Cassette Books 2002

National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped

Library of Congress 
Washington 2002###

Fiction###

Adventure###

Beyond the Reef: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 19  RC 52770
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
1808. Napoleon is threatening the Caribbean, and Vice
Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho devises battle plans. But before
he can implement them, he and his lover, Lady Catherine
Somervell, are shipwrecked and given up for dead. Sequel to
The Only Victor (RC 49933). 1992.##

Colours Aloft! Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 16  RC 49931
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
1803. The newly knighted and now Vice Admiral Sir Richard
Bolitho sets sail for the Mediterranean aboard the
Argonaute, which he captured from French Admiral Jobert--now
his sworn enemy. But Bolitho also has some personal concerns
that require his attention. Sequel to Success to the Brave
(RC 20529). 1986.##

Command a King's Ship: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 6  RC
49769
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
In 1784 Captain Richard Bolitho is sent on a delicate
semipolitical mission to the waters of colonial India. There
he is to install a testy British governor at an isolated
trading post recently relinquished by Spain. Sequel to To
Glory We Steer (RC 49768). 1973.##

The Dangerous Years  RC 51321
by Max Hennessy 
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes (Reissue)
This sequel to Lion at Sea (RC 51322) pursues the adventures
of three former classmates in their careers with the Royal
Navy following World War I. Marriage to his lifelong
sweetheart still eludes Kelly Maguire, but exciting
assignments in Constantinople, Russia, and China lead to
other amorous encounters. Some strong language. 1978.##

Down the Yukon  RC 52589
by Will Hobbs 
read by Gregory Gorton
1 cassette
Alaska, 1899. In this sequel to Jason's Gold (RC 50201),
Jason and his girlfriend, Jamie, leave Dawson City in a race
down the Yukon River to Nome, where new gold deposits have
been discovered. Along the way they face sabotage, bears,
and bad weather. For junior and senior high readers. 2001.##

The Edge  RC 51863
by Ben Bo 
read by Don Nelson
1 cassette
Outsider Declan Murray finds trouble with the wrong crowd
and is sent by the courts to work in Glacier National Park.
Once there, he immerses himself in snowboarding, but takes
one too many chances on the slopes. For junior and senior
high readers. 1998.##

Enemy in Sight! Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 10  RC 49926
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
1794. England is at war with Revolutionary France when
Richard Bolitho sets sail aboard the Hyperion with his
untrained and undermanned crew for blockade duty off the
enemy coast. His egotistical superior, Commodore Pelham-
Martin, jeopardizes the operations of the entire fleet.
Sequel to Form Line of Battle! (RC 49925). 1970.##

Fair Blows the Wind  RC 53098
by Louis L'Amour 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes (Reissue)
In this colonial adventure, Irish-born Tatton Chantry,
shipwrecked on the North Carolina coast, encounters Spanish
profiteers and a lovely Peruvian lady. To win their treasure
and her heart, Chantry takes on the pirates and savage
Indians. 1978.##

The Flag Captain: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 11  RC
49927
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Richard Bolitho is now serving as flag captain to a hard,
stubborn admiral during the English offensive in the
Mediterranean against buccaneers and Napoleon-directed
French domination. Sequel to Enemy in Sight! (RC 49926).
1971.##

Force 12  RC 53208
by James Thayer 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Computer billionaire Rex Wyman designs a yacht to sail
strictly by computer. His programmer girlfriend Gwen Weld
joins him to cross the Pacific, but once in the Bering Sea
they realize that a virus is sabotaging the system. Gwen e-
mails Jess McKay, an Alaska National Guard captain, for
help. 2001.##

Form Line of Battle! Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 9  RC
49925
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
1793. Richard Bolitho, who now commands the ship Hyperion,
proceeds from Gibraltar to join Lord Hood's British naval
operation against Revolutionary France at Toulon. But the
mission goes awry and Hyperion becomes trapped by enemy
forces. Sequel to With All Dispatch (RC 37864). 1969.##

Frank Mildmay; or, The Naval Officer  RC 51070
by Frederick Marryat 
read by Ted Stoddard
3 cassettes
Traces the nineteenth-century adventures of Frank Mildmay,
who is delighted to leave school and join the Royal Navy. He
experiences sea battles against French forces, endures
storms and hurricanes, and enjoys the ladies on shore. Some
violence. 1829.##

The Grounding of Group Six  RC 52258
by Julian F. Thompson 
read by Brian Conn
2 cassettes
Five well-off, disruptive sixteen-year-olds are exiled by
their parents to the alternative Coldbrook Country School
where they participate in a wilderness hike. They don't
realize that their parents have sent them there to be killed
by Nat, their hippy-looking teacher. Some strong language.
For senior high and older readers. 1983.##

Honour This Day: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 17  RC 49932
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
1804. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho once again is sailing
on the Hyperion--this time to the Caribbean, where he is to
execute a raid against the Spanish Main. But something else
also awaits Bolitho. Sequel to Colours Aloft! (RC 49931).
1987.##

The Inshore Squadron: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 13  RC
49929
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
In 1800, Richard Bolitho, one of His Majesty's ablest
seamen, is appointed rear admiral and assumes command of his
own squadron. As war spreads from Europe to the Baltic, he
realizes that his experiences have ill-prepared him for the
intricate world of power politics. Sequel to Signal--Close
Action! (RC 49928). 1978.##

Jester's Fortune: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure  RC 53005
by Dewey Lambdin 
read by Bruce Huntey
3 cassettes
In 1796, Naval Commander Alan Lewrie's ship is part of a
British squadron patrolling the Adriatic Sea against
Napoleon's forces. They battle Balkan pirates and rescue an
English widow and her child from enemy soldiers. Sequel to A
King's Commander (RC 47586). Violence, strong language, and
some descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Mr. Midshipman Easy  RC 51080
by Frederick Marryat 
read by Vanessa Maroney
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Jack Easy, a pampered, undisciplined, and unruly student, is
sent off to sea. As a midshipman in the Royal Navy, Jack
participates in many a vicious sea battle around the world,
falls in love, and eventually returns home a hero. Some
violence. 1836.##

Nop's Trials  RC 51205
by Donald McCaig 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Nop, a champion border collie, faces a new kind of trial
when he is kidnapped. Behind the snatching is a jealous
stockdog handler who begrudges the trophies and acclaim
received by the dog's owner, Lewis Burkholder. Prequel to
Nop's Hope (RC 45745). 1984.##

Off the Mangrove Coast  RC 52857
by Louis L'Amour 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Nine tales based on L'Amour's early adventures as a boxer,
hobo, and worldwide wanderer. In the title piece, four men
cross the China Sea in a stolen boat, seeking the cash from
a sunken freighter. Besides the dangers of risky diving
equipment and sharks, they face their mutual distrust. 2000.##

The Only Victor: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 18  RC 49933
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
1806. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho travels to southern
Africa, where he assists British ground forces in retaking
Cape Town. Then, following a brief reunion with his
mistress, he carries out a secret mission to Denmark, which
almost ends in disaster. Sequel to Honour This Day (RC
49932). 1990.##

Pacific Vortex!  RC 51151
by Clive Cussler 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Deep-sea expert Dirk Pitt is put to the ultimate test as he
plunges into the perilous waters of the "Pacific vortex," a
fog-shrouded zone where dozens of ships have vanished
without a trace. The latest victim is a nuclear submarine.
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1982.##

Passage to Mutiny: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 7  RC
49924
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
In 1789 Captain Richard Bolitho is aboard the frigate
Tempest in the South Pacific, where he is to protect English
shipping lanes from seagoing enemies. At the same time he
must contain a growing mutiny aboard his own ship. Sequel to
Command a King's Ship (RC 49769). 1976.##

The Requiem Shark  RC 51927
by Nicholas Griffin 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
In 1719, the fat, educated, Welsh teenager William Williams
is pressed into service on a slave ship, which is then
captured by the pirate Bartholomew Roberts. Because Williams
can read, write, and play the fiddle, he becomes the
captain's right-hand man. Some descriptions of sex, some
violence, and some strong language. 1999.##

Signal--Close Action! Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 12  RC
49928
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
In a bold attempt to forestall Napoleon's war effort, newly
promoted Commodore Bolitho and his squadron engage ships of
the French and Spanish fleets in gallant and bloody sea
encounters. Sequel to The Flag Captain (RC 49927). 1974.##

The Sterkarm Handshake  RC 51934
by Susan Price 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Anthropologist Andrea Mitchell's unethical twenty-first-
century employer sends her back through a time tunnel to the
sixteenth-century English-Scottish border to facilitate a
scheme to extract gold and oil from the land. But overweight
Andrea falls in love and has to choose between cultures.
Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 1998.##

Terry and the Pirates  RC 52022
by Julian F. Thompson 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Sixteen-year-old Terry stows away on a yacht that was stolen
by young Mick and is sailing south. Mick is washed overboard
during a tropical storm. Terry is rescued and held for
ransom by an eccentric pirate family that is looking for
buried treasure. For senior high readers. 2000.##

To Glory We Steer: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 5  RC
49768
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Richard Bolitho takes command of the frigate Phalarope,
whose crew is discredited by a near mutiny and suspected
cowardice, and sails to the West Indies during the final
years of the American Revolution. The crew is welded into an
effective cadre during a battle with French forces. Sequel
to Sloop of War (RC 49767). 1968.##

Touching Spirit Bear  RC 53095
by Ben Mikaelsen 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
To avoid prison after viciously attacking a classmate,
fifteen-year-old Cole agrees to a Native American tradition
for healing--one year alone on a remote Alaskan island.
There Cole confronts a huge white Spirit Bear that changes
his life. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers.
2001.##

A Tradition of Victory: Richard Bolitho Novels, Volume 14 
RC 49930
by Alexander Kent 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
1801. Rear Admiral Richard Bolitho has come home to marry
Belinda Laidlaw, but aged Admiral Beauchamp needs him at sea
to help show Britain's strength and determination against
the French. Thus, Bolitho finds himself torn between public
duty and personal desires. Sequel to The Inshore Squadron
(RC 49929). 1981.##

Travels with My Aunt  RC 52405
by Graham Greene 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Retired banker Henry Pulling, a sheltered bachelor,
encounters spry Aunt Augusta at his mother's funeral. When
she persuades Henry to leave his gardening and accompany her
on some journeys, Henry's adventures begin. 1969.##

True North  RC 51713
by Kimberly Kafka 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Thirty-five-year-old nurse Bailey fled Maine years ago to
become a bush pilot in Alaska. When two young white people
arrive for a wilderness vacation, the  Ingalik tribe leader
arranges for Bailey to assist them. But grizzlies, greed,
and prejudice complicate matters. Some violence and some
strong language. 2000.##

Valhalla Rising  RC 52893
by Clive Cussler 
read by Bob Askey
4 cassettes
Dirk Pitt, on board an oceanographic survey vessel, helps
rescue passengers from a luxury cruise ship that
mysteriously catches fire on its maiden voyage. One of the
survivors is Kelly Egan, who has managed to save her
father's papers only to have her life threatened. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Voyage to the North Star  RC 51488
by Peter Nichols 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Schenck, a wealthy industrialist and aspiring big-game
hunter, and Boden, a seaman who has lost his boat, wife,
job, and reputation, launch an Arctic hunting expedition
that no experienced seaman would undertake. Their
depression-era adventures include a perilous voyage and a
clash of cultures. Some descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. 1999.##

Blindness and Physical Handicaps###

The Color of Death  RC 52408
by Bruce Alexander 
read by George Holmes
2 cassettes
London, 1772. A rash of home invasions and murders occurs,
apparently committed by black men. After blind magistrate
Sir John Fielding is wounded, his assistant, Jeremy Proctor,
tracks down the gang with the help of the Bow Street
Runners. 2000.##

Death from the Woods  RC 51535
by Brigitte Aubert 
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Elise is left a blind and mute quadriplegic after a
terrorist attack, but she can still think and hear. When she
becomes the confidant of a little girl who knows the
identity of a serial child killer, Elise becomes a target
herself. Winner of the French Grand Prix de Litrature.
Strong language and some violence. 1996.##

The Deep Field  RC 51445
by James Bradley 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Having searched in vain for her twin brother in Hong Kong,
photographer Anna Frasier returns to Sydney. She enters a
love affair with Seth LaMarque, a blind paleontologist, who
comforts and guides her as she confronts her past. Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 1999.##

Down All the Days  RC 50955
by Christy Brown 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A disabled boy observes the people and happenings in his
poor Dublin household and neighborhood. Not wanting to miss
out on any adventures, he sometimes travels through the
streets by boxcart--hauled by his brothers. By the author of
My Left Foot (RC 29488). Strong language, some descriptions
of sex, and some violence. 1970.##

From the Corner of His Eye  RC 51274
by Dean Koontz 
read by Chuck Benson
4 cassettes
Junior Cain feels rejuvenated after pushing his beloved
bride to her death, but he senses enemies in a spooky cop
and a boy named Bartholomew. As Cain ruthlessly seeks Barty,
the gifted boy uses quantum physics to overcome his
blindness. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Kissing the Virgin's Mouth  RC 52706
by Donna M. Gershten 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
As Magda awaits the onset of inherited blindness in her
comfortable Mexican home, lighting candles to her statue of
the Virgin, she recalls her eventful life: childhood
poverty, her blind mother, her husbands and lovers, moving
to Idaho, and raising her daughter. Strong language, some
descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bellwether Prize.
2001.##

The Mallen Girl  RC 51110
by Catherine Cookson 
read by Anne Mullen
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Barbara, the hearing-impaired ward of Miss Anna Brigmore,
may not have the Mallen streak in her hair, but she is still
willful and hot-tempered. When jealousy causes Barbara to
push her rival, Sarah, into a pit full of sharp, rusted
machinery, the consequences alter both girls' lives. 1973.##

The Man in the Box  RC 49528
by Thomas Moran 
read by Bruce Nelson
2 cassettes
In 1943 Austria, teenager Niki Lukasser's family hides a
Jewish physician in a secret room in its barn. Niki and his
blind girlfriend, Sigi, take care of the doctor and try to
relieve his loneliness. Some strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1996.##

Out of the Blue  RC 51716
by Sally Mandel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Teacher Anna Bolles has multiple sclerosis and uses a
wheelchair the day she visits a photography exhibit in New
York City. There she meets exhibitor Joe Malone, who, she
later declares, "swept me off my feet...and I wasn't even on
my feet." Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
2000.##

Classics###

Arthurian Romances  RC 51087
by Chrtien de Troyes 
read by Corrie James
5 cassettes
Romantic tales of chivalry, adulterous passion, and first
love in which the shadowy author, a twelfth-century French
court poet, provides a "brilliant portrait" of the "society
that gave him his livelihood." Translation and introduction
by D.D.R. Owen. 1993.##

The Bostonians  RC 52081
by Henry James 
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Satirical comedy involving impressionable young suffragette
Verena Tarrant, who struggles to reconcile her love for
Basil Ransom, a charming southern lawyer, with the demands
of her patron, Olive Chancellor, a domineering Boston
feminist who hates men. 1886.##

The Brothers Karamazov  RC 50370
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 
read by Ken Kliban
8 cassettes in 2 containers
The melodramatic tale of Fyodor Karamazov and his sons:
Alyosha, Dmitri, Ivan, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov. The
death of the father and conflicts of faith are key themes in
this panorama of nineteenth-century Russia. Acclaimed 1990
translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky of the
1879-1880 original Russian publication. 1992.##

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  RC 52560
by Mark Twain 
read by Rick Foucheux
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Classic satire about a nineteenth-century New England
factory worker who is knocked unconscious and transported
back to the year 528. Hank Morgan awakens in King Arthur's
court in Britain, where he attempts to improve living
conditions by introducing modern inventions and democratic
ideas. For senior high and older readers. 1889.##

First Love, and Other Tales  RC 52638
by Ivan Turgenev 
read by Jo Marks
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Eight short stories drawn from real life by the poetic
nineteenth-century Russian author. Includes "The Singers,"
"Bezhin Meadow," "Mumu," "Assya," "First Love," "Knock,
Knock, Knock," "Living Relics," and "Clara Milich." 1968.##

Guy Mannering  RC 51375
by Sir Walter Scott 
read by George Holmes
6 cassettes
Young Harry Bertram, heir to the Ellangowan estate, is
kidnapped and sent away from England by an unscrupulous
lawyer who covets the property. Years later, when Harry
returns to England after military service in India, he is
recognized by an old gypsy woman and learns the secret of
his past. 1814.##

The Jungle  RC 52961
by Upton Sinclair 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Grim account of the deplorable conditions in the Chicago
meatpacking industry around 1900, as seen through the eyes
of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus. When first published,
the novel aroused the indignation of the American public and
forced government investigations that led to the passage of
pure food legislation. 1985 introduction. Some violence.
1906.##

The Mill on the Floss  RC 51267
by George Eliot 
read by Flo Gibson
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Classic Victorian novel about Maggie Tulliver, a young woman
from a working-class family in a small English town, who is
dominated by her coarse older brother. In her pursuit of
beauty and love, Maggie finds herself rejected by her
brother and condemned by the respectable townspeople. 1860.##

Moll Flanders  RC 51146
by Daniel Defoe 
read by Barbara Caruso
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Moral tale set in seventeenth-century England and Virginia
recounts the crimes and misfortunes of a lusty and strong-
willed woman. Among Moll's five marriages was one,
unwitting, to her own brother. After years as a thief and a
prostitute, she attains great wealth, and spends her old age
comfortably repenting her youthful excesses. 1722.##

Persuasion  RC 51057
by Jane Austen 
read by Jennifer Mendenhall
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Austen's last novel is a temperate comedy of manners. At
twenty-seven, a woman regrets that, persuaded by her elders,
she had broken her engagement to the navy captain she loved
at nineteen. When she and her father are forced to rent
their family home and move to Bath, she meets her former
love again. 1816.##

The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea  RC 50222
by James Fenimore Cooper 
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes (Reissue)
A nineteenth-century sea story suggested by an episode in
the life of John Paul Jones, which combines romance,
intrigue, betrayal, near-shipwreck, and sea fights. 1823.##

Portrait of a Lady  RC 51264
by Henry James 
read by Patricia Beaudry
4 cassettes (Reissue)
As an American traveling abroad, wealthy and attractive
Isabel Archer discovers both the beauty and deception of
European society. And in the process she gains self-
knowledge. 1881.##

The Prairie: A Tale  RC 52639
by James Fenimore Cooper 
read by Robert Donley
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Early 1800s. Civilization drives old hunter Natty Bumppo
(Leatherstocking) west of the Mississippi to the prairies,
where he becomes a trapper and helps a band of emigrants in
their conflicts with Indians, miscreants, and the harsh
environment. Sequel to The Pioneers (RC 10816). 1827.##

Pride and Prejudice  RC 50549
by Jane Austen 
read by Jennifer Mendenhall
3 cassettes (Reissue)
A classic novel of social customs in late eighteenth-century
England. Depicts the personality clash between Elizabeth
Bennet, one of five daughters of a country gentleman, and
prosperous, aristocratic landowner Fitzwilliam Darcy, which
eventually develops into courtship. 1813.##

Red Rover  RC 51156
by James Fenimore Cooper 
read by Erik Sandvold
4 cassettes
Classic maritime adventure set in the years just before the
American Revolution. Disguised as a common sailor,
Lieutenant Henry Ark sets out to trap an elusive pirate
called the Red Rover. Following a storm and a mutiny, Ark--
along with a charming young woman and her governess--is
rescued by the pirate himself. 1827.##

The Return of the Native  RC 52679
by Thomas Hardy 
read by Graeme Malcolm
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Clym Yeobright returns to barren Egdon Heath and, against
his mother's advice, marries the willful Eustacia Vye.
Later, disenchanted, Eustacia begins seeing Damon Wildeve,
her former lover, who is married to Clym's cousin. Includes
a glossary of unfamiliar regional terms as well as the
author's later prefaces and postscripts. 1878.##

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe  RC 52397
by George Eliot 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Classic novel of an embittered, reclusive weaver in rural
Victorian England who is robbed of his horded gold but later
adopts a foundling he learns to cherish. Years later Silas
and Eppie discover the truth of the girl's parentage--and
the location of the lost treasure. With 1996 introduction
and notes by David Carroll. 1861.##

The Victim  RC 51827
by Saul Bellow 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Asa Leventhal is alone in New York while his wife is away.
Seeking relief from a New York heat wave one evening in the
park, he is approached by a stranger who accuses him of
ruining his life. As the relationship between the
antagonists deepens, Leventhal's fragile sense of self-worth
starts to crumble. 1947.##

White Fang  RC 51689
by Jack London 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A wolf-dog, rescued from danger and tamed by a kind master,
redeems his brute nature by defending his master's family
against an escaped convict. Companion to The Call of the
Wild (RC 49486). For junior and senior high and older
readers. 1906.##

Contemporary Fiction###

Chemical Pink  RC 51890
by Katie Arnoldi 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Decadent California showman Charles Worthington focuses on
twenty-nine-year-old Aurora Jeanine Johnson (southern states
bodybuilding champion) as his next project for developing to
"perfection." Following his regimen of muscle-enhancing
drugs, dieting, and workouts leaves Aurora too exhausted to
care for her twelve-year-old daughter. Strong language, some
explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller
2001.##

The Cold Six Thousand  RC 52349
by James Ellroy 
read by Christopher Walker
5 cassettes
Las Vegas policeman Wayne Tedrow Jr., son of a crooked, mob-
connected union leader, goes to Dallas on November 22, 1963,
to kill a black gambler. Things go awry, and for the next
five years Tedrow is caught up in a web of conspiracies.
Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Demonology: Stories  RC 52304
by Rick Moody 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Thirteen tales of people possessed in some way, several
written in experimental form. The title story, the last in
the collection, is a heartfelt elegy for a sister who died
unexpectedly while putting her two young children to bed.
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2000.##

How It Is  RC 52613
by Samuel Beckett 
read by Rick Rohan
1 cassette
An anguished, disembodied voice expresses a grim,
fragmentary vision of human life stripped to its essence in
this experimental fiction by the Irish-born winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature. Originally written in French in
1961 and translated into English by the author. Some strong
language. 1964.##

The Last Samurai  RC 51848
by Helen DeWitt 
read by Catherine Byers
3 cassettes
Single mother Sibylla is concerned about the lack of a male
role model for her six-year-old language-prodigy son, Ludo.
To compensate, she repeatedly shows him the Japanese film
Seven Samurai. After years of viewing the video, Ludo begins
interviewing brilliant candidates to be his father. 2000.##

Now It's Time to Say Goodbye  RC 51492
by Dale Peck 
read by Steven Carpenter
3 cassettes
Multilayered portrayal of a town in crisis. A disillusioned
homosexual New York couple emigrate to an isolated Kansas
town only to find the people violently divided by race and
divergent perspectives on life. Their arrival triggers
additional acts of rape, murder, and general mayhem as the
community struggles with long-pent ills. Descriptions of
sex, violence, and strong language. 1998.##

Family###

Back When We Were Grownups  RC 52094
by Anne Tyler 
read by Kimberly Schraf
2 cassettes
Rebecca, a fiftyish grandmother, was widowed in her twenties
and left with four daughters to raise. She is tired of
family and career demands, and wonders if she made the right
choices in life. Rebecca contacts the college boyfriend she
once walked out on. Bestseller 2001.##

Backwater  RC 51739
by Joan Bauer 
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
Sixteen-year-old Ivy Breedlove feels out of place in her
family of opinionated attorneys. While helping an elderly
relative compile a family history, Ivy sees similarities
between herself and a reclusive aunt who lives in the
Adirondacks. Ivy sets out to find her mysterious aunt. For
junior and senior high readers. 1999.##

The Barbarians Are Coming  RC 51915
by David Wong Louie 
read by Jonathan Davis
3 cassettes
The author of Pangs of Love: Stories (RC 34554) continues
the topic of second-generation Chinese Americans living
between two cultures. Twenty-six-year-old French chef
Sterling Lung marries his Jewish girlfriend and has two
children before he understands his ailing immigrant father.
Some strong language. 2000.##

Blue Heaven  RC 52319
by Elaine Kagan 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
The stories of three generations of women intertwine as they
reveal the failures, successes, and humor of being in love.
Mollie, eighty and developing Alzheimer's, and her daughter
Gilliana, forty-seven, made unwise matrimonial decisions.
Now Clare, seventeen, worries about making the same
mistakes. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
1996.##

The Bonesetter's Daughter  RC 51557
by Amy Tan 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
San Francisco writer Ruth Young discovers a memoir by her
Chinese mother, LuLing, while she is dealing with LuLing's
failing memory. After deciphering the Chinese calligraphy,
Ruth gains insight into her family heritage, which improves
her relationship with her mother. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Breathing Room  RC 52727
by Patricia Elam 
read by Saidah Arrika Ekulona
3 cassettes
Photographer Norma has a loving husband and a lively son.
Divorced probation officer Moxie is dedicated to her
talented teenage daughter. Best friends after meeting in
college, Norma and Moxie are very supportive of each other.
Suddenly their bond begins to unravel in unexpected ways.
2001.##

The Chisellers  RC 51681
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
Dublin, 1970. Agnes's brood of seven--whom she calls the
"chisellers"--are a few years older than in The Mammy (RC
51680) and are causing her more heartache. But Mark, the
eldest, makes a bold move at the furniture factory and finds
his dream girl. Strong language and some descriptions of
sex. 1995.##

Contrary Mary  RC 50213
by Temple Bailey 
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
The Ballard siblings, Mary, Constance, and Barry, live in an
old house in Washington, D.C. With Constance getting
married, their aunts, Isabelle and Frances, want Mary to
close up the house. However, Mary feels responsible for
Barry, so she has taken the bold step of renting the Tower
Room to a gentleman. 1914.##

The Corrections  RC 53073
by Jonathan Franzen 
read by Christopher Walker
4 cassettes
Because her husband, Alfred, has Parkinson's disease,
elderly midwestern housewife Enid Lambert seeks to gather
her grown children for one last Christmas together. But
unhappily married banker Gary, recently fired professor
Chip, and bisexual chef Denise have other ideas. Strong
language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Cousin Rosamund  RC 51414
by Rebecca West 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
London, 1920s. In this sequel to This Real Night (RC 24538),
twins Rose and Mary Aubrey despise their cousin Rosamund's
new husband. They move into an inn on the Thames to live
with family friends. Mary finds contentment in her music,
and Rose falls in love. Some strong language. 1985.##

A Day Late and a Dollar Short  RC 51558
by Terry McMillan 
read by Myra Luevetia Taylor
3 cassettes
Driven apart by infidelity and addiction, the Price family
resolves to reunite through love and forgiveness. When Viola
survives a severe asthma attack, her husband and four adult
children rally around to support her recovery. But problems
arise as their basic philosophical differences emerge.
Strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Down All the Days  RC 50955
by Christy Brown 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A disabled boy observes the people and happenings in his
poor Dublin household and neighborhood. Not wanting to miss
out on any adventures, he sometimes travels through the
streets by boxcart--hauled by his brothers. By the author of
My Left Foot (RC 29488). Strong language, some descriptions
of sex, and some violence. 1970.##

Dreamland  RC 52621
by Sarah Dessen 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
Sixteen-year-old Caitlin and her family feel betrayed when
Caitlin's "perfect" older sister runs away. Caitlin tries to
fill the void but drifts into a relationship with an
abusive, drug-dealing older boy. It takes a near tragedy for
her parents to rally around her. Some strong language. For
senior high readers. 2000.##

The End of the Rainbow: The Hudson Family Series  RC 51649
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
This sequel to Eye of the Storm (RC 51648) focuses on
Summer, sixteen-year-old daughter of Rain and Austin. Summer
thinks of Uncle Roy's stepson, Harley, as a brother, but
after she is date-raped--and she and Harley search for his
real father--their relationship changes. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

Eye of the Storm: The Hudson Family Series  RC 51648
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
When Rain returns to America for Grandmother Hudson's
funeral, she learns she has inherited most of her
grandparent's estate. Then Rain is badly injured in an
accident and her relatives attempt to take over the estate.
Sequel to Lightning Strikes (RC 50929). Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##

The Family Orchard  RC 51055
by Nomi Eve 
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
A multigenerational saga of a Jewish family whose story
begins in 1837, when Esther and Yochanan immigrate to
Palestine, and ends in America in the 1990s. The storyteller
interweaves the tale of her father, the orchard man, with
her family's history of love, fulfillment, and loss.
Explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Firefly Beach  RC 53025
by Luanne Rice 
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
Sisters Caroline, Clea, and Skye return to their family
homestead to visit when Joe Connor, an individual connected
to their troubled past, arrives. He is the son of the man
who committed suicide in front of the family three decades
ago. And it was their father's fault. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Giant  RC 51155
by Edna Ferber 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Following a whirlwind romance, bookish bluestocking Leslie
Lynnton of Virginia marries Texas cattle baron Bick Benedict
and moves to his ranch. There she has trouble adapting to
the strange customs of the wealthy westerners, as well as to
the exploitation of their Mexican help. Bestseller 1952.##

The Girls  RC 50294
by Helen Yglesias 
read by Mimi Bederman
1 cassette
Eighty-year-old Jenny travels to Miami to take care of her
older sisters Eva, Naomi, and Flora. Once there, she
reminisces about their New York childhood while surveying
the ruin of the natural landscape and the variety of
inhabitants including her fellow elderly Jews. Some strong
language. 1999.##

The Granny  RC 51682
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
Dublin, 1980. In this sequel to The Chisellers (RC 51681)
Agnes is forty-seven when Mark announces the birth of her
new grandson and calls her "Granny." Agnes feels old for the
first time, but manages to stay at the center of her
family's activities. Strong language. 1996.##

Hayati, My Life  RC 52205
by Miriam Cooke 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Traces three generations of Palestinian women while they
struggle with personal problems and political turmoil from
1946 through 1990. Samya lives in Jerusalem and, along with
her daughter Assia and granddaughters Maryam and Afaf,
survives wars, exile, imprisonment, rape, and poverty. Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 2000.##

Kinship  RC 50759
by Trudy Krisher 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Kinship, Georgia; 1961. Pert Wilson, fifteen, lives with her
mother and brother in a trailer park. Residents are upset
about a recent law rezoning the park for permanent housing.
Suddenly, Pert's long-absent daddy returns with big schemes
to save the park. Companion to Spite Fences (RC 41946). For
junior and senior high readers. 1997.##

Kissing the Virgin's Mouth  RC 52706
by Donna M. Gershten 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
As Magda awaits the onset of inherited blindness in her
comfortable Mexican home, lighting candles to her statue of
the Virgin, she recalls her eventful life: childhood
poverty, her blind mother, her husbands and lovers, moving
to Idaho, and raising her daughter. Strong language, some
descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bellwether Prize.
2001.##

Leaving Pico  RC 52005
by Frank X. Gaspar 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Award-winning poet Gaspar's autobiographical tale of Josie
Carvalho, who grows up in the Portuguese fishing village in
Provincetown, Massachusetts. Abandoned by his mother, Josie
is raised by an aunt and his seldom-sober grandfather, who
regales him with the adventures of an ancestor who
supposedly discovered America before Columbus. 1999.##

The Makioka Sisters  RC 53099
by Junichiro Tanizaki 
read by Mary Kane
4 cassettes
Four sisters struggle to adhere to formal traditions as
their prestigious Osaka family declines between 1936 and
1941. Familial bonds disintegrate while they try to survive
poverty, preserve the family name, and find a husband for
the third sister, Yukiko. First published in Japan in 1943.
Includes an introduction, bibliography, and chronology of
Tanizaki's life. 1993.##

The Mallen Girl  RC 51110
by Catherine Cookson 
read by Anne Mullen
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Barbara, the hearing-impaired ward of Miss Anna Brigmore,
may not have the Mallen streak in her hair, but she is still
willful and hot-tempered. When jealousy causes Barbara to
push her rival, Sarah, into a pit full of sharp, rusted
machinery, the consequences alter both girls' lives. 1973.##

The Mammy  RC 51680
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
In 1960s working-class Dublin newly widowed Agnes Browne--
called Mammy by her seven children--goes directly to Social
Welfare on the day of her husband's death. She meets
challenges head-on with plucky courage, great wit, and as
much good humor as she can muster. Prequel to The Chisellers
(RC 51681). Strong language. 1994.##

A Member of the Family  RC 52611
by Susan Merrell 
read by Faith Potts
3 cassettes
The Latham family from Sag Harbor, New York, adopts a
toddler from Romania. Over the next few turbulent years,
they learn that Michael has attachment disorder. His
aggressive behavior threatens their marriage and their older
daughter. But can they give him up? Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. 2000.##

Moon Women  RC 52459
by Pamela Duncan 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
Account of three generations of North Carolina women.
Matriarch Marvelle, living with daughter Ruth Ann, is losing
touch with reality and harbors a secret that will affect
everyone. Ruth Ann's daughter, Ashley, nineteen, unmarried,
and pregnant, lives with them. Nearby is Ruth Ann's lonely,
obese sister Cassandra. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 2001.##

A Mother's Gift  RC 52162
by Britney Spears and Lynne Spears 
read by Nanette Savard
1 cassette
Fourteen-year-old singer Holly Faye Lovell shares a close
relationship with her single mother, a seamstress in Biscay,
Mississippi. When Holly wins a scholarship to a prestigious
music school, she becomes embarrassed about her humble
roots. Meanwhile Holly's mother considers revealing a
secret. For junior and senior high readers.  Bestseller
2001.##

Natchez: A Novel of the Deep South  RC 51092
by Pamela Jekel 
read by Nanette Savard
4 cassettes
Traces four generations of women in the Natchez region of
Louisiana, beginning in 1775 with the arrival of Josiah
Fleming. After losing his family, Josiah remarries and his
daughter continues to build his acreage into a thriving
plantation. Also follows the activities of various fauna in
the area. 1995.##

Plantation: A Lowcountry Tale  RC 53043
by Dorothea Benton Frank 
read by Ann Hodapp
3 cassettes
New Yorker Caroline Levine swore she would never return home
to South Carolina. Then her brother Trip calls begging her
to come see about Mother. Caroline, finding a person who is
the same yet greatly changed, learns what it means to come
home. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2001.##

The River Where Blood Is Born  RC 52737
by Sandra Jackson-Opoku 
read by Robin Miles
4 cassettes
The voice of Ananse, African folklore's storyteller-
trickster, traces the lives and fates of generations of
black women, spanning almost three centuries and journeying
from Africa through the Caribbean and America. A prophecy
points to the ninth daughter in the lineage, whose sense of
unfulfillment prompts her return to Africa. ALA Black Caucus
Award. 1997.##

Sister of My Heart  RC 52038
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Soulmates Sudha and Anju are cousins raised in the same
Calcutta household by their widowed mothers. Beautiful Sudha
is burdened by family secrets, while ambitious Anju wants an
education. But both are forced by economics into arranged
marriages. Eventually they reunite in America. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999.##

The Sugar Island  RC 52133
by Ivonne Lamazares 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
1 cassette
Communist Cuba, 1960s. Tanya and her younger half-brother,
Emanuel, are raised by a neglectful mother whose schemes
leave the family in dire straits. But when Tanya becomes a
teenager she joins her mother on a dangerous sea escape to
Florida. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
2000.##

Sullivan's Island: A Lowcountry Tale  RC 52486
by Dorothea Benton Frank 
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Growing up in the 1960s,
Susan Hayes had a relatively average childhood, but now in
the 1990s her life is falling apart. She and her sister take
an introspective look at their past, which involved family
secrets and betrayals. Some explicit descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 1999.##

Summer Island  RC 52724
by Kristin Hannah 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Well-known talk show host Nora Bridge has been estranged
from daughter Ruby for years. But when the ugly truth about
her past is uncovered, Nora retreats to Summer Island. There
she and Ruby finally come to terms with each other. Strong
language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##

The Thorn Birds  RC 51148
by Colleen McCullough 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Saga of the Australian Cleary family set in a vast sheep
station. Central characters are Meggie and the one man she
truly loves--priest Ralph de Bricassart. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1977.##

The Tie That Binds  RC 52113
by Kent Haruf 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Colorado, 1896 to 1976. Edith Goodnough, the courageous
daughter of homesteaders, finds herself bound by duty, love,
and obligation to her crippled father and younger brother.
Sacrificing her chance for happiness with the man she loves,
she assumes the task of maintaining the family farm. Strong
language. 1984.##

What Janie Found  RC 50882
by Caroline B. Cooney 
read by Margaret Strom
1 cassette
After her "father" is incapacitated by a stroke, Janie feels
betrayed on discovering that he has been sending money to
his real daughter, Hannah, who kidnapped Janie years ago.
Janie is determined to find and confront Hannah about the
past. Sequel to Voice on the Radio (RC 47855). For junior
and senior high readers. 2000.##

When Memory Dies  RC 51176
by A. Sivanandan 
read by Yolande Bavan
4 cassettes
Narrative of oppression endured by three generations of Sri
Lankan men, from the 1920s to the 1980s, set against the
backdrop of colonial rule followed by ethnic fighting.
Teacher Rajan tells of his civil-servant father and then of
his own life and that of his activist stepson. Some
violence. 1997.##

Wives and Daughters  RC 52145
by Elizabeth Gaskell 
read by Barbara Caruso
6 cassettes
Hollingford, England; 1800s. When the village doctor, Mr.
Gibson, decides to remarry, his only daughter, Molly, is
resentful but becomes friends with her stepsister, Cynthia.
The two young ladies' social circle includes the family of
Squire Hamley, who has two sons--Roger and Osborne. 1866.##

Fantasy###

The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3  RC 50939
by Philip Pullman 
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
In this continuation of The Subtle Knife (RC 45857) Lyra is
hidden in a cave by her mother, Mrs. Coulter. Two angels
want Will and his magic knife to accompany them to Lord
Asriel, but Will is determined to find Lyra first. Some
violence. For junior and senior high readers. Bestseller
2000.##

Ariadne's Web: Book of the Gods, Volume 2  RC 49938
by Fred Saberhagen 
read by Erik Sandvold
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Face of Apollo (RC 49937) young
princess Ariadne becomes captivated by a treacherous pirate
who was implicated in the death of her father. Hoping to aid
Ariadne, a soldier dons the Face of Dionysus, a mask that
confers divine powers. For senior high and older readers.
2000.##

Between the Rivers  RC 51446
by Harry Turtledove 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Although the gods and their priests still rule, men are
beginning to forge metal and to trade between their cities.
When merchant's son Sharur and thief Habbazu capture a cup
that holds the gods' power, Sharur bargains for more
commerce and freedom. 1998.##

The Black Raven: The Dragon Mage, Book 2  RC 50968
by Katharine Kerr 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Red Wyvern (RC 48144) centuries have
passed since the Civil Wars. Now the evil sorceress Raena is
plotting to destroy Rhodry Maelwaedd, her enemy through many
lifetimes. As Rhodry struggles to save his land and loved
ones, he is aided by his guardian dragon, Arzosah. 1999.##

The Black Swan  RC 51209
by Mercedes Lackey 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Young Prince Siegfried, a known womanizer, falls in love
with Princess Odette, whom sorcerer von Rothbart has
transformed into a white swan by day. But the sorcerer pays
a high price for misjudging women, especially his daughter
Odile. Based on the story of the ballet Swan Lake. Some
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Ciara's Song: Witch World  RC 51316
by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Ciara's parents and siblings are killed when she is nine--
she survives because of her mother's foresight. After being
rescued and cared for by Lord Tarnoor, she eventually falls
in love and marries his son Trovagh, and they begin raising
their own family. Then an evil sorcerer threatens to destroy
everything. 1998.##

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister  RC 52549
by Gregory Maguire 
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
In this variation on the Cinderella theme, the reclusive
beauty Clara is assisted by her "ugly" stepsister. Clara
attends the ball, where she captivates the prince.
Seventeenth-century Holland, replete with master artist and
tulip merchant, is the setting for the wicked stepmother's
machinations. Some strong language. For senior high and
older readers. 1999.##

The Conqueror's Child: Holdfast Chronicles, Book 4  RC 50948
by Suzy McKee Charnas 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Furies (RC 41695) and the two-title
volume Walk to the End of the World; and, Motherlines (RC
41694), the women are still enslaving the men who once ruled
them. Alldera Conqueror's estranged daughter, Sorrel, has
rescued a small boy. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

The Curse of Chalion  RC 53074
by Lois McMaster Bujold 
read by Vanessa Maroney
4 cassettes
Lupe dy Cazaril, once betrayed and sold into slavery,
returns to the royal household he once served, hoping to
find a menial job. Instead he is favored with the position
of secretary-tutor to the royal princess. But a curse lies
over the House of Chalion, endangering Cazaril and all
within the royal circle. 2001.##

Daemonomania  RC 51952
by John Crowley 
read by Richard Davidson
5 cassettes
In this sequel to Love and Sleep (RC 40318), the Faraway
Hills provide the context for understanding the mysteries
that blend past and present, magic and mundane. Intertwined
are the stories of historian Pierce Moffett, his lover Rose
Ryder, and single mother Rosie Rasmussen, whose daughter
seems possessed. 2000.##

Dark of the Gods  RC 52635
by P.C. Hodgell 
read by Barbara Caruso
5 cassettes
Contains God Stalk and its sequel, Dark of the Moon. Jame
Talissen--possessing the strange powers of her ancient race,
the Kencyr--suffers amnesia and exhaustion after fleeing her
enemies. She arrives in the mazed city Tai-tastigon,
searching for her brother Tori to give him their father's
sword and ring. 2000.##

Dark Sleeper  RC 52042
by Jeffrey E. Barlough 
read by Gary Tipton
4 cassettes
In the fog-enshrouded city of Salthead, when an undead
sailor dances along the wharves and the ghost of a long-dead
boy haunts a tavern, a metaphysics professor and his
colleague encounter something more baleful--a mystical evil
intent on destroying the city and everyone in it. 1999.##

Darkness Descending: The Darkness Novels, Volume 2  RC 51006
by Harry Turtledove 
read by John Polk
5 cassettes
In this sequel to Into the Darkness (RC 51005), warfare
involving magical battles and airborne dragons engulfs the
world. The Algarvian army encounters fierce resistance from
its longtime foes as it sweeps across the country of
Forthweg. When members of the Kaunian race are shipped off
to "camps," few suspect the real purpose. 2000.##

Darksong Rising: The Spellsong Cycle, Book 3  RC 51327
by L.E. Modesitt 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Anna, a sorceress and regent of Defalk, copes with
challenges to her leadership and tries to resolve some
noblemen's distaste for obeying a woman. She must also
decide whether to support the rightful heir to the throne.
Sequel to The Spellsong War (RC 51114). Some strong
language. For senior high and older readers. 1999.##

Daughter of the Forest: The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Book 1  RC
53155
by Juliet Marillier 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
4 cassettes
Lord Colum of Sevenwaters has six talented sons--Liam,
Diarmid, twins Cormack and Conor, Finbar, and Padriac. But
it is his seventh child and only daughter, Sorcha, who can
restore his sons to humanity after Colum's new wife, Oonagh,
changes them into swans. Some descriptions of sex and some
violence. 2000.##

The Deer's Cry: A Book of the Keltiad  RC 51130
by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
The story of Brendan of Fanad, whose father was a lord of
the Gael and his mother a lady of the magic High Danaan
race. Brendan weds Etain of the Sidhe, a Danaan, and
fulfills his destiny to lead her people on the Great Voyage
to the stars. 1998.##

Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld  RC 52704
by Terry Pratchett 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
Wizard Drum Billet is dying--in about six minutes--and wants
to pass on his powers to the eighth son of an eighth son who
is just being born. The wizard's staff is placed in the
child's hand immediately after birth. But, the child is a
girl! For senior high and older readers. 1987.##

Faith of the Fallen: The Sword of Truth, Book 6  RC 50941
by Terry Goodkind 
read by Nick Sullivan
5 cassettes
Following her ordeal in Soul of the Fire (RC 49220), Kahlan
is nursed back to health by Richard Rahl, who then instructs
her in swordplay. When Richard is captured by the emperor's
mistress, he and Kahlan must struggle separately against the
forces of the Imperial Order. Violence. Bestseller 2000.##

The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein  RC 51609
by Robert A. Heinlein 
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Eight fantasy stories from the 1940s and 1950s. Real-world
characters are challenged by inexplicable events in "Magic,
Inc.," "And He Built a Crooked House," "They," "Waldo," "The
Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag," "Our Fair City,"
"The Man Who Traveled in Elephants," and "All You Zombies."
1999.##

Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld  RC 52143
by Terry Pratchett 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
Ankh-Morpork is being stalked by a murderer. Even Commander
Samuel Vimes of the City Guard has been attacked. Aided by
dwarf Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, Vimes hopes to find the
assassin. But in the end he uncovers information he would
have been better off without. Some strong language. For
senior high and older readers. 1996.##

The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld  RC 51726
by Terry Pratchett 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Features Sam Vimes, the commander of the Ankh-Morpork City
Watch, who is sent as ambassador to Uberwald to negotiate a
trade deal.  Gold, iron, and fat--but never silver--are
mined in Uberwald.   Vimes must also solve the mystery of
the missing Scone of Stone for the dwarves. Some strong
language. 2000.##

The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus
Alone  RC 51703
by Mervyn Peake 
read by Kristin Allison
9 cassettes in 2 containers
Titus Groan (1946) introduces Titus, who at age two becomes
the seventy-seventh earl of Gormenghast, a ritual-ridden
castle full of Dickensian characters. Gormenghast (1950)
follows Titus as he overcomes a power-seeking kitchen boy,
then flees the castle. Titus Alone (1959) relates his
experiences beyond the castle walls. Some violence. 1959.##

The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again  RC 48978
by J.R.R. Tolkien 
read by Carole Jordan Stewart
2 cassettes (Reissue)
The wandering wizard Gandalf recruits Bilbo Baggins, a
Hobbit, to be the fourteenth member of an expedition.
Hobbits prefer comfort to adventures, but Bilbo joins the
quest and encounters many perils, including a dragon. For
junior and senior high readers. 1966.##

Hogfather: A Novel of Discworld  RC 52689
by Terry Pratchett 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
'Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through Discworld,
not a creature was stirring--not even Hogfather himself. So
who is going to deliver the children's presents? Susan, a
governess, sets out to find him before morning; otherwise
the sun won't come up. Some strong language. For senior high
and older readers. 1996.##

In the Empire of Shadow: Three Worlds Trilogy, Book 2  RC
51721
by Lawrence Watt-Evans 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Out of This World (RC 44629), Pel Brown is
still trapped in the Galactic Empire with several other
inhabitants from Earth. But he will not be allowed to return
home until he destroys Shadow--the evil ruler of the magical
realm of Faerie. Some violence and some strong language.
1995.##

Into the Darkness: The Darkness Novels, Volume 1  RC 51005
by Harry Turtledove 
read by John Polk
5 cassettes
When Alardo, Duke of Bari, dies leaving no sons, his nation
is absorbed by the kingdom of Algarve, which lost the
territory in the Six Years' War. But this move violates a
treaty, and because of numerous alliances among surrounding
countries, conflict erupts. Prequel to Darkness Descending
(RC 51006). Some violence. 1999.##

King Kelson's Bride  RC 52255
by Katherine Kurtz 
read by Gary Tipton
4 cassettes
The fragile peace between Torenth and Gwynedd is threatened,
making it imperative that King Kelson of Gwynedd take a
bride and produce an heir. Having already lost two brides,
one in death and the other through treachery, Kelson's only
wish now is to find a woman who also has Deryni blood. 2000.##

Knight of the Demon Queen  RC 51152
by Barbara Hambly 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Dragonshadow (RC 50394) Jenny Waynest
still suffers from her past possession by the demon Amayon.
Now her husband, Lord John Aversin, is blackmailed by the
cruel Aohila, the Demon Queen, to assist Amayon on a quest
into a strange land. For junior and senior high readers.
2000.##

Krondor: The Assassins; the Riftwar Legacy, Book 2  RC 50913
by Raymond E. Feist 
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Krondor: The Betrayal (RC 50912), Prince
Arutha asks Squire James to investigate the many
assassinations plaguing Midkemia's capital city of Krondor.
James uncovers a nightmare of corruption and deceit that
threatens to destroy Krondor if he cannot prevent one last
murder. 1999.##

Krondor: The Betrayal; the Riftwar Legacy, Book 1  RC 50912
by Raymond E. Feist 
read by Gary Tipton
3 cassettes
Set in the land of Midkemia, this saga chronicles the
adventures of Squire James, Squire Locklear, and those who
accompany them--an apprentice magician, a sorcerer, and a
renegade dark elf--as they face various evil plots. Prequel
to Krondor the Assassins (RC 50913). 1998.##

Larque on the Wing  RC 52847
by Nancy Springer 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Forty-year-old Larque Harootunian is a painter who has the
ability to produce doppelgangers--ghostly apparitions of
herself and others. Approaching a midlife crisis, she
eventually "splits" into three different people--each
representing conflicting facets of her own personality--as
she "steps into" the magical world of Popular Street. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1994.##

Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr  RC 52678
by Garth Nix 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Lirael, on her fourteenth birthday, despairs of ever
receiving the gift of Sight--seeing into the future. But
when a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-
buried evil, it is Lirael who must undertake a mission to
save the Old Kingdom. Sequel to Sabriel (RC 44682). For
junior and senior high readers. 2001.##

The Magestone: Witch World  RC 50244
by Andre Norton and Mary H. Schaub 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Dales trader Mereth is searching for clues to locate the
missing magestone. A maniacal baron has stolen it from
Kasarian's father--an Alizonder hound lord--and plans to use
it to unleash the dark wizards of Escore. Now two foes have
a common cause. 1996.##

The Master of All Desires  RC 51365
by Judith Merkle Riley 
read by Barbara Caruso
3 cassettes
France, 1556. A tale of politics, intrigue, and prophecy.
The Queen of France, a dabbler in sorcery, wants to get rid
of her husband's mistress. The head of the Master of All
Desires may help her, but it could also unleash disaster for
France. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Mortalis: DemonWars, Volume 4  RC 52556
by R.A. Salvatore 
read by Michael Scherer
4 cassettes
Despite the dactyl's demise, Pony rejects offers to become a
baroness or an abbess of the Abellican Church. Plague is
killing a large portion of Corona's population and a
despised heretic is performing magic. So she must reconsider
her decision. Sequel to The Demon Apostle (RC 49339). 2000.##

Nebula Awards 33: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by
the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America  RC 52723
edited by Connie Willis 
read by Nick Sullivan
2 cassettes
A selection of 1997's best short writings and an excerpt
from the Nebula Award winner for best novel, Vonda N.
McIntyre's The Moon and the Sun. Features the grand master,
Poul Anderson; Nebula Award winners Jerry Oltion, Nancy
Kress, and Jane Yolen; and among the runners-up, Gregory
Feeley. Some strong language. 1999.##

Nebula Awards Showcase 2000: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy
Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 
RC 52390
edited by Gregory Benford 
read by J.P. Linton
3 cassettes
Short stories as well as essays revolving around the art of
science fiction writing, publishing, and movie-making.
Includes William Tenn's Author Emeritus Award acceptance
speech, "My Life and Hard Times in SF." Some violence and
some strong language. 2000.##

The One-Armed Queen  RC 51042
by Jane Yolen 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
In this companion to White Jenna (RC 35256) the warrior
queen's adoptive daughter, the one-armed Scillia, is heir to
the realm of the Dales. But Jemson, Jenna's firstborn son,
who was raised in the enemy kingdom, covets the throne for
himself, and bloodshed ensues. Some violence. 1998.##

The Red Magician  RC 51383
by Lisa Goldstein 
read by Suzanne Toren
1 cassette
Tale of confrontation between tradition and change in an
East European village on the edge of World War II. Kicsi, a
young girl, witnesses the duel of beliefs and wills between
the local rabbi and Vrs, the red-haired stranger who warns
of approaching evil. For senior high and older readers.
American Book Award. 1982.##

The Runelords: The Sum of All Men  RC 52921
by David Farland 
read by Richard Hauenstein
4 cassettes
Raj Ahten, ruler of Indhopal, seeks to bring all humanity
under his rule by destroying and slaughtering
indiscriminately. Meanwhile, Gaborn Val Orden fulfills a
two-thousand-year-old prophecy by becoming the Earth King
who can unleash the Earth's forces. Followed by Brotherhood
of the Wolf (RC 52922). Some violence. 1998.##

Seeker's Mask  RC 52636
by P.C. Hodgell 
read by Barbara Caruso
4 cassettes
Before Jame has time to reconnect with her brother Tori, she
winds up in the Women's Halls at Gothregor. She doesn't
conform well to their constrictions and soon is off on
another perilous adventure. Sequel to Dark of the Gods (RC
52635). 1994.##

The Serpent's Shadow  RC 51762
by Mercedes Lackey 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Orphaned Dr. Maya Witherspoon, fleeing danger in India,
establishes a medical practice in her London home in 1909.
Surrounded by seven animal friends and trusted Indian
servants, Maya is tutored in magic by an English master who
also senses the malevolent forces directed against her by a
vengeful Hindu enemy. 2001.##

Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld  RC 51955
by Terry Pratchett 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
In Discworld--a world of many small and great gods--the
unexpected can be expected. Brutha, a young novice priest
who cannot read or write, is content tending his melon
patch. He is selected, however, as the Chosen One by the
bossy Om, a small god who appears as a tortoise. 1992.##

The Soprano Sorceress: The Spellsong Cycle, Book 1  RC 51113
by L.E. Modesitt 
read by Kristin Allison
4 cassettes
Anna, an Iowa State University music instructor, is
magically transported to the medieval world of Erde, where
songs create spells and music is the source of power. Her
vocal talents make her a powerful sorceress and a villain's
target. Prequel to The Spellsong War (RC 51114). For senior
high and older readers. 1997.##

The Spellsong War: The Spellsong Cycle, Book 2  RC 51114
by L.E. Modesitt 
read by Kristin Allison
4 cassettes
Now regent of the Defalk kingdom, Anna must secure the
cooperation of the (male) lords and defend her people
against threats of invasion by neighboring rulers. In the
process, she learns more about leadership and authority.
Sequel to The Soprano Sorceress (RC 51113). For senior high
and older readers. 1998.##

Spindle's End  RC 51708
by Robin McKinley 
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes
An infant princess is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an
evil fairy. Katriona, a young fairy, whisks the baby away to
raise as her own, hoping to avoid Pernicia's vengeful
powers. Based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. For junior
and senior high and older readers. 2000.##

Starless Night  RC 51393
by R.A. Salvatore 
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
Elf Drizzt Do'Urden has no desire to leave his companions at
Mithril Hall, where they mourn the death of a dear comrade.
But Drizzt knows he must return to the Underdark, for only
there can he learn what perils threaten his friends. Prequel
to Siege of Darkness (RC 40730). 1993.##

A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3  RC 51406
by George R.R. Martin 
read by Roy Avers
8 cassettes in 2 containers
King Joffrey of House Lannister now sits on the Iron Throne
in the land of Seven Kingdoms. But there are still others
who vie for power in a tale of treachery, greed, and
ambition. Sequel to A Clash of Kings (RC 49913). Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##

Tamsin  RC 52426
by Peter S. Beagle 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Arriving in England to live with her new family on a rundown
farm, thirteen-year-old Jenny encounters the ghost of a
young girl who has haunted the ancient estate for many
years. Before she can help the ghost find rest, Jenny faces
danger that changes her life. Some strong language. For
senior high and older readers. 1999.##

Wind in the Stone  RC 52516
by Andre Norton 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
After the Dark returns, a Wizard seizes control of the
Valley, thus placing the balance between good and evil with
a pair of twins. The sorcerer seeking to establish tyranny
raises the male infant to do his bidding, but the denizens
shelter the boy's sister in a nearby Forest. 1999.##

Winter's Heart: The Wheel of Time, Book 9  RC 51203
by Robert Jordan 
read by Roy Avers
5 cassettes
In this sequel to The Path of Daggers (RC 47082), the final
encounter between the Light and the Shadow is imminent. Rand
al'Thor, the dragon reborn, has been forced into hiding as
both sides seek to control his participation in the last
battle. Some violence. Bestseller 2000.##

Xone of Contention  RC 51025
by Piers Anthony 
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
Computer designer Edsel and his wife, Pia, are having
marital problems. When Edsel accidentally enters the O-Xone
(a link between Earth and Xanth) and meets Breanna of the
Black Wave, they devise a plan to save the marriage--Edsel
and Pia will exchange identities with Xanth inhabitants. But
an unexpected surprise awaits. 1999.##

Year of the Griffin  RC 51942
by Diana Wynne Jones 
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
It is eight years aftern the end of Mr. Chesney's Pilgrim
Tours--as described in Dark Lord of Derkholm (RC 48321)--and
Elda, the griffin daughter of the wizard Derk, arrives at
the Wizards' University. She encounters new friends,
pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and misused
magic. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.##

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual
Collection  RC 50082
edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling 
read by John Horton
6 cassettes
Collection of thirty-eight stories and eight poems covering
a range from fairy tales to gothic horror. Authors include
Kelly Link, Stephen King, Jane Yolen, Steven Millhauser,
Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Straub, Charles de Lint, Ilan
Stavans, and A.S. Byatt. 1999.##

General###

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay  RC 50950
by Michael Chabon 
read by Jim Zeiger
5 cassettes
1939. An eighteen-year-old artist and magician flees
Czechoslovakia for his cousin's New York home. With their
love of legend and fantasy, the boys launch a superhero
comic book series. The golden age of comic art is at hand,
but so are the horrors of global war. Some descriptions of
sex and some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Betsy  RC 51098
by Harold Robbins 
read by Maria Pino
3 cassettes (Reissue)
The founder of the Hardeman dynasty and Bethlehem Motors,
now part of a giant monopoly, is still powerful at the age
of ninety-one. He challenges the leadership of his grandson
by making plans for a dream car to be called the Betsy.
Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1971.##

Between Lovers  RC 52673
by Eric Jerome Dickey 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
After seven years, an African American writer is still in
love with his former fiance, who left him for a beautiful
and successful woman attorney. In Oakland, he and Nicole
resume their affair, but Nicole is unable to choose between
her two lovers. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Biographer's Tale  RC 51771
by A.S. Byatt 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
A 1990s graduate student, Phineas G. Nanson, renounces
postmodernist literary theory in favor of a "life full of
things...full of facts." Then, while doing research for a
biography of a biographer, Phineas discovers the pleasures
of having not one but two real-world loves. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##

Blue Angel  RC 51756
by Francine Prose 
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
A happily married, middle-aged professor of creative writing
at an expensive but obscure New England college falls for a
talented, exotic-looking student. With sexual harassment a
big topic on campus, what is the professor doing undressed
in the girl's dormitory room? Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Blue Diary  RC 52888
by Alice Hoffman 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
On a glorious June morning, Ethan Ford makes love to his
wife, Jorie, in their happy home. But before the day is
over, Ethan's secret past will catch up to him, and his
perfect marriage will crumble. Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Britannia Mews  RC 52868
by Margery Sharp 
read by Janis Gray
3 cassettes
In the late 1800s, young, naive Adelaide Culver leads a
protected life in London until she decides, against her
parents' wishes, to marry her drawing teacher. Poor,
unambitious, and alcoholic, Henry Lambert lives in the
rundown housing of the converted manor, Britannia Mews. When
Adelaide realizes his limitations, pride and, later,
blackmail force her to stay and make a life for herself
among her unusual neighbors. Some strong language. 1946.##

Choke  RC 52781
by Chuck Palahniuk 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Medical school dropout Victor Mancini offers a bizarre,
angry confession of why he believes he is a loser. He works
at a colonial theme park, attends sex-addiction group
meetings, and pretends to choke in restaurants to pay for
his mother's elder care. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows  RC 51181
by Patrick Chamoiseau 
read by Frank Coffee
2 cassettes
Recounts the life and times of Pipi Soleil, down-and-out
king of the wheelbarrow market porters in Fort-de-France,
Martinique. Tells of his supernatural conception, his loves,
his longings, his coworkers and friends, and the vibrant
everyday life of the central marketplace. Some descriptions
of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1999.##

A Common Life: The Wedding Story  RC 52101
by Jan Karon 
read by Gary Tipton
1 cassette
In this companion to the Mitford Years series, Father Tim
Kavanagh finally gets up the courage to ask Cynthia
Coppersmith to marry him. Tensions mount as each struggles
with doubt and preparations. Meanwhile the entire town
becomes involved in the planning. Bestseller 2001.##

Dawn Rochelle: Four Novels  RC 52692
by Lurlene McDaniel 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Four novels chronicle a few years in the lives of Dawn
Rochelle and her family and friends after she is diagnosed
with leukemia at age thirteen. Includes Six Months to Live,
I Want to Live, So Much to Live For, and No Time to Cry. For
senior high readers. 2000.##

The Dying Animal  RC 52305
by Philip Roth 
read by Rick Rohan
1 cassette
Sixtyish New York cultural critic David Kepesh is already
struggling with his own mortality when a former favorite
young lover, Cuban Consuela Castillo, returns in ill health
to see him again. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Empire Falls  RC 52601
by Richard Russo 
read by Christopher Walker
4 cassettes
Empire Falls, Maine, was once a thriving town with three
mills. But the owners, the Whitings, have allowed their vast
holdings to become decrepit real estate. Miles Roby, who
runs the Empire Grill for Mrs. Whiting, recounts the tale of
this dying town with bemused regret. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Fay  RC 51786
by Larry Brown 
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Uneducated, naive teenager Fay runs away from her abusive
migrant family near Oxford, Mississippi. She lives first
with a state trooper, then a stripper, and later a drug
dealer. Now pregnant, Fay is followed by murder and mayhem
wherever she goes. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence,
and strong language. 2000.##

The Feast of Love  RC 51804
by Charles Baxter 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Bradley Smith helps his friend Charlie Baxter solve his
book-writing woes by suggesting Charlie get Bradley's coffee
shop customers to talk about their delights and
distractions. Baxter weaves these stories into a series of
vignettes covering many aspects of life. Strong language and
some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Fourth Hand  RC 52449
by John Irving 
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Television journalist and addicted womanizer Patrick
Wallingford loses his left hand to circus lions in India, on
camera. But it is a trip to Japan that changes his life--
that and having a hand-transplant with visitation rights for
the donor's widow. Explicit descriptions of sex and some
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Headlong  RC 50790
by Michael Frayn 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Philosopher Martin Clay and his art-historian wife, Kate,
are spending time at their English country cottage. While
dining with neighbors, he notices a painting he believes to
be a lost Dutch treasure by Bruegel. But Martin's
investigation, without Kate's knowledge, leads to more
trouble than he expected. Some strong language. 1999.##

Hooking Up  RC 53223
by Tom Wolfe 
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
Collection of essays on a wide range of cultural topics and
the novella "Ambush at Fort Bragg." In "My Three Stooges,"
Wolfe retaliates against hostile reviews of his novel A Man
in Full (RC 47041). In "Hooking Up," America at the turn of
the millennium is observed. 2000.##

How to Be Good  RC 52659
by Nick Hornby 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Just as London doctor Kate Carr decides to divorce her
husband after two kids and decades of misery, nasty David
finds spirituality under the guidance of a guru. Soon David
is helping--and personally housing--the homeless and driving
everyone crazy. How can Kate discard such saintliness?
Strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Intuitionist  RC 50558
by Colson Whitehead 
read by Lindsay Ellison
2 cassettes
In this allegorical mystery set in the 1940s, Lila Mae
Watson, the city's first minority woman elevator inspector,
works by psychic intuition. When an elevator fails on her
watch and her empiricist rivals seek her undoing, Lila
conducts a secret probe that yields a startling discovery.
Some strong language. 1999.##

Jane Austen's Charlotte: Her Fragment of a Last Novel,
Completed  RC 52858
by Julia Barrett 
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Young Miss Charlotte Heywood from the country visits the
Parker family at the seaside town Sanditon. A mutual
attraction develops between Charlotte and her host's
brother, Sidney Parker, while the Parker brothers attempt to
promote Sanditon as a popular resort. 2000.##

Jonathan Livingston Seagull  RC 52511
by Richard Bach 
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette (Reissue)
Refusing to conform to the life of the flock, Jonathan, a
seagull, intensely desires to fly higher than any gull has
ever flown. After his death, he returns to inspire the gulls
who once scorned him. 1970.##

The Ladies Auxiliary  RC 51280
by Tova Mirvis 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Young, widowed Jewish convert Batsheva Jacobs moves with her
child to the Orthodox community of Memphis, Tennessee, where
she shocks the staid social order with her fresh ideas and
unconventional ways. The straitlaced women ostracize
Batsheva as a bad influence on their teenage daughters.
1999.##

The Lecturer's Tale  RC 52656
by James Hynes 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Vitriolic satire of academic life. Minnesota English
professor Nelson Humboldt was once a rising star but has now
been relegated to teaching composition. When a freak
accident results in the severance and reattachment of a
finger, Nelson discovers he has acquired some magical
powers. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Madame  RC 51917
by Antoni Libera 
read by J.P. Linton
3 cassettes
A high school senior in 1960s Poland suffers from boredom,
even though he tried forming a jazz band and a theater
troupe. However, he is transfixed by the new headmistress
and French teacher, Madame la Directrice. His resolve to
learn everything about her leads to his liberation as an
artist. 2000.##

Miss Julia Takes Over  RC 52836
by Ann B. Ross 
read by Terry Hayes Sales
2 cassettes
Elderly Julia Springer hires private detective J.D. Pickens
to find her late husband's mistress, Hazel Marie, who hasn't
returned from a date. With Little Lloyd, Hazel's son, in
tow, the trio end up at the NASCAR races. Sequel to Miss
Julia Speaks Her Mind (RC 49141). 2001.##

Mr. Spaceman  RC 51058
by Robert Olen Butler 
read by Bruce Nelson
2 cassettes
A friendly extraterrestrial, whose English is laced with TV
slogans, has a mission to complete on New Year's Eve 1999.
Searching for the best way to present a message to
humankind, he consults with twelve people on a bus he beams
up to his spaceship. Some strong language. 2000.##

My Dream of You  RC 51906
by Nuala O'Faolain 
read by Terry Donnelly
3 cassettes
Kathleen de Burca, an expatriate travel writer in London, is
propelled into a midlife crisis by the sudden death of a
friend and coworker. Returning to her native Ireland to
conduct research for a novel, she finds her historical
consciousness awakened along with long-dormant emotions.
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man  RC 52846
by Joseph Heller 
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Pota, a novelist whose first book many years ago made him a
legendary figure, seeks a subject for his final work. A
possible title, A Sexual Biography of My Wife, elicits
laughter from his wife and agent. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Prodigal Summer  RC 51048
by Barbara Kingsolver 
read by Carole Jordan Stewart
3 cassettes
At Zebulon Mountain in southern Appalachia, reclusive ranger
Deanna Wolfe allows young hunter Eddie Bondo into her cabin
and private space. In the valley two other women redefine
their roles while championing ecological issues. Some
explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

Ram with Red Horns  RC 51178
by Rhys Davies 
read by Barbara Caruso
2 cassettes
Small-town West Wales, 1960s. When Rhonwen learns that her
sixty-year-old husband, Adda, has been carrying on an
affair, she decides to make herself a widow--and succeeds.
But visions of a ram with red horns prevent her from
enjoying her new life, and she confronts her husband's
mistress. 1996.##

ravenShadow  RC 51358
by Win Blevins 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
After Joseph Blue Crow plunges into a destructive midlife
crisis, he rediscovers his Lakota roots through a vision
quest. As his spirit journeys back one hundred years to 1890
and the massacre of his people at Wounded Knee, he regains
his spiritual orientation. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

The Scent of Water  RC 51360
by Elizabeth Goudge 
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Middle-aged businesswoman Mary Lindsay retires to an English
country home, left to her by an eccentric cousin (whom she
never met). Seeking solutions to her own problems, Mary
helps her neighbors solve theirs. At the same time, she
begins to understand her cousin's enigmatic personality.
1963.##

Schmidt Delivered  RC 52579
by Louis Begley 
read by David Elias
2 cassettes
In this sequel to About Schmidt (RC 44886), the retired
attorney is still living on Long Island with his much
younger, promiscuous girlfriend when his estranged daughter
returns home demanding money. Meanwhile, Schmidt's neighbor,
a billionaire Egyptian-American, also has financial
propositions. Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
2000.##

The Songcatcher: A Ballad Novel  RC 52905
by Sharyn McCrumb 
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
Folksinger Lark McCourry is preparing to record an album and
wants to locate a song she vaguely remembers from childhood.
The story of Lark's search is interwoven with the stories of
her ancestor Malcolm McCourry, who learned the song from a
sailor on his way to America in 1751, and the generations
between. 2001.##

Stigmata  RC 49527
by Phyllis Alesia Perry 
read by Tracy Mickens-Hundley
2 cassettes
When fourteen-year-old Lizzie inherits a trunk containing
her great-grandmother's diary and a quilt made by her
grandmother, her life changes forever. For Lizzie begins
having out-of-body experiences that transport her back to
the days of slavery, from which she awakens with bloody
scars on her back and wrists. Some strong language. 1998.##

The Tall Pine Polka  RC 51693
by Lorna Landvik 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Runaway heiress Lee O'Leary runs the cafe in Tall Pine,
Minnesota, where eccentric neighbors gather. A Hollywood B
movie puts the town on the map and makes twenty-two-year-old
local beauty Fenny Ness an instant celebrity. Fenny and Lee
also find themselves parties in a romantic rivalry. Some
strong language. 1999.##

Thinks...  RC 52688
by David Lodge 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Comedy of manners in the British academic world. Ralph
Messenger is director of cognitive science at the University
of Gloucester. Helen Reed, a recent widow, has taken the
post of writer-in-residence. Ralph, who though married
indulges in illicit affairs, is attracted to Helen. Strong
language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2001.##

Valley of the Dolls  RC 50906
by Jacqueline Susann 
read by Kimberly Schraf
4 cassettes (Reissue)
New York City, 1945. Three beautiful young women--Anne,
Neely, and Jennifer--become best friends as each seeks
success in the world of show business. Their dependence on
pills, referred to as dolls, becomes their way of coping
with life. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1966.##

The Woman Next Door  RC 53035
by Barbara Delinsky 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
When Gretchen, a reclusive young widow in a suburban cul-de-
sac, becomes pregnant, the other three women on the block
suspect their husbands. Graham and Amanda struggle with
infertility, Karen knows Lee cheats, and Georgia travels for
work while Russ stays home. Explicit descriptions of sex and
some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Gothic###

Dance upon the Air  RC 52276
by Nora Roberts 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Nell Channing fakes her death to escape the clutches of her
abusive wealthy husband. Mysteriously drawn to Three Sisters
Island--to which she is unknowingly connected through her
ancestors--she works for Mia Devlin, a witch, who introduces
Nell to her own latent powers. Some explicit descriptions of
sex and some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

The Frenchman  RC 52480
by Velda Johnston 
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette (Reissue)
Hoping to forget an unhappy love affair, Joan Creighton,
twenty-seven, agrees to go abroad with elderly cousin Muffy,
the widow of a former U.S. president, and Muffy's ever-
present bodyguard. They will be escorted by a French
courier. However, a plan to kidnap the ex-First Lady creates
danger and romance for Joan. 1976.##

Hidden Passions: Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox 
RC 52062
by Alice Alfonsi 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Harmony, New England, harbors a centuries-old witch with a
grudge. Tabitha knows all of the inhabitants' secrets--
mistresses, illegitimate babies, blackmail, and substance
abuse. She creates even more trouble by casting spells of
her own. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Midnight Bayou  RC 53204
by Nora Roberts 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Declan Fitzgerald, tired of being a Boston lawyer, buys
Manet Hall near New Orleans with plans to restore the old
plantation. But he does not expect to find his house haunted
by rape, murder, and betrayal. Strong language, some
explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller
2001.##

The Morning After  RC 51112
by Suzanne Forster 
read by MaryBeth Wise
2 cassettes
Shortly after Temple Banning moves to California, she
awakens alone in a honeymoon suite with a marriage license
listing a husband she's never met. Fearing amnesia from a
previous bout with a deadly virus, Temple reluctantly turns
to mysterious Mark Challis for help. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000.##

Paradise County  RC 52227
by Karen Robards 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Alexandra Haywood inherits a Kentucky horse farm from her
bankrupt father, following his suicide. Along with trouble
from a trainer who refuses to be fired, her rebellious
teenage half-sister, and ghosts in the mansion, she finds
herself targeted by a serial killer. Some explicit
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 2000.##

Growing Up###

Half a Life  RC 53063
by V.S. Naipaul 
read by Gordon Gould
2 cassettes
The coming-of-age story of Willie Chandran, the son of a
Brahman and a woman of lower caste whose disastrous union
haunts Willie's existence. Escaping India for London, Willie
tries to create a new identity as a writer, and marries a
woman from Africa. Some descriptions of sex and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Lake Wobegon Summer 1956  RC 53040
by Garrison Keillor 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Fourteen-year-old Gary is suffering from hormonal anxieties
in the summer of 1956. His family belongs to an evangelical
group with strict behavioral rules, so he must keep his
fantasies to himself. Yet those fantasies find a release
when Gary is given an Underwood typewriter. Some
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Meely LaBauve  RC 51539
by Ken Wells 
read by Rick Foucheux
1 cassette
Fifteen-year-old Emile "Meely" LaBauve leads an adventurous
life in the bayous with his beloved gator-hunting Cajun
daddy. But Meely ends up in jail and his father on the lam
after the latest of their numerous run-ins with the law.
Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 2000.##

Saving Agnes  RC 50249
by Rachel Cusk 
read by Cyn Delafield
2 cassettes
Agnes Day, a recent college graduate, moves to London with
two former classmates and takes a job with a trade magazine.
As she recovers from her first love affair, she struggles to
find her place in the adult world by trying to control
everything around her. Some strong language. Whitbread First
Novel Award.  1993.##

Thumbsucker  RC 51230
by Walter Kirn 
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
Still a thumbsucker in high school, Justin Cobb is finally
hypnotized by his hippie dentist into losing his habit.
Anxious to find a replacement, Justin tries smoking,
drinking, Ritalin, debating, fly-fishing, and religion, but
finds solace nowhere. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Truth and Bright Water  RC 52378
by Thomas King 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Summer in a Montana reservation town moves in unexpected
directions after Tecumseh and his cousin Lum witness a woman
dancing on a clifftop and then leaping into the river below.
Tecumseh helps a trompe l'oeil artist make a derelict church
"disappear" but cannot deal so easily with Lum's
unhappiness. Some strong language. 1999.##

West Side Story  RC 50927
by Irving Shulman 
read by Celeste Lawson
1 cassette
A novelization of the Broadway musical. Sweet and innocent
Maria, whose brother Bernardo is leader of the Puerto Rican
gang the Sharks, falls in love with Tony, former head of the
rival Jets. Inevitably, tragedy occurs. Some violence and
some strong language. For senior high and older readers.
1961.##

Windchill Summer  RC 52210
by Norris Church Mailer 
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Sweet Valley, Arkansas; 1969. College student Cherry spends
a summer working in the pickle plant with her best friend,
Baby, a Filipino. Vietnam veterans are returning, and drugs
and hippies are becoming common. Cherry's life changes,
however, when former classmate Carlene is murdered. Some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

World of Pies  RC 50867
by Karen Stolz 
read by Peg Gilleland
1 cassette
Vignettes of growing up in small-town Texas, with regional
recipes included. In 1962 Roxanne, a baseball-playing
tomboy, learns how to bake for the pie contest and
encounters racial prejudice for the first time. In high
school she is embarrassed by her mother's pregnancy. And
tragedy strikes the family. 2000.##

Historical###

Abe  RC 51798
by Richard Slotkin 
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
A historian fictionalizes Lincoln's early years. Young Abe
struggles with his beloved mother's death and his
disapproving father. His education is shortened by the
family's need for money. Leaving home, he travels the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, where he encounters
slavery and frontier life. 2000.##

Abyssinian Chronicles  RC 52138
by Moses Isegawa 
read by Ken Kliban
4 cassettes
Living in postcolonial Uganda, Mugezi tells of his childhood
in a rural community with his father and grandfather, and
his years in the capital city, where he is first exposed to
despotism and hardship. Recalls a repressive period in the
seminary and the tyrannical reign of Idi Amin and its
aftermath. 2000.##

The Americans: The Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 8  RC 52644
by John Jakes 
read by Bob Askey
5 cassettes (Reissue)
The year 1883 takes a new generation of Kents from San
Francisco's Barbary Coast to Newport and New York City.
While an elegant family member dances in the grand ballrooms
of society hostesses, Eleanor, Carter, and Will face the
challenge of immigrant Americans. Sequel to The Lawless (RC
52643). Some strong language. 1980.##

Avalon  RC 50957
by Anya Seton 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Romance and political intrigue in late-tenth-century
England. French prince Rumon falls in love with Merewyn, a
Cornish girl of peasant and Viking blood. Rumon has also
fallen under the spell of powerful Alfrida, who becomes
queen of England. Once freed, he learns that Merewyn is in
the North American lands colonized by Norsemen. 1965.##

The Bastard King  RC 53535
by Jean Plaidy 
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes
The story of William the Conqueror, the illegitimate son of
the Duke of Normandy, and his rise to power. William
successfully invades England in 1066, claiming the promised
throne. But treachery and unrest continue. Prequel to The
Lion of Justice (RC 40330). 1974.##

The Bastard: The Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 1  RC 52646
by John Jakes 
read by Bob Askey
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Saga about Phillipe Charboneau, the half-French illegitimate
son of an English nobleman. Denied his inheritance, he
changes his name to "Philip Kent" and flees to Boston in
1772 to begin a new life. Followed by The Rebels (RC 52647).
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1974.##

The Binding Chair; or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation
Society  RC 51740
by Kathryn Harrison 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Shanghai, 1899. Beautiful Chinese courtesan May marries
Arthur Cohen after he becomes fascinated with her bound
feet. Arthur's young niece Alice soon takes the place of the
daughter May has given up. But Alice's mother resents her
opium-smoking sister-in-law's influence. Explicit
descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000.##

The Black Rose  RC 51665
by Tananarive Due 
read by Bob Moore
4 cassettes
Sarah Breedlove, orphaned at age seven, strives to overcome
her poverty-stricken childhood in 1860s and 1870s Louisiana.
She establishes her own laundry business, develops a line of
hair-care products, turns her kitchen into a beauty parlor,
and becomes Madame C.J. Walker--America's first black female
millionaire. Based on research by Alex Haley. 2000.##

Blonde  RC 50255
by Joyce Carol Oates 
read by Laura Giannarelli
7 cassettes in 2 containers
In this fictionalized biography of Marilyn Monroe, Oates
chooses to elaborate on symbolic events in the actress's
life and to explore her interior world. She presents her
interpretation of Monroe's childhood in Los Angeles, her
marriages, and major roles in movies. Some descriptions of
sex and some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Cane River  RC 52281
by Lalita Tademy 
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
Tademy's fictionalized account of her maternal ancestors,
from 1834 to the 1950s, begins with her enslaved great-
great-great-great-grandmother Elisabeth and continues with
three generations of successively lighter descendents. She
describes these women's struggle for freedom and justice on
a Creole plantation in Cane River, Louisiana. Some violence.
Bestseller 2001.##

Celia Garth: A Story of Charleston in the Revolution  RC
53091
by Gwen Bristow 
read by Nanette Savard
3 cassettes
Twenty-year-old Celia Garth is a dressmaker in Charleston,
South Carolina, when the Revolutionary War breaks out. She
sides with the patriots, helping Francis Marion by providing
him with information obtained from her Tory customers. 1959.##

Cherokee Dragon: A Novel of the Real People  RC 51184
by Robert J. Conley 
read by Robert O'Keefe
2 cassettes
A fictionalized biography of the eighteenth-century Cherokee
leader Dragging Canoe, who envisions the unification of all
Native Peoples to block the westward expansion of Europeans
in the United States. His efforts to achieve this and to
preserve ancestral lands incorporate many Cherokee beliefs
and traditions. 2000.##

The Clan of the Cave Bear  RC 52680
by Jean M. Auel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
4 cassettes (Reissue)
After her people perish in an earthquake during the Ice Age,
Cro-Magnon woman Ayla is adopted by a beetle-browed
Neanderthal clan. Banished several times for flouting
taboos, Ayla finally realizes that she must leave the group,
doomed to extinction, and seek out her own kind. Some
explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1980.##

Command the Sun: The Liberty Bell, Book 7  RC 51415
by Gilbert Morris 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Boston, 1779. In this sequel to The Right Hand of God (RC
49661) Matthew Bradford regrets having claimed the title Sir
Matthew Rochester. In England he becomes entangled with
Claude Aumont and Aumont's niece, Stella, and loses his
fortune. Matthew then returns to America and finds true
contentment. 2000.##

A Daughter of the Land  RC 51307
by Gene Stratton-Porter 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Kate Bates, the youngest daughter in a large family of rich
Indiana farmers, resents the fact that she is not to be
educated or given her own land. Kate finally rebels and
spends years struggling to achieve her dreams. 1918.##

Dreamer  RC 49957
by Charles Johnson 
read by Chuck Young
2 cassettes
During the tense summer of 1966 in Chicago, Martin Luther
King Jr. and his followers are trying to quell outbreaks of
violence. Matthew Bishop introduces King to Chaym Smith, who
could easily pass as King's double. Their struggle against
racial prejudice and social upheaval is presented from
Bishop's point of view. 1998.##

Driven with the Wind: Cheney Duvall, M.D., Volume 8  RC
52149
by Lynn Morris and Gilbert Morris 
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Although Dr. Cheney Duvall finally gets her wish when Shiloh
Irons-Winslow proposes, she cannot accept, because Shiloh is
not a Christian. And that is just one of the obstacles the
two must overcome before they can be together. Sequel to
Island of the Innocent (RC 50077). 2000.##

Face of the Rising Sun: The First Americans, Volume 9  RC
52295
by William Sarabande 
read by John Polk
4 cassettes
The Ice Age is ending, and Warakan, now a man, longs for
peace and companionship. Yet he still harbors a desire for
vengeance. As possessor of the sacred stone, he will soon
fulfill his destiny. Sequel to Shadow of the Watching Star
(RC 52294). Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex.
1996.##

Faded Coat of Blue  RC 50818
by Owen Parry 
read by Nick Sullivan
2 cassettes
Washington, D.C.; 1861. Captain Abel Jones--a Welshman late
of Queen Victoria's service--is assigned by General George
McClellan to investigate the murder of a young abolitionist
officer. While probing the crime, Jones uncovers corruption,
graft, drugs, and illicit sex, and he is eventually ordered
off the case. Some strong language. 1999.##

Falling Angels  RC 53613
by Tracy Chevalier 
read by Anne Flosnik
2 cassettes
The day after Queen Victoria's death, two five-year-olds
meet beside their families' cemetery plots. Maude is
skeptical and analytic, Lavinia romantic and sentimental.
Maude's mother rebels against a claustrophobic marriage to
become a suffragist, but at great personal cost. Their
voices and many others in counterpoint reveal a society in
crisis. Bestseller 2001.##

Flashman and the Tiger: and Other Extracts from The Flashman
Papers  RC 52112
by George MacDonald Fraser 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
In three new episodes of the purported memoirs of a
"scoundrel, amorist, and self-confessed poltroon" of the
Victorian era, Sir Harry Flashman manages to save Emperor
Franz-Josef of Austria from assassination, flees Zulu
warriors in Africa, and fights a duel. Some descriptions of
sex and some strong language. 1999.##

Forbidden City  RC 52023
by William Bell 
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
When seventeen-year-old Alex accompanies his photojournalist
father to China in 1989, he witnesses the violent protest
demonstration in Tiananmen Square. Injured in the melee, but
with provocative film coverage in his pockets, Alex escapes
with help from a student. Some violence. For junior and
senior high readers. 1990.##

Fordlandia  RC 52207
by Eduardo Sguiglia 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
In the late 1920s Henry Ford established an Amazon jungle
plantation, Fordlandia, intending to grow enough rubber to
meet auto industry needs. Horacio, from Buenos Aires,
accepts the job of recruiting local workers--but he will
encounter many obstacles on this doomed project. Some strong
language. 2000.##

Forever Amber  RC 52434
by Kathleen Winsor 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
6 cassettes (Reissue)
England, 1660. Beautiful, young, illegitimate Amber St.
Clare falls in love and flees to London with Lord Carlton.
Pregnant and abandoned, she embarks on a life of ill repute-
-eventually becoming King Charles II's mistress. But she
never forgets Carlton. 2000 foreword by Barbara Taylor
Bradford. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1944.##

The Gates of the Alamo  RC 51379
by Stephen Harrigan 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
4 cassettes
Saga of the legendary mission in the Mexican territory
called Texas in 1835-1836. Incorporates the fictional
characters of Edmund McGowan, a traveling botanist; widow
Mary Mott, a San Antonio innkeeper; and her sixteen-year-old
son Terrell, with historical personalities. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Gemini: The House of Niccol, Volume 8  RC 51387
by Dorothy Dunnett 
read by Gordon Gould
6 cassettes
In this sequel to Caprice and Rondo (RC 48897) Nicholas de
Fleury, former merchant and banker, returns to Scotland
after four years. There, joined by his wife, Gelis, and son,
he becomes involved in court intrigue and the truth behind
his heritage. Some violence. 2000.##

Gilded Splendour  RC 52265
by Rosalind Laker 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Carpenter's apprentice Thomas Chippendale first met Isabella
Woodleigh when he made a chair for her to use while
convalescing in Yorkshire. Each had a dream of the future:
he to become a renowned carpenter; she to become his
patroness. Neither foresees the heartache they will endure.
Some descriptions of sex. 1982.##

Glory and the Lightning  RC 51310
by Taylor Caldwell 
read by Nanette Savard
5 cassettes (Reissue)
Even in her childhood, people close to Aspasia recognized
her intelligence and her chances for becoming a magnificent
courtesan. Aspasia pursues her destiny to Athens, where she
encourages her lover, statesman and orator Pericles, to
establish a true democracy there. Some explicit descriptions
of sex and some violence. 1974.##

The Golden Age  RC 51122
by Gore Vidal 
read by Jim Zeiger
4 cassettes
Fictional coverage of the American cultural and political
scene from 1939, when the United States debated entering
World War II, until 1954 after the Korean War. Caroline
Sanford, producer-actress and Washington newspaper
publisher, and her journalist nephew provide insider views
on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's terms of
office. Bestseller 2000.##

Harry Gold  RC 52848
by Millicent Dillon 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Fictionalized biography of Harry Gold, a Jewish American
chemist who became a Soviet spy. Recounts his early life in
depression-era Philadelphia and tells how the loss of a job
led him to accept another that set him on the path to
becoming a spy who would have connections with Klaus Fuchs
and the Rosenbergs. 2000.##

House of Illusions  RC 51486
by Pauline Gedge 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Lady of the Reeds (RC 45180) Thu, Pharaoh
Ramses' former concubine, has been exiled to her village for
plotting his death. Thu seeks redemption but jeopardizes her
life as well as her son's when she contacts the royal court.
Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 1997.##

The Iceweaver  RC 52546
by Margaret Lawrence 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
New York state, 1809. In this sequel to The Burning Bride
(RC 50538), midwife Hannah Trevor dies, leaving her grown
deaf daughter, Jennet, destitute. Meanwhile, surveyor John
Frayne returns, wealthy, to reclaim his late Tory father's
house. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 2000.##

The Imperialists  RC 51250
by William Stuart Long 
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Nationalists (RC 35500) the children
of the original Australian colonists pursue their dreams. At
center stage is Tolo Mason and his wife, Java, who comb the
outback in search of gold, but find danger among the
aborigines. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions
of sex. 1990.##

In the Name of Salom  RC 52380
by Julia Alvarez 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
3 cassettes
Historical saga based on the true story of Camila Henrquez,
daughter of the Dominican poet Salom Urea de Henrquez
(1850-1897). Both mother and daughter were rebels: Salom in
her patriotic poems and Camila in her sexual preference and
her relinquishment of a safe retirement to teach in Castro's
Cuba. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Ingenious Pain  RC 50803
by Andrew Miller 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
An eighteenth-century English surgeon is renowned for his
medical prowess, but his inability to feel pain or empathy
brands him as a man without a soul. He undergoes an
excruciating transformation before coming to experience
human emotions. Impac Dublin Literary Award. 1997.##

Island of Ghosts  RC 49715
by Gillian Bradshaw 
read by David Elias
3 cassettes
Second century A.D. Having been defeated by Rome, the
Sarmatians swear allegiance to the emperor. Lord Ariantes
and his Sarmatian cavalry are assigned to patrol restless
Britain. As Ariantes struggles with his Roman identity, he
falls in love with a British lady and averts a druid revolt.
Some violence. 1998.##

Lady of Sherwood  RC 50965
by Jennifer Roberson 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Lady of the Forest (RC 36560) King
Richard, returned to the throne by Sir Robert of Locksley
and Lady Marian of Ravenskeep, dies after naming two
successors, princes John and Arthur. When John becomes king,
Robert--as Robin Hood--and Marian become outlaws in a quest
for justice. 1999.##

The Lawless: The Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 7  RC 52643
by John Jakes 
read by Bob Askey
5 cassettes (Reissue)
Continues the chronicle of the divided family during the
post-Civil War period when both corruption and prosperity
transform the nation. The Kents struggle to rebuild a
shattered financial empire. Sequel to The Warriors (RC
52642). Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1978.##

Liar's Moon: A Long Story  RC 51679
by Philip Kimball 
read by Michael Russotto
2 cassettes
Settlers and cowboys present their perceptions of the
Western frontier in the post-Civil War years. An itinerant
preacher depicts a gruesome version of God's plan and man's
follies. Others describe the region as gritty, vulgar,
desperate, and boring--but filled with vitality and hope.
Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 1999.##

Losing Nelson  RC 50819
by Barry Unsworth 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
London, 1997. Young Charles Cleasby loves playing chess, but
his father redirects him on a path that leads the boy to
become obsessed with Lord Nelson. Believing his life
parallels Nelson's, Charles reenacts his battles, starts to
write his biography, and gradually comes to regard his hero
as a flawed human being. 1999.##

The Lost Band  RC 51807
by Don Coldsmith 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
At the annual gathering of the People to celebrate the Sun
Dance, a warrior claims the empty space at the Council
circle for the Lost Band.  Story Keeper relates the saga of
his people, the Forest Band, who were almost annihilated by
another tribe generations ago. 2000.##

Lost River  RC 52945
by Paxton Riddle 
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
Tale of the Oregon Modoc tribe's relocation to an Oklahoma
reservation in the 1860s. Winema--married to a white miner--
tries to help negotiate a peaceful settlement between the
two cultures. But betrayals occur on both sides, leading to
bloodshed. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 1999.##

Lying with the Enemy  RC 51434
by Tim Binding 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
1943. Major Lentsch heads the German occupation force on the
British Channel island of Guernsey. Lentsch is in love with
Isobel, the ex-girlfriend of Inspector Ned Luscombe. When
Isobel is murdered the men form an uneasy alliance to
investigate the crime. Some descriptions of sex, some
violence, and some strong language. 1998.##

The Man in the Box  RC 49528
by Thomas Moran 
read by Bruce Nelson
2 cassettes
In 1943 Austria, teenager Niki Lukasser's family hides a
Jewish physician in a secret room in its barn. Niki and his
blind girlfriend, Sigi, take care of the doctor and try to
relieve his loneliness. Some strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1996.##

Master of the Crossroads  RC 52156
by Madison Smartt Bell 
read by Frank Coffee
6 cassettes
Three years into the 1790s Haitian slave revolt, Toussaint
L'Ouverture rises through the ranks, becoming the island's
supreme military commander. Episodes from the lives of
ordinary Haitians caught in revolutionary turmoil punctuate
the chronicle of Toussaint's struggle. Sequel to All Souls'
Rising (RC 42403). Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Morgan's Run  RC 50934
by Colleen McCullough 
read by Jim Zeiger
6 cassettes
In 1787 Bristol gunsmith Richard Morgan is wrongly accused
of a crime and transported to the newly discovered territory
of Australia. After almost a year at sea, the convicts
arrive in a desolate land where Morgan learns to survive and
finds love again. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some
violence, and some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Nowhere Else on Earth  RC 51830
by Josephine Humphreys 
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
The hardworking Indian residents of Scuffletown, North
Carolina, struggle to survive as the Civil War is ending.
Teenager Rhoda Strong, daughter of a Scotsman and a Lumbee
mother, relates the circumstances surrounding the
community's demand for an end to the fighting, even if it
means a Union victory. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

On Secret Service  RC 51622
by John Jakes 
read by Annie Wauters
4 cassettes
During the Civil War, as Lon Price is gathering military
intelligence for the Pinkerton agency, he arrests
Confederate sympathizer Margaret Miller. Meanwhile, actress
Hanna Siegel, disguised as a Union soldier, is captured by
Confederate major Fred Dasher. Some explicit descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2000.##

One Hundred Girls' Mother  RC 52725
by Lenore Carroll 
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes
San Francisco, 1895. Thomasina McIntyre commits one year of
service to the Presbyterian Occidental Mission. At twenty-
six, she goes on her first raid of a bordello to rescue a
young Chinese woman from prostitution. Thereafter, aiding
Chinese immigrants and teaching them Christianity become
Thomasina's lifework. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Pearl Harbor  RC 52469
by Randall Wallace 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Daredevil pilots and lifelong best friends, Danny Walker and
Rafe McCawley find their bond tested when they confront
their love for the same woman, Evelyn, a navy nurse. Their
personal dilemma unfolds amid the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor and its aftermath. Ties in with the movie, Pearl
Harbor. Some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Priestess of Avalon  RC 52664
by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson 
read by Suzanne Toren
3 cassettes
Avalon priestess Eilan, called Helena in the Roman tongue,
disobeys her vows in order to follow her heart. She leaves
Avalon at the side of Roman officer Constantius, thereby
unwittingly changing the religious destiny of Britain: their
son, Constantine, is destined to be the first Christian
emperor. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Queen's Own Fool: A Novel of Mary Queen of Scots  RC 51914
by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
When twelve-year-old Nicola leaves a traveling group of
players in France to become the "fool" for Queen Mary, she
finds pleasing physical comforts--warm clothes, good food,
and a soft bed. But being the Queen's confidante in a
sixteenth-century court of intrigue is more dangerous than
she imagined. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.##

Rise to Rebellion  RC 52454
by Jeff Shaara 
read by Robert Sams
5 cassettes
Historical fiction about the American Revolution, covering
the period from the Boston Massacre in March 1770 to the
signing of the Declaration of Independence in the summer of
1776. Events are told from the viewpoint of Benjamin
Franklin, John and Abigail Adams, British general Thomas
Gage, and George Washington. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Sacred Shore: Song of Acadia, Book 2  RC 52083
by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
In The Meeting Place (RC 49353), eighteenth-century friends
Catherine and Louise switched babies so Louise's French
daughter could receive medical care--an action with far-
reaching consequences when the French were suddenly expelled
from Acadia. Nicole, now eighteen, learns of her true
identity and hears that an English nobleman is searching for
her. 2000.##

The Sand-Reckoner  RC 51943
by Gillian Bradshaw 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
During the First Punic War in 264 B.C., young Archimedes,
with his slave Marcus, returns home to Syracuse from his
mathematical studies in Alexandria when his father becomes
ill. He soon enters King Hieron's service as an engineer and
devises catapults for defense against the Romans. 2000.##

Sarah's Psalm  RC 51662
by Florence Ladd 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Sarah, a married Harvard student of African literature,
travels to Senegal in the 1960s to learn more about the
writer Mangane. Later divorced, she weds Mangane and raises
their two sons in the country she loves. But her work on
women's rights brings violence that shakes her world.
ALA/Black Caucus Award. 1996.##

Scandalmonger  RC 52400
by William Safire 
read by Jim Zeiger
4 cassettes
Political scandals of the late eighteenth century are
revealed by James Thomson Callender, a Scottish fugitive and
journalist hired to write incendiary articles regarding men
of power. Selecting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson
as his primary targets, he describes their alleged sexual
indiscretions. 2000.##

The Shelters of Stone  RC 53756
by Jean M. Auel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
6 cassettes
Continues the saga of prehistoric society from The Plains of
Passage (RC 31965). Ayla and Jondalar, with their two horses
and a wolf, arrive at the caves of the Zelandonii--
Jondalar's people--and receive a mixed welcome. Ayla, as an
outsider with strange customs, strives to win acceptance.
Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2002.##

The Shepherd Kings  RC 50612
by Judith Tarr 
read by Barbara Caruso
5 cassettes
In ancient Egypt, Kemni--gifted with dreams of future
events--travels to Crete as King Ahmose's envoy to seek an
alliance against the Shepherd Kings who hold Lower Egypt. He
enjoys amorous adventures with the local priestesses but
dreams of Iphikleia, who will become his queen. Explicit
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Shining King: The Children of the Lion, Volume 18  RC 51108
by Peter Danielson 
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
The Scholar recalls the death of King Saul, then speaks of
David, the Shining King, who is to secure his kingdom, and
of the Child of the Lion who will fight by his side. Sequel
to The Death of Kings (RC 38505). Violence, strong language,
and some descriptions of sex. 1995.##

The Sixth Wife  RC 52377
by Jean Plaidy 
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Katharine Parr is twice a wealthy widow in 1543 when she
catches the interest of the despotic ruler Henry VIII. She
becomes his sixth wife, enduring four years of marriage
before the king dies and leaves her free to remarry. But her
enemies continue to plot against her. 1953.##

Slammerkin  RC 52460
by Emma Donoghue 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
London, 1760s. Mary Saunders loves fine lace and linens. But
unlike her seamstress mother, Mary wants to own them.
Unfortunately, her desire for finery leads to a fateful
mistake, and Mary becomes a prostitute. Even when she later
tries to reform, her love for beautiful fabrics leads to
disaster. Descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000.##

Snow Mountain Passage  RC 53093
by James D. Houston 
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
Fictionalized account of the horrific ordeals of the
California-bound Donner Party, stranded in the Sierra Nevada
in the winter of 1846, including their desperate resort to
cannibalism. The tale of James Reed, expelled from the group
and subsequently a rescue-party organizer, is interspersed
with childhood recollections provided decades later by his
elderly daughter. 2001.##

St. Thomas's Eve  RC 52431
by Jean Plaidy 
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Thomas More, a scholarly lawyer, reluctantly answers the
call to serve King Henry VIII. But the king decides to
divorce, initiating a religious conflict that resounds
throughout the country. The More family receives riches and
honors, but Thomas cannot forsake his conviction that
divorce is a sacrilege. 1954.##

The Tale of Murasaki  RC 51570
by Liza Dalby 
read by Catherine Byers
3 cassettes
A fictional reminiscence by the eleventh-century Japanese
female author of The Tale of Genji (RC 14167), Murasaki
Shikibu. She records her love of beauty and poetry, her
arranged marriage, service at court--its ceremonies and
traditions--and why she wrote her novel. Some descriptions
of sex. 2000.##

The Tide of Life  RC 51981
by Catherine Cookson 
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes (Reissue)
In northern England at the turn of the century, sixteen-
year-old Emily's kindly widowed employer--and suitor--dies
suddenly, and the girl must take a housekeeping post to
support her consumptive sister. Although Larry Birch abuses
his invalid wife, Emily comes to care for him. And she
becomes entangled in the family secrets. Some strong
language. 1976.##

Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian
War  RC 51957
by Steven Pressfield 
read by L.J. Ganser
3 cassettes
Fifty years after the Battle of Thermopylae, described in
The Gates of Fire (RC 49266), a warrior recounts the tale of
the general Alcibiades, kin of Pericles and pupil of
Socrates, who led Athens against Sparta and the
Peloponnesian league but was later assassinated by his
bodyguard Polemides. 2000.##

Time beyond Beginning: The First Americans, Volume 10  RC
52296
by William Sarabande 
read by John Polk
3 cassettes
Ne'gauni, deserted as a child and left to die, was raised by
the last two members of the Forest People. Now a hardened
warrior, he begins a dangerous journey to fulfill a
prophecy. Sequel to Face of the Rising Sun (RC 52295).
Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998.##

The Titans: The Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 5  RC 52641
by John Jakes 
read by Edward Bryce
3 cassettes (Reissue)
The Kent dynasty and the nation experience the Civil War. In
New York the family empire faces destruction, while in
Washington the Kents are drawn into espionage. On the
southern battlefields, they rally with pride and honor.
Sequel to The Furies (RC 52649). 1976.##

Too Far Afield  RC 51834
by Gnter Grass 
read by Fred Major
5 cassettes
As two German men in their seventies discuss the
reunification of the country after the fall of the Berlin
Wall, their conversation roams back and forth in time from
1989 to the Third Reich to the events of 1871 and the
earlier attempts at unification. 2000.##

Triumph of the Lion: The Children of the Lion, Volume 19  RC
51109
by Peter Danielson 
read by John Horton
2 cassettes
Once more the Teller of Tales is called upon to recount a
story from the days of King David. Here he tells of how
David, aided by the young soldier Sunu, attempts to take
over Jerusalem. Sequel to The Shining King (RC 51108).
Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
1995.##

War Woman: A Novel of the Real People  RC 52728
by Robert J. Conley 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
3 cassettes
In 1580 when Whirlwind, a Cherokee maiden, is sixteen, she
compels her twin brother and five others to join her on a
dangerous trip to Florida to trade with the Spaniards. On
this tragic journey she proves her leadership abilities and
is renamed War Woman. Violence. 1997.##

The Warriors: The Kent Family Chronicles, Vol. 6  RC 52642
by John Jakes 
read by Gordon Gould
4 cassettes (Reissue)
As the Civil War draws to an end, the divided Kent family's
stirring triumphs and defeats thrust them into the forefront
of a new era. Romantic entanglements, lust, and murder are
woven into their destiny. Sequel to The Titans (RC 52641).
Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
1977.##

Where I'm Bound  RC 52694
by Allen B. Ballard 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Renowned historian provides a fictionalized account of an
all-black regiment in the Civil War. Escaped slave Joe
Duckett becomes a cavalry scout with the Union army.
Alongside other escaped slaves and freedmen, Duckett fights
for freedom and family. Some explicit descriptions of sex.
2000.##

The Wind Done Gone  RC 52453
by Alice Randall 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Characters from Gone with the Wind (RC 33082) are re-created
in a novel that examines plantation life and nineteenth-
century southern society through the eyes of a biracial
woman. Cynara resents her privileged, legitimate, white
half-sister, but during Reconstruction she comes into her
own as an independent woman. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Year of Jubilo: A Novel of the Civil War  RC 51621
by Howard Bahr 
read by Ted Stoddard
4 cassettes
Cumberland, Mississippi; 1865. Forty-year-old former
professor Gawain Harper arrives home from the war to his
sweetheart, Morgan Rhea, and finds the town in the grip of
poverty, hunger, and hatred. Then his future father-in-law
demands that Harper avenge the murder of another daughter.
Some violence and some strong language. 2000.##

Holidays###

The Mitford Snowmen: A Christmas Story  RC 53292
by Jan Karon 
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
The townspeople of Mitford hold a spontaneous snowman-
building contest. Bestseller 2001.##

Skipping Christmas  RC 52929
by John Grisham 
read by Steven Carpenter
1 cassette
Tax accountant Luther Krank calculates that a Caribbean
cruise will cost less than what he and his wife, Nora, spent
celebrating the holidays last year. Since daughter Blair is
in the Peace Corps, they plan to skip Christmas. Luther,
however, doesn't anticipate the town's reaction. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Winter Nights  RC 52196
by Francis Ray and others 
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
Three holiday romances featuring African Americans. In
"Until Christmas" Samantha becomes a housekeeper for
Principal Rawlings and his twins. "Kwanzaa Angel" finds Erin
being reintroduced to an old high school crush. In "'Round
Midnight" radio talk-show host Summer falls in love with her
director. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Human Relationships

After the War  RC 52232
by Alice Adams 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
In this sequel to A Southern Exposure (RC 41886), life
changes in the small southern town of Pinehill during the
Second World War. Transplanted Yankee Cynthia Baird is
unfaithful while her husband Harry is in London.  Their
daughter Abigail returns north to attend college. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Any Way the Wind Blows  RC 53010
by E. Lynn Harris 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
After being jilted by Basil Henderson in Not a Day Goes By
(RC 50887), African American actress Yancey Braxton becomes
a popular singer in Los Angeles. She returns to New York,
where Basil, a sports agent, is dating both sexes. Explicit
descriptions of sex and strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Being Dead  RC 52563
by Jim Crace 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
A married couple, both doctors of zoology, are found spread-
eagled, murdered, and robbed on a beach--Joseph's hand
clasping Celice's ankle, a loving gesture even in death.
Descriptions of their bodies' return to the elements are
interspersed with the couple's love story beginning on that
same sand thirty years before. Some descriptions of sex.
1999.##

Blues Dancing  RC 50254
by Diane McKinney-Whetstone 
read by Tracy Mickens-Hundley
2 cassettes
1990s Philadelphia. Twenty years ago, Verdi, daughter of a
prosperous southern minister, was turned on to drugs by
Johnson, a black student leader at college. She was rescued
by Professor Rowe, who left his wife for Verdi. But now
Johnson is back in town. Strong language and some violence.
1999.##

The Conformist  RC 51315
by Alberto Moravia 
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in
violent acts--like killing lizards--and his desire to be
"normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the
Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes
him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo
Bertolucci. Some violence. 1951.##

Contempt  RC 51299
by Alberto Moravia 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
The story of an Italian screenwriter whose frustrations
provoke a marital crisis. His suspicions and relentless
questioning of his wife's feelings push her into the
betrayal he so fears. Basis for the film Le Mpris by Jean-
Luc Godard. 1954.##

Dear Will  RC 51817
by Karl Ackerman 
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
Will has just become a successful Washington, D.C., literary
agent when he meets the perfect girlfriend in thirty-nine-
year-old attorney Annie. The problem is that Annie wants a
baby right away. Will resists until he receives a letter in
the mail from his daughter--a daughter he never knew
existed. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Death of Vishnu  RC 51564
by Manil Suri 
read by Yolande Bavan
2 cassettes
Lowly servant Vishnu lies dying on the landing that has been
his space in a Bombay apartment building, drifting through
memories and thoughts of immortality. Meanwhile the everyday
dramas of the residents swirl around him: wives' squabbles,
religious misunderstandings, and an ill-conceived elopement.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Deposition of Father McGreevy  RC 52375
by Brian O'Doherty 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
After hearing a story in a pub in the 1950s about a
defrocked priest, dead women, and an Irish village abandoned
in 1940, William Maginn travels to Kerry. By luck more than
skill, he obtains the written statement--presented here--of
Father McGreevy concerning those events. Some descriptions
of sex and some strong language. Booker Prize finalist. 
1999.##

Disobedience  RC 52026
by Jane Hamilton 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
The Shaw family has just left Vermont for Chicago. High
school senior Henry describes how he accidentally opens his
mother's e-mail and discovers that she is having an affair.
The knowledge intrigues him as he explores the mysteries of
love, sex, and marriage. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2000.##

Do unto Others  RC 51495
by Kristin Lattany 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Forty-nine-year-old Zena loves her hair salon, her husband
Lucius, her best friend and employee Vy, and all things
African. Initially overjoyed when given the chance to act as
mother to a visiting young African woman, Zena soon changes
her mind. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 2000.##

DogBreath Victorious  RC 51802
by Chad Henry 
read by Chris Parente
1 cassette
Tim Threlfall is the lead of an alternative Seattle rock
group named DogBreath. With Phoebe, a singer, they join a
battle-of-the-bands contest hoping to clinch a record
contract. Tim is humiliated, however, when his mom's secret
band, The Angry Housewives, wins instead. For junior and
senior high readers. 1999.##

Dupont Circle  RC 52785
by Paul Kafka-Gibbons 
read by Chris Parente
2 cassettes
Three couples who live in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.,
contemplate love and matrimony. Judge Bailey Allard falls in
love with the female housemate whom his son recommended.
Allard's clerks, Max and Eve, plan to wed, and his gay son
wants to marry his lover. Some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

A Fine Balance  RC 53004
by Rohinton Mistry 
read by Yolande Bavan
5 cassettes
India, 1975. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has declared a
state of emergency, and the resulting upheavals thrust
together four struggling people. Dina, a widowed seamstress
in her forties, takes in Maneck, the college-age son of a
school friend, along with two low-caste tailors, Ishvar and
his nephew Om. Some violence. 1995.##

The First Time  RC 51223
by Joy Fielding 
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
Jake, who married Mattie sixteen years ago because she was
pregnant, leaves her for his latest mistress. Meanwhile,
Mattie experiences odd symptoms and learns she has Lou
Gehrig's disease. When Jake insists on moving back in, the
couple's relationship slowly changes. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Follow the Stars Home  RC 51392
by Luanne Rice 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Dianne had one date with pediatrician Alan McIntosh before
his sailor brother, Tim, swept her off her feet and then
bolted when he learned their unborn child would be disabled.
Now, as Alan helps Dianne with eleven-year-old Julia, they
both hide their feelings. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2000.##

Hummingbird House  RC 50804
by Patricia Henley 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
Feeling burned-out after eight years of nursing in
Nicaragua, Kate breaks up with her gunrunner lover to return
to the States. Stopping over in Guatemala, Kate finds
romance with a Catholic priest and commits herself to
supporting the human rights of homeless orphans and
victimized indigenous people. Some strong language. 1999.##

The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love  RC 51224
by Joan Medlicott 
read by Terry Hayes Sales
3 cassettes
Three widowed roommates leave their Pennsylvania
boardinghouse for the North Carolina mountains to look at a
dilapidated farmhouse one of them has inherited. Against the
wishes of their children and landlady, the women move in and
soon find their lives dramatically changed--for the better.
2000.##

The Last Time They Met  RC 52100
by Anita Shreve 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
Now in her early fifties, minor poet Linda Fallon is caught
off-guard when she encounters her first love, the famous
poet Thomas Janes, at a literary festival. Through their
conversations, their passionate and tumultuous past unfolds.
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

A Little Love  RC 51785
by C.C. Medina 
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
In alternating chapters of the book, four Latina women in
Miami discuss their romantic lives in English and in
Spanish. Divorced Cuban Isabel feels like a failure, Mercy
concentrates on selling real estate while waiting for "seor
right," Lucinda's husband betrays her, and Julia resists
marrying her lover. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Looking Back  RC 52348
by Belva Plain 
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
Cecile, raised in a privileged family; Amanda, from humble
southern roots; and Norma, gifted and yet always troubled,
met in college and became inseparable friends. But an act of
betrayal by one of them jeopardizes their friendship and the
lives of their loved ones. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2001.##

Many Stones  RC 52044
by Carolyn Coman 
read by Ann Hodapp
1 cassette
More than a year after her older sister, Laura, was murdered
in South Africa, Berry is still depressed and numb. On a
trip with her estranged father to the school where Laura
worked, Berry gradually becomes reconciled with her grief
and her father. For junior and senior high readers.  Printz
Honor book. 2000.##

The Married Man  RC 51933
by Edmund White 
read by Frank Coffee
3 cassettes
In this portrayal of a gay love affair in the time of AIDS,
a young Parisian architect leaves his wife and commits to a
relationship with an older HIV-positive American. Part
romance, part travelog, and a chronicle of the toll of AIDS.
Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Marrying the Mistress  RC 51910
by Joanna Trollope 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Recounts the effects on an entire family, including
grandchildren, when British judge Guy Stockdale announces he
is leaving his wife of forty years to marry his mistress of
seven years. At first his sons take their mother's side, but
soon no one behaves as expected, and family loyalties begin
to change. 2000.##

Moth Smoke  RC 51540
by Mohsin Hamid 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
When Daru's childhood friend Ozi and his wife Mumtaz return
to Pakistan from New York City, the friendship dissolves.
The affluent Ozi is moving with the elite while Daru is
spiraling downward--losing his bank job, using and dealing
drugs, and having a reckless affair with Mumtaz. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Music and Silence  RC 51974
by Rose Tremain 
read by Anne Flosnik
4 cassettes
In 1629, English lute player Peter Claire, twenty-seven,
arrives in Denmark to become part of King Christian IV's
Royal Orchestra. When Peter falls in love with the king's
estranged wife's handmaiden, he realizes he has come to a
place where light and dark, good and evil, and music and
silence wage war. Whitbread Award. 1999.##

Norwegian Wood  RC 52525
by Haruki Murakami 
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
Toru Watanabe is overcome by sadness when he hears the
Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood." It evokes the events of that
long-ago autumn of 1969 when he made love to Naoko, the
girlfriend of his best friend, Kizuki, who had committed
suicide two years before. Explicit descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 2000.##

Off Keck Road  RC 51410
by Mona Simpson 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
A novella venturing into the hearts of three women--Bea,
June, and Shelley--who have ties to Green Bay, Wisconsin. In
the opening vignette, Bea drives her Christmas-present car
to pick up the more-popular but less-wealthy June while both
are home from college in 1956. Bestseller 2000.##

On Bear Mountain  RC 51765
by Deborah Smith 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
The lives of two very different families are entangled when
a Georgia college commissions a New York artist to create a
sculpture in the 1960s. Years afterwards, the sculptor's son
comes to claim the scrap-metal bear and encounters a woman
to whom a peculiar destiny has drawn him since childhood.
Strong language. 2001.##

The Persia Caf  RC 51556
by Melany Neilson 
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Fannie has grown up in segregated Mississippi, runs the
Persia Caf, and is married to her high school sweetheart,
Will Leary. In the summer of 1962, her perceptions of her
hometown and her husband are altered when she discovers the
body of a murdered African American youth, Earnest March.
Some strong language. 2001.##

Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place  RC 51035
by Grace Metalious 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
5 cassettes
Two novels that relate stories of incest, rape, murder,
adultery, and betrayal among the residents of a small,
seemingly placid New England mill town in the late 1930s and
1940s. The books were regarded as lurid and scandalous when
first published. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong
language. 1959.##

A Place to Come To  RC 52041
by Robert Penn Warren 
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Jed Tewksbury, aided by a dedicated teacher and a football
scholarship, rises from the backwoods of Alabama to become a
literature professor. He fights in World War II, marries
twice, and carries on a torrid love affair before making
peace with himself and his past. Explicit descriptions of
sex and some strong language. 1977.##

A Recipe for Bees  RC 50556
by Gail Anderson-Dargatz 
read by Anne Hancock
2 cassettes
Retired beekeeper Augusta Olsen reminisces about her past
life on a remote, hardscrabble British Columbia farm, while
she awaits the outcome of her son-in-law's surgery. She
recalls rebelling against her mirthless husband and father-
in-law, working at desperate jobs in town, befriending the
local minister, and having an affair. 1998.##

Resurrecting Mingus  RC 53013
by Jenoyne Adams 
read by Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2 cassettes
A young attorney reflects upon her relationship with her
family and her biracial heritage. Mingus Browning's parents
are divorcing, and she is torn between the father she has
always been close to, the mother she may have to defend in
divorce proceedings, and a sister whose loyalty is in doubt.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Romantics  RC 52514
by Pankaj Mishra 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Samar, a sheltered Brahmin student of modest means, moves to
bustling Benares, India, where he encounters corruption and
Westerners for the first time. He is captivated by
Catherine, a sophisticated young French woman, whose
ultimate betrayal causes him great emotional turmoil. Some
strong language. 2000.##

Rules of the Wild  RC 50058
by Francesca Marciano 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
A young Italian woman, Esm, a member of the expatriate
community in Nairobi, Kenya, tells her story of self-
discovery. Describes her love for two men: Adam, who leads
safaris and shows her the natural beauty of Africa; and
Hunter, a reporter covering the massacres in 1990s Rwanda.
Some strong language. 1998.##

The Same Embrace  RC 51549
by Michael Lowenthal 
read by Bruce Nelson
2 cassettes
Twenty-four-year-old twins choose different paths toward
self-realization: Jacob loudly proclaims his gay activism in
Boston, while Jonathan searches for meaning as an Orthodox
Jew in a Jerusalem yeshiva. Their estrangement ends when
they face their grandmother's medical crisis. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1998.##

Scarlet Feather  RC 51764
by Maeve Binchy 
read by Anne Flosnik
4 cassettes
Cooking-school friends Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather have
created the Scarlet Feather catering company in Dublin.
During their first year, as they get off to a good start
professionally, they struggle in their personal lives with
troubled family members. Then they must recover from a
devastating break-in. Bestseller 2000.##

Seasons under Heaven  RC 51217
by Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock 
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Each mother living on Cedar Circle has her own concerns. One
is a single mom, another suffers from empty-nest syndrome,
the third wants a career, and the fourth faces an uncertain
future. As they bond together to save a dying child, they
discover the preciousness of life. 1999.##

Showers in Season  RC 52213
by Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock 
read by Janis Gray
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Seasons under Heaven (RC 51217), the women
of Cedar Circle once again band together to save their
children. Single mom Cathy is dealing with a troubled son,
while Tory and her husband must accept the prospect of
having a child with Down syndrome. 2000.##

Singing Boy  RC 52203
by Dennis McFarland 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
When Malcolm is shot one night by a man in a Corvair, his
wife, Sarah, and young son, Harry, witness his murder. While
Sarah withdraws into prolonged mourning, Malcolm's friend
Deckard, a Vietnam vet, copes by looking after Sarah and
Harry. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Smoke Jumper  RC 53067
by Nicholas Evans 
read by Michele Schaeffer
3 cassettes
Julia Bishop meets Ed Tully first but soon is introduced to
his best friend and fellow forest firefighter Connor Ford.
That summer a catastrophic fire forces Julia to choose
between the two men she has come to love. Some explicit
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Speak  RC 49958
by Laurie Halse Anderson 
read by Celeste Lawson
1 cassette
Melinda starts high school ostracized after she called the
police during a summer drinking party. What everyone doesn't
know is that she was raped and the boy still taunts her in
school. Eventually, Melinda chooses to confront the pain and
tell someone. For senior high and older readers. Some
violence. 1999.##

Storm Riders  RC 51497
by Craig Lesley 
read by Michael Russotto
3 cassettes
College instructor Clark Woods is a foster parent to Wade, a
young native Alaskan boy with fetal alcohol syndrome, who is
a relative of Clark's ex-wife. As the years pass and Wade
exhibits increasingly troubling behavior, Clark realizes his
love is not enough. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Sugar  RC 53355
by Bernice L. McFadden 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
When prostitute Sugar Lacey inherits a house in Bigelow,
Arkansas, in 1955, the other African American women
ostracize her. Churchgoing neighbor Pearl Taylor, however,
befriends Sugar because she looks like Pearl's murdered
daughter. Eventually they share secrets. Explicit
descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2000.##

The Summerhouse  RC 52370
by Jude Deveraux 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Leslie, Ellie, and Madison first met on their twenty-first
birthday at the DMV in New York City. Now, on their fortieth
birthday, these women meet again to take stock of their
lives and the choices they've made. But they don't expect
the opportunity they are about to be offered. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Triumph of Katie Byrne  RC 52292
by Barbara Taylor Bradford 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
Katie, Carly, and Denise, all seventeen, have aspirations of
becoming actresses on Broadway--and they actually have
potential. But one night a devastating event shatters their
dreams. It is up to Katie to triumph over adversity. Some
violence and some strong language. 2001.##

When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune  RC 52125
by Lori Aurelia Williams 
read by Gail Nelson
2 cassettes
Shayla sets out to write about her African American
neighborhood in Houston, but she winds up involved in
people's problems. Her sister disappears and her new friend,
Kambia, daughter of a prostitute, is being abused. Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. For senior high and older readers. 2000.##

Where the Sea Used to Be  RC 49254
by Rick Bass 
read by Michael Kramer
4 cassettes
Recounts the struggle between Old Dudley, a veteran oil
driller, his daughter Mel, a naturalist, and two geologists
whom Dudley has hired to drill for oil in Montana's Swan
Valley. Both men are Dudley's protgs, and each will become
Mel's lover. Some strong language and some violence. 1998.##

Humor

The Accidental Bride: A Romantic Comedy  RC 51193
by Janice Harayda 
read by Celeste Lawson
2 cassettes
Lily left her New York journalism career when recruited by
her Ohio hometown paper and is engaged to marry wealthy
attorney Mark. When Lily suddenly realizes she'd rather be
single in New York, she must wait for Mark to finish a trial
in California before breaking up with him. 1999.##

All the Answers  RC 51004
by Anne C. LeMieux 
read by Gary Roan
1 cassette
Eighth-grader Jason is failing algebra. His father is on his
case, and the twin brother of the girl Jason likes is his
worst enemy. Jason tries to cheat his way out of a bad
grade, but his schemes begin to catch up with him. For
junior and senior high readers. 2000.##

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of
Georgia Nicolson  RC 52089
by Louise Rennison 
read by Ein Jones
1 cassette
A fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl records important
events in her journal, describing life at school and at home
with her toddler sister and troublemaking cat. Georgia and
her boy-crazy girlfriends spend their spare time on beauty
treatments and devising strategies for catching the right
guy's attention. For senior high readers. 1999.##

Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story  RC 51606
by Eric Garcia 
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
L.A. shamus Vincent Rubio is a loser--few clients, his car
repossessed, and basil addiction. He's also a dinosaur--
literally--one of thousands who still inhabit the earth
disguised as humans. Investigating arson at a dino
nightclub, Vincent stumbles on an interspecies breeding
conspiracy. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Casual Rex  RC 53313
by Eric Garcia 
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Anonymous Rex (RC 51606), private Los
Angeles detectives Vincent Rubio and Ernie Watson--dinosaurs
masquerading as humans--take on a case involving a cult.
Some dinos want to discontinue their human disguises and
assert their natural superiority, and some are murdered.
Strong language and some violence. 2001.##

The Chisellers  RC 51681
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
Dublin, 1970. Agnes's brood of seven--whom she calls the
"chisellers"--are a few years older than in The Mammy (RC
51680) and are causing her more heartache. But Mark, the
eldest, makes a bold move at the furniture factory and finds
his dream girl. Strong language and some descriptions of
sex. 1995.##

The Clothes They Stood Up In  RC 51770
by Alan Bennett 
read by Suzanne Weintraub
1 cassette
When Mr. and Mrs. Ransome return home from a night at the
opera, they discover their flat has been burgled. Nothing is
left--not even a roll of toilet paper. And then, just after
the insurance company has settled their claim, they receive
an interesting letter about their belongings. Some strong
language. Bestseller 1998.##

Fool's Gold  RC 51717
by Jane S. Smith 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
A New York Review of Books listing for a rental house in the
south of France offers the perfect vacation for an artist
couple needing a respite. Naturally, not everything lives up
to their expectations, but that doesn't matter to their two
children, who find a treasury of Celtic gold. 2000.##

The Granny  RC 51682
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
Dublin, 1980. In this sequel to The Chisellers (RC 51681)
Agnes is forty-seven when Mark announces the birth of her
new grandson and calls her "Granny." Agnes feels old for the
first time, but manages to stay at the center of her
family's activities. Strong language. 1996.##

The Mammy  RC 51680
by Brendan O'Carroll 
read by Terry Donnelly
1 cassette
In 1960s working-class Dublin newly widowed Agnes Browne--
called Mammy by her seven children--goes directly to Social
Welfare on the day of her husband's death. She meets
challenges head-on with plucky courage, great wit, and as
much good humor as she can muster. Prequel to The Chisellers
(RC 51681). Strong language. 1994.##

Mimi's Ghost  RC 52823
by Tim Parks 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
In this dark-humor continuation of Juggling the Stars (RC
36393), Morris has eluded arrest after murdering Mimi, his
first wife, and is now married to her sister, Paola. But
with the voluptuous Mimi's ghost whispering incitements,
Morris finds killing ever easier. Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. 1995.##

Princess in the Spotlight: The Princess Diaries, Vol. 2  RC
52779
by Meg Cabot 
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Sequel to The Princess Diaries (RC 51524). In New York,
fourteen-year-old Mia is horrified that her mom is pregnant
and marrying her algebra teacher. Meanwhile, Grandmre from
Genovia trains Mia to be a princess and conduct press
interviews. For junior and senior high readers. Bestseller
2001.##

Semi-Tough  RC 52159
by Dan Jenkins 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Football player Billy Clyde Puckett of the New York Giants
comes to Los Angeles with his pals for an epic duel with the
Jets in the Super Bowl. Followed by Life Its Ownself (RC
21223). Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1972.##

Slab Rat  RC 51417
by Ted Heller 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Zachary Arlen Post changed his name and his entire resume to
snag his associate-editor position at It magazine. He covets
promotions and hopes to marry into a prestigious family. But
now a newly hired Harvard man threatens to outpace him.
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Stella in Heaven: Almost a Novel  RC 51994
by Art Buchwald 
read by John Polk
1 cassette
In alternating chapters, Roger Folger, now sixty-one, and
Stella, his wife of thirty-eight years who died two years
earlier, communicate between Earth and Heaven via the Divine
Telephone Service. Stella, concerned about Roger's being
alone, sets out to find him a new wife--with unexpected
results. 2000.##

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves  RC 52588
by P.G. Wodehouse 
read by David Cutler
1 cassette (Reissue)
Complications arise when Bertie Wooster proposes to a girl
for a friend who is too shy to do so. But the girl, who
loves Bertie, thinks he is speaking for himself. 1962.##

Legal Themes###

Actual Innocence  RC 51096
by Barry Siegel 
read by Mark Ashby
2 cassettes
A judge requests that California attorney Greg Monarch look
into a death row case. The environmental activist prisoner
is a troubled former lover of Monarch's, and he fears she
may well have murdered a geologist--or perhaps she was
framed. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999.##

The Advocate  RC 51707
by Bill Mesce and Steven G. Szilagyi 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
England, 1943. Two American bombers suddenly attack a third
plane as well as civilian witnesses on the ground. As Major
Harry Voss of the Judge Advocate General's office delves
into the incident, he uncovers secrets that the higher-ups
want to keep concealed. Some violence and some strong
language. 2000.##

Hollowpoint  RC 52720
by Rob Reuland 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Burned-out, alcoholic, Brooklyn assistant district attorney
Andrew "Gio" Giobberti prosecutes the boyfriend of a
murdered fourteen-year-old single mother. Gio suffers from
guilt over his own daughter's death--caused by his
negligence--and helping this victim's family somehow
assuages his self-reproach. Strong language and some
violence. 2001.##

Invasion of Privacy  RC 52074
by Perri O'Shaughnessy 
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly is defending her son's birth
father, Kurt Scott, against a homicide charge.
Coincidentally, Nina once worked for Kurt's first wife,
filmmaker Terry London. Now Kurt is the main suspect in
Terry's murder. Strong language, some descriptions of sex,
and some violence. 1996.##

The Jury  RC 52455
by Steve Martini 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Attorney Paul Madriani and his San Diego partner, Harry
Hinds, defend David Crone, a genetic research physician
accused of murdering his beautiful African American rival at
the university. Their case is threatened, however, when the
main witness for the defendant commits suicide. Some
violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Motion to Suppress  RC 52073
by Perri O'Shaughnessy 
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
Attorney Nina Reilly and her son relocate to Lake Tahoe to
recover from her divorce. Nina's first new case involves
Misty, a promiscuous cocktail waitress accused of murdering
her abusive husband. While Nina investigates, she and Misty
are almost killed. Some violence and some strong language.
1995.##

Murder One  RC 53350
by William Bernhardt 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid, last seen in Silent Justice (RC
51283), frees--on a technicality--nineteen-year-old stripper
Keri from serving time for killing her cop boyfriend. The
police force retaliates against his law office, jeopardizing
colleague Christina McCall's life. Violence, strong
language, and some descriptions of sex. 2001.##

No Defense  RC 51425
by Kate Wilhelm 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
3 cassettes
While defending Lara Jessup--now accused of murdering her
much older husband--Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway
unearths clues about the disappearance of the victim's son
many years ago. Other new evidence in several unsolved
murders implicates a local judge who is being considered for
a Supreme Court appointment. Some strong language. 2000.##

Nothing but the Truth  RC 50500
by John Lescroart 
read by Ray Foushee
3 cassettes
Attorney Dismas Hardy's wife, Frannie, is in jail after
refusing to reveal a friend's secret to a grand jury. The
friend is Ron Beaumont, whose politically connected wife,
Bree, has been murdered. To spring Frannie quickly, Dismas
searches for proof that Ron is innocent. Some strong
language. 1999.##

Obstruction of Justice  RC 52313
by Perri O'Shaughnessy 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly witnesses Ray de Beers's
death by lightning. But after Ray's father orders the body
exhumed, he is killed. Nina is hired to defend Ray's son
against murder charges. Some explicit descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 1997.##

Plain Truth  RC 52800
by Jodi Picoult 
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
When Philadelphia attorney Ellie Hathaway retreats to her
aunt's house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she's drawn into an
unusual case--an Amish girl accused of murdering her newborn
after a hidden pregnancy. Ellie calls former beau,
psychiatrist John Cooper, to help the troubled defendant.
Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
2000.##

Secret Sanction  RC 53151
by Brian Haig 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
Army lawyer Major Sean Drummond is assigned to investigate
the massacre of thirty-five Serbs by a U.S. Special Forces
team in Kosovo. Drummond and defense attorney Captain Lisa
Morrow interrogate the Green Berets and uncover secret
missions, a mutiny, and conspiracies that lead to murder.
Violence and strong language. 2001.##

Silent Justice  RC 51283
by William Bernhardt 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid and his student assistant,
Christina McCall, represent the parents of eleven children
who died from cancer caused when a local machinery
corporation dumped toxic chemicals into the town's drinking
water. Meanwhile, a serial killer is murdering employees of
the company. Some violence and some strong language. 2000.##

The Summons  RC 53285
by John Grisham 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Law professor Ray Atlee arrives at the family home in rural
Mississippi and discovers his elderly father dead--and three
million dollars in cash. Ray decides not to tell his drug-
addicted brother about the loot. But someone is soon after
him and the money. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002.##

Suspicion of Malice  RC 51661
by Barbara Parker 
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Miami attorney Gail Connor, secretly pregnant, agrees to
defend ballet student Bobby Gonzalez against a charge of
murder. But Bobby's girlfriend is the daughter of Anthony
Quintana, Gail's ex-fianc. And Bobby's alibi involves
smoking pot with a judge. Strong language, some descriptions
of sex, and some violence. 2000.##

The Vendetta Defense  RC 51883
by Lisa Scottoline 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Philadelphia lawyer Judy Carrier represents seventy-nine-
year-old Tony Lucia, who killed his rival, Angelo Coluzzi,
for murdering his wife sixty years ago in Italy. While
preparing his defense, Judy is drawn into a deadly vendetta
and also falls in love with Tony's grandson, Frank. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Verdict  RC 52018
by Barry Reed 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Cynical Boston attorney Frank Galvin accepts a shaky
malpractice suit against the largest Catholic hospital in
the country. He is briefly tempted by a generous out-of-
court settlement. But Galvin risks everything to win against
his formidable adversaries--the Church, the medical
profession, and the legal establishment. Some strong
language. 1980.##

Writ of Execution  RC 52461
by Perri O'Shaughnessy 
read by Mary Kane
2 cassettes
Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly is hired to help a young
woman who has won millions in a casino but who can't reveal
her true identity. Nina's sometime lover, Paul van Wagoner,
helps to investigate even as witnesses are being murdered.
Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Literature###

Atlas Shrugged  RC 51074
by Ayn Rand 
read by Michael Scherer
10 cassettes in 2 containers (Reissue)
Dagny Taggart, manager of a transcontinental railroad,
opposes executives who relinquish control over their
enterprises in exchange for security through government
regulations. Espouses the clear-cut social values of the
author's philosophy of objectivism within a fictional story
line. Thirty-fifth anniversary edition with new introduction
in 1992. Some strong language. 1957.##

Boredom  RC 51292
by Alberto Moravia 
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
Dino, an Italian artist from a wealthy, pampered background,
recalls having always felt "bored" or detached from reality.
Now in his mid-thirties, he becomes fixated on Cecilia, a
young model, and sets about trying to "own" her, blurring
the distinctions between sex, money, and love. 1960.##

The Claudine Novels  RC 50562
by Colette 
read by Anne Hancock
5 cassettes
The first four works by the twentieth-century French author:
Claudine at School, Claudine in Paris, Claudine Married, and
Claudine and Annie. They portray a country girl born in
France in 1884 and how she grows up to become a sensuous
woman. Some descriptions of sex. 1962.##

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol  RC 50339
by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol 
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Thirteen stories newly translated by Richard Pevear and
Larissa Volokhonsky. Four from Evenings on a Farm near
Dikanka (1831-32): "St. John's Eve," "The Night before
Christmas," "The Terrible Vengeance," and "Ivan Fyodorovich
Shponka and His Aunt." From the Petersburg tales: "Nevsky
Prospect," "The Diary of a Madman," "The Nose," and "The
Overcoat" among others. 1998.##

Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian
Leverkhn as Told by a Friend  RC 50209
by Thomas Mann 
read by Gary Telles
5 cassettes
Mann's modern reworking of the Faust legend occurs in the
decades preceding World War II in Germany. Portrays the
tragedy of a composer who loses his capacity for compassion
in exchange for gaining musical inspiration. New translation
by the award-winning John E. Woods. 1947.##

Embers  RC 53619
by Sndor Mrai 
read by Anne Flosnik
1 cassette
Hungary, 1940. The old general, Henrik, entertains his
closest childhood friend, whom he has not seen in forty-one
years. As he talks and questions Konrad, a complex history
of friendship, passion, and betrayal is untangled. First
published in Budapest in 1942. Translated by Carol Brown
Janeway. Bestseller 2001.##

The End of the Affair  RC 52415
by Graham Greene 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes (Reissue)
London, 1939. Author Maurice Bendrix has a long-running love
affair with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant, which
ends abruptly. Years later Bendrix explores the emotions
that still torment him and ponders Sarah's commitment to a
God he cannot fathom. 1951.##

How It Is  RC 52613
by Samuel Beckett 
read by Rick Rohan
1 cassette
An anguished, disembodied voice expresses a grim,
fragmentary vision of human life stripped to its essence in
this experimental fiction by the Irish-born winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature. Originally written in French in
1961 and translated into English by the author. Some strong
language. 1964.##

Independent People: An Epic  RC 52256
by Halldr Laxness 
read by Bruce Huntey
4 cassettes
A saga of Icelandic peasant life in which Bjartur, a
stubborn sheep farmer, struggles to buy and maintain his own
land. An independent man, he outlives several wives to raise
his brood, including an adopted daughter. By the 1955 Nobel
Prize winner. Some strong language. 1946.##

The Literary West: An Anthology of Western American
Literature  RC 50784
edited by Thomas J. Lyon 
read by Erik Sandvold
4 cassettes
More than forty selections, most written by twentieth-
century authors such as Robinson Jeffers, John Steinbeck,
Jack Schaefer, N. Scott Momaday, Edward Abbey, Wallace
Stegner, Gary Snyder, Louis L'Amour, Rick Bass, William
Kittredge, Denise Chvez, Amy Tan, and Sam Shepard. Includes
chronology of events and suggested reading. Strong language
and some violence. 1999.##

The Man with the Golden Arm  RC 51436
by Nelson Algren 
read by Barry Bernson
4 cassettes
The underworld of Chicago's West Side in the late 1940s is
portrayed through Frankie Machine--a poker dealer with a
"golden arm" and morphine-addicted hustler with a bad
conscience. Complete text followed by critical essays. Some
strong language. National Book Award. 1949.##

The Map of Love  RC 52254
by Ahdaf Soueif 
read by Jill Fox
4 cassettes
Dashing Pasha Sharif courts British widow Anna nearly a
century before American journalist Isabel falls in love with
courtly conductor Omar. A trunkful of family journals and
letters link the pairs of lovers as they surmount cultural
obstacles in Egypt. Booker Prize Finalist. 1999.##

The Ox-Bow Incident  RC 52564
by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 
read by Gary Telles
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Nevada, 1885. Wrangler Art Croft reluctantly joins a group
of citizens in a small town who hastily form a posse to
catch murdering cattle rustlers. Three men are accused of
the crime and--although there are some doubts about their
guilt--lynched. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Some
violence and some strong language. 1940.##

Quincas Borba  RC 51180
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis 
read by Robert Blumenfeld
2 cassettes
In this companion to The Posthumous Memoirs of Brs Cubas
(RC 47272), eccentric philosopher Quincas Borba dies,
leaving his vast fortune and his dog--perhaps his
reincarnation--to an unsophisticated young man who cared for
him. But danger and madness lurk within the gift of sudden
wealth. First published in Brazil in 1891. 1998.##

Selected Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne  RC 52031
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A selection of fifteen tales from three published
collections of short stories by the nineteenth-century New
Englander. Includes an introduction by Alfred Kazin. 1966.##

Siddhartha  RC 52190
by Hermann Hesse 
read by Steven Carpenter
1 cassette
Nobel Prize-winning author's tale of a young Brahmin who
abandons his comfortable home to wander through the Indian
countryside seeking enlightenment. Based on the early life
of Buddha. Originally published in German in 1922. 2000.##

Soul Mountain  RC 51463
by Xingjian Gao 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
4 cassettes
A semi-autobiographical, philosophical novel by the Chinese
Nobel laureate. The protagonist, in reprieve from death,
wanders through the Chinese landscape in search of Lingshan
(Soul Mountain), describing his spiritual and physical
quests. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

Too Far to Go: The Maples Stories  RC 51354
by John Updike 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A collection of seventeen stories about Richard and Joan
Maples, written between 1956 and 1979. Traces the decline
and fall of their marriage, from its buoyant early stages,
through the child-rearing years, to the confession of
infidelities and eventual divorce. Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. 1979.##

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, Omoo: A Narrative of
Adventures in the South Seas, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither 
RC 52958
by Herman Melville 
read by Michael Scherer
8 cassettes
Three of Melville's early novels, set in Polynesia in the
South Seas and based on his sailing experiences. Typee
(1846) contrasts idyllic island living with restrictive
western manners. The sequel, Omoo (1847), pursues this theme
in Tahiti, while Mardi (1849) tells of an allegorical
voyage. 1849.##

You Can't Go Home Again  RC 50279
by Thomas Wolfe 
read by L.J. Ganser
5 cassettes (Reissue)
Bitter and nostalgic, Wolfe's sequel to The Web and the Rock
(RC 50278) continues the story of George Webber, now a
successful novelist but unsuccessful lover. He returns home
to old Catawba, only to be sadly disillusioned by the
discovery that everything he once loved there no longer
exists. 1934.##

Medical Themes###

The Hades Factor  RC 50768
by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
Dr. Jon Smith and his fiance, Dr. Sophia Russell, at the
army's institute for infectious diseases investigate a virus
that is creating a deadly epidemic. Jon is soon warned off
by the FBI, while Sophia contacts a colleague in Peru where
a similar disease wiped out a tribe. Some violence.
Bestseller 2000.##

Shannon's Way  RC 52672
by A.J. Cronin 
read by Tom Martin
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Scotland, 1919. In this sequel to The Green Years (RC
32524), Robert Shannon completes his medical training and
dedicates his life to research. He falls in love with Jean
Law, one of his students, but religious differences keep
them apart. 1948.##

Shock  RC 53066
by Robin Cook 
read by Faith Potts
2 cassettes
Harvard coeds Deborah Cochrane and Joanna Meissner fund a
stay in Venice for academic pursuits by donating ova to the
Wingate Infertility Clinic. Later Joanna, seeking to learn
what happened to her gametes, convinces Deborah to help her
investigate. They don't like their findings. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Unnatural Causes  RC 50572
by Leah Ruth Robinson 
read by Joni Siani
2 cassettes
Dr. Evelyn Sutcliffe's friend and hospital coworker is
preparing dinner for her when he falls ill from poisonous
mushrooms found in the anonymous gift basket Evelyn
received. Horrified when her friend dies, Evelyn wonders if
she was the intended victim and if the killer was her
lover's stalker. Strong language and some violence. 1999.##

The Year of the Intern  RC 52472
by Robin Cook 
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
Follows a year in the life of an idealistic hospital intern.
During that time, Dr. Peters becomes a psychologically
aberrant but fully accredited doctor. The new physicians
criticize both the treatment they receive and the American
Medical Association, and advocate changing the system. Some
strong language. 1972.##

Mystery and Detective###

Actor  RC 52222
by Parnell Hall 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
New York private investigator Stanley Hastings accepts the
lead in a summer theater production on behalf of an old
college chum. The once-aspiring thespian meets an assortment
of fellow players, including a soap opera star. Then the
stage manager is murdered. Some descriptions of sex and some
violence. 1993.##

All the Lucky Ones Are Dead: An Aaron Gunner Mystery  RC
51462
by Gar Anthony Haywood 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Private investigator Aaron Gunner, last seen in Not Long for
This World (RC 35086), is hired by the father of gangsta rap
star C.E. Digga Jones to investigate his death--supposedly a
suicide. Gunner's other job entails guarding African
American right-wing radio announcer Sparkle Johnson.
Violence and strong language. 1999.##

Arms and the Women  RC 51362
by Reginald Hill 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
After Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe's wife, Ellie, is almost
abducted, Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel suspects the
attempt is linked with an active police case. But Detective
Constable Shirley Novello, who is guarding Ellie, traces the
cause to Ellie's membership in a radical feminist group.
Some violence. 1999.##

Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil  RC 52363
by Nancy Atherton 
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
Lori travels to a country estate near Scotland to evaluate a
book collection for the owners, newlyweds Jared and Nicole.
Eerie things begin to happen, involving a handsome stranger
and a tragic wartime romance. Lori seeks her ghostly Aunt
Dimity's help in banishing an evil presence from the past.
2000.##

Aunt Dimity: Detective  RC 53303
by Nancy Atherton 
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
American Lori Willis lives in Finch, an English town in the
Cotswolds, with her husband and young twins. When newcomer
Prunella Hooper is found murdered, Lori investigates with
the help of her Aunt Dimity's ghost--while the villagers
hide secrets. 2001.##

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000  RC 52419
edited by Donald E. Westlake 
read by Jim Zeiger
4 cassettes
Anthology of twenty contemporary mystery short stories. In
"Motel 66" by Barbara D'Amato, a couple makes the mistake of
returning to their honeymoon site. "The Guilty Party" by
Shel Silverstein tells of a judge who gives a rapist an
unusual choice. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Betrayal in Death  RC 52142
by J.D. Robb 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
New York City, 2059. Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a
series of ritualistic murders of employees at her husband
Roarke's upscale hotel. She suspects career criminal
Sylvester Yost. But when Roarke's best friend, con man Mick
Connelly, arrives from Ireland, he complicates matters.
Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Big Silence: An Abe Lieberman Mystery  RC 52134
by Stuart M. Kaminsky 
read by Richard Davidson
2 cassettes
Detective Abe Lieberman's partner, Bill Hanrahan, slips up
while guarding a turncoat mobster's family, leaving the ex-
wife dead and the son abducted. Lieberman also contends with
street crime, a deranged street person, a grieving brother,
a divorcing daughter, and a stray dog. Violence and strong
language. 2000.##

Birds of Prey  RC 51757
by J.A. Jance 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Retired Seattle homicide detective J.P. Beaumont accompanies
his newly wed grandmother on her honeymoon on a cruise ship
to Alaska. When one of the passengers disappears, Beaumont
becomes part of an FBI operation involving a religious group
that is targeting doctors--some of whom are aboard. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Black Widow's Wardrobe  RC 51485
by Lucha Corpi 
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
Detective Gloria Damasco witnesses the attempted murder of
the Black Widow, a woman who had served time for killing her
husband. Damasco's investigation of the incident leads her
to Mexico, where she learns of the widow's connection with
Doa Marina from the time of the conquistador Corts. 1999.##

Blackmail  RC 51041
by Parnell Hall 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Hapless private detective Stanley Hastings becomes involved
in a blackmail scheme that leads to multiple murder--with
himself as the prime suspect. Assisted by his wife, Stanley
pursues the investigation--despite being led astray by red
herrings. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and
some violence. 1994.##

Blackwater Spirits  RC 52318
by Miriam Grace Monfredo 
read by Laura Giannarelli
3 cassettes
Seneca Falls, 1857. New in town, female doctor Neva Cardoza
is up to her elbows in corpses. Meanwhile librarian Glynis
Tryon investigates these mysterious deaths. When half-
Iroquois Jacques Sundown is accused of murder, Glynis joins
constable Cullen Stuart in the struggle to discern the
truth. 1995.##

Blood Lure  RC 51690
by Nevada Barr 
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Park ranger Anna Pigeon travels to Montana's Glacier
National Park to study the DNA of grizzly bears.  A bear
attacks Anna's tent on her first night out camping.  On the
way back to the base camp, she discovers a woman's mutilated
body. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zen Mystery  RC 51604
by Michael Dibdin 
read by Peter Gil
2 cassettes
Italian detective Aurelio Zen is sent to Sicily to spy on
the anti-Mafia operations of the state police for which his
adopted daughter Carla is installing a computer system.  
Zen is totally demoralized after two sudden deaths in his
family. Some violence and some strong language. 1999.##

Blue Deer Thaw  RC 51397
by Jamie Harrison 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Corpses begin to surface with the spring thaw in sparsely
inhabited Absaroka County, Montana. Sheriff Jules Clement
investigates the circumstances while courting his deputy,
Caroline Fair, and contending with the wedding of his best
friends in the newly renovated hotel outside Blue Deer.
Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Blue Hole  RC 51782
by G.D. Gearino 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Georgia, 1969. In a single day Charley is expelled from
school, loses his girlfriend, and is ostracized for injuring
the school's star quarterback. But he is hired by a
beautiful photographer searching for a boy missing from a
hippie commune. Some descriptions of sex and some strong
language. For senior high and older readers. 1999.##

Candyland: A Novel in Two Parts  RC 52498
by Evan Hunter and Ed McBain 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
While in New York City on business, Los Angeles sex addict
Ben Thorpe pursues his hobby relentlessly. He becomes a
prime suspect, however, when a hooker he visited is
murdered. Detectives Emma Boyle and Jimmy Morgan collaborate
on the case. (Coauthors are the same person.) Explicit
descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence.
2001.##

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat  RC 51464
by Lilian Jackson Braun 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Moose County awaits the first snowfall, hoping it will end
the drought that may be the cause of a rash of fires.
Columnist Jim Qwilleran suspects arson when his Siamese cats
Koko and Yum Yum demand his attention with catfits. Then a
murder occurs, and the local bookstore goes up in flames.
Bestseller 2001.##

A Citizen of the Country  RC 52067
by Sarah Smith 
read by Mary Kane
3 cassettes
France, 1911. Physician and psychologist Alexander von
Reisden, now a father married to a blind woman, travels to
Montfort castle to help a disturbed theater producer, Count
Andr, who fears his wife is a murderous sorceress.
Meanwhile, Alexander struggles with his own family secrets.
Sequel to The Knowledge of Water (RC 43212). 2000.##

Claws and Effect  RC 51888
by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Everyone in Crozet, Virginia, is suffering from the winter
doldrums. The hottest topic in town is a chain letter
promising good luck to those who contribute to Crozet
Hospital. Then medical staff begin turning up dead.
Naturally, feline Mrs. Murphy and her associates must
investigate. Some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Cold Flat Junction  RC 51763
by Martha Grimes 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Hotel Paradise (RC 44447), twelve-year-old
Emma Graham is still searching for clues to old murders in
her family when Ben Queen is released from prison. When
Ben's daughter is killed, he becomes the prime suspect and
Emma may be in danger. Some violence and some strong
language. 2001.##

Cold Is the Grave  RC 52150
by Peter Robinson 
read by Graeme Malcolm
3 cassettes
Chief Constable Riddle asks Chief Inspector Alan Banks to
quietly find his runaway teenage daughter, who has appeared
on an Internet pornography site. Banks returns with Emily
Riddle, but she experiences more trouble at home in
Yorkshire, England. Sequel to In a Dry Season (RC 49545).
Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Cold Paradise  RC 51894
by Stuart Woods 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Attorney Stone Barrington flies to Palm Beach to find a
mystery woman a wealthy computer geek fancies. The lady
turns out to be shady Allison Manning, from Dead in the
Water (RC 44806), and Barrington accepts her as a client as
well. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.
2001.##

The Color of Death  RC 52408
by Bruce Alexander 
read by George Holmes
2 cassettes
London, 1772. A rash of home invasions and murders occurs,
apparently committed by black men. After blind magistrate
Sir John Fielding is wounded, his assistant, Jeremy Proctor,
tracks down the gang with the help of the Bow Street
Runners. 2000.##

A Conspiracy of Paper  RC 51312
by David Liss 
read by David Cutler
3 cassettes
London, 1719. Benjamin Weaver, a Jewish ex-boxer who makes
his living as a detective, investigates the death of a
businessman. Weaver's father, who had been a stockjobber,
was also recently murdered. Eventually, Weaver uncovers a
violent cabal of financiers whose actions lead to a stock
market crash. Some violence. 2000.##

Cruel as the Grave: A Medieval Mystery  RC 51126
by Sharon Kay Penman 
read by Barbara Caruso
2 cassettes
London, 1193. Justin de Quincy is entrusted by Queen Eleanor
of Aquitaine to learn whether her son, the imprisoned
crusader-king Richard Lionheart, is still alive. Meanwhile,
a neighbor asks Justin to investigate the murder of a young
Welsh girl. Sequel to The Queen's Man (RC 47849). Some
violence. 1998.##

Daddy's Little Girl  RC 53709
by Mary Higgins Clark 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Reporter Ellie Cavanaugh of Atlanta returns to Westchester
County, New York, to protest the parole of wealthy heir Rob
Westerfield, convicted of murdering her teenaged sister
twenty-two years ago. Even as Ellie reopens the case and
starts a web site, she experiences some doubts. Then someone
threatens her life. Bestseller 2002.##

Daniel Plainway; or, The Holiday Haunting of the Moosepath
League  RC 52840
by Van Reid 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
4 cassettes
Maine, Christmas 1896. In this companion to Mollie Peer...
(RC 50656), Daniel Pathway believes that a little boy named
Bird, who is rescued from kidnappers, is the son of his
deceased goddaughter. He enlists the support of the
Moosepath League to investigate. 2000.##

Dead and Gone: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel  RC 52267
by Dorothy Simpson 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Detective Inspector Thanet and his partner, Lineham,
investigate the death of the wife of ambitious barrister
Ralph Mintar, whose daughter also disappeared under curious
circumstances four years ago. The two policemen soon uncover
extramarital affairs, incest, blackmail, and more murders
among the wealthy. Meanwhile, Thanet becomes a grandfather.
1999.##

A Deadly Shade of Gold  RC 53062
by John D. MacDonald 
read by Richard Davidson
3 cassettes (Reissue)
The death of his friend Sam Taggart takes Florida private
detective Travis McGee to Mexico to find the murderer. The
only evidence in the case is a priceless pre-Columbian gold
statuette. Some strong language. 1965.##

Death Benefits  RC 52527
by Thomas Perry 
read by Ray Foushee
3 cassettes
Security advisor Max Stillman takes young insurance analyst
John Walker with him to investigate the misconduct of
Walker's ex-lover, agent Ellen Snyder. Snyder approved a
twelve-million-dollar payout to a bogus claimant and then
disappeared. Stillman and Walker crisscross the country
unraveling the lucrative scheme. Strong language and some
violence. 2001.##

Death in Holy Orders  RC 51889
by P.D. James 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Young seminarian Ronald Treeves is found dead on the beach
near his school. Although an inquest rules the death
accidental, his adoptive father, Sir Alred (a wealthy arms
manufacturer), receives an anonymous note and insists on a
murder investigation by Adam Dalgliesh. Bestseller 2001.##

Death of a Dentist  RC 52686
by M.C. Beaton 
read by Jamie Horton
1 cassette
Awakened with an agonizing toothache, Scottish police
constable Hamish Macbeth seeks out the nearest quack, who
would rather pull teeth than save them. But when Hamish
arrives, the dentist is dead, with all his teeth drilled.
And it turns out that the dentist was quite the ladies' man.
1997.##

Death of a Gossip  RC 52730
by M.C. Beaton 
read by John Horton
1 cassette
Scottish constable Hamish MacBeth investigates the death of
a guest at a local fishing school. The obnoxious decedent,
Lady Jane Winters, had insulted everyone--including MacBeth
and a child--before her body was discovered. Some strong
language. 1985.##

The Ditched Blonde: A Carl Wilcox Mystery  RC 51246
by Harold Adams 
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Itinerant sign painter Carl Wilcox is in Greenhill, South
Dakota, when the sheriff asks him to investigate the four-
year-old case of a pregnant teenager's murder. But soon
after Wilcox starts asking questions, another homicide
occurs. Some violence. 1995.##

Dr. Death  RC 51275
by Jonathan Kellerman 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Los Angeles detective Milo Sturgis seeks help from
psychologist Alex Delaware when a doctor who is known for
mercy killing is murdered in his "suicide van." Suspects
include the relatives of his victims and his own son.
Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of
sex. Bestseller 2000.##

Dying for Chocolate  RC 52160
by Diane Mott Davidson 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
To escape from her abusive ex-husband, caterer Goldy Bear
accepts a summer job cooking for a retired general. After
one of her suitors dies in a car accident, she joins
another, Detective Tom Schulz, in the investigation. And
soon her son, Arch, is in danger. Some violence and some
strong language. 1992.##

Evan and Elle: A Constable Evans Mystery  RC 51395
by Rhys Bowen 
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
An arsonist strikes in the northern Welsh village of
Llanfair, attacking properties owned by foreigners. Madame
Yvette's newly opened French restaurant is the latest
target, but this time a man dies. Constable Evan Evans
becomes saddled with outside police interference in his
investigation. Some violence. 2000.##

Evan Can Wait: A Constable Evans Mystery  RC 53153
by Rhys Bowen 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
Constable Evan Evans discovers that his girlfriend's ex-
husband is part of a group of documentary filmmakers, in
Llanfair, Wales, to extricate a German bomber from the lake.
Then a crew member, investigating the theory that invaluable
art was hidden in the mine shafts during the war, is
murdered. 2001.##

Evanly Choirs: A Constable Evans Mystery  RC 51371
by Rhys Bowen 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
Constable Evan Evans and the village of Llanfair, Wales,
welcome the summer stay of world-renowned opera star Ifor
Llewellyn--until his drinking and argumentative behavior
become evident. When Llewellyn is discovered murdered, Evans
delves into the singer's past while local ladies vie for the
constable's attention. Some violence. 1999.##

Evans Above: A Constable Evans Mystery  RC 50945
by Rhys Bowen 
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
Evan Evans, the newly assigned North Wales constable for the
village of Llanfair, is searching for two missing hikers who
are later discovered murdered. While hunting for a possible
serial killer, Evans also contends with two local ladies who
are vying for his attentions, as well as with competing
ministers' wives. 1997.##

Ex-Libris  RC 53097
by Ross King 
read by David Cutler
3 cassettes
London, 1660. Bookseller Isaac Inchbold is commissioned by
impoverished widow Alethea Greatorex, daughter of the late
Sir Ambrose Plessington, to locate a palimpsest stolen by
Cromwell's soldiers during the civil war. The mild-mannered
merchant is thus thrust into a world of political intrigue,
treachery, and murder. 1998.##

The Falcon at the Portal: An Amelia Peabody Mystery  RC
50749
by Elizabeth Peters 
read by Barbara Rappaport
3 cassettes
Amelia Peabody and her extended family, including her niece
Lia and Lia's new husband, David, are headed to Egypt for
the 1911 archaeological season. But their expedition is
overshadowed by the accusation that David has been selling
forged antiquities. Amelia's son, Ramses, strives to clear
David as numerous bodies turn up. 1999.##

Fall of a Cosmonaut  RC 52114
by Stuart M. Kaminsky 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
Russian Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov of the Moscow police and
his colleagues handle three cases--a Mir cosmonaut lands and
disappears; a director's epic film about Tolstoy is stolen
and held for ransom; and a research parapsychologist is
murdered. 2000.##

False Scent  RC 52385
by Ngaio Marsh 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes (Reissue)
When the beloved "queen of the British theater" is murdered
in a cloud of perfume, the case literally reeks with likely
suspects. It is up to Superintendent Roderick Alleyn to
sniff out the motives and bring the killer to justice. 1960.##

Fearless Jones  RC 52362
by Walter Mosley 
read by Bob Moore
2 cassettes
Watts, 1954. African American bookstore owner Paris Minton
calls on his friend, Fearless Jones, when he gets entangled
in a case of stolen Swiss bonds. The two try to protect an
elderly Jewish couple but get in over their heads. Violence,
strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2001.##

The First Deadly Sin  RC 52696
by Lawrence Sanders 
read by Chuck Benson
5 cassettes (Reissue)
Captain Edward Delaney accepts an undercover assignment to
track down the serial killer who attacks his victims with an
ice ax. The murders take place in an upper East Side
precinct in New York. Some explicit descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. Bestseller 1973.##

Flashfire  RC 52206
by Richard Stark 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
After Parker is stiffed by his partners in a bank robbery,
he vows revenge and tracks them to their next job--a jewelry
heist in Palm Beach. With the help of his lover, Claire, and
real estate agent Leslie Mackenzie, Parker stalks his
victims--and their loot. Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Flashpoint: A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery  RC 52212
by Linda Barnes 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Boston private detective Carlotta Carlyle investigates the
murder of elderly client Valentine Phipps, who had alluded
to a mysterious hidden treasure. She also has to contend
with her teenage "sister" Paolina's misadventures and an
arsonist who torches Carlotta's house. Strong language and
some violence. 1999.##

The Forgotten  RC 52898
by Faye Kellerman 
read by Richard Davidson
3 cassettes
Hate crime leads to murder after a small synagogue is
vandalized. As Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD detective
Peter Decker, investigate, they learn their son, Jacob,
knows the teenage suspect, Ernesto Golding. Then Golding and
his therapists are found dead. Some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Golden Child  RC 50837
by Penelope Fitzgerald 
read by Andy Chappell
1 cassette (Reissue)
A London museum official is sent to Russia when the museum
suspects there may be fakes among the treasures in a popular
"Golden Child" exhibit. He learns that all the real golden
treasures are in the Kremlin and returns to find the old
archaeologist who first uncovered them murdered in the
museum library. 1977.##

Grandmother Spider: A Charlie Moon Mystery  RC 52604
by James D. Doss 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Shaman Daisy Perika predicts the giant arachnid that lives
beneath Lake Navajo will attack. Her hunch appears true when
two men--one a government research scientist and the other a
Native American truck driver--disappear from the lake's
shore. Daisy's nephew, Ute lawman Charlie Moon, isn't buying
it. Some strong language. 2001.##

Graveyard Dust  RC 51129
by Barbara Hambly 
read by Richard Davidson
3 cassettes
New Orleans, 1834. Free man of color Benjamin January's
voodoo queen sister, Olympia Corbier, is accused of
poisoning a white man. Ben is determined to free her from
the squalid jail as yellow fever sweeps the city. His
investigation uncovers the intermingled Creole lineage of
the deceased. Some violence. 1999.##

Half Moon Street  RC 51233
by Anne Perry 
read by Terry Hayes Sales
3 cassettes
With Charlotte in Paris, Superintendent Thomas Pitt devotes
his time to the case of a murdered photographer found
dressed as a woman. With the help of his mother-in-law,
Caroline--who is married to an actor--Pitt investigates the
Victorian stage and the underground world of pornography.
Some violence. 2000.##

The Hanging Garden: A John Rebus Mystery  RC 50932
by Ian Rankin 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
Edinburgh detective inspector Rebus investigates a suspected
Nazi criminal, as well as a gang war between local mobs who
are importing prostitutes from eastern Europe. When his
daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident, Rebus
suspects it's a payback. Strong language and some violence.
1998.##

Harm Done  RC 50401
by Ruth Rendell 
read by Graeme Malcolm
3 cassettes
Inspector Reginald Wexford investigates the disappearance of
two teenage girls, the abduction of a three-year-old, and
the release of a pedophile into a tough neighborhood.
Wexford's daughter Sylvia, a social worker, soon educates
him about the world of abused women and their children.
Strong language and some violence. 1999.##

Havana Heat: A Lupe Solano Mystery  RC 52070
by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera 
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
Miami private investigator Lupe Solano is hired by two
fellow Cubans to recover invaluable art works from Havana.
Her clients want to retrieve property from their family home
before Fidel Castro sells it. Lupe soon becomes involved in
art forgery, smuggling, and murder. Some violence and some
strong language. 2000.##

He Shall Thunder in the Sky  RC 51073
by Elizabeth Peters 
read by Barbara Rappaport
4 cassettes
In the winter of 1914-15, the extended Peabody Emerson
family returns to Egypt for further archaeological
excavation, even as World War I reaches the Middle East.
Amid the turmoil, Sethos, the master criminal and Amelia's
nemesis, reappears. Bestseller 2000.##

Hit List  RC 52270
by Lawrence Block 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Hit man Keller lives an orderly life. He gets his
assignments from humorous Dot, works on his stamp collection
between jobs, and conscientiously serves on a jury. His
routine is disrupted when Keller realizes someone is trying
to kill him. Sequel to Hit Man (RC 49625). Some violence and
some strong language. 2000.##

House of Smoke  RC 51987
by J.F. Freedman 
read by Faith Potts
4 cassettes
Santa Barbara private investigator Kate Blanchard is hired
by Laura Sparks to solve the mystery surrounding the death
of her lover while he was in jail. But uncovering secret
schemes in Laura's wealthy, politically powerful family puts
Kate's life in danger. Strong language, some explicit
descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1996.##

The Immaculate Deception  RC 52147
by Iain Pears 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
Newlywed Flavia di Stefano of Italy's Art Theft Squad is
assigned to quietly track down a stolen masterpiece on loan
from the Louvre. Meanwhile, Flavia's husband, art historian
Jonathan Argyll, is tracing the history of her boss's
favorite painting. The two uncover political corruption,
kidnapping, and murder. 2000.##

The Indian Sign  RC 51421
by Les Roberts 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
As Cleveland private investigator Milan Jacovich is being
hired by a toy manufacturer to uncover an industrial spy, he
notices an elderly Native American--who is later murdered.
Curiosity leads Jacovich to become involved in a pro bono
case of infant kidnapping--and additional murders. Strong
language and some violence. 2000.##

The James Dean Affair: A Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner
Novel  RC 52010
by Robert S. Levinson 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Reporter Neil Gulliver and his ex-wife, actress Stevie
Marriner, are in the audience when a man resembling an aged
James Dean murders a participant during a ceremony honoring
the late celebrity. The two delve into the mystery of the
resurrected Dean. Some violence and some strong language.
2000.##

The Judas Judge: A Kevin Kerney Novel  RC 51627
by Michael McGarrity 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
New Mexico state cop Kevin Kerney returns to his boyhood
neighborhood to investigate a murderous rampage along a
stretch of highway. The sixth victim is wealthy judge Vernon
Langsford, whose family had previously lost two other
members. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some
violence. 2000.##

Judgment in Death  RC 51691
by J.D. Robb 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
New York City, 2059. Policewoman Eve Dallas investigates the
murder of a crooked cop in one of her husband's nightclubs.
When another officer with dubious connections is later
killed, Eve suspects a vigilante.  She also then becomes a
target. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Killer's Cousin  RC 52612
by Nancy Werlin 
read by Christopher Walker
1 cassette
High school senior David Yaffe is exiled to his uncle's
house after being acquitted of murder. There he is haunted
by his dead cousin, Kathy, and harassed by her eleven-year-
old sister, Lily. He learns there is another killer in the
house. For senior high readers. 1998.##

The Last King of Texas  RC 51477
by Rick Riordan 
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
A medievalist is murdered at the University of Texas, San
Antonio. Just after private investigator Tres Navarre is
asked to replace the deceased professor, a mail bomb
explodes and the sleuth accepts the job his mother called
"safe." Navarre tracks the killer into the Mexican drug
underworld. Some strong language. 2000.##

Last Puzzle and Testament  RC 52268
by Parnell Hall 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Puzzle Lady Cora Felton is judging a crossword contest
devised by a now-deceased heiress to make her repugnant
relatives compete for her fortune. As the rivals scramble to
solve clues, two murders occur. It falls to Cora's niece,
Sherry, to find the killer. Sequel to A Clue for the Puzzle
Lady (RC 49605). 2000.##

Lead, So I Can Follow: A Carl Wilcox Mystery  RC 51248
by Harold Adams 
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Itinerant sign painter Carl Wilcox and his wife Hazel--who
met in No Badge, No Gun (RC 50444)--are spending their
honeymoon camping, when they hear a murder committed. They
are soon hired to investigate that death along with a
suspicious suicide. Both cases lead to beautiful women. Some
violence. 2000.##

Locked Inside  RC 53395
by Nancy Werlin 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Filthy-rich orphan Marnie Skyedottir, daughter of a dead New
Age singer, lives at boarding school with only an anonymous
computer buddy, "Elf," for a friend. When she is kidnapped
during spring break, Elf is her sole hope for rescue. Some
violence. For senior high readers. 2000.##

The Marble Mask  RC 53054
by Archer Mayor 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Detective Joe Gunther has just joined the new Vermont Bureau
of Investigation when the police discover the fifty-year-old
frozen corpse of a French-Canadian mob leader on Mount
Mansfield near Stowe. No one knows why the gangster's
disappearance went unnoticed. Gunther is handed the puzzle.
Some violence and some strong language. 2000.##

Midnight Come Again  RC 52816
by Dana Stabenow 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Following the death of her lover, in Hunter's Moon (RC
49633), depressed Kate Shugak takes a job in a coastal
village as a cargo pilot. Meanwhile, Alaska state trooper
Jim Chopin is sent there under cover to investigate Russian
smugglers. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. 2000.##

Money, Money, Money: A Novel of the 87th Precinct  RC 52928
by Ed McBain 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
A lion almost kills Detective Steve Carella when he tries to
remove a woman's body from the zoo den. Carella and Fat
Ollie Weeks uncover drug smugglers, counterfeit money, hit
women, and Arab terrorists while pursuing the case. They
also face off with the Treasury Department. Violence and
strong language. 2001.##

Murder Being Once Done  RC 50959
by Ruth Rendell 
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
Detective Chief Inspector Wexford is recuperating from an
illness at his nephew Howard Fortune's London home. Fortune
is also a policeman heading the case of a young girl found
murdered in a cemetery. Wexford, bored, begins to
investigate the crime on his own. Some violence. 1972.##

Murder Carries a Torch: A Southern Sisters Mystery  RC 51503
by Anne George 
read by Cyn Delafield
2 cassettes
Matron sisters Mary Alice and Patricia Anne track their
cousin Luke's wife of forty years and her lover, a snake-
handling preacher, to a church. When they arrive, they not
only discover a woman's body but learn the preacher has also
been murdered. Luke's wife, however, is still missing. Some
strong language. 2000.##

Murder Gets a Life: A Southern Sisters Mystery  RC 49044
by Anne George 
read by Cyn Delafield
2 cassettes
Petite retired-teacher Patricia Anne and her portly, well-
to-do,  thrice-widowed sister, Mary Alice, have another
adventure when Mary Alice's son, Ray, unexpectedly marries.
Checking out the new bride, Sunshine Dabbs, and her odd
family, the sisters find a murdered man in the Dabbs's
trailer. Some strong language. 1998.##

Murder in Havana  RC 52892
by Margaret Truman 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
Retired CIA employee Max Pauling, last seen in Murder in
Foggy Bottom (RC 50815), obligingly goes to Cuba to
ascertain whether an American drug firm headed by a former
senator is illegally operating there. He is met in Havana by
beautiful Celia Sardia, whose own mission threatens Max's
survival. 2001.##

Murder in the Lincoln Bedroom: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery 
RC 52479
by Elliott Roosevelt 
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Washington, D.C.; 1943. When an armed White House lawyer is
discovered murdered in the Lincoln Bedroom, it is up to
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Captain Ed Kennelly to
quietly find his killer. The president and his generals are
secretly planning the invasion of Europe and cannot be
disturbed. 2000.##

Murder, She Meowed  RC 52586
by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Postmistress Harry of Crozet, Virginia, investigates the
murder of two jockeys after the steeplechase races at
Montpelier, James Madison's former estate. But it is her
pets--feline Mrs. Murphy and corgi Tee Tucker--who uncover
the clues. Some violence and some strong language. 1996.##

Murder@maggody.com: An Arly Hanks/Maggody Mystery  RC 51249
by Joan Hess 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
The natives fear the encroachment of pornography when a
computer lab is established at the Maggody, Arkansas, high
school. Sure enough, police chief Arly Hanks finds herself
battling smut, and then an unwed teenage mother is murdered.
Some violence. 2000.##

Must the Maiden Die  RC 52076
by Miriam Grace Monfredo 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Seneca Falls, New York; 1861. Librarian Glynis Tryon assists
constable Cullen Stuart in investigating the murder of local
businessman Roland Brant. Suspects include the victim's son
and a missing mute kitchen maid. Meanwhile, Glynis's niece,
Emma, is experiencing wedding jitters. 1999.##

The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Poirot's First Case  RC
51162
by Agatha Christie 
read by Tom Martin
2 cassettes
In Hercule Poirot's first case the retired Belgian police
detective investigates the death of Emily Cavendish, an
elderly heiress, who, to the distress of her stepchildren,
had recently married a fortune hunter. 1920.##

The Night She Died  RC 52494
by Dorothy Simpson 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes (Reissue)
British inspector Luke Thanet delves into the murder of
pretty Julie Holmes. His investigation uncovers the story of
a disturbed young woman who witnessed an unsolved murder as
a child. Thanet suspects Julie's killer is the same person
she saw long ago. But some clues point to her husband. 1981.##

The Night Visitor: A Shaman Mystery  RC 51710
by James D. Doss 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Ute policeman Charlie Moon investigates a disappearance
associated with a paleontological dig excavating mammoth
bones. Meanwhile, his aunt Daisy Perika, a shaman, is
involved with an older, related injustice dealing with the
supernatural. 1999.##

No More Dying Then  RC 51356
by Ruth Rendell 
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette
Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant, Mike Burden, are
called in to investigate the disappearance of a second child
from the village. Burden, recently widowed, complicates the
case by falling in love with the missing youth's mother.
Soon after, the first child's body is discovered. Some
violence. 1971.##

Nobody's There  RC 52030
by Joan Lowery Nixon 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Seventeen-year-old Abbie is sentenced to community service
for vandalizing her dad's girlfriend's house. Her job is to
assist elderly Edna Merkel. But Mrs. Merkel turns out to be
an amateur private investigator, who drags Abbie into a
mystery that almost gets both killed. For junior and senior
high readers. 2000.##

One Virgin Too Many  RC 52721
by Lindsey Davis 
read by George Holmes
2 cassettes
Rome, A.D. 74. Following Two for the Lions (RC 50956), Gaia
Laelia, a wealthy six-year-old, tries to hire a reluctant
Marcus Didius Falco to protect her from her religious
relatives. When a priest from another cult is murdered and
Gaia disappears, Falco and his partners investigate. Some
violence. 1999.##

Open Season  RC 53008
by C.J. Box 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Joe Pickett, a Wyoming game warden, discovers the bodies of
three outfitters. His investigation leads to an endangered
species, ruthless businessmen willing to ruin the
environment, and threats to his beloved family. Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Outfoxed  RC 50586
by Rita Mae Brown 
read by Miranda Daniloff
3 cassettes
Jane Arnold, master of Virginia's Jefferson Hunt Club, must
name an assistant to lead the hounds. Vying for the
prestigious job are dissolute native Fontaine Buruss and
wealthy Yankee Crawford Howard. When Fontaine is murdered,
many of the members become suspects. Meanwhile, the
neighborhood "critters" observe--and discuss--the humans
around them. Some strong language. 2000.##

P Is for Peril  RC 51899
by Sue Grafton 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired by prominent
physician Dowan Purcell's ex-wife to find him. Medicare
investigators are looking for the elderly doctor, too,
although his current wife isn't. Also, Kinsey is curious
about her office landlord's past when she discovers he's
suspected of patricide. Some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

The Papers of Tony Veitch  RC 51350
by William McIlvanney 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
Scottish police detective Jack Laidlaw investigates the
mysterious death of a vagrant. An aristocrat's daughter and
a mysterious young college student are implicated in the
crime;  Laidlaw's search leads him through the Glasgow
underworld, where a mob war is brewing. Some violence and
some strong language. 1983.##

Paradise Lost: A Joanna Brady Mystery  RC 52914
by J.A. Jance 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Joanna Brady's twelve-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and her
classmate, Dora, discover a body during a Girl Scout
campout. Joanna, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, fears
for her daughter's safety when Dora is later murdered.
Joanna also suspects her new husband, Butch, of infidelity.
Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Perish Twice  RC 51335
by Robert B. Parker 
read by Constance Crawford
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Family Honor (RC 48857) Boston P.I. Sunny
Randall is hired briefly by a feminist lesbian to protect
her against a stalker, but a murder and puzzling loose ends
keep Sunny unofficially on the case. Meanwhile, both Sunny's
sister and a good friend experience troubling breakups.
Strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The PMS Outlaws  RC 52266
by Sharyn McCrumb 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
While forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson is
hospitalized for depression over the disappearance and
presumed death of her husband, her attorney brother, Bill,
buys a mansion with an unwanted elderly resident. Bill's
partner, meanwhile, is trying to find an escaped convict and
her female lawyer who target lustful men to rob and
humiliate. 2000.##

Point Deception  RC 52890
by Marcia Muller 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Writer Guy Newberry arrives in northern California to
research a thirteen-year-old mass murder mystery for a new
book. Deputy Rhoda Swift can't forgive herself for not
solving the crime many years ago. So the two collaborate to
catch the serial killer after more women are murdered. Some
violence and some strong language. 2001.##

Potshot  RC 51768
by Robert B. Parker 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Young Mary Lou Buckman hires Spenser to investigate a local
outlaw, the Preacher, and his gang for the murder of her
husband in Potshot, Arizona. The gang has the town and its
lawmen intimidated, so Spenser calls in some cohorts to help
him. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair  RC 51238
by Jonathan Gash 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Lovejoy is hired by a criminal associate to find out who is
flooding the market with fake gemstones. When Lovejoy
discovers that a London friend has been murdered and his
business seized by an unscrupulous dealer, he helps the
widow and son avenge the wrong. Strong language and some
violence. 1999.##

Red Sky in Mourning  RC 50946
by Patricia H. Rushford 
read by Judith Ann Gantly
2 cassettes
Ex-policewoman Helen Bradley leaves Oregon for the coast of
Washington state to finish writing a travel guide. There she
learns that the author of an earlier edition has been
murdered--maybe because of what she discovered during her
research. Soon Helen is working with the Coast Guard,
investigating a fisherman's death. Some violence. 1997.##

The Remorseful Day  RC 51164
by Colin Dexter 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
Although Chief Inspector Morse is suffering from
complications of diabetes, his supervisor assigns him to the
year-old murder case of a promiscuous, middle-aged nurse.
His assistant Sergeant Lewis soon becomes suspicious of
Morse's handling of the case and begins to mistrust him. 
Subtitled "The Final Inspector Morse Novel." 1999.##

Resort to Murder: A Henrie O Mystery  RC 52104
by Carolyn Hart 
read by Cyn Delafield
2 cassettes
Retired journalist Henrie O travels to Bermuda to support
her grandchildren Diana and Neal when their father remarries
a wealthy widow--beautiful, flirtatious Connor Bailey.
Henrie investigates when the hotel is plagued with ghosts
and murders and the wedding guests become endangered. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Roll Over and Play Dead  RC 52701
by Joan Hess 
read by Suzanne Toren
2 cassettes
Bookstore owner Claire Malloy and her teenage daughter,
Caron, reluctantly agree to pet-sit a pair of basset hounds.
But when the dogs and other neighborhood pets disappear,
Claire suspects that animal dealer Newton Churls is selling
them for laboratory experiments. 1991.##

Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry  RC 52240
by Harry Kemelman 
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Unassuming Rabbi Small is sharply criticized for permitting
a suicide to be buried in his congregation's cemetery, so he
attempts to prove that the death was murder. By his Talmudic
reasoning the rabbi not only does this, but identifies the
killer as well. 1966.##

Scar Tissue: A Brady Coyne Novel  RC 52416
by William G. Tapply 
read by Richard Davidson
2 cassettes
Boston attorney Brady Coyne investigates the apparent death
of a friend's teenage son. But there is no body, and the
local police seem agitated. Then the friend himself
disappears after giving Coyne a sealed envelope holding
disturbing photographs.   Strong language, some descriptions
of sex, and some violence. 2000.##

Scream in Silence  RC 51288
by Eleanor Taylor Bland 
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Detective Marti MacAlister and her partner Vic Jessenovik
investigate a serial arsonist who is terrorizing Lincoln
Prairie, Illinois. In one house the body of a former
classmate of Vic's is discovered. Meanwhile, Marti has
remarried and lives with a blended family, while Vic copes
with his sick wife. Some strong language. 2000.##

The Secret Ingredient Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery  RC
53049
by Nancy Pickard 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Genia Potter leaves her Arizona ranch to help counsel her
teenaged great-niece and nephew in Devon, Rhode Island.
There she teams up with an aspiring cookbook writer to host
a dinner for cooking aficionados, only to find him murdered
the night of the party. Her troubled great-nephew is the
prime suspect. 2001.##

Seduction in Death  RC 53132
by J.D. Robb 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
New York City lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates serial
killings of single women, who are first targeted in a chat
room and later overpowered with a date-rape drug during
their first encounters with the killer or killers. Violence,
strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2001.##

Set in Darkness: An Inspector Rebus Novel  RC 52693
by Ian Rankin 
read by Graeme Malcolm
3 cassettes
Inspector John Rebus is assigned to a bogus task force for
the new Scottish parliament. He contends with inexperienced-
-but noble class darling--Inspector Derek Linford, while
determining whether a newly discovered corpse, a homeless
man's suicide, and a murdered politician are connected. Some
violence and some strong language. 2000.##

The Shaman's Bones: A Shaman Mystery  RC 51725
by James D. Doss 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Shaman Daisy Perika asks her Ute lawman nephew, Charlie
Moon, to call Scott Parris, the Granite Creek chief of
police. She informs them of her dream foretelling the
imminent, violent deaths of people starting to the north.
Parris, knowing her powers, takes her warning seriously and
cancels his vacation. 1997.##

Ship Shapely: A Gil Yates Private Investigator Novel  RC
51251
by Alistair Boyle 
read by Roy Avers
1 cassette
Private investigator Gil Yates, alias mild-mannered Malvin
Stark, is retained by a widow to investigate her husband's
disappearance. Apparently boater Les Quincy hired five
beautiful girls in Hawaii to sail--and share his bunk--with
him, but they returned to shore without him. 1999.##

The Silver Dolphin  RC 52121
by Velda Johnston 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Sag Harbor, Long Island; 1840s. Beautiful Fiona, the
daughter of an indentured servant, is suspected of killing
her elderly wealthy husband, Torrance Ravencroft. But even
though Fiona is in love with another man, she is innocent of
murder. 1979.##

Skinhead  RC 51697
by Jay Bennett 
read by Bob Askey
1 cassette
A midnight phone call summons nineteen-year-old Jonathan
Atwood to meet a dying stranger across the country.
Intrigued, Jonathan agrees, only to run afoul of a vicious
neo-Nazi gang when he reaches his destination. The trip is
to change his life and his attitudes forever. For junior and
senior high readers. 1991.##

Slaves of Obsession  RC 52000
by Anne Perry 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
William Monk's client, Daniel Alberton, is murdered. The
main suspect--a Union arms buyer--and Daniel's daughter have
absconded to America. William and his wife, Hester, travel
to Manassas, Virginia, where they witness the first Battle
of Bull Run before escorting the Yankee back to England for
trial. Some violence. 2000.##

Some Lie and Some Die  RC 51688
by Ruth Rendell 
read by Graeme Malcolm
1 cassette (Reissue)
Inspector Wexford investigates the murder of a girl during a
huge music festival starring Zeno Vedast, a local boy who
has become a megalomaniacal rock star. But the town has been
invaded by 80,000 hippie concert attendees and all are
considered suspects. Some violence. 1973.##

Spanking Watson  RC 51194
by Kinky Friedman 
read by Gary Telles
2 cassettes
Private detective Kinky Friedman is fed up with the falling
ceiling plaster caused by Winnie Katz's lesbian dance troupe
upstairs. But when Winnie receives a death threat, Kinky and
his gang, the "Village Irregulars," gear up to find the
perpetrator. Strong language and some violence. 1999.##

The Stalking Horse  RC 52314
by Miriam Grace Monfredo 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Seneca Falls, New York; 1861. Librarian Glynis Tryon's niece
Bronwen joins Pinkerton's Detective Agency and is sent to
Montgomery, Alabama. Undercover, Bronwen overhears a plot to
assassinate newly elected president Abraham Lincoln in
Baltimore. She escapes and telegraphs her aunt for help.
1998.##

The Stick Game: A Gabriel Du Pr Mystery  RC 51287
by Peter Bowen 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Du Pr finds a connection between two investigations: the
disappearance of a teenage boy and the frequency of birth
defects among Native Americans living near the Persephone
gold mine. The first case begins as Du Pr and longtime
companion Madelaine visit a Crow people's fair in Montana.
Strong language. 2000.##

Sticks and Scones  RC 51891
by Diane Mott Davidson 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Caterer Goldy temporarily moves to a Colorado castle to
prepare an Elizabethan feast. Her husband, deputy Tom
Schulz, is out of town tracking down stamp thieves. The
castle turns out to be haunted and Tom's investigation leads
him there, as well. Some violence and some strong language.
2001.##

Sugarplum Dead  RC 52223
by Carolyn Hart 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
As Annie and Max Darling plan Christmas in South Carolina,
murder intervenes. An aging film star announces she is
leaving her fortune to a psychic foundation, and then her
sister is killed. Annie's long-lost father is accused, and
another murder occurs. Some strong language. 2000.##

Suspension  RC 52236
by Richard E. Crabbe 
read by Jack Fox
4 cassettes
New York City, 1883. While investigating a murder, police
sergeant Tom Braddock learns that former Confederate
soldiers led by Thaddeus Sangree plan to blow up the new
Brooklyn Bridge. Braddock also deals with the murder
victim's son and a corrupt superior. Some violence and some
strong language. 2000.##

The Talented Mr. Ripley; Ripley under Ground; Ripley's Game 
RC 50315
by Patricia Highsmith 
read by MaryBeth Wise
6 cassettes
Three complete psychological crime novels featuring the
well-mannered and unscrupulous Tom Ripley. In the first,
Ripley is commissioned to persuade a young expatriate in
Italy to return to his family in the States. But Ripley is
so taken with Dickie Greenleaf and his comfortable
existence, he decides to become Dickie--by murdering him.
Some violence. 1974.##

Through a Gold Eagle: A Glynis Tryon Mystery  RC 52587
by Miriam Grace Monfredo 
read by Laura Giannarelli
3 cassettes
Seneca Falls, New York; 1859. Librarian Glynis Tryon
witnesses a murder aboard the train carrying her and her
niece home. But the victim has left a packet of evidence
with Glynis that leads to a counterfeiting scheme involving
abolitionist John Brown. And more murders occur before the
culprits are caught. 1996.##

The Tightrope Walker  RC 52119
by Dorothy Gilman 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
1 cassette (Reissue)
A disturbing note found in a hurdy-gurdy sends Amelia Jones
to Joe Osbourne, a graphologist, to learn about Hannah, its
author. Joe is intrigued by the message and by Amelia. Soon
they are on the road to Maine to investigate the mystery
behind Hannah's frightening words. 1979.##

Total Recall: A V.I. Warshawski Novel  RC 52911
by Sara Paretsky 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Pursuing two seemingly unrelated cases, the private eye
explores insurance fraud and probes the past to help her
mentor, Dr. Lotty Herschel. Lotty is being stalked by a man
who claims he's a child survivor of the Holocaust--and a
relative. V.I. investigates whether he is an imposter.
Bestseller 2001.##

Tough Cookie  RC 51377
by Diane Mott Davidson 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
When her kitchen is shut down by inspectors, Goldy Schultz
begins hosting a TV cooking show and working as a personal
chef. She also plans to sell a valuable pair of skis to ex-
boyfriend Doug Portman. Then Doug's body is found on a ski
slope and everything goes terribly wrong. Includes recipes.
2000.##

A Traitor to Memory  RC 52293
by Elizabeth George 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
6 cassettes
Is there a connection between a woman killed in a hit-and-
run accident on a rainy night in London and a violinist who
has recently lost his ability to play? It is up to Detective
Inspector Lynley to solve the mystery. Strong language, some
descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Twice Bitten  RC 50970
by Gerald Hammond 
read by Phil Regensdorf
2 cassettes
Scottish kennel owner John Cunningham is suspected in the
murder of one of his assistant's boyfriends, as Cunningham
had refused to be blackmailed by the deceased. Somehow, the
crime is connected with a gun-shy dog that Cunningham was
forced to sell the previous year. 1998.##

Two for the Lions: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel  RC 50956
by Lindsey Davis 
read by George Holmes
3 cassettes
Rome, A.D. 73. Following Three Hands in the Fountain (RC
50618), Falco begins work for the census, searching for tax
evaders. Then the emperor's favorite lion is killed, leading
to an investigation of the gladiators. And Falco's lover,
Helena, must go to Africa, where the lions originate, to
help her brother. Some violence. 1998.##

Uncommon Clay  RC 52280
by Margaret Maron 
read by Catherine Byers
2 cassettes
Judge Deborah Knott travels to hear cases in Randolph
County, North Carolina, where the red clay has produced
generations of potters. But when one of the parties in an
ongoing divorce case is murdered, Deborah suspects that
someone is killing the male members of the artisan Nordan
clan. Some strong language. 2001.##

Vineyard Blues: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery  RC 51454
by Philip R. Craig 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Retired Boston policeman J.W. Jackson is hired by slumlord
Ben Krane to investigate arson. While Jackson has little
desire to help the despicable real estate broker prosper, he
suspects that an unidentified body found in the latest fire
is that of a friend. Some strong language. 2000.##

While Other People Sleep  RC 52670
by Marcia Muller 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Someone is impersonating San Francisco private investigator
Sharon McCone, destroying her reputation and her credit as
well as harassing her family. McCone is determined to track
down this culprit who breaks into her house and takes lovers
in her name. Some strong language. 1998.##

Who Are You?  RC 50248
by Joan Lowery Nixon 
read by Marilyn Gleason
1 cassette
When wealthy Douglas Merson is shot and seriously injured,
detectives discover he's been keeping a file for years on
high school student Kristi Evans. Intrigued that Merson,
like herself, is an artist, Kristi is determined to find out
why this stranger is watching her. For junior and senior
high readers. 1999.##

Occult###

The Angry Angel: Sisters of the Night, Volume 1  RC 50510
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 
read by Barbara Caruso
3 cassettes
1500. Kelene, fourteen, has been blessed with dreams of
God's militant angels telling her how to keep her family
safe. But as they flee toward Sarajevo to escape the
advancing Ottomans, Kelene--on the verge of womanhood--finds
her dreams being invaded by a dark angel. Some descriptions
of sex. 1998.##

Black House  RC 52919
by Stephen King and Peter Straub 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
5 cassettes
Some twenty years after The Talisman (RC 21209), retired
homicide detective Jack Sawyer tries to help rural Wisconsin
police solve a series of brutal murders. Gradually Jack is
drawn back to the parallel universe that he had forgotten.
Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Cinnamon: Shooting Stars, Volume 1  RC 52915
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
Cinnamon Carlson spends her time dreaming of imaginary
worlds. It is her escape from a mother who has mental
breakdowns, a father who always seems distant, and an
overbearing grandmother. But it is her teacher who gives her
the hope of real escape. Followed by Ice (RC 52916). Some
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque  RC
51191
by Joyce Carol Oates 
read by Laura Giannarelli
3 cassettes
Twenty-seven psychological horror tales that delve into "the
waking nightmares of life." In the title story a wayward
girl is invited to the sumptuous home of the trial judge who
had suspended her sentence. There she discovers the ulterior
motive for his magnanimity. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Come Twilight: A Novel of Saint-Germain  RC 52228
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
Spain, 621. Vampire Sanct' Germain discovers Csimenae, a
young woman abandoned by her people fleeing the plague. To
keep her alive after she gives birth to a son, he gives her
some of his blood. Over the next five hundred years, Sanct'
Germain discovers he has created a dangerous adversary.
2000.##

Communion Blood: A Novel of Saint-Germain  RC 51245
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
When his employer, Olivia Clemens, died a true death,
vampire Niklos Aulirios inherited her property. But his
claim is being questioned by someone purporting to be a
relative of Olivia's husband. Niklos invokes the help of
fellow vampire Ragoczy Sanct' Germain, who also knows Olivia
was never married. 1999.##

Honey: Shooting Stars, Volume 4  RC 53121
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
Honey has grown up on a farm run by her fanatically
religious grandfather. She has a remarkable talent for
playing the violin, and her teacher has paired her up with a
brilliant pianist. Her grandfather, however, opposes the
relationship. Sequel to Rose (RC 53120). Bestseller 2001.##

Ice: Shooting Stars, Volume 2  RC 52916
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
Ice Goodman lives in a silent world of her own choosing,
never speaking unless it is absolutely necessary.
Consequently she has no friends, and her mother has come to
hate her. But when Ice reveals her extraordinary singing
voice, her entire world changes. Sequel to Cinnamon (RC
52915). Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Merrick  RC 50880
by Anne Rice 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
One of the most dangerous yet trusted vampires, David
Talbot, recounts his involvement with Merrick, an octoroon
descendent of the Mayfair Witches, and tells what happens
when he asks her to call up the ghost of a monster child.
Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Rainy Season  RC 51548
by James P. Blaylock 
read by Conrad Feininger
2 cassettes
When Phil Ainsworth accepts the guardianship of his ten-
year-old niece, Betsy, he has no idea of what the future
holds. He has been getting eerie sensations in the house he
inherited, but when Betsy arrives, she has the ability to
sense the past and hear the voices of the dead. 1999.##

Rose: Shooting Stars, Volume 3  RC 53120
by V.C. Andrews 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
When Rose's father tragically dies, she discovers he had
kept secrets that change her family's life dramatically. For
Rose the revelation means a new home and private school, as
well as a chance to showcase her love for dancing. Sequel to
Ice (RC 52916). Bestseller 2001.##

The Shining  RC 51373
by Stephen King 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Jack and Wendy Torrance come face-to-face with terror when
they become caretakers of a haunted old hotel in the snowy
mountains of Colorado. Their five-year-old son Danny, who
appears to have psychic powers, is the first to sense the
evil in the building. Violence and strong language.
Bestseller 1977.##

The Soul of an Angel: Sisters of the Night, Volume 2  RC
50511
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 
read by Barbara Caruso
4 cassettes
The Zucchars are wealthy shipping merchants in sixteenth-
century Venice. Their sons' tales of adventure entice
daughter Fenice to travel, even though her parents insist
upon marriage. After she stows away on a family ship and is
discovered, she finds herself alone in a city besieged by a
bloodthirsty demon. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Touching Evil  RC 53064
by Kay Hooper 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Someone is duplicating crimes from 1934 by killing women in
Seattle, Washington. The police hope to get help from Maggie
Barnes, a sketch artist with the uncanny ability to use
victims' memories to draw very accurate pictures of their
attackers. But this time Maggie draws hands. Violence and
some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Whisperer and Other Voices  RC 52733
by Brian Lumley 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Eight short stories and a novella of horror. In "No Sharks
in the Med," a newlywed couple honeymooning in Greece is
stalked by two brothers on an isolated island. In "Vanessa's
Voice," a dead singer's husband is haunted by remembered
sounds. 2001.##

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual
Collection  RC 50082
edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling 
read by John Horton
6 cassettes
Collection of thirty-eight stories and eight poems covering
a range from fairy tales to gothic horror. Authors include
Kelly Link, Stephen King, Jane Yolen, Steven Millhauser,
Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Straub, Charles de Lint, Ilan
Stavans, and A.S. Byatt. 1999.##

Political###

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born  RC 51318
by Ayi Kwei Armah 
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
A dedicated and honest middle-class civil servant in a newly
independent African country is scorned by his wife and
fellow citizens for his truthfulness and good intentions.
Widespread popular cynicism and disillusionment are being
fueled by the corrupt political regime in the nation's
capital. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
1968.##

Count Julian  RC 51529
by Juan Goytisolo 
read by Peter Gil
2 cassettes
The author, considered one of Spain's great modern
novelists, creates a deranged exile's stream-of-
consciousness diatribe against his homeland under Franco.
The protagonist, obsessed with the legendary Count Julian
who betrayed his homeland to the invading Moors in the
Middle Ages, dreams of another invasion in which destruction
will be total. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1974.##

The First Counsel  RC 51470
by Brad Meltzer 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
When young White House attorney Michael Garrick takes the
president's daredevil daughter Nora on a first date, they
see Michael's married boss leave a gay bar and make a money
drop. Michael endures nightmarish consequences--including
becoming a murder suspect. Strong language and some
violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Protect and Defend  RC 51353
by Richard North Patterson 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
4 cassettes
A death on the Supreme Court enables new president Kerry
Kilcannon, from No Safe Place (RC 47001), to nominate pro-
choice judge Caroline Masters, from The Final Judgment (RC
41627). But Masters has just been involved in a
controversial case involving a pregnant fifteen-year-old
with pro-life parents. Some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##

Psychological###

The Fountainhead  RC 53087
by Ayn Rand 
read by Steven Carpenter
6 cassettes (Reissue)
Although he is expelled from school, Howard Roark is
determined to succeed as an architect, rejecting the
conventional path of his friend Peter Keating and the wiles
of his destructive lover Dominique Francon. Some
descriptions of sex. 1943.##

Grasshopper  RC 52427
by Barbara Vine 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Young Clodagh Brown loves heights but suffers from
claustrophobia. As a teenager she climbed electrical pylons
until an accident claimed her boyfriend's life. While in
London, Clodagh joins a group of eccentrics who enjoy
climbing rooftops. But tragedy strikes again. Some violence
and some strong language. 2000.##

On Parole  RC 51669
by Akira Yoshimura 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Former teacher Shiro Kikutani is paroled after sixteen years
for murdering his wife and her lover's mother. With the help
of his parole officers, Shiro adjusts to a life of constant
supervision. But when he remarries, his new spouse becomes
obsessed with obtaining him a pardon. Some violence. 1999.##

Veronika Decides to Die  RC 51803
by Paulo Coelho 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
When Veronika, a young Slovene, attempts suicide, she
considerately chooses an overdose of tranquilizers to leave
less mess and is dismayed to wake up at an infamous lunatic
asylum. Her doctor administers an unorthodox treatment to
provoke her desire to live. Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 1998.##

The Wave  RC 52013
by Todd Strasser 
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
In order to help his students understand the complacency of
the German population under Nazi rule, high school teacher
Ben Ross initiates an experimental game in his history
class. The rest of the school soon joins in, but things get
out of control. For junior and senior high readers. 1981.##

You Don't Know Me  RC 52544
by David Klass 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Geeky fourteen-year-old John convinces himself that no one
notices him. At "anti-school" the lonely boy barely
tolerates his unconcerned teachers. Yet the abuse he
routinely receives from his mother's live-in boyfriend is
real, and John has need of attention. Some violence. For
senior high readers. 2001.##

Religion###

Other books with religious themes can be found in categories
such as family, historical fiction, and westerns.##

Bookends  RC 51461
by Liz Curtis Higgs 
read by Janis Gray
3 cassettes
Unmarried historian Dr. Emilie Getz has returned to her
Pennsylvania hometown to write a commemorative history of
her Moravian church. Unfortunately, her careful research
leads to the eighteenth hole of a golf course being built by
Jonas Fielding, a laid-back developer who believes God wants
him to bring joy into Emilie's life. 2000.##

The Church Ladies  RC 52819
by Lisa E. Samson 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Middle-aged Poppy Fraser, mother of two young adults and one
five-year-old, struggles to come to terms with being a
minister's wife. After her husband Duncan's recent career
change, Poppy must cope with competitive church life in a
small town, finding help in weekly ecumenical meetings with
other Christian women. 2001.##

Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne  RC 53137
by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Rayford Steele and members of the Tribulation Force prepare
to rescue God's chosen people. Meanwhile, followers of
Nicolae Carpathia gather at the temple, where they plan to
take the mark in Nicolae's presence--and where Nicolae plans
to declare himself God. Sequel to The Mark (RC 51272).
Bestseller 2001.##

The Gospel according to the Son  RC 51268
by Norman Mailer 
read by Dick Jenkins
1 cassette
First-person account of the story of Jesus and the gospels
from his own point of view. Reveals his human side,
including his doubts and his passions. Recounts his life and
times, his ministry, and his conflict with the devil. 1997.##

Lying Awake  RC 51657
by Mark Salzman 
read by Kimberly Schraf
1 cassette
Sister John of the Cross is a longtime resident of a
Carmelite monastery. For years she has experienced spiritual
visions, after which she composes poetry. But lately she has
also suffered severe headaches. She learns that surgery can
cure her, but she fears it will entail the loss of her
visions. Bestseller 2000.##

The Mark: The Beast Rules the World  RC 51272
by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Three days into the Great Tribulation, Nicolae Carpathia is
proclaiming himself the true Christ. Yet many see him as
Satan. The Tribulation Force struggles to survive, as
Carpathia orders all people to receive the Mark (a visible
tattoo and an implanted biochip) or face the guillotine.
Sequel to The Indwelling (RC 50275). Bestseller 2000.##

Return to the Heartland: Heartland Heritage Series, Book 4 
RC 51141
by June Masters Bacher 
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes
California, 1945. After the war twenty-year-old aspiring
writer Marvel Harrington and her family are finally able to
return home to Texas. Although her first love, Titus, is
presumed dead, Marvel continues to believe that her faith in
God might bring his return. Sequel to Where Lies Our Hope
(RC 36466). 1993.##

Siddhartha  RC 52190
by Hermann Hesse 
read by Steven Carpenter
1 cassette
Nobel Prize-winning author's tale of a young Brahmin who
abandons his comfortable home to wander through the Indian
countryside seeking enlightenment. Based on the early life
of Buddha. Originally published in German in 1922. 2000.##

The Visitation  RC 52043
by Frank Peretti 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
Without warning, Antioch, Washington, has suddenly become an
avenue for miracles and religious sightings. In search of
answers, the national media rush to the forgotten town. At
center, a former pastor battles against his replacement--a
self-proclaimed messiah capable of healing the sick and the
lame. 1999.##

Romance###

After Innocence  RC 51207
by Brenda Joyce 
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
By 1901 when she is twenty, Sofie O'Neal has her life mapped
out. She will support herself as an artist and never marry.
Her mother agrees, believing suitors would be turned off by
Sofie's limp from a childhood injury. They are both shocked
when handsome rake Edward Delanza begins encouraging Sofie
otherwise. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1994.##

After the Parade  RC 51964
by Dorothy Garlock 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Before shipping out for World War II, Johnny Henry had a
misunderstanding with his wife, Kathleen, that jeopardized
their marriage. Although Johnny returns home a hero,
Kathleen's hurt is too deep for reconciliation. When a
stalker kidnaps Kathleen, Johnny becomes her only hope.
Sequel to With Heart (RC 49110). Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. 2000.##

Ain't No River  RC 52719
by Sharon Ewell Foster 
read by Gail Nelson
2 cassettes
Suspended from her Washington, D.C., position by her racist
supervisor, African American attorney Garvin Daniels returns
to North Carolina. Materialistic Garvin becomes suspicious
of her grandmother's relationships with a younger man and a
troubled teenager. Meemaw, however, helps Garvin to
understand love and to trust God. 2001.##

All about Passion  RC 53361
by Stephanie Laurens 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Gyles Rawlings, the thirty-five-year-old earl of
Chillingworth, has decided to take a wife. He wants a lady
of suitable birth and breeding to provide him with heirs. He
chooses Francesca Rawlings and believes he is meeting her in
her garden. But a surprise awaits him at the altar. Explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

All the Time in the World  RC 51812
by Liz Nickles 
read by Ann Hodapp
1 cassette
After giving her college valedictory speech, twenty-one-
year-old Nicki faints, then is diagnosed with an inoperable
brain tumor. Refusing to spend her remaining months
hospitalized, Nicki vacations in Greece with friends. There
she falls in love, but decides not to inform her beau of her
condition. Strong language. For senior high readers. 1999.##

Almost Home  RC 52262
by Barbara Freethy 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Years after her mother's death, Katherine Whitfield finds a
clue to the identity of the father she never knew. Katherine
leaves California for Kentucky, where her search for her
father is complicated by her growing feelings for irritating
but attractive horse trainer Zach Tyler. Explicit
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Angel of Hope  RC 51369
by Lurlene McDaniel 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
In this sequel to Angel of Mercy (RC 50608) Heather comes
home from Africa and persuades her mother, a physician, to
return to Uganda with her. But Heather becomes deathly ill
and her younger sister Amber agrees to go in her place. For
senior high readers. 2000.##

At Last  RC 52263
by Barbara Bretton 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Gracie Taylor and Noah Chase, friends since they were
children, once planned to marry. But because her grandmother
was his family's maid, Noah's father tore them apart. Eight
years later, both are back in Idle Point, Maine, but new
obstacles threaten to keep them apart. Strong language and
some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

At Long Last  RC 52242
by Shirlee Busbee 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Mississippi, 1797. When Arabella Montgomery's younger half-
brother gambles away the family plantation, she seeks out
the new owner--her former lover, Tony Daggett. In order to
provide for the family, Arabella agrees to become his
mistress. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. 2000.##

Be My Valentine  RC 53218
by Sheila Rabe 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
When her boyfriend refuses to commit, Shelby takes the
advice of her mother, romance writer Diana Valentine, and
invents another guy to make him jealous. The only problem is
that she picks a common name, David Jones, for the
fictitious rival, with a real person attached to it--someone
she falls in love with. 2001.##

A Bend in the Road  RC 53017
by Nicholas Sparks 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
New Bern, North Carolina. Deputy Sheriff Miles Ryan is still
mourning the loss of his wife two years earlier in a hit-
and-run accident. Sarah Andrews, his son's teacher, is
coping with a nasty divorce. Miles and Sarah fall in love,
but their future is shattered when a secret is uncovered.
Some strong language. 2001.##

The Black Lyon  RC 52135
by Jude Deveraux 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Ranulf de Warbrooke is called the Black Lion because of his
looks and demeanor. Yet Lady Lyonene, whose fiery spirit
matches his, sees beneath the rough surface a man capable of
being gentle. When vicious lies separate them, only Ranulf
can save their marriage. Some explicit descriptions of sex.
1980.##

Black Sheep  RC 49351
by Georgette Heyer 
read by Liz Solar
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Twenty-eight-year-old Abigail Wendover has been sought after
by many eligible suitors, but none appealed to her. Now as
she attempts to save her young niece Fanny from the fortune-
hunting Stacy Calverleigh, Abigail is drawn to his socially
unfit uncle, Miles Calverleigh. 1966.##

Blue Horizons  RC 51815
by Faith Baldwin 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Josephine Bruce was born and raised at Blue Horizons, an
estate in south Florida. But now she works there as the
social secretary to the new owner, Mrs. Bobbie Rivers.
Josephine's life is further complicated when Mrs. Rivers's
son and stepson fall in love with her. 1941.##

Bodyguard  RC 52406
by Suzanne Brockmann 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
FBI agent Harry O'Dell reluctantly protects beautiful Mafia
widow Alessandra Lamont from her late husband's associates.
But Harry falls in love. So when police protection fails, he
disguises Alessandra and takes her into his own family
circle. Explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and
some strong language. Rita Award. 1999.##

Bookends  RC 51461
by Liz Curtis Higgs 
read by Janis Gray
3 cassettes
Unmarried historian Dr. Emilie Getz has returned to her
Pennsylvania hometown to write a commemorative history of
her Moravian church. Unfortunately, her careful research
leads to the eighteenth hole of a golf course being built by
Jonas Fielding, a laid-back developer who believes God wants
him to bring joy into Emilie's life. 2000.##

The Border Hostage  RC 52456
by Virginia Henley 
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes
Raven Carleton, a medieval English beauty, is engaged to
marry Englishman Christopher Dacre. But while out riding
early one morning, she encounters a Scottish "borderer,"
Heath Kennedy, who mistakes her for a gypsy. Raven soon
becomes a pawn in the long-standing border wars. Strong
language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Born to Be Wild  RC 52797
by Patti Berg 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Lauren Remington is determined to become the major wedding
planner for Palm Beach society. Days before the nuptials of
the year, however, her caterer dies. Lauren's only hope lies
in the leather-clad Max Wilde, whose speciality is ribs.
Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Brazen Virtue  RC 53372
by Nora Roberts 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Mystery writer Grace McCabe comes to Washington, D.C., to
visit her sister, Kathleen, hoping for rest and a sisterly
bond. But everything changes when Kathleen, who works at
night as a phone-sex operator, is strangled to death.
Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 1988.##

The Bride  RC 52154
by Julie Garwood 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Britain, 1102. Scottish lord Alec Kincaid is ordered by the
king to wed an English woman. He impulsively settles on a
baron's youngest daughter, Jamie, while his friend, Daniel,
takes her sister, Mary. But Jamie resents the marriage
because she is promised to another. Some explicit
descriptions of sex. 1989.##

Bride for a Night  RC 52793
by Patti Berg 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Cairo McKnight married Duncan Kincaid on a whim five years
ago in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted one day and one night.
All Cairo has to show for it is a precocious son and an
annulment. But now her son needs a father. Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Burning Point  RC 52507
by Mary Jo Putney 
read by Jill Fox
3 cassettes
Divorce Kate Donovan and ex-husband Patrick inherit her
father's demolition company--but only if they live together
for a year. Both love the business, so they reluctantly
agree. Kate also discovers that her father's death might not
have been an accident. Some explicit descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 2000.##

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You  RC 51140
by Kasey Michaels 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Cold feet over her upcoming wedding sends socialite Shelby
Taite on a quest to experience real life. Escaping to a
small town and a job in a diner, Shelby doesn't realize her
family sent security expert Quinn Delaney to anonymously
protect her. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2000.##

Career by Proxy  RC 51301
by Faith Baldwin 
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Joan Armstrong, twenty-two, has been raised in luxury, is
well-traveled, and speaks several languages. But she is
restless and wants a job. When former secretarial school
classmate Adelaide becomes ill, Joan jumps at the chance to
fill in until Adelaide can return to work. 1939.##

The Carousel  RC 51599
by Richard Paul Evans 
read by Terence Aselford
1 cassette
Ogden, Utah; 1989. In this sequel to The Locket (RC 47309),
Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow decide to elope before
Faye leaves for medical school in Maryland. But they are
deluged with troubles--disapproving parents, work demands,
deaths, and more--that try their marriage. Bestseller 2000.##

A Chance Encounter  RC 51617
by Mary Balogh 
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
Governess Elizabeth Rossiter is shocked to discover that a
guest at a nearby manor house is none other than her secret
ex-husband Robert Denning, the current marquess of
Hetherington. The two had eloped six years before but
separated after two days. Now Elizabeth both loves and hates
him. 1985.##

Cheaters  RC 50637
by Eric Jerome Dickey 
read by Peter Jay Fernandez
3 cassettes
Stephan, influenced by his promiscuous father, sabotages
relationships. Darnell, hurt by his wife's disapproval of
his writing, contemplates an affair. Chant, a Stephan
castoff, becomes hardened. But these young, affluent African
Americans in Los Angeles are all eventually helped through
soul-searching and friends. Explicit descriptions of sex and
strong language. 1999.##

The China Bride  RC 52269
by Mary Jo Putney 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Macao, China; 1832. On his last adventure before returning
home, Kyle Renbourne marries Scottish-Chinese orphan Troth
Montgomery. Believing Kyle has been executed, Troth journeys
to England to inform his twin, Dominic. But suddenly Kyle
resurfaces. Sequel to The Wild Child (RC 49450). Some
explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Considering Kate  RC 51947
by Nora Roberts 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
Natasha's daughter Kate knows she made the right decision to
abandon her ballet career and return home to open a ballet
school in the old building she always loved. But the
building needs renovation, and Kate's mother knows just the
man to do it. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2001.##

The Constant Companion  RC 52015
by Marion Chesney 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
1 cassette
When Lady Amelia Godolphin decides she needs a companion,
she sends for her cousin, Maria Lamberton. But Maria has
just died and her niece, needing a new abode, decides the
position is perfect for her. Thus Constance Lamberton
arrives in London, and soon turns Lady Amelia's world upside
down. 1980.##

Cosmos Coyote and William the Nice  RC 51998
by Jim Heynen 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
When he is sent to live with relatives in rural Iowa--as an
alternative to a Seattle juvenile detention center--high
school senior Cosmos falls in love with a religious girl and
reconsiders his values and beliefs. Some strong language.
For senior high and older readers. 2000.##

The Countess  RC 51166
by Claire Delacroix 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
Twice widowed, her estate lost, and her daughter dreading an
arranged marriage, Eglantine flees to the wilds of Scotland
in hopes of finding love matches for her girls. But she must
also deal with a clan chieftain who wants her land--and her.
Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000.##

The Countess Misbehaves  RC 52045
by Nan Ryan 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Lady Madeleine leaves England to marry Lord Enfield in
America. Believing death is imminent during a hurricane at
sea, she succumbs to the charms of Armand de Chevalier. But
Madeleine survives, and once in New Orleans, she must face
the consequences of her actions. Explicit descriptions of
sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Courting Susannah  RC 52389
by Linda Lael Miller 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Seattle, 1906. Learning her best friend has died in
childbirth, Susannah McKittrick arrives from Nantucket to
care for the infant. Susannah finds the widower to be an
embittered man who hasn't even given his daughter a name.
Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000.##

Darkling I Listen  RC 53018
by Katherine Sutcliffe 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
Notorious Hollywood actor Brandon Carlyle returns home to
Ticky Creek, Texas, after his release from prison on a
manslaughter charge. But his troubles aren't over--the local
sheriff harasses him, a fan stalks him, and tabloid reporter
Alyson James shows up. Explicit descriptions of sex,
violence, and strong language. 2001.##

Dawn in Eclipse Bay: Eclipse Bay Trilogy, Volume 2  RC 52286
by Jayne Ann Krentz 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Eclipse Bay (RC 51009), the feud between
the Harte and Madison families continues to simmer. So when
Lillian Harte accepts Gabe Madison as a client of her
matchmaking service, she is not prepared for the
relationship to turn personal. Strong language and some
explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Day Dreamer  RC 52626
by Jill Marie Landis 
read by Kimberly Schraf
3 cassettes
New Orleans, 1816. After Celine Winters kills a wealthy man
in self-defense, she trades places with a desperate girl who
wants to avoid an arranged marriage. Celine thus weds
handsome but troubled Cord Moreau, who is returning to his
Caribbean island plantation. Explicit descriptions of sex.
1996.##

The Day We Met  RC 51165
by Barbara Bretton 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Lonely, single mother Maggy O'Brien falls in love and has a
whirlwind romantic weekend in Atlantic City with divorced
policeman Conor Riley. But once back home, they encounter
disapproval from their families. Will their mutual
attraction stand the test of time? Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999.##

Desert Kiss/Besos en el Desierto  RC 51652
by Gloria Alvarez 
read by Mara Pino
2 cassettes
Archaeologist Patricia Martnez is finally getting the
chance to go on an expedition into Texas's Solitario Desert.
But her guide is Daniel Rivera, a man whose heart she broke
years ago. Neither is prepared for what they discover in the
desert. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bilingual book in English and in Spanish. 1999.)

Disguised Blessing  RC 51206
by Georgia Bockoven 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
When Catherine's fifteen-year-old daughter is burned in an
accident, she learns the true character of her fianc--and
cancels the wedding. Then Catherine meets Rick Sawyer, a
fireman and mentor in the burn unit, who is also a college
friend of her brother's. Together they struggle to repair
the teen's life. 2000.##

The Duchess  RC 52457
by Bertrice Small 
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes
England, 1795. Quinton Hunter, the impoverished Duke of
Sedgwick, marries young Allegra Morgan, the daughter and
only heir of the country's richest man. Although the
practical pair agree not to fall in love, circumstances
change after they experience many adventures together.
Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

The Edge of Town  RC 52852
by Dorothy Garlock 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Missouri, 1922. Farm girl Julie Jones has taken care of her
siblings since her mother's death. When Evan Johnson, a
veteran and son of the town drunk, returns home, they fall
in love. But each has secrets. Some descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 2001.##

For All Your Life  RC 51304
by Emilie Loring 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Anne Kendrick, a contented New York career woman, suddenly
becomes the heir of a wealthy woman she has never met. When
Anne goes to claim her large estate on a wild mountain top,
she has no idea of the nightmare that awaits her. 1952.##

For Love Alone  RC 52136
by Shirlee Busbee 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
When Lady Sophy Marlowe's husband died she vowed never to
wed again--except for love. Viscount Ives Harrington wants
to marry only to have an heir. But when a conspiracy growing
out of the Napoleonic Wars throws them together, the two
find unexpected passions ignited. Some explicit descriptions
of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Forever True / Slo Tuya  RC 50976
by Elaine Alberro 
read by various narrators
2 cassettes
When Elena Garca's escort for her quinceaera becomes ill,
her father's cleaning lady's illegitimate son Antonio fills
in. They fall in love, but Elena's parents (descendants of
Cuban aristocracy) object to the match. Eight years later,
however, perspectives change. Some explicit descriptions of
sex and some strong language. Bilingual edition in English
and Spanish.] 1999.##

Gay Courage  RC 50861
by Emilie Loring 
read by Anne Mullen
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Nancy Caswell, daughter of a respected clergyman, attracts
the attention of wealthy, polo-playing Geoffrey Hilliard
when she tumbles from a hayrack in a rainstorm. 1928.##

Going Overboard  RC 53024
by Christina Skye 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Photographer Carolina Sullivan tries to hire gorgeous Ford
McKay as a model while on a cruise ship. McKay, a Navy Seal,
is elusive until he learns that protecting Carly is his
undercover assignment. Both workaholics attempt to avoid an
affair. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 2001.##

The Golden Collar  RC 52123
by Elizabeth Cadell 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Henry Eliot, a British architect, is sent to Portugal to
purchase land for his fiance's father, Sir Bertram Stonor. 
But negotiating a deal becomes increasingly distasteful,
especially after he meets the landowner's lovely niece,
Teresa. 1968.##

Gypsy Lady  RC 52246
by Shirlee Busbee 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
4 cassettes
1803. When spy Jason Savage, on a mission for Thomas
Jefferson, seduces a beautiful Gypsy girl in Britain, he
doesn't realize that she is also working for others on a
secret scheme. But after he discovers Catherine's true
identity, he insists on an immediate marriage. Explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1977.##

Heart of a Warrior  RC 52279
by Johanna Lindsey 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Keeper of the Heart (RC 37332), Dalden,
the warrior son of Tedra and Challen, travels to Earth to
prevent his enemy, Jorran, from taking over the planet.
There he meets gorgeous, six-foot-tall Brittany Callaghan
and decides to make her his mate. Some explicit descriptions
of sex. 2001.##

Heart of the Sea  RC 51351
by Nora Roberts 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Wealthy American Trevor Magee returns to his ancestral
village of Ardmore, Ireland, and falls in love with
ambitious Darcy Gallagher. But the native ghosts have their
own plans. Sequel to Tears of the Moon (RC 50766). Some
explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

Henrietta  RC 51228
by Marion Chesney 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Twenty-six-year-old Henrietta Sandford seems destined for
spinsterhood, which suits her unwed vicar brother, Henry,
who wishes her to serve as his hostess. But when she
receives a sizable inheritance from their great aunt,
Henrietta travels to London with plans to conquer high
society. 1979.##

Her Own Prince Charming  RC 52684
by Eva Rutland 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
1 cassette
Paula Grant wants to be a veterinarian. She struggled for
years to earn enough money to live on and attend school. But
her world is turned upside down when polo prince Brad
Vandercamp sweeps her off her feet while she is serving
champagne at a dinner party. 1999.##

Here Comes the Sun!  RC 51227
by Emilie Loring 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes (Reissue)
On her way to meet her prospective husband, Julie Lorraine
leaves the train to rescue a dog. She is followed by James
Trafford, who believes the dog belongs to Julie. Suddenly,
Julie finds herself married to James and involved in a world
of political intrigue and heartrending doubt. 1924.##

The High Road  RC 51389
by Faith Baldwin 
read by Jill Ferris
2 cassettes
Jill Hamilton, twenty-five, has had a multitude of jobs
during her seven years in New York. Currently, she is
companion to a wealthy man's two spoiled granddaughters and
niece. When Jill reencounters Dan Hardy, whom she originally
met on a cruise, she leaves her work and follows him to
South America. 1937.##

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation  RC 52288
by Jackie Collins 
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
In this follow-up to Hollywood Wives (RC 19248), the women
in the California movie industry still covet fame, fortune,
and power. Forty-year-old superstar Lissa Roman maintains a
successful career, but is on her fourth divorce when her
nineteen-year-old daughter, Nicci, is kidnapped. Explicit
descriptions of sex and strong language. 2001.##

Honey Moon  RC 51147
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Orphaned sixteen-year-old tomboy Honey Moon is unexpectedly
picked by fortyish cowboy actor Dash Coogan to costar in his
television show. Over the following decade the relationships
between Honey and Dash, and between Honey and a third
costar, Eric Dillon, go through dramatic changes. Explicit
descriptions of sex and strong language. 1993.##

Host Family  RC 51293
by Mameve Medwed 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
For twenty years Daisy and Henry Lewis have been hosts for
foreign students attending Harvard University, until Henry
leaves with the last one. Daisy, in turn, takes up with
Truman Wolff, while their two respective children fall in
love together. But which relationships will stand the test
of time? 2000.##

I Do, I Do, I Do  RC 52398
by Maggie Osborne 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
1897. Three wealthy spinsters--Juliette, Clara, and Zoe--vow
revenge when they discover that their new husband, Jean
Jacques Villette, is a bigamist who absconded with each of
their fortunes. But while tracking the scoundrel to Alaska,
each of them finds her true love. Some explicit descriptions
of sex. 2000.##

In My Wildest Dreams  RC 53202
by Christina Dodd 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Victorian England. Celeste, the gardener's daughter, always
wanted to marry Ellery, the youngest son of the Throckmorton
family. After her schooling, she returns as governess to
Garrick Throckmorton's children. To make sure Celeste does
not interfere with Ellery's impending nuptials, Garrick puts
himself in an unplanned position. Explicit descriptions of
sex. Bestseller 2001.##

The Indiscretion  RC 52278
by Judith Ivory 
read by Vanessa Maroney
3 cassettes
Devonshire, England, 1899. Lydia Bedford-Browne, daughter of
a viscount, is lost on a moor for three days with Texan Sam
Cody. The two begin a lusty love affair. But after their
rescue, the very proper lady tries to distance herself from
the handsome millionaire. Explicit descriptions of sex.
2001.##

Island of Dreams  RC 52414
by Katherine Stone 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Denver architect Pierce Rourke believes in dreams for
others. Yet when he meets librarian Ana Finch, who has moved
to Denver from Boston, Pierce begins to believe in dreams
for himself. But Pierce and Ana must first overcome demons
from their past. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Jewelled Path  RC 52155
by Rosalind Laker 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Even as a child Irene Lindsay knew she wanted to design
jewelry, but her father, a London jeweler, only wanted her
safely married. Yet despite his opposition and a broken love
affair, Irene would carve out a career for herself in turn-
of-the-century Europe. Some descriptions of sex. 1983.##

Julie and Romeo  RC 52577
by Jeanne Ray 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Sixty-year-old divorce Julie Roseman runs into fellow
florist Romeo Cacciamani at a seminar. Though their families
perpetuate a mysterious, long-standing feud, Julie finds the
widowed Romeo nonetheless appealing. As their romance
develops, the couple hide from their horrified children and
Romeo's bitter mother. Some descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2000.##

Just Imagine  RC 52918
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
When Kit Weston, eighteen, learns Baron Cain has inherited
the South Carolina plantation where she grew up, she travels
to New York City to kill him. Working as Cain's stable
"boy," she gets her chance to try. Then she learns Cain is
her guardian. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong
language. 2001.##

Just the Way You Are  RC 52495
by Barbara Freethy 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Widow Phoebe MacGuire has a string of pearls she needs to
complete before she dies. She wants her two granddaughters,
who may still love the same man, to find that one last
pearl. She believes that only then will they find happiness
in love. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of
sex. 2000.##

The Kiss  RC 53294
by Danielle Steel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Isabelle Forrester, wife of a Paris banker and mother of an
extremely ill son, and Bill Robinson, a married Washington
power broker, have had a telephone friendship for years.
When they finally meet in London, their relationship begins
to change. Then they are involved in a deadly crash. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

A Kiss to Remember  RC 52903
by Teresa Medeiros 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Sterling Harlow, Duke of Devonbrooke, returns to claim the
estate left after his estranged mother's death. But Laura
Fairleigh would inherit the manor only if she marries
immediately. When Sterling falls off his horse and loses his
memory, Laura hastily arranges a wedding. Some explicit
descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Lady Margery's Intrigue  RC 51263
by Marion Chesney 
read by Gillian Green
2 cassettes
Lady Margery Quennell, twenty-three, is beside herself upon
learning that her father is selling their family estate,
Chelmswood, to pay the mounting debts incurred in keeping
his new wife happy. But Margery's schemes to find a suitable
husband do not go as planned. 1980.##

The Last Time I Saw Paris  RC 53102
by Elizabeth Adler 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Lara is devastated after her husband leaves on an extended
business trip with his girlfriend and cancels their second
honeymoon. Lara decides to use the tickets to Paris for
herself and her new lover as she continues a journey of
self-discovery. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2001.##

Leap of Faith  RC 52282
by Danielle Steel 
read by Margaret Strom
1 cassette
Marie-Ange's privileged French childhood ends at age eleven,
when her parents and brother are killed. Having no other
relatives, the girl is sent to an elderly aunt in Iowa, who
treats her as a servant. Marie-Ange's only friend is Billy
Parker, who stands by her when she faces a devastating
betrayal. Bestseller 2001.##

A Light on the Veranda  RC 52783
by Ciji Ware 
read by Ann Hodapp
3 cassettes
Sequel to Midnight on Julia Street (RC 49453). King Duvallon
asks his sister, Daphne, a harpist, to return to Natchez for
his wedding. For Daphne, that means losing her New York
position, facing her former fianc, and having disturbing
visions of her ancestors. Some explicit descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2001.##

Lone Eagle  RC 51892
by Danielle Steel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Kate Jamison, seventeen, falls for Joe Allbright, twenty-
nine, in 1940. Unwilling to commit to marriage, Joe, a
pilot, goes off to war. Kate marries another and has
children. Eventually Joe reenters her life, forcing Kate to
confront her love for him and his need to fly free.
Bestseller 2001.##

Lost and Found  RC 51658
by Jayne Ann Krentz 
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
Art appraiser Cady Briggs assists Internet artifact-recovery
specialist Mack Easton with his appraisals. They finally
meet and fall in love.  When her great-aunt Vesta dies
suspiciously, the two investigate. Suspects include Cady's
cousin and her aunt's gallery cohorts and rivals. Some
explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Love and Glory  RC 52002
by Robert B. Parker 
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
Boone Adams first meets Jennifer Grayle, the love of his
life, at a college dance in 1950. They become lovers despite
very different backgrounds. But when Boone is drafted to
serve in Korea, Jennifer marries someone else, and Boone's
life falls apart. Strong language and some descriptions of
sex. 1983.##

Love's Bounty  RC 52033
by Rosanne Bittner 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Wyoming, 1884. Young Callie Hobbs hires bounty hunter
Christian Mercy to help her track down the five cowboys who
raped and murdered her mother. Along the trail Callie falls
in love with the handsome, educated gunslinger. But
Christian has his own tragic past. Explicit descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2000.##

Loves Me, Loves Me Not  RC 51456
by Barbara Jean Hicks 
read by Suzanne Weintraub
2 cassettes
Thirty-five-year-old Bonny is still anguished five years
after her husband, Timothy, left her. Shocked when her ex
returns to their small town to win her back, Bonny begins
dating men from a personal ad placed by her nieces. Her
faith finally convinces her to listen to Timothy's story.
2000.##

The Marquis Takes a Bride  RC 52374
by Marion Chesney 
read by Kristin Allison
1 cassette
In this Regency romance, Lord Charles marries his
granddaughter Jennie off to Lord Charrington. But the naive
country girl loves her manipulative and deceitful cousin
Guy. Once Jennie enters society life in London, her husband
waits patiently for her to mature. 1980.##

Mercy  RC 53042
by Julie Garwood 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
3 cassettes
Dr. Michelle Renard saves the life of federal attorney Theo
Buchanan in New Orleans before returning home to the bayou.
Theo decides to thank her in person and discovers that she
is being harassed and threatened by unknown locals. Some
explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 2001.##

Merely Married  RC 51922
by Patricia Coughlin 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
England, 1819. Adrian Devereau, the Duke of Raven, is tired
of being endlessly pursued to marry. He concocts a scheme to
wed a dying girl and thus become a grieving widower. Adrian
finds the perfect victim in Leah Stretton--but then she
recovers. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Midnight Bride  RC 52939
by Susan Carroll 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
The St. Leger family saga continues as Lance's twin, Val,
struggles to accept his fate of having to live a solitary
life. Yet young Kate hopes to change his mind with sorcery.
Sequel to The Night Drifter (RC 52938). Some descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2001.##

A Midnight Clear  RC 52006
by Katherine Stone 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Trauma surgeon Jace Colton meets lonely Julia Hayley on a
plane from Chicago to London during the Christmas holidays.
Both are trying to forget their past losses. After a
whirlwind romance,  Jace continues his trip to the Balkan
war zone as a medical volunteer and Julia returns home
pregnant. 1999.##

More than a Mistress  RC 53118
by Mary Balogh 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Jane Ingleby came to Regency-era London to escape scheming
relatives. Walking through Hyde Park, she happens upon a
duel. Her screams result in the duke of Tresham's being shot
and Jane's becoming his nurse for three weeks. Later she is
given three options for her future. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

More than Memory  RC 53094
by Dorothy Garlock 
read by Margaret Strom
2 cassettes
In 1949, Nelda Hansen, pregnant with Lute Hanson's child,
was forced by her father to marry Lute and divorce him
almost immediately. Now, nine years later, Nelda returns to
Iowa where she and Lute grew up, and where Lute still lives.
Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too  RC 52709
by Henry Denker 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
Elderly New York widower Sam Horowitz is lonely, but with
the encouragement of his African American friend and former
nurse, Harriet Washington, he volunteers at a Harlem
hospital's neonatal unit. And with a little matchmaking from
Mrs. Washington he falls in love. 1993.##

My Dearest Enemy  RC 51921
by Connie Brockway 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Devon, England; 1887. When Horatio Thorne passes away, he
leaves his estate to suffragette Lillian Bede--provided she
makes the farm profitable within five years. His rightful
heir, Avery Thorne, travels around the world, exchanging
goading letters with his adversary, Lillian. Eventually,
they meet. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Nell  RC 52069
by Jeanette Baker 
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes
Two women, Nell Fitzgerald from the sixteenth century and
Jillian Fitzgerald from the twentieth century, are united
across time in their search for love. But for both, the
conflicts between between England and Ireland, Catholics and
Protestants, lead to tragedies that tear each from her
beloved. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.##

The Night Drifter  RC 52938
by Susan Carroll 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Eldest son Lance St. Leger's ability to night drift sends
his spirit away from his body. On one such occasion he meets
Lady Rosalind Carlyon, an Arthurian fan, who believes he is
Sir Lancelot du Lac's ghost. Sequel to The Bride Finder (RC
49219). Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 1999.##

No Man's Mistress  RC 53119
by Mary Balogh 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Viola Thornhill is happy being the mistress of Pinewood
Manor, an estate left to her by the earl of Bamber. But her
contentment is shattered when Lord Ferdinand Dudley arrives,
claiming to be the new owner. Sequel to More than a Mistress
(RC 53118). Some explicit descriptions of sex and some
strong language. 2001.##

No Time for Love  RC 52640
by Emilie Loring 
read by Becky Parker
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Julie is drawn into a world of international intrigue when
she investigates a jewel theft that has clouded her family's
good name. She meets and falls in love with Mark, who is
rich, powerful, and mysterious and has no time for romance.
1970.##

Not a Day Goes By  RC 50887
by E. Lynn Harris 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
As this sequel to Abide with Me (RC 48031) and others opens,
former football star Basil Henderson calls off his wedding
to actress Yancey Braxton. The story backtracks to describe
their romance and the secrets that ultimately cause the
breakup. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

An Offer from a Gentleman  RC 52891
by Julia Quinn 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
England, 1815. Sophie Beckett, bastard daughter of a
nobleman, becomes nothing more than a servant when her
father remarries. But she manages to attend a masquerade
ball where she captivates the heart of Benedict Bridgerton,
the catch of the season. Some explicit descriptions of sex.
2001.##

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God:
Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson  RC 52090
by Louise Rennison 
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Following Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (RC
52089), fourteen-year-old Georgia continues writing her
journal. She worries about moving to New Zealand, keeping
her sister and cat out of trouble, and being in love with an
older boy. For senior high readers. 2001.##

The Orchid Hunter  RC 51357
by Jill Marie Landis 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Growing up on an African island, Joya Penn often has
nightmares about someone who looks like her. In London,
Janelle Mandeville has the same experience. The arrival of
orchid hunter Trevor Mandeville on Joya's island helps
uncover a long-kept secret about these two women. Some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Out of the Blue  RC 51716
by Sally Mandel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Teacher Anna Bolles has multiple sclerosis and uses a
wheelchair the day she visits a photography exhibit in New
York City. There she meets exhibitor Joe Malone, who, she
later declares, "swept me off my feet...and I wasn't even on
my feet." Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
2000.##

The Passion and the Flower  RC 52131
by Barbara Cartland 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
1 cassette (Reissue)
Paris, 1867. All of Paris tries to meet Lokita, the lovely
and secretive young ballet dancer. Prince Volkonski, on
holiday from the Russian court, succeeds--but only briefly.
The prince's blue blood, Lokita's mysterious background, and
a protective duenna are all obstacles to the couple's
happiness. 1978.##

Peel My Love like an Onion  RC 51125
by Ana Castillo 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
Carmen becomes a professional flamenco dancer in Chicago,
despite a leg crippled by childhood polio. She tells the
story of her midlife crisis and a romantic triangle--
herself; Augustn, an older married lover; and Manolo, a
younger dancer--including their desertion, and how she wins
them back. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.##

The Perfect Gift  RC 51167
by Christina Skye 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Nicholas Draycott has hired jewelry designer Maggie Kincade
to showcase an international gem exhibition. But her late
father is suspected of being a jewel thief, and Nicholas
implores his friend, Jared MacNeill, to investigate. Sequel
to Bride of the Mist (RC 45317). 1999.##

Plain Jane  RC 51989
by Fern Michaels 
read by Sharon Murray
3 cassettes
When frumpy, overweight college student Jane Lewis and
another coed, Connie, were attacked by five men, only Connie
was raped. Later Connie committed suicide. Now a successful
psychiatrist, Jane is treating a patient who stirs up
memories of that night. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Porch Swings and Picket Fences: Love in a Small Town  RC
51453
by Lisa Tawn Bergren and others 
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Four romantic tales in which loyalty and faith lead to love.
In "Tarnished Silver" a New Yorker falls for a rural
preacher. In "Twice in a Blue Moon" a widow and widower
rekindle their relationship. "Texas Two-Step" reconciles a
divorcing young couple. And "The Boy Next Door" depicts
neighborly romance. 1999.##

Prairie Song  RC 52735
by Cheryl Anne Porter 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
In 1889, pregnant Kate Chandler flees from her abusive
employer in New York City to join a land rush in Oklahoma.
Once there she enlists the help of gunslinger Cole
Youngblood, who needs a caretaker for his orphaned niece and
nephews. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 2000.##

Reflections and Dreams  RC 52676
by Nora Roberts 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
Companion to Considering Kate (RC 51947) consisting of two
novels. Reflections focuses on Nick Davidov's star
ballerina, Lindsay Dunne, who returns home to care for her
mother and opens a studio. Dance of Dreams features
Lindsay's student, Ruth Bannion. Some explicit descriptions
of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 1983.##

Regency Gold  RC 52368
by Marion Chesney 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Jean Lindsay has been raised by her drunken uncle, Reverend
Hamish. Much of her life has been spent in daydreams that
often include the Marquess of Fleetwater, providing a bright
spot in the endless ridicule of wealthy neighbors. Then a
discovery makes Jean's dreams become reality. 1980.##

Rich Girl, Poor Girl  RC 51355
by Faith Baldwin 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
In Riverport, a small town just across the river from
Canada, Doc Ballard is retiring, and Jonathan Kimber, the
son of an old friend, is taking over his practice. When
Jonathan meets Doc's niece, Rose, he likes her immediately.
But the daughter of the town's wealthy ex-state senator
wants him for herself. 1936.##

Riley in the Morning  RC 51779
by Sandra Brown 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Preparing for a party, media producer Brin Cassidy is
shocked to see her estranged husband, television personality
Jon Riley, appear on her doorstep after seven months. During
the long, eventful evening, flashbacks trace their
passionate relationship and reveal the reason she left.
Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 1985.##

Ritual of Proof  RC 52287
by Dara Joy 
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Jorlan Reynard, an intelligent, attractive young nobleman,
has vowed he will never be fastened to a woman. Against his
wishes, She-Lord Green Tamryn bids for his hand. To ensure
that the wedding occurs, Green forgoes the Ritual of Proof
that Jorlan is a virgin. Explicit descriptions of sex and
some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Royal Summons  RC 53359
by Elizabeth Cadell 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Ellen Berg, whose mother died when she was three, has grown
up in Arizona. On her father's death, Ellen inherits a
fifteenth-century English manor house through her maternal
lineage. Arriving in England, she finds a lovely mansion, a
formidable aunt, and a handsome young archaeologist. 1972.##

Sacred Sins  RC 52025
by Nora Roberts 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
A killer loose on the streets of Washington, D.C., has
earned the nickname "The Priest," since he strangles his
victims with a clerical scarf and leaves a note forgiving
them of their sins. Psychiatrist Teresa Court offers to help
find the killer and almost becomes a victim. Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1987.##

Scandalous  RC 51766
by Karen Robards 
read by Anne Flosnik
2 cassettes
England, 1810. Lady Gabriella Banning learns her half-
brother, Marcus, is dead. She fears she and her sisters will
become destitute because their cousin inherits the title.
Gabby develops a scheme to save them. Then someone shows up
claiming to be Marcus. Explicit descriptions of sex and some
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Scottish Bride  RC 51685
by Catherine Coulter 
read by Kristin Allison
2 cassettes
England, 1815. Tysen Sherbrooke, thirty-one, has been
informed that he is now Baron Barthwick of Kildrummy Castle.
Feeling a responsibility to visit his new property, he
travels to Scotland, where he finds himself in a world of
unexpected complications. Sequel to The Heiress Bride (RC
35913). Strong language and some descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2001.##

Seventh Heaven  RC 51795
by Catherine Anderson 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Joe Lakota and Marilee Nelson, friends since childhood,
loved each other deeply. But a devastating event that
Marilee refused to share with Joe caused a separation. Now,
ten years later, divorced, and with a four-year-old son, Joe
returns to their hometown hoping for reconciliation. Strong
language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Slightly Shady  RC 51767
by Amanda Quick 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
Regency romance in which Lavinia Lake and her niece,
Emeline, return to England after a run-in with despicable
private investigator Tobias March in Italy. But Lavinia
needs March's services to give Emeline a successful London
season. And March proves irresistible. Some explicit
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Some Old Lover's Ghost  RC 51302
by Judith Lennox 
read by Vanessa Maroney
4 cassettes
British biographer Rebecca Bennett, following a miscarriage
and romantic breakup, is hired to write the life story of
elderly dame Tilda Franklin--a popular social activist.
Rebecca falls for Tilda's grandson. Their relationship is
threatened when she uncovers many family secrets--including
a murder. 1997.##

Someone to Love  RC 52967
by Kasey Michaels 
read by Vanessa Maroney
2 cassettes
London, England; the Regency. Kipp Rutland, viscount
Willoughby, enters into a marriage of convenience to young
widow Abigail Backworth-Maldon. Abby is relieved to restore
some wealth to her batty in-laws and send them back to the
countryside. The two didn't expect to fall in love. Explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001.##

The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex  RC 51352
by Nora Roberts 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Relates the tempestuous love affairs of the Stanislaski
brothers. In Luring a Lady, Mikhail is attracted to the
owner of the rundown apartment building in which he lives.
In Convincing Alex, Bess McNee must convince Officer
Stanislaski that she is really a scriptwriter. Explicit
descriptions of sex and strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Stanislaski Sisters: Natasha and Rachel  RC 51908
by Nora Roberts 
read by Kristin Allison
3 cassettes
Taming Natasha recounts Natasha's enchantment with a child
who visits her toy store--and her growing affection for the
girl's father. Falling for Rachel relates what happens when
a lawyer shares joint custody with the brother of a
difficult teenager. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Summer Dreams/Sueos de Verano  RC 51653
by Hebby Roman 
read by Mara Pino
2 cassettes
As children Natalia and Rafael were close friends because of
her grandmother. As adults, they went separate ways. Now
Natalia has broken a longtime engagement and has returned to
visit her grandmother in New Mexico, wondering if Rafael
will be interested in a bookish schoolteacher. Some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bilingual edition in English and in
Spanish. 1999.)

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas  RC 52887
by James Patterson 
read by Jill Ferris
1 cassette
Katie Wilkinson, a book editor in New York, believes she has
found the perfect man when she meets poet Matt Harrison.
They are having a wonderful time together. Then without
warning he gives her a diary his wife had written for their
son and disappears. Bestseller 2001.##

Sweet Sixteen  RC 51813
by Allison Raine 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
Laurel is miserable over being the new girl in town--
especially when her sixteenth birthday is coming up. Dylan
is also unhappy living with his father. When the two
eventually meet at school, they form a plan that might just
work. For senior high readers. 2000.##

Temptation  RC 51895
by Jude Deveraux 
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
New York, 1909. Temperance O'Neil, twenty-nine, has become
quite famous for her work as a women's rights activist. But
suddenly she finds herself forced to move to Edinburgh,
where she will serve as housekeeper for her new stepfather's
nephew while she also finds him a wife. Some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2000.##

The Texan  RC 52110
by Joan Johnston 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
When modern-day Texas Ranger Owen Blackthorne and
veterinarian Bayleigh Creed team up in Big Bend wilderness
to save their brothers, they have a history of family feuds
to overcome. Life-and-death decisions force them to admit
their growing attraction. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

This Heart of Mine  RC 52086
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Unlike her sister, who owns the successful Chicago Stars
football team, Molly gave away her inheritance and survives
by writing children's books. Now her crush on the Stars'
quarterback leads to both physical and emotional problems.
Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Time and Again  RC 53136
by Nora Roberts 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
In Time Was, Caleb Hornblower leaves Philadelphia in the
twenty-third century, crash lands in Oregon in the twenty-
first century, and falls in love with his rescuer, Liberty.
In Times Change, his brother Jacob arrives hoping to
convince Caleb to return home. Instead, Jacob is smitten by
Liberty's sister. Descriptions of sex and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

To Love and to Honor  RC 51222
by Emilie Loring 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
2 cassettes
Twenty-four-year-old heiress Cindy Clinton was married (by
proxy) to the son of her father's business partner. As soon
as both older men have died, Cindy begins divorce
proceedings. Then a handsome, mysterious emissary from her
husband arrives in town and begs her not to leave him. 1950.##

The Villa  RC 51884
by Nora Roberts 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
3 cassettes
Tereza Giambelli merges her world-renowned family wine
company with that of her second husband, vintner Eli
MacMillan. She arranges for her granddaughter, Sophia, and
his grandson, Tyler, to work together. The move causes
family conflicts and uncovers secrets, threatening the
business. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Vintner's Luck  RC 51976
by Elizabeth Knox 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
France, 1808. Denied marriage to the woman he loves, Sobran
Jodeau takes two bottles of his family's wine and heads for
the hills. There he meets Xas, a male "fallen angel," and
concludes that Xas has been sent to guide him. But Xas falls
in love with Sobran. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Washington Avalanche, 1910  RC 51825
by Cameron Dokey 
read by Mitzi Friedlander
1 cassette
Fleeing her conniving guardian stepbrother, seventeen-year-
old Ginny Nolan boards a Seattle-bound train and meets young
Virginia, who is apprehensive over her imminent arranged
marriage to a stranger. The girls temporarily trade
identities, giving Virginia a chance to assess the fianc.
But unexpected love and an avalanche intervene. For junior
and senior high readers. 2000.##

The Wedding Trap  RC 51801
by Eva Rutland 
read by Erin Jones
1 cassette
Two days before her wedding, Judy Taylor tells her parents
she doesn't want to marry Ben Cruz.  Ben secretly leaves
town on their wedding day. Fortunately, best man Jake Mason
rescues Judy from a horrible scene at the church and soon
finds himself feeling very comfortable with her. 1998.##

Wicked Widow  RC 51555
by Amanda Quick 
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Madeline Deveridge, known as the Wicked Widow, is thought by
many to have killed her husband and to also be mad. But
Madeline and her aunt are being haunted, so the widow calls
upon the only person who can help--Artemis Hunt, a master of
Vanza. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2000.##

Wife for a Day  RC 52506
by Patti Berg 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Samantha Jones's life has been one tragedy after another.
But all that changes when she delivers a tuxedo to
millionaire rancher Jack Remington. He is in Palm Beach to
attend his sister's engagement party, and he needs a
fiance. Samantha is the perfect candidate. Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Winter Nights  RC 52196
by Francis Ray and others 
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
Three holiday romances featuring African Americans. In
"Until Christmas" Samantha becomes a housekeeper for
Principal Rawlings and his twins. "Kwanzaa Angel" finds Erin
being reintroduced to an old high school crush. In "'Round
Midnight" radio talk-show host Summer falls in love with her
director. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Science Fiction###

Aftermath  RC 50923
by Charles Sheffield 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
A supernova disaster in 2026 causes worldwide devastation
and computer failure, leaving survivors with different
agendas: an American movement vying to control the globe;
three cancer victims reviving a serial-murderer doctor from
"judicial sleep" to treat them; and a Mars expedition
becoming cult prisoners. Prequel to Starfire (RC 50924).
Strong language. 1998.##

All Tomorrow's Parties  RC 51134
by William Gibson 
read by Robert O'Keefe
2 cassettes
Colin Laney--from Idoru (RC 42981)--discovers another nodal
point on his computer. A universe-altering event will occur
on San Francisco's Bay Bridge, now a squatters' shantytown
after structural damage. Laney hires ex-cop Rydell--from
Virtual Light (RC 37441)--to stop a killer and prevent
billionaire Cody Harwood from taking over the world. Strong
language. 1999.##

American Gods  RC 52917
by Neil Gaiman 
read by Fred Major
4 cassettes
On his way to his wife's funeral, ex-convict Shadow meets
the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who has an uncanny knowledge
of Shadow's life. Accepting Wednesday's job offer throws
Shadow into a supernatural world where ancient gods abound.
Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language.
2001.##

Anonymous Rex: A Detective Story  RC 51606
by Eric Garcia 
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
L.A. shamus Vincent Rubio is a loser--few clients, his car
repossessed, and basil addiction. He's also a dinosaur--
literally--one of thousands who still inhabit the earth
disguised as humans. Investigating arson at a dino
nightclub, Vincent stumbles on an interspecies breeding
conspiracy. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Ascending  RC 52937
by James Alan Gardner 
read by Barbara Caruso
3 cassettes
A friend of Festina Ramos, Oar, tells her own story in this
sequel to Expendable (RC 52936). Although Oar's transparent
body is indestructible, her mind will become catatonic at
age fifty, and she is now forty-nine. Oar has much to
accomplish before she hibernates. Some strong language.
2001.##

Brown Girl in the Ring  RC 52063
by Nalo Hopkinson 
read by Gary Telles
2 cassettes
Toronto is abandoned after the riots and is now ruled by
Rudy and his vicious gang. Ti-Jeanne, her baby, and her
grandmother live by selling ancient herbs and medicines. But
when the outside world needs organ transplants, Ti-Jeanne
invokes ancient magic to survive. Violence and strong
language. 1998.##

Casual Rex  RC 53313
by Eric Garcia 
read by Robert Sams
3 cassettes
In this sequel to Anonymous Rex (RC 51606), private Los
Angeles detectives Vincent Rubio and Ernie Watson--dinosaurs
masquerading as humans--take on a case involving a cult.
Some dinos want to discontinue their human disguises and
assert their natural superiority, and some are murdered.
Strong language and some violence. 2001.##

ChronoSpace  RC 52820
by Allen Steele 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
In 2314, a group of historians fly back into the past to
document the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg. Their
participation in the transatlantic voyage destroys their
world and its time line. "Angels," to prevent further
spacetime damage, must stop humanity's time travel. 2001.##

City of Golden Shadow: Otherland, Volume 1  RC 52924
by Tad Williams 
read by Erik Sandvold
6 cassettes
A global conspiracy is threatening to shut down Earth in
favor of a more exclusive place--Otherland. The Earth's
children are being captured through the Internet and virtual
reality, and only a few people are willing to foil the
conspiracy scheme. Followed by River of Blue Fire (RC
52925). Violence and strong language. 1996.##

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke  RC 52509
by Arthur C. Clarke 
read by John Polk
9 cassettes
Contains all of the renowned science fiction author's short
pieces written during a nearly seventy-year span. The more-
than-one-hundred entries include "The Sentinel," "The Hammer
of God," and "Guardian Angel." 2000.##

Colonization: Down to Earth  RC 51043
by Harry Turtledove 
read by Roy Avers
5 cassettes
This sequel to Colonization: Second Contact (RC 49668),
which occurs twenty years after alien Lizards invade Earth,
finds humans still resisting domination. Members of both
species are being cross-raised, the Third Reich remains a
menace, and the addicting ginger trade continues. Violence,
strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Coming  RC 53234
by Joe Haldeman 
read by Jill Fox
2 cassettes
Florida, 2054. When astronomy professor Dr. Aurora Bell
receives a message indicating the approach of aliens, she
estimates that they will reach Earth on New Year's Day. As
the day approaches, politicians, religious leaders, and
mobsters are all drawn in to the frenzy of anticipation,
drowning out Bell's pleas for reason. Strong language. 2000.##

Crescent City Rhapsody  RC 51754
by Kathleen Ann Goonan 
read by Erin Jones
4 cassettes
In this prequel to Queen City Jazz (RC 42173) and
Mississippi Blues (RC 51753), Goonan traces the history of
the nanotech revolution back to 2012. There a moment of
silence created by an electromagnetic pulse in the
atmosphere and a murder in New Orleans set the stage for a
nano-transformed world. Some strong language. 2000.##

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the
African Diaspora  RC 52151
edited by Sheree R. Thomas 
read by Peter Jay Fernandez
4 cassettes
This anthology of African American science fiction, fantasy,
and essays spans more than one hundred years and entails a
wide range of styles and subjects. Includes works by modern
authors including Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler, as well
as writings by early literary pioneers such as Charles
Chestnutt and George Schuyler. Some violence and some strong
language. 2000.##

Deepsix  RC 51893
by Jack McDevitt 
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
In three weeks, planet Deepsix will be destroyed in a
collision with a rogue gas giant heading its way. Before
it's too late, Priscilla Hutchins and a team of scientists
set out to investigate life-forms on the planet. Their
discoveries leave them deeply perplexed. Some violence and
some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Diaspora  RC 52484
by Greg Egan 
read by John Polk
3 cassettes
It is the end of the second millennium and the planet has
evolved into a network of probes, satellites, and servers.
Humanity, also, has reconfigured itself into three groups:
software, robots, and fleshers. When a cosmic disaster
occurs, the various units form an alliance to explore the
universe. 1998.##

Dune: House Corrino; Prelude to Dune, Volume 3  RC 53145
by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson 
read by J.P. Linton
4 cassettes
This sequel to Dune: House Harkonnen (RC 50949) concludes
the series of prequels to Dune (RC 44126). Padishah emperor
Shaddam IV of the House of Corrino tries to gain absolute
power by creating a synthetic spice known as amal--a
substitute for melange, the spice found only on Dune.
Bestseller 2001.##

Dune: House Harkonnen; Prelude to Dune, Volume 2  RC 50949
by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson 
read by J.P. Linton
5 cassettes
This sequel to Dune: House Atreides (RC 49477) continues the
prequel to Dune (RC 44126). Shaddam is currently ruler of
the Known Universe, but his position is threatened by Baron
Vladimir Harkonnen, who, in his desire for dominance, is
plotting against the House of Atreides and the Bene Gesserit
Sisterhood. Bestseller 2000.##

Eater  RC 52485
by Gregory Benford 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Long before there was time, a black hole became a wandering
entity, feeding on asteroids and planets and tending to
destroy everything in its path. When it reaches the edge of
our solar system, three scientists must prevent it from
annihilating Earth and its inhabitants. 2000.##

Expendable  RC 52936
by James Alan Gardner 
read by Barbara Caruso
2 cassettes
Officially a member of the Explorer Corps, Festina Ramos
recognizes that unofficially she is "expendable." Her elite
military company is not expected to return from its
missions. Now Festina's new assignment is a trip to the
planet Melaquin, but she plans to survive. Some strong
language. 1997.##

Farnham's Freehold  RC 51448
by Robert A. Heinlein 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
A futuristic story involving race issues. When Hugh
Farnham's bomb shelter is catapulted two thousand years into
the future, he encounters a new world order. Farnham and the
white race, who are blamed for a disastrous war, are
expected to be slaves. Some strong language. 1964.##

Forever Free  RC 53546
by Joe Haldeman 
read by Rick Rohan
2 cassettes
Man, a race of clones, exiles humans, including veteran
Mandella, to the snow-covered planet Middle Finger after the
Forever War. Mandella revolts against being a genetic
resource for Man, rallying his cohorts to begin humanity
anew. Sequel to The Forever War (RC 48659). 1999.##

From the Dust Returned: A Family Remembrance  RC 53357
by Ray Bradbury 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
1 cassette
Ten-year-old Timothy, a mortal foundling and the family
historian, relates the story of the gala homecoming of the
far-flung, time-defying Elliott clan to their mysterious,
ramshackle Illinois mansion. Among the company are
slumbering telepathic shape-shifter Cecy and bat-winged
Uncle Einar. Bestseller 2001.##

The Gate to Women's Country  RC 51702
by Sheri S. Tepper 
read by Gabriella Cavallero
2 cassettes
Events in the life of Stavia, from age ten to womanhood, at
a time when human civilization has evolved into a social
system divided along gender lines. Women have taken over
running the country, while the men live in closed military
garrisons--with a gate to the outside world. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1988.##

The Grand Ellipse  RC 52614
by Paula Volsky 
read by Anne Flosnik
5 cassettes
The republic of Vonahr needs a magical weapon to annihilate
the imperialistic Grewzians, who threaten to conquer the
world. A young Vonahrish adventuress must win the "Grand
Ellipse" race to obtain an audience with the king who
controls the arsenal. 2000.##

Greenhouse Summer  RC 51242
by Norman Spinrad 
read by Chris Parente
2 cassettes
The world is on the brink of environmental disaster with
global warming. At the United Nations environmental
conference in Paris, spin doctor Monique Calhoun realizes
"Condition Venus" is imminent, and, with the aid of an
assassin, rushes to save the world. Some descriptions of
sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1999.##

Hammerfall: The Gene Wars, Book 1  RC 52458
by C.J. Cherryh 
read by Rick Rohan
3 cassettes
In a universe of warring interstellar empires and powerful
nanotechnology, ruler Ila sends rebel warrior Marak to seek
the source of his visions. Marak journeys into the desert
accompanied by other divinely mad people. Some strong
language. 2001.##

I Who Have Never Known Men  RC 50231
by Jacqueline Harpman 
read by Celeste Lawson
1 cassette
Of forty women incarcerated underground for over twelve
years, the youngest leads the group to freedom when the male
guards suddenly disappear. But above ground they find
themselves in the middle of nowhere and their explorations
uncover no life. The leader outlives the other women to
contemplate her fate. 1997.##

In Green's Jungles: Book of the Short Sun, Volume 2  RC
51950
by Gene Wolfe 
read by John Horton
3 cassettes
In this sequel to On Blue's Waters (RC 51139), Horn's quest
for the lost charismatic hero Silk has taken him from the
Blue world to the jungles of the humid Green, a planet with
a dying red sun and populated by alien inhumi blood drinkers
and their human slaves. 2000.##

Inversions  RC 51433
by Iain M. Banks 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
On a distant planet two strange travelers become assistants
to separate rulers. Doctor Vosill, a lowly female, becomes
physician to ailing King Quience, while warrior DeWar is the
personal bodyguard to General UrLeyn. Both are mistrusted as
outsiders and, although they never meet, both are connected.
Violence and strong language. 1998.##

Jupiter  RC 52839
by Ben Bova 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Astrophysicist Grant Archer wants to do research work on the
Moon. But the New Morality, Earth's conservative theocratic
ruling coalition, has other plans for him. When they order
him to spy on scientists who are suspected of a covert
subversive research agenda on Jupiter, Archer's loyalties
are put to the test. 2001.##

Kingdom of Cages  RC 52912
by Sarah Zettel 
read by Erin Jones
4 cassettes
With humanity facing extinction, Helice and her daughters,
Chena and Teal, take refuge on the planet Pandora, a near
match to Earth. Instead of safety, however, they find
terror. Some violence and some strong language. For senior
high and older readers. 2001.##

Krondor: Tear of the Gods; the Riftwar Legacy, Book 3  RC
52233
by Raymond E. Feist 
read by Gary Tipton
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Krondor: The Assassins (RC 50913), the
sorcerer Sidi sets pirates on the high seas to pursue the
miraculous gem that enables communication with the gods. If
the mage gains possession of the jewel, ultimate evil will
reign in the kingdom--unleashing terror and death.
Bestseller 2000.##

The Light of Other Days  RC 51432
by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Industrialist Hiram Patterson develops the WormCam, a new
technology capable of vision-spectrum imaging that ends
personal privacy. But the WormCam can do more; harnessing
the power of wormholes, it can see into the past. This is
the story of the creators of this machinery and what humans
decide to do with it. 2000.##

The Martian Race  RC 51423
by Gregory Benford 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
A commercial firm sponsors humanity's first expedition to
the Red Planet. On January 11, 2018, astronaut Julia spots a
filmy white mist issuing from a thermal vent. Excitement
over the possibility of Martian life is countered by a
series of accidents. And there is no NASA backup. Strong
language. 1999.##

Men in Black: The Green Saliva Blues  RC 51835
by Dean Wesley Smith 
read by Fred Major
1 cassette
Jay and Elle of the secret Men in Black organization charged
with defending Earth against aliens are locked in a battle
with the Zahurians, a race of plants that has invaded the
planet to devour animal and human flesh. Some violence and
some strong language. For junior and senior high readers.
1999.##

Midnight Robber  RC 52011
by Nalo Hopkinson 
read by Madelyn Buzzard
2 cassettes
Sixteen-year-old Tan-Tan is forced to leave her planet,
Toussaint, and the other Caribbean descendants to live in a
prison world with her abusive father, a criminal. But Tan-
Tan murders him and escapes to make her way among the
indigenous species. Some descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. 2000.##

The Mind Pool  RC 51877
by Charles Sheffield 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
In the twenty-third century, humans are the only species in
the galaxy who know how to travel between stars. When a
group of intelligent nonliving biological constructs becomes
a threat to all life, it is up to humanity to save the day.
Followed by The Spheres of Heaven (RC 51761). Some violence.
1993.##

Mississippi Blues  RC 51753
by Kathleen Ann Goonan 
read by Erin Jones
4 cassettes
In this sequel to Queen City Jazz (RC 42173), Verity frees
the plague-striken citizens of Cincinnati. Launching a new
nanotech raft, she and her charges travel down the
Mississippi River to the city of Norleans, rumored to have a
cure. Some strong language. 1997.##

Nebula Awards 33: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by
the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America  RC 52723
edited by Connie Willis 
read by Nick Sullivan
2 cassettes
A selection of 1997's best short writings and an excerpt
from the Nebula Award winner for best novel, Vonda N.
McIntyre's The Moon and the Sun. Features the grand master,
Poul Anderson; Nebula Award winners Jerry Oltion, Nancy
Kress, and Jane Yolen; and among the runners-up, Gregory
Feeley. Some strong language. 1999.##

Nebula Awards Showcase 2000: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy
Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 
RC 52390
edited by Gregory Benford 
read by J.P. Linton
3 cassettes
Short stories as well as essays revolving around the art of
science fiction writing, publishing, and movie-making.
Includes William Tenn's Author Emeritus Award acceptance
speech, "My Life and Hard Times in SF." Some violence and
some strong language. 2000.##

Nightfall and Other Stories  RC 51219
by Isaac Asimov 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Twenty science fiction stories written between 1941 and
1967. The title piece, considered a classic of the genre and
later expanded into a novel (RC 32812), tells of a
civilization on the planet Lagash, where night falls once in
two thousand years. Asimov's comments and notes precede each
story. 1969.##

The Octagonal Raven  RC 52809
by L.E. Modesitt 
read by Brian Conn
3 cassettes
Daryn joins the Federal Service as a combat pilot in a world
in which genetic enhancement has created an effective
oligarchy of wealth and ability. When he becomes one of the
ruling oligarchs, he must rely on a self-selecting power
structure and his mental agility to survive assassination
attempts. 2001.##

On Blue's Waters: Book of the Short Sun, Volume 1  RC 51139
by Gene Wolfe 
read by John Horton
3 cassettes
In this sequel to the series the Book of the Long Sun, mill
owner Horn agrees that the inhabitants of the Planet Blue
are sinking into savagery. He sets off with others to find
Patera Silk aboard the interstellar ship Whorl and convince
him to become their leader. Some violence. 1999.##

On the Beach  RC 53090
by Nevil Shute 
read by Annie Wauters
6 cassettes (Reissue)
An atomic war has destroyed all life in the Northern
Hemisphere and the lethal fallout is moving southward. A
group of people in Australia, including American navy
Commander Dwight Towers, are faced with impending
annihilation. They must decide how to spend the precious
days remaining to them. 1957.##

Playing God  RC 50620
by Sarah Zettel 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Lynn Nussbaumer and her company, Bioverse Incorporated, are
hired to cleanse an entire planet of a plague that was
caused by the fierce feuding among rival factions of the
matriarchal Dedelphis. Lynn attempts to relocate the
inhabitants onto spaceships, but the Dedelphis distrust
humans and take her hostage. Some violence. 1998.##

The Quiet Invasion  RC 51427
by Sarah Zettel 
read by Erin Jones
3 cassettes
At the crucial juncture when Dr. Helen Failia learns that
funding is being withdrawn for Venera, her permanent
research colony for Venus, an alien artifact is found on the
planet's surface. The ensuing human contact with
extraterrestrial life forms yields repercussions that are
far from benign. 2000.##

The Redemption of Althalus  RC 52429
by David Eddings and Leigh Eddings 
read by J.P. Linton
5 cassettes
Althalus, an unrepentant rogue, accepts employment from a
stranger to steal a book from the House at the End of the
World. But when he encounters a goddess in the form of a
cat, he learns that he must save humanity from a god
determined to destroy the universe. 2000.##

River of Blue Fire: Otherland, Volume 2  RC 52925
by Tad Williams 
read by Erik Sandvold
6 cassettes
The band of virtual explorers who entered Otherland are now
trapped by the Grail Brotherhood. Unable to go off-line and
leave, they follow a river looking for an escape. Instead,
they find more and more bizarre landscapes. Sequel to City
of Golden Shadow (RC 52924). Violence and strong language.
1998.##

The Secret of Life  RC 52902
by Paul McAuley 
read by Anne Flosnik
3 cassettes
2026. A fungus with unique DNA is spreading across the
Pacific Ocean, and scientists believe it is connected with a
previous Chinese mission to Mars. Biologist Mariella Anders,
hired by NASA, travels to Mars to investigate. While she is
there, the Chinese release a hazardous microorganism. Strong
language and some descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Ship of Fools  RC 51885
by Richard Paul Russo 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
The spaceship Argonos has been wandering aimlessly in space
for decades and has not made landfall in fourteen years. The
crew is growing restless. Then a faint signal lures them to
an unknown planet where they make a gruesome discovery. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Skies of Pern  RC 51759
by Anne McCaffrey 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
3 cassettes
Thanks to AIVAS, which has allowed Pern inhabitants to alter
the orbit of Red Star and eliminate the Thread, Pern is now
undergoing its last Threadfall. Therefore, dragonriders must
find new occupations. But before they do, Pern endures a new
threat. Follows Dragonseye (RC 44828). 2001.##

The Spheres of Heaven  RC 51761
by Charles Sheffield 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
In this sequel to The Mind Pool (RC 51877), humans are under
quarantine by Stellar Authority for killing other
intelligent forms of life. However, Authority ships sent out
to investigate distant time links in the galaxy have
disappeared, and it is humans who are best qualified to
rescue them. Some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

Star Wars: Cloak of Deception  RC 52666
by James Luceno 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
The Trade Federation is being victimized by terrorists who
demand an end to the Federation's strong-arm tactics on
shipping routes. So when Supreme Chancellor Valorum is
targeted by assassins, he calls for an emergency summit.
Followed by Episode I, the Phantom Menace (RC 50064). Some
violence. For senior high and older readers. Bestseller
2001.##

Star Wars: Darth Maul, Shadow Hunter  RC 51911
by Michael Reaves 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
In events preceding Episode I, the Phantom Menace (RC
50064), Darth Sidious launches his plan to destroy the
Republic. When Sidious learns he is being double-crossed, he
sends Darth Maul to find the traitor. But Maul may be too
late. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 
Bestseller 2001.##

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order; Dark Tide II, Ruin  RC 51954
by Michael A. Stackpole 
read by Erik Sandvold
2 cassettes
Luke Skywalker is having difficulty keeping the Jedi
together as they withstand the relentless attacks by the
alien Yuuzhan Vong. But hope is on the horizon as several
knights, traveling to the planet Garqi, uncover a secret
that might prove useful against their enemies. A Star Wars
Novel. Some violence. 2000.##

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order; Agents of Chaos II, Jedi
Eclipse  RC 52417
by James Luceno 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
As the Yuuzhan Vong continue their attack on the New
Republic, which is now stretched to the breaking point,
Han's estranged wife, Leia, oversees the evacuation of
people from the aliens' path. Luke struggles to keep the
Jedi Knights together. And Han is caught up in a race
against time. Some violence. 2000.##

Starfire  RC 50924
by Charles Sheffield 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Sky City space colony, 2053. As an international team
constructs a protective shield for Earth against an
impending particle storm, a series of mysterious murders
disrupts the project. Dr. Oliver Guest--the convicted serial
killer from Aftermath (RC 50923)--is blackmailed into
tracking the killer. But personal ambition also threatens
the enterprise. 1999.##

Strange Travelers  RC 51605
by Gene Wolfe 
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
Fifteen stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror
first published between 1990 and 1997. In "Bed and
Breakfast" a traveler warns an unexpected woman guest to be
careful of the demons who frequent the inn near Hell, not
realizing that she herself might be a fiend. 2000.##

Thief of Time: A Novel of Discworld  RC 52661
by Terry Pratchett 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Because the Auditors are cosmic beings who want order and
predictable events, humans irritate them. An Auditor in
disguise commissions a horologist to build the ultimate
clock. A small group soon realizes the danger of the
timepiece--time will stop once the clock starts ticking.
2001.##

The Truth: A Novel of Discworld  RC 52115
by Terry Pratchett 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
2 cassettes
When the dwarfs create a printing press in the city of Ankh-
Morpork--in defiance of the ruler's decree against such
machines--William de Worde, a rebellious scribe, establishes
a daily newspaper. Then the chief Patrician is accused of a
serious crime, and William will stop at nothing to get the
truth. Some strong language. 2000.##

Turnabout  RC 52466
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 
read by Jill Fox
1 cassette
In the year 2000, nursing home centenarians Melly and Anny
Beth take part in an unethical medical experiment to reverse
aging. But the process can't be halted, and by 2085 they are
teenagers who need to be adopted before they become
children. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.##

Zeitgeist  RC 52499
by Bruce Sterling 
read by Alec Volz
2 cassettes
It's 1999, and Leggy Starlitz, a shameless entrepreneur,
believes that he can use his all-girl fake band to smuggle
lip gloss and pantyhose into the Islamic world. But there
are conditions for his partners--the scheme should end
before the year 2000 and none of the girls must die. Strong
language. 2000.##

Short Stories###

After the Plague: Stories  RC 52920
by T. Coraghessan Boyle 
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes
Sixteen short stories about human interactions, many imbued
with wry humor. The title piece conveys a survivor's fears
upon encountering a few other remaining people after a
worldwide epidemic and has a surprise ending. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

American West: Twenty New Stories from the Western Writers
of America  RC 53107
edited by Loren D. Estleman 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Twenty nontraditional western tales. "The Guardians," a
story by Don Coldsmith, is based on a historical incident in
which Native Americans are not attackers but protectors. In
"A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing," Johnny D. Boggs writes a
moving narrative from the perspective of a piano. Some
strong language. 2001.##

The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks  RC
52865
by Russell Banks 
read by Bruce Huntey
3 cassettes
Thirty-one short stories dealing mainly with domestic life
by the author of Cloudsplitter (RC 45966) and others. In
"The Visit" a man returns to one of his childhood homes to
remember his abusive, alcoholic father and the last year
that he lived with the family. Some violence and some strong
language. 2000.##

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000  RC 52419
edited by Donald E. Westlake 
read by Jim Zeiger
4 cassettes
Anthology of twenty contemporary mystery short stories. In
"Motel 66" by Barbara D'Amato, a couple makes the mistake of
returning to their honeymoon site. "The Guilty Party" by
Shel Silverstein tells of a judge who gives a rapist an
unusual choice. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Best American Short Stories, 2000: Selected from U.S.
and Canadian Magazines  RC 52245
edited by E.L. Doctorow 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
Twenty-one tales that cover a wide range of emotions and
situations, exploring issues related to cultural diversity
in the United States. Many of the protagonists are African
American, Latino, Chinese, Indian, Israeli, or Trinidadian.
Includes works by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Junot Daz,
Nathan Englander, Jhumpa Lahiri, and others. Some strong
language. 2000.##

The Bridegroom: Stories  RC 52512
by Ha Jin 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
A dozen short stories set in China, by the winner of the
National Book Award for Waiting (RC 49107). In "Flame" head
nurse Nimei, married to a lackluster man, receives a letter
from her spurned first love, Hsu Peng, who is now a high-
ranking officer. Some strong language. 2000.##

A Century of Great Western Stories  RC 51381
edited by John Jakes 
read by Bob Askey
5 cassettes
Thirty western short stories from the twentieth century.
Includes work by Louis L'Amour, Jack London, Elmer Kelton,
Luke Short, Max Brand, and Zane Grey. Introduction by John
Jakes. Some violence. 2000.##

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol  RC 50339
by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol 
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Thirteen stories newly translated by Richard Pevear and
Larissa Volokhonsky. Four from Evenings on a Farm near
Dikanka (1831-32): "St. John's Eve," "The Night before
Christmas," "The Terrible Vengeance," and "Ivan Fyodorovich
Shponka and His Aunt." From the Petersburg tales: "Nevsky
Prospect," "The Diary of a Madman," "The Nose," and "The
Overcoat" among others. 1998.##

The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque  RC
51191
by Joyce Carol Oates 
read by Laura Giannarelli
3 cassettes
Twenty-seven psychological horror tales that delve into "the
waking nightmares of life." In the title story a wayward
girl is invited to the sumptuous home of the trial judge who
had suspended her sentence. There she discovers the ulterior
motive for his magnanimity. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Demonology: Stories  RC 52304
by Rick Moody 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Thirteen tales of people possessed in some way, several
written in experimental form. The title story, the last in
the collection, is a heartfelt elegy for a sister who died
unexpectedly while putting her two young children to bed.
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller
2000.##

Don't Tell Anyone  RC 53322
by Frederick Busch 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Short stories and a novella concerning families and
betrayal. In "Heads," a widowed mother watches her daughter-
-a law school student who was raped--fall apart. In "Still
the Same Old Story," a teenage daughter suffers as a result
of her parents' infidelities. Explicit descriptions of sex
and strong language. 2000.##

Dream Stuff: Stories  RC 51941
by David Malouf 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Nine short stories by the Australian author of the prize-
winning Remembering Babylon (RC 40780). In the title piece a
writer returns to Australia after years away, mingling
memories and fragments of his past with dreams and an
encounter with a nighttime assailant who seems like a bad
hallucination. Some strong language. 2000.##

Equal Love: Stories  RC 51282
by Peter Ho Davies 
read by Steven Carpenter
1 cassette
A dozen stories about the bonds of family ties. In "The Next
Life" Lim, a young Chinese American and dutiful son, hires
professional mourners to keep vigil with his father's
casket. Joining them in a high stakes poker game, Lim
surprises all with his change of luck. Some strong language.
2000.##

The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein  RC 51609
by Robert A. Heinlein 
read by Michael Scherer
3 cassettes
Eight fantasy stories from the 1940s and 1950s. Real-world
characters are challenged by inexplicable events in "Magic,
Inc.," "And He Built a Crooked House," "They," "Waldo," "The
Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag," "Our Fair City,"
"The Man Who Traveled in Elephants," and "All You Zombies."
1999.##

First Love, and Other Tales  RC 52638
by Ivan Turgenev 
read by Jo Marks
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Eight short stories drawn from real life by the poetic
nineteenth-century Russian author. Includes "The Singers,"
"Bezhin Meadow," "Mumu," "Assya," "First Love," "Knock,
Knock, Knock," "Living Relics," and "Clara Milich." 1968.##

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges  RC 50583
by Nathan Englander 
read by Dan Bloom
2 cassettes
Nine tales that depict protagonists caught up in difficult
circumstances in which the strictures of their Orthodox
Judaism clash with life in the modern world. In the title
story, when a wife spurns her husband's amorous advances, he
finds extramarital relief that leads to a painful problem.
1999.##

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories 
RC 53585
by Alice Munro 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Nine short stories exploring conflicting emotions and
introspection. In "What Is Remembered," a woman reminisces
about an impulsive tryst with a stranger early in her
married days and how that memory became a treasured fantasy
sustaining her through a humdrum existence. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Heavy Water and Other Stories  RC 50660
by Martin Amis 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
In these nine stories Amis often views life with an inverted
or unusual vision. In "Career Move," poems, rather than
prose, have become the subject matter of films. And in
"Straight Fiction," homosexuality, rather than
heterosexuality, has become the norm. Some descriptions of
sex and some strong language. 1999.##

The Home Front: Collected Stories  RC 51936
by Margaret Craven 
read by Jill Ferris
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Twenty-five selections by the author of I Heard the Owl Call
My Name (RC 37368). First published in the Saturday Evening
Post between 1942 and 1962, they include portrayals of young
women working diligently on the home front during World War
II and missionaries posted to British Columbia. 1962.##

Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel  RC 51932
by John Updike 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Twelve tales and a sequel to the quartet of "Rabbit" novels-
-a novella, Rabbit Remembered, set in Brewer, Pennsylvania.
In "The Women Who Got Away," Martin recalls the wife-
swapping early years of his marriage and a surprise
encounter years later. Some strong language. 2000.##

The Literary West: An Anthology of Western American
Literature  RC 50784
edited by Thomas J. Lyon 
read by Erik Sandvold
4 cassettes
More than forty selections, most written by twentieth-
century authors such as Robinson Jeffers, John Steinbeck,
Jack Schaefer, N. Scott Momaday, Edward Abbey, Wallace
Stegner, Gary Snyder, Louis L'Amour, Rick Bass, William
Kittredge, Denise Chvez, Amy Tan, and Sam Shepard. Includes
chronology of events and suggested reading. Strong language
and some violence. 1999.##

Lovers for a Day  RC 50755
by Ivan Klma 
read by Kimberly Schraf
2 cassettes
Twelve short stories written between 1962 and 1994,
portraying new, old, or mismatched lovers. In "A Baffling
Choice," a twenty-six-year-old married mother astonishes her
husband (and the divorce court judge) by having an affair
with a neighbor who requires crutches to walk and is many
years her senior. 1999.##

The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by
American Indians  RC 49582
edited by Kenneth Rosen 
read by Jim Zeiger
1 cassette (Reissue)
Short stories and poems by Native American writers. They
range from fictional reminiscences of Kit Carson and
Geronimo to a portrayal of the plight of an Indian who stops
overnight in Gallup, New Mexico. The title piece recounts a
traditional burial that is altered to incorporate an
additional act by a Catholic priest. Some strong language.
1974.##

The Mitford Snowmen: A Christmas Story  RC 53292
by Jan Karon 
read by Michele Schaeffer
1 cassette
The townspeople of Mitford hold a spontaneous snowman-
building contest. Bestseller 2001.##

Nebula Awards 33: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by
the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America  RC 52723
edited by Connie Willis 
read by Nick Sullivan
2 cassettes
A selection of 1997's best short writings and an excerpt
from the Nebula Award winner for best novel, Vonda N.
McIntyre's The Moon and the Sun. Features the grand master,
Poul Anderson; Nebula Award winners Jerry Oltion, Nancy
Kress, and Jane Yolen; and among the runners-up, Gregory
Feeley. Some strong language. 1999.##

Nebula Awards Showcase 2000: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy
Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America 
RC 52390
edited by Gregory Benford 
read by J.P. Linton
3 cassettes
Short stories as well as essays revolving around the art of
science fiction writing, publishing, and movie-making.
Includes William Tenn's Author Emeritus Award acceptance
speech, "My Life and Hard Times in SF." Some violence and
some strong language. 2000.##

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2000  RC 52253
edited by Shannon Ravenel 
read by John Polk
3 cassettes
Twenty selections from southern fiction. Mary Helen
Stefaniak pays homage to an icon in "A Note to Biographers
regarding Famous Author Flannery O'Connor." "Good-Hearted
Woman," by Melanie Sumner, recounts a sexy high school
girl's summer spent slumming at her daddy's factory. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000.##

Nightfall and Other Stories  RC 51219
by Isaac Asimov 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes (Reissue)
Twenty science fiction stories written between 1941 and
1967. The title piece, considered a classic of the genre and
later expanded into a novel (RC 32812), tells of a
civilization on the planet Lagash, where night falls once in
two thousand years. Asimov's comments and notes precede each
story. 1969.##

Off the Mangrove Coast  RC 52857
by Louis L'Amour 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Nine tales based on L'Amour's early adventures as a boxer,
hobo, and worldwide wanderer. In the title piece, four men
cross the China Sea in a stolen boat, seeking the cash from
a sunken freighter. Besides the dangers of risky diving
equipment and sharks, they face their mutual distrust. 2000.##

The Pecos Kid Returns: A Western Duo  RC 52148
by Dan Cushman 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Two western stories featuring the Pecos Kid and his
companions, Hernandez Flanagan and Big Jim Swing. In
"Raiders of the Stage Trails," they masquerade as stagecoach
robbers to catch the real crooks. In "Tamers of the Deadfall
Towns," they tackle cattle rustlers. Follows The Pecos Kid
(RC 50786). Some violence. 1951.##

Porch Swings and Picket Fences: Love in a Small Town  RC
51453
by Lisa Tawn Bergren and others 
read by Janis Gray
2 cassettes
Four romantic tales in which loyalty and faith lead to love.
In "Tarnished Silver" a New Yorker falls for a rural
preacher. In "Twice in a Blue Moon" a widow and widower
rekindle their relationship. "Texas Two-Step" reconciles a
divorcing young couple. And "The Boy Next Door" depicts
neighborly romance. 1999.##

Prize Stories, 1999: The O. Henry Awards  RC 52488
edited by Larry Dark 
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
These twenty short stories selected from magazines include
first, second, and third prize-winning entries by Peter
Baida, Cary Holladay, and Alice Munro. In a "A Nurse's
Story," Mary McDonald helps her colleagues organize a union
for her patients' sake. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. 1999.##

Prize Stories, 2000: The O. Henry Awards  RC 52501
edited by Larry Dark 
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
Culled from magazines, these twenty short stories represent
the best of the year. Includes first, second, and third
prize-winning entries by John Edgar Wideman, Beth Lordan,
and Mary Gordon. In "The Gilgul of Park Avenue," a financial
consultant suddenly discovers his Jewish soul. Violence,
strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

A River Runs through It and Other Stories  RC 53083
by Norman Maclean 
read by Rick Foucheux
2 cassettes (Reissue)
The author of Young Men and Fire (RC 35639) re-creates his
early years in Montana. In "A River Runs through It" he
reminisces about fly fishing with his brother and father in
the 1930s. Other stories deal with summer jobs in logging
and fighting fires. Some strong language. 1976.##

Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner  RC 52182
by F.X. Toole 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Six short stories about the sport of boxing. In "Million $$$
Baby," trainer Frankie Dunn helps a hillbilly woman realize
her dream of being in the ring. In the title story, "Mac"
McGee coaches teenage "Puddin" Pye into the Olympics but a
local gang intervenes. Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Selected Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne  RC 52031
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A selection of fifteen tales from three published
collections of short stories by the nineteenth-century New
Englander. Includes an introduction by Alfred Kazin. 1966.##

Sermons and Soda-Water  RC 50753
by John O'Hara 
read by Conrad Feininger
2 cassettes
Three novellas in which reporter Jim Malloy describes
American social mores around the 1930s. In The Girl on the
Baggage Truck he narrowly avoids becoming the plaything of
an aging actress. Imagine Kissing Pete deals with an
adulterous marriage, and in We're Friends Again Malloy
reflects on money and sex. 1960.##

The Situe Stories  RC 51654
by Frances Khirallah Noble 
read by Nanette Savard
1 cassette
Eleven short stories involving "situes," the Arabic word for
grandmothers. In "The American Way," a henpecked Syrian
husband in an extended household solves his gambling problem
by becoming a bookie. His larger income pleases his family,
and the situe is happy and proud of his enterprise. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Speaking with the Angel: Original Stories  RC 51907
edited by Nick Hornby 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Twelve first-person narratives by British and American
writers. New short stories by Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers,
Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle, and Irvine Welsh. In Nick
Hornby's "NippleJesus," a museum security guard recounts
what happened to a controversial artwork. Some explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller
2000.##

Station Wagon Set  RC 51285
by Faith Baldwin 
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Six interconnected stories set in a fictional suburban town.
Little Oxford "is definitely gentry and definitely county,"
and Baldwin relates tales of these commuters and weekenders
whose lives are concerned mainly with love affairs and
marital entanglements. 1938.##

The Stories of J.F. Powers  RC 52855
by J.F. Powers 
read by Roy Avers
3 cassettes
Three collections of Powers's short stories from 1947, 1956,
and 1975 are presented together. Many concern the daily
preoccupations of priests in the Midwest, as in "A Losing
Game," in which the new curate, Father Fabre, maneuvers with
the senior pastor for a typing table. 1975.##

Strange Travelers  RC 51605
by Gene Wolfe 
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
Fifteen stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror
first published between 1990 and 1997. In "Bed and
Breakfast" a traveler warns an unexpected woman guest to be
careful of the demons who frequent the inn near Hell, not
realizing that she herself might be a fiend. 2000.##

Too Far to Go: The Maples Stories  RC 51354
by John Updike 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A collection of seventeen stories about Richard and Joan
Maples, written between 1956 and 1979. Traces the decline
and fall of their marriage, from its buoyant early stages,
through the child-rearing years, to the confession of
infidelities and eventual divorce. Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. 1979.##

The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories  RC 52677
edited by Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Anthology of thirty-nine short stories from various Latin
American countries. Includes old masters of the form such as
Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortzar, and Gabriel Garca
Mrquez and recent authors Fernando Ampuero, Juan Villoro,
and Rodrigo Fresn. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some
violence, and some strong language. 1998.##

The Whisperer and Other Voices  RC 52733
by Brian Lumley 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Eight short stories and a novella of horror. In "No Sharks
in the Med," a newlywed couple honeymooning in Greece is
stalked by two brothers on an isolated island. In "Vanessa's
Voice," a dead singer's husband is haunted by remembered
sounds. 2001.##

Winter Nights  RC 52196
by Francis Ray and others 
read by Colleen Delany
2 cassettes
Three holiday romances featuring African Americans. In
"Until Christmas" Samantha becomes a housekeeper for
Principal Rawlings and his twins. "Kwanzaa Angel" finds Erin
being reintroduced to an old high school crush. In "'Round
Midnight" radio talk-show host Summer falls in love with her
director. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.##

Wonderful Town: New York City Stories from the New Yorker 
RC 51374
edited by David Remnick 
read by Jim Zeiger
5 cassettes
An anthology of forty-four timeless short stories set in the
diversity of New York City, selected from seventy-five years
of the New Yorker. Includes such writers as John Cheever,
Woody Allen, John O'Hara, James Thurber, Vladimir Nabokov,
Susan Sontag, and Dorothy Parker. Some strong language.
2000.##

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual
Collection  RC 50082
edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling 
read by John Horton
6 cassettes
Collection of thirty-eight stories and eight poems covering
a range from fairy tales to gothic horror. Authors include
Kelly Link, Stephen King, Jane Yolen, Steven Millhauser,
Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Straub, Charles de Lint, Ilan
Stavans, and A.S. Byatt. 1999.##

Spies###

Brandenberg  RC 49780
by Glenn Meade 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
British intelligence agent Joseph Volkmann is investigating
an apparent drug-smuggling case involving the murder of a
reporter in Paraguay. When Volkmann uncovers a cache of
bomb-grade uranium, his focus shifts from narcotics to an
international neo-Nazi conspiracy. Sequel to Snow Wolf (RC
43906). Violence and some strong language. 1997.##

The Crook Factory  RC 51978
by Dan Simmons 
read by Mark Ashby
3 cassettes
Ernest Hemingway sets up a counterespionage ring, the Crook
Factory, in Cuba in 1942 and uses his boat, Pilar, to lure
submarines. These fictionalized World War II adventures
related by FBI agent Joe Lucas are eventually linked to
Hemingway's suicide in 1961. Strong language. 1999.##

Dead Men Living  RC 51797
by Brian Freemantle 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
The frozen corpses of two officers in World War II uniforms-
-one American and one English--and a Russian woman are
discovered in Siberia. The British agent in Moscow, Charlie
Muffin, is assigned to the case. But not everyone wants the
past revealed. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Dead Reckoning  RC 51385
by Clive Egleton 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
London. A murdered woman is discovered to be impersonating
SIS agent Peter Ashton's wife, Harriet, an ex-operative. The
intelligence agency then discovers that their personnel
files have been compromised. As Ashton investigates, he
uncovers a sinister Pakistan/Indian plot involving anthrax.
Some violence and some strong language. 1999.##

A Gathering of Spies  RC 52794
by John Altman 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Nazi Katarina Heinrich is undercover in America for almost a
decade before she learns the secrets of the atomic bomb.
Meanwhile in London, Harry Winterbotham is recruited to
become a double agent. The two meet in England with
disastrous results. Some violence and some strong language.
2000.##

The Guns of Navarone; Force 10 from Navarone  RC 51660
by Alistair MacLean 
read by David Cutler
4 cassettes
Two classic World War II adventures. In The Guns of
Navarone, a British sabotage team must destroy Nazi weapons
so that a small Greek island can be evacuated. In Force 10
from Navarone, three allied spies are assigned an impossible
mission in Yugoslavia. Some violence and some strong
language. 1968.##

The Honey Trap  RC 52732
by Clive Egleton 
read by Graeme Malcolm
2 cassettes
British intelligence agent Peter Ashton investigates the
murder of Adam Zawadzki, a Queen's Messenger in Costa Rica.
A neighbor is also murdered in Zawadzki's London house.
Vexed by instructions from his supervisor, Jill Sheridan,
Ashton begins to suspect traitors are working inside the
agency. Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Hong Kong: A Jake Grafton Novel  RC 51730
by Stephen Coonts 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
Admiral Jake Grafton is sent to Hong Kong to discover
whether his old buddy "Tiger" Cole, the consul general, is
involved in anticommunist plots and banking scandals. But
Jake's wife, Callie, is abducted. Amidst civil unrest,
Grafton has to ferret out her location. Some violence and
some strong language. 2000.##

The Hunted  RC 53079
by Alan Jacobson 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
When psychologist Lauren Chambers's husband, Michael, fails
to return from a ski trip, she enlists the help of private
investigator Nick Bradley. It appears that Michael was
injured, has amnesia, and has been told by the FBI that he's
an undercover agent. Violence and strong language. 2001.##

The Kill Artist  RC 52432
by Daniel Silva 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Israeli spy Gabriel Allon is retired when he is called in on
one last case. His Palestinian nemesis, Tariq, is on a
mission to derail the Middle East peace talks. Gabriel
enlists his former lover, French supermodel Jacqueline
Delacroix, to assist him. Some violence and some strong
language. 2000.##

Kingdom of Shadows  RC 52580
by Alan Furst 
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Paris, 1938. Hungarian Nicholas Morath owns an advertising
agency in Paris and enjoys the bohemian life. His uncle,
diplomat Count Polanyi, requests favors from time to time,
and these errands become increasingly dangerous as the Nazis
begin their conquest of Europe. Some descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 2000.##

Little America  RC 52662
by Henry Bromell 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
3 cassettes
Historian Terry Hooper investigates his father's involvement
in the assassination of a young Middle Eastern king in 1958.
Terry spent his childhood in exotic locations and is
determined to learn the truth about his father, a retired
CIA spy. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. Bestseller 2001.##

Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled  RC 51161
by Dorothy Gilman 
read by Suzanne Toren
1 cassette
Part-time CIA agent Mrs. Pollifax and cohort John Farrell
are dispatched to Syria to find the young woman who, after
thwarting an airplane hijacking, was kidnapped by
terrorists. 2000.##

The Prometheus Deception  RC 51052
by Robert Ludlum 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
4 cassettes
After fifteen years in the field, spy Nick Bryson is forced
to retire and becomes a college teacher. Years later the CIA
informs him that the ultraclandestine agency he had worked
for is not part of the U.S. government. Recruited to
reinfiltrate the organization, Nick isn't sure who to trust.
Strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Red Gold  RC 51127
by Alan Furst 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
France, 1941. Inept spy Jean Casson returns to a desolate
Paris after an unsuccessful love affair. But he is once
again recruited to work for the Resistance and falls in love
with a Jewish woman. Sequel to The World at Night (RC
46730). Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. 1999.##

Sports###

The Good Body  RC 52962
by Bill Gaston 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Former hockey player Bob Bonaduce returns home to
Fredericton, New Brunswick, after a twenty-year absence to
become reacquainted with his son, Jason, and wife, Leah. He
enrolls in Jason's college but doesn't tell anyone he is
newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Some strong
language. 2000.##

The Green  RC 51736
by Troon McAllister 
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Alan Bellamy, the U.S. Ryder Cup team captain who is
desperate to find a twelfth player, settles on south
Floridian hustler and amazing golfer Eddie Caminetti. The
selection leads to unforeseen and humorous consequences.
Strong language. 1999.##

The Legend of Bagger Vance: Golf and the Game of Life  RC
52016
by Steven Pressfield 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Krewe Island, Georgia; 1931. Rannulph Junah, a local,
embittered war hero, joins a golf match with legendary
players Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. With help from his
African American caddy, Bagger Vance, Rannulph reconciles
the past through the spirituality of the game. 1995.##

Playing without the Ball: A Novel in Four Quarters  RC 52792
by Rich Wallace 
read by Brian Conn
1 cassette
After his dad moves away, basketball-obsessed Jay stays
alone in his small hometown to finish his senior year of
high school. But when he is cut from the school team, Jay
joins a church league and continues playing while struggling
to survive. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2000.##

Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner  RC 52182
by F.X. Toole 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Six short stories about the sport of boxing. In "Million $$$
Baby," trainer Frankie Dunn helps a hillbilly woman realize
her dream of being in the ring. In the title story, "Mac"
McGee coaches teenage "Puddin" Pye into the Olympics but a
local gang intervenes. Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Semi-Tough  RC 52159
by Dan Jenkins 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Football player Billy Clyde Puckett of the New York Giants
comes to Los Angeles with his pals for an epic duel with the
Jets in the Super Bowl. Followed by Life Its Ownself (RC
21223). Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1972.##

The Whistling Toilets  RC 53211
by Randy Powell 
read by John Polk
1 cassette
Sixteen-year-old Stan spends the summer helping his
childhood friend--fifteen-year-old tennis champion Ginny--
overcome her career slump. He also coaches inner-city
Seattle kids while Ginny decides whether she wants to assume
a normal teenage life. For senior high readers. 1996.##

Suspense###

Abduction  RC 51403
by Robin Cook 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Perry Bergman's marine exploration company encounters
problems drilling into a sea mountain under the Atlantic
Ocean.  He joins a diving team on a submersible craft, and
they discover a subterranean world far beyond anything
they'd imagined. Some descriptions of sex, some violence,
and some strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Afterburn  RC 51478
by Colin Harrison 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Ruthless millionaire businessman and ex-Vietnam POW Charlie
Ravich is fighting to save his company, while he advertises
for someone to have his baby. He meets con artist Christina
Welles--just out of jail and hiding from the mob. Soon all
the players converge. Explicit descriptions of sex,
violence, and strong language. 2000.##

America: A Jake Grafton Novel  RC 53012
by Stephen Coonts 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
A nuclear-powered submarine is hijacked by terrorists not
long after an antiballistic-missile defense system satellite
disappears. An attack is launched on both Washington, D.C.,
and New York City. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, last seen in
Hong Kong (RC 51730), heads the rescue team. Violence and
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Angels and Demons  RC 51799
by Dan Brown 
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
Professor of religious iconology Robert Langdon is called to
the Vatican to investigate the murder of a physicist by the
brotherhood of the Illuminati, a secret medieval society.
Joining Langdon is the victim's beautiful daughter,
Vittoria, and scientists from CERN, a Swedish research
facility. Some violence and some strong language. 2000.##

Be the One  RC 51986
by April Smith 
read by Barbara Pinolini
2 cassettes
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball scout Cassidy Sanderson becomes
concerned when her latest rookie is blackmailed over an
incident in his native Dominican Republic. Meanwhile,
Cassidy's new lover, developer Joe Galinis, appears to be
involved in turning Cassidy into another convenient target.
Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 2000.##

The Bear and the Dragon  RC 50854
by Tom Clancy 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
7 cassettes in 2 containers
Newly elected U.S. president Jack Ryan is quickly embroiled
in complex political situations with cataclysmic
implications. Among them, the discovery of vast gold and oil
resources in Siberia, which attracts the covetous attention
of China, could lead to dire consequences. Some strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##

Bird's-Eye View  RC 52907
by J.F. Freedman 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Disgraced professor Fritz Tullis photographs a murder while
birdwatching on his family's Maryland estate. With the help
of his mother, Mary, ornithologist Maureen O'Hara, and
Baltimore cop Marcus DeWilde, Tullis investigates and
discovers that a prominent politician is involved. Violence,
strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex.
2001.##

Black Sunday  RC 53082
by Thomas Harris 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes (Reissue)
To protest American policies in the Middle East, a fanatical
terrorist group plots the annihilation of 80,000 Super Bowl
spectators. Their prime weapon is Michael Lander, a deranged
ex-navy pilot seeking revenge, and his handler--beautiful
assassin Dahlia Iyad. Some explicit descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 1975.##

Blackout  RC 51418
by John J. Nance 
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
Airliners are suddenly being shot down by unknown
terrorists. When investigative reporter Robert MacCabe--from
The Last Hostage (RC 48369)--survives one such crash in
Vietnam, he discovers that the culprits are after his laptop
computer. FBI agent Kat Bronsky joins him in the search for
the shadowy group. Violence. 2000.##

The Blue Nowhere  RC 52096
by Jeffery Deaver 
read by Michael Russotto
3 cassettes
Silicon Valley computer genius--and sociopath--Jon "Phate"
Holloway plays deadly real-life video games: he hacks into
computers and kills their owners. The state police Computer
Crimes Unit turns to imprisoned hacker Wyatt Gillette, who
traces his former colleague's moves. But a traitor exists.
Strong language and some violence. 2001.##

Broken Wings  RC 51447
by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
FBI profiler Jake Donovan, recently fired for political
reasons, is recalled to investigate the suicide of the
director. Along with other ex-agents--including sexy Katie
McManus--Donovan assembles a special team that uncovers
blackmail, deceit, and treachery within the bureau.
Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
1999.##

Burn Factor  RC 52801
by Kyle Mills 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Quinn Barry is a computer programmer and an aspiring FBI
agent. Quinn gets demoted when she discovers an apparent
serial killer while working at the agency. She continues her
investigation with the help of onetime suspect, Eric Twain.
Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2001.##

Chaos Theory  RC 51279
by Gary Krist 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Two seventeen-year-old Washington, D.C., friends--white
Jason Rourke and black Dennis Monroe--venture into a seedy
neighborhood to buy marijuana. But the transaction sours and
the next day they learn that the dealer, an undercover cop,
has been found dead. Although innocent, the two are soon on
the run. Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Chill Factor  RC 51294
by Chris Rogers 
read by Annie Wauters
3 cassettes
Attorney-turned-bounty-hunter Dixie Flannigan is shocked
when she witnesses Edna Pine, an old friend and neighbor,
rob a bank and die in the process. When two other "granny
bandits" are also killed, the subsequent investigation leads
to a mysterious "Shepherd" and his network of associates.
Some violence and some strong language. 2000.##

Chosen Prey  RC 51896
by John Sandford 
read by Christopher Walker
2 cassettes
Minneapolis Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport is searching for a
serial killer. The unknown perpetrator is actually James
Qatar, a fastidious art history teacher. His other hobby is
combining Internet porn shots with faces of women he
secretly photographs, and then sketching the results.
Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language.
2001.##

Code to Zero  RC 51273
by Ken Follett 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
In January 1958, as the United States prepares to launch its
answer to Soviet satellite Sputnik, key space scientist Luke
Lucas wakes up in a public toilet with a hangover and
amnesia. Luke must reconstruct his identity in order to
thwart a sabotage plot--and the clock is ticking. Some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Constant Gardener  RC 51467
by John Le Carr 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
4 cassettes
After his young wife Tessa's murder in Kenya, British
diplomat Justin Quayle investigates her death and the
disappearance of her African colleague. He eventually
discovers that Tessa had uncovered a scheme involving a
multinational pharmaceutical company that unethically tests
drugs on the local populace. Strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

A Darkness More than Night  RC 51468
by Michael Connelly 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Retired FBI agent Terry McCaleb, from Blood Work (RC 45883),
is recovering from a heart transplant, when the LAPD
requests his assistance in a torture-murder case. His main
suspect becomes detective Harry Bosch, from Angels Flight
(RC 47526), who is in court testifying against a deranged
movie director. Violence and strong language. Bestseller
2001.##

Darwin's Blade  RC 52726
by Dan Simmons 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Southern California accident-reconstruction expert Dr.
Darwin Minor stumbles across a billion-dollar insurance scam
organized by the Russian Mafia and becomes a target. But
Minor, a widowed ex-marine sniper, and state investigator
Ms. Sydney Olson set a trap. Violence, strong language, and
some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Deal with the Dead  RC 52517
by Les Standiford 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Miami builder John Deal wins a large contract but later
learns of organized crime connections. He also discovers
that his late father had custody of a missing fortune. Now
the mob, the owner's son, and a corrupt government official
are demanding payment. Violence and strong language. 2001.##

Death from the Woods  RC 51535
by Brigitte Aubert 
read by Corrie James
2 cassettes
Elise is left a blind and mute quadriplegic after a
terrorist attack, but she can still think and hear. When she
becomes the confidant of a little girl who knows the
identity of a serial child killer, Elise becomes a target
herself. Winner of the French Grand Prix de Litrature.
Strong language and some violence. 1996.##

Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go  RC 49537
by George P. Pelecanos 
read by Conrad Feininger
2 cassettes
Nick Stefanos, alcoholic Washington, D.C., bartender, is
also a private investigator. While on a bender, he ends up
in a park and witnesses a murder. The police seem
uninterested in a dead black teenager, so Nick delves into
the drug and porno underworld with the help of another PI,
Jack LaDuke. Strong language and violence. 1995.##

Echo Burning  RC 52302
by Lee Child 
read by Christopher Walker
3 cassettes
Battered-wife Carmen Greer's wealthy Texan husband is coming
home from prison. She wants to leave, but fears losing her
young daughter. She tries to enlist itinerant ex-military
cop Jack Reacher to kill him. Instead Reacher hires on as a
ranch hand to protect her. Violence and some strong
language. 2001.##

Edge of Danger  RC 51559
by Jack Higgins 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Wealthy Arab-English earl Paul Rashid and his family declare
revenge on U.S. president Jake Cazalet after their mother is
accidentally killed by a double agent. But counterterrorist
and ex-IRA gunman Sean Dillon stands in the way. Companion
to The White House Connection (RC 48434). Some violence.
Bestseller 2001.##

Envy  RC 53050
by Sandra Brown 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
Publisher Maris Matherly-Reed is so intrigued by the story
line of a manuscript that she travels from New York to
Georgia to meet the author. Her actions set in motion the
uncovering of a rivalry between friends that sent one to
prison and made the other famous. Strong language, some
descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

The Fan Club  RC 52712
by Irving Wallace 
read by Chuck Benson
4 cassettes (Reissue)
Four ordinary men meet in a bar and conspire to physically
possess the world's most coveted and worshipped love
goddess, actress Sharon Fields. The four proceed with their
plan. Only they don't know the real Sharon. Explicit
descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence.
1974.##

Fatal Voyage  RC 52789
by Kathy Reichs 
read by Erin Jones
2 cassettes
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan helps
identify victims from a plane crash in North Carolina's
Smoky Mountains. After she finds a foot that doesn't match
any of the passengers, Tempe is taken off the case in
disgrace--forcing her to investigate possible local
shenanigans. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Final Target  RC 52099
by Iris Johansen 
read by Nanette Savard
2 cassettes
Psychologist Jessica Riley treats the president's catatonic
seven-year-old daughter, Cassie, after a kidnapping attempt.
Jessica's sister, Melissa, psychically communicates with
Cassie. The sisters and shady international broker Michael
Travis return Cassie to the scene of the crime hoping to
heal her. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

First to Die  RC 51887
by James Patterson 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
A serial killer of newlyweds prompts an investigation by
Lindsay Boxer, a San Francisco homicide detective recently
diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood disease. She
recruits a medical examiner, a journalist, and a district
attorney (all women) to help find the murderer. Violence,
some descriptions of sex, and some strong language.
Bestseller 2001.##

Flight  RC 53076
by Jan Burke 
read by Gregory Gorton
3 cassettes
Ten years after police detective Philip Lefebvre was
suspected of killing a teenager--the only witness to a
multiple murder--and destroying crucial evidence, the
missing lawman's body is discovered. Reporter Irene Kelly's
husband, homicide investigator Frank Harriman, reopens the
old case and uncovers a conspiracy. Violence and strong
language. 2001.##

From the Corner of His Eye  RC 51274
by Dean Koontz 
read by Chuck Benson
4 cassettes
Junior Cain feels rejuvenated after pushing his beloved
bride to her death, but he senses enemies in a spooky cop
and a boy named Bartholomew. As Cain ruthlessly seeks Barty,
the gifted boy uses quantum physics to overcome his
blindness. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Good German  RC 53016
by Joseph Kanon 
read by John Horton
3 cassettes
Reporter Jake Geismar returns to Berlin after the fall of
the Nazis to cover the Potsdam Conference and to find former
lover, Lena. While there, he discovers an American soldier's
body. Sensing a big story, he follows a path revealing war
crimes. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong
language. 2001.##

Greenwich  RC 51441
by Howard Fast 
read by Bruce Huntey
1 cassette
Wealthy Greenwich, Connecticut, residents Richard and Sally
Castle host a dinner party that includes as guests a priest
and a nun--Monsignor Donovan and Sister Pat Brody. Richard
is an ex-government employee with a dark secret and before
long the past catches up with him. Violence and strong
language. 2000.##

Headwind  RC 52810
by John J. Nance 
read by Alec Volz
3 cassettes
When an international warrant threatens former American
president John Harris, commercial jet pilot Craig Dayton
defiantly takes off with Harris on board. While airborne,
Harris arranges assistance from disbarred judge Jay Reinhart
and a group of World War II veterans. 2001.##

Hemlock Bay  RC 52909
by Catherine Coulter 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, last
seen in The Edge (RC 48769), rush to save Dillon's sister
Lily from danger. Lily is still mourning her daughter's
death. She also inherited some valuable paintings, and
someone is willing to kill for them. Some violence and some
strong language. 2001.##

Hiding in the Shadows  RC 51472
by Kay Hooper 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Awaking from a coma, Faith Parker learns that all her bills-
-hospital and personal--were paid by Dinah Leighton, who is
now missing. Then Faith begins to dream of a man she doesn't
remember and of a violence that seems very real. Companion
to Stealing Shadows (RC 51473). Violence and strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##

Hostage  RC 53072
by Robert Crais 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Three men invade a house and take hostages after botching a
robbery. The chief of police, Jeff Talley, soon discovers
that the homeowner is a Mafia accountant. Talley's own
family is kidnapped and held in exchange for the mob's
computer disks. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Hot Springs  RC 51332
by Stephen Hunter 
read by Jeremy Gage
4 cassettes
Prequel to A Time to Hunt (RC 47031) and other stories
featuring sharpshooter Bob Lee Swagger. When Bob Lee's
hardened marine sergeant father returns from World War II,
he is offered a job helping to clean up Hot Springs,
Arkansas--a Mafia town full of casinos, whorehouses, and
corruption. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Hunting Season  RC 52710
by P.T. Deutermann 
read by Jim Zeiger
4 cassettes
Former FBI contract-killer Edwin Kreiss's daughter is
missing from an Appalachian hiking trip. Roanoke agent Janet
Carter leads the search. Kreiss teams with Carter to uncover
political scandal and motives for vengeance, but Kreiss has
insider information--an effective weapon. Violence, strong
language, and some descriptions of sex. 2001.##

In a Heartbeat  RC 52806
by Elizabeth Adler 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
New York millionaire Ed Vincent is shot and seriously
wounded. Drifting in and out of consciousness, Ed
desperately wants to protect his lover, single mother Mel
Merrydew. While investigating, NYPD detective Marco Camelia
also falls for Mel. Meanwhile, Mel uncovers Ed's past. Some
descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong
language. 2000.##

Irresistible  RC 51519
by Ethan Black 
read by Gary Telles
3 cassettes
Wealthy sex crimes detective Conrad Voort is investigating
New York City's first female serial killer. Even his ex-
girlfriend Camilla, a television journalist, is a suspect.
And Voort himself is an unwitting target. Sequel to The
Broken Hearts Club (RC 49227). Violence, strong language,
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.##

The Jasmine Trade: A Novel of Suspense Introducing Eve
Diamond  RC 53009
by Denise Hamilton 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
Los Angeles reporter Eve Diamond, investigating the murder
of a Chinese teenager, discovers an underground world of
"parachute kids"--wealthy Asians left unsupervised in
America by their parents, who live abroad. She also uncovers
sexual slavery, gangs, and other criminal activity.
Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of
sex. Bestseller 2001.##

L.A. Dead  RC 51598
by Stuart Woods 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Lawyer Stone Barrington leaves his Mafia fiance, Dolce
Bianchi, in Italy when his true love, Arrington Calder,
calls for help from Los Angeles. Arrington is a suspect in
the murder of her movie-star husband, Vance. Dolce is not
happy. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong
language. 2000.##

The Light of Day  RC 53207
by Eric Ambler 
read by Barry Bernson
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Arthur Simpson, a petty thief and con man caught stealing
traveler's checks from a hotel room, finds himself with no
choice but to follow his "victim's" orders. If he refuses,
he may be arrested by the Turkish or Greek police. Either
way, he becomes involved in an international conspiracy.
Some strong language. 1962.##

Long Time No See  RC 53058
by Susan Isaacs 
read by Norma Lana
2 cassettes
Despite her policeman lover's admonitions, amateur sleuth
Judith Singer searches for clues to the murder of a
neighbor. Courtney Logan disappeared on Halloween night, and
now in May her body has been found in her own pool. Sequel
to Compromising Positions (RC 11629). Strong language and
some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Moving Target  RC 52462
by Elizabeth Lowell 
read by Michele Schaeffer
2 cassettes
Following her grandmother's violent death, Serena Charters
inherits a piece of cloth, an illuminated Celtic manuscript,
a numbered Swiss bank account, and a frightening warning.
Now, as Serena tries to unravel her grandmother's mysterious
past, she must keep on the move just to survive. Strong
language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

Mystic River  RC 51758
by Dennis Lehane 
read by Fred Major
3 cassettes
Sean, Jimmy, and Dave were eleven years old when Dave was
briefly abducted from a Boston slum. Twenty-five years
later, ex-con Jimmy's daughter is murdered, and Dave becomes
a suspect. Sean, now a homicide detective, is assigned to
the case. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of
sex, and some violence. Bestseller 2001.##

The Naked Detective  RC 51794
by Laurence Shames 
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
Key West retiree Pete Amsterdam is a private detective only
for tax write-off purposes. So when a cross-dressing
bartender wants protection from the local mob, Pete rejects
the case--until the guy is murdered and his friend, a lithe
yoga instructor, pleads for help. Strong language and some
violence. 2000.##

One Police Plaza  RC 51265
by William J. Caunitz 
read by George Guidall
2 cassettes (Reissue)
New York City police detective Dan Malone becomes suspicious
of the murder of a low-level clerk who inexplicably had
access to an elite club. When Malone discovers other odd
contradictions in the victim's background, he is removed
from the case but decides to solve the crime alone. Strong
language. 1984.##

Open Season  RC 52910
by Linda Howard 
read by Ann Hodapp
2 cassettes
Daisy Minor awakens on her thirty-fourth birthday and
decides she needs her own place, a new wardrobe, a new look,
and a husband. While making her transformation, she
unknowingly witnesses a murder--placing her life in danger.
Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some
violence. 2001.##

Out of the Shadows  RC 51474
by Kay Hooper 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Psychic sheriff Miranda Knight moves to Tennessee, hoping to
heal from her shattered relationship with FBI agent Noah
Bishop. But when two teenagers are found tortured to death,
another has disappeared, and her own sister is endangered,
Miranda calls Noah for help. Companion to Hiding in the
Shadows (RC 51472). Violence and strong language. Bestseller
2000.##

Pagan Babies  RC 50935
by Elmore Leonard 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Father Terry Dunn exacts revenge against murderers of his
parishioners in Rwanda. Returning to Detroit, he meets
Debbie Dewey--newly released from jail. Together they
concoct a scheme to raise money--supposedly for African
orphans. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some
violence. Bestseller 2000.##

The Program  RC 52590
by Stephen White 
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Single mom Peyton Francis is lucky to meet former hit man
Carl Luppo in a witness-protection program, because she's in
desperate need of his expertise. Their Boulder psychologist
Alan Gregory and his pregnant assistant-D.A. wife Lauren
risk danger by offering additional help. Violence and strong
language. 2001.##

Purple Cane Road  RC 52243
by James Lee Burke 
read by Bruce Huntey
2 cassettes
During a routine investigation, homicide cop Dave
Robicheaux, now working for a Louisiana sheriff's
department, discovers that his mother, who had abandoned him
to his alcoholic father, was murdered by crooked cops
decades ago. With his friend Clete Purcel and an out-of-town
gunman for allies, Robicheaux hunts the killers. Violence
and strong language. 2000.##

Remembrance Day  RC 51677
by Henry Porter 
read by Corrie James
3 cassettes
Arriving in London from Boston, Con Lindow becomes a bombing
victim. When the British police learn Lindow is an Irish
national, he becomes a chief suspect. He teams up with an
out-of-favor policeman to find the real bomber--the only way
to prove Lindow's innocence. Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 2000.##

Roses Are Red  RC 51270
by James Patterson 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Picking up where Pop Goes the Weasel (RC 48868) left off,
detective Alex Cross tries to convince girlfriend Christine
to marry him. Meanwhile he becomes involved in a complex
case with a perfectionist bank robber and terrorist called
"Mastermind." Some descriptions of sex and some strong
language. Bestseller 2000.##

Seven Up  RC 52533
by Janet Evanovich 
read by Annie Wauters
2 cassettes
Elderly mobster Eddie DeChooch slips through Trenton bail
bondsman Stephanie Plum's fingers numerous times. As she
searches the neighborhood for him, she also becomes engaged
to cop Joe Morelli, despite her attraction to fellow bounty
hunter Ranger. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and
some strong language. Bestseller  2000.##

Silent Joe  RC 52111
by T. Jefferson Parker 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
When Orange County, California, supervisor Will Trona is
murdered, his disfigured adopted son, Joe, blames himself. 
But Joe is also a county cop.  While seeking revenge, he
learns more about Will and the shady political deals he was
involved in. Violence, strong language, and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

A Small Death in Lisbon  RC 51567
by Robert Wilson 
read by Robert Blumenfeld
3 cassettes
Prize-winning British mystery traces the murder of a
promiscuous teenager in 1990s Portugal to a Nazi officer's
smuggling activities during World War II. Inspector Jos
Coelho is assigned the case that leads him to an unusual
conclusion. Violence, strong language, and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Golden Dagger/Best Crime Novel. 1999.##

Smoke Eaters  RC 51491
by Christine Andreae 
read by Margaret Strom
3 cassettes
When the Forest Service assigns Mattie McCulloch to direct
her first fire operation, her son Jim is one of the troops.
A member of her command secretly commits arson to kill a
female firefighter; then Mattie finds Jim's name on the
fatality list. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and
strong language. 2000.##

A Soldier's Duty  RC 53206
by Thomas E. Ricks 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
New lovers, majors Cindy Sherman and Bud Lewis, have just
arrived at the Pentagon when the president sends troops to
Afghanistan. The "Sons of Liberty," a secret military
organization, questions the move and plans a coup against
the unpopular commander in chief. Violence, strong language,
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001.##

Speaking in Tongues  RC 51565
by Jeffery Deaver 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
A charismatic psychiatrist cleverly manipulates teenager
Megan McCall and her divorced parents, kidnapping Megan and
hiding her in an abandoned mental hospital. Her
disappearance brings her parents together, but the doctor
continues to wreak vengeance on her father. Strong language
and some violence. 2000.##

Stealing Shadows  RC 51473
by Kay Hooper 
read by Laura Giannarelli
2 cassettes
Psychic Cassie Neill fails to prevent a murder in Los
Angeles and flees to North Carolina. Once there, however, a
stalker invades her mind. No one believes her until a body
is found. Then she becomes a suspect. Companion to Hiding in
the Shadows (RC 51472). Violence and strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

The Sweet Forever  RC 50641
by George P. Pelecanos 
read by Chuck Young
2 cassettes
In the mid-1980s, a car crash in front of a Washington,
D.C., record store puts the owner and his manager in the
middle of a cocaine-related power struggle involving crooked
cops, teen gangs, and a missing bag of drug money. Strong
language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex.
1998.##

Tell No One  RC 52602
by Harlan Coben 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
New York City pediatrician David Beck's wife and lifelong
sweetheart, Elizabeth, was tragically murdered eight years
ago by a serial killer. Or so he thought. But the young
doctor suddenly begins receiving mysterious e-mails
containing information only Elizabeth would know. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

The Third Option  RC 53036
by Vince Flynn 
read by Jack Fox
3 cassettes
CIA agent Mitch Rapp, last seen in Transfer of Power (RC
50675), is sent on a mission to Germany to assassinate a
businessman selling arms to Saddam Hussein. When the couple
assisting Rapp try to kill him, he goes undercover to
investigate political intrigue. Some violence and some
strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

The Third Victim  RC 51904
by Lisa Gardner 
read by Martha Harmon Pardee
2 cassettes
The tiny sheriff's office of Bakersville, Oregon, appears
ill-equipped to handle a school shooting by the sheriff's
son. Officer Rainie Conner deals with state and federal
authorities and revisits the long-ago charges of shooting
her mother while she searches for what set the boy off.
Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 2001.##

Tom Clancy's Net Force: Breaking Point  RC 51396
by Steve Perry 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
June 2011. Net Force commander Alex Michaels's personal life
is in turmoil. Yet he must turn his attention to stopping
someone from illegally accessing information on an
atmospheric weapon that can drive people mad. Sequel to Tom
Clancy's Net Force: Night Moves (RC 50399). Strong language
and some violence. Bestseller 2000.##

Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Line of Control  RC 52675
by Jeff Rovin 
read by Jim Zeiger
3 cassettes
Colonel Brett August leads Striker, the military arm of Op-
Center, to Kashmir. He wants to prevent an Islamic cleric
from inciting rebellion in this volatile region, but they
are too late. War breaks out between India and Pakistan, and
a nuclear confrontation is a real possibility. Violence and
strong language. Bestseller 2001.##

Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Bio-Strike  RC 51394
by Jerome Preisler 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
2001. Roger Gordian, UpLink International, finds his life on
the line and the fate of the world in his hands. Gordian
comes down with a lethal virus, which Harlan DeVane, a
criminal mastermind, has developed and is spreading around
the world. Some violence and some strong language.
Bestseller 2000.##

Twenty-Four Hours  RC 52361
by Greg Iles 
read by Steven Carpenter
2 cassettes
Will and Karen Jennings's child is taken by serial kidnapper
John Hickey. While his cousin watches five-year-old Abby,
and his wife guards Will in his convention hotel room,
Hickey plans a night with Karen. Until now the children have
not been harmed, but this time Hickey's vengeful. Violence
and strong language. Bestseller 2000.##

Under Cover of Darkness  RC 51926
by James Grippando 
read by Chuck Benson
3 cassettes
When the wife of prominent Seattle lawyer Gus Wheatley
disappears during a rash of serial killings, FBI agent
Andrea Henning suspects that she's dead. But as Gus begins
his own investigation, he discovers strange things about his
wife that point to her being an accomplice instead of a
victim. Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Violets Are Blue  RC 53565
by James Patterson 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Detective Dr. Alex Cross continues to be tormented by calls
from the elusive "Mastermind" killer while assisting an FBI
investigation of nationwide ritualistic vampire murders.
Sequel to Roses Are Red (RC 51270). Violence, strong
language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2001.##

War Stories###

Back to Battle  RC 52320
by Max Hennessy 
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes (Reissue)
The Royal Navy's indomitable Commander Kelly Maguire,
skipper of a destroyer, pitches into the thick of battle in
World War II. Again he demonstrates extraordinary courage
and resourcefulness at Dunkirk, Crete, and Normandy. Sequel
to The Dangerous Years (RC 51321). Some violence and some
strong language. 1980.##

A Boy Called H: A Childhood in Wartime Japan  RC 51718
by Kappa Senoh 
read by Bill Wallace
4 cassettes
Autobiographical novel of boyhood years in wartime Japan,
depicting a closed society, secret police, press censorship,
and enforced conformity. Explores contradictions between the
boy's skepticism and his loyalty to the nation's leaders and
the state party. Portrays consequences of his family's
Christian faith and friendships with expatriates. 1999.##

Dog Company Six  RC 51836
by Edwin Howard Simmons 
read by Chris Parente
3 cassettes
Marine reserve captain George Bayard is mobilized when the
Korean War breaks out and ends up in the front lines of
battle at Seoul, Inchon, and the Chosin Reservoir. After
being wounded, Bayard faces the choice of going home or
returning to his command. Violence, strong language, and
some descriptions of sex. 2000.##

Forgotten Fire  RC 52396
by Adam Bagdasarian 
read by Jonathan Davis
2 cassettes
Vahan Kenderian is the twelve-year-old son of a rich and
respected Armenian family when the 1915-1918 Turkish
massacre of the Armenians begins.  Suddenly Vahan becomes an
orphan struggling for survival and witnessing the atrocities
of war. Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2000.##

The Guns of Navarone; Force 10 from Navarone  RC 51660
by Alistair MacLean 
read by David Cutler
4 cassettes
Two classic World War II adventures. In The Guns of
Navarone, a British sabotage team must destroy Nazi weapons
so that a small Greek island can be evacuated. In Force 10
from Navarone, three allied spies are assigned an impossible
mission in Yugoslavia. Some violence and some strong
language. 1968.##

The Lion at Sea  RC 51322
by Max Hennessy 
read by David Cutler
2 cassettes (Reissue)
The bold adventures of midshipman Kelly Maguire of the Royal
Navy during World War I. He begins the war aboard an
obsolete battle cruiser and is captured by the Turks after
Gallipoli. Escaping, Maguire is later involved in the Battle
of Jutland. Some violence and some strong language. 1977.##

The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War  RC 52311
by James Brady 
read by Michael Scherer
2 cassettes
In 1950 reserve captain Tom Verity, a single father and
professor of Chinese, is recommissioned and sent to gather
intelligence with the First Marine Division in North Korea.
But the troops are ambushed by the Red Chinese armies and
forced to retreat from the Chosin Reservoir. Strong language
and some violence. 2000.##

Rogue Warrior: Echo Platoon  RC 51838
by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
The Rogue Warrior's latest job finds him loaded down with
seventy pounds of equipment, swimming toward an oil rig in
the Caspian Sea where workers have been taken hostage. His
mission: uncover the reasons behind attempts to destabilize
Azerbaijan. Sequel to Rogue Warrior: SEAL Force Alpha (RC
46901). Violence and strong language. 2000.##

Soldier X  RC 53080
by Don Wulffson 
read by Mark Ashby
1 cassette
In 1944, bilingual sixteen-year-old Erik Brandt, whose
grandparents are Russian, is conscripted into the German
army and sent to the eastern front. He is caught behind
enemy lines and exchanges uniforms with a dead Russian
soldier. But can he fake his identity for long? Violence.
For senior high and older readers. 2001.##

Special Ops: Brotherhood of War, Book 9  RC 51990
by W.E.B. Griffin 
read by Bruce Huntey
5 cassettes
The U.S. military and the CIA plot to foil Che Guevara's
attempt to spread Communism in the mid-1960s Congo. The
Green Berets push him out of Africa but he turns up in
Bolivia, where he dies under mysterious circumstances.
Sequel to The Aviators (RC 29212). Strong language and some
violence. Bestseller 2001.##

The Special Prisoner  RC 51430
by Jim Lehrer 
read by Richard Hauenstein
2 cassettes
Fifty years after being a Japanese POW, retired Methodist
bishop John Quincy Watson spies his chief interrogator and
torturer at an airport and tracks him to his hotel room. As
Watson confronts his old enemy, he finds his faith and
pastoral training tested by the desire for vengeance.
Violence and strong language. 2000.##

SSN: Strategies of Submarine Warfare  RC 50931
by Tom Clancy 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
Fifteen episodes of undersea combat aboard a nuclear sub,
based on interactive computer game scenarios. Captain Mackey
and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Cheyenne are dispatched to
the Spratley Island chain in the South China Sea after the
discovery of oil puts America and China on a deadly
collision course. Bestseller 1996.##

Westerns###

American West: Twenty New Stories from the Western Writers
of America  RC 53107
edited by Loren D. Estleman 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Twenty nontraditional western tales. "The Guardians," a
story by Don Coldsmith, is based on a historical incident in
which Native Americans are not attackers but protectors. In
"A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing," Johnny D. Boggs writes a
moving narrative from the perspective of a piano. Some
strong language. 2001.##

Badger Boy  RC 52321
by Elmer Kelton 
read by Ted Stoddard
2 cassettes
As the Civil War is ending in 1865, Texas Ranger Rusty
Shannon contends with frontier battles against the
Comanches. When Rusty captures a white youth called Badger
Boy, raised by Comanches, Rusty's own past returns to haunt
him. Sequel to The Buckskin Line (RC 50220). Some strong
language. 2001.##

Blizzard: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 3  RC 52050
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
When three convicts escape from a Colorado prison, it is up
to U.S. marshal Ridge Holloway to capture them.
Unfortunately the family of one escapee is determined to
protect them. When two women are taken hostage, mysterious
man of God John Stranger helps them. Sequel to Silent
Abduction (RC 52049). Some violence. 1995.##

Blood of Eagles: Eagle Series, Book 8  RC 51839
by William W. Johnstone 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Falcon MacCallister has concluded that he no longer needs to
avenge his wife's murder. Now in 1881, as he travels across
the Oklahoma Panhandle, he has a different mission--to
ensure the building of the new railway. Sequel to Cry of
Eagles (RC 51174). Strong language and some violence. 2000.##

Blood on the Divide: The First Mountain Man, Volume 2  RC
53030
by William W. Johnstone 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
1838. The Pardee brothers, along with renegade Indians
expelled from various tribes, live by raiding and killing
settlers traveling in wagons along the Oregon Trail.
Mountain man Preacher learns of their schemes and sets out
to defeat them. Sequel to Journey of the Mountain Man (RC
30046). Violence and strong language. 1992.##

Blood on the Saddle: A Western Story  RC 51625
by Dan Cushman 
read by Gregory Gorton
2 cassettes
Montana Territory, 1880s. Billy Buttons is accused of
murdering a slick businessman who wants his family's land.
But instead of fleeing, Billy and his brother Clyde ride
into town to surrender. Billy hires T.F. Boe, the best
criminal attorney in the West. Some descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 1998.##

Boone's Lick  RC 52386
by Larry McMurtry 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
For sixteen years, outspoken Mary Margaret has tolerated the
wanderings of her husband, Dick, and enjoyed the company of
his brother, Seth, who stays by her side. Now she's making
an arduous wagon journey west with the whole family to tell
Dick face to face that they are "quits." Some strong
language. 2000.##

Borden Chantry  RC 52830
by Louis L'Amour 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes (Reissue)
A mysterious gunman goes on a rampage, killing men in cold
blood. Borden Chantry, who has reluctantly taken on the job
of town marshal, is hard pressed to find the murderer.
Sequel to Over on the Dry Side (RC 35987). Some strong
language. 1977.##

Buscadero  RC 51257
by Bill Brooks 
read by Gary Roan
2 cassettes
When Texas law catches up with Johnny Montana and his
paramour Katie Swensen, he is ordered returned to Arkansas
for trial. Texas Ranger Pete Winter is assigned to escort
them. But there are others also looking for Montana, and
Texas Ranger Henry Dollar must find them first. Violence.
1993.##

A Century of Great Western Stories  RC 51381
edited by John Jakes 
read by Bob Askey
5 cassettes
Thirty western short stories from the twentieth century.
Includes work by Louis L'Amour, Jack London, Elmer Kelton,
Luke Short, Max Brand, and Zane Grey. Introduction by John
Jakes. Some violence. 2000.##

Circle of Fire: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 5  RC 52052
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Several small Montana ranches are being threatened by their
larger neighbors. When tragedy strikes, the sheriff sends
for John Stranger, armed with his Colt .45 and his Bible.
However, an impersonator puts Stranger suddenly on the wrong
side of the law. Sequel to Tears of the Sun (RC 52051). Some
violence. 1996.##

The Contract Surgeon  RC 51305
by Dan O'Brien 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Fictionalized account of the friendship between Dr.
McGillycuddy and Sioux leader Crazy Horse. McGillycuddy, a
private physician working under contract for the army, must
decide whether to act as a doctor or a friend when the
seriously wounded chief faces cruel imprisonment. Some
violence and some strong language. 1999.##

Cry of Eagles: Eagle Series, Book 7  RC 51174
by William W. Johnstone 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Falcon MacCallister continues his trek around the country
seeking to avenge his wife's murder. After a stop in
Tombstone, Arizona, he is confronted by the horrors of
conflict with Apache Indians and vows revenge. Sequel to
Song of Eagles (RC 51173). Violence and strong language.
1999.##

Double-Cross: A Western Story  RC 53173
by Stephen Overholser 
read by Chuck Benson
2 cassettes
Cowboy Matt MacLeod enters the Denver jail on an errand. He
notices an accused murderer who could pass for his twin. The
unknown man is due to hang at noon the next day. Matt,
however, cannot let the man die without an explanation. Some
strong language. 2001.##

Drumm's War  RC 51439
by Bill Bragg and R.C. House 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Fictionalized account of Captain "Toy" Drumm and his
platoon's 1845 assignment to report on Mexican strength in
the newly annexed Texas. Drumm's attempt to avoid
confrontation fails and his troops are soon surrounded.
Strong language and some violence. 1992.##

Fencing the Sky  RC 51442
by James Galvin 
read by Fred Major
2 cassettes
Modern-day western centers on rancher Mike Arans, who kills
a long-hated neighbor known for injuring cattle with his
ATV-induced stampedes. As Arans flees on horseback,
flashbacks illustrate the problems faced by small-time
ranchers in the late twentieth century. Strong language and
some violence. 1999.##

The Ferguson Rifle  RC 52634
by Louis L'Amour 
read by Jack Fox
1 cassette (Reissue)
To forget the death of his family, Ronan Chantry goes west.
He joins trappers and meets Lucinda Falvey, who's looking
for lost treasure. Together they fight for their lives
against hostile Indians and thieves. Sequel to North to the
Rails (RC 33979). Some violence. 1973.##

From Where the Sun Now Stands  RC 52947
by Will Henry 
read by L.J. Ganser
2 cassettes
A young Nez Perce warrior, Chief Joseph's nephew, chronicles
the treaty violations that forced his people on a trek from
Oregon to Montana. The tribe's doomed campaign for freedom
culminates in Chief Joseph's vow to "fight no more forever"
in his 1877 surrender speech. Some violence and some strong
language. Spur Award. 1960.##

The Geraldi Trail  RC 53081
by Max Brand 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Professional thief Jimmy Geraldi, who only steals from other
crooks, finally settles down to marry his sweetheart. But
when an old friend rides up with a posse after him, Geraldi
takes his place and rides off. Soon he has to confront an
old enemy in order to clear his name. 1999.##

The Great Trek: A Frontier Story  RC 51951
by Zane Grey 
read by Bob Askey
4 cassettes
Two American cowpokes, Sterl Hazelton and Red Krehl, flee to
Australia. As they drive a huge herd of cattle across wild
and strange bush country, they battle the elements and
hostile aborigines. First published in a condensed version
as The Wilderness Trek (RC 10978). Some strong language.
1937.##

Henry Plummer  RC 51616
by Frank Bird Linderman 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Henry Plummer arrives in the Montana territories and is
eventually elected sheriff. But the Masons organize a
vigilante group to investigate the murders and robberies of
miners in the region and soon suspect the lawman. Based on a
true story. Foreword by the author's granddaughter. Some
violence and some strong language. 1920.##

The Literary West: An Anthology of Western American
Literature  RC 50784
edited by Thomas J. Lyon 
read by Erik Sandvold
4 cassettes
More than forty selections, most written by twentieth-
century authors such as Robinson Jeffers, John Steinbeck,
Jack Schaefer, N. Scott Momaday, Edward Abbey, Wallace
Stegner, Gary Snyder, Louis L'Amour, Rick Bass, William
Kittredge, Denise Chvez, Amy Tan, and Sam Shepard. Includes
chronology of events and suggested reading. Strong language
and some violence. 1999.##

Murphy  RC 51376
by Gary Paulsen 
read by L.J. Ganser
1 cassette
Al Murphy, thirty-two, is the sixty-four-dollar-a-month
sheriff of Cincherville, Colorado. When twelve-year-old
Sarah Penches is found raped and murdered in the livery
stable, Murphy sets out to find the culprit. But before he
can, several more people are killed. Prequel to Murphy's
Gold (RC 28863). Some violence. 1987.##

Murphy's Herd  RC 51494
by Gary Paulsen 
read by Rick Rohan
1 cassette
After giving up his career as a lawman, Al Murphy starts a
new life as a rancher with his lover, Midge. But when he
returns from a trip to town to find Midge murdered and his
herd gone, grief-stricken Murphy once again becomes a
manhunter. Violence and strong language. 1989.##

The Ox-Bow Incident  RC 52564
by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 
read by Gary Telles
2 cassettes (Reissue)
Nevada, 1885. Wrangler Art Croft reluctantly joins a group
of citizens in a small town who hastily form a posse to
catch murdering cattle rustlers. Three men are accused of
the crime and--although there are some doubts about their
guilt--lynched. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Some
violence and some strong language. 1940.##

The Pecos Kid Returns: A Western Duo  RC 52148
by Dan Cushman 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes
Two western stories featuring the Pecos Kid and his
companions, Hernandez Flanagan and Big Jim Swing. In
"Raiders of the Stage Trails," they masquerade as stagecoach
robbers to catch the real crooks. In "Tamers of the Deadfall
Towns," they tackle cattle rustlers. Follows The Pecos Kid
(RC 50786). Some violence. 1951.##

Prophet Annie: Being the Recently Discovered Memoir of Annie
Pinkerton Boone Newcastle Dearborn, Prophet and Seer  RC
52609
by Ellen Recknor 
read by Colleen Delany
3 cassettes
Annie is twenty-two in 1881 when this humorous Western
begins. She explains how she came to wed seventy-six-year-
old Jonas Newcastle, who died in their marriage bed. Now
Jonas's ghost inhabits Annie and his prophecies cause her
some wild adventures. Some strong language. Spur Award.
1999.##

Quiet Thunder: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 6  RC 52053
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Circle of Fire (RC 52052), John Stranger,
guided by his religious faith, becomes involved with blood
brothers Quiet Thunder, a Sioux warrior, and Thann Tyler,
son of an army captain, whose friendship is tested at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn. Some violence. 1996.##

Rage of Eagles: Eagle Series, Book 5  RC 51172
by William W. Johnstone 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Western territories, late 1870s. Falcon MacCallister, with a
reputation as a cold-blooded killer, is searching the
northwest for Nance Noonan, who ambushed Falcon's father,
Jamie. Unfortunately, Noonan believes he has nothing to fear
from his pursuer. Sequel to Scream of Eagles (RC 49665).
Violence and strong language. 1998.##

Rangers of the Lone Star  RC 52796
by Zane Grey 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Texas Ranger Vaughn Steele and his special assistant, Russ
Sittell, want to stop the outlaws and cattle rustlers in
Fairdale, Pecos County. But Mayor Longstreth, a prominent
rancher, doesn't like rangers interfering in his territory.
Then his daughter and Steele fall in love. Some strong
language. 1997.##

Raven Mocker  RC 52835
by Don Coldsmith 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Medicine woman Snakewater keeps to herself in a Cherokee
village in the early 1800s. Because of her advanced age, the
people begin to fear she is a Raven Mocker--one who can suck
the breath and years of life from a dying person. Snakewater
must flee the village and make a new start. 2001.##

Revenge of the Mountain Man  RC 53205
by William W. Johnstone 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes
Colorado, 1880. Smoke Jensen, gunslinger turned rancher,
vows revenge on the three men who shot his pregnant second
wife. After sending Sally home to New Hampshire, he tracks
down the shooters and discovers that they have a twenty-
year-old grudge against him. Some violence and some strong
language. 1988.##

The Seventh Man  RC 51135
by Max Brand 
read by Bob Askey
2 cassettes (Reissue)
They said Dan Barry was the man no one could kill, that his
dog was a tamed wolf, and that his horse was the fastest in
the West. Vic Gregg knew all this: Barry had once saved his
life. But now the law tells Vic he must betray Barry--or
die. Some violence. 1921.##

A Shelter of Hope: Westward Chronicles, Volume 1  RC 51115
by Tracie Peterson 
read by Gillian Green
2 cassettes
Wyoming Territory, 1890. Raised by an abusive father since
the age of ten, seventeen-year-old Simone Dumas finds
herself in an even worse situation; she believes she has
killed a man. Simone escapes to Chicago, where she meets
Jeffery O'Donnell, who offers her hope and love. 1998.##

Silent Abduction: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 2  RC 52049
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
Jim Logan's family has had many problems since the Civil
War, dashing his dream of owning a cattle ranch. Although
his employer's death provides an opportunity, tragic events
threaten his future. But each time, Bible-inspired John
Stranger is there to help. Sequel to Legacy (RC 39963). Some
violence. 1994.##

Snow Ghost: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 7  RC 52054
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Quiet Thunder (RC 52053), John Stranger is
in Butte City, Montana, where three years ago Payton Sturgis
was hanged for murder. Sturgis had vowed to return and kill
all who brought him to justice. Now those people are dying.
Bible-toting Stranger is their only hope. Some violence.
1997.##

Song of Eagles: Eagle Series, Book 6  RC 51173
by William W. Johnstone 
read by Jack Fox
2 cassettes
Falcon MacCallister is in New Mexico territory visiting a
family friend and meets Billy Bonney, aka Billy the Kid.
When a cattle dispute erupts, pitting rancher against
rancher, Falcon and Billy become involved in the Lincoln
County War. Sequel to Rage of Eagles (RC 51172). Violence
and strong language. 1999.##

South Wind  RC 52216
by Don Coldsmith 
read by Richard Hauenstein
3 cassettes
A series of historical vignettes portrays the challenges
faced by pro-slavery and pro-emancipation settlers in the
Kansas Territory before the Civil War. The connected
episodes present a saga of westward expansion through 1876.
Sequel to Tallgrass (RC 46545). 1998.##

Stonebreaker's Ridge: A Western Story  RC 51869
by Ray Hogan 
read by Mimi Bederman
1 cassette
Ex-bounty hunter, Jim Ryan, returns home to ranch his
family's spread. But he is soon accused of killing a
neighbor, his sweetheart's father. Jim finds himself on the
wrong side of the law while trying to uncover the truth.
Some violence. 2000.##

Sun Dance: Sam Keaton; Legends of Laramie, Book 3  RC 52776
by Sigmund Brouwer 
read by Jim Zeiger
2 cassettes
Wyoming Territory, 1875. Marshal Sam Keaton must figure out
why there is a dead man in his office and why his expedition
through Sioux lands is such a disaster. He struggles with
alcoholism and strengthens his faith while solving these
mysteries. Sequel to Moon Basket (RC 40217). Some violence.
2000.##

Sun Mountain: A Comstock Memoir  RC 50966
by Richard S. Wheeler 
read by Bob Askey
3 cassettes
On January 1, 1900, journalist Henry Jackson Stoddard, age
sixty-one, begins his recollections of people encountered
and events witnessed in Virginia City and the Comstock Lode
since his arrival there in 1861. Among his acquaintances was
Samuel Clemens when he was a young reporter, and a mining
town was the place to be. 1999.##

Tears of the Sun: Journeys of the Stranger, Book 4  RC 52051
by Al Lacy 
read by Robert Sams
2 cassettes
In this sequel to Blizzard (RC 52050), Bible-toting John
Stranger has traveled to Apache Junction, Arizona, where he
becomes caught up in a battle between the Tonto Apaches and
the Arizona Zunis. He also has to save the newly married son
of the governor and avert a weapons exchange. Some violence.
1995.##

Ten and Me  RC 51359
by Johnny D. Boggs 
read by David Hartley-Margolin
1 cassette
New Mexico Territory, 1886. Jack Mackinnon spends his
wedding day reflecting on his adventurous past. Along with
fellow South Carolinian Dr. Ten Keough, Jack had joined the
Texas Rangers. Their daring exploits were to become
immortalized in the dime novels of Miss Robin Hunter. Some
violence. 1999.##

The Three Mustangeers  RC 52202
by Will James 
read by Ray Foushee
2 cassettes
Andy Thomas grows up on a badlands ranch where his father
hides outlaws from the authorities. When Stub O'leary and
Hugh Stanley ride off one day, Andy joins them to start an
honest, respectable life in a new territory. 1933.##

The Thundering Herd  RC 52805
by Zane Grey 
read by John Polk
2 cassettes (Reissue)
The Great Plains, 1874. Buffalo hunter Tom Doan has faced
Comanche raids, stampedes, murder, and treachery in pursuit
of the lucrative hide trade. With girlfriend Milly Fayre's
help, he comes to believe the mass slaughter is wrong and
turns against his fellow hunters. But now Milly is missing.
Foreword (1953) by Loren Grey. 1924.##

West to Comanche County  RC 52008
by Doug Bowman 
read by Roy Avers
2 cassettes
Kirb Renfro and his beloved bride leave Tennessee after the
Civil War for a better life in Texas. But after Ellie is
raped and murdered on their ranch,  the cowboy vows revenge.
Some violence. 2000.