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Author:
Happy Jack Feder
Reader:
Anna Fields
Format: 6
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(Unabridged)
So you think watching pro hoopsters is exciting? Try this story of basketball's first world champions, a handful of teenage girls at the Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School in Montana. In 1904, these remarkable athletes resoundingly crushed all opponents. An inspiring and thrilling piece of history. "Fields brings this fictional biography to life with respect and joy... One needn't be a basketball fan to enjoy this reading."—AudioFile
Item #: M6B889
ISBN: 9780786178896
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Author:
Elie Wiesel
Reader:
Frederick Davidson
Format: 5
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(Unabridged)
A tale of myth and mystery. In the days following the Six-Day War, a Holocaust survivor visits the reunited city of Jerusalem. Among the beggars and madmen, survivors and fighters, victors and victims congregating at the Western Wall, he encounters ghosts of his past and ties to the present. "Outstanding."—The New York Times
Item #: M5B007
ISBN: 9780786110070
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Authors:
Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller
Reader:
Aimée Lilly
Format: 5
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(Abridged)
Seventeen-year-old Fanny never cared much for the conventions of society. But when she receives a surprising inheritance, she discovers just how oppressive society can be... and that she may be trusting the wrong people. Dare she follow her heart and risk going against her family? What if she loses everything she's ever known? It all comes down to one choice: What does she want her legacy to be?
Item #: M5X317
ISBN: 9781598593174
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Author:
Julian Barnes
Reader:
Alex Jennings
Format: 9
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An eccentric, comprehensive chronicle of life on planet Earth. Starting with a worm telling about Noah's Ark and moving on to terrorists on a cruise ship and a sneak preview of heaven, these stories echo each other as themes deepen and images recur. "Thoughtful, often funny, and never less than fascinating."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: M9E475
ISBN: 9789626344750
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Author:
Tracie Peterson
Reader:
Aimée Lilly
Format: 5
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When her father is falsely imprisoned for slave trading, Catherine is forced to disguise her past and create a new life as a seamstress in America. When a handsome man from her past appears, she cannot deny her attraction, but admitting her identity may jeopardize her father's only hope for freedom.
Item #: M5X341
ISBN: 9781598593419
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Author:
Tracie Peterson
Reader:
Aimée Lilly
Format: 5
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(Abridged)
Cassie loves her job as companion to a wealthy society woman. But her life changes when an insurance investigator appears, looking into the suspicious activities of the woman's son. Cassie and Mark pretend they are courting, so that he hasan excuse to be near the family. The longer he's around, the closer the two become, and the more danger they expose themselves to.
Item #: M5X387
ISBN: 9781598593877
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Author:
Jane Kirkpatrick
Reader:
Kirsten Potter
Format: 10
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Determined to raise her children on her own terms, Emma suddenly finds herself alone and pregnant again. She struggles to keep her family secure in Washington Territory's remote coastal forest. She wonders if God has abandoned her – then she reaches out for help. Second in the Change and Cherish series. "[Potter's] delivery transplants the listener right into the brutal setting and makes Emma's thoughts and emotions real. A fascinating story and a great narration."—AudioFile
Item #: M9X507
ISBN: 9781596445079
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Author:
Sena Jeter Naslund
Reader:
Susanna Burney
Format: 10
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(Abridged)
A fictional account of Marie Antoinette, the woman born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She tells her fascinating story, a tale of politics and royalty, ambition and tragedy – a tale that ends in revolution and death. The Oscar-winning film Marie Antoinette stars Kirsten Dunst. "Astonishing, richly imagined... delivered in glowing prose... will have you holding your breath."—BookPage
Item #: M9H091
ISBN: 9780061150913
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Author:
Yoram Kaniuk, translated by Seymour Simckes
Reader:
Stefan Rudnicki
Format: 12
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(Unabridged)
Once he entertained thousands of other Jews as they entered the gas chamber. Now he is the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors, struggling to live in a world in which the line between sanity and madness is blurred. The movie stars Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. "Rudnicki's narration seems more like a poem than a novel... It's as if he alone were born to read these words."—AudioFile
Item #: M9B108
ISBN: 9781433251085
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Author:
Lee Thompson
Reader:
Johanna Ward
Format: 7
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(Unabridged)
The wildness of the railroad fuels this 19th century love story, a tale of jealousy, caste, and attraction. When Addie meets Burke, owner of the railroad new where she works, they fall in love. But social persecution forces Addie to flee into the subtropical wilderness. Burke searches for her, not knowing that she has become a pawn in a plot to usurp him of his empire.
Item #: M7B886
ISBN: 9780786178865
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Author:
Steven Pressfield
Reader:
James Langton
Format: 5
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Alexander the Great craved power and control. In 330 BCE, he invades the Afghan kingdoms – and finds an enemy familiar with terrorist tactics. Brings to life the confrontation between an invading Western army and fierce Eastern warriors. "Langton presents believable and varied voices... [He] brings forth the story with the discipline and timing of a well-trained army."—AudioFile
Item #: M5R324
ISBN: 9780739333242
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Author:
Bernard Cornwell
Reader:
Charles Keating
Format: 13
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Hear how the longbow helped the English win the battle of Agincourt in 1415. The weapon helped the kingdom dominate battlefields for the rest of the century. This tale focuses on the events leading up to it, the actual battle, and the aftermath from multiple viewpoints. "Authentically detailed... realistically bold, brutal, and bloody."—Booklist
Item #: M9H096
ISBN:
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Author:
Sena Jeter Naslund
Reader:
Laura Hicks
Format: 20
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A masterpiece of historical fiction, inspired by a brief passage in Moby Dick. In the strong, intelligent voice of Una Spencer, whose life is dominated by the sea, this epic-scale saga paints a portrait of her loving marriage with Ahab before the White Whale sends him into madness, and her eventual relationship with Ahab's first mate, Ishmael. "A splendid novel... offering a sweeping, yet intimate picture of a remarkable woman who both typifies and transcends her times."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: M9X707
ISBN: 9780792727071
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Author:
Andrea Barrett
Reader:
Jeff Woodman
Format: 8
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In 1916, war rages in Europe. Far away, at a New York tuberculosis sanatorium, the patients focus on illness, rumor, and – sometimes – secret attachments. When a weekly discussion group results in tragedy and betrayal, the war comes home, along with anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. By the author of The Voyage of the Narwhal. "[Woodman's reading offers] a wide variety of fascinating characters who create a memorable, almost cinematic, experience."—AudioFile
Item #: M9X315
ISBN: 9781602833159
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Author:
Dara Horn
Reader:
William Dufris
Format: 13
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On Passover in 1862, Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, is ordered to murder his own uncle, who is plotting to assassinate Lincoln. After that night, will Jacob ever speak for himself? The answer comes when his commanderssend him on another mission – this time not to murder a spy, but to marry one. "Complex, multilayered, and thoroughly involving... a novel rich in human emotion and ambiguity. A triumph."—Booklist
Item #: M9M212
ISBN: 9781400112128
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Author:
Ward Just
Reader:
William Dufris
Format: 8
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(Unabridged)
In the 1950s, in his 19th summer, Wilson Ravan watches his small town change due to rabid anticommunism, worker unrest, and government corruption. And as the community changes, so does his father. Wilson feels his own innocence crumble over these shattering months of life-altering events. "Brilliant... [Just is] a wonderful writer... [Dufris's] reading is both understated and highly effective. [He] demonstrates a gift for dialogue... haunting."—AudioFile
Item #: M9B587
ISBN: 9780786185863
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Author:
Wallace Stegner
Reader:
Mark Bramhall
Format: 18
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The story of four generations of an American family in the mining camps of the West. Researching how his grandparents settled on the frontier, a historian makes a journey of discovery as he uncovers a love story built on sacrifice, devotion, and integrity. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. "[Bramhall's] pacing, his characterizations, and his convincing emotional repertoire embed us in this [work]... a fine reading of a superb book."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: M9B427
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Author:
James Reasoner
Reader:
Lloyd James
Format: 9
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War brings fear and fascination to the Brannons' Virginia family farm in early 1862. The din of drilling soldiers sweeps over the quiet countryside, and another son of Abigail and John Brannon answers the call to arms. A gifted horseman, Mac joins Jeb Stuart's cavalry and soon finds himself on one of the greatest adventures of the war. No. 3 in the series. "Entertaining and informative."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: M9B129
ISBN: 9780786191291
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Author:
Colleen McCullough
Reader:
Sneha Mathan
Format: 22
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Passion, politics, love, and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between Egypt's Cleopatra and Rome's Mark Antony and Octavian. When Antony meets the Egyptian queen, they begin a very public love affair, and the tensionbetween Antony and Octavian soon threatens to erupt into war.
Item #: M9A230
ISBN: 9780792752301
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Author:
Julian Barnes
Reader:
Nigel Anthony
Format: 14
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Two men's lives become interwoven and each becomes the other's salvation in this profound, witty meditation on fateful differences. Based on the true intersection of the lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a half-Indian solicitor in Victorian England who was falsely accused of criminal behavior. "Elegantly constructed... contains as many facets as a well cut diamond... deeply satisfying."—San Francisco Chronicle
Item #: M9X963
ISBN: 9780792738633
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