel presents in journal form "snapshots of the twentieth
century's final year, and some memories and observations it
triggered." He includes well-known public events, such as
Clinton's impeachment and the war in Kosovo, but he also
reflects on his childhood in England and offers glimpses
into his family's private life. 2000.##
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in
Dubious Times  RC 52215
by Robert W. McChesney
read by John Richardson
3 cassettes
Asserts that the media have become a "significant
antidemocratic force in the United States" and offers
solutions. Describes the current vertical concentration of
power by a few large conglomerates and its political
alignment. 1999.##
Staying Tuned: A Life in Journalism  RC 53140
by Daniel Schorr
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
Octogenarian news analyst for National Public Radio recounts
his sixty-plus years in journalism. Recalls his New York
boyhood as the child of Jewish immigrants, his quarter
century with CBS beginning in 1953, and his joining Ted
Turner to develop CNN. Reflects on changing technology and
standards in the news industry. Some strong language. 2001.##
Ted Poston: Pioneer American Journalist  RC 50631
by Kathleen A. Hauke
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Depicts Ted Poston as the first African American to break
the color barrier in journalism by joining the staff of the
New York Post in 1935. Recalls how his reporting exposed
racism to the paper's white readership. Notes that he also
served as an advisor and tutor to many young black
journalists. 1998.###
Language
The Elements of Style  RC 52467
by William Strunk and E.B. White
read by Lou Harpenau
1 cassette
A compendium of specific tips to encourage writers to be
clear, brief, and bold. This fourth edition of E.B. White's
revision of Strunk's classic style manual is modestly
updated to accommodate gender references and to provide
fresh examples. Contains a foreword by Roger Angell.
Bestseller 2000.##
Noah Webster and the American Dictionary  RC 51823
by David Micklethwait
read by Lou Harpenau
5 cassettes
Drawing mainly on original documents, Micklethwait presents
an account of Noah Webster, who is credited with creating
the first American dictionary. He describes some of
Webster's other roles, such as schoolteacher, itinerant
lecturer, and champion of copyright protection in America.
Also discusses how Webster was, ironically, a great
plagiarist. 2000.##
Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages
RC 52195
by Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine
read by Lewis Grenville
2 cassettes
This study of endangered languages examines the link between
language survival and environmental issues. Discusses the
various factors responsible for the disappearance of
languages and why the rate is accelerating. Advocates the
preservation of linguistic diversity as a benchmark of
cultural diversity. 2000.##
Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes
against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is
Done  RC 51784
by Barbara Wallraff
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
A columnist and senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly
tackles English-language style and usage issues raised by
readers. In essays organized by topic, she addresses grammar
and vocabulary problems with humor and tact. She strongly
encourages rewriting for clarity and provides much practical
and specific advice. 2000.##
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language  RC 51199
by Steven Pinker
read by Dennis Rooney
3 cassettes
A cognitive scientist illuminates the nature of language by
exploring the formation of tenses. Pinker maintains verbs
are processed in two distinct ways: either by the strict
application of rules or by less predictable associative
means. He discusses the acquisition and operation of these
processes and which parts of the brain govern them. 1999.###
Legal
Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno
Justice Department  RC 52167
by David Limbaugh
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
A polemical account of the Justice Department under
President Bill Clinton. In support of his charges of bias
and corruption against Clinton-appointed attorney general
Janet Reno, Limbaugh introduces evidence from the Waco
disaster, the White House travel agency scandal, the Elian
Gonzalez case, and the tobacco company prosecutions.
Bestseller 2001.##
Americans with Disabilities: Exploring Implications of the
Law for Individuals and Institutions  RC 51493
edited by Leslie Pickering Francis and Anita Silvers
read by Rick Rohan
5 cassettes
Essays by leading philosophers, legal scholars, and
political theorists--many with backgrounds in bioethics or
in disability studies--examine critical issues concerning
the conceptual, philosophical, political, and legal
foundations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
passed in 1990. 2000.##
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and
Its Troubled Legacy  RC 53365
by James T. Patterson
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Examines the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned
state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public
schools. Explores the decision's context, the subsequent
progress of social equality, and events that have surrounded
efforts to implement the court's guidelines. 2001.##
The Custom of the Sea  RC 51749
by Neil Hanson
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes
Drawing from newspaper accounts and court proceedings, a
journalist depicts the 1884 Mignonette journey and the
ensuing case in English court that made cannibalism a
felony. Shipwrecked and wandering the seas in a lifeboat
without food and water for several days, the crew killed and
ate its youngest member. Some violence. 1999.##
Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments  RC 52897
by Dominick Dunne
read by Rick Foucheux
3 cassettes
Articles originally published in Vanity Fair about the
celebrity trials the author covered. He describes the cases
of his daughter's murderer, John Sweeney; O.J. Simpson; the
Menendez brothers; and Claus von Blow. Highlights failings
of the legal system, concluding that the rich are tried
differently. Strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End  RC
51629
by David N. Atkinson
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
Using biographies, judicial papers, and interviews, a law
professor provides a historical treatment of U.S. Supreme
Court justices' deaths, resignations, and retirements.
Explains that judges, who have lifetime tenure, sometimes
hold their posts longer than physically or mentally capable.
Argues pros and cons of mandating retirement age for
jurists. 1999.##
Minding the Law  RC 52551
by Anthony G. Amsterdam and Jerome Bruner
read by Robert Sams
4 cassettes
A law professor and a psychologist show how language and
culture determine legal outcomes. Theoretical discussions of
categorization, narrative, rhetoric, and the shifting ground
of culture alternate with close studies of Supreme Court
decisions. The authors discern a retreat from earlier civil
rights legislation in the court under Chief Justice
Rehnquist. 2000.##
The New Lifetime Legal Guide  RC 52091
by Steven Mitchell Sack
read by Butch Hoover
4 cassettes
Sack--a practicing attorney, author, and lecturer--addresses
the legal needs of a typical family by offering "a lawyer's
wisdom and experience . . . whatever your concern or
problem." He presents hundreds of strategies for dealing
with issues such as abuse, civil rights, consumer
transactions, employment, cohabitation, and wills. 1998.##
Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals  RC 52849
by Steven M. Wise
read by Tom Burch
3 cassettes
Argues strongly that the best way to end cruelty to animals
in the name of laboratory research would be to extend their
rights under the law. Reviews legal treatment of nonhumans
since ancient times, examines scientific evidence of
similarities between apes and people, and proposes
"personhood" status for chimpanzees. 2000.##
To an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial  RC 52705
by Garrett Epps
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Chronicles a conflict between the Native American Church's
use of the mood-altering drug peyote in religious rituals
and state and federal narcotics statutes. Examines the court
decisions involving a Klamath Indian who lost his job and
was denied unemployment benefits after participating in the
contested ceremonies. 2001.##
Trials of Intimacy: Love and Loss in the Beecher-Tilton
Scandal  RC 51154
by Richard Wightman Fox
read by Jill Ferris
4 cassettes
Chronicles the nineteenth-century trial of a respected
clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher, who was accused of adultery
with a parishioner--the wife of a close friend. Examines
media portrayals of the affair and the popular response;
argues that the scandal hastened the decline of Victorian-
era morality in the United States. 1999.##
U.S. v. Microsoft  RC 52244
by Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr
read by Randy Davidson
3 cassettes
Two New York Times reporters present consolidated two-year
coverage of the antitrust case brought by the U.S. against
Microsoft in 1998. They explore the government's claim that
the software giant prodded computer companies to develop
systems around its programs, and they provide background
information on the attorneys, Microsoft, and the trial
judge. 2001.##
When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line between Law and
Popular Culture  RC 52535
by Richard K. Sherwin
read by Rick Rohan
3 cassettes
A law professor examines what happens when popular culture
influences the legal system. Uses court cases and modern
films to illustrate how manipulative storytelling techniques
can influence the interpretation of facts by jurors as well
as viewing audiences. Analyzes the sensational trials of
John Brown in 1859 and Randy Weaver in 1993. 2000.##
William M. Kunstler: The Most Hated Lawyer in America  RC
50561
by David J. Langum
read by Don Feldheim
4 cassettes
Biography of the controversial radical lawyer who took on
cases that no one else wanted. Among those he defended were
Black Panthers, Vietnam War protesters, the Attica prison
insurgents, and American Indian Movement members, as well as
mobsters. Analyzes Kunstler's major trials and looks at his
exuberant personal life. 1999.###
Literature
Bellow: A Biography  RC 52420
by James Atlas
read by Bill Wallace
5 cassettes
Authorized biography of novelist Saul Bellow, who was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976. Covers his
development as a writer, relationships with other literary
figures, and five marriages. Offers insights into Bellow's
novels, including The Adventures of Augie March (RC 15751),
Herzog (RC 22553), and Ravelstein (RC 50448). 2000.##
The Best American Essays, 2000  RC 51818
edited by Alan Lightman
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Twenty-one pieces of nonfiction exploring an issue or theme
important to each writer. In "The Singer Solution to World
Poverty," ethicist Peter Singer appeals to the altruistic
spirit, while in "Heroin/e," Cheryl Strayed intermingles
thoughts about a death eased by morphine and a life altered
by heroin addiction. 2000.##
Bruce Chatwin  RC 51667
by Nicholas Shakespeare
read by Vanessa Maroney
6 cassettes
A biography of the enigmatic British adventurer and writer
who died of AIDS in 1989. Describes his career at Sotheby's,
where he met his American wife; his wanderlust; his
homosexual affairs; and his success as a writer, beginning
with In Patagonia (RC 14867). Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 1999.##
Childhood  RC 50018
by Nathalie Sarraute
read by Cyn Delafield
2 cassettes
Autobiographical moments--remembered fragments--of her early
years by a twentieth-century French writer. An interior
dialog with herself about the wisdom and accuracy of evoking
these memories, originally perceived as feelings or
emotions, and conveying them in adult vocabulary as a
truthful account. 1983.##
Darkling I Listen: The Last Days and Death of John Keats  RC
52079
by John Evangelist Walsh
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Chronicle of the last hundred days of John Keats's life,
when the twenty-five-year-old English poet fought, and then
succumbed to, consumption. Examines his unrealized
ambitions, his views on religion, and the nature of the
disease that killed him. Postulates that the composer's love
for Fanny Brawne inspired his literary works. 1999.##
The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle  RC 51482
by Martin Booth
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes
Biography of the Scottish author best known for his
fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Discusses various
aspects of this Victorian gentleman's life and interests.
Knighted for patriotism, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was
a medical doctor, war correspondent, cricket player,
political activist, family man, and a devout spiritualist.
1997.##
Down and Out in Paris and London  RC 51931
by George Orwell
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
Autobiographical account of time spent living in the slums
and working-class neighborhoods of London and Paris, in
sympathy with the poor. Orwell describes dressing like a
beggar and having menial jobs; portrays the characters and
conditions he encountered on the streets and in a charity
hospital. 1933.##
Edward Albee: A Singular Journey; a Biography  RC 51226
by Mel Gussow
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
A portrait of the award-winning twentieth-century American
playwright. Examines his personal life--as an adopted child,
a homosexual, and an alcoholic--and his professional career
in the theater. Discusses his major works, including Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (RC 22921) and Three Tall Women
(RC 44679), and the actors in these productions. 1999.##
Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David
Jackson  RC 53148
by Alison Lurie
read by Jill Ferris
1 cassette
Novelist Alison Lurie reminisces about meeting American poet
James Merrill (1926-1995) in his youth and becoming friends
with him and his companion, David Jackson. Discusses their
homosexuality, the importance of the Ouija board in their
relationship, and their problems as they aged. 2001.##
A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany  RC 51924
by Paul Gervais
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes
When the author moved with his friend Gil from California to
an Italian villa in 1982, he knew little about gardening. He
writes of becoming a knowledgeable gardener and transforming
an old, half-abandoned garden into an acclaimed stop on a
horticultural tour. Some strong language. 2000.##
Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American
Writers  RC 51572
edited by Arnold Krupat and Brian Swann
read by Catherine Byers
3 cassettes
In this follow-up to I Tell You Now (RC 28155), twenty-six
authors reflect on their ethnicity and how it relates to
their writing. Presented in alphabetical order--from Sherman
Alexie to Ofelia Zepeda--each writer explores personal
experiences, self-identity, and artistic development. Some
strong language. 2000.##
How to Read and Why  RC 51628
by Harold Bloom
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Literary critic Bloom presents "samplings" and
interpretations of his favorite literary works to affirm the
value of engaged reading. Among the authors discussed are
short-story masters Turgenev, Hemingway, Borges, and
Calvino; poets Whitman, Dickinson, Wordsworth, and Keats;
novelists Cervantes, Stendhal, Austen, Proust, Melville, and
Pynchon; and playwrights Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Wilde.
2000.##
In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American
Century  RC 50958
edited by Robert Torricelli and Andrew Carroll
read by Bill Wallace
5 cassettes
A United States senator from New Jersey chronicles more than
150 speeches, sermons, radio broadcasts, eulogies, and
public tributes from the twentieth century to illustrate the
soul of America. Includes statements by Martin Luther King
Jr., Helen Keller, Lou Gehrig, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert
Kennedy, and others. 1999.##
The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon  RC 48282
by Henry Fielding
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
In 1754, the critically ill English author of Tom Jones (RC
15743) describes his prolonged shipboard trip with all its
discomforts along the English coast en route to Portugal.
He also discusses the civic illness rampant in society. Tom
Keymer of Oxford University provides an introductory
analysis of the journal and explanatory notes. 1996.##
Letters from the Earth  RC 52691
by Mark Twain
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Letters, sketches, and satirical pieces written throughout
Twain's career and published posthumously after approval
from his daughter, Clara, was granted in 1962. Includes a
letter from Satan describing the new creation called Earth,
a children's story titled "A Cat-Tale," and a description of
a nightmare in "The Great Dark." Some strong language. 1939.##
Life on the Mississippi  RC 51079
by Mark Twain
read by Gary Telles
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Memoir of Twain's career as a steamboat pilot on the
Mississippi River in his youth before the Civil War. Twenty-
one years later he returns for a trip from St. Louis to New
Orleans, reminiscing about the changes and the cities he
encounters. Includes a history of the river. 1883.##
Mailer: A Biography  RC 51100
by Mary V. Dearborn
read by David Elias
4 cassettes
Portrait of the pugnacious celebrity writer Norman Mailer.
Chronicles the trajectory of his career, from his 1948
bestseller The Naked and the Dead (RC 13465) to the
publication of his collected writings fifty years later, and
relates his work to his colorful public life. Some strong
language. Bestseller 1999.##
Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life  RC 52729
by Janet Todd
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
5 cassettes
A biography of the spirited eighteenth-century English
writer and feminist. Discusses the origins of her strong-
willed, independent thinking, the writings it engendered,
and the scandals of her unconventional behavior. Places her
published writings in historical context and examines her
intellectual legacy. 2000.##
The Measure of Life: Virginia Woolf's Last Years  RC 51980
by Herbert Marder
read by Anne Flosnik
4 cassettes
Examines the last decade of the British writer's life--from
1930 until her suicide in 1941. Discusses Woolf's writing
and her viewpoints in the context of social and political
events of the times; explores her fascination with drowning
and death. Includes excerpts from her diaries and letters.
2000.##
Night and Horses and the Desert: An Anthology of Classical
Arabic Literature  RC 51852
edited by Robert Irwin
read by Robert Blumenfeld
4 cassettes
Selections of Arabic poetry and prose composed between the
fifth and the sixteenth centuries, from Afghanistan to
Spain. Contains excerpts from major classics, including the
Qur'an and The Arabian Nights, as well as less familiar
pieces. Literary commentary and historical context are
supplied by the editor. 1999.##
Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World  RC 51424
by Claudia Roth Pierpont
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Portraits of literary women combine biography, history, and
criticism. Essays on Olive Schreiner, Gertrude Stein, Anas
Nin, and Mae West focus on the theme of sexual freedom;
essays on Margaret Mitchell, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora
Welty focus on race; and essays on Marina Tsvetaeva, Ayn
Rand, Doris Lessing, Hannah Arendt, and Mary McCarthy focus
on politics. 2000.##
Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed  RC 50640
by Dean King
read by George Holmes
4 cassettes
King tells the real story of the man who was born Richard
Patrick Russ and who, following World War II, reinvented
himself as Patrick O'Brian, author of the phenomenally
popular Aubrey-Maturin sea stories. King shows how O'Brian's
writings reflect his divided life, his failures, and his
need to escape his past. 2000.##
Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist  RC 51303
by Myriam Anissimov
read by Peter Gil
4 cassettes
Biography of the Italian chemist and writer Primo Levi
(1919-1987). Recalls his sense of duty as a survivor of a
Nazi extermination camp to bear witness to the horror of the
Holocaust. Describes his Jewish childhood under fascism, his
lifelong devotion to family, and his eventual suicide. 1998.##
The Pushcart Prize XXIV: Best of the Small Presses, 2000  RC
52475
edited by Bill Henderson
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
Anthology of sixty-two selections from alternative literary
presses. Contains Amitav Ghosh's essay "The March of the
Novel through History: The Testimony of My Grandfather's
Bookcase"; the poem "Also Love You," by Reginald Shepherd;
and Pam Houston's wistful tale "The Best Girlfriend You
Never Had." Some strong language. 2000.##
The Pushcart Prize XXV: Best of the Small Presses, 2001  RC
52528
edited by Bill Henderson
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
This twenty-fifth anniversary edition collects seventy-four
works from fifty-four literary presses. Contains a broad
selection of poetry, an essay by Nobel laureate Seamus
Heaney, and stories by Kathleen Hill, Bonnie Jo Campbell,
Joyce Carol Oates, and Eudora Welty. Strong language and
some descriptions of sex. 2001.##
The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D.
MacDonald  RC 52817
by Hugh Merrill
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
A biography of the prolific author John D. MacDonald (1916-
1986), creator of the character Travis McGee. Following
trends in the publishing industry, MacDonald's work first
appeared in pulp magazines, then as original paperbacks, and
finally as bestsellers. Traces his development as a writer
as well as his private life. 2000. Bestseller 2000.##
A Region Not Home: Reflections from Exile  RC 52007
by James Alan McPherson
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
Essays on the Pulitzer Prize winner's pursuits, from the
segregated South to Morris Brown College, Harvard Law
School, the University of Virginia, and the Iowa Writers'
Workshop. Reflects on his love for his daughter, the
experiences of Americans, life's sorrows and delights, and
works by other authors. Some strong language. 2000.##
Retelling Dostoyevsky: Literary Responses and Other
Observations  RC 52176
by Gary Adelman
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
Examines Dostoyevsky in relation to nine modern writers who
responded to him with literary work of their own: Joseph
Conrad, J.M. Coetzee, Bernard Malamud, Albert Camus,
Vladimir Nabokov, David Storey, Frank Herbert, Leonid
Leonov, and Richard Wright. Provides biographical insight
into Dostoyevsky's creative personality and, in a
provocative dialog, explores his anti-Semitism. 2001.##
Richard Wright: The Life and Times  RC 53071
by Hazel Rowley
read by Bob Moore
5 cassettes
Interweaving journals, letters, and personal recollections,
biographer Rowley illuminates the important African American
novelist's life, work, and ideas. Portrays Wright as a self-
taught intellectual, an independent thinker, and an
outspoken critic of racism. Examines his relationships with
other writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Langston Hughes.
Bestseller 2001.##
Rimbaud  RC 52428
by Graham Robb
read by Robert Blumenfeld
4 cassettes
Biography of the nineteenth-century French Symbolist poet
who abandoned poetry by the age of twenty. Discusses his
originality, homosexual affair with Paul Verlaine, self-
exile to East Africa, early death, and influence as a rebel
artist. Provides insight into his poems, available in
Complete Works: Arthur Rimbaud (RC 50570). 2000.##
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and
American Culture  RC 51296
edited by Holly George-Warren
read by Steven Carpenter
4 cassettes
An anthology of essays and interviews on the post-World War
II Beat movement in America. Discusses the origins of Beat
culture in fiction, poetry, and music; the major figures--
Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg--as
well as a host of minor characters; and their legacies in
popular art and rock 'n' roll. 1999.##
Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy  RC 51620
by Frances Kiernan
read by Michele Schaeffer
6 cassettes
Chronicles the controversial American writer's life in an
unconventional biography--a combination of narrative,
interviews with people who knew her, and quotes from
McCarthy's own writings. Comments on her domestic dramas--
including her stormy marriage to Edmund Wilson--her 1963
bestseller The Group (RC 10307), and her legal battle with
Lillian Hellman. Some explicit descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2000.##
Selected Non-Fictions  RC 51568
by Jorge Luis Borges
read by Robert Blumenfeld
5 cassettes
Some 161 essays, book reviews, film criticisms, lectures,
and prologues by the Argentine writer well-known in Latin
America for his prolific output of nonfiction. Twenty-six of
these pieces were produced between 1956, after Borges became
blind, and 1986, when he died. National Book Critics Circle
Award. 1999.##
The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New
Mexico Pueblos  RC 45970
edited by Nancy Wood
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Anthology of folktales, poems, memoirs, and historical
pieces chronicling five hundred years of Pueblo Indian
culture. The authors range from conquistadores to
anthropologists to the Native Americans themselves. For
junior and senior high and older readers. 1997.##
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of
Creative Destruction  RC 51214
by Philip Fisher
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Portrays American culture as ever-changing; suggests that
the popular emphasis on technology, novelty, innovation,
mobility, and immigration has produced an environment that
is "always new." Reviews works by Twain, Whitman, and other
nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers on social change;
argues against using literature alone to analyze issues of
race, gender, and ethnicity. 1999.##
Through the Eye of the Deer: An Anthology of Native American
Women Writers  RC 51850
edited by Carolyn Dunn and Carol Comfort
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
A collection of prose pieces and poems, often retelling
traditional tales in a twentieth-century context. Authors
include women of American Indian descent--Joy Harjo, Linda
Hogan, Louise Erdrich, and others. Many selections rely on
the animal world and nature for themes or settings. 1999.##
Tolkien: A Biography  RC 52637
by Humphrey Carpenter
read by Michael Moodie
2 cassettes (Reissue)
J.R.R. Tolkien's life, from his childhood in South Africa
through the lonely period that followed the deaths of both
parents and ended with his marriage. Recounts his years as a
distinguished Oxford professor and recalls the acclaim he
enjoyed as the author of the Hobbit series (RC 48978 and
others). 1977.##
The Twinkling of an Eye; or, My Life as an Englishman  RC
50782
by Brian Aldiss
read by Graeme Malcolm
4 cassettes
Autobiography by the acclaimed British science fiction
writer, detailing his childhood in rural England, his war
service in Burma, and his development as a writer. Discusses
the role of the World Science Fiction Society and his
travels for the organization. 1998.##
Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the
Churchills  RC 50823
edited by Mary Soames
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Presents a collection of correspondence between Clementine
and Winston Churchill from 1908 until 1964, the year before
his death. Reveals their differences--especially in the
friends they kept, their daily routines, and their vacation
preferences. Explores the love, loyalty, and commitment to
family and politics that held them together. 1998.###
Medicine and Health
American Indian Healing Arts: Herbs, Rituals, and Remedies
for Every Season of Life  RC 48564
by E. Barrie Kavasch and Karen Baar
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
History and uses of Native American healing practices.
Examines major stages of an individual's life from different
tribal perspectives. Describes rituals and the herbs, fungi,
and other materials used for rites of passage, illness
prevention, and healing. Contains more than sixty easy-to-
prepare American Indian-inspired recipes. 1999.##
Assess Your True Risk of Breast Cancer  RC 51819
by Patricia T. Kelly
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
A medical geneticist provides tools and information to help
women assess  breast cancer risks, explains how to plan a
breast health-care program, and discusses the emotional
impact of the topic. Covers genetic testing, benign breast
disease, heredity factors, understanding statistics, and
navigating the medical system. 2000.##
Baby ER: The Heroic Doctors and Nurses Who Perform
Medicine's Tiniest Miracles  RC 52559
by Edward Humes
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
The day-to-day work of a neonatal intensive care unit,
observed firsthand by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
After his personal experience, Humes follows the progress of
several babies and talks with their families and hospital
staff, who share with him incredible moments--both good and
bad--in the struggle to save lives. 2000.##
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health  RC
51440
by Laurie Garrett
read by Kerry Cundiff
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Coming Plague (RC
41165) analyzes what she views as the worldwide failure of
public health systems. Uses the examples of pneumonic plague
in India, Ebola virus in Zaire, and class disparity in
America, as well as the threat of biowar, to support her
call for reform. 2000.##
The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to
Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder  RC 51551
by Demitri F. Papolos and Janice Papolos
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
Explores the complexities of early onset bipolar disorder
and the difficulties of making an accurate diagnosis.
Discusses origins of the condition, treatment, and
medications. Advises the family on coping techniques and
practical issues, such as insurance. 1999.##
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families  RC
52187
by Francis Mark Mondimore
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
A guide to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and causes of
the psychiatric illness formerly known as manic depression.
Discusses variations of the illness as manifest in youth and
women; both traditional and nontraditional treatment
options; advice for coping and handling emergencies; and
other resources. 1999.##
Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide for Caregiving  RC 51086
by Freeman Miller and Steven J. Bachrach
read by Margaret Strom
5 cassettes
An overview of the nature of cerebral palsy; addresses
issues faced by children with the condition and those who
care for them. Discusses health insurance, caregiving
techniques, patterns of physical involvement, associated
medical problems, assistive equipment, and tips on using the
legal and educational systems. Includes a brief medical
encyclopedia. 1995.##
The Change before the Change: Everything You Need to Know to
Stay Healthy in the Decade before Menopause  RC 52957
by Laura E. Corio and Linda G. Kahn
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
A physician explains the physical changes that occur in
women prior to menopause during the period called
"perimenopause." Details symptoms, body functions, and
treatments--including medical and herbal--that are available
and may help women make a comfortable transition to their
next stage of life. 2000.##
The Complete Cancer Survival Guide  RC 50023
by Peter Teeley and Philip Bashe
read by Ralph Lowenstein
8 cassettes in 2 containers
Information and advice on diagnosis, staging, and treatment
options for the twenty-five most common cancers. Also
discusses cancer centers, second opinions, side effects,
complications, emotional health, and more. The authors
sought input from leading cancer specialists in developing
this encyclopedic guidebook. 2000.##
Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for
Seniors: What Your Family Needs to Know about Finding and
Financing Medicare, Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Home
Care, Adult Day Care; with Ratings of Medicare HMOs and
Supplemental Policies  RC 51837
edited by Trudy Lieberman
read by Kerry Cundiff
5 cassettes
More than five hundred pages of practical advice on finding
the best possible health care for seniors in the United
States. Lists facilities and services by state. Encourages
preparation of a living will. 2000.##
A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome  RC
51317
by Howard I. Kushner
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Traces the categorization and treatment of the medical
syndrome since it was first described by Gilles de la
Tourette in 1885. Discusses the involuntary motor movements
and vocal tics exhibited by patients, and explains why the
condition is now classified as an organic disorder. Strong
language. 1999.##
Down Syndrome  RC 51596
by Salvatore Tocci
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
1 cassette
Facts versus misconceptions about Down syndrome. Chapters
focus on successive stages in the lives of people with this
condition, from infancy through adulthood; family
relationships; and future prospects based on genetic
research. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.##
Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book  RC 52036
by Susan M. Love
read by Madelyn Buzzard
5 cassettes
Revised edition of  RC 36430 discusses breast anatomy,
variations in development, and common problems such as
infections and lumpiness. The surgeon also discusses
diagnostic tools, prediction and prevention of cancer
(including the author's research on ductal lavage),
treatment, and living with breast cancer. 2000.##
The Dying of Enoch Wallace: Life, Death, and the Changing
Brain  RC 52261
by Ira B. Black
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
A neuroscientist and cell biologist chronicles a half
century of research that led to a reexamination of the
functioning and treatment of the brain. Employs a
fictionalized account of a banker's battle with Alzheimer's
disease to explain unfolding discoveries. Observes that
environmental factors can cause the brain to grow and
change. 2001.##
For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Sexual
Dysfunction and Reclaiming Your Sex Life  RC 52582
by Jennifer Berman and Laura Berman
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
A urologist and her psychotherapist sister, both specialists
in female sexual dysfunction, explain physiological and
psychological problems associated with the disorder. They
discuss conditions that may initiate maladies, such as
pelvic surgery, spinal column injury, and being post-
menopausal, and suggest solutions. The doctors also offer
advice for obtaining treatment. 2001.##
Freedom from Fibromyalgia: The Five Week Program Proven to
Conquer Pain  RC 52953
by Nancy Selfridge and Franklynn Peterson
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
The authors, fibromyalgia patients, posit that this medical
condition that affects muscles, ligaments, and tendons is a
mind-body disorder that can be alleviated using mental
exercises. Suggestions include meditating, journaling, and
other stress-reducing activities. 2001.##
The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the
Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic  RC 52878
by John G. Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner
read by John Polk
4 cassettes
A definitive guide for patients and their families in
dealing with HIV infection. Offers practical medical,
emotional, and financial advice as well as social and legal
guidance. Includes information on available research, drugs,
and tests. 2001.##
Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve, and Prevent Common
Ailments with Exercise  RC 51034
by Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
A science writer and her cardiologist husband explain how to
use exercise to improve health and fitness. They discuss
various systems, examine the effects of disease, describe
moves that may prevent or relieve ailments, and present a
detailed workout to allow the body to function properly.
2000.##
Hormone Deception: How Everyday Foods and Products Are
Disrupting Your Hormones--and How to Protect Yourself and
Your Family  RC 52520
by D. Lindsey Berkson
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Practical advice on avoiding exposure to man-made, hormone-
disrupting chemicals and on self-detoxification. Discusses
selecting the safest foods and products; safeguarding the
home, room by room; and protecting children's health and
intelligence. 2000.##
Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the
South Pole  RC 51560
by Jerri Nielsen
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
Former emergency room doctor records her ordeal with breast
cancer during an eleven-month stay in Antarctica. Describes
the dilemma she faced as the only medical officer for the
forty-one members of the research team. Recalls the
camaraderie that developed amid the extreme conditions of
the 1999 polar winter. Bestseller 2001.##
King of Hearts: The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered
Open Heart Surgery  RC 51422
by G. Wayne Miller
read by Randy Davidson
2 cassettes
Discusses the life and work of Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, who
helped develop open-heart surgery while working for the
University Hospital in Minneapolis. For his initial attempts
during the 1950s, Lillehei devised a cross-circulation
technique--hooking the patient up to another human's
circulatory system. Describes many of his early cases. 2000.##
Living Well with Macular Degeneration: Practical Tips and
Essential Information  RC 52530
by Bruce P. Rosenthal and Kate Kelly
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Dr. Rosenthal, the chief of Low Vision Programs at
Lighthouse International, and coauthor Kelly provide a
resource guide on age-related macular degeneration. Includes
research-based information on the disease, services and
assistive technology available, and adaptive techniques and
devices for use in everyday life. 2001.##
Mad Dogs: The New Rabies Plague  RC 52387
by Don Finley
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Chronicles the 1988 rabies epidemic that began with coyotes
in Texas. Describes the efforts by scientists to deal with
this public health menace and the political climate that led
to an experimental vaccine. Includes the stories of the
victims. 1998.##
Mayo Clinic Heart Book: The Ultimate Guide to Heart Health
RC 52570
read by Kerry Cundiff
4 cassettes
Guide to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various
types of cardiovascular disease. Describes the human heart,
its function, and potential problems. Offers suggestions for
dealing with the risks of coronary artery disease and
recognizing its symptoms. Includes information on
medications and tests, rehabilitation, and emergency care.
2000.##
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide  RC 52583
by Pamela Reed Gibson
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
4 cassettes
Defines the illness called multiple chemical sensitivity,
chemical illness, environmental illness, or total allergy,
among other names. Discusses symptoms, conventional as well
as alternative treatments, food, and environmental concerns.
Looks at psychological factors, practical considerations,
and disability issues, including a discussion of the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Contains information on
"Gulf War illness." 2000.##
The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths
RC 51444
by Sherwin B. Nuland
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
Explores the roles of superstition, religion, and medicine
through western history in advancing the understanding of
human internal organs, specifically the stomach, liver,
spleen, heart, and uterus. Includes case studies from the
author's own experiences as a surgeon. 2000.##
On Any Given Day  RC 52610
by Joe Martin and Ross Yockey
read by Terence Aselford
1 cassette
The author, after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), offers inspirational
advice on living with this condition. With a deep faith in
God and the help of his friends and family, Martin raises
money for research and continues to work. 2000.##
Overcoming Macular Degeneration: A Guide to Seeing beyond
the Clouds  RC 51826
by Yale Solomon
read by Butch Hoover
1 cassette
The author is an ophthalmologist specializing in macular
degeneration who was diagnosed with the condition in one eye
in 1990 and the other eye in 1997. He uses this combination
of experiences to provide detailed information, advice, and
reassurance in this guide for others with the disease. 2000.##
Parkinson's Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and
Families  RC 52483
by William J. Weiner and others
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Three medical specialists provide up-to-date information on
symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and management of this
progressive neurological disease. Covers the different
stages of the illness, the motor and nonmotor problems, drug
therapy, and the emerging role of surgery. Includes a
question and answer chapter. 2001.##
Plague Time: How Stealth Infections Cause Cancers, Heart
Disease, and Other Deadly Ailments  RC 52312
by Paul W. Ewald
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Biologist posits that bacterial infections, not genes or the
environment, are the primary cause of illness, including
chronic conditions like ulcers, diabetes, cancer, and
schizophrenia. Explains how the immune system works;
advocates simple solutions to many medical problems. 2000.##
Post-Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their
Families  RC 52879
by Julie K. Silver
read by David Elias
2 cassettes
A physician with family members who have had polio explains
the history, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. Silver
discusses medical difficulties that can occur decades later,
as well as emotional, psychological, and sexual concerns in
coping with a recurring disability. Also describes assistive
devices and evaluates practical remedies and alternative
therapies. 2001.##
Prime Time: The African American Woman's Complete Guide to
Midlife Health and Wellness  RC 52954
by Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Gayle K. Porter
read by Annie Wauters
4 cassettes
A physician and a clinical psychologist give advice on
dealing with medical problems that commonly afflict African
American women in middle age, including heart disease,
stroke, cancer, and diabetes. They also discuss
psychological issues such as stress, depression, and
negative attitudes that can affect one's health. 2001.##
The Prostate Cancer Protection Plan: The Powerful Foods,
Supplements, and Drugs That Could Save Your Life  RC 52225
by Robert Arnot
read by Randy Davidson
2 cassettes
Television medical correspondent suggests methods to reduce
the risk of getting prostate cancer and slow the spread of
existing cancer. He recommends a diet high in soy and
tomatoes and low in animal fat, starches, and sugar.
Includes discussion of supplements, lifestyle, and several
preventive drugs that are being researched. 2000.##
Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease  RC
53158
by Morton Kondracke
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Journalist recounts his vibrant wife's decline following the
onset of the incurable, degenerative disease called
Parkinson's. Describes their marriage in 1967, their
volatile partnership, the first hand tremors in 1987 leading
to the diagnosis, and the years of irreversible
deterioration. Explains his transformation into a caregiver
and activist for disease research. 2001.##
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with
Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory
Loss in Later Life  RC 52028
by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins
read by Janis Gray
4 cassettes
Third edition (updating  RC 19261) of guide for families
whose members suffer from dementia. Covers a wide array of
related social, medical, psychological, financial, and legal
problems and suggests possible solutions. Includes
information on hospice and assisted facility care and
advances in medical research. 1999.##
The Ultimate Fit or Fat: Get in Shape and Stay in Shape with
America's Best-Loved and Most Effective Fitness Teacher  RC
52238
by Covert Bailey
read by Richard Hauenstein
1 cassette
In this companion to bestselling Smart Exercise (RC 39218)
and others, Bailey stresses that exercise is the only way to
change metabolism to convert fewer calories to fat.
Describes methods of measuring fitness and body fat;
outlines a program to improve both. 1999.##
The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys: A Growing-
Up Guide for Parents and Sons  RC 51792
by Lynda Madaras
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
Provides an overview of puberty and discusses changes that
take place in a boy's shape, size, reproductive organs,
sexuality, hygiene requirements, and health concerns. Also
discusses puberty in girls. Updated edition of  RC 24373.
For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000.##
The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls: A
Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters  RC 51806
by Lynda Madaras
read by Sharon Murray
2 cassettes
Provides an overview of puberty and discusses changes that
take place in a girl's shape, size, reproductive organs,
menstrual cycle, and sexuality. Also discusses puberty in
boys. Updated edition of  RC 30633. For junior and senior
high and older readers. 2000.##
Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain  RC 51670
by Frank T. Vertosick
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
A neurosurgeon uses case studies to describe various pain
syndromes, their physiology, and current and historical
treatment options. Case studies include patients suffering
with pain from arthritis, cancer, childbirth, migraines,
disc rupture, leprosy, trigeminal neuralgia, and phantom
limb and carpal tunnel syndromes.  Explores pain as a
necessary defense mechanism. 2000.##
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional
Health and Healing during the Change  RC 51760
by Christiane Northrup
read by Anne Flosnik
5 cassettes
The author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (RC 48380)
examines female menopause in the context of a mind-body
connection. Discusses hormone replacement therapy, herbal
treatments, diet and exercise, sex, osteoporosis, heart
disease, and other physical changes and emotional issues,
including stress and depression. Bestseller 2001.##
Your Body's Many Cries for Water: You Are Not Sick, You Are
Thirsty! Don't Treat Thirst with Medications!  RC 52565
by F. Batmanghelidj
read by David Elias
2 cassettes
Physician proposes that chronic dehydration is the cause of
many conditions and degenerative diseases, including asthma,
allergies, migraine headaches, hypertension, rising
cholesterol, depression, and diabetes in the elderly.
Explains how much water the human body needs in a day and
discourages substituting water with tea, coffee, and mineral
drinks. 1992.###
Music
Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography  RC 52418
by Natalie Cole
read by Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2 cassettes
Grammy Award-winning singer reveals the hardships and
blessings in her life. Recounts her privileged childhood as
the daughter of Nat King Cole, her marriages, her substance
abuse, and difficulties with her mother. Also relates
details about her career and her successful rehabilitation.
Some strong language. 2000.##
The Beatles Anthology  RC 50874
read by Ray Hagen
5 cassettes
Chronicle of the innovative English rock group comprising
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John
Lennon, from their childhoods in Liverpool until their split
in 1970. Based largely on a 1994 television documentary
series, the book features interviews with the four musicians
and their close associates. Some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##
Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s  RC
50761
by Ethan Mordden
read by Ray Hagen
3 cassettes
Discusses the shift in the focus of 1940s musicals from
comedy routines to plays and identifies some defining
features of the new form. The emergent musical productions
and their original-cast recordings found a permanent place
in our society, with many of the shows still being performed
in the 1990s. 1999.##
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams; the Early Years, 1903-
1940  RC 53111
by Gary Giddins
read by Robert Sams
6 cassettes
Author of Visions of Jazz (RC 48253) chronicles the life and
times of Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby--a Jesuit-educated Irish
American whose career coincided with the growth of the sound
recording technology that fostered his extraordinary
popularity. Examines Crosby's family history and work up to
World War II. Includes discography and filmography. Some
strong language. 2001.##
Can't Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell  RC 51221
by Eileen Farrell and Brian Kellow
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Farrell recounts how her unusual singing career took off
when she landed her own radio show in 1941 at the age of
twenty. Since then the classically trained singer has been
successful in opera, blues, and pop. She also discusses her
life as mother and policeman's wife. Some strong language.
1999.##
Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father
of Bluegrass  RC 51982
by Richard D. Smith
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
This biography of Bill Monroe (1911-1996) explores his
musical genius and reveals his character flaws. Examines the
long-running feud between Monroe and his former band members
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and discusses the debate about
the origins of bluegrass and Monroe's place in the American
music pantheon. 2000.##
Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s  RC 50764
by Ethan Mordden
read by Ray Hagen
2 cassettes
Discusses how the musical theater of the 1950s was
revolutionized by the development of the long-playing
record, which enabled the quick production of original-cast
recordings. Musical comedies dominated the era with shows
such as Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, and Can-Can. 1998.##
Tha Doggfather: The Times, Trials, and Hardcore Truths of
Snoop Dogg  RC 50580
by Snoop Dogg
read by Don Feldheim
2 cassettes
Autobiography by rap star Snoop Dogg, describing his youth
in a Los Angeles ghetto and his strong belief in God.
Recounts his success in the music field during the early
1990s, the murder of his friend Tupac Shakur, and his own
trouble with the law. Strong language and some violence.
1999.##
Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977
RC 50791
by James Miller
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
A chronicle of the major turning points in rock history--
from Wynonie Harris's record "Good Rockin' Tonight" in
December 1947 to the death of Elvis Presley in August 1977.
Discusses the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and many others. 1999.##
Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie  RC 50792
by Alyn Shipton
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Biography of gifted trumpeter, jazz great, and musical
ambassador John Birks Gillespie (1917-1993). Discusses his
rise from poverty to become an outstanding entertainer,
bandleader, and master of bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, and
bossanova. Includes details about his offstage life and the
complexities of his character. 1999.##
Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain  RC 53015
by Charles R. Cross
read by Robert O'Keefe
3 cassettes
Music journalist draws on interviews and diaries to trace
the life and untimely death of the Seattle musician.
Investigates Cobain's unhappy teen years, success with his
band Nirvana, heroin addiction, marriage to fellow rocker
Courtney Love, and 1994 suicide at age twenty-seven. Strong
language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence.
Bestseller 2001.##
The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and
Love in Nazi Germany  RC 53146
by Martin Goldsmith
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
National Public Radio commentator describes the lives of his
parents, Gnther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert. Until
their emigration in 1941, the two survived as concert
musicians in Nazi Germany by performing in the Culture
Association of German Jews--"the Kubu"--a showcase Hitler
established for the outside world. 2000.##
Jazz: A History of America's Music  RC 52433
by Geoffrey C. Ward
read by Peter Jay Fernandez
5 cassettes
In this companion to Ken Burns's ten-part PBS documentary,
Ward discusses the history of jazz in the context of
twentieth-century American history. His stories of the men
and women who created this American art form include such
greats as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman,
Dave Brubeck, and Ella Fitzgerald. 2000.##
Liberace: An American Boy  RC 51916
by Darden Asbury Pyron
read by Lewis Grenville
5 cassettes
Portrays the life of Midwestern musical prodigy Wladziu
Valentino Liberace (1919-1987), assessing his influence on
American culture. Traces the pianist's childhood, career
development, and artistic achievements. Discusses his
homosexuality, his lovers, the lawsuits, and his AIDS-
related death. 2000.##
Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz,
1915-1945  RC 51028
by Richard M. Sudhalter
read by Richard Hauenstein
8 cassettes in 2 containers
Sudhalter celebrates the contributions of white musicians to
the formation of jazz, some of whom he claims have been
unjustly neglected by historians. He discusses Bix
Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bud
Freeman, and Artie Shaw, along with great black innovators
such as Louis Armstrong, Lester Young, and Duke Ellington.
1999.##
Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s  RC 50756
by Ethan Mordden
read by Ray Hagen
3 cassettes
Describes the transformation of the American theater from
vaudeville and operetta to the more intricate Broadway
musicals influenced by the rapid social changes of the era
and epitomized by elaborate sets and staging as well as by
the development of jazz. The era ends with the success of
Show Boat. 1997.##
Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey  RC 51536
by Allan Keiler
read by John Hammock
5 cassettes
Biography of the African American contralto who began
singing as a child in Philadelphia. Anderson toured in
America before sojourning in Europe during 1928 for more
opportunities. She became renowned for her 1939 Easter
concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied
Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American
Revolution. 2000.##
Miles and Me  RC 51929
by Quincy Troupe
read by Peter Jay Fernandez
1 cassette
Troupe documents his close relationship with jazz great
Miles Davis, who, even before they met, was a role model for
the author and his friends. Portrays the trumpeter as
"irascible, contemptuous, brutally honest, and extremely
bad-tempered...also insecure...and proud of being black."
Companion to Miles: The Autobiography (RC 33198). Strong
language. 2000.##
Nat King Cole  RC 51157
by Daniel Mark Epstein
read by Jake Williams
4 cassettes
Biography of the popular singer and jazz pianist. Covers the
background, upbringing, and lifestyle of the inventive
musician whose career started in Chicago in the 1930s. An
entertainer and not a political activist, he nonetheless
broke the color line in Las Vegas in the 1950s. 1999.##
One Nation under a Groove: Rap Music and Its Roots  RC 52607
by James Haskins
read by Mark Ashby
1 cassette
Examines the origins and evolution of rap music, its African
roots, and its continuing popularity throughout the world.
Examines the "gangsta" image in hip-hop culture and the
controversy surrounding some of its major artists, including
female and white musicians. For junior and senior high
readers. 2000.##
Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book  RC 53075
by Pete Seeger and Paul DuBois Jacobs
read by Rick Rohan
1 cassette
Veteran folksinger Seeger and poet Jacobs offer advice on
becoming a storyteller by embellishing old stories,
historical tales, and songs, as well as anecdotes from one's
own personal history. Includes examples from Seeger's vast
repertoire. 2000.##
Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano  RC
51200
by James Parakilas
read by Robert O'Keefe
3 cassettes
Essays by editor Parakilas and fourteen other scholars and
musicians on aspects of the social and cultural history of
the piano, from its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori in
the 1700s to its key role in the modern entertainment
industry. 1999.##
Positively Fourth Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez,
Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Faria, and Richard Faria  RC 52658
by David Hajdu
read by Robert O'Keefe
3 cassettes
Based on hundreds of interviews, Hajdu's work scrutinizes
the interpersonal relationships of Joan and Mimi Baez, Bob
Dylan, and Richard Faria and shows how the four emerged
from the Greenwich Village coffeehouse folk music scene to
become influential pop singers of the 1960s. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##
Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar  RC 51182
by Ravi Shankar
read by Lewis Grenville
3 cassettes
Memoirs of the classical sitar player from India who became
popular in the United States in the 1960s. Recalls important
events and people who influenced him or vice versa.
Discusses his professional growth and details from his
private life, and explains the history and principles of
Indian music. 1997.##
Ray Charles: Man and Music  RC 50564
by Michael Lydon
read by Lindsay Ellison
4 cassettes
Traces Charles's life from his youth in Greenville, Florida.
Recalls his vision loss in early childhood, his years at the
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, his mother's death,
and his rise to fame as a musician, performer, and
businessman. Describes his lifelong friendships with Quincy
Jones, David Newman, and Leroy Cooper. 1998.##
Reminiscing in Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington  RC 51723
by Stuart Nicholson
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Based on reminiscences from Ellington's family, friends,
band members, and business associates, the author traces the
musician's childhood in Washington, D.C., his performances
in the 1920s, and his rise to fame as one of America's
finest pianists and band leaders. Also portrays Ellington as
a manager and renowned jazz composer. 1999.##
Richard Strauss  RC 51175
by Matthew Boyden
read by Gordon Gould
4 cassettes
Biography of German composer and conductor Richard Strauss
(1864-1949). Examines the cultural background of his
formative years, the development of his musical career, and
his collaboration with Hitler's government. Discusses his
achievements, including the composition of the operas
Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier. 1999.##
Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story  RC 52861
by John Sforza
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
Chronicles the career of the Andrews Sisters from
Minneapolis--Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne--who epitomize the
big-band era of the 1940s. The versatile trio sang together
for three decades, recorded more than six hundred songs, and
made seventeen movies despite their sibling squabbles.
Includes a discography and a filmography. 2000.##
Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye  RC 52126
by Steve Turner
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
British author traces the family and professional life of
soul singer Marvin Gaye. Gaye married into Motown Records'
famous Gordy family, but drugs and financial problems
plagued him. And his lifelong rocky relationship with his
cross-dressing father deteriorated and led to his death.
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1998.##
Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James  RC 51218
by Peter J. Levinson
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
The life and times of acclaimed big band leader and
trumpeter, Harry James. Chronicles his childhood in the
circus, his start in dance bands, and his road tours with
Benny Goodman and others. Relates James's long-term marriage
to Betty Grable as well as his addictions, friendships, and
musical criticisms. 1999.##
The Truth Is...: My Life in Love and Music  RC 52788
by Melissa Etheridge
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
The autobiography of a rock star, born in Kansas in 1961,
who began writing songs at the age of ten. Describes her
career as well as her personal life, which includes coming
out as a lesbian and the birth of her partner's two
children, fathered by singer David Crosby. Bestseller 2001.##
Wynton Marsalis: Skain's Domain; a Biography  RC 50800
by Leslie Gourse
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Authorized biography presents Marsalis's 1960s New Orleans
childhood, determination to master the trumpet, friendships
and feuds with other performers, and cofounding of Jazz at
Lincoln Center in the 1990s. Gourse relies heavily on
interviews with the musician and others. Subtitle recalls a
composition that signaled a change in musical style. 1999.###
Nature and the Environment
The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth  RC 47785
by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker
read by Gabriella Cavallero
3 cassettes
Describes the geological development of beaches and their
use throughout history by different cultures. Compares
recreational and therapeutic activities associated with
shorelines from ancient Roman times to the twentieth
century. Predicts a dim future for coastal playgrounds as a
result of pollution, overdevelopment, and storms. 1998.##
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World  RC
52450
by Michael Pollan
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
Discusses the reciprocal relationship between the human and
natural world from the plant's point of view. Combines
social history and anecdote to provide insight into the
connections between domesticated plant varieties and human
desires, apples and sweetness, tulips and beauty, marijuana
and intoxication, and potatoes and control. Bestseller 2001.##
The Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the Science
of Climate  RC 51244
by William K. Stevens
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
A New York Times science reporter charts the history of
understanding climate and weather. Explores the ways
changing climatic conditions have shaped human evolution.
Interviews leading climatologists about the debate on global
warming and whether human consumption of fuel resources
contributes to the problem. Speculates about future trends.
1999.##
Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage
RC 50575
by Robert Michael Pyle
read by Dan Bloom
3 cassettes
The author recounts tracking the annual monarch butterfly
migration from British Columbia to Mexico. He describes
their behavior during this mass movement in an anecdotal
natural history journal, while trailing them the length of
North America. Contains scientific facts, humorous
reminiscences, and vivid observations of his trip. 1999.##
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and
America in the Nineteenth Century  RC 51498
by Witold Rybczynski
read by Gary Telles
4 cassettes
Landscape architect Olmsted (1822-1903) was responsible for
such creations as New York's Central Park and the grounds of
the U.S. Capitol, the National Zoological Park in
Washington, D.C., and Asheville's Biltmore estate.
Rybczynski discusses Olmsted's various roles as world
traveler, cofounder of the Nation, gold-mine manager in
California, abolitionist, and landscaper. 1999.##
Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible  RC 51291
by Joseph A. Amato
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
Traces the social and scientific history of these minute
particles of matter from the Middle Ages to the modern era
of microtechnology. Examines changing ideas about dust: a
normal condition, an enemy of sanitary civilization, a gauge
of smallness, and a metaphor for human life. 2000.##
The Ecological Indian: Myth and History  RC 49557
by Shepard Krech
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Reassesses the image of Native Americans as Noble Savages
who lived harmoniously with nature. Examines anthropological
and historical evidence to determine whether this image is
fact or myth. Discusses the issue of environmental awareness
as a modern concept. 1999.##
The Feejee Mermaid: And Other Essays in Natural and
Unnatural History  RC 50806
by Jan Bondeson
read by Peter Johnson
3 cassettes
Ten essays investigating curiosities and oddities in natural
history. A research physician presents his findings on real
phenomena, such as odd showers of fish or frogs falling with
rain; and unreal specimens, such as the Feejee mermaid--a
fraudulent creature assembled from fish and animal parts.
1999.##
In Search of the Golden Frog  RC 51745
by Marty Crump
read by Nanette Savard
3 cassettes
A field biologist chronicles three decades of her life spent
researching reptiles and amphibians in South and Central
America. Discusses the natural history, population decline,
and reproduction systems of several species--especially the
golden toad of Costa Rica. Documents the region's diverse
landscapes, traditions, and culture. 2000.##
The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the
Struggle to Save the Redwoods  RC 51664
by Julia Butterfly Hill
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
2 cassettes
The author writes of the more than two years she spent
living high in a thousand-year-old California redwood tree
called Luna. Her "treesit" was to protest Luna's slated
destruction in an environmentally destructive clear-cutting.
In December 1999 Hill, age twenty-five, descended after an
agreement was reached to preserve Luna and surrounding
trees. 2000.##
Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson  RC
50015
edited by Linda Lear
read by Mimi Bederman
2 cassettes
Compilation of letters, speeches, articles, and field
journals dealing with biology, ecology, and the conservation
of wildlife and wilderness, by the author of Silent Spring
(RC 20184). Highlights Carson's concerns with ongoing
evolution, island ecosystems, animal welfare, and the
impacts of pesticide use. 1998.##
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth
of Modern Geology  RC 52894
by Simon Winchester
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
The author of The Professor and the Madman (RC 46906)
examines the struggle of William Smith to publish the first
geological map of England in 1815 and the delayed
recognition of his feat because of class discrimination.
Discusses Smith's singular contributions to science and the
hardships he endured. Bestseller 2001.##
Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find
Strength in Numbers  RC 51816
by Gilbert Waldbauer
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
A professor of entomology examines how the basic needs of
insects are served by group living. Covers such topics as
the insects' defense against predators, their coping with
adverse weather, procuring food, and mating. Also discusses
the formation of cooperating groups by insects of two or
more species. 2000.##
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-
Birds  RC 51831
by Bernd Heinrich
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
A biologist's study of raven behavior and the apparent
motivations for the birds' adaptive responses. Based on
personal observation, his experiences raising young ravens
taken from the wild, and numerous field experiments,
Heinrich blends science with informed speculation about the
intelligence of the species. 1999.##
No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at
Galeras and Nevado del Ruiz  RC 53203
by Victoria Bruce
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
Geologist and science writer Bruce depicts two devastating
volcano eruptions in Colombia: Nevado del Ruiz in 1985,
which destroyed a city of 23,000, and Galeras in 1993.
Linking these two events, Bruce examines the science of
predicting volcanic activity and expedition leader Stanley
Williams's role in the Galeras tragedy. Some strong
language. 2001.##
The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of
the World  RC 52799
by Hugh Brody
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
An anthropologist's impassioned account of the world's few
surviving hunting cultures. Drawing on works of linguists
and historians and recalling personal experiences living
among indigenous societies in Arctic Canada, Brody uses the
Book of Genesis as a paradigm to explain the practices and
systems of belief that distinguish hunters from farmers.
2000.##
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There  RC 52718
by Aldo Leopold
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
The "father of wildlife conservation" in America describes
his family's relationship to their Wisconsin acreage in this
collection of sketches and essays. A forester by training,
Leopold calls for land reform and conservation. He examines
the ethics of ecology, and urges protection of wildlife and
respect for the environment. 1949.##
The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of
the American Desert  RC 52722
by Craig Childs
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
A desert born and bred naturalist explores the meaning of
water in the southwestern United States. On a series of
treks, he examines landscapes carved by flash floods in a
region where people can die of thirst or drowning. 2000.##
Something New under the Sun: An Environmental History of the
Twentieth-Century World  RC 51610
by J.R. McNeill
read by Michael Scherer
4 cassettes
Highlights the ecological course of the twentieth century,
asserting that our fossil-fuel-based civilization disrupts
the stability of the earth. Considers how human population
growth has affected the planet's atmosphere, hydrosphere,
and biosphere and how politics and economics influence the
state of the natural world. 2000.##
Surviving Galeras  RC 52807
by Stanley Williams and Fen Montaigne
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
The volcanologist who led the expedition to the Columbian
volcano Galeras when it erupted in 1993 recounts his
personal perspective of events and the subsequent physical
and mental effects. An experienced field worker, Williams
discusses procedures and his team members, six of whom died
in the blast. 2001.##
A Whale Hunt  RC 52251
by Robert Sullivan
read by Chris Parente
3 cassettes
In 1997 Sullivan began chronicling the efforts of the Makah
Indians to reestablish their whaling tradition. He records
observations made at Neah Bay on the Olympic Peninsula of
both Makah planning and environmentalist opposition. He also
describes preparations and details of the whale-hunting
expedition. Some strong language. 2000.###
Occult
Crossing Over: The Stories behind the Stories  RC 53070
by John Edward
read by Terence Aselford
2 cassettes
Reminiscences of psychic medium and television show host.
Discusses how to communicate with those who have died and
passed on to an afterlife, or "crossed over." Edward
recounts incidents in which he claims to have encountered
spirits that help the living. By the author of One Last Time
(RC 52165). Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Life on the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife
RC 51334
by Sylvia Browne
read by Lindsay Ellison
2 cassettes
Expanding on The Other Side and Back (RC 48861), Browne
discusses the journey beyond death to "home," where loved
ones reside between incarnations. She also reminisces about
her career as a psychic and how she came to accept her
inherited gift. Bestseller 2000.##
Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata,
Visions, and Healing Cures  RC 51033
by Joe Nickell
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
A forensic investigator of paranormal events examines the
evidence relating to specific claims of the miraculous. His
inquiries include the Shroud of Turin, speaking in tongues,
Jeane Dixon's predictions, and many other such phenomena. He
finds the evidence unconvincing. 1993.##
One Last Time:  A Psychic Medium Speaks to Those We Have
Loved and Lost  RC 52165
by John Edward
read by Terence Aselford
2 cassettes
Author Edward, who claims to possess psychic powers,
discusses the discovery and development of his ability to
communicate with the dead. He advises others who may wish to
tune in to their own special abilities and includes numerous
accounts of his experiences as a medium. Bestseller 1998.###
Philosophy
The Consolations of Philosophy  RC 51489
by Alain De Botton
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
University of London philosopher finds practical advice on
coping with life's challenges in the writings of some of the
world's renowned thinkers. Each of the six sections poses a
problem and suggests a source of inspiration. For example,
Socrates offers consolation for unpopularity, and Epicurus,
for poverty. 2000.##
Fragments: The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus  RC 52946
by Heraclitus of Ephesus
read by Ken Kliban
1 cassette
Free verse translation by poet Brooks Haxton of the
surviving sayings and thoughts of the ancient Greek
philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus. One familiar fragment as
rendered by Haxton reads: "The river/ where you set/ your
foot just now/ is gone--/ those waters/ giving way to this,/
now this." 2001.##
A History of Western Philosophy  RC 52158
by Bertrand Russell
read by Geoffrey Sherman
7 cassettes in 2 containers (Reissue)
Nobel laureate examines philosophy as "an integral part of
social and political life," from the rise of Greek
civilization, through the era of Catholic dominance to the
Renaissance, to the twentieth century and the emergence of
modern philosophy. 1945.##
Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan  RC 52862
by Carlos Castaneda
read by Chris Parente
2 cassettes
A record of the author's initiation into the mysteries of
sorcery through the teachings of Don Juan, the Yaqui Indian
sorcerer. Castaneda tells of approaching wisdom through
hallucinogens and physical and mental exercises, and
describes some of his visions and insight. 1972.##
Life Is a Miracle: An Essay against Modern Superstition  RC
52481
by Wendell Berry
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Farmer, poet, novelist, and critic Berry speaks out against
exaggerated deference to empiricist science in a concise
rebuttal to Edward O. Wilson's Consilience (RC 46359). Berry
argues that Wilson is actually proposing a subjugation of
art and religion by science rather than the "reconciliation"
he claims. 2000.##
The Metaphysical Club  RC 52665
by Louis Menand
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
An English professor and journalist explores the origin and
development of American pragmatism. Menand charts the lives
and ideas of William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, Oliver
Wendell Holmes Jr., and John Dewey and explores the
consequences for American culture of pragmatism's central
tenet--that experience is the decisive test of truth. 2001.##
Spinoza: A Life  RC 50701
by Steven Nadler
read by Robert Blumenfeld
4 cassettes
Portrait of the iconoclastic seventeenth-century philosopher
and religious thinker. Describes his early life as an
expatriate Sephardic Jew in Amsterdam, his exile from that
community as a young man, and his relentless pursuit of
metaphysical and moral truth for the remainder of his years.
1999.###
Poetry
The Best American Poetry, 2001  RC 53333
edited by Robert Hass
read by Kimberly Schraf
2 cassettes
Broad cross section of traditional and innovative poetry
published in 2000 in periodicals. Includes posthumous poems
by Elizabeth Bishop and James Schuyler, and new pieces by
John Ashbery, Anne Carson, Billy Collins, Louise Glck,
Donald Hall, Yusef Komunyakaa, Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich,
and many others. Some strong language. 2001.##
The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Poetry and Poetic
Theory  RC 52409
read by George Holmes
8 cassettes
Large selection of poems from major nineteenth-century
English poets, including women; representative pieces from
lesser-known poets; and essays on poetic theory. Among those
presented, in roughly chronological order, are Hemans,
Landon, the Brownings, Tennyson, Lear, Bront, Arnold, the
Rossettis, Swinburne, Hardy, Hopkins, Field, Meynell, Wilde,
Kipling, Johnson, and Mew. 2000.##
The Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Crane  RC 50619
by Paul Mariani
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
Biography of a famous American poet of the late 1920s.
Describes Crane's fascination with New York City, where he
arrived from Ohio in 1916 at age seventeen. Covers his
controversial lifestyle--involving homosexuality and
alcoholism--and discusses the poetry published before his
suicide at age thirty-two. Some strong language. 1999.##
Carolina Ghost Woods: Poems  RC 53229
by Judy Jordan
read by Ann Hodapp
1 cassette
Beauty of language transcends themes of death, grief, and
privation set in southern landscape. This debut collection
of poetry also won the 1999 Walt Whitman Award. National
Book Critics Circle Award. 2000.##
The Collected Poems  RC 52239
by Stanley Kunitz
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
A representative selection of poems previously published in
seven collections between 1930 and 1995 by the U.S. poet
laureate. Includes pieces from his 1958 Pulitzer Prize-
winning book, Selected Poems. 2000.##
Collected Poems  RC 52545
by James Merrill
read by Rick Foucheux
4 cassettes
A collection of most of the poetry published in his lifetime
by the award-winning American poet James Ingram Merrill
(1926-1995), excluding his epic work The Changing Light at
Sandover. Contains his earliest poems from 1951, all the
poems in the ten trade volumes, his translations from
several languages, and his final pieces. 2001.##
Collected Poems in English  RC 51984
by Joseph Brodsky
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
A collection of all the poems by Brodsky (1940-1996) that
appeared in book form in English during his lifetime.
Includes mainly translations but also poems composed in
English by the Russian-born Nobel Prize winner who served as
Poet Laureate of the United States in 1991 and 1992. 2000.##
Complete Works  RC 50570
by Arthur Rimbaud
read by Lindsay Ellison
2 cassettes
A chronological presentation of all the extant writings--
poetry, prose, and letters--of the precocious French poet
Rimbaud (1854-1891), as interpreted and translated by Paul
Schmidt. Includes "The Drunken Boat," "Vowels," "A Season in
Hell," and "After the Flood." Contains all the poems usually
gathered under the title "Illuminations." Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1975.##
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa  RC
53154
edited by Robert Hass
read by Gordon Gould
2 cassettes
Introduction to three masters of the Japanese haiku
tradition. Biographical sketches of each poet are followed
by representative selections of his work. 1994.##
The Iliad  RC 51266
by Homer
read by Alexander Scourby
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Robert Fitzgerald's translation of the Greek epic poem
written during the eighth century B.C. and attributed to the
Ionian poet Homer. Relates the events of a few days of
battle near the end of the Trojan War. Focuses on Achilles'
withdrawal from the fight and its disastrous effects on the
Greek campaign. 1974.##
Interviews and Encounters with Stanley Kunitz  RC 52177
by Stanley Kunitz
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
A compilation of essays about and interviews with the
twentieth-century American poet, editor, teacher, and
translator. Many are by young poets who studied with Kunitz,
providing insights into both his private and public
concerns. Includes an appendix of discussed poems. 1993.##
Selected Poems  RC 52448
by Ezra Pound
read by Gordon Gould
1 cassette
A selection of Pound's poems and translations, spanning his
whole career. Includes parts of his best-known works: the
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley sequence, the Homage to Sextus
Propertius, and large portions of the Cantos. 1957.##
Sonnets from the Portuguese  RC 50839
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
read by Anne Chodoff
1 cassette (Reissue)
Love lyrics by the nineteenth-century English poet,
expressing her love for her husband, Robert Browning.
Includes her best-known sonnet, which begins, "How do I love
thee? Let me count the ways." For senior high and older
readers. 1850.##
Yeats's Ghosts: The Secret Life of W.B. Yeats  RC 50808
by Brenda Maddox
read by Terry Donnelly
3 cassettes
Concentrates on the last twenty-two years of the poet's
life, beginning in 1917 when Yeats was fifty-one. Examines
his marriage to a young woman who was a spirit medium and
the influence she exerted over him through her "automatic
writing." Discusses how his romances inspired his poetry.
1999.###
Psychology and Self-Help
Child Abuse and Neglect: Examining the Psychological
Components  RC 52230
by Elizabeth Russell Connelly
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette
Overview of  sexual, physical, and emotional child abuse and
neglect and their consequences. Discusses possible
treatment, the types of perpetrators and victims, and
prevention. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.##
The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're
Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or
Desperate  RC 53023
by Harriet Lerner
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
Psychologist and author of The Dance of Anger (RC 27934) and
other popular titles explains how to communicate with loved
ones. Uses anecdotes from her own and her patients' lives to
illustrate how to change one's behavior. 2001.##
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power,
Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams  RC 52168
by Debbie Ford
read by Kimberly Schraf
2 cassettes
A guidebook with exercises that encourages readers to
uncover their shortcomings through a process of self-
discovery and transform them to hidden strengths. Ford
maintains that most people try to mask the thoughts,
feelings, and aspects of their behavior that they feel are
socially unacceptable, rather than striving to develop
harmonious self-acceptance. Some strong language. Bestseller
1998.##
Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life: A Practical Guide to
Reclaiming Happiness after the Death of a Loved One  RC
52782
by Jill Brooke
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
The author advises overcoming grief by transforming it into
positive action. Discusses how children, men, and women
mourn differently; explains when to seek professional help;
and offers suggestions for remembering a loved one. 2001.##
The Female Stress Syndrome Survival Guide  RC 51828
by Georgia Witkin
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Explains how women experience stress differently from men
and provides techniques and problem-solving skills to reduce
it. Includes examples of dealing with family life (including
teenagers and mates), common work problems, sexual
difficulties, and aging--along with other unavoidable
everyday tensions. 2000.##
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: One Hundred Practical
Ideas  RC 53344
by Alan D. Wolfelt
read by Barbara Pinolini
1 cassette
Offers suggestions for teenagers who are coping with grief
while mourning the passing of a loved one. Advice includes
finding an adult to confide in, keeping a journal, and
accepting grieving as a natural process. For junior and
senior high readers. 2001.##
Highs! Over 150 Ways to Feel Really, Really Good--without
Alcohol or Other Drugs  RC 52226
by Alex J. Packer
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Author of How Rude (RC 46516) presents 150 ways to relieve
tension and find peace and pleasure, without pills. Includes
stress breakers, meditation, physical and artistic
activities, nutritional advice, and tips on personal
relationships. Includes a chapter on visual perception. For
junior and senior high readers. 2000.##
The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must
Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish  RC 52543
by T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley I. Greenspan
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Based on their broad experience, a pediatrician and a child
psychiatrist present the fundamental requirements for
providing children a healthy start. They identify seven
basic needs and explore such topics as day care, public
school, and environmental hazards. 2000.##
Life Makeovers: Fifty-Two Practical and Inspiring Ways to
Improve Your Life One Week at a Time  RC 52200
by Cheryl Richardson
read by Kerry Cundiff
1 cassette
Author of Take Time for Your Life (RC 50519) offers week-by-
week suggestions for setting priorities, redefining success,
and taking action to make necessary changes. Topics include
financial, emotional, and physical adjustments that can lead
to greater contentment and personal growth. Lists web sites,
contacts, and additional resources. Bestseller 2000.##
Life Strategies for Teens  RC 51563
by Jay McGraw
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
The author, a college student and son of the author of
bestselling Life Strategies (RC 47962), advises teens on how
to achieve personal goals and avoid behavior that blocks
pathways to success. Presents ten "life laws" and tips for
implementing them. For senior high and older readers.
Bestseller 2000.##
Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict between
Conscience and Success  RC 53046
by Harold S. Kushner
read by Bruce Huntey
1 cassette
The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People (RC
48900) recommends that people stop judging success by fame,
power, and wealth, and measure their achievement by the
positive difference they make in the world. Advises finding
a meaningful life through family, friendship, and acts of
generosity. Bestseller 2001.##
Meeting the Challenge of Learning Disabilities in Adulthood
RC 51692
by Arlyn J. Roffman
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes
Suggestions for adults on coping with learning disabilities
and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Uses case
studies to illustrate how to contend with daily life,
including employment, dating, parenthood, intimacy, and
mental health. Offers strategies for transitioning from high
school. 2000.##
The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of
Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning  RC 50960
by John T. Bruer
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
The author disputes the widely publicized theory of the mid-
1990s that the crucial window of opportunity to properly
stimulate a child's brain occurs before the third year.
Examining research, he asserts that this is not the only
critical period; the brain continues to develop throughout
childhood and beyond. 1999.##
Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life  RC
51687
by Nancy L. Snyderman and Peg Streep
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes
Physician and medical correspondent Snyderman uses her
personal life to illustrate the process of learning from
experiences. Discusses her college rape, the serendipitous
adoption of her first child, the pregnancy discovered during
her second divorce, the marriage of her dreams at forty-one,
and becoming pregnant at forty-two. 2000.##
The New Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are  RC
52622
by Kevin Leman
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Psychologist explains his theory that a child's placement
among siblings affects personality. Discusses first- and
last-borns and middle children, common strengths and
weaknesses of each group, and how to parent them. Suggests
solutions to problems that may arise and tips for eventual
success in life's endeavors. 1998.##
Oh No! Not Another Problem: A Practical Approach to Solve
Day-to-Day Problems  RC 52303
by Jeanette A. Griver and Michele W. Vodrey
read by Barbara Pinolini
1 cassette
Authors advocate the use of "operational analysis"--a
formula designed to help people solve problems. Rather than
looking at a situation in general terms, they suggest
categorizing it in measurable dimensions: who, what, when,
where, how, why, and costs. Provides a ten-step guide to
using this technique for troubleshooting. Bestseller 2000.##
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in
War and Society  RC 53109
by Dave Grossman
read by Rick Rohan
3 cassettes
A psychologist and former army officer examines the specific
nature of the act of killing and its social and
psychological implications and repercussions. Compares
modern military combat training to conditioning children
through media and video-game violence. Some descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1996.##
Relax--You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left: Using the Power
of Humor to Overcome Stress in Your Life and Work  RC 50306
by Loretta LaRoche
read by Miriam Wagner
1 cassette
Motivational speaker and stress management consultant
featured on PBS outlines how to achieve peace and harmony by
bringing laughter into every situation. Offers tips on
eliminating stress and turning it into an opportunity for
resiliency and humor. 1998.##
Romantic Breakup: It's Not the End of the World  RC 51772
by Jennifer Rozines Roy
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
Discusses the social and psychological aspects of dating and
breaking up, as well as the elements of a healthy romantic
relationship. Offers advice on surviving emotionally and
obtaining help from others. For junior and senior high
readers. 2000.##
Self-Nurture: Learning to Care for Yourself as Effectively
as You Care for Everyone Else  RC 51391
by Alice D. Domar and Henry Dreher
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Asserts that self-nurturing, "the essence of effective
stress management for women," is about self-care, not
selfishness. The director of a women's mind and body center
presents a yearlong, season-by-season program to practice
the skill. Each chapter includes steps for nurturing the
body, mind, emotions, and spirit. 2000.###
Religion
Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old and New Testaments  RC
51105
by Isaac Asimov
read by Lou Harpenau
8 cassettes in 2 containers
A discussion and interpretation of scriptural verses in the
context of historical, geographical, and biographical
knowledge about biblical times. Emphasizes secular aspects
of these passages as a history of civilization over four
thousand years rather than spiritual beliefs or tenets of
faith. 1981.##
The Battle for God  RC 51131
by Karen Armstrong
read by Robert Blumenfeld
4 cassettes
Armstrong, from A History of God (RC 38536), looks into how
and why religious fundamentalist groups have come into
existence. She concentrates on Protestants in the United
States, Jews in Israel, and Muslims in Egypt and concludes
that fear of modernity has stimulated the growth of
fundamentalism. 2000.##
The Book of Miracles: The Meaning of the Miracle Stories in
Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam  RC 52447
by Kenneth L. Woodward
read by Robert O'Keefe
4 cassettes
Author of Making Saints (RC 33456) and veteran Newsweek
religion writer presents his view that miracles are best
understood in the context of a story. Explains the relevance
of marvelous deeds in the major world faiths; presents
accounts of saints, sages, and revered masters in each of
the great traditions. 2000.##
The Book of Psalms  RC 52186
read by Ted Stoddard
1 cassette
Complete and unabridged collection of the 150 psalms from
the King James version of the Bible. 1993.##
Buddha  RC 51841
by Karen Armstrong
read by Jennifer Mendenhall
2 cassettes
A biographical study of the revered religious leader,
traditionally thought to have died in India in 483 B.C.
Traces the main events of his life, from his renunciation of
family through his quest for enlightenment, as evidenced in
his teachings. Examines his philosophy for its message to
humanity. Bestseller 2001.##
The Buddha from Brooklyn  RC 52127
by Martha Sherrill
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
A Washington Post journalist's profile of American housewife
Catharine Burroughs, who took the name Jetsunma after being
recognized by a Buddhist leader as the reincarnation of a
Tibetan lama. Describes the charismatic Jetsunma's influence
on her followers and their efforts to create the largest
Tibetan Buddhist center in America. Some strong language.
2000.##
The Close: A Young Woman's First Year at Seminary  RC 52250
by Chloe Breyer
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Breyer recalls accepting her vocation to become an Episcopal
priest and her first year of training at a seminary in New
York. Having grown up in an interfaith household, with a
passion for justice, she faces daily challenges as she
adopts a lifestyle of ministry, prayer, and ritual. 2000.##
Communion with God  RC 51348
by Neale Donald Walsch
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
In this companion to his Conversations with God series,
Walsch discusses the "ten illusions of humans." He asserts
that by understanding the illusions of need, failure,
disunity, insufficiency, requirement, judgment,
condemnation, conditionality, superiority, and ignorance,
one will no longer be caught up in them and can move toward
authentic communion with God. Bestseller 2000.##
Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews; a History  RC
51712
by James Carroll
read by Robert O'Keefe
6 cassettes
Former Catholic priest offers an investigative review of the
Catholic Church's hostility to Judaism. Carroll places anti-
Semitism at the core of Christianity and observes the dire
consequences of anti-Jewish sentiment at the service of
political interests, from Constantine to Hitler. Carroll
also relates his personal crisis of faith, provoked by the
Church's doctrines. Bestseller 2001.##
The Courage to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human
Redemption  RC 52124
edited by Quinton Hosford Dixie and Cornel West
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Essays compiled in honor of scholar and preacher James
Melvin Washington explore a theological belief system based
on African American religious experiences and American
culture. Encourages people to pursue spiritual unification
and to transcend the social, economic, and racial identities
that divide them. 1999.##
Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and
Rituals  RC 51380
by George Robinson
read by Ken Kliban
5 cassettes
A syndicated columnist and committed Reform Jew offers his
viewpoints on the various Jewish movements--Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist--and provides
information on issues such as prayer and ritual, festivals,
life cycle events, and Jewish mysticism. He also includes
the 613 commandments found in the Torah and discusses
several philosophers. 2000.##
Evolutionism and Creationism  RC 50252
by Ben Sonder
read by Don Emmick
1 cassette
Chronicles the teaching of evolution versus biblical
creationism, tracing the roots of the controversy to the
nineteenth-century writings of Charles Darwin and the 1920s
Scopes trial. Presents religious objections to the
scientific theory of man's origins and summarizes the debate
through the 1990s. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.##
Francis of Assisi  RC 52708
by Adrian House
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
House portrays the life of the medieval Italian saint
Francis of Assisi, chronicling his youth, his conversion,
and his establishment of the Franciscan Order. Discusses
Francis's ability to communicate with birds, the appearance
of the stigmata on his body, and his relationship with St.
Clare. 2000.##
God's Smuggler  RC 52473
by Brother Andrew
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
A portrait of a Dutch missionary who risked his life
surreptitiously smuggling Bibles to Christians in communist
countries, including Yugoslavia, Russia, and China, in the
1960s. Describes his extraordinary escapes from officialdom
and the hardships of worshipers banned from practicing their
faith behind the iron curtain. 1967.##
The Great Investment: Faith, Family, and Finance  RC 53159
by T.D. Jakes
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Jakes, pastor of a Dallas, Texas, Protestant assembly and
best-selling author, proposes specific business and
Christian principles that will help people maintain a
balanced and successful life. He emphasizes the importance
of basic financial planning, beginning with budgeting, in
achieving one's ultimate personal fulfillment. 2000.##
The Greatest Success in the World  RC 50865
by Og Mandino
read by Janet Daley
1 cassette (Reissue)
Fictionalized biblical story of Zacchaeus, who--despite
humble beginnings and physical handicaps--became the epitome
of the successful man. During the narrative, Zacchaeus
develops his philosophy for achieving life goals and lays
down his ten commandments to guide the individual along the
way. 1981.##
The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate
Truth  RC 53166
by Gerald L. Schroeder
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Using research in biology, chemistry, physics, and
neuroscience, a physicist argues that the origins of life
and the universe point to a universal wisdom. Interpreting
the organization of organic life and the complexities
encoded in DNA, Schroeder reasons that life's direction and
purpose provide positive reasons for faith. 2001.##
The Hidden Jesus: A New Life  RC 48301
by Donald Spoto
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
The author, a former Catholic monk and a theologian,
examines Jesus in the context of the Holy Bible, other
ancient texts, and discoveries in biblical scholarship. In a
series of meditations, Spoto offers his views on the
significance of Jesus' life from his conception to his
resurrection. 1998.##
The Holy Spirit: Activating God's Power in Your Life  RC
52645
by Billy Graham
read by Edwin Horton
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A world-renowned evangelist explores and answers some basic
questions about a much discussed but often misunderstood
aspect of the Godhead.  Graham emphasizes the action of the
Holy Spirit in the modern world. 1978.##
How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of
Mysteries  RC 52605
by Deepak Chopra
read by Rick Foucheux
3 cassettes
Using philosophy and science, the bestselling author of
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind (RC 37057) explores the
different ways people appreciate God. Chopra contends that
the human brain is "hardwired to God" and that the nervous
system has seven biological responses that correspond to the
seven hierarchical levels of divine experience. 2000.##
How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science  RC
52032
by Michael Shermer
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
A professional atheist and publisher of Skeptic magazine
examines the question of how and why people have made their
decision to believe or not believe in God. In part one he
discusses the universality and persistence of belief, and in
part two he examines religion and science as separate
realms. 2000.##
Islam: A Short History  RC 51183
by Karen Armstrong
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
Author of The Battle for God (RC 51131) among other works
describes the origin and spread of the religion of Islam.
Discusses Muhammad and his family, the Crusades, and the
powerful Moghul and Ottoman Empires. Explores Islam's
divergence into sects and the creation of a modern
fundamentalist movement. 2000.##
Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry  RC
51145
by Samuel G. Freedman
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Covering the years from 1960 to 2000, Freedman explores
differences among American Jews concerning their own
identity and attitudes toward Israel. Compares and contrasts
answers to the question "Who is a Jew?" within Orthodox,
Conservative, and Reform communities. Discusses conflicts
between modernism and traditionalism on gender-related
issues. 2000.##
Little Saint  RC 51925
by Hannah Green
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
An American writer describes her spiritual awakening in
Conques, a village in southern France, where the remains of
a fourth-century martyr, twelve-year-old Sainte Foy, are
venerated. Green intermingles history, biography, spiritual
meditation, and personal experience to describe the life and
times of the girl who is the village's patron saint. 2000.##
Maimonides Reader  RC 53060
by Moses Maimonides
read by Robert Blumenfeld
4 cassettes
Major texts by the medieval Jewish philosopher, physician,
and rabbi Maimonides (1135-1204), born Moses ben Maimon in
Islamic Spain. Includes selections from the Mishneh Torah,
the Guide of the Perplexed, the Book of Commandments,
letters, and other writings. Introduction and commentary by
Isadore Twersky. 1972.##
Mary Baker Eddy  RC 50434
by Gillian Gill
read by Jacinda Bronaugh
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Historical biography of the nineteenth-century founder of
Christian Science, emphasizing the roots of the movement.
Explores Eddy's work, the legal challenges she faced, and
her three marriages and other relationships. Using materials
from church archives, the author places Eddy in the context
of Victorian life and its stifling effect on women. 1998.##
The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad  RC
51366
by Karl Evanzz
read by Robert O'Keefe
4 cassettes
Recalls Muhammad's Georgia childhood, when he was
traumatized by racism; his move to Detroit, where he was
anointed "messenger of God"; his rise to power as the Nation
of Islam's co-founder; and his downfall--allegedly from
corruption and womanizing. Attributes the sect's growth to
lynchings, segregation, and poverty; explores its impact
among African Americans. 1999.##
Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End
of the Second Millennium  RC 51153
by David S. Katz and Richard H. Popkin
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
A survey of apocalyptic religious movements since the
European Renaissance. Explores the development and social
impact of ideas about the return of a messiah or the end of
humanity through the Reformation, Thirty Years' War, and
Enlightenment. Examines such twentieth-century groups as the
Aryan Nation and Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas. 1998.##
Mormon America: The Power and the Promise  RC 51295
by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes
Expanding on a cover story that originally appeared in Time
magazine, the authors offer a brief history of the Mormon
church and examine the community's "unique beliefs and
penchant for secrecy, its lifestyle and finances, its place
in the religious and secular world...and its growth and
prospects for the future." 1999.##
An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life  RC
53311
by Dalai Lama
read by Ted Stoddard
1 cassette
Companion to The Art of Happiness (RC 47827) provides the
Dalai Lama's teachings to introduce the core of Buddhism.
Weaves together his spiritual guidelines for everyday living
with two ancient Buddhist texts. Contains text of the Dalai
Lama's 1999 New York address. Bestseller 2001.##
The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey; the
Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 7, 1967-1968  RC 49275
by Thomas Merton
read by Gordon Gould
3 cassettes
Chronicles the last two years of Merton's life, during the
political and social upheaval of the Vietnam War era. He
travels widely, visiting American seminaries and venturing
to India, Ceylon, and Thailand--where a tragic accident ends
his life in 1968. 1998.##
Pius XII and the Second World War: According to the Archives
of the Vatican  RC 52734
by Pierre Blet
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
An account of Pope Pius XII's role and relationship with the
contesting world leaders during World War II. Using primary
sources from the Vatican's diplomatic archives, the author
describes the pontiff's private maneuvering, public
statements, and efforts to protect Jews and other threatened
peoples. 1999.##
The Prayer of Jabez for Teens  RC 52896
by Bruce Wilkinson
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette
Offers spiritual counsel for teenagers. Links an Old
Testament prayer to Christian teaching, explaining how the
prayer can enrich daily life. For junior and senior high
readers. Bestseller 2001.##
The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
RC 52284
by Bruce H. Wilkinson
read by Bob Moore
1 cassette
The founder of Walk Thru the Bible Ministries discusses the
prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. Wilkinson
addresses each line of the petition, supporting his
conclusions with anecdotes. He encourages readers to ask God
to bless them daily to ensure that they receive his best.
Bestseller 2000.##
Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance  RC 52285
by Bruce Wilkinson
read by Bob Moore
1 cassette
In this sequel to The Prayer of Jabez (RC 52284), Wilkinson
encourages individuals to make the best use of God's
blessings. Citing verses from the biblical John 15, he
illustrates four levels of "fruit bearing" through which
people can move to reach their full potential in God.
Bestseller 2001.##
Soul Stories  RC 50883
by Gary Zukav
read by Gary Roan
1 cassette
Zukav offers fifty-two anecdotes to illustrate the concept
of multisensory perception, which he discussed in The Seat
of the Soul (RC 36911). Using his own and others' accounts
of personal evolution, Zukav shows how this new
understanding of authentic power can transform a person's
life in countless ways. Bestseller 2000.##
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the
Journey to Wholeness  RC 52500
by Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham
read by Tom Burch
2 cassettes
Describes the beliefs behind Alcoholics Anonymous that do
not rely on any specific religious doctrine. Asserts that
the twelve-step program evokes "the spiritual realities of
humility, gratitude, tolerance, and forgiveness." Explores
ancient traditions and cultures that deal with a higher
power. 1992.##
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central
Asia  RC 52899
by Ahmed Rashid
read by Ken Kliban
3 cassettes
Journalist with twenty years of experience covering
Afghanistan discusses the origin and rise of the Taliban and
its fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, especially
regarding gender and drugs. Explains the importance of
Afghanistan's energy resources for the region and the
country's problems with smuggling, civil war, and lack of
social services. 2000.##
Teresa of Avila: The Progress of a Soul  RC 50964
by Cathleen Medwick
read by Lisette Lecat
3 cassettes
Biography of Saint Teresa of Avila, the sixteenth-century
Spanish mystic and reformer of the Carmelite order. Offers a
twentieth-century perspective on her writings and
reputation; chronicles the life of the dedicated nun whose
canonization in 1622 has sparked controversy ever since.
1999.##
This Is My God: The Jewish Way of Life  RC 51044
by Herman Wouk
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes
Writing for Jews and non-Jews curious about the Hebrew
faith, Wouk broadly sketches Judaism, touching on its
history, beliefs, laws, liturgy, and observances. The author
expands his original 1959 work with epilogues on the Six-Day
War and on "Israel at Forty." Companion to The Will to Live
On (RC 51045). 1987.##
To an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial  RC 52705
by Garrett Epps
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Chronicles a conflict between the Native American Church's
use of the mood-altering drug peyote in religious rituals
and state and federal narcotics statutes. Examines the court
decisions involving a Klamath Indian who lost his job and
was denied unemployment benefits after participating in the
contested ceremonies. 2001.##
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books
of Moses  RC 52171
by Bruce Feiler
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Feiler's recounting of his ten-thousand-mile trek with
Israeli archaeologist Avner Goren through the Middle East is
part adventure story, part spiritual exploration, and part
archaeological detective work. Throughout his travels,
Feiler recalls biblical stories related to each site, thus
weaving together religious myths, historical theory, and
physical evidence. Bestseller 2001.##
Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews  RC 52695
by Chaim Potok
read by Ken Kliban
4 cassettes (Reissue)
A panoramic account of four thousand years of Jewish
history. The author, an ordained rabbi and bestselling
novelist, draws on the Bible; writings of the ancient
scribes, poets, and chroniclers; and findings of
archaeologists. Potok's work demonstrates the vigor and rich
variety of Jewish life. Bestseller 1978.##
Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and
Biblical Israel  RC 51476
by Susan Ackerman
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Author looks at six types of female roles in the biblical
book of Judges, analyzing their impact on events and
Israelite history. She includes Deborah, Jael, Delilah,
Sisera's mother, and Manoah's wife in her discussion of
nurturers, matrons, military heroes, prostitutes, mourners,
and barren women. 1998.##
The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage  RC 51045
by Herman Wouk
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes
After writing several epilogues to update This Is My God (RC
51044), Wouk now offers this companion volume in which he
presents things as he has come to see them during his
"lifetime of living and studying Judaism." He discusses the
Holocaust, sacred Jewish literature, and contemporary Jewish
life. 2000.##
A Woman's Choice: Living Through Your Problems from
Confusion to Peace  RC 52803
by Eugenia Price
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Advises women to cope with difficult situations by thinking
them through and trusting in God. Illustrates eight common
problems and offers possible solutions. Offers advice on
achieving inner peace. 1962.##
Your Heart's Desire: Instructions for Creating the Life You
Really Want  RC 52004
by Sonia Choquette
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Using examples drawn from her students and clients, a
teacher interprets spiritual laws and suggests applications.
Proposes nine creative principles for achieving miracles,
joy, a sense of abundance, security, and peace. Reflects on
Jesus' and Buddha's influences in her life. Provides a step-
by-step approach to experiencing God's love. 1997.##
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind  RC 52493
by Shunryu Suzuki
read by John Polk
1 cassette
Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice, presented
originally by Suzuki in California in 1970. Introduces
attitudes and concepts encouraging the Zen way of living.
Discusses posture and breathing, non-duality, emptiness, and
enlightment, using examples from everyday living and common
sense. 1999.###
Science and Technology
The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of
Grey Parrots  RC 51983
by Irene Maxine Pepperberg
read by Colleen Delany
5 cassettes
After twenty years spent researching large-brained, highly
social parrots, a science professor concludes that a male
African Grey named Alex has a vocabulary of about 100 words;
has learned to identify objects, categorize, and employ
terms of reference; and has mastered such concepts as
absence and relative size. 1999.##
The Best American Science Writing, 2000  RC 52825
edited by James Gleick
read by Tom Burch
3 cassettes
Nineteen articles ranging across topics in cutting-edge
scientific inquiry from astronomy and cognition to visual
perception, evolutionary theory, and the study of ants.
Opens with "When Doctors Make Mistakes" by Atul Gawande,
explaining the complexity of a heart-wrenching problem.
Other contributors include Douglas R. Hofstadter, Oliver
Sacks, and Stephen Jay Gould. 2000.##
The Best American Science Writing, 2001  RC 53343
edited by Timothy Ferris
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Twenty-three articles explore science's ever-expanding role
in human life. Richard Preston describes the race to decode
the human genome, Joel Achenbach speculates about
extraterrestrial life, John Terborgh reflects on wild
animals showing emotional attachments to people, and Helen
Epstein discusses AIDS in South Africa. 2001.##
Boltzmann's Atom: The Great Debate That Launched a
Revolution in Physics  RC 52608
by David Lindley
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
A portrait of the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-
1906), a pioneering proponent of atomic theory. Describes
the controversy provoked by his perspectives, including the
opposition of philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach, who
denied the existence of atoms. Examines Boltzmann's legacy
to modern theoretical physics. 2001.##
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial
Perspective  RC 52834
by Carl Sagan
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
The astronomer and exobiologist writes about the Earth, the
solar system, and beyond in a series of anecdotal essays
published in 1973. His message is that humans are not the
only intelligent beings in the universe. Epilog by David
Morrison from NASA; additional commentary by Freeman J.
Dyson and Ann Druyan. 2000.##
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the
Structure of DNA; Text, Commentary, Reviews, Original Papers
RC 51672
by James D. Watson
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
The 1962 Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology
relates how he, cowinner Francis Crick, and their
collaborators hit upon the "double helix" model of the DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule, the fundamental genetic
material. Critical edition includes overview of the
scientific and historical setting, perspectives of
collaborators, reviews, and original papers. 1980.##
e=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation  RC
52606
by David Bodanis
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
Historical facts about Einstein's theory of relativity--how
he wove together elements of his thinking and how he
constructed the mathematical equation that embodies his
discovery. Profiles other scientists who influenced Einstein
and some who put his ideas to use during and after World War
II. 2000.##
Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance  RC 52487
by Dennis Overbye
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
A biographical portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning
physicist, focusing on his productive, youthful years in the
first two decades of the 1900s. Provides a detailed
treatment of Einstein's romantic and family affairs while
discussing his scientific theories. Based on correspondence
and documents that became available in the 1990s. 2000.##
The Face  RC 49816
by Daniel McNeill
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
An in-depth study of the human visage, considering its
physiology, social significance, and critical role in
history and art. Discusses various aspects of the face and
its uses, including personal identity, the kiss, the
expression of emotions, and notions of beauty. 1998.##
Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to
Apollo 13 and Beyond  RC 51600
by Gene Kranz
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
Memoir of a flight director for NASA's mission control,
providing an insider's perspective on the space program from
the 1960s Mercury days to the final Apollo mission.  Kranz
recalls the highlights of his career and explains his role
in bringing the three Apollo 13 astronauts back safely to
Earth. 2000.##
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War  RC 53041
by Judith Miller and others
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Three journalists from the New York Times discuss germ
warfare and the real and rising threat it poses to the
United States. They examine scientific advances in bio-
weapons and the expertise now available in Iran, Iraq, and
North Korea. They use biographical and historical examples
to clarify the issue. Bestseller 2001.##
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Collected Essays, 1934-1998
RC 51039
by Arthur C. Clarke
read by Roy Avers
4 cassettes
Over one hundred essays and reviews covering six decades by
the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey (RC 19164). Includes
pieces about rockets, flying saucers, visits to the Moon,
and working with director Stanley Kubrick, along with
predictions and prophecies for the twenty-first century. An
annotation precedes each article. 1999.##
The Hole in the Universe: How Scientists Peered over the
Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything  RC 53328
by K.C. Cole
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Science columnist for the Los Angeles Times elucidates the
mysterious concept of nothingness. Discusses the Big Bang,
black holes, string theory, vacuums, and zero while tracing
their scientific history and the theories of experts in the
field--from Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Stephen
Hawking. 2001.##
How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science  RC
52032
by Michael Shermer
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
A professional atheist and publisher of Skeptic magazine
examines the question of how and why people have made their
decision to believe or not believe in God. In part one he
discusses the universality and persistence of belief, and in
part two he examines religion and science as separate
realms. 2000.##
Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man
Found in an Alpine Glacier  RC 51820
by Brenda Fowler
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
A journalist reports the major archeological discovery of a
five-thousand-year-old corpse with a cache of artifacts on
the Austrian-Italian border. Discusses the mixture of
scientific research and conjecture surrounding this find and
the political squabble over ownership. 2000.##
Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution  RC
51956
by Lisa Jardine
read by Robert O'Keefe
2 cassettes
Explores the forces in the late seventeenth century that
laid the foundations for modern scientific thought and
practices. Traces the development of such key discoveries as
precise time measurement, enhanced astronomical observation,
selective animal and plant breeding, advanced techniques in
navigation, chemical substance analysis, and the mathematics
of naturally occurring curves. 1999.##
Java Man: How Two Geologists' Dramatic Discoveries Changed
Our Understanding of the Evolutionary Path to Modern Humans
RC 52224
by Carl C. Swisher and others
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Geochronologists Curtis and Swisher explain the dating of
skull fossils from Indonesia and argue that they indicate
the coexistence of several species of humans. The authors
conclude that this evidence contradicts the "straight-line"
theory of evolution, which suggests that primate development
led inevitably to Homo sapiens. 2000.##
Money from Thin Air: The Story of Craig McCaw, the Visionary
Who Invented the Cell Phone Industry, and His Next Billion-
Dollar Idea  RC 52554
by O. Casey Corr
read by Renee Dutton-O'Hara
3 cassettes
Chronicles the development of a nationwide cellular network
after Craig McCaw revamped a family business into one of the
largest telecommunications companies in America. Details the
popularization of mobile phones following AT&T's 1993
purchase of McCaw Cellular Communications. Also describes
McCaw's plans to employ a global satellite system. 2000.##
One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the
Screw  RC 52791
by Witold Rybczynski
read by Barry Bernson
1 cassette
The author recalls the process of determining which tool
should be designated the best of the millennium for an essay
in the New York Times. After he settled on the screwdriver,
invented around 1800, his curiosity propelled him into
further research on an earlier creation, the screw itself.
2000.##
Out of the Crater: Chronicles of a Volcanologist  RC 51144
by Richard V. Fisher
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Scientist recalls fifty years of studying volcanoes all over
the world--in Hawaii, Martinique, Europe, Mexico, China, and
elsewhere. Describes a visit to Washington's Mount St.
Helens three weeks after its eruption in 1980 and a trip to
the still-active Mount Vesuvius in Italy. 1999.##
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory  RC 52877
by Albert Einstein
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Scientist Albert Einstein presents his theory of relativity-
-the measurement and study of space and time--for the layman
who "is not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of
theoretical physics." Originally published in 1916. This
fifteenth edition includes five appendixes. 1952.##
The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos  RC 51426
edited by David H. Levy
read by Butch Hoover
4 cassettes
Leading scientists discuss the size, origin, and age of the
universe in articles commissioned by Scientific American.
Includes, among others, Albert Einstein on gravitation,
David Levy and Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker on the comet
named for them, and Stephen Jay Gould on evolution. 2000.##
The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control
RC 51809
by Ian Wilmut and others
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
A science writer and the two researchers who cloned the
sheep known as Dolly trace the history of cell biology and
embryology and explain the hypotheses and experiments that
led to the birth. Explores potential impacts in agriculture
and medicine, as well as moral and political implications.
2000.##
Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard
Time  RC 53104
by Clark Blaise
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
Discusses concepts of time and the Scottish-born Canadian
who conceived the standardization of world time into twenty-
four zones. Concludes with the Prime Meridian Conference in
Washington, D.C., in 1884. Explains Fleming's reasoning and
the importance of worldwide acceptance of his proposals.
2000.##
Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest,
Most Fought Over T. rex Ever Found  RC 51544
by Steve Fiffer
read by Gary Telles
2 cassettes
A lawyer/journalist recounts the 1990 discovery by Sue
Hendrickson of the 90-percent-complete T. rex specimen and
the subsequent battle for possession by multiple claimants.
Explores the scientific and legal aspects of the case that
culminated in a 1997 auction at Sotheby's in which Chicago's
Field Museum offered the winning bid. 2000.##
Visions of Technology: A Century of Vital Debate about
Machines, Systems, and the Human World  RC 52046
edited by Richard Rhodes
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
A chronological presentation of texts about technological
change, spanning the twentieth century, includes Henry
Ford's concept for a horseless carriage, H.G. Wells's
prediction of atomic bombs, Arthur C. Clarke's vision of
geosynchrony, Murphy's Law, the silent spring of Rachel
Carson, and E.F. Schumacher's reminder that small is
beautiful. 1999.###
Social Sciences
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl  RC
50754
by John Colapinto
read by Bruce Nelson
2 cassettes
Describes the traumatic life of Canadian David Reimer, who
was born an identical twin in 1965. After a botched
circumcision left him without a penis, he was castrated,
raised as a girl, given hormones, and falsely publicized as
a great success. Miserable at fourteen, David reverted to
being male. Some strong language. 2000.##
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People
RC 51913
by Helen Zia
read by Robin Miles
3 cassettes
Chinese American writer describes the history and potential
of the large diverse Asian population in the United States.
Explains how fragmented, isolated ethnic groups--motivated
by hate crimes and stereotyping--transformed themselves into
a new political power. Some strong language. 2000.##
Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood  RC
51286
by Leonard Pitts
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Based on his own experience and interviews with African
American men and children, a journalist explores the nature
of black fatherhood in the United States. Analyzes the low
marriage rates and dominance of female-headed households;
discusses impacts of racism. Encourages black men to be
involved in managing their children's lives. Some strong
language. 1999.##
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health  RC
51440
by Laurie Garrett
read by Kerry Cundiff
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Coming Plague (RC
41165) analyzes what she views as the worldwide failure of
public health systems. Uses the examples of pneumonic plague
in India, Ebola virus in Zaire, and class disparity in
America, as well as the threat of biowar, to support her
call for reform. 2000.##
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got
There  RC 51755
by David Brooks
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
The author's view of a late-twentieth-century American
elite, a highly educated meritocracy that incorporates
bohemian and bourgeois elements of popular culture from the
1960s and 1980s. These "bobos" often demand a high income
and, at the same time, pursue free-spirited ideals, seeking
both material and spiritual fulfillment. Bestseller 2000.##
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American
Community  RC 52575
by Robert D. Putnam
read by Butch Hoover
5 cassettes
Harvard professor asserts that citizen reluctance to join
community organizations and volunteer groups has caused the
decline of civic engagement in the U.S. Putnam presents
statistical data supporting his analysis and gives
recommendations for rebuilding social bonds. 2000.##
Breaking Apart: A Memoir of Divorce  RC 52780
by Wendy Swallow
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
A journalist portrays the difficulties of her divorce after
twelve years of marriage and a child-custody battle over her
two sons. Recalls her happy dreams as a newlywed, her
fantasies about divorce, the actual destructive process, and
her adjustment to joint custody and single parenthood. Some
strong language. 2001.##
Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists
Devastated the Amazon  RC 52576
by Patrick Tierney
read by Bruce Huntey
4 cassettes
An indictment of anthropologists and the media who have
exploited the native Yanomami people of Brazil and
Venezuela. Claims that ethnographer Napoleon Chagnon, who
has published provocative accounts of the rainforest
dwellers, unethically disrupted their culture and heedlessly
introduced infection. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2000.##
The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks  RC 51465
by Randall Robinson
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
The founder and president of TransAfrica argues for
reparations for African Americans and Africans because of
slavery and racial injustice in the United States.
Illustrates the impact of discrimination and reveals
slavery's legacy in the social and economic conditions of
minorities. Suggests educational reforms and development in
black communities. Bestseller 2000.##
Down These Mean Streets  RC 52585
by Piri Thomas
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Thirtieth-anniversary edition of the classic autobiography
about growing up in New York's Spanish Harlem during the
depression. Poverty led Piri into a life of drugs, crime,
and prison. After being rehabilitated, he dedicated his life
to helping similar youth. Afterword (1997) by the author.
Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
1967.##
The Education of Laura Bridgman: First Deaf and Blind Person
to Learn Language  RC 51875
by Ernest Freeberg
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New
Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind at the
age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a
woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under
the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins
Institution for the Blind. 2001.##
The Emperor's Giraffe and Other Stories of Cultures in
Contact  RC 51091
by Samuel M. Wilson
read by Michael Consoli
2 cassettes
An anthropologist presents twenty-three essays examining the
historical and contemporary significance of the "contact
period"--when different cultures interact, seeking to
negotiate their coexistence. Grouped by theme into sections
on Columbus, early exploration in the Americas, encountering
European values, Caribbean connections, and cultural
diversity. Many selections first appeared in Natural History
magazine. 1999.##
The End of Privacy  RC 51306
by Charles J. Sykes
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
A journalist evaluates challenges to individual privacy
posed by information technology, media interference,
governmental and business encroachments, and many Americans'
willingness to share their experiences with strangers.
Chronicles circumstances that have eroded citizens' control
over personal information in the workplace, in health care,
and in electronic commerce, and advises people to resist.
1999.##
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal  RC
51561
by Eric Schlosser
read by Randy Atcher
3 cassettes
An expos of the fast-food industry, revealing its dubious
production techniques, marketing strategies, and
exploitation of workers. Deplores the industry's
indifference to health problems it has fostered (obesity,
food-borne disease) and criticizes its role in the spread of
global corporate culture. Suggests solutions to the
"McDonaldization of America." Bestseller 2001.##
Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family First  RC
51451
by Suzanne Braun Levine
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
A journalist relies on interviews with a cross section of
fathers in the United States to explore the rewards and
challenges facing men as parents in the twenty-first
century--the combined pursuit of success on the job,
intimacy with close relatives, and time for friends. Views
the workplace as more family-friendly for women. 2000.##
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights
Movement from 1830 to 1970  RC 52736
by Lynne Olson
read by Gail Nelson
4 cassettes
A journalist highlights women's contributions to the
struggle for civil rights in the United States. Beginning
with the antislavery movements of the South, through the
Civil Rights era, to contemporary feminist issues, Olson
describes the works of both black and white women who fought
for freedom and equality. 2001.##
The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction  RC 51313
by Linda Gordon
read by David Elias
3 cassettes
History professor describes how racial politics caused a
social upheaval in 1904. The New York Catholic Foundling
Hospital placed children with Mexican American families in
the Clifton-Morenci, Arizona, mining area. Infuriated, local
Anglos took the fair Irish American orphans from their new
Hispanic homes. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the
vigilantes. 1999.##
The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of
Social Order  RC 50822
by Francis Fukuyama
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
A sociological assessment of the postindustrial society that
evolved from the mid-1960s to the 1990s. Traces a pattern of
moral decline through this period, alleging a connection
between social disruption and the developing information
economy. Avers that a new social order is emerging, one
better suited to the new age. 1999.##
Hating Whitey: And Other Progressive Causes  RC 51215
by David Horowitz
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
A radical turned conservative criticizes civil rights
leaders who have betrayed Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of
a color-blind society by espousing antiwhite racism.
Deplores the demonization of European and American culture
in higher education and the damaging effects of leftist
ideas. Some strong language. 1999.##
A History of the Wife  RC 52826
by Marilyn Yalom
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
Stanford University cultural scholar presents the evolution
of European and American women's experience of marriage.
Examines the Judeo-Christian marital tradition and the
changing role of the wife from biblical times to the twenty-
first century. Discusses the impact of the depression era
and World War II on the institution. 2001.##
Homecoming: The Story of African-American Farmers  RC 52550
by Charlene Gilbert and Quinn Eli
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Discusses the historical significance of land and farming
for African Americans. Chronologically traces ownership of
land and operation of farms in the South from Reconstruction
through the 1990s, when the U.S. Supreme Court granted
farmers restitution for discriminatory banking practices.
Examines black farmers' determination, courage, labor, and
economic hardships. 2000.##
How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans
Speak Out  RC 53011
compiled by Tavis Smiley
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Talk-show host and national radio commentator Smiley
presents a collection of essays from twenty-eight black
celebrities, addressing issues they view as vital to the
African American community. Suggests a variety of solutions
and challenges concerning family, responsibility, education,
health, economics, the church's role, and the establishment
of a legacy. 2001.##
The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values  RC 52832
by Nancy Folbre
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
An economist examines the provision of care for children and
elderly and disabled people in a competitive market society.
Folbre observes that with many women working outside the
home, the personal care system evolved in an earlier era has
been eroded. She proposes measures for balancing economic
self-interest and social welfare. 2001.##
Katie.com: My Story  RC 51429
by Katherine Tarbox
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
A cautionary account by the first minor to prosecute an
adult for misuse of the Internet. Katie was a lonely,
neglected thirteen-year-old who met her online love interest
at a hotel only to discover that he was an older pedophile.
For junior and senior high and older readers. 2000.##
Kinship: A Family's Journey in Africa and America  RC 50833
by Philippe Wamba
read by Ralph Lowenstein
4 cassettes
A Harvard graduate and journalist, born to an American
mother and a Congolese father, examines his roots and
explores the centuries of shared history, common interests,
and mutual goals of African Americans and Africans. He
recalls challenges his parents faced, explains
misconceptions between the two cultures, and advocates unity
between them. 1999.##
Life Is So Good  RC 51912
by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
A 101-year-old laborer who learned to read at age 98
chronicles his life in the South and provides a personal
retrospective on the African American past. In collaboration
with a history teacher, Dawson recalls significant
developments of the twentieth century, including the advent
of two world wars. 2000.##
Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America  RC 52632
by John H. McWhorter
read by Bob Moore
3 cassettes
African American professor rejects the idea that white
racism is the main obstacle to success. Outlines the three
beliefs he says prevent black achievement: victimology,
separatism, and anti-intellectualism. Also discusses
affirmative action, ebonics, and suggestions for the future.
Some strong language. 2000.##
The Meme Machine  RC 51405
by Susan Blackmore
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Building on geneticist Richard Dawkins's notion of "memes"--
small parcels of cultural meaning--Blackmore proposes a
model of human behavior based on the transmission and
replication of memes through imitation. She offers examples
and anecdotes to support her claim that all behavior is
meme-driven, and that memes can explain large brains,
language skills, and sense of self. 1999.##
Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation  RC 52252
by Neil Howe and William Strauss
read by Gary Tipton
4 cassettes
Using statistics and testimonials, examines the generation
of Americans born between 1982 and 2000. The authors argue
that since birth the "millennials" have been spurred toward
achievement at home and in school and that they are more
culturally diverse, hardworking, and effective as community
builders than any age group since the Second World War.
2000.##
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting
Dead  RC 53164
by Heather Pringle
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
After attending a World Congress on Mummy Studies in Arica,
Chile, journalist Pringle visits mummy experts worldwide.
She discusses what ancient corpses--from Egypt, Denmark,
Italy, China, Japan, and elsewhere--reveal to the living
scientists who probe, dissect, and collect them. 2001.##
The New Disability History: American Perspectives  RC 52391
edited by Paul K. Longmore and Lauri Umansky
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Fourteen essays examine disability in the social context of
American history. Several essays discuss attitudes toward
deafness and blindness specifically, including Kim Nielsen's
"Helen Keller and the Politics of Civic Fitness." The
collection ends with Richard K. Scotch's historical overview
of "American Disability Policy in the Twentieth Century."
2001.##
The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping
the American Landscape  RC 52307
by Joel Kotkin
read by John Hammock
2 cassettes
Analyzes how the technology economy has enabled businesses
to move away from their traditional bases and relocate to
aesthetically pleasing communities the author calls
"nerdistans" and "Valhallas." Examines residential and
commercial landscapes and possible future scenarios.
Bestseller 2000.##
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing  RC 52863
by Ted Conover
read by Tom Burch
3 cassettes
A journalist's account of one year spent as a corrections
officer in New York State. Conover's fascination with
prisons led him to become a guard. He describes his training
and his year on the job, with its moments of horror and
grace. Includes a brief history of Sing Sing. Strong
language and some violence. 2000.##
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America  RC 52291
by Barbara Ehrenreich
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
Inspired by welfare reforms, the author explores surviving
on less than $8 per hour as an "unskilled" worker. Traveling
across the country, she takes on six jobs and lives anywhere
she can afford. Concludes that low-paying jobs without
supportive public services are a disgrace to the United
States. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in
War and Society  RC 53109
by Dave Grossman
read by Rick Rohan
3 cassettes
A psychologist and former army officer examines the specific
nature of the act of killing and its social and
psychological implications and repercussions. Compares
modern military combat training to conditioning children
through media and video-game violence. Some descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1996.##
On the Rez  RC 49313
by Ian Frazier
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
Combines personal observation with history, travelog, and
social commentary to portray the Pine Ridge Reservation of
the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota. Describes the residents,
their heroes, daily routines, and other activities. Contains
an account of SuAnne Big Crow, an athlete who died at
seventeen.  Bestseller 2000.##
One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race  RC
53168
by Scott L. Malcomson
read by Jake Williams
5 cassettes
Explores the notions of race--black, white, and Indian--in
America and its historical development from attempted
assimilation to separatism to inclusion.  Malcomson explains
the intricate relationships between the three ethnicities,
concluding with his own experiences in his hometown of
Oakland, California. 2000.##
Opposing Viewpoints in Social Issues  RC 51234
edited by William Dudley
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
Presents debates on gun control, abortion, affirmative
action, alcohol, the death penalty, assisted suicide,
genetic engineering, and smoking. Each section includes six
essays--three supporting and three opposing the topic. For
senior high readers. 2000.##
Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope  RC
52379
by Jonathan Kozol
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Portraits from their own viewpoint of some of the poorest
children in the South Bronx, all African American or
Hispanic, growing up in dangerous neighborhoods. These
elementary school-aged youngsters, many suffering from
asthma, describe their feelings, routines, and living
conditions. 2000.##
The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of
the World  RC 52799
by Hugh Brody
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
An anthropologist's impassioned account of the world's few
surviving hunting cultures. Drawing on works of linguists
and historians and recalling personal experiences living
among indigenous societies in Arctic Canada, Brody uses the
Book of Genesis as a paradigm to explain the practices and
systems of belief that distinguish hunters from farmers.
2000.##
Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class  RC
50402
by Lawrence Otis Graham
read by Bob Moore
4 cassettes
Describes the development and traditions of an elite class
of African Americans, which traces its roots to the 1870s.
Illustrates the long history of this upper class of wealthy
professionals, who sponsor debutante cotillions and maintain
prestigious private social clubs, summer resorts, and
boarding schools in the major American cities. 1999.##
Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America  RC
52833
by Stephen G. Bloom
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
A study of misunderstandings and turmoil that followed the
1987 establishment of a kosher slaughterhouse in rural Iowa
by a group of Hasidic Jews. Bloom, a secular Jew from San
Francisco, sees human foibles on both sides as he explores
the gradual accommodation between local farmers and
newcomers. 2000.##
The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession  RC 52864
by Peter L. Bernstein
read by Gary Tipton
3 cassettes
A social and cultural analysis of gold's two main
interdependent functions as adornment and money. Begins with
the magical and religious attributes of gold and proceeds to
the historical transformation of gold into money. Recounts
tales of men obsessed with this precious metal and shows how
it has shaped human destiny. 2000.##
Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement
and Transform America  RC 52214
by Marc Freedman
read by David Myers
3 cassettes
Discusses how extending life expectancy has produced an
ever-increasing group of older Americans whose experiences
and talents are untapped resources that could benefit
society. Citing examples of people who continued working
after their first retirement, the author describes existing
and potential programs that can create opportunities for
aging citizens. 1999.##
A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly
Industry  RC 52620
by David Kessler
read by Erik Synnestvedt
3 cassettes
Drawing on legal and scientific research, Kessler, former
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
discusses the agency's investigation of the practices of the
tobacco industry. Details manufacturers' complicity in
nicotine manipulation that increased the addictiveness of
cigarettes. Discusses the industry's political clout and its
relationship with the government. 2001.##
Serving the Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to
the Bench  RC 52526
by Vincent Crapanzano
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
An anthropologist and cultural critic examines the
pervasiveness of fundamentalism in American society,
focusing on literalist interpretations of the Bible and the
Constitution. Argues that narrow construction of religious
and legal documents tends to erode citizens' freedoms and
basic rights. 2000.##
Shamans through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge  RC
53138
edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
More than sixty selections by anthropologists,
psychologists, missionaries, and travelers explore the world
of shamans--the spiritual practitioners and healers who have
been found in tribal cultures around the world.
Contributions range from accounts by sixteenth-century
European explorers in the New World to ethnographic analyses
by twentieth-century thinkers such as Claude Lvi-Strauss.
2001.##
Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and
Redemption  RC 49994
by Lisa Belkin
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Chronicles the 1980 case of U.S. v. Yonkers, which ordered
that minority public-housing units be built throughout the
city. In 1988 the country's youngest mayor, Nicholas
Wasicsko, took office and soon became embroiled in a
conflict that led to the town's desegregation. Wasicsko
later lost reelection and committed suicide. 1999.##
Silver Rights  RC 52703
by Constance Curry
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes
A legal scholar weaves interviews, letters, and public
documents to record the ordeal of the Carter family, who
sent seven of its thirteen children to desegregate an all-
white school system in 1965. She examines the African
American sharecroppers' courage and endurance against the
background of their racially charged Sunflower County,
Mississippi, home. 1995.##
Still the New World: American Literature in a Culture of
Creative Destruction  RC 51214
by Philip Fisher
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Portrays American culture as ever-changing; suggests that
the popular emphasis on technology, novelty, innovation,
mobility, and immigration has produced an environment that
is "always new." Reviews works by Twain, Whitman, and other
nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers on social change;
argues against using literature alone to analyze issues of
race, gender, and ethnicity. 1999.##
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the
American Dream  RC 52208
by Andres Duany and others
read by Randy Davidson
2 cassettes
Three planners offer ways to "once again build and inhabit
places worth caring about." They use examples of old and new
communities (including two revitalized by their firm) to
explain the differences between suburban sprawl and
traditional neighborhoods. Discusses how many aspects that
make older communities more livable are often against code.
2000.##
Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our
World  RC 52623
by George Gilder
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
A Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute predicts a
revolutionary era of unlimited bandwidth, or a "world
enabled and defined by unfamiliar communications
technology." Gilder foresees the end of the computer age and
anticipates how additional communication designs would
affect the global community's social and economic wealth.
2000.##
The Ten Things You Can't Say in America  RC 51905
by Larry Elder
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
Conservative African American talk-show host deplores the
victimization of blacks based on race and analyzes myths
that he suggests are perpetuated by politicians in order to
retain power. Also blames liberal media and black leaders
for creating artificial problems rather than addressing
serious issues like illegitimacy. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##
This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria  RC 53150
by Karl Maier
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
Explores political, social, and economic conditions in the
troubled West African nation of Nigeria. Profiles its
enormous potential and prospects, and explains how
corruption, fractious ethnic and religious groups, and
poverty threaten to divide the tenth most populous and sixth
largest oil-producing country in the world. 2000.##
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A Twenty-Five Year
Landmark Study  RC 51404
by Judith Wallerstein and others
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
This followup to Second Chances (RC 29593) continues the
study of children of divorce that was begun in 1971.
Compares seven now-adult subjects to peers from intact
families in the same community; offers suggestions for
strengthening marriage and minimizing the damage of broken
homes. Bestseller 2000.##
The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America  RC
52221
by Jeffrey Rosen
read by John Richardson
2 cassettes
Explores the social, legal, and technological developments
that have eroded privacy protections in American society.
Explains how the government, employers, and corporations can
monitor and search citizens' personal information, including
e-mails, store records, phone calls, and computer files.
Offers practical suggestions for corrective action. 2000.###
Sports
All Roads Lead to October: Boss Steinbrenner's Twenty-Five-
Year Reign over the New York Yankees  RC 51608
by Maury Allen
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
Sportswriter reminisces about the New York Yankee baseball
organization under the ownership of Cleveland industrialist
George Steinbrenner. Includes anecdotes of notable players
such as Reggie Jackson, Donnie Mattingly, and Darryl
Strawberry as well as managers Joe Torre and Billy Martin
(who was fired five times). Some strong language. 2000.##
Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Baseball Player
RC 52183
compiled by Marcos Bretn and Jos Luis Villegas
read by Erik Synnestvedt
2 cassettes
Traces the rise of Miguel Tejada from abject poverty in the
Dominican Republic to a major league baseball contract with
the Oakland Athletics. Describes how the American
recruitment system exploits the aspirations of illiterate
teenagers from the barrios, who must contend with a language
barrier, discrimination, and intense competition. Some
strong language. 1999.##
Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling
Undergraduate Education  RC 52838
by Murray Sperber
read by Bruce Huntey
3 cassettes
Chronicles the development of the American university
system, the undergraduate subculture, and sports programs
within higher education. Argues that greater prominence in
athletics means less money spent on academic concerns.
Describes corporate sponsorship conflicts and how enrollment
often soars following a school's appearance on national
television. 2000.##
The Best American Sports Writing, 2000  RC 52399
edited by Dick Schaap
read by Erik Sandvold
3 cassettes
Twenty-three pieces celebrating both traditional and fringe
sports. Includes "Storm Warning," about yachting; "Enter the
Chicken," about cockfighting; "Bottom of the Ninth," about
Tiger Stadium; and "How I Won the Minnesota Statehouse, by
Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente as Told to Garrison Keillor," about
a wrestler who becomes governor. Some strong language. 2000.##
The Best That I Can Be: An Autobiography  RC 51121
by Rafer Johnson
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Autobiography of the African American gold medalist in the
1960 Olympics. Johnson describes his childhood in Texas and
California, his achievements while attending UCLA, and his
subsequent victory in the decathlon in Rome. Continues with
his media and political career since his athletic days.
Introduction by Tom Brokaw. 1998.##
Beyond the Game: The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith
RC 52798
by Gary Smith
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Sports Illustrated articles about the personal lives of
sports figures. In "Ali and His Entourage," Smith interviews
people who traveled with the boxer. In "Shadow of a Nation,"
he chronicles the comeback of an alcoholic Crow basketball
player. Some strong language. 2000.##
Chyna: If They Only Knew  RC 51876
by Joanie Laurer
read by Nanette Savard
1 cassette
Autobiography of woman wrestler Joanie Laurer, known in the
ring as Chyna. Relates her upbringing and education and
describes the various jobs she held until she decided to
become a pro wrestler. Details her training before she was
hired by Vince McMahon of the World Wrestling Federation.
Strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding  RC 52404
by Michael Brooke
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
History of skateboarding and the people who first made it
happen. Chronicles the growth of skateboarding as a sport
and the popularity of holding competitions and building
skateparks. Explains the technology of constructing
skateboards using urethane wheels and fiberglass boards. For
junior and senior high and older readers. 1999.##
Controversies of the Sports World  RC 50568
by Douglas T. Putnam
read by Don Feldheim
3 cassettes
Presents sixteen controversies of the sports world including
recruitment, religion, contracts, discrimination, drug use,
violence, and exploitation. Provides opposing views and a
brief history of each issue. Assesses the effects of these
problems and offers possible solutions. For senior high and
older readers. 1999.##
Dale Earnhardt: Remembering the Intimidator  RC 52198
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
Describes the fatal last race of the legendary NASCAR driver
on February 18, 2001, during the Daytona 500. Eleven
articles briefly trace Earnhardt's life and highlights of
his long and successful career--including seven Winston
Cups--as well as his legacy. Bestseller
The Devil and Sonny Liston  RC 51714
by Nick Tosches
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Traces the life and mysterious death of boxer Sonny Liston,
the former world heavyweight champion who defeated Floyd
Patterson but was later beaten by Cassius Clay (Muhammad
Ali). Investigates Liston's family in Arkansas, his
introduction to the sport in prison, and his career ties to
the mob. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##
Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart
Race  RC 52376
by Rob Mundle
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
Harrowing account of the 1998 Australian yacht race that
encountered hurricane-force winds. Details the havoc wreaked
on the fleet of 115 entries, only forty-four of which
finished in Hobart, while five sank. Describes the heroic
search-and-rescue effort that resulted in winching fifty-
five sailors to safety. 1999.##
A Feel for the Game: To Brookline and Back  RC 53003
by Ben Crenshaw
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
A champion golfer from Austin, Texas, reminisces about his
life on the course and off. Describes his early mentors,
family life, and career from the 1970s to the 1990s,
culminating in his captaincy of the American team in its
1999 Ryder Cup victory at Brookline, Massachusetts. 2001.##
Fifth Quarter: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter
RC 52388
by Jennifer Allen
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
1 cassette
The only daughter of the late football coach George Allen
chronicles her unusual family life. As her three older
brothers and father obsessed over winning while her colorful
and profane French Tunisian mother railed from the
sidelines, Jennifer watched and wished she were a boy.
Strong language. 2000.##
Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker than Wrestling
RC 53068
by Mick Foley
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
Continues superstar wrestler Foley's account of his career
and personal life, begun in Mankind, Have a Nice Day! (RC
49315). Discusses his role as a World Wrestling Federation
commissioner and some of the problems in the sport,
including "backyard wrestling" and drugs. Violence and
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
Go East Old Man: Adventures of a Runner in His Seventies
Traveling Twenty-Two Western States  RC 50900
by Paul Reese
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
A retired marine and septuagenarian describes running across
twenty-two states west of the Mississippi River. Summarizes
his experiences in eight western states from the 1990 cross-
country run detailed in Ten Million Steps (RC 37672) and
gives daily accounts while crossing fourteen new states over
five summers from 1992 to 1996. 1997.##
The Goose Is Loose  RC 51443
by Richard "Goose" Gossage
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Humorous autobiography of a professional relief pitcher who
played with the 1978 world-champion Yankees as well as the
San Diego Padres and several other teams over the course of
twenty-two seasons. Shares anecdotes about his life in the
major leagues, including antics with other players. Some
strong language. 2000.##
The Great Black Jockeys: The Lives and Times of the Men Who
Dominated America's First National Sport  RC 50954
by Edward Hotaling
read by Jake Williams
3 cassettes
A social historian and Emmy-winning writer recalls the
importance of African American jockeys in the field of horse
racing in the 1800s--even when many were slaves. Explains
that by the end of the century, athletes who had once won
the Kentucky Derby were vanishing from America's most
popular sport because of racism. 1999.##
The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound  RC
51995
by Roger Kahn
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Author of The Boys of Summer (RC 16430) discusses the
psychology and physics of baseball pitching,  as well as
some of the major personalities immortalized in the history
of the sport. 2000.##
The Hot Stove League  RC 51003
by Lee Allen
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
Collection of anecdotes and trivia about baseball players
from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
relating their everyday lives, how they played the game, and
what became of them after their professional careers.
Contains myths and legends including the contentious history
of Casey at the Bat. 1955.##
How I Play Golf  RC 53289
by Tiger Woods
read by Steven Carpenter
1 cassette
The twenty-five-year-old champion explains his mental and
physical approaches to winning. Woods analyzes every aspect
of the game from putting to choosing the right club.
Explains the fundamentals of his movements and techniques
and how to work a course. Includes useful tips from other
players. Bestseller 2001.##
It's True! It's True!  RC 53200
by Kurt Angle
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Autobiography by the 1996 Olympic gold medal-winning
wrestler. He describes growing up in Pittsburgh in a blue-
collar family and becoming a World Champion in 1995. He
discusses joining Vince McMahon's World Wrestling
Federation, becoming a televised antihero. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##
Joy in Mudville: A Little League Memoir  RC 51781
by Greg Mitchell
read by Randy Davidson
2 cassettes
The author chronicles the highs and lows of coaching his
preteen's baseball team during two diverse seasons in Nyack,
New York. Explores the father/son relationship and the
phenomenon of "Little League Rage," in which competitive
parents physically and verbally assault players and
officials. 2000.##
The Long Program: Skating towards Life's Victories  RC 49753
by Peggy Fleming
read by Graci Ragsdale
2 cassettes
Autobiography by the award-winning ice-skater, describing
her childhood and athletic career. Fleming was thrust into
the spotlight when she won an Olympic Gold Medal at age
nineteen in 1968. She became a well-known broadcaster and
later a breast cancer activist after successfully battling
the disease. 1999.##
Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion  RC 51330
by John Tessitore
read by Chuck Young
1 cassette
Biography of the champion boxer, tracing his childhood,
athletic career, religious conversion, and charitable
activities. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Ali rose to
fame by winning a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics, but later
was criticized for his refusal to serve in Vietnam. For
junior and senior high readers. 1998.##
Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton  RC 51949
by Walter Payton
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Record-breaking NFL football player Walter "Sweetness"
Payton, who died of liver cancer in 1999, discusses growing
up in Mississippi, attending college, and staying positive
through cancer treatment. Supplemented with anecdotes from
his friends, family, and colleagues recalling his work
ethic, his humor, and his generosity. 2000.##
The Oldest Rookie: Big-League Dreams from a Small-Town Guy
RC 52470
by Jim Morris and Joel Engel
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
The story of Jim Morris, who achieved his dream of playing
baseball at thirty-five. Tells how an injury cost him a shot
at professional baseball as a teen. Discusses his family and
how becoming a coach in Texas led to a bet that changed his
life. 2001.##
Parcells: A Biography  RC 52322
by Bill Gutman
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Biography of the professional football coach who went to
three Super Bowls and won two before retiring in 1999.
Traces Bill Parcells's career with the New York Giants, the
New York Jets, and the New England Patriots--along with the
faults and attributes of the "guy from Jersey." 2000.##
A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone  RC 53103
by Roger Angell
read by Erik Synnestvedt
2 cassettes
Baseball chronicler Roger Angell examines the life and
career of David Cone, a pitcher who has played with four
different major league ball clubs. Discusses pitching
technique, mental preparation, and Cone's adjustment to fame
and fortune as well as his disappointing 2000 season with
the Yankees. 2001.##
Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football  RC 51972
by John M. Carroll
read by Michael Consoli
2 cassettes
Highlights the career and influence of football's first
superstar, Red Grange (1903-1991), beginning with the famous
1924 Illinois-Michigan collegiate game. Grange, the first
player to have an agent when he signed with George Halas's
Chicago Bears, continued to promote the sport as a
broadcaster and coach after his playing days. 1999.##
Red Smith on Baseball: The Game's Greatest Writer on the
Game's Greatest Years  RC 50569
by Red Smith
read by Ray Childs
3 cassettes
Five decades--from the 1940s to the 1980s--of baseball
columns by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who was
called "The Shakespeare of the Press Box." Includes pieces
on Mickey Mantle's first game, numerous World Series
contests including Don Larsen's no-hitter in 1956, the
ascent of Jackie Robinson, and the death of Babe Ruth. 2000.##
Seabiscuit: An American Legend  RC 51968
by Laura Hillenbrand
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Recounts the rise of an "undersized, crooked-legged"
thoroughbred horse that in 1938 was the year's number one
newsmaker over Franklin Roosevelt, Hitler, and Lou Gehrig.
Hillenbrand tells Seabiscuit's story through the three men
who made a true long shot into a winner: owner Charles
Howard, trainer Tom Smith, and jockey Red Pollard.
Bestseller 2001.##
Sports Guy: In Search of Corkball, Warroad Hockey, Hooters
Golf, Tiger Woods, and the Big, Big Game  RC 52674
by Charles P. Pierce
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Sportswriter and National Public Radio commentator's
articles about athletes and a variety of sports. Includes a
notorious 1997 piece on Tiger Woods, father and son football
players Peyton and Archie Manning, hockey towns, jewelry
worn by men, outspoken mothers, and tragic accidents.
Foreword by Roy Blount Jr. Some strong language. 2001.##
Strength and Power for Young Athletes  RC 52955
by Avery D. Faigenbaum and Wayne L. Westcott
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
How to assist children from ages seven to fifteen with
strength-building exercises using free weights, weight
machines, rubber cords, medicine balls, and body weight to
develop every muscle group. Emphasizes sound training
principles, injury prevention, and nutrition. Offers age-
group programs and sports conditioning for specific games.
2000.##
Swimming past 50  RC 53029
by Mel Goldstein and Dave Tanner
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Tips and techniques for the older swimmer. Includes training
programs and the basics of the sport as well as information
about the aging process. Offers sample workouts and advice
on the prevention of injuries. 1999.##
The Tandem Book  RC 53213
by Angel Rodriguez and Carla Black
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
A guide to buying, riding, and maintaining a bicycle built
for two. Includes information on the history of the bike and
on touring, traveling, racing, and pedaling with children.
1997.##
The Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball  RC 52790
by Leonard Koppett
read by Bruce Huntey
4 cassettes
A revised edition of the 1967 baseball classic explains the
principles of pitching, batting, game tactics, and
strategies, and the relationships between players,
spectators, and the press. Koppett has added discussion of
team expansions, playoffs, designated hitters, unions, cable
television, and night games. 2001.##
True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of
Annapurna  RC 51971
by David Roberts
read by Ted Stoddard
2 cassettes
Relying on differing accounts of the climbers, Roberts
chronicles the 1950 ascent by Herzog, Lachenal, Rebuffat,
and others to the summit of Annapurna, the world's tenth
highest mountain. Asserts that the team was equally
responsible for the success, though only Herzog received
accolades for the great French mountaineering venture. 2000.##
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! Inspirations
and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes  RC 52360
by Yogi Berra
read by Michael Scherer
1 cassette
Champion baseball catcher, coach, and manager suggests
making informed decisions by obtaining advice and going with
what feels right. Uses baseball anecdotes as metaphors for
life. Bestseller 2001.###
Stage and Screen
Angels along the Way: My Life with Help from Above  RC 51138
by Della Reese
read by Saidah Arrika Ekulona
3 cassettes
Autobiography by the singer, television actress, and devout
lifelong Christian. Born Deloreese Patricia Early in a
Detroit ghetto, she describes her childhood and early career
as a gospel singer and offers gratitude to the "angels" who
helped her throughout her life, both professionally and
personally. Some strong language. 1997.##
Arthur Godfrey: The Adventures of an American Broadcaster
RC 51668
by Arthur J. Singer
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
Biography of legendary broadcaster and salesman Arthur
Godfrey (1903-1983), whose network radio shows were the most
well-known during the 1940s and 1950s. Godfrey later
successfully made the transition to television with his show
Talent Scouts. Discusses his personal life and the incidents
that led to his downfall. 2000.##
Behind the Smile: My Journey out of Postpartum Depression
RC 52301
by Marie Osmond
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
Marie Osmond began experiencing bouts of postpartum
depression (PPD) after the birth of her seventh child at the
age of thirty-nine. She describes her childhood, career, and
motherhood and the medical condition that made her flee her
family. Includes list of symptoms and available treatments.
Bestseller 2001.##
Burt Lancaster: An American Life  RC 50531
by Kate Buford
read by Barbara Pinolini
4 cassettes
Commentator for National Public Radio chronicles Burt
Lancaster's public and private life, beginning with his
childhood in East Harlem. Describes his decision to forgo a
college scholarship during the depression to take a job as a
circus performer. Continues with his lucky break into films.
Some strong language. 2000.##
Call Me Crazy  RC 53048
by Anne Heche
read by Carol Dines
2 cassettes
Memoir of thirty-one-year-old celebrity actress. Covers her
abused childhood, therapy sessions, career, and success.
Describes her lesbian affair with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres
and her bout of insanity. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2001.##
Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning  RC 52369
by Kirk Douglas
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
At age eighty, actor Kirk Douglas continues his life story
begun in The Ragman's Son (RC 28008). He reminisces about
his professional and personal life, including survival in a
helicopter accident in 1991, a stroke, and rediscovery of
his Jewish roots. Some strong language. 1997.##
Clint Eastwood: A Biography  RC 51309
by Richard Schickel
read by Steven Carpenter
5 cassettes
In-depth biography by a Time film critic based on interviews
with his subject. Emphasizes the screen icon's professional
achievements--culminating in an Oscar for directing
Unforgiven--though Eastwood's relationships with his
partners and children are also explored. Includes a
filmography. Some strong language. 1996.##
Ghost Light: A Memoir  RC 52542
by Frank Rich
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
A former theater critic of the New York Times reminisces
about his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area in the
1950s and 60s. Recalls how his love for the stage developed
and how he coped with family problems by taking refuge in
theater productions. Some violence and some strong language.
2000.##
Gielgud: A Theatrical Life  RC 53319
by Jonathan Croall
read by Anne Flosnik
5 cassettes
Biography of the esteemed British actor, director, and
writer John Gielgud (1904-2000). Describes his life and
times, including his family's theatrical background, his
knighthood and the subsequent homosexual scandal in 1953,
his ventures on Broadway and in Hollywood, and his numerous
radio and television appearances. Some strong language.
2000.##
The Gross: The Hits, the Flops--the Summer That Ate
Hollywood  RC 50408
by Peter Bart
read by Jim Johnston
2 cassettes
The editor of Hollywood trade magazine Variety examines the
movie season of the summer of 1998. Provides accounts of
making and promoting the season's releases, which included
Saving Private Ryan, There's Something about Mary, Bulworth,
The Truman Show, Armageddon, Mulan, and The Horse Whisperer.
Some strong language. 1999.##
I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show  RC
51370
by Mike Douglas
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
The host of the former long-running Mike Douglas Show
considers himself "the world's luckiest fan." He provides
highlights from over two decades of chatting with
celebrities, including Ray Charles, Princess Grace, John
Wayne, Fred Astaire, and John Lennon. His only bitter note
is how Westinghouse replaced him in 1981. 2000.##
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women's Experience of Power in
Hollywood  RC 52075
by Rachel Abramowitz
read by Faith Potts
5 cassettes
A history of the women who obtained positions of power in
the movie-making industry. Reviews their childhoods and
their ambitions and documents discrimination and other
obstacles they overcame. Includes the late executive Dawn
Steel, Paramount head Sherry Lansing, writer-director Nora
Ephron, and actress-producer-director Jodie Foster. Strong
language. 2000.##
Matinee Idylls: Reflections on the Movies  RC 51311
by Richard Schickel
read by Terence Aselford
2 cassettes
Essays from the Time film critic concerning the state of the
cinema and its future. Examines past great talents such as
silent film director King Vidor, Greta Garbo, Frank Capra,
Irene Dunne, Bette Davis, and Laurence Olivier. Also
discusses film festivals and later trends in movies. 1999.##
My Father's Daughter: A Memoir  RC 51413
by Tina Sinatra
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
A portrait of Frank Sinatra by his youngest daughter, Tina.
Focuses on his home life, marriage to teenage sweetheart,
Nancy, and his loyalty to his three children.  Also
describes the entertainer's tempestuous marriages to Ava
Gardner and Mia Farrow, and his last years with domineering
wife Barbara Marx Sinatra. Some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##
Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood  RC 53065
by Suzanne Finstad
read by Margaret Strom
4 cassettes
Depicts the personal and professional life of film star
Natalie Wood, the daughter of an unstable Russian stage
mother. Describes the psychological pressures that shaped
the child actress, her two marriages to Robert Wagner, and
her successful career on screen until her untimely death in
1981. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##
On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio  RC 48459
by John Dunning
read by Ray Hagen
16 cassettes in 3 containers
An alphabetical presentation of more than 1,500 radio shows
from the 1920s to the 1960s. Each listing describes the type
of program, provides a history with starting and ending
dates, and includes the persons involved. Includes Amos 'n'
Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, One Man's Family, The Lone
Ranger, and Jack Armstrong, the All American Boy. 1998.##
The Other Side of Ethel Mertz: The Life Story of Vivian
Vance  RC 52671
by Frank Castelluccio and Alvin Walker
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
A biography of the nightclub singer and stage actress who
became famous for her role as Lucille Ball's sidekick on the
I Love Lucy television series. Documents her personal life
and extensive acting experience before her small-screen
debut and her relationship with the well-known cast.
Foreword by Robert Osborne. Some strong language. 1998.##
A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal, 1996-98  RC 50961
by Alec Guinness
read by Jamie Horton
2 cassettes
In this sequel to My Name Escapes Me (RC 45867), British
actor Guinness continues his journal entries. He comments on
the death of Princess Diana, the election of Tony Blair, and
his life in the country, and he reminisces about Star Wars
and other films. 1999.##
Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford  RC 50411
by Scott Eyman
read by Faith Potts
5 cassettes
Biography of renowned film director John Ford (1894-1973),
who for over fifty years made such movies as The Grapes of
Wrath, Stagecoach, The Last Hurrah, and Cheyenne Autumn.
Evaluates his work and relationships within Hollywood as
well as his personal life. Analyzes his social vision as
portrayed in his films. 1999.##
Rejuvenate! (It's Never Too Late)  RC 52657
by Eartha Kitt
read by Yolande Bavan
1 cassette
Award-winning performer shares tips that have helped her
maintain a vital mind and body. Recalling incidents from her
seventy-four years of varied and vigorous experiences, Kitt
discusses the benefits of deep breathing, exercise, sensible
eating habits, and avoiding materialistic clutter.
Bestseller 2001.##
Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care"  RC 52144
by Lee Server
read by Robert O'Keefe
5 cassettes
Biography of screen legend Robert Mitchum (1917-1997), who
left his bohemian home at age fourteen to lead an
unconventional life, which included stints as a boxer,
laborer, vagabond, and jailbird. Chronicles his family saga,
his long marriage to his teenage sweetheart, and his career
in Hollywood. Strong language. 2001.##
Silent Stars  RC 50342
by Jeanine Basinger
read by Ray Hagen
4 cassettes
A celebration of "forgotten, misunderstood, or
underappreciated" stars of the silent movies, whom the
author reexamines. In addition to some relatively unsung
artists, Basinger includes such greats as Mary Pickford,
Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, Lon Chaney, and Rin-
Tin-Tin for their lesser-known performances. 1999.##
Stroheim  RC 51962
by Arthur Lennig
read by Robert O'Keefe
4 cassettes
Lennig, whose interest in the work of Erich von Stroheim
began during his grade school days, strips away many of the
myths that surround this actor/director of the silent film
era. Lennig's main focus is on Stroheim's work as the
director of movies such as Foolish Wives, Greed, and The
Merry Widow. 2000.##
Truffaut  RC 51727
by Antoine de Baecque and Serge Toubiana
read by Dennis Rooney
4 cassettes
Biography of the French filmmaker who won an Oscar in 1974
for Day for Night. Discusses his dark childhood, his passion
for the cinema, his romances with some leading ladies, and
his early death from a brain tumor. 1999.##
The Unruly Life of Woody Allen: A Biography  RC 50436
by Marion Meade
read by Gary Telles
4 cassettes
Career and personal life of the noted filmmaker and actor
whose work includes What's New, Pussycat?, Bananas, Annie
Hall, and Manhattan. He achieved notoriety in 1992 when he
left lover Mia Farrow for her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi
Previn, and was accused of molesting another of Farrow's
daughters. Some strong language. 2000.###
Travel
Along the Inca Road: A Woman's Journey into an Ancient
Empire  RC 52259
by Karin Muller
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
The author records her action-packed, six-month, 3,125-mile
trip through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile after
receiving a National Geographic grant. She provides
historical background to ancient sites and festivals in the
Andes mountains and discusses modern issues such as land
mines and drug traffic. 2000.##
The Best American Travel Writing 2000  RC 52519
edited by Bill Bryson
read by Barry Bernson
3 cassettes
Twenty-five selections from the travel essays and articles
published in the year 2000. Each describes a specific moment
in time--taking the first drink of the day, breaking down in
the middle of the desert, picking up hitchhikers in Cuba,
and becoming a hostage while on safari. Some strong
language. 2000.##
The Fearless Flier's Handbook: Learning to Beat the Fear of
Flying with the Experts from the Qantas Clinic  RC 50440
by Debbie Seaman
read by Candy Shannon
2 cassettes
A 1994 graduate of the Australian Fearless Flying clinic
interviews aviation experts and fellow alumni to provide
tips on overcoming anxiety during flights. Topics include
bad weather, jet maintenance, and air traffic control.
Explains how huge planes manage to stay up in the air. 1998.##
The Flneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris  RC
52108
by Edmund White
read by Robert Blumenfeld
1 cassette
Novelist, critic, and biographer White, who moved to Paris
in 1983, describes his wanderings through the city's
arrondissements, including districts congenial to writers,
African Americans, Jews, artists, gays and lesbians, and
royalists.  A flneur is someone who strolls about a city
with no specific purpose, yet is attuned to its history and
character.  Bestseller 2001.##
French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew
RC 52170
by Peter Mayle
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes
Mayle describes how he was introduced to the pleasures of
French culinary art at age nineteen. Living in the French
countryside, he explores the small, out-of-the-way
restaurants and local village markets. He participates in
annual festivals and eats in three-star Michelin
restaurants, all the while writing about his appreciation of
French food. Bestseller 2001.##
A Goose in Toulouse: And Other Culinary Adventures in France
RC 52188
by Mort Rosenblum
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
American journalist Rosenblum, who moved to France in 1977
and stayed on, describes the people and cuisines of his
adopted country. He recounts his extensive travels, his
visits with the locals to learn about their finest regional
specialities, and his conversations about the appalling rise
of fast-food restaurants. 2000.##
Hollywood the Hard Way: A Cowboy's Journey  RC 51699
by Patti Dickinson
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
In 1945, Oklahoma rancher Rolla Goodnight bet his friend
Jimmy Wakely, a singing cowboy star, that Rolla's grandson
could ride 1,500 miles in less than fifty days to Hollywood,
California. The author recounts twenty-year-old Jerry Van
Meter's grueling trek on horseback across mountains and
deserts to his destination. 1999.##
In Siberia  RC 51481
by Colin Thubron
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
As a British traveler crosses the vast territory of Siberia
on a shoestring budget, he portrays the natural beauty of
the land and characteristics of the people he encounters.
Describes cultural variations from the village of
Pokrovskoe, where Rasputin was born, to Yakutsk, a town of
ice and twilight. 1999.##
In Tuscany  RC 51349
by Frances Mayes
read by Suzanne Toren
1 cassette
In this companion to Bella Tuscany (RC 48030) and Under the
Tuscan Sun (RC 44847), Mayes continues to recount her love
of the Tuscan countryside. She describes the pleasures of
living in Italy that she experienced in homes, fields,
markets, and restaurants and at festivals. Includes many
recipes. Bestseller 2000.##
Kiwi Tracks: A New Zealand Journey  RC 51961
by Andrew Stevenson
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
An intrepid backpacker recounts his four-month summer trek
around the two islands of New Zealand. He describes the
countryside, his adventures on the road, and his encounters
with fellow travelers and local people. Some strong
language. 1999.##
A Little More about Me  RC 51281
by Pam Houston
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Autobiographical essays explore the author's adventures,
emotional and spiritual experiences, and observations of art
and nature during her travels. She describes whitewater
rafting in the Rockies in "Powerhouse by the Book" and
envisions trekking on the Himalayas in "In Bhutan There Is
No Way to Be Famous." Some strong language. 1999.##
Magellan  RC 51673
by Tim Joyner
read by Peter Gil
3 cassettes
Detailed account of the adventure, danger, and wonder of
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe in search of a
route to the spice islands. The three-year journey began in
September 1519, but because of poor judgment on his part,
Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521. Some
violence. 1992.##
Roads: Driving America's Great Highways  RC 51953
by Larry McMurtry
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Motivated solely by the urge to be on the move, the author
of Lonesome Dove (RC 22959) describes his solitary drives
down the interstates. Along the way he reminisces about his
life, acquaintances, books, likes and dislikes, and the many
images of the roads he travels. 2000.##
Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods  RC 52141
by Christopher Shaw
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
During a raft, boat, and kayak expedition, Shaw explores the
Usumacinta River at the Guatemalan and Mexican border,
homeland of the ancient Mayas. He combines anthropological
and historical knowledge of the area with vivid details of
his contact with rebel soldiers, other travelers, drug
smugglers, and dangerous river rapids. 2000.##
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan  RC 53152
by Jason Elliot
read by Ken Kliban
4 cassettes
An exploration of Afghanistan--its physical beauty,
hospitality, religious variations, and long history. Elliot
recounts events from his first visit at nineteen in 1986
traveling with anti-Soviet mujahedin and another journey ten
years later when the Taliban forces were building power.
1999.##
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books
of Moses  RC 52171
by Bruce Feiler
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Feiler's recounting of his ten-thousand-mile trek with
Israeli archaeologist Avner Goren through the Middle East is
part adventure story, part spiritual exploration, and part
archaeological detective work. Throughout his travels,
Feiler recalls biblical stories related to each site, thus
weaving together religious myths, historical theory, and
physical evidence. Bestseller 2001.##
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel  RC 52103
by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
read by Christopher Walker
1 cassette
Guide to safety skills for dealing with anything from minor
mishaps to dangerous situations. Explains how to control a
runaway camel; escape from a car trunk; navigate a
minefield; and survive a scorpion sting, a fall onto subway
tracks, and a volcanic eruption. Includes strategies for
planning ahead. Bestseller 2001.##
Yemen: The Unknown Arabia  RC 50707
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
An Englishman's recollections of being enticed by the desire
to learn Arabic in an exotic land and leaving Oxford in 1982
for the southern Arabian peninsula--where he remained.
Combines travel impressions with the culture, history, and
heritage of the inhabitants. Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.
2000.###
U.S. History
After the Thunder: Fourteen Men Who Shaped Post-Civil War
America  RC 51450
by Wilmer L. Jones
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
Biographies of seven men from each side of the Civil War,
highlighting their lives after the conflict. Also provides
information on the fall of Richmond, the surrender at
Appomattox, and Reconstruction. Includes, among others,
Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Nathan Bedford Forrest,
George Custer, George McClellan, Ulysses Grant, and Andrew
Johnson. 2000.##
All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies
RC 52080
by Elizabeth D. Leonard
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
Chronicle of women who served in the Union and Confederate
armies in the field during the Civil War, either as spies,
"mascots," or disguised as men. Explores the motivation
behind the women's actions, the practical aspects involved,
and the consequences of discovery. Also looks at earlier
examples from the Revolutionary War. 1999.##
All the President's Men  RC 50574
by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
read by Dan Bloom
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters
chronicle their investigation of the Watergate scandal,
which began as a burglary of the Democratic National
Committee Headquarters on June 17, 1972. They explain the
events that precipitated their first suspicions and led them
to ascertain the truth. Some strong language. Bestseller
1974.##
America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s  RC 51208
by Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin
read by Barry Bernson
3 cassettes
An examination of political, social, and cultural
developments of the 1960s by historians Isserman of Hamilton
College and Kazin of Georgetown University. They survey the
growth of activism among young people, the search for a more
authentic spirituality, the Civil Rights movement, planning
for the Great Society, and Vietnam. 2000.##
America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis  RC
51344
by Sarah Bradford
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
5 cassettes
British author of Princess Grace (RC 21082) and Elizabeth
(RC 51345) describes the life of the former first lady.
Assesses her relationships with the various men in her life,
her role in the White House, her chronic obsession with
money, and her later days in New York. Bestseller 2000.##
American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace  RC
52088
by John C. Culver and John Hyde
read by Robert Sams
6 cassettes
Biography of 1948 Progressive Party presidential candidate
Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) of Iowa, who was a noted
agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman. Before
his unsuccessful third-party bid for the presidency, Wallace
served as secretary of agriculture, secretary of commerce,
and one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice
presidents. 2000.##
American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City
Bombing  RC 52166
by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck
read by Gary Telles
4 cassettes
Account of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma
City by Timothy McVeigh on April 19, 1995. In addition to
prison interviews with McVeigh, the authors document his
childhood, military career, and drifter lifestyle in an
attempt to fathom his motives and personality. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##
Amish Society  RC 51601
by John A. Hostetler
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
In this revised and updated classic ethnography, the author
recalls the history of the Amish in America since their
arrival from Germany in the eighteenth century. Surveys
social customs, mores, and relationships to the outside
world; assesses trends in population, land use, and
attitudes toward government. 1993.##
April 1865: The Month That Saved America  RC 52027
by Jay Winik
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
In April 1865, as the war ends, the Confederate capital--
Richmond--lies in ruins, Generals Robert E. Lee and Joe
Johnston surrender their armies, and President Abraham
Lincoln is assassinated. Remarkably, the author contends,
the nation survives. Analyzes the reasons for the unusually
successful conclusion to a republic's civil war. Bestseller
2001.##
Bear Flag Rising: The Conquest of California, 1846  RC 50629
by Dale L. Walker
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
History of California from its colonization by Spain to its
annexation by the United States. Relates how the concept of
Manifest Destiny applied to the West Coast and how three
men--John Charles Frmont, Robert Field Stockton, and
Stephen Watts Kearny--led the takeover of the Bear Flag
state. 1999.##
The Burden and the Glory: The Hopes and Purposes of
President Kennedy's Second and Third Years in Office as
Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses  RC 52707
by John F. Kennedy
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A selection of President Kennedy's speeches and
pronouncements, arranged chronologically and by subject, on
such diverse topics as peace, Latin America, civil rights,
and other domestic issues. Includes Kennedy's undelivered
Dallas address. 1964.##
The Children's Civil War  RC 53209
by James Marten
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Chronicles the hardships of the Civil War on a generation of
young Americans--Yankees, Confederates, and slaves. Uses
anecdotes, oral histories, diaries, and memoirs to describe
how the fighting affected--either directly or through fear
for loved ones--the third of the populace who were children
during the 1860s. Some strong language. 1998.##
Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire
in British North America, 1754-1766  RC 51382
by Fred Anderson
read by Bill Wallace
6 cassettes
Interpretive chronicle of the Seven Years' (French and
Indian) War, its origins, and its aftermath. Posits that
this conflict dramatically reshaped the destinies of North
America and Europe. Traces the roles of George Washington
and participant Native Americans and tells the stories of
individual settlers, land speculators, and politicians.
2000.##
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the
United States  RC 52778
read by Randy Atcher
1 cassette
Contains the full text of the Declaration of Independence,
written in 1776, and the Constitution of the United States,
written in 1787, as well as the twenty-seven amendments to
the Constitution. Includes an introduction by Pauline Maier
that provides historical information on both documents.
Bestseller 1998.##
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America  RC 51416
by Thomas Fleming
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Chronicles the political and personal rivalry between Burr,
Thomas Jefferson's vice president (and political enemy), and
Hamilton, the Federalist lawyer from New York, culminating
in their duel on July 11, 1804. Uses first-person accounts
to trace the course of the feud and to document the personal
qualities of the two men. 1999.##
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan  RC 48814
by Edmund Morris
read by Michael Scherer
6 cassettes
Biographer Morris interjects himself as a fictional
contemporary of Ronald Reagan in this authorized account of
the fortieth president of the United States. He covers
Reagan's life from his birth in Tampico, Illinois, through
his college days, his movie career, his governorship of
California, his presidency, and his final public appearance.
Bestseller 1999.##
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents  RC 52821
by Bonnie Angelo
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
Biographical sketches of mothers credited with shaping the
characters of eleven twentieth-century U.S. presidents.
Includes Mattie Truman, a Confederate who refused to sleep
in Lincoln's bedroom; Dorothy Ford, who saved her infant son
from an abusive father; and the flamboyant Virginia Clinton
Kelley, whose "life was too much like a country song." 2000.##
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation  RC 51469
by Joseph J. Ellis
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Author of American Sphinx (RC 44729) explains the importance
of a few prominent leaders in the development of democracy
after the American Revolution. Describes significant
contributions to the new nation made by John Adams, Aaron
Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Bestseller
2000.##
Jazz: A History of America's Music  RC 52433
by Geoffrey C. Ward
read by Peter Jay Fernandez
5 cassettes
In this companion to Ken Burns's ten-part PBS documentary,
Ward discusses the history of jazz in the context of
twentieth-century American history. His stories of the men
and women who created this American art form include such
greats as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman,
Dave Brubeck, and Ella Fitzgerald. 2000.##
The Jewish Confederates  RC 52237
by Robert N. Rosen
read by Roy Avers
4 cassettes
A history of the participation of southern Jews in the
Confederate effort during the American Civil War. Rosen
estimates that more than 2,000 Jews, comfortably assimilated
in religiously tolerant southern society, went into battle
under rebel colors. Presents numerous anecdotes and
portraits of southern Jewish loyalists, some of whom even
held slaves. 2000.##
King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's
Forgotten Conflict  RC 50412
by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
An account of the vicious conflict (1675-1676) between the
English settlers in New England and the native Wampanoags
led by King Philip. As the conflict decimated the tribes and
established English dominance, a unique social
interdependence was destroyed forever. Includes contemporary
narratives as well as descriptions of present-day landmarks.
1999.##
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography  RC 51225
by Jack Hurst
read by Randy Atcher
4 cassettes
Biography of a Confederate officer renowned for his skill as
a cavalryman. Describes Forrest's transitions from
frontiersman and slave trader to military leader and, later,
to founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Continues into the years
when he ordered the dissolution of the organization. Some
violence. 1993.##
NYPD: A City and Its Police  RC 52137
by James Lardner and Thomas Reppetto
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
New York City's police department from the 1820s to the late
twentieth century. Describes the force as the oldest in
America and the model on which others have been patterned.
Examines the NYPD's relationship with inner-city residents
and looks at headline stories from the 1990s involving
accusations of torture and wrongful death. 2000.##
Polk's Folly: An American Family History  RC 51247
by William R. Polk
read by John Polk
4 cassettes
The author traces his family history in America beginning
with the first colonist in 1680. Follows his ancestors
through the Revolution, the Polk presidency, both sides of
the Civil War, and into the twentieth century. Includes
anecdotes of soldiers, Indian hostages, land speculators,
cattle barons, socialites, and a murdered journalist. 2000.##
The Presidency of George Bush  RC 51457
by John Robert Greene
read by John Richardson
2 cassettes
An account of the president from 1988 to 1992, presenting
both his strengths and weaknesses. Considers the
administration's inheritance of Ronald Reagan's "voodoo
economics," domestic agenda, and foreign policy. Discusses
the success of the Persian Gulf War and Bush's lost bid for
reelection. 2000.##
Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment
RC 51120
by David P. Schippers
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
The Chief Investigative Counsel for the House Judiciary
Committee in 1998, a Democrat from Chicago, reveals why
President Bill Clinton was not removed from office despite
massive evidence of obstruction of justice, perjury, and
witness tampering. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##
Shooting the Moon: The True Story of an American Manhunt
Unlike Any Other, Ever  RC 53139
by David Harris
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
An account of the investigation and arrest of Panamanian
dictator General Manuel Noriega on drug trafficking charges
in 1989. Explains the roles of the Iran-Contra scandal, the
Medelln cocaine cartel, and the Nicaraguan Sandinista
government leading to the invasion of Panama by American
forces. Strong language. 2001.##
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence  RC 52815
by Robert G. Ferris and Richard E. Morris
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
Brief biographies of each of the fifty-six patriots who
signed the American Declaration of Independence and were
subsequently branded as traitors to the English crown.
Includes text, summary, and historical background of the
1776 document. 1973.##
Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center
RC 53309
by Angus Kress Gillespie
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
A history of the World Trade Center, written before the
destruction of the twin towers on September 11, 2001.
Recounts how the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
first conceived of the complex and how the plans were
executed. Includes an account of a day in the center's life.
Bestseller 1999.##
Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865  RC
51090
by Brooks D. Simpson
read by Robert Sams
5 cassettes
Evenhanded account of the enigmatic Union general, nicknamed
the "American Sphinx," through the Confederate surrender at
Appomattox. Probes the nature of Grant's extraordinary
character while detailing his personal and professional
lives, including his financial and business failures, his
military career, and his successes on the battlefield. 2000.##
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American
Century, 1919-1963  RC 51944
by David Levering Lewis
read by Jake Williams
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Lewis narrates the story of Du Bois's life between 1919 and
1963. Analyzes the competing racial, political, and cultural
ideologies of the time and explains the interplay among
events, Du Bois's writings, and his fight for equality and
justice for African Americans. Sequel to W.E.B. Du Bois:
Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (RC 40267). 2000.##
Washington  RC 52474
by Meg Greenfield
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post editor and Newsweek
columnist's posthumously published exploration of the real
world of politicians in the nation's capital--comparing
their subculture to that of high schoolers. Analyzes the
changes that took place during Greenfield's forty years as a
firsthand observer. Foreword by Katharine Graham. Afterword
by Michael Beschloss. Bestseller 2001.##
The Washington Monument: It Stands for All  RC 51104
by Thomas B. Allen
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette
A history of the monument that commemorates the country's
first president and is the tallest freestanding structure in
Washington, D.C. Contains a brief biographical sketch of
Washington, a chronology of the monument's construction and
its 1998 restoration, and highlights of events that happened
nearby on the Mall. 2000.##
When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson
RC 53360
by Gene Smith
read by Bill Wallace
2 cassettes
Details the last months of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson's
second term in office (1919-1921), when he was physically
incapacitated and isolated by his physician and second wife,
Edith. His forced retreat from political life undermined
America's full support of the League of Nations. Continues
with the Wilsons' retirement in Washington. 1964.###
Wars
Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force  RC 51722
by Tom Clancy
read by Ralph Lowenstein
4 cassettes
Describes an elite fighting unit of the army--the 82nd
Airborne Division--including its personnel, technology, and
mission. Also presents two short stories creating scenarios
illustrating the fighting capacity of the unit. From the
author of Carrier (RC 49536) and Fighter Wing (RC 42130),
among others. 1997.##
The Battle of New Orleans  RC 51431
by Robert V. Remini
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Chronicles America's first great military victory, at the
close of the War of 1812. On January 8, 1815, Andrew Jackson
and his army of frontiersmen, freedmen, Indians, pirates,
and townspeople defeated Wellington's army, unifying the
country. Remini is the author of a three-volume biography of
Jackson (RC 12557,  RC 22359,  RC 22360). 1999.##
Days of Infamy: Military Blunders of the Twentieth Century
RC 50582
by Michael Coffey
read by Len Mailloux
2 cassettes
In this companion to the History Channel's television
series, incidents of military and political blundering are
analyzed along with their consequences. Includes the
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose driver had
gotten lost in Sarajevo; the 1944 plot to kill Adolf Hitler;
the 1968 Vietnamese Tet Offensive; and the Bay of Pigs.
1999.##
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia
Remembers  RC 51298
by Loung Ung
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Survival story of a middle-class Cambodian girl who
miraculously escapes the genocide of two million people by
the communist Khmer Rouge. Describes her family's struggle
for survival, beginning in 1975 with their exile to the
countryside. Ung grows from an innocent five-year-old into a
tough survivor. Violence and some strong language. 2000.##
The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and
the Crisis of Global Security  RC 52515
by Richard Butler
read by David Myers
2 cassettes
Former director of a United Nations commission established
after the Gulf War to prevent Iraq from creating arsenals of
mass destruction argues that nuclear, biological, and
chemical weapons threaten civilization. Butler also details
the commission's failed efforts to stop Saddam Hussein's
military development. 2000.##
The Korean War, 1950-53  RC 52853
by Brian Catchpole
read by Lou Harpenau
3 cassettes
History of the Korean War--the first war waged by the United
Nations--written from a British perspective. Describes the
air, sea, and land battles; the conditions of the prisoners
of war; propaganda and public opinion; the contributions of
the Commonwealth nations; the armistice; and results of the
conflict. 2000.##
MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero
RC 51177
by Stanley Weintraub
read by Ralph Lowenstein
4 cassettes
Historian, veteran, and author--The Last Great Victory (RC
42696) among others--relates the tactics and mistakes of
General Douglas MacArthur's command in the early months of
the Korean War. Describes events that led up to his
dismissal for insubordination by President Harry Truman in
April 1951. 2000.##
Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975  RC 52061
by A.J. Langguth
read by Steven Carpenter
6 cassettes
Former war correspondent describes thirty years of U.S. and
North Vietnam foreign relations politics. Compares
presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford with their
Communist counterparts and discusses events in the fighting
field and in the capitals. Violence and some strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##
The Secret War against Hanoi: Kennedy's and Johnson's Use of
Spies, Saboteurs, and Covert Warriors in North Vietnam  RC
51458
by Richard H. Shultz
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Shultz, an international politics professor, examines the
successes and failures of the Special Operations Group's
campaign. He uses declassified top-secret Pentagon documents
and interviews of both military and civilian officials who
managed America's secret war against North Vietnam. Suggests
covert activities for the twenty-first century. 1999.##
Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War  RC 50567
by Larry J. Daniel
read by Ray Childs
3 cassettes
Description of the battle in Tennessee in April 1862, when
the combined deaths of 23,000 men and the capture of large
portions of Confederate territory demoralized the South
during the Civil War. Also uses contemporary sources to
analyze the political infighting that beset both capitals.
Some violence. 1997.##
Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in
North Vietnam  RC 51833
by Kenneth Conboy and Dale Andrad
read by Lou Harpenau
3 cassettes
Examines America's covert operations in North Vietnam, which
were initiated by the CIA in 1960 and expanded by the
Defense Department in 1964. Concludes that the commandos who
infiltrated enemy lines were captured, killed, or returned
with false information, because of their own deficient
knowledge and their opponent's vigilance. 2000.##
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His
Times  RC 52012
by Lewis Sorley
read by Butch Hoover
3 cassettes
Biography of "General Abe" (1914-1974), whose illustrious
career culminated with his tenure as army chief of staff.
Traces his progress through almost four decades of service,
from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to his role in
rebuilding the effectiveness and morale of the troops during
the Cold War. 1992.##
Year in Nam: A Native American Soldier's Story  RC 51715
by Leroy TeCube
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
The author recalls being a twenty-one-year-old infantry
recruit in Vietnam from January 1968 to January 1969. As an
Apache, he brings to bear a different cultural perspective
from that of most American GIs, and he explains how his
background helped to prepare him for being a soldier. 1999.###
The West
The American West: A New Interpretive History  RC 50834
by Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
In this updated version of The American West: An
Interpretive History (RC 23190), the authors extend their
research to include further material on Native Americans,
women, and the environment, as well as the development of
Silicon Valley. Reevaluates many of the myths and
assumptions about the West. 2000.##
Lige Langston: Sweet Iron  RC 51698
by Linda Hussa
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Biography of Nevada rancher Lige Langston (1908-1987), whose
ropes and rawhide braids are displayed in the Smithsonian
Institution. Features a personal history, as well as
remembrances by friends and relatives. Includes descriptions
of desert land and events that occurred there throughout the
twentieth century. 1999.##
The Men Who Wear the Star: The Story of the Texas Rangers
RC 51675
by Charles M. Robinson
read by Terence Aselford
3 cassettes
Covers the early history of the Texas Rangers from the
formation of the first frontier defense company in 1823.
Traces the eras of Mexican rule, the Republic of Texas, the
Civil War, and conflicts with Native Americans and outlaws
through the end of the classic Ranger service in the 1930s.
2000.##
My Life as an Indian  RC 51364
by J.W. Schultz
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Autobiography of a trader and rancher who married a Piegan
woman and moved to the Blackfeet reservation in 1886. He
recalls his adventures in the Montana Territory, where he
learned the customs, language, and traditions of his wife's
people--participating in buffalo hunts and enjoying the
wilderness. 1907.##
A Newer World: Kit Carson, John C. Frmont, and the Claiming
of the American West  RC 51623
by David Roberts
read by Rick Foucheux
2 cassettes
Highlights the adventures and private lives of two western
explorers, including their most infamous trips--an 1842
expedition to Wyoming, the "Conquest of California" in 1845-
1846, a disastrous trek in 1848-1849 that ended in
cannibalism, and Carson's 1863-1864 roundup of Native
American tribes. 2000.##
Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier  RC 52566
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Discusses the role of women in the westward expansion of the
United States: on the journey, homesteading, performing
household chores, in family dynamics, and as community
builders. Based on the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral
histories from women of varied origins, ethnicity, and
circumstances. 1996.##
The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the
American West  RC 50605
by Michael Wallis
read by Bill Wallace
5 cassettes
Chronicles the rise and decline of the 110,000-acre Oklahoma
ranch founded by the Miller family in the late 1800s.
Assesses its influence on the formation of America's image
of the West. Describes cattle drives, the 101's legendary
touring Wild West show, and cowboy movies filmed on the
ranch. 1999.##
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell  RC
53101
by Donald Worster
read by Ted Stoddard
6 cassettes
Biography of the nineteenth-century American explorer of the
Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Re-creates the
adventures of Powell's expeditions and evaluates his
contributions as a land and water conservationist and an
interpreter of the West. Sets Powell's life in the political
and historical context of American westward expansion. 2001.##
The Santa Fe Trail: Its History, Legends, and Lore  RC 53106
by David Dary
read by Erik Synnestvedt
3 cassettes
Traces the development and decline of the nine-hundred-mile
trade route that linked Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe,
New Mexico. Examines its cultural and political heritage
from the arrival of the Spanish settlers in the New World
through its replacement by the railroad. Relates personal
experiences of travelers. 2000.##
Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest  RC 52687
by Walter Noble Burns
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
Legend-maker Burns recounts the history of Tombstone,
Arizona, in frontier days featuring lawman/gunfighter Wyatt
Earp. Combines fact with fictional elements to re-create
such events as the shoot-out at the OK Corral and the roles
played by the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. 1999 foreword.
Some strong language. 1927.###
Women's Concerns
All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies
RC 52080
by Elizabeth D. Leonard
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
Chronicle of women who served in the Union and Confederate
armies in the field during the Civil War, either as spies,
"mascots," or disguised as men. Explores the motivation
behind the women's actions, the practical aspects involved,
and the consequences of discovery. Also looks at earlier
examples from the Revolutionary War. 1999.##
Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of
American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the
Space Age  RC 49054
by Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey
read by Susan McInerney
3 cassettes
An account of pioneer female pilots in aviation history.
Recalls the feats of the Ferrying Division that delivered
new planes from manufacturers to air bases. Portrays
courageous but unpublicized fliers such as Jackie Cochran,
Nancy Harkness Love, and Jerrie Cobb. 1998.##
Bobbi Brown Beauty: The Ultimate Beauty Resource  RC 52003
by Bobbi Brown and Annemarie Iverson
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Makeup artist describes her beauty style as modern and pared
down, aiming for a smooth, natural, healthy-looking face
that doesn't mask ethnicity or skin tone. She discusses
tools, ten-step applications (concealer, foundation, powder,
brows, shadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, lipstick, and lip
liner), trade secrets, three- and five-minute faces, and
interview looks. 1997.##
The Change before the Change: Everything You Need to Know to
Stay Healthy in the Decade before Menopause  RC 52957
by Laura E. Corio and Linda G. Kahn
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
A physician explains the physical changes that occur in
women prior to menopause during the period called
"perimenopause." Details symptoms, body functions, and
treatments--including medical and herbal--that are available
and may help women make a comfortable transition to their
next stage of life. 2000.##
A Daughter of Isis: The Autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi
RC 50704
by Nawal Sa'dawi
read by Yolande Bavan
3 cassettes
The memoir of an Egyptian-born feminist, essayist, and
novelist. Relates her Islamic village upbringing, her fight
for education, her resistance to arranged marriage, and her
growing awareness of the problems of being an intelligent
female in a patriarchal society. Covers her early years,
from 1931 through her medical studies in Cairo. 1999.##
Does This Make Me Look Fat? The Definitive Rules for
Dressing Thin for Every Height, Size, and Shape  RC 52231
by Leah Feldon
read by Kerry Cundiff
2 cassettes
Provides fashion information on putting together a wardrobe
using twelve easy rules of camouflage. Discusses fabrics,
body types, accessories, and fads. Includes a chapter for
men. 2000.##
The Female Stress Syndrome Survival Guide  RC 51828
by Georgia Witkin
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Explains how women experience stress differently from men
and provides techniques and problem-solving skills to reduce
it. Includes examples of dealing with family life (including
teenagers and mates), common work problems, sexual
difficulties, and aging--along with other unavoidable
everyday tensions. 2000.##
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents  RC 52821
by Bonnie Angelo
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
Biographical sketches of mothers credited with shaping the
characters of eleven twentieth-century U.S. presidents.
Includes Mattie Truman, a Confederate who refused to sleep
in Lincoln's bedroom; Dorothy Ford, who saved her infant son
from an abusive father; and the flamboyant Virginia Clinton
Kelley, whose "life was too much like a country song." 2000.##
For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Sexual
Dysfunction and Reclaiming Your Sex Life  RC 52582
by Jennifer Berman and Laura Berman
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
A urologist and her psychotherapist sister, both specialists
in female sexual dysfunction, explain physiological and
psychological problems associated with the disorder. They
discuss conditions that may initiate maladies, such as
pelvic surgery, spinal column injury, and being post-
menopausal, and suggest solutions. The doctors also offer
advice for obtaining treatment. 2001.##
The Girls' Life Guide to Growing Up  RC 52039
edited by Karen Bokram and Alexis Sinex
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
Advice for girls on everyday challenges, such as friendship
and family, boyfriends and crushes, popularity and
conflicts, self-esteem and body issues (menstruation, bras,
braces), and "tough stuff" such as moving and grief. Based
on questions frequently handled by Girls' Life magazine. For
junior and senior high readers. 2000.##
Great Dames: What I Learned from Older Women  RC 51390
by Marie Brenner
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
Highlights ten women of the twentieth century who were
determined to "move up in the world" despite many obstacles.
Includes Kitty Carlisle Hart, Constance Baker Motley,
Marietta Tree, Diana Trilling, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
Kay Thompson, Clare Boothe Luce, Luise Rainer, Pamela
Harriman, and the author's mother. Some strong language.
2000.##
A History of the Wife  RC 52826
by Marilyn Yalom
read by Kerry Cundiff
3 cassettes
Stanford University cultural scholar presents the evolution
of European and American women's experience of marriage.
Examines the Judeo-Christian marital tradition and the
changing role of the wife from biblical times to the twenty-
first century. Discusses the impact of the depression era
and World War II on the institution. 2001.##
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women's Experience of Power in
Hollywood  RC 52075
by Rachel Abramowitz
read by Faith Potts
5 cassettes
A history of the women who obtained positions of power in
the movie-making industry. Reviews their childhoods and
their ambitions and documents discrimination and other
obstacles they overcame. Includes the late executive Dawn
Steel, Paramount head Sherry Lansing, writer-director Nora
Ephron, and actress-producer-director Jodie Foster. Strong
language. 2000.##
Life So Far  RC 51663
by Betty Friedan
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
Memoir by the author of the 1963 work The Feminine Mystique
(RC 7901), who was fundamental in establishing the National
Organization for Women. Reminisces about her childhood in
Peoria, antisemitism, her abusive husband, motherhood, and
other notable activists. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##
Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling  RC 52381
by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis
read by Judith Ann Gantly
3 cassettes
Washington pundits assess the chances of the United States
electing a female president. They assert that pop culture in
the media age makes the goal attainable and highlight the
careers of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Todd Whitman,
and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, among others. The authors
propose strategies for women considering political office.
2000.##
Mary Wollstonecraft: A Revolutionary Life  RC 52729
by Janet Todd
read by Patricia Kilgarriff
5 cassettes
A biography of the spirited eighteenth-century English
writer and feminist. Discusses the origins of her strong-
willed, independent thinking, the writings it engendered,
and the scandals of her unconventional behavior. Places her
published writings in historical context and examines her
intellectual legacy. 2000.##
Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth  RC 51829
by Kristen Iversen
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
A biography of Margaret Tobin Brown (1867-1932), the Denver
society matron who survived the sinking of the Titanic in
1912. Reconstructs events on the ship and in the lifeboats.
Separates fact from fiction in portraying "Molly" as a real
person and renowned human-rights activist. 1999.##
Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World  RC 51424
by Claudia Roth Pierpont
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Portraits of literary women combine biography, history, and
criticism. Essays on Olive Schreiner, Gertrude Stein, Anas
Nin, and Mae West focus on the theme of sexual freedom;
essays on Margaret Mitchell, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora
Welty focus on race; and essays on Marina Tsvetaeva, Ayn
Rand, Doris Lessing, Hannah Arendt, and Mary McCarthy focus
on politics. 2000.##
Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier  RC 52566
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Discusses the role of women in the westward expansion of the
United States: on the journey, homesteading, performing
household chores, in family dynamics, and as community
builders. Based on the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral
histories from women of varied origins, ethnicity, and
circumstances. 1996.##
Prime Time: The African American Woman's Complete Guide to
Midlife Health and Wellness  RC 52954
by Marilyn Hughes Gaston and Gayle K. Porter
read by Annie Wauters
4 cassettes
A physician and a clinical psychologist give advice on
dealing with medical problems that commonly afflict African
American women in middle age, including heart disease,
stroke, cancer, and diabetes. They also discuss
psychological issues such as stress, depression, and
negative attitudes that can affect one's health. 2001.##
Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John  RC 49759
by Sally Cline
read by MaryBeth Wise
4 cassettes
Using material from the diaries and memoirs of Hall's
lovers, Cline shows Hall's importance as a poet and novelist
in lesbian cultural history. She discusses Hall's youth and
her family relationships, describes her romances with women
such as Una Troubridge, and shows how the three names Hall
used formed her public and private personae. 1997.##
The Rules II: More Rules to Live and Love By  RC 51239
by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
read by Madelyn Buzzard
1 cassette
Following the success of their bestseller The Rules: Time-
Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right (RC
44036), the authors give more advice about dating and answer
some frequently asked questions. Also discusses long-
distance, same-sex, platonic, and office relationships.
Bestseller 1997.##
Strong Women Eat Well: Nutritional Strategies for a Healthy
Body and Mind  RC 53052
by Miriam E. Nelson
read by Patricia McDermott
2 cassettes
Discusses nutrition and its scientific basis--including the
national guidelines presented in the Food Guide Pyramid.
Promotes consumption of water, whole grains, and fresh
fruits and vegetables. Explains how to read labels on
packaged foods. Contains fifty healthy and easy-to-prepare
recipes. Companion to Strong Women, Strong Bones (RC 51016).
2001.##
Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and
Biblical Israel  RC 51476
by Susan Ackerman
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Author looks at six types of female roles in the biblical
book of Judges, analyzing their impact on events and
Israelite history. She includes Deborah, Jael, Delilah,
Sisera's mother, and Manoah's wife in her discussion of
nurturers, matrons, military heroes, prostitutes, mourners,
and barren women. 1998.##
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional
Health and Healing during the Change  RC 51760
by Christiane Northrup
read by Anne Flosnik
5 cassettes
The author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom (RC 48380)
examines female menopause in the context of a mind-body
connection. Discusses hormone replacement therapy, herbal
treatments, diet and exercise, sex, osteoporosis, heart
disease, and other physical changes and emotional issues,
including stress and depression. Bestseller 2001.##
A Woman's Choice: Living Through Your Problems from
Confusion to Peace  RC 52803
by Eugenia Price
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Advises women to cope with difficult situations by thinking
them through and trusting in God. Illustrates eight common
problems and offers possible solutions. Offers advice on
achieving inner peace. 1962.##
Women Sailors and Sailors' Women: An Untold Maritime History
RC 52969
by David Cordingly
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes
A maritime scholar's account, structured in the form of a
voyage, of women in British and American seafaring life
during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth
centuries. He discusses women's roles in port, on shipboard,
and in lighthouse keeping. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.###
World History
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina  RC 52906
by Carolly Erickson
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
An account of the Russian empress who was the granddaughter
of Britain's Queen Victoria. Describes Alexandra's unhappy
childhood; her determination to marry Nicholas, the man she
loved; her struggle to support him emotionally; her desire
to produce a healthy male heir; and her connection with
Rasputin. 2001.##
Ancient Mysteries  RC 51088
by Peter James and Nick Thorpe
read by Bob Moore
5 cassettes
A writer on ancient history and an archaeologist present
thirty-six historical enigmas, including the Star of
Bethlehem, the lost continent of Atlantis, Robin Hood, and
the legend of Dracula. The authors analyze the mystery
surrounding these people, places, and events, and use
scientific data to help explain them. 1999.##
Atatrk  RC 51849
by Andrew Mango
read by Dennis Rooney
5 cassettes
The life and times of the founder of modern Turkey. Army
officer Mustafa Kemal Atatrk (1881-1938) joined the Young
Turk movement in 1908. He fought during World War I, and
ultimately established an independent nation out of the
defeated Ottoman Empire. Describes Atatrk's regime and his
continuing influence on Turkey. 1999.##
The Balkans: A Short History  RC 51846
by Mark Mazower
read by Ken Kliban
2 cassettes
The author of Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century (RC
49031) reassesses the area of southeastern Europe known as
the Balkans. Explains how centuries of peaceful coexistence
between diverse religious and cultural populations exploded
into nationalist violence following the breakup of the
Ottoman empire. 2000.##
The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on
Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900  RC
51569
by Diana Preston
read by Peter Johnson
3 cassettes
Reconstruction of the 1900 uprising in which a Chinese cult,
supported by the Empress Dowager, killed many thousands of
Christian converts and laid siege to the foreign legations
in Peking and Tientsin. The insurrection and its aftermath
permanently altered the dynamics of China's foreign
relations. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some
violence. 1999.##
Chaucer's England  RC 52700
by Diana Childress
read by John Horton
1 cassette
An account of English society during the fourteenth century,
when Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) wrote The Canterbury
Tales (RC 31894). Describes everyday life, including school,
family, science, religion, amusements, and clothing, as well
as war and politics and the effects of the Black Death. For
junior and senior high and older readers. 2000.##
China's Imperial Past: An Introduction to Chinese History
and Culture  RC 52942
by Charles O. Hucker
read by Peter Johnson
4 cassettes
A history of China from the earliest civilization to 1850.
Describes the society, government, philosophy, literature,
and art under the different dynasties. 1975.##
Chronicles  RC 51386
by Jean Froissart
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
Fifteenth-century writer chronicles military developments in
the first seven decades of the Hundred Years' War between
France and England. Describes social trends and political
background, as well as the pageantry and outcomes of major
battles. Modern translation by Geoffrey Brereton. 1968.##
The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History  RC 52943
by R. Keith Schoppa
read by Ralph Lowenstein
4 cassettes
A history of China from 1780 to 2000, outlining its
transition from a traditional society to a world power.
Includes the consequences of Western imperialism, early
twentieth-century cultural upheavals, continuing social
transformation, and economic disasters. 2000.##
A Concise History of Brazil  RC 51179
by Boris Fausto
read by Robert Blumenfeld
3 cassettes
This 500-year history of Brazil focuses on its colonization,
population, and politics. Discusses the wars with the
indigenous peoples, the importation and enslavement of
Africans, and the influx of immigrants. Addresses the
ongoing conflicts between conservationists and business
groups. 1999.##
The Crusades through Arab Eyes  RC 53135
by Amin Maalouf
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
The Arab viewpoint of two centuries--1100 to 1300--of
fighting the Frankish wars (Crusades). Considers these wars
as a turning point in Muslim history that still affects
relations between the West and the Arab world. Based on the
testimony of Arab historians and contemporary chroniclers of
the era. 1984.##
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life  RC 51724
by Alison Weir
read by Lisette Lecat
4 cassettes
Biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), a feudal
heiress who was wed first to King Louis VII of France and
later to Henry II--the Plantagenet ruler of England.
Describes her marriages and children, her adventures during
a Crusade, the rebellion she led with two of her sons, her
imprisonment, and her lifelong political involvement. 1999.##
Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle
East, 1789-1923  RC 51573
by Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
Two Middle East historians reexamine nineteenth-century
politics of the area to refute the popular "clash of
civilizations" interpretation. Instead, they perceive a
pattern of pragmatic cooperation and conflict between the
Middle East and the West. To substantiate their claims, they
cite examples of rulers using European powers. 1999.##
The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After  RC 51319
by Edward W. Said
read by Rick Foucheux
3 cassettes
Fifty essays examining the effects of the peace process on
the Middle East by a leading spokesman for the Palestinians,
previously published in journals and newspapers between 1995
and 1999. In "On Visiting Wadie," Said describes a visit to
his American son, who was working in the West Bank. 2000.##
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in
Vietnam  RC 52072
by Frances FitzGerald
read by Steven Carpenter
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Examines the history and culture of the southeast Asian
society and events that led to its struggle for
independence. Criticizes American involvement in the
country's internal affairs. The author made firsthand
observations as a journalist during the Vietnam War in 1966
and came to appreciate the character and traditions of the
people. Pulitzer Prize. 1972.##
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life,
1500 to the Present  RC 50517
by Jacques Barzun
read by Lou Harpenau
8 cassettes in 2 containers
A description of major achievements in Western art, thought,
manners, morals, and religion from the Protestant
Reformation to the late twentieth century. Profiles major
figures in cultural and social revolutions, including
Luther, Cromwell, Mozart, and Rousseau. Explores evidence of
what the author views as a decline in Europe and America.
2000.##
Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting
of Russia  RC 52536
by Paul Klebnikov
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
A Russian expert at Forbes profiles Yeltsin's controversial
adviser Berezovsky, the business magnate and suspected
assassin. Discusses Berezovsky's role among others who
profited in the rampant corruption and violence during the
1990s as Russia declined from a nuclear superpower to an
impoverished state. 2000.##
Henry VIII: The King and His Court  RC 52095
by Alison Weir
read by Anne Flosnik
5 cassettes
Author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (RC 47483) and The
Children of Henry VIII (RC 47484) examines the life of this
refined and educated monarch (1491-1547) in the context of
his times. Discusses court life during the Tudor era and the
king's accomplishments as well as his wrongdoings. 2001.##
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan  RC 52271
by Herbert P. Bix
read by Lou Harpenau
5 cassettes
Explores Emperor Hirohito's role in twentieth-century
Japanese politics and developments. Asserts that the monarch
helped advance the country's nationalistic agenda. Argues
that he actively participated in developing policies guiding
the Asia-Pacific war, including the Pearl Harbor campaign
and negotiations when Russia attacked Manchuria. National
Book Critics Circle Award. 2000.##
A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD
1603  RC 51466
by Simon Schama
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
A history of the island nation from prehistoric times to the
death of Queen Elizabeth I, highlighting technological and
social change. Describes the early tribes, the Roman
occupation, the Norman conquest, the Wars of the Roses, and
the Reformation. Accompanies the History Channel television
series. Bestseller 2000.##
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris  RC 51683
by Ian Kershaw
read by Roy Avers
6 cassettes
Evaluates the conditions that facilitated the relatively
unknown Adolf Hitler's rise to power in German society
during the post-World War I era. Investigates the
originating motives, adroit manipulations, and sheer luck
that led from Hitler's early successes to the creation of an
aggressive superpower. Prequel to Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis
(RC 51684). Violence. 1998.##
Ho Chi Minh  RC 51853
by William J. Duiker
read by Peter Johnson
6 cassettes
Sympathetic biography of Vietnamese Communist leader known
as Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), who led the revolutionary
movement against Japanese, French, and American dominance in
Southeast Asia until his death six years before the Vietnam
War ended. Interprets Ho's lifelong quest for national
independence and social and economic justice. 2000.##
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century  RC 53163
by Jonathan Glover
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
An ethicist surveys twentieth-century atrocities committed
against society--among them the massacres of World War I,
the Holocaust, and Rwanda's ethnic cleansing. Explains how
the perpetrators employ ideological and racial
justifications for their crimes and, to deter future
cruelties, proposes greater emphasis on respect and
sympathy. 1999.##
India: A History  RC 50705
by John Keay
read by Gordon Gould
5 cassettes
A five-thousand-year overview of the subcontinent from the
Harappan people in the Indus Valley around 3000 B.C. to the
nineteenth-century takeover by the British Raj. Presents a
chronology of cultural and political developments that
shaped the twentieth-century nations of Pakistan,
Bangladesh, and India. 2000.##
Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa  RC
52619
by Karl Maier
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
A journalist describes how Africans are responding
creatively to changing socioeconomic challenges, observing
that, from the vantage of the late 1990s, "sub-Saharan
Africa . . . looks and feels very different" than it did ten
years ago. Depicts the lives of ordinary people whose
efforts are reforming the continent. 1998.##
Islam: A Short History  RC 51183
by Karen Armstrong
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
Author of The Battle for God (RC 51131) among other works
describes the origin and spread of the religion of Islam.
Discusses Muhammad and his family, the Crusades, and the
powerful Moghul and Ottoman Empires. Explores Islam's
divergence into sects and the creation of a modern
fundamentalist movement. 2000.##
Joan of Arc: Her Story  RC 52731
by Rgine Pernoud and Marie Vronique Clin
read by Suzanne Toren
4 cassettes
The historically documented life of the unschooled young
French woman Joan of Arc (1412-1431), who led military
troops to victory while still a teenager. Includes details
of her imprisonment and execution for heresy at nineteen and
the nullification trial decades after her death that
reversed the earlier decision. 1986.##
Karl Marx: A Life  RC 52066
by Francis Wheen
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Biography of Karl Marx (1818-1883), author of The Communist
Manifesto (RC 19621), whose theories have inspired world
revolutionary movements. Traces his middle-class upbringing
in Prussia and his political exile in bourgeois Victorian
London with his beloved wife and children, and explores his
relationship with his patron, Friedrich Engels. 1999.##
The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in
Iran  RC 51728
by Robin Wright
read by Yolande Bavan
3 cassettes
Journalist and author of In the Name of God (RC 32222) and
other works on the Middle East describes changes in Iran
since the 1979 revolution and the 1989 death of Ayatollah
Khomeini. She examines the social and cultural progress that
is transforming the country into an Islamic democracy. 2000.##
Lenin: A Biography  RC 52071
by Robert Service
read by Michael Scherer
4 cassettes
Oxford historian investigates the life of Vladimir Ilich
Ulyanov, who, as V.I. Lenin, became one of the principal
architects of twentieth-century Communism. Using archival
material opened after the Soviet Union's collapse, the
author chronicles Lenin's comfortable childhood,
revolutionary beginnings, and exile and the eventual triumph
of his Bolshevik party. 2000.##
Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence, 1810-
1830  RC 52315
by Robert Harvey
read by Peter Gil
5 cassettes
Describes early nineteenth-century struggles to achieve
independence from Spain and Portugal in South America.
Portrays the life and times of seven "liberators," including
Simn Bolvar, Bernardo O'Higgins, Jos de San Martn,
Emperor Pedro I, Augustn de Itrbide, Francisco de Miranda,
and Admiral Lord Cochrane. Assesses their continuing
legacies. 2000.##
Mao: A Life  RC 52446
by Philip Short
read by Peter Johnson
6 cassettes
Chronicles the life and times of the Chinese leader Mao
Zedong (1893-1976). Highlights the turmoil of decades of
civil war and power struggles within the Communist Party and
examines the subsequent failures of the "Great Leap Forward"
and the Cultural Revolution. Analyzes the leader's
achievements and his continuing legacy. Some strong
language. 1999.##
Midnight Diaries  RC 53077
by Boris Yeltsin
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Struggle for Russia (RC 39258), the
former Russian president describes his last four years in
office, which ended with his 1999 resignation. Recalls the
economic crisis, political infighting, Chechen wars, and his
relationships with other world leaders. Also discusses his
personal life and Vladimir Putin's rise to power. 2000.##
The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity
RC 51845
by Salima Ikram and Aidan Dodson
read by Madelyn Buzzard
4 cassettes
Examines funerary beliefs and customs through three thousand
years of Egyptian history. Discusses what is known about
mummies, from preservation of the body to modern DNA tests.
Covers immediate appurtenances, including adornments,
amulets, and jewelry, as well as containers for bodies and
body parts, such as coffins, sarcophagi, and canopic jars.
1998.##
Nathaniel's Nutmeg; or, The True and Incredible Adventures
of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History  RC
50638
by Giles Milton
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
An account of how the importance of nutmeg in sixteenth-
century Europe led to Nathaniel Courthope's 1616 sea
adventure to retain the Spice Island of Run for the British
against the Dutch. Chronicles England's eventual exchange of
Run and its lucrative nutmeg trade in return for Holland's
island of Manhattan in 1667. 1999.##
Nicholas and Alexandra  RC 50621
by Robert K. Massie
read by Bill Wallace
5 cassettes (Reissue)
Evokes the final years of the Romanov dynasty in Imperial
Russia. Discusses the hemophilia of the Tsarevich Alexis as
a pivotal factor in the personal and political lives of his
parents, the influence of the Siberian mystagogue Rasputin,
the subsequent revolution, and the courage of the Tsar's
family. 1967.##
No Future without Forgiveness  RC 51706
by Desmond Mpilo Tutu
read by Jake Williams
2 cassettes
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, retired Archbishop of
Cape Town, South Africa, discusses the importance of probing
his nation's past, including misdeeds committed under
apartheid. Reflects on his life and the work of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission in the 1990s; advocates a
policy of combined remembrance and forgiveness. 1999.##
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British
Mandate  RC 52445
by Tom Segev
read by Suzanne Toren
5 cassettes
An account of Palestine from 1917 to 1948, when Great
Britain governed the region following the collapse of the
Ottoman Empire in World War I. Contends that England came to
favor Jewish claims after the territory was promised to both
Arabs and Zionists. Relates personal experiences of
individuals from both sides. Violence. 2000.##
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran  RC 52437
by Elaine Sciolino
read by Yolande Bavan
4 cassettes
An American journalist examines the opposing claims of
theocracy and democracy in modern Iran. Based on her visits
and reporting since 1979, Sciolino's account provides
insights into a society that seeks to circumvent the more
restrictive customs imposed by Islamic orthodoxy as it
battles to balance religion and personal freedom. 2000.##
The Phoenicians  RC 51851
edited by Sabatino Moscati
read by Frank Coffee
4 cassettes
Essays explore the history, religion, art, and
archaeological discoveries of the ancient Mediterranean
civilization of the Phoenicians.  Describes their expansion
throughout the known world and their relationships with
other cultures. 1988.##
Political Will and Personal Belief: The Decline and Fall of
Soviet Communism  RC 51479
by Paul Hollander
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
To examine the human factor in the failure of communism, the
sociologist-author analyzed autobiographical writings and
conducted fifty interviews in Russia, Slovenia, Romania,
Czechoslovakia, and Hungary with former party functionaries
and intellectuals, as well as dissidents. He focuses on
twenty-two important political figures across different
generations. 1999.##
Pontius Pilate  RC 51619
by Ann Wroe
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
Biographical reconstruction of the life of Pontius Pilate,
the Roman governor of Judaea who succumbs to pressure to
condemn Jesus of Nazareth. Pilate's family background,
upbringing, military career, administrative training, and
years living in Rome all contribute to the preparation for
his role in Christ's trial. 1999.##
A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey through the World of Militant
Islam  RC 53014
by Mary Anne Weaver
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
A journalist with more than twenty years of experience in
the Middle East, Weaver provides insights into the public
and private aspects of a society where militant Islam is on
the rise. Contains observations on Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak, the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, and the Nobel
laureate Naguib Mahfouz. 1999.##
Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan
RC 52901
by Michael Griffin
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
Analyzes the nature of politics and tribal rivalries in
Afghanistan when the  U.S.S.R. retreated in 1989 and the
Muslim fundamentalists assumed power. Summarizes the rise of
the Taliban rulers through the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole
in Yemen. Discusses American failure to recognize the threat
of Osama bin Laden's network. 2001.##
The Renaissance: A Short History  RC 51256
by Paul Johnson
read by Miriam Wagner
2 cassettes
A brief survey of the Renaissance, including the historic
and economic background of the period; its art, literature,
and architecture; and its eventual decline. 2000.##
The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane  RC 51847
by Beatrice Forbes Manz
read by Peter Johnson
2 cassettes
Traces the life and times of Tamerlane, a fourteenth-century
nomadic conqueror who used the power of his personality to
rule over the ruins of the Mongol Empire in central Asia.
Discusses the successful merging of ancient traditions and
political developments that led to his success. 1989.##
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a
Vietnamese Family  RC 52856
by Duong Van Mai Elliott
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Elliott offers a portrait of the Duong clan of northern
Vietnam, from their service as high-ranking mandarins in the
imperial court to their dispersal as boat people at the end
of the Vietnam War. She discusses social, cultural, and
political events that affected her extended family over four
generations. 1999.##
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado  RC 51920
by Marc Aronson
read by Jake Williams
1 cassette
Biography of the adventurous English explorer and courtier
of Queen Elizabeth I. Describes the numerous expeditions to
the New World in search of a golden kingdom and how court
politics determined his fortunes. For junior and senior high
readers. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 2000.##
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central
Asia  RC 52899
by Ahmed Rashid
read by Ken Kliban
3 cassettes
Journalist with twenty years of experience covering
Afghanistan discusses the origin and rise of the Taliban and
its fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, especially
regarding gender and drugs. Explains the importance of
Afghanistan's energy resources for the region and the
country's problems with smuggling, civil war, and lack of
social services. 2000.##
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of
History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens,
Tsars, Popes, and Emperors  RC 52663
by Michael Farquhar
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
This provocative look into the private lives of public
figures offers a collection of vignettes on royal
misbehavior through the ages. Includes such figures as Peter
the Great, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Queen Mary, Tiberius
Caesar, and several popes. Bestseller 2001.##
Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King  RC 52444
by Christine El Mahdy
read by Jamie Horton
3 cassettes
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence
to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh.
El Mahdy separates fact from legend as she describes
Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the
fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British
archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of
Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.##
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga  RC 52941
edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward
read by Catherine Byers
5 cassettes
In celebration of the 1,000-year anniversary of the arrival
of the Vikings in North America, the Smithsonian Institution
provides a history of these explorers, emphasizing their
territorial expansionist aims. Uses information from
manuscripts and oral tradition and data from archaeological
sites and natural science. Preface by Hillary Rodham
Clinton. 2000.##
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with
Our Families: Stories from Rwanda  RC 51323
by Philip Gourevitch
read by Anne Hancock
3 cassettes
An American journalist's attempt to fathom the 1994 ethnic
slaughter in Rwanda. Explains how the Hutu majority's
pursuit of a new order led to the massacre of more than
800,000 people of the Tutsi minority, and explores the
political and psychological consequences of these
atrocities. Some violence. National Book Critics Circle
Award. 1998.##
The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial
Family  RC 51459
by Sterling Seagrave and Peggy Seagrave
read by Lou Harpenau
3 cassettes
Authors of The Marcos Dynasty (RC 29555) and The Soong
Dynasty (RC 21527) scrutinize Japan's royal family, gauge
the extent of their complicity in World War II, and
investigate alleged postwar collusion with General Douglas
MacArthur in rebuilding the country. The Seagraves claim
many Japanese business and political leaders are embroiled
in corruption. 1999.##
Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life  RC 50709
by Leon Aron
read by Ken Kliban
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Biography of Russia's former president, chronicling his
family background, career in the provinces, Communist
affiliations, and ascent to regional power. When Mikhail
Gorbachev brought him to Moscow in 1985, Boris Yeltsin
became embroiled in the perestroika movement, the decline of
the Soviet Union, coups, and the waning of the Cold War.
2000.###
World War II
Abandon Ship! The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the
Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster  RC 51773
by Richard F. Newcomb
read by Butch Hoover
2 cassettes
Originally published in 1958. Newcomb describes the ordeal
faced by survivors of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, which was
sunk by a Japanese torpedo in 1945. He also recounts the
court-martial of the ship's captain, Charles McVay. In an
afterword, journalist Peter Maas describes later research
that cleared McVay of all charges. Bestseller 2001.##
An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest
Generation  RC 52102
by Tom Brokaw
read by Michael Russotto
3 cassettes
Reflections of men and women who served in World War II, as
well as their families, selected by Tom Brokaw from letters
he received after publishing The Greatest Generation Speaks
(RC 49312). Includes a brief overview of events from the
Great Depression through the end of the war. Bestseller
2001.##
Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII  RC
52468
by William W. Putney
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
The 1943 commander, also a veterinarian, of the Marines'
Third War Dog Platoon describes the training and duties of
the animals he led during World War II. Explains the
recruitment and retention of his charges and their handlers
and their subsequent action in the Pacific. 2001.##
Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of
American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the
Space Age  RC 49054
by Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey
read by Susan McInerney
3 cassettes
An account of pioneer female pilots in aviation history.
Recalls the feats of the Ferrying Division that delivered
new planes from manufacturers to air bases. Portrays
courageous but unpublicized fliers such as Jackie Cochran,
Nancy Harkness Love, and Jerrie Cobb. 1998.##
The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise  RC 52020
by Edward P. Stafford
read by Jack Fox
4 cassettes
History of the battles fought in the Pacific by this naval
aircraft carrier and its crew during World War II. Reports
on participation at Santa Cruz, Kwajalein, Philippine Sea,
Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, among other sites. 1962.##
Combat Medic: Stories of a Combat Medic, Co. K, 7th Infantry
Regiment, the Third Infantry Division, during World War II
in Europe  RC 51996
by Isadore Valenti
read by Randy Atcher
2 cassettes
War memoir by soldier who grew up in the coal mining country
of western Pennsylvania. Recalled into the army in 1941,
Valenti became a medic and saw action in Africa, Italy,
France, Germany, and Austria. He experienced the end of the
war at Hitler's chalet in the Alps. 1998.##
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad  RC 52163
by William Craig
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
Historical account of a pivotal World War II battle: the
1943 surrender of the elite German Sixth Army to the
Russians at Stalingrad. Describes the incredible march of
the German army across southern Russia and the equally
amazing victory of the Soviet army. Bestseller 1973.##
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain  RC 52157
by Tim Clayton and Phil Craig
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
Personal accounts from the attempted invasion of Britain by
Nazi Germany in 1940. Uses interviews, archival material,
letters, and diaries to relate the struggle by both
civilians and the military to defend the country. Includes
the retreat at Dunkirk, the bombing of London, and the
sinking of convoy ships. 1999.##
Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific  RC 51168
by Eric M. Bergerud
read by Peter Johnson
7 cassettes in 2 containers
In this companion to Touched with Fire: The Land War in the
South Pacific (RC 43849), the author analyzes the air war
between Japan and the Allies during the pivotal years from
1942 to 1944. Discusses the unique characteristics of aerial
combat and the weaknesses inherent in the Japanese military
complex. 2000.##
Five Days in London: May 1940  RC 53336
by John Lukacs
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
A historian's detailed discussion of the critical days in
May 1940 when British prime minister Winston Churchill
persuaded his war cabinet to continue the war against
Hitler, even as the disheartening evacuation from Dunkirk
was in progress. Avers that this was the turning point in
the Allied effort. 1999.##
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and
War, 1929-1945  RC 50809
by David M. Kennedy
read by Bill Wallace
8 cassettes in 2 containers
Surveys a period of crises, fears, and insecurities in
American history. Includes the post-World War I years of
poverty, the Great Depression and its subsequent social
unrest, Herbert Hoover's attempts at economic reform,
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, isolationism, and the United
States' entry into World War II. Pulitzer Prize. 1999.##
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's
Most Dramatic Mission  RC 52290
by Hampton Sides
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
In 1945, 121 U.S. Army Rangers raided the Cabanatuan
prisoner of war camp in the Philippines to rescue long-
suffering soldiers. Depicts the atrocities of war, the
conditions endured by the prisoners, and the bravery of the
liberators. Violence. Bestseller 2001.##
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris  RC 51683
by Ian Kershaw
read by Roy Avers
6 cassettes
Evaluates the conditions that facilitated the relatively
unknown Adolf Hitler's rise to power in German society
during the post-World War I era. Investigates the
originating motives, adroit manipulations, and sheer luck
that led from Hitler's early successes to the creation of an
aggressive superpower. Prequel to Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis
(RC 51684). Violence. 1998.##
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1942-1945
RC 50175
by Victor Klemperer
read by Mark Ashby
5 cassettes
A continuation of the secret diaries that Klemperer kept in
Germany during the Nazi era. Describes his time spent in
segregation and in forced labor, the fire bombing of
Dresden, and his journey through the German countryside.
Sequel to I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years,
1933-1941 (RC 48053). 1999.##
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi
Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation  RC 52116
by Edwin Black
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
Black asserts that Nazi Germany used IBM punch-card
technology to improve the efficiency of its persecutions
during World War II and that IBM actively enabled the
Holocaust and profited financially from collaboration with
the Third Reich. Black also recounts how IBM aided the
Allies, especially in code-breaking techniques. Bestseller
2001.##
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the
Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors  RC 52097
by Doug Stanton
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
Recounts the events of July 30, 1945, when a Japanese
submarine torpedoed the USS Indianapolis, and the subsequent
failure of the navy to begin a timely rescue of its crew.
Relates the survivors' tales of the ordeal and the tragic
destiny of its captain years later. Bestseller 2001.##
Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II
RC 52548
edited by Charles Osgood
read by Peter Gil
1 cassette
Radio and television anchorman edits and introduces a
collection of essays, jokes, and poems from the Second World
War. Includes "A Dictionary of American Military Slang 1941-
1944"; spoofs featuring Artie Greengroin, Pfc.; and
selections from Yank magazine and the Reader's Digest's
regular "Humor in Uniform" feature. Some strong language.
2001.##
A Man Called Intrepid: The Secret War  RC 53149
by William Stevenson
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Stevenson, a war correspondent, chronicles the British
Security Coordination, an international intelligence
operation, and its chief, Bill Stephenson, code-named
"Intrepid." The author describes how Intrepid guarded
communications between Winston Churchill and Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1940 and directed a network of spies in Nazi-
occupied territories. Some violence. Bestseller 1976.##
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men
Who Fought It  RC 52211
by Gerald Astor
read by Richard Hauenstein
4 cassettes
Accounts of World War II aerial battles mounted from Britain
by the newly formed Eighth Air Force of the U.S. Army Air
Corps against the German Luftwaffe. Based on diaries,
journals, and letters of pilots, navigators, and crew
members, including those of the P-51 Mustang fighter and the
B-17 Flying Fortress. 1997.##
No End Save Victory: Perspectives on World War II; Essays by
Stephen E. Ambrose, Caleb Carr, John Keegan, William
Manchester, and Others  RC 51886
edited by Robert Cowley
read by Robert Sams
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Historians and participants provide accounts of incidents
from the war fought between 1939 and 1945. Includes the
memoirs of Kanji Suzuki, a Japanese kamikaze pilot who
survived a suicidal attack on an American ship. Articles
were previously published in MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of
Military History. 2001.##
Pius XII and the Second World War: According to the Archives
of the Vatican  RC 52734
by Pierre Blet
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
An account of Pope Pius XII's role and relationship with the
contesting world leaders during World War II. Using primary
sources from the Vatican's diplomatic archives, the author
describes the pontiff's private maneuvering, public
statements, and efforts to protect Jews and other threatened
peoples. 1999.##
Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets  RC 52092
by David Stafford
read by Bill Wallace
3 cassettes
Explores the relationship between the United States
president Franklin Roosevelt and the British prime minister
Winston Churchill before and during the Second World War.
Explains how the two leaders shared intelligence secrets,
bribed Spain to remain neutral, and trusted each other
despite conflicting postwar national interests. 1999.##
Secret War in Shanghai  RC 50947
by Bernard Wasserstein
read by Ralph Lowenstein
3 cassettes
Account of criminals, spies, and adventurers in Shanghai
during the years 1937-1945, when thousands of emigrants--
German Jews and White Russians among them--lived in China's
largest city. Concentrates on the clandestine activities of
the Allied and Axis powers, as well as describing the
brutalities of the Japanese after their invasion. 1998.##
The Social History of the Third Reich: 1933-1945  RC 51372
by Pierre Ayoberry
read by Ken Kliban
3 cassettes
Examines the actions of German individuals, groups,
businesses, and other organizations under Nazism; explores
the varied responses to Hitler's regime. Strasbourg
professor argues that from 1933 to 1945 Germans were either
victims or accomplices of the Third Reich and its
corruption, oppression, and atrocities. 1999.##
Through the Eyes of Innocents: Children Witness World War II
RC 51216
by Emmy E. Werner
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
European, Asian, and American children's firsthand
descriptions of the violence and social upheaval of World
War II, told in anecdotes, diary entries, letters, and other
eyewitness accounts. Includes the experiences of teenagers
in battle, as well as  young people who survived blackouts,
air raids, sieges, evacuations, and internment camps.
Violence. 2000.##
To the Marianas: War in the Central Pacific, 1944  RC 51499
by Edwin P. Hoyt
read by Michael Consoli
2 cassettes
Examines the first successful U.S. amphibious operations in
World War II, as American forces moved through the Pacific
arena toward Japan, capturing the Mariana and Marshall
Islands. Portrays the commanding officers and describes the
battle perspectives of both the Americans and the Japanese.
1980.##
The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy
in the Second World War  RC 52841
by Samuel Eliot Morison
read by Lou Harpenau
4 cassettes
Describes the major sea battles and campaigns of World War
II, beginning with the unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor and
the subsequent struggle in the Pacific. Traces naval
operations in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, including
U-boat attacks on the eastern seaboard of the United States.
1963.##
A War to Be Won: Fighting the Second World War  RC 50850
by Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett
read by Roy Avers
6 cassettes
A comprehensive analysis of military operations during World
War II and an assessment of military leaders on both sides.
Explains battlefield performances of armies, navies, and air
forces. Examines decisions made by admirals and generals in
extreme circumstances. Within the historical overview is a
discussion of the reciprocal influence of strategy and
operations. 2000.##
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over
Germany  RC 52895
by Stephen E. Ambrose
read by Lou Harpenau
2 cassettes
A historian describes the B-24 bomber missions over Nazi-
occupied Europe during World War II, recounting the training
of the crews and celebrating their skill. Ambrose highlights
the pilots' contribution to the Allied victory, focusing on
1972 presidential candidate George McGovern's experiences as
a B-24 pilot in the last months of the war. Bestseller 2001.##
Winged Victory: The Army Air Forces in World War II  RC
52553
by Geoffrey Perret
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes
Presents a history of World War II aerial campaigns,
including key air battles in the Pacific and European
theaters. Discusses leaders such as Lieutenant General Henry
H. "Hap" Arnold, who along with subordinates, turned the
U.S. Army Air Corps into an effective fighting force. 1993.