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Abridged Fiction-Modern Audiobooks

Boomsday
Author: Christopher Buckley, Reader: Janeane Garofalo

Generational warfare heats up when a Generation Whatever blogger suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 70 – as a solution to the Social Security debt crisis. Let the battle begin! By the author of Thank You for Smoking. Audie Award finalist. "Buckley's novel is a delightful mix of strong characters and plot twists, and Garofalo's performance more than does it justice."—AudioFile

Abridged, 5 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M5W215, 9781600242151, ~~$14.98~~ Now $9.98
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Author: Helen Fielding, Reader: Tracie Bennett

Audie Award winner. Bridget has another diary, as funny as the first. Here, her Prince Charming votes conservative, and a man-hunting barracuda arrives who specializes in destroying other women's dreams. The movie stars Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant. "As funny as Monty Python on estrogen... This is a laugh-out-loud audiobook due in no small part to the obvious fun Bennett is having narrating it!"—AudioFile

Abridged, 5 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M5R958, 9780739319581, $14.99
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Author/Reader: Rebecca Wells, Rebecca Wells

Funny tour de force of women's relationships, especially between mother and daughter. An actress who escaped her hometown must come to terms with her mama's steamy past. The movie stars Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd. "Funny and generous and full of love and heartbreak, in that grand Louisiana literary tradition of transforming family secrets into great stories."—New Orleans Times-Picayune

Abridged, 3 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M3H168, 9780694521685, $22.00
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England, England
Author: Julian Barnes, Reader: Judy Geeson

Take all the national treasures of England, from Stonehenge to Buckingham Palace to Princess Diana's grave, and group them together on a little island. You'll make millions in the lucrative tourist trade, right? Too late – a certain visionary tycoon is about to do just that. "Consumately entertaining."—Kirkus Reviews

Abridged, 4 cassettes, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M4D971, 9780787119713, ~~$25.00~~ Now $16.25
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The Eyre Affair
Author: Jasper Fforde, Reader: Elizabeth Sastre

At any moment, the classic novel you're listening to will be invaded and the characters murdered! This is a job for Thursday Next, a charismatic sleuth with a respect for good literature. Her quest is the capture of Acheron Hades, a wily cad responsible for those dastardly literary murders. A 2002 Listen Up Award winner from Publishers Weekly. First in the series. "James Bond meets Harry Potter in the Twilight Zone... Sastre's reading works particularly well."—Publishers Weekly

Abridged, 8 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M8Z546, 9781565115460, $36.95
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Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride?
Author/Reader: Baxter Black, Baxter Black

All any of us needs is a chance. In this rollicking caper, down-on-their-luck cowboys Lick and Cody get that chance when they meet a gal with a ton of money. But it turns out a posse of bad guys is after it – and her... so the fun begins. "Loving, sophisticated sendup of western romances, as if Larry McMurtry were writing Blazing Saddles."—Publishers Weekly

Abridged, 4 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M4R416, 9780739324165, $27.50
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How to Be Good
Author: Nick Hornby, Reader: Frances Barber

The heck with this marriage, Katie grumps, tired of her cynical husband. They careen toward divorce. But then he returns from a mysterious weekend, transformed and determined to be totally "good." A funny, startlingly accurate take on our modern selves and our modern world. "Outstanding... Barber's stellar performance turns a worthy novel into a must-listen event."—Publishers Weekly

Abridged, 4 cassettes, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M4X823, 9780399148231, ~~$24.95~~ Now $16.22
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A Salty Piece of Land
Stories That Are Mostly True
Author: Jimmy Buffett, Reader: John David Souther, with Hank Jacobs and featuring Jimmy Buffett

A wild cast of laid-back characters inhabits this laid-back yarn starring Tully Mars. Tully rises from his beach chair to help find – no, not his lost shaker of salt – the lost lens from the lighthouse on Cayo Loco. This Caribbean search leads to adventure, mystery, and lots of tequila. "A groovily laid-back, ramblingly anecdotal, sunsoaked bit of Caribbean escapism... as cheery and tropical as [his] music."—Publishers Weekly

Abridged, 8 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M8W267, 9781600242670, $14.98
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Snobs
Author/Reader: Julian Fellowes, Julian Fellowes

When this common little girl marries the heir to the Marquess of Uckfield, the buzz is tremendous. Is it love? Or is she just after his money? A highly entertaining comedy of manners with the brilliant social commentary of Gosford Park, which earned Fellowes the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. "Listeners will have little trouble believing that reader Morant was born into the rarified world that serves as the setting for this gossipy tale... deliciously satiric."—Publishers Weekly

Abridged, 5 CDs, Fiction-Modern, Humorous, M5U604, 9781593976040, ~~$29.95~~ Now $19.47
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