Gift Ideas: Nonfiction Audio Books

The National Parks
America's Best Idea
Authors: Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, Reader: Ken Burns

A sweeping celebration of the origins of the American national park system, this audiobook delves into the history and the ideas that inspired the creation of the park system. The authors examine the mythologies, stories, adventures, and political battles that preceded each parcel of land into the system. A companion volume to Ken Burns' miniseries, airing on PBS in September.

Abridged, 5 CDs, History, Early American, E5R632, 9780739366325, Now $30.00 $24.00
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NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures
Selected from NPR Archives
This colorful collection goes beyond the scenery at America's most popular national parks and introduces listeners to engrossing new perspectives on these native treasures. Includes the Grand Canyon, White Sands National Monument, and Yosemite National Park.

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Travel, E1Z856, 9781598878561, $14.95
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NPR Road Trips: Postcards from Around the Globe
Selected from NPR Archives
Meet two people who used their hands and feet to travel around the world. Hear music from the '70s in Katmandu. Join in Rio's wild Carnival festivities. And walk through old Beijing before it's demolished for high-rises. Traveling with NPRcorrespondents, you'll meet with friendliness and hospitality, even in the most out-of-the-way places.

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Travel, E1Z857, 9781598878578, $14.95
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NPR Road Trips: Roadside Attractions
Selected from NPR Archives
From Prairie Dog Town to Elvis, from the largest ball of twine to the velvet museum, pull off the road with National Public Radio and experience these and other delightful icons and oddities decorating our natural landscape. They're the staples of the American road trip, but many are slowly disappearing. Catch them before they all go away!

Audio Orig, 1 CD, Travel, E1Z855, 9781598878554, $14.95
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The Case for God
Author/Reader: Karen Armstrong, Karen Armstrong

Focusing especially on Christianity but including other religions, this audiobook examines the diminished impulse toward religion during a time when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacyof faith. "Presenting difficult ideas with utter lucidity, this registers at once as a classic of religious and world history."—Booklist

Unabridged, 14 CDs, Religion, L9R237, 9780307702371, Now $50.00 $40.00
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The Old West: Stories and Legends
Author: Joe Loesch, Readers: Various

Tales and legends of the settling of the West – from the siege of the Alamo in 1836, through the madness and the glitter of the California Gold Rush in 1849, to the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1893. These people came from everywhere, and from every walk of life. Some found great disappointment and death. Others found incredible fortune.

Audio Orig, 5 CDs, History, Early American, E5X476, 9781598594768, $29.99
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The Old West: Villains and Avengers
Author: Joe Loesch, Readers: Various

When we think of the Old West, we imagine all those famous outlaws shooting up the prairie. Hear about Frank and Jesse James and Billy the Kid to the Gunfight at the OK Corral and the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys. Finally, we hear about the battle at the Little Big Horn.

Audio Orig, 5 CDs, History, Early American, E5X477, 9781598594775, $29.99
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