Talking Book Topics, Vol. 65, No. 4, July-August 1999

Talking Book Topics
July-August 1999
Volume 65, Number 4

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped

_Talking Book Topics_ is published bimonthly in large-print,
cassette, and disc formats and distributed free to blind and
physically handicapped individuals who participate in the
Library of Congress free reading program.  It lists recorded
books and magazines available through a network of
cooperating libraries and covers news of developments and
activities in library services.
     The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles
recently added to the national collection, which contains
thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including
classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and
self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of
books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs
and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries.
Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer
requests for special materials.
      To order books, contact your local cooperating
library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should
be sent to: Publications and Media Section, National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC  20542 

Library of Congress, Washington 1999

Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number 60-46157
ISSN 0039-9183


Contents:

In Brief

Books for Adults

     Cassettes--Nonfiction
     Cassettes--Fiction

Books for Children

     Cassettes--Nonfiction
     Cassettes--Fiction

Foreign Language Books

     Spanish

Talking Book Magazines

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_In Brief_

NLS Focuses on Digital Book Technology


The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped (NLS) continues its major development program on
digital technology.  Several efforts are underway:

* A project to place 2,500 braille books in digitally
accessible format on the Internet for use by NLS patrons;

* Under the auspices of the National Information Standards
Organization (NISO), a prototype electronic coding of the
text of a book using draft NISO Digital Talking Book
standards;

* Installation of the first digital audio duplicating and
archiving system at an NLS facility; and

* Development of a digital recording system at the NLS
Recording Studio.

In July 1998 NLS published a comprehensive paper, Digital
Talking Books: Planning for the Future, that outlines the
steps required for NLS to move its national library service
into digital format.  The paper is available in large print
from the NLS Reference Section, Washington, DC  20542 and
may be accessed online from the NLS web site,
www.loc.gov/nls

Scourby Awards Announced 

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) presented its
thirteenth Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Awards to
honor excellence in talking-book narration. AFB awarded
prizes to narrators for three categories: fiction,
nonfiction, and periodicals. The award-winning narrators are
Robert Blumenfeld, AFB, for fiction; Lisette Lecat, AFB, for
nonfiction; and Butch Hoover, American Printing House for
the Blind, for periodicals. The annual Scourby Award was
established in 1986 in memory of the popular talking-book
narrator who died in 1985. 

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_Books for Adults_
Books listed in this issue of _Talking Book Topics_ were
recently sent to cooperating libraries.  The complete
collection contains books by many authors on fiction and
nonfiction subjects, including biographies, classics,
gothics, mysteries, romances, and others.  Contact your
cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of
books available in the collection.Cassette books are labeled
with the code RC and play at 15/16 ips.  To order books,
contact your cooperating library.
     _Note:_  For the information of the reader, a notice
may appear immediately following the book description to
indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit
descriptions of sex, or violence.  The word "some" before
any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent
occurrence, as in "some strong language."


_Cassettes Nonfiction_

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Many Happy Returns: The Lives of Edgar Cayce.
RC 38828.
by W.H. Church.
read by Lou Harpenau.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Based on actual life readings by Edgar Cayce, the book traces the
various supposed incarnations through the centuries of the
soul-entity of this Virginia Beach psychic. 1984.
RC 38828.
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Foreign Language Books 1993.
RC 39961.
by  National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, Library of Congress.
read by various narrators.
2 cassettes.
A cumulative catalog of 570 braille and talking books produced by
NLS in Spanish and 214 talking books produced by NLS in
Cambodian, French, German, Italian, Laotian, Polish, Portuguese,
and Vietnamese. Includes a multilingual foreword followed by
tone-indexed sections for each language. Each section contains an
introduction and a listing of the titles annotated in the
respective language. 1994.
RC 39961.
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Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living.
RC 43537.
by Charles R. Swindoll.
read by Paul Baker.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A Protestant preacher with a radio ministry reflects on the
Gospel verse Mark 10:45, which deals with Jesus' service to
others. How Christians can serve and give to others in their
daily lives is the topic under discussion. 1981.
RC 43537.
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The Odyssey.
RC 43541.
by  Homer.
read by Alexander Scourby.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
A Greek epic poem attributed to Homer recounts the adventures of
Odysseus during his ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the
Trojan War. This translation by Robert Fitzgerald won the 1961
Bollingen Award for the best translation of a poem into English.
1961.
RC 43541.
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A Raisin in the Sun: A Drama in Three Acts.
RC 43547.
by Lorraine Hansberry.
read by Michelle Shay.
1 cassette (Reissue).
A middle-class black family in Chicago, torn by tensions and
discontent, suffer further when they receive a life insurance
settlement. No one can agree on what should be done with the
money. 1966.
RC 43547.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters.
RC 44279.
by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
read by Ted Stoddard.
4 cassettes.
Collection of Fitzgerald's correspondence portraying his life and
work. The chronological arrangement of letters reflects his
literary development through the years, his friendships with
Hemingway and other writers, and his tragic marriage and personal
life. 1994.
RC 44279.
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Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy!.
RC 44301.
by Barbara Johnson.
read by Anne Mullen.
1 cassette.
Collection of five short essays regarding a person's relationship
with God. Within each essay are sayings upon which the article
hinges. Johnson's adages include "Laughter is the sun that drives
winter from the human face" and "If there is no control, there is
no responsibility." 1993.
RC 44301.
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Showdown: The Struggle between the Gingrich Congress and the
Clinton White House.
RC 44639.
by Elizabeth Drew.
read by Barbara Rappaport.
4 cassettes.
This sequel to On the Edge (RC 40208) chronicles the
confrontations between President Bill Clinton and the new
Republican Congress during 1995. The Washington commentator
presents an insider's view on major issues, as well as the
strategies, conflicts, and events that played out around them.
1996.
RC 44639.
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Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic.
RC 44787.
by Paul Fussell.
read by Dick Jenkins.
2 cassettes.
Memoirs of a literary scholar describing his experience as a
young soldier in World War II. Fussell expounds on the
everlasting impact the war had on his psyche and delivers
excoriating commentary on many subjects. Some violence and some
strong language. 1996.
RC 44787.
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Saints and Strangers: Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers and
Their Families, with Their Friends and Foes; and an Account of
Their Posthumous Wanderings in Limbo, Their Final Resurrection
and Rise.
RC 44888.
by George F. Willison.
read by Annie Wauters.
4 cassettes.
This account of the founding of the Plymouth Colony portrays the
Pilgrims as complex human beings. Includes a list of all persons
in the Pilgrim Company, as well as the officers of the Old Colony
and of the Pilgrim Church. 1945.
RC 44888.
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Adventures of a Verbivore.
RC 44990.
by Richard Lederer.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
2 cassettes.
The author of Anguished English (RC 33613) continues his
explorations of the English language using word games and puns.
Included are examples of Yiddish, black English, and British uses
in what purports to be the same language. 1994.
RC 44990.
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The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking.
RC 45197.
by Jessica B. Harris.
read by Bob Moore.
2 cassettes.
Presents more than two hundred recipes along with historical
information about cookery from around the country. Besides
traditional ingredients, suggests healthy substitutes to guard
against hypertension. Also includes a glossary and a list of
favorite restaurants and mail-order sources. 1995.
RC 45197.
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Brass-Pounders: Young Telegraphers of the Civil War.
RC 45263.
by Alvin Fay Harlow.
read by Robert Donley.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Activities and anecdotes of the teenage boys who worked as
telegraph operators during the Civil War, who faced all the risks
of battle even though they were civilians. 1962.
RC 45263.
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The Seagull: A Comedy in Four Acts.
RC 45266.
by Anton Chekhov.
read by Alexander Scourby.
1 cassette (Reissue).
A nineteenth-century play that is a study of frustration and
unfulfilled ambitions associated with the deterioration of a
class of Russian society. 1986.
RC 45266.
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Villages.
RC 45270.
by Richard Critchfield.
read by Gordon Gould.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
In the tradition of the traveler-storyteller-amateur
anthropologist, an award-winning American journalist describes
the Third World villages he experienced during the 1970s. Among
the countries he visited were Brazil, Morocco, Sudan, Nepal, the
Philippines, Vietnam, Iran, India, Egypt, and China. 1981.
RC 45270.
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Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W.C. Fields.
RC 45324.
by Simon Louvish.
read by Gary Telles.
4 cassettes.
A portrait of comedy's bibulous curmudgeon, W.C. Fields. Traces
the career of the juggler and comic misanthrope from burlesque
and vaudeville to radio and the movies. Debunks myths that Fields
had a Dickensian childhood and that his tombstone reads "I'd
rather be in Philadelphia." 1997.
RC 45324.
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Just as I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham.
RC 45546.
by Billy Graham.
read by Don Feldheim.
6 cassettes.
Famed minister reminisces about his evangelical work around the
globe. The author also details Graham's close relationships with
world leaders, including U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Bill
Clinton. Graham portrays the illuminating effect he felt his
ministry made during his more than fifty years of service. 1997.
RC 45546.
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John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity.
RC 45616.
by Garry Wills.
read by Gary Roan.
3 cassettes.
A portrait of a favorite movie star who came to symbolize the
virile American frontiersman. Traces Wayne's film career, the
development of his public image, and his evolution as a model of
patriotism, responsibility, and self-reliance. Assesses the
actor's impact on society. 1997.
RC 45616.
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Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of
the Millennium.
RC 45617.
by Carl Sagan.
read by Bob Kuhn.
2 cassettes.
This final book by the noted scientist relates scientific and
mathematical principles to abortion, AIDS, nuclear war, global
warming, and other public-policy issues. Sagan argues that moral
codes and civic responsibility are imperative to survival in the
new millennium. 1997.
RC 45617.
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The Trials of Maria Barbella: The True Story of a 19th-Century
Crime of Passion.
RC 45618.
by Idanna Pucci.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
2 cassettes.
Recounts the celebrated case of Maria Barbella, a young Italian
immigrant woman who was convicted of murder and sentenced to die
in New York's electric chair in 1895. The condemned woman's cause
was taken up by an Italian-American socialite, who won her a
retrial that ended in Barbella's acquittal. Violence. 1996.
RC 45618.
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Vodka, Tears, and Lenin's Angel: My Adventures in the Wild and
Woolly Former Soviet Union.
RC 45646.
by Jennifer Gould.
read by Mary Kane.
4 cassettes.
A young female journalist writes vivid accounts of daily events
in the former Soviet Union during her three-year stay in the
early 1990s. Finding an apartment in Moscow; interviewing the
famous, the infamous, and even the nameless; and traveling
through the countryside all provide the insights she shares about
the political and social situation. 1997.
RC 45646.
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The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome.
RC 45649.
by Robert Cook-Deegan.
read by Michael Consoli.
4 cassettes.
Chronicles the history of the Human Genome Project, which seeks
to map all of the genes in human DNA. Discusses the scientific
origins of the project, the political struggles that shaped it,
and the bureaucratic organization that was established to carry
it out. Examines pertinent ethical, social, and legal issues.
1994.
RC 45649.
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Life in a Day.
RC 45722.
by Doris Grumbach.
read by Barbara Rappaport.
1 cassette.
An author chronicles her thoughts and activities on an ordinary
day at home on the Maine coast. She ruminates on her youth and
past travels and on good books as she battles the writer's
tendency to procrastinate. A scathing review of her new novel
brings her to acknowledge the pain of rejection. 1996.
RC 45722.
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The Death of Innocents.
RC 45751.
by Richard Firstman and Jamie Talan.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
6 cassettes.
One at a time, five siblings died in their New York state home
over the course of six years. The deaths were considered
accidental and attributed to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
until, twenty years later, a dogged district attorney revisited
the matter and convicted the mother of murdering her children.
Strong language. 1997.
RC 45751.
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The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America.
RC 45763.
by Jules Witcover.
read by Lou Harpenau.
5 cassettes.
Chronicles events of 1968, a year marked by "violence, deception,
and collective trauma." Recounts assassinations of public
figures, the deteriorating war in Vietnam, and the urban riots
that rocked the nation. Avers that this watershed period led to
the demise of liberalism and the public's loss of faith in
government. 1997.
RC 45763.
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Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of
Qumran.
RC 45814.
by Norman Golb.
read by David Elias.
4 cassettes.
A scholarly inquiry into the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the
first of which was discovered in the Qumran caves in 1947. The
author refutes the theory that scribes produced the scrolls in a
local Essenean monastery and asserts that the manuscripts were
transferred from Jerusalem when the city was under Roman siege.
1995.
RC 45814.
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65.
RC 45816.
by Taylor Branch.
read by Ralph Lowenstein.
6 cassettes.
This second volume continues the narrative history of the civil
rights movement in the United States begun in Parting the Waters
(RC 29759). Covers the pivotal years of 1963-1965, including the
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Portrays Martin Luther
King Jr. upholding the nonviolent movement. Bestseller 1998.
RC 45816.
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Gladstone: A Biography.
RC 45831.
by Roy Jenkins.
read by George Holmes.
6 cassettes.
Nineteenth-century British politician and statesman William
Gladstone is described by a leading British politician of the
twentieth century. Gladstone's four appointments as prime
minister and sixty-three years in public office contrast with his
well-known avocations, such as felling trees and trying to reform
the lives of prostitutes. Winner of the Whitbread Prize for
biography. Bestseller 1997.
RC 45831.
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The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of Yugoslavia.
RC 45833.
by Tim Judah.
read by Ken Kliban.
3 cassettes.
A historical account of the Serbs--their culture, traditions,
politics, wars, and migrations. Depicts Serbian attitudes and
struggles during medieval times and the centuries of Ottoman
domination, through the World Wars, and in the brutal conflicts
of the 1990s. Violence. 1997.
RC 45833.
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Simenon: A Biography.
RC 45836.
by Pierre Assouline.
read by Lewis Grenville.
4 cassettes.
Recounts the life of prolific French author Georges Simenon, best
known in English for his Inspector Maigret mystery series, though
he wrote pulp fiction under seventeen pseudonyms. Discusses his
affair with Josephine Baker and describes him as a world traveler
and bon vivant and as completely egocentric. 1992.
RC 45836.
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Jackie after Jack: Portrait of the Lady.
RC 45845.
by Christopher Andersen.
read by Barbara Caruso.
3 cassettes.
The life of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy after the assassination
of her husband, John F. Kennedy. In this sequel to Jack and
Jackie (RC 42809), Andersen delves into her depression, second
marriage, and romantic interests until her death in 1994. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1998.
RC 45845.
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No Mercy: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo.
RC 45860.
by Redmond O'Hanlon.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
4 cassettes.
British naturalist O'Hanlon and American animal behaviorist Lary
Shaffer travel to central Africa to learn the truth about a
"dinosaur" that, according to local lore, lives in the region.
Relates with humor and empathy the two men's experience of
culture shock and jungle hardships and explores the complex
beliefs of local inhabitants. Strong language. 1996.
RC 45860.
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London.
RC 45865.
by John Russell.
read by George Holmes.
3 cassettes.
Russell's personal tour of London. He calls on memories from the
fifty years he lived there and presents the history of the city
by way of its representation in works of art through the
centuries. 1994.
RC 45865.
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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat
America to the Moon.
RC 45876.
by James Harford.
read by Frank Coffee.
4 cassettes.
A portrait of the genius and driving force behind the Soviet
space program, who developed that nation's first ballistic
missile, Sputnik satellite, and manned space shot. Traces his
startling ascent from prisoner in a Siberian gulag in the 1930s
to mastermind of the Soviet space effort. 1997.
RC 45876.
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For Younger Readers: Braille and Talking Books, 1996-1997.
RC 45880.
by  National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped.
read by various narrators.
3 cassettes.
Catalog of books for readers from preschool through grade nine
produced in braille and cassette formats during 1996 and 1997.
Nonfiction and fiction books are arranged under general subject
headings. Also includes separate sections for PRINT/BRAILLE, very
young readers, and young adults. 1998.
RC 45880.
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Help! My Apartment Has a Kitchen Cookbook: One-Hundred-Plus Great
Recipes with Foolproof Instructions.
RC 45890.
by Kevin Mills and Nancy Mills.
read by Gary Tipton.
2 cassettes.
Mills says he ate out a lot as a college student, until he
drained his savings and was forced into the kitchen. In a panic,
he called Mom for help. She compiled these simple recipes, with
tips and warnings for preparing them. She provided suggestions
for basic staples--spices, canned goods, and utensils--to have on
hand. 1996.
RC 45890.
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World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the
Millennium.
RC 45892.
by Michael Tobias.
read by Butch Hoover.
5 cassettes.
Tobias warns that the world's burgeoning human population is on a
collision course with the biosphere--an impending disaster the
author characterizes as World War III. He examines five regions
where demographic pressures are notably egregious and proposes a
"global truce" for reducing humankind's threat to nature. 1994.
RC 45892.
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Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS.
RC 45898.
by Jaap Goudsmit.
read by Butch Hoover.
3 cassettes.
A history of the AIDS epidemic by a leading researcher in the
field. Tracing the origins of the virus from ancient times and
its transfer from animals to humans in the twentieth century, the
author maintains that disruptions of Africa's rain forests led to
the global spread of the disease. He also speculates about the
possible development of a vaccine against AIDS. 1997.
RC 45898.
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Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade.
RC 45911.
by William Safire.
read by Barry Bernson.
3 cassettes.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist meditates on some of the
newer words, phrases, euphemisms, colloquialisms, and other
additions to modern language. Delves into the origin, meaning,
and usage of such expressions as "get it?," "politically
correct," and "...not." 1997.
RC 45911.
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My Vast Fortune: The Money Adventures of a Quixotic Capitalist.
RC 45915.
by Andrew Tobias.
read by Richard Hauenstein.
2 cassettes.
Memoir of a noted entrepreneur and investment expert on achieving
financial success. Recounts his personal crusades to reform auto
insurance and to abolish smoking. Recommends specific "good
spending and saving habits" for beginning investors. 1997.
RC 45915.
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The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial
Process.
RC 45916.
by Richard Polenberg.
read by John Richardson.
3 cassettes.
Portrait of an eminent Supreme Court justice, whose rulings on a
range of issues affected the course of American law. Traces his
early life experiences, including his father's forced resignation
from the New York Supreme Court; his own judicial service in that
state; and his term on the nation's highest court. 1997.
RC 45916.
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The Appalachian Trail Reader.
RC 45920.
edited by David Emblidge.
read by Jack Fox.
3 cassettes.
A collection of travel diaries and registers, historical
accounts, and other writings that portray the 2,140-mile
recreational footpath running from Georgia to Maine. Traces the
wilderness trail northward, depicting its history, geology,
scenery, wildlife, and lore. 1996.
RC 45920.
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The War against Authority: From the Crisis of Legitimacy to a New
Social Contract.
RC 45923.
by Nicholas N. Kittrie.
read by John Richardson.
3 cassettes.
A scholarly inquiry into the relationship between domestic
disorder and the erosion of governmental power. Explores the
inherent tensions between state authority and personal autonomy,
using historical examples. Offers remedies for restoring
legitimacy to government in the post-Cold War world. 1995.
RC 45923.
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A Woman's Guide to Coping with Disability.
RC 45924.
by  Resources for Rehabilitation.
read by Patricia McDermott.
3 cassettes.
Information to help women maintain their independence, raise a
family, and continue in a career despite physical challenges.
Strategies for living with arthritis, diabetes, lupus, epilepsy,
multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, and spinal cord injury.
Includes a list of national organizations that provide services
for women. 1997.
RC 45924.
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Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our
Imagination.
RC 45925.
by Robert Jourdain.
read by Andy Chappell.
3 cassettes.
Using science, psychology, and philosophy, the author explains
the evolution of sound in humans and the meaning of music. Uses
historical anecdotes and different examples of common musical
themes to explain the way music gives pleasure. 1997.
RC 45925.
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The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric, 1994-1997.
RC 45927.
by George F. Will.
read by Richard Hauenstein.
3 cassettes.
Essays on the "new political landscape" of modern America. The
author observes and assesses society's diminished standards of
civility and behavior, the reduced role of government, and how
both liberals and conservatives are adapting to these
circumstances. 1997.
RC 45927.
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Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
RC 45930.
by Fred Saibil.
read by Randy Atcher.
2 cassettes.
A medical doctor who specializes in two chronic inflammatory
bowel diseases discusses ways of coping with them. Includes
symptoms, solutions, prognoses, and practical tips. Gives pros
and cons of treatments involving drugs, diets, and surgeries.
1997.
RC 45930.
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Crime Victims' Guide to Justice.
RC 45931.
by Mary L. Boland.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
A self-help guide to enable crime victims to understand the
criminal justice system and exercise their legal rights.
Discusses investigative techniques, trial procedures, damage
recovery, plea bargains, and privacy issues. Includes samples of
legal forms, summaries of state laws concerning victims' rights,
and tips on legal research. 1997.
RC 45931.
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Mind-Body Deceptions: The Psychosomatics of Everyday Life.
RC 45937.
by Steven L. Dubovsky.
read by Kerry Cundiff.
4 cassettes.
Dr. Dubovsky explains how the mind and body help and also
interfere with each other. Includes a discussion of depression,
the immune system, cancer, and heart disease. Suggests how to use
the mind to heal the body. 1997.
RC 45937.
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The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible.
RC 45959.
by Jonathan Kirsch.
read by Bill Wallace.
3 cassettes.
Readers don't often expect to find sex, violence, and scandal in
the Bible, according to the author, and many religious
authorities have ignored such passages. Kirsch retells several
biblical tales and describes the social and political context of
their time. Included are accounts of Lot and his family, Tamar
and Judah, and Jephtha and his daughter. Bestseller 1997.
RC 45959.
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The Art of Scandal: The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart
Gardner.
RC 45984.
by Douglass Shand-Tucci.
read by Kristin Allison.
3 cassettes.
In this biography the author states that Italy "became the golden
thread that ran through Isabella's life." The inspiration for
characters in several novels by Henry James, Gardner fell in love
with Italian art when her parents took her to Rome and Milan in
1858. Upon her inheritance, she designed and built an
Italian-style villa, now a museum, in Boston. 1997.
RC 45984.
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African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity.
RC 45989.
by Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie.
read by John Rayburn.
2 cassettes.
Presents a theory of common racial heritage in the development of
the human species based on fossil and genetic evidence. Posits
that Homo erectus went extinct globally except in Africa where
that form evolved into hominids, who eventually dispersed across
the world. 1996.
RC 45989.
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In Search of Sugihara: The Elusive Japanese Diplomat Who Risked
His Life to Rescue 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
RC 45991.
by Hillel Levine.
read by Bill Wallace.
3 cassettes.
Portrays the life of a Japanese diplomat who in 1940, as consul
in Kovno, Lithuania, helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi
persecution. Traces his childhood in Japan, his years as a
soldier and a diplomat, and his heroic service in Kovno. Examines
his motives for taking such grave risks for the sake of
strangers. 1996.
RC 45991.
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A Hell of a Life: An Autobiography.
RC 45999.
by Maureen Stapleton and Jane Scovell.
read by Barbara Rappaport.
2 cassettes.
Memoir of a famed actress and star of stage and screen. Traces
her childhood in a troubled family, her early discovery in the
theater, and her long career of successive award-winning roles.
Stapleton speaks candidly about other celebrities and about her
own drinking problem and many affairs. Strong language. 1995.
RC 45999.
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A History of the American People.
RC 46010.
by Paul Johnson.
read by Gary Telles.
10 cassettes.
A social narrative and interpretation of the history of the
United States from colonial times to the Clinton era. Includes
material gleaned from diaries, letters, and recorded
conversations; character analyses of primary achievers of each
era; as well as extensive--and sometimes critical--comments by
the author, a British conservative. Bestseller 1997.
RC 46010.
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Anna and the King of Siam.
RC 46020.
by Margaret Landon.
read by Faith Potts.
4 cassettes.
Anna Leonowens, a Welsh widow hired in 1862 to be governess to
the children and concubines of the king of Siam, found the
contrasts between the exotic Orient and Victorian Great Britain
striking. Landon recounts Leonowen's five years of adventures and
confrontations. This book inspired the Broadway musical The King
and I. 1943.
RC 46020.
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Confessions of an Igloo Dweller.
RC 46024.
by James Houston.
read by Ted Stoddard.
3 cassettes.
The author, a Canadian artist, moved to the Arctic after World
War II. Living among the Inuit from 1948 to 1962, he helped
organize Eskimo co-ops to promote sculpture and lithography to
southern communities. Describes daily life among the native
peoples including dogsledding, hunting, fishing, and traveling in
the far north. 1995.
RC 46024.
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The Great Adventure: How the Mounties Conquered the West.
RC 46025.
by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths.
read by Rick Rohan.
3 cassettes.
Recounts the origins and early years of the North West Mounted
Police (later, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). Chronicles the
Great March of 1874, when the Mounties trekked 900 miles to
pacify Indian territory, end the whiskey trade, patrol the
border, and establish Canadian law in the frontier. Based on
diaries and first-hand accounts. Violence. 1996.
RC 46025.
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What to Do When a Loved One Dies: A Practical and Compassionate
Guide to Dealing with Death on Life's Terms.
RC 46026.
by Eva Shaw.
read by Michele Schaeffer.
3 cassettes.
A guide and sourcebook for coping with the practical, emotional,
spiritual, and psychological issues and concerns that are
occasioned by a death. Provides guidance for taking immediate
action, making arrangements, dealing with grief, and moving on
with life. 1994.
RC 46026.
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The File: A Personal History.
RC 46027.
by Timothy Garton Ash.
read by Terence Aselford.
2 cassettes.
A British historian's account of his search for his "lost self"
in the cold war files of the East German secret police, or Stasi.
After obtaining the 325-page record that Stasi had compiled on
him over a fifteen-year period, he confronted the agents and
informers who had tracked his case. A stark depiction of a closed
communist society. 1997.
RC 46027.
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James Herriot's Animal Stories.
RC 46030.
by James Herriot.
read by John Horton.
1 cassette.
Ten of the Yorkshire veterinarian's best-loved stories with an
introduction by his son, Jim Wight, who took over the practice
after his father's death in 1995. 1997.
RC 46030.
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When Men Believe in Love: A Book for Men Who Love Women and the
Women They Love.
RC 46037.
by Susan Edwards.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
2 cassettes.
Psychologist Susan Edwards describes her experiences in dealing
with men who have had trouble in romantic relationships.
Discusses how they can grow into love. 1995.
RC 46037.
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Bombshell: The Secret Story of America's Unknown Atomic Spy
Conspiracy.
RC 46039.
by Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel.
read by Ted Stoddard.
3 cassettes.
The authors allege that scientist Theodore Hall, a teenager who
helped develop the atomic bomb at Los Alamos in 1944, was a
Soviet spy. They present a body of evidence including a motive,
based on archives released after the Cold War and interviews with
Hall to support their accusations. 1997.
RC 46039.
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Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me about Who We Are.
RC 46040.
by Roger Fouts.
read by Jeff Baker.
3 cassettes.
A research psychologist explores intellectual and emotional
parallels between chimpanzees and humans. Recounts his
revolutionary work teaching chimps to engage in complex
communication by sign language. Advocates humane treatment of
animals. Some strong language. 1997.
RC 46040.
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To Dance with the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer.
RC 46041.
by Karen Stabiner.
read by Mary Kane.
4 cassettes.
Stabiner presents the personal experiences of several patients of
the UCLA Breast Center as they are treated by surgeon Dr. Susan
Love. Examining the politics of research dollars and government
support, Stabiner asserts that concern about womens' diseases was
an afterthought until the 1990s. She attributes the new emphasis
on finding a cure to Love and colleagues. 1997.
RC 46041.
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Demystifying Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of the Land of the
Snows.
RC 46056.
by Lee Feigon.
read by Steven Carpenter.
2 cassettes.
The author argues that culturally, linguistically, and
religiously Tibet is distinct from China. He traces the history
of Tibet, highlighting its origins and refuting Western
stereotypes about the country. He affirms that Tibet deserves to
be an independent nation. 1996.
RC 46056.
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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely
Arbitrary Countdown.
RC 46057.
by Stephen Jay Gould.
read by Steven Carpenter.
1 cassette.
Examines a range of astronomical, historical, and calendrical
factors that bear on the meaning and significance of the
millenium. Observes that the round evenness of the number 2000 is
the result of our arbitrary system of decimal mathematics rather
than any fact of nature. 1997.
RC 46057.
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Taming the Dragon in Your Child: Solutions for Breaking the Cycle
of Family Anger.
RC 46074.
by Meg Eastman.
read by Kerry Cundiff.
2 cassettes.
A child psychologist suggests ways to deal with unacceptable
displays of anger by children--from toddlers to teenagers.
Presents steps to help resolve sibling rivalry, temper tantrums,
and destructive behavior. Also includes advice on when to seek
professional help. 1994.
RC 46074.
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Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural
Disasters.
RC 46075.
by Ernest Zebrowski.
read by Butch Hoover.
3 cassettes.
Examines selected natural disasters through history, including
earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, tornados, and epidemics.
Inquires into the causes and dynamics of these catastrophes with
an eye toward anticipating such future events and mitigating
their effects. 1997.
RC 46075.
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Eat Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to
Staying Healthy, Living Longer, and Achieving Your Ideal Weight.
RC 46076.
by Peter J. D'Adamo.
read by Kerry Cundiff.
3 cassettes.
A naturopathic physician recommends diet, exercise, and lifestyle
changes based on a person's blood type. Suggests that foods
consumed produce different chemical reactions in individuals of
the four major blood types, and that scientists have confirmed a
link between blood type and the risk of certain diseases.
Bestseller 1996.
RC 46076.
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Joey: The True Story of One Boy's Relationship with God.
RC 46079.
by Joseph F. Girzone.
read by Bruce Huntey.
1 cassette.
The story of a young man's life and his intimate communion with
God. Traces his joyful and promising childhood, his mastery of
music, his first love, his trials in adolescence, his spiritual
awakening, and his untimely death. 1997.
RC 46079.
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The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic
Imperatives.
RC 46080.
by Zbigniew Brzezinski.
read by Richard Hauenstein.
2 cassettes.
A geopolitical perspective on the post-Cold War world, over which
America reigns as "the first truly global power." Argues that the
stability of Eurasia is critical to the continued primacy of the
United States and that America's strategy should be to deter
"international anarchy" there. 1997.
RC 46080.
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Meeting the Needs of Employees with Disabilities.
RC 46081.
by  Resources for Rehabilitation.
read by Butch Hoover.
2 cassettes.
Information for people with disabilities and employers about
measures that can be taken to promote full employment. Covers
federal laws, environmental adaptations, and technology to help
in the workplace. Includes advice for persons with speech,
vision, and hearing impairments; the elderly; and those with
chronic medical conditions. 1993.
RC 46081.
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The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found.
RC 46084.
by Don J. Snyder.
read by Bruce Huntey.
2 cassettes.
A former English professor and family man recounts the collapse
of his secure, middle-class life after he was fired from his job.
He describes his "American dream" style of living prior to his
dismissal, his descent into desperation as he faced financial
ruin, and his gradual adjustment to manual work. 1997.
RC 46084.
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A Hoosier Holiday.
RC 46087.
by Theodore Dreiser.
read by Randy Davidson.
3 cassettes.
An account of a trip in 1915, when author Theodore Dreiser and
his friend, illustrator Franklin Booth, drove from New York City
to their home state of Indiana. The adventure was heightened by
the scarcity of roads, restaurants, and lodging along the way,
prompting Dreiser to write one of the first road-trip books,
complete with philosophical musings and travel advice. 1997.
RC 46087.
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In Search of Kinship: Modern Pioneering on the Western Landscape.
RC 46093.
by Page Lambert.
read by Janis Gray.
2 cassettes.
A woman chronicles her family's harsh, yet fulfilling, life on a
Wyoming ranch. Celebrates their connection with the land and
nature, while lamenting the passing of family traditions in the
modern world. 1996.
RC 46093.
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The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality.
RC 46094.
by Michael J. Basso.
read by Kerry Cundiff.
2 cassettes.
A recognized sex educator explains human anatomy, diseases,
pregnancy, birth control, and sexuality to help young adults make
educated decisions. The author encourages teens to be responsible
and to accept the consequences of their actions, while stressing
his conviction that abstinence is the best policy. For junior and
senior high readers. 1997.
RC 46094.
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Resources for Elders with Disabilities.
RC 46095.
by  Resources for Rehabilitation.
read by Patricia McDermott.
2 cassettes.
Information to help older people with physical disabilities
maintain their independence, and advice for their family members
and caregivers. Covers hearing and vision loss, arthritis,
strokes, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis. Discusses
relevant legislation and organizations. 1996.
RC 46095.
##

What Losing Taught Me about Winning: The Ultimate Guide for
Success in Small and Home-Based Businesses.
RC 46108.
by Fran Tarkenton.
read by Randy Atcher.
2 cassettes.
A former football star and accomplished entrepreneur offers
advice on how to succeed in small business. Discusses attitudes,
ideas, skills, methods, and resources that are common to
successful small-business owners. Uses case studies to dramatize
key points. 1997.
RC 46108.
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Living with Low Vision: A Resource Guide for People with Sight
Loss.
RC 46109.
by  Resources for Rehabilitation.
read by Jill Fox.
2 cassettes.
Offers information on organizations and assistive devices to help
people remain independent despite vision loss. Defines basic
terms, discusses rehabilitation and other services, and lists
organizations and self-help groups for adults and children. 1996.
RC 46109.
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The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom.
RC 46126.
by Suze Orman.
read by Margaret Strom.
2 cassettes.
Orman discusses the psychological and spiritual power of money in
our lives and defines financial freedom as having power over
one's anxieties about spending and debt. Her nine-step program
encourages self-examination; she also presents rules of money
management and explores the realm of riches beyond material
wealth. Bestseller 1997.
RC 46126.
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Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine.
RC 46134.
by Jasper Becker.
read by Bill Wallace.
3 cassettes.
An account of the massive famine that plagued China during Mao
Zedong's Great Leap Forward from 1958 to 1962. Becker examines
the circumstances and causes of this human disaster and argues
the famine claimed at least thirty million lives and went largely
unreported in the West. Violence. 1996.
RC 46134.
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The New Psychiatry: The Essential Guide to State-of-the-Art
Therapy, Medication, and Emotional Health.
RC 46190.
by Jack M., M.D. Gorman.
read by Rick Rohan.
3 cassettes.
A consumer's guide to the principles, diagnostic techniques, and
therapeutic methods of modern psychiatric care. Offers advice on
when to see a psychiatrist, describes major illnesses, and
explains various courses of treatment. 1996.
RC 46190.
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Coping with Compulsive Eating.
RC 46192.
by Carolyn Simpson.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
1 cassette.
Defines compulsive eating and describes causes and available
treatments. Suggests that this disorder, often seen in
adolescents, may be caused by stress and that professional help
is needed to identify and "deflate" stress factors in everyday
life. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1997.
RC 46192.
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The Teenager's Guide to the Real World.
RC 46205.
by Marshall Brain.
read by Bob Moore.
3 cassettes.
The author encourages teens to find an enjoyable career. He
explains why peer pressure declines after high school graduation.
Combines motivational messages with no-nonsense advice, such as
"money really matters" and "adults rule the world," and mentions
basic "facts of life." For junior and senior high readers. 1997.
RC 46205.
##

To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life.
RC 46209.
by Ira Berkow.
read by Gregory Gorton.
2 cassettes.
A respected sportswriter in his mid-fifties, Berkow has enjoyed
playing basketball since childhood. He discusses how basketball
has shaped his strategy and perspective both on and off the
court. Pickup games offer him the opportunity to look into the
soul of others as well as his own. Berkow describes how he
strives to improve his skills. 1997.
RC 46209.
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A Streetcar Named Desire.
RC 46212.
by Tennessee Williams.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
1 cassette (Reissue).
In this play, a recently widowed, faded southern belle visits her
bohemian sister and lusty brother-in-law in the French Quarter of
New Orleans. Seeking the lost gentility of her early life, she
instead faces a mental breakdown because of the insensitivity of
those around her. 1947.
RC 46212.
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Help! My Heart Is Breaking! How to Get through the Hurt.
RC 46213.
by Meg Schneider.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
1 cassette.
The author directs this book at those whose boyfriends broke up
with them and those who want to break up. She gives tips on how
to endure this event constructively and on how to troubleshoot
future relationships. For junior and senior high readers. 1997.
RC 46213.
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In the Huddle with--Steve Young.
RC 46226.
by Matt Christopher.
read by John Polk.
1 cassette.
In this biography of Steve Young, quarterback of the San
Francisco 49ers, the author emphasizes that the athlete had to
struggle throughout his career to be number one. Through hard
work and determination, Young eventually became the starting
quarterback while earning a law degree in the off season. For
junior and senior high readers. 1996.
RC 46226.
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Yes, We Have No Neutrons: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists
and Turns of Bad Science.
RC 46227.
by A.K. Dewdney.
read by John Richardson.
2 cassettes.
A critique of "mistaken science"--examples of celebrated
experiments that violated accepted scientific method. Describes
eight cases of flawed work, including the claimed discovery of
cold fusion in 1989, Project Ozma's search for extraterrestrial
intelligence, and Biosphere 2. 1997.
RC 46227.
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Helen Keller: Humanitarian.
RC 46249.
by Lois P. Nicholson.
read by Janis Gray.
1 cassette.
Biography of Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf at nineteen
months as a result of illness. Covers her birth in 1880 through
her death in 1968. Describes her education under her private
teacher Anne Sullivan, her formal schooling, and her career.
Includes an introduction by Jerry Lewis. For junior and senior
high readers. 1996.
RC 46249.
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The Last Plantation: Color, Conflict, and Identity; Reflections
of a New World Black.
RC 46278.
by Itabari Njeri.
read by Robin Miles.
2 cassettes.
Explores the structure and dynamics of race relations in 1990s
America. Examines issues of color discrimination within the
African American community and among various minority groups.
Argues that these biases promote a divisive "last plantation" of
the mind. Violence. 1997.
RC 46278.
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The Irish in America.
RC 46280.
edited by Michael Coffey.
read by Frank Coffee.
3 cassettes.
Essays on the Irish American experience and the contributions of
Irish immigrants to their adopted nation. Depicts Ireland's
potato famine of the 1840s and the mass migration to the United
States, the efforts of the newcomers to establish themselves in
American society, and the role of the prominent "New Irish." Some
strong language. 1997.
RC 46280.
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Notes from a Small Island.
RC 46281.
by Bill Bryson.
read by Christopher Hurt.
2 cassettes.
Journalist Bill Bryson had lived in Great Britain for twenty
years when he decided to move back to the United States. After
one last trip around the island--mostly by public
transportation--to savor the uniqueness of British culture,
Bryson wrote this humorous account of the customs and language of
the people. 1995.
RC 46281.
##

The Road to Hell: The True Story of George Jackson, Stephen
Bingham, and the San Quentin Massacre.
RC 46285.
by Paul Liberatore.
read by L.J. Ganser.
2 cassettes.
Chronicles the bloody 1971 San Quentin prison riot led by Black
Panther radical George Jackson, who was armed with a gun
allegedly supplied by his lawyer, Stephen Bingham. After thirteen
years in hiding, Bingham emerged to be tried and acquitted of
murder. Strong language and violence. 1996.
RC 46285.
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A Monk Swimming: A Memoir.
RC 46334.
by Malachy McCourt.
read by John Horton.
2 cassettes.
McCourt picks up from his brother Frank's Angela's Ashes (RC
42805). Uneducated and unskilled, McCourt arrived in New York
City in 1952. His storytelling abilities kept him with drinking
companions and led to his meeting celebrities. Succumbing to
alcoholism, McCourt turned to gold smuggling for an income.
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46334.
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family.
RC 46336.
by Dave Pelzer.
read by David Elias.
2 cassettes.
In this sequel to A Child Called "It" (RC 45004), Pelzer relates
his experiences living in a foster home from the age of twelve
through eighteen. Describes being socialized and taught basic
manners and values by one family and then another. Concludes with
recommendations for foster care. Some strong language. Bestseller
1997.
RC 46336.
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A Pirate Looks at Fifty.
RC 46339.
by Jimmy Buffett.
read by Jim Zeiger.
3 cassettes.
A musician and bestselling author tells of a trip he took to
celebrate his fiftieth birthday and relates stories from his past
that the trip brings to mind. A lover of both planes and boats,
Buffett recalls his adventures in Central and South America and
the Caribbean. Some strong language. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46339.
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We Are Our Mothers' Daughters.
RC 46340.
by Cokie Roberts.
read by Janis Gray.
1 cassette.
Roberts, who works for ABC News and National Public Radio,
discusses women's roles in society in the 1990s. She presents
minibiographies of women such as her mother and her sister--both
politicians--as well as a reporter, a civil-rights activist, and
a mechanic. Roberts concludes that for most women the role of
nurturer takes precedence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46340.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge.
RC 46359.
by Edward O. Wilson.
read by Ted Stoddard.
3 cassettes.
A scientist proposes a renewed effort to link facts and
fact-based theory across disciplines, as originally ventured by
Enlightenment thinkers. He further posits that perceiving the
natural world as an integrated whole would better prepare humans
to treat global problems. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46359.
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In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love That You Want.
RC 46360.
by Iyanla Vanzant.
read by Margaret Strom.
2 cassettes.
An inspirational speaker explains how to prepare for a loving
relationship while waiting for that special someone. She
describes how to do spiritual cleansing, eliminating "the stuff"
that prevents an open love experience. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46360.
##

I'm Too Young to Be This Old!.
RC 46366.
by Patricia (Poppy) Smith.
read by Margaret Strom.
2 cassettes.
A former Bible-study lecturer looks at the lighter side of a
woman's experience of those "muddled middle years." Suddenly her
children look too old to belong to her, her friends seem to be
aging prematurely, and her husband becomes a virtual stranger.
Smith also examines the issues of caring for aging parents and
preparing for old age. 1997.
RC 46366.
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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: Stories about Pets as
Teachers, Healers, Heroes, and Friends.
RC 46429.
edited by Jack Canfield and others.
read by Jill Ferris.
3 cassettes.
Collection of almost one hundred stories portraying the belief
that a "loving interdependent relationship" with a pet can be
life-enhancing. Writers including Barbara Bush, Betty White, Art
Linkletter, and Jimmy Stewart describe how pets entertain us,
teach us, and sometimes bring out the goodness in us. Bestseller
1998.
RC 46429.
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The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart.
RC 46434.
by Peter J. Gomes.
read by Bill Wallace.
3 cassettes.
Peter Gomes, a minister and professor at Harvard University,
encourages people to read the Bible. He briefly explains the Good
Book and discusses twelve current topics in relation to it
including race, women, homosexuality, and wealth. 1996.
RC 46434.
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Something Cloudy, Something Clear.
RC 46436.
by Tennessee Williams.
read by Jim Zeiger.
1 cassette.
Autobiographical play set in 1940 dealing with Tennessee
Williams's first love--a young Canadian draft dodger who was
dying of a brain tumor. Descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1995.
RC 46436.
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When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography.
RC 46438.
by Jill Ker Conway.
read by Jill Ferris.
2 cassettes.
Examines writers of autobiography as narrators of cultural
history reflecting gender-oriented perspectives. Supports her
thesis by citing examples from the memoirs of men and women
across the centuries. Contends that the popularity of the genre
derives from the self-examination that results from reading about
the life experiences of another person. 1998.
RC 46438.
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James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vet.
RC 46439.
by Graham Lord.
read by Bill Wallace.
2 cassettes.
Offers a glimpse into the life of Alf Wight, known as James
Herriot. Moves from his childhood through his veterinary school
years and provides more fact about Wight's life as a vet than the
somewhat fictionalized pieces seen in his books, such as All
Creatures Great and Small (RC 6096). 1997.
RC 46439.
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For Fidelity: How Intimacy and Commitment Enrich Our Lives.
RC 46447.
by Catherine M. Wallace.
read by Jill Ferris.
2 cassettes.
Explores a range of questions concerning sexual desire, physical
and emotional intimacy, and faithfulness in marriage. Discusses
the stresses on the marital bond in a era of sexual freedom.
Concludes that "sexual fidelity is crucial to achieving the best
that our own sexuality can offer to each of us." 1998.
RC 46447.
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A Short History of Financial Euphoria.
RC 46455.
by John Kenneth Galbraith.
read by John Rayburn.
1 cassette.
In an essay originally written for the financial community,
Galbraith humorously discusses the major financial fiascoes of
the past three hundred years beginning with Tulipomania in
Holland in 1636. He warns that history repeats itself and
outlines the conditions necessary for another stock market crash
while cautioning that human nature will never change. 1990.
RC 46455.
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The Great House of God: A Home for Your Heart.
RC 46460.
by Max Lucado.
read by Bill Wallace.
1 cassette.
A meditation on the Lord's Prayer, using its words as a model for
living and a "floor plan to our spiritual house." Using this
metaphor, the author uses each room to present a spiritual lesson
for understanding and following God's teachings. 1997.
RC 46460.
##

Inside Intel: Andy Grove and the Rise of the World's Most
Powerful Chip Company.
RC 46465.
by Tim Jackson.
read by John Rayburn.
3 cassettes.
Traces the rise of the world's leading maker of computer chips.
Intel produces more than 80 percent of the microprocessors used
by PCs. Portrays a secretive organization that tightly controls
its own staff and that exercises ruthlessly aggressive practices
to dominate its industry. 1997.
RC 46465.
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The Mad, the Bad, and the Innocent: The Criminal Mind on Trial.
RC 46470.
by Barbara R. Kirwin.
read by Mary Woods.
2 cassettes.
A forensic psychologist explains how she differentiates between
mentally insane and basically evil criminials. Giving an overview
of the law concerning the insanity defense, Kirwin disputes
current "designer defenses" and gives recommendations for the
legal system. Uses examples of cases of notorious criminals. Some
violence and strong language. 1997.
RC 46470.
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Words I Wish I Wrote: A Collection of Writing That Inspired My
Ideas.
RC 46474.
by Robert Fulghum.
read by Bill Wallace.
1 cassette.
A popular author pays tribute to the writers whose works inspired
his life and influenced the formation of his personal philosophy.
Quotes seminal writings on such themes as individual choice,
journeys, recreation, simplicity, and religious belief. 1997.
RC 46474.
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In No Time at All.
RC 46480.
by Carl Hamilton.
read by Bill Wallace.
2 cassettes.
Portrays the experience of living on a farm in Iowa between 1910
and 1940. Describes the long days of grueling labor in the
fields, barn, and kitchen. Depicts a life of hardship, danger,
and simple pleasures. 1974.
RC 46480.
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To Timbuktu.
RC 46486.
by Mark Jenkins.
read by John Stratton.
2 cassettes.
Jenkins recounts how he and Mike Moe, intrepid travel buddies,
explore the headwaters of the Niger River by kayak before they
become fathers. His account is interwoven with memories of their
first trip to Africa years before and with sketches of
nineteenth-century European explorers searching for Timbuktu.
Some descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46486.
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Tough Jews.
RC 46505.
by Rich Cohen.
read by Barry Bernson.
2 cassettes.
The author recalls childhood tales told by his father and his
father's friends (Sid Young, Asher Dann, and Larry King) about
Jewish involvement in organized crime. Using interviews of
survivors and their relatives, as well as police reports and
court documents, he recounts the activities of such men as Meyer
Lansky, Louis Lepke, and Bugsy Siegel. Some strong language and
some violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46505.
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.
RC 46507.
by Gary Kinder.
read by Bruce Huntey.
4 cassettes.
Interweaves an account of the 1857 sinking of the SS Central
America that carried a cargo of gold bullion and minted coins
with the story of the shipwreck's discovery in 1988 by Tommy
Thompson. Describes Thompson's feat of developing technology to
locate and retrieve artifacts from a wooden-hulled ship in eight
thousand feet of water. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46507.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian
Trail.
RC 46519.
by Bill Bryson.
read by Michael Consoli.
2 cassettes.
Bryson relates the adventures and misadventures of two totally
unfit hikers as he and longtime friend Stephen Katz traverse the
2,100-mile Appalachian Trail. Returning from more than twenty
years in Britain, he set out to rediscover his homeland, but the
two men find themselves awed by the terrain and stymied by the
unfamiliar local culture. Some strong language. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46519.
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep
Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your
Life.
RC 46533.
by Richard Carlson.
read by Jack Fox.
1 cassette.
In this companion to Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and It's All
Small Stuff (RC 45257), the author extends his advice to handling
family life. Explores ways of compromising and enjoying household
members. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46533.
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Understanding Men's Passages: Discovering the New Map of Men's
Lives.
RC 46534.
by Gail Sheehy.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
This account, gleaned from interviews of about one hundred white-
and blue-collar working men, provides a candid look at what male
life is like in the 1990s. Written for men and women, it
discusses topics such as job loss, downsizing, marriage and
divorce, sexuality, and depression. Some strong language.
Bestseller 1998.
RC 46534.
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The World according to Peter Drucker.
RC 46725.
by Jack Beatty.
read by Bill Wallace.
2 cassettes.
An intellectual profile of the management guru who has published
twenty-nine books during his sixty-year career. Concentrates on
the ideas and concepts that influenced Drucker's philosophy and
precepts as evidenced in his writing. Provides more of a
chronological review of his books than biographical details.
1998.
RC 46725.
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It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market
History.
RC 46728.
by Martin S. Fridson.
read by Jake Williams.
2 cassettes.
Examines the stock market's ten best-performing years in the
twentieth century. Identifies some common conditions that
prevailed during these bull years when total returns ranged
between 36 percent and 63 percent. Includes anecdotes and
biographical sketches. 1998.
RC 46728.
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Locked In: A Young Woman's Battle with Stroke.
RC 47035.
by Judy Mozersky.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
The author describes her experiences since 1990 when, as a
nineteen-year-old Cornell undergraduate she was "locked in" by a
stroke that left her unable to move or speak but able to
communicate by eye blinks. She and others detail her progress
from hospital care to a more stimulating environment in her own
apartment, where she continues her studies. 1996.
RC 47035.
##

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_Cassettes Fiction_

The Battle of the Queens: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 5.
RC 38826.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Catherine Byers.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two
vindictive queens--Blanche of Castile, queen of France, and
Isabella, the widowed queen of England. The two beautiful rulers
share an ambition so strong that they will stop at nothing to
destroy each other. Sequel to The Prince of Darkness (RD 17908).
1978.
RC 38826.
##

The Follies of the King: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 8.
RC 38827.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Sally Darling.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Focuses on the tragic reign of Edward II. Edward's first act as
king is to recall his lover Piers Gaveston, who was banished by
Edward's father. Edward's devotion to Gaveston and to other
handsome young men after Gaveston's death humiliates his
beautiful French wife, Isabella, who eventually becomes one of
his most deadly enemies. Sequel to Edward Longshanks (RC 25035).
1982.
RC 38827.
##

Prisons: The Beulah Quintet, Book 1.
RC 39051.
by Mary Lee Settle.
read by John Stratton.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A novel of commitment, betrayal, and ultimate freedom by a
recipient of the National Book Award. Based on a true incident in
the bloody English Civil War, a story of young men grappling with
the question of what they are willing to die for. Prequel to O
Beulah Land (RC 39052). Some strong language. 1973.
RC 39051.
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O Beulah Land: The Beulah Quintet, Book 2.
RC 39052.
by Mary Lee Settle.
read by John Stratton.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
On the eve of America's independence, a brave young man blazes a
trail deep into the Virginia mountain wilderness, struggling for
land and the freedom to build a new settlement called Beulah.
Sequel to Prisons (RC 39051). Some strong language. 1956.
RC 39052.
##

Saint Peter's Fair: The Fourth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael.
RC 39058.
by Ellis Peters.
read by Alan Haines.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
At the annual fair at Shrewsbury Abbey in 1139, a wealthy
merchant is murdered. A dangerous suitor immediately begins
stalking the merchant's lovely niece, and Brother Cadfael, a
sleuthing monk, races to save her from a terrible fate. 1981.
RC 39058.
##

The Vow on the Heron: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 9.
RC 40055.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Patrick Horgan.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Focuses on King Edward III and the beginnings of the bloody
Hundred Years' War brought about in part by the young English
monarch. Detailed account of Edward's relationships with his
devoted wife, Philippa, and their children. Sequel to The Follies
of the King (RC 38827). 1980.
RC 40055.
##

Passage to Pontefract: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 10.
RC 40056.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Patrick Horgan.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Life at court in the tumultuous fourteenth century follows a
reckless young king, Richard II, from his unsteady rise to power
to his lonely death at the hands of others who want that power.
Sequel to The Vow on the Heron (RC 40055). 1981.
RC 40056.
##

The Star of Lancaster: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 11.
RC 40057.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Alan Haines.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Charts the romance and marriage of Mary de Bohun and Henry IV and
the birth of their children. While Henry IV battles to hold onto
the land he has inherited and the throne he has seized, his son,
Harry, pursues a series of wild misadventures. Sequel to The
Passage to Pontefract (RC 40056). 1981.
RC 40057.
##

Epitaph for Three Women: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 12.
RC 40058.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Pat Gilbert-Read.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Superimposes the stories of three women of consequence against
the background of Lancastrian England and war-torn France. The
women are Katherine of Valois, grieving young widow of Henry V
and mother of an infant king-to-be; Joan of Arc, a French
peasant; and Eleanor of Gloucester, a passionate and treasonous
sorcerer. Sequel to The Star of Lancaster (RC 40057). 1981.
RC 40058.
##

Red Rose of Anjou: The Plantagenet Saga, Volume 13.
RC 40059.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Pat Gilbert-Read.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Begins with the events leading up to Margaret of Anjou's marriage
to King Henry VI of England and continues with the conflicts
during Henry's reign. Henry was reportedly a saintly man and a
weak ruler whose mental illness forced Margaret to struggle to
save the crown for their son. Sequel to Epitaph for Three Women
(RC 40058). 1982.
RC 40059.
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The Miller's Dance: A Novel of Cornwall, 1812-1813.
RC 41904.
by Winston Graham.
read by Patrick Horgan.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Ninth novel in the Poldark family saga. As Britain battles
Napoleon and the fledgling United States, the Industrial
Revolution propels the Poldarks and their beloved Cornwall into a
new age. Jeremy and Clowance deal with the frustrations of
unrequited love while their parents, Ross and Demelza, adjust to
startling developments in their lives. Sequel to The Stranger
from the Sea (RC 40684). 1982.
RC 41904.
##

The Jewel in the Crown: The Raj Quartet, Book 1.
RC 43535.
by Paul Scott.
read by Norman Barrs.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
The rape of a young Englishwoman in India in 1942 provides the
pivotal incident for an intricate portrait of a land in the grips
of violent upheaval. Prequel to Day of the Scorpion (RC 45151).
Some violence. 1966.
RC 43535.
##

Light a Penny Candle.
RC 43536.
by Maeve Binchy.
read by Roy Avers.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
From the time in 1940 when shy, ten-year-old Elizabeth White is
evacuated from wartime London and plunged into a large and
contentious family in the Irish village of Kilgarret, she and
Aisling O'Connor are destined to be the best of friends. This
novel follows their lives together and apart over the decades.
1983.
RC 43536.
##

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.
RC 43538.
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
read by Patrick Horgan.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
This final dozen cases completes the amazing career of Sherlock
Holmes. Among the short stories included are "The Adventure of
the Illustrious Client," "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger,"
and "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire." 1955.
RC 43538.
##

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling.
RC 43539.
by Lawrence Block.
read by George Patterson.
1 cassette (Reissue).
A professional New York burglar becomes a bookseller, but only as
a sideline. He is tempted into stealing a unique copy of an
anti-Semitic poem--ostensibly by Kipling--for a book collector.
This leads to complications, drugging, theft, and murder by an
assortment of exotic rogues. Some strong language. 1979.
RC 43539.
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Dan Barry's Daughter.
RC 43540.
by Max Brand.
read by Ray Foushee.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Harry Gloster, a man on the run from a murder charge, falls in
love with Joan Barry, a young woman with a dim, troubled past. He
must decide whether to give up his love and continue running or
to stand and risk his life to prove his innocence. 1952.
RC 43540.
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The Heart of the Lion.
RC 43542.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Guy Sorel.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
The dramatic story of Richard the Lion Heart, one of England's
most romanticized and strangest kings. Known for both chivalry
and cruelty, Richard maintains a cool distance from his elegant
wife while suffering torment from his relationships with the king
of France, an apparent ally, and the warrior Saladin, an apparent
enemy. Sequel to The Revolt of the Eaglets (RC 39110). 1977.
RC 43542.
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The Love Pirate.
RC 43543.
by Barbara Cartland.
read by Yolande Bavan.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Bertilla Alvinston's mother sends her to Sarawak as a missionary
to get her away from home, and after many adventures, Bertilla
falls in love with trade investigator Lord Saire. 1977.
RC 43543.
##

To the Far Blue Mountains.
RC 43545.
by Louis L'Amour.
read by Ken Kliban.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Barabas Sackett sails from England on a voyage to the New World,
where a pretty girl is waiting to marry him. Once there he sets
off for the Far Blue Mountains of Virginia, fighting Indians and
other perils along the way. Sequel to Sackett's Land (RC 33963).
Prequel to The Warrior's Path (RC 33993). 1976.
RC 43545.
##

A Christmas Carol.
RC 43546.
by Charles Dickens.
read by Clark Niederjohn.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Classic nineteenth-century Christmas story set in England
describes the conversion of grasping old miser Ebenezer Scrooge
when he is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present, and
future. 1963.
RC 43546.
##

Sweet Fifteen.
RC 43655.
by Diane Gonzales Bertrand.
read by Jeanne Evans.
2 cassettes.
Stefanie Bonilla should celebrate her quincea¤era soon, but her
father died recently, and her mother doesn't understand that
Stefanie doesn't want a party for her fifteenth birthday. Rita,
the seamstress making Stefanie's dress, helps Stefanie and her
family come to grips with their loss. For junior and senior high
readers. 1995.
RC 43655.
##

The Famous Heroine.
RC 44305.
by Mary Balogh.
read by Anne Mullen.
2 cassettes.
Miss Cora Downes, daughter of a merchant, did not think twice
about rescuing a drowning child. But the child is a duke's
nephew, and his mother has insisted on taking Cora in as her
prot‚g‚e for the London season. When the duke asks his friend
Lord Francis to dance with Cora at least once, the result is
unexpected. Some descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 44305.
##

The King's Justice: The Histories of King Kelson, Volume 2.
RC 44522.
by Katherine Kurtz.
read by Gary Tipton.
3 cassettes.
King Kelson of Gwynedd is still embroiled in the war between the
Church and the Deryni. At least ex-Archbishop Loris's attempts to
kill him were unsuccessful. King Kelson's uncles are also facing
threats of rebellion, and it seems that one family member is
being trained in subversion. Sequel to The Bishop's Heir (RC
44521). Some violence and some strong language. 1985.
RC 44522.
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Naked Came the Manatee.
RC 44784.
by Carl Hiaasen and others.
read by Arnie Warren.
1 cassette.
Thirteen Florida writers including Dave Barry, Edna Buchanan, and
Elmore Leonard have each contributed one chapter to this mystery
involving a manatee named Booger, thieves who did time for
stealing dirty laundry, and a severed head that may belong to
Fidel Castro. Some descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 44784.
##

Sunrise Song.
RC 44788.
by Kathleen Eagle.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
3 cassettes.
In 1973 Michelle Benedict inherits her aunt's house. Concerned
about a 1930s Indian cemetery located next to the house, she
attempts to find relatives of those buried there. Her search
leads to an involvement with Zane Lone Bull and the discovery of
terrible secrets about their connected past. Strong language,
some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 44788.
##

Jackson Rule.
RC 44789.
by Dinah McCall.
read by Pam Ward.
2 cassettes.
When Jackson Rule was sixteen, he went to prison for killing his
father. Now thirty-one and newly free, Jackson's chances of
finding a decent job and helping his troubled sister are bleak
until nursery owner Rebecca Hill hires him despite the protests
of her preacher father. Strong language, some violence, and some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 44789.
##

Crazy Snake.
RC 44791.
by Robert J. Conley.
read by Grant James.
1 cassette.
In 1824 the U.S. government relocated the Creek nation from their
home in the East to the Western Plains with the assurance that
the tribe would be left in peace. This story tells how the
authorities reneged on their promise, conflict ensued, and Chief
Crazy Snake wagered his life to ensure the Creeks' survival.
1994.
RC 44791.
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Way past Dead.
RC 44796.
by Steven Womack.
read by Don Emmick.
2 cassettes.
It's the wrong time for P.I. Harry James Denton to be called to
investigate country music singer Rebecca Gibson's murder.
Denton's girlfriend, Dr. Marsha Helms, has just been taken
hostage in the Nashville morgue by a group of evangelical
fanatics. But the siege is long and leaves Harry with nothing to
do, so he delves into the dark side of country music. Some strong
language and some violence. 1995.
RC 44796.
##

The Gods Are Thirsty.
RC 44972.
by Tanith Lee.
read by Jeremy Gage.
5 cassettes.
A tale of the violent outbreak of the French Revolution, as
experienced by Camille Desmoulins, deemed "author of the
revolution." Amid the tumult of the times, Desmoulins marries and
begins a family before he himself falls victim to the "kiss of
Madame Guillotine." Strong language, violence, and descriptions
of sex. 1996.
RC 44972.
##

Lovers Forever.
RC 44982.
by Shirlee Busbee.
read by Mimi Bederman.
3 cassettes.
Tess Mandeville's great-grandmother was stolen away from her
fianc‚, the earl of Sherbourne, and forced to marry the baron of
Mandeville in 1740. When the fortune-hunting new Baron Mandeville
attempts to do the same to Tess, she tries to flee to London and
ends up in the arms of the current earl of Sherbourne. Explicit
descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence.
1996.
RC 44982.
##

Action by Night.
RC 44983.
by Ernest Haycox.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
2 cassettes.
Tracy Coleman arrives at Horsehead Ranch with a letter from the
elderly absentee owner making Coleman the new owner. Horsehead's
foreman doesn't take kindly to the news, nor do the surrounding
ranch owners, who plan to take over Horsehead's land. But
Coleman's as stubborn as they are and not about to leave. Some
strong language and some violence. 1943.
RC 44983.
##

The Button Horse.
RC 44984.
by Giles Tippette.
read by June Carter.
2 cassettes.
1886. In southern Texas, Warner Grayson raises prime
thoroughbreds with his partner and lover, Laura Pico. When rival
breeder Jack Fisher threatens to burn their barns and shoot their
horses unless Grayson races him, Grayson's not worried until
Laura starts meddling. Some strong language, some violence, and
some descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 44984.
##

Colorado Ransom.
RC 44985.
by Susan Harmon.
read by June Carter.
1 cassette.
Seven long years after the Civil War, Richmond Bates is called to
Colorado to avenge his uncle's murder and to help the man's lover
save the claim. 1992.
RC 44985.
##

A Specter Is Haunting Texas.
RC 44989.
by Fritz Leiber.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
2 cassettes.
A witty parody of the politics of President Lyndon Johnson. In
the twenty-second century, Scully returns to Earth to reclaim his
family's mine. Texas, after a post-nuclear holocaust, now rules
the United States. But there is a revolution among the peasants,
and the Russians are busy in the north. Some violence, some
strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1968.
RC 44989.
##

The Day of the Scorpion: The Raj Quartet, Book 2.
RC 45151.
by Paul Scott.
read by Patrick Horgan.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
Portrays the wretched beauty of India in 1942. With the flames of
revolution encircling them, the British in India finally sense
that the sun is setting on the empire. Sequel to The Jewel in the
Crown (RC 43535). 1978.
RC 45151.
##

The Outsider.
RC 45170.
by Frank Roderus.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
1 cassette.
Leon Brown feels he has already been to hell and back when he
arrives in Kazumal, Arizona, to take possession of the more than
seventeen thousand acres of land he bought after the Civil War.
Then he discovers his neighbors are none too happy to have a
black man in their midst. Some strong language. For senior high
and older readers. 1988.
RC 45170.
##

The Bloodrock Valley War.
RC 45173.
by Ray Hogan.
read by Arnie Warren.
1 cassette.
Ben Keenlyn refuses to sell his ranch to a consortium, risking a
range war in the process. Complicating everything is Ben's
sweetheart's connection to one of the buyers. 1969.
RC 45173.
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Joy School.
RC 45179.
by Elizabeth Berg.
read by Gillian Wilson.
2 cassettes.
In this sequel to Durable Goods (RC 37047), Katie has moved to a
new town with her still-aloof father. As she turns thirteen,
Katie learns many lessons. Taylor Sinn, a pretty delinquent, may
not be as good a friend as Cynthia, a wallflower. Katie thinks
she is in love, but Jimmy is ten years older and married. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. For junior and
senior high readers. 1997.
RC 45179.
##

Novels and Stories.
RC 45243.
by Zora Neale Hurston.
read by Gail Nelson.
7 cassettes.
Four novels and nine short stories by the noted Harlem
Renaissance novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. Includes
Jonah's Gourd Vine, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Moses, Man of
the Mountain, and Seraph on the Suwanee. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 1995.
RC 45243.
##

Sapphira and the Slave Girl.
RC 45259.
by Willa Cather.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
2 cassettes.
In the period prior to the Civil War, Sapphira Colbert develops
an irrational jealousy of one of her house servants, Nancy. Henry
Colbert, Sapphira's husband, is fond of Nancy and doesn't take
the matter seriously. Their daughter Rachel, however, decides to
take matters into her own hands. Her decision changes Nancy's
life forever. Some strong language. 1940.
RC 45259.
##

The Naked Sun.
RC 45260.
by Isaac Asimov.
read by Jack Fox.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
When murder occurs for the first time on the planet Solaria,
Earth detective Elijah Haley is sent across space to investigate,
with the assistance of his robot aide, Daneel. Sequel to The
Caves of Steel (RC 44325). 1957.
RC 45260.
##

America, America.
RC 45261.
by Elia Kazan.
read by Livingston Gilbert.
1 cassette (Reissue).
In 1896, Stavros, a Greek boy from Anatolia, sees the slaughter
of his people by the Turks and dreams about freedom and going to
America with his American friend, Vartan. 1962.
RC 45261.
##

The Code of the Woosters.
RC 45262.
by P. G. Wodehouse.
read by Tom Martin.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Bertie Wooster, with the able assistance of Jeeves, once again
obeys the Wooster code by helping his friend Gussie Pink-Nottle
out of a tangle with his future father-in-law. 1938.
RC 45262.
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Promise of Love.
RC 45264.
by Mary Renault.
read by Pamela Brook.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
Vivian, a young nurse in training, and Mic, an assistant
pathologist, are both employed in an English provincial hospital.
The extraordinary pressures of their environment seem to
complicate their love from the start. Some descriptions of sex.
1939.
RC 45264.
##

Early Autumn: A Spenser Novel.
RC 45265.
by Robert B. Parker.
read by Ralph Bell.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Private detective Spenser is hired to find the teenage son of a
divorced couple. The father's underworld connections make it a
dangerous job. When Spenser realizes the boy is being used as a
pawn by his parents, he takes them away, then challenges his foes
to ensure the lad's freedom. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. 1981.
RC 45265.
##

A Savage Place: A Spenser Novel.
RC 45267.
by Robert B. Parker.
read by Dana Bate.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Boston private eye Spenser flies to Hollywood to act as bodyguard
for Candy Sloan, a TV reporter investigating the mob's takeover
of Summit Films. Although hired thugs beat her and warn her she
will die if she does not quit "snooping," she does not give in.
Some strong language. 1981.
RC 45267.
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The Anatolian.
RC 45268.
by Elia Kazan.
read by Edward Blake.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
Story of Stavros, the Anatolian Greek youth in America, America
(RC 45261), now a grown man in New York trying to make it as a
merchant-pirate in the world of Oriental rugs. Chronicles the
family's adventures and trials as immigrants in the new land they
are reluctant to accept. Strong language and explicit
descriptions of sex. 1982.
RC 45268.
##

The Snow Queen.
RC 45269.
by Joan D. Vinge.
read by Sally Darling.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
Arienrhod, the ancient but beautiful Winter Queen of the planet
Tiamant, creates a secret clone of herself. She seeks to ensure
her survival through the harsh 150-year summer when the
technologically advanced offworlders will abandon the planet,
letting her artificially maintained life come to an end.
Companion to The Summer Queen (RC 34560). 1981.
RC 45269.
##

Run Man Run.
RC 45273.
by Chester Himes.
read by Chuck Young.
2 cassettes.
A drunken white detective accidentally kills a black night porter
in a New York City restaurant. Attempting to cover his tracks, he
shoots a second porter and wounds a third, whom the cop pursues
to a bloody and tragic end. Strong language, violence, and
descriptions of sex. 1966.
RC 45273.
##

High Deryni: The Chronicles of the Deryni, Volume 3.
RC 45327.
by Katherine Kurtz.
read by John Polk.
3 cassettes.
The Church, fearing the possibility of being taken over by the
Deryni now that the young half-Deryni King Kelson is ruler, has
thrown the land into a civil war. And Lord Morgan,
excommunicated, no longer feels he can protect the young leader.
Sequel to Deryni Checkmate (RC 45326). Some violence. 1973.
RC 45327.
##

In Plain Sight.
RC 45454.
by Barbara Block.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
2 cassettes.
Pet store owner and amateur sleuth Robin Light is asked by her
former neighbor Marsha Pennington to dig up dirt on Marsha's
soon-to-be ex-husband so he won't win custody of their two dogs.
Robin is reluctant to take the case, but when Marsha turns up
missing and then dead, Robin begins to investigate. Strong
language. 1996.
RC 45454.
##

Human Croquet.
RC 45456.
by Kate Atkinson.
read by Jennifer Mendenhall.
2 cassettes.
Alternating between the late-sixteenth-century past and the 1960s
present is this account of the Fairfax family. The Fairfax
children's lives are shaped by the absence of their mother,
Eliza, who abandoned them seven years ago, the day their father
also left. Isobel, sixteen on this day, and her older brother,
Charles, adjust as their father returns with a new wife. 1997.
RC 45456.
##

The Killer Angels.
RC 45457.
by Michael Shaara.
read by Michael Kramer.
3 cassettes (Reissue).
This fictionalized version of the battle of Gettysburg portrays
many actual participants, such as Generals Lee, Longstreet, and
Meade, as well as fictionalized characters, such as Col. Joshua
Chamberlain, whose vivid rhetoric inspires his men. Sequel to
Jeff Shaara's Gods and Generals (RC 43292). Some strong language.
1974.
RC 45457.
##

American Pie.
RC 45553.
by Michael Lee West.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
2 cassettes.
In Tallulah, Tennessee, the McBroom women gather around the
hospital bed of Jo-Nell, who has barely survived an accident with
a train. The three sisters--Jo-Nell, Freddie, and Eleanor--and
their grandmother Minerva, believe this latest incident is part
of the bad luck that has plagued their family for generations.
Together the three sisters confront their fears and
superstitions. Some strong language. 1996.
RC 45553.
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Death Takes a Hand.
RC 45554.
by Susan Moody.
read by Anne Hancock.
2 cassettes.
Former biology teacher Cassie Swann has a new career teaching
bridge. During one of her weekend tutorials in a country hotel,
three of her students are murdered. Within a month another
student is dead at the same inn. As cancellations flood in,
Cassie struggles to find the killer and save her career. Some
violence and some strong language. 1993.
RC 45554.
##

Ester Ried Yet Speaking.
RC 45556.
by Isabella Alden.
read by Susan Nardone.
2 cassettes.
At the turn of the century, years after the death of his beloved
Christian sister, Ester, Alfred Ried bemoans his inability to
carry on her charitable work, especially with a group of unruly
poor boys. Help comes in the form of his boss's young wife,
Flossy Roberts. Despite Alfred's grave doubts, the results are
astounding. 1997.
RC 45556.
##

Queen of Swords.
RC 45613.
by Judith Tarr.
read by Lindsay Ellison.
5 cassettes.
A story of two strong-willed women who live in the kingdom of
Jerusalem during the Crusades. Lady Richildis left France in A.D.
1129 to search for her brother, Bertrand. Richildis finds him in
service to the future Queen Melisende while a royal marriage is
being arranged, so Richildis becomes one of Melisende's
ladies-in-waiting. 1997.
RC 45613.
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The Club Dumas.
RC 45630.
by Arturo P‚rez-Reverte.
read by Peter Gil.
3 cassettes.
The authentication of a handwritten chapter of Dumas's The Three
Musketeers embroils rare-book hunter Lucas Corso in literary
intrigue. The chapter's owner is found hanged, but was the death
suicide or homicide? The beautiful widow has her own interest in
rare books. Corso goes from Madrid to Paris to figure it out.
1993.
RC 45630.
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Future Indefinite: Round Three of the Great Game.
RC 45652.
by Dave Duncan.
read by Rick Rohan.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to Present Tense (RC 45644), Edward Exeter finally
stops resisting his fate as proclaimed in the Filoby Testament
and returns Nextdoor to kill Zath, the king of death. While
becoming the Liberator, Edward initiates a new religion based on
goodness and justice. 1997.
RC 45652.
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Dancing on the Edge.
RC 45669.
by Han Nolan.
read by Susan McInerney.
2 cassettes.
Miracle, thirteen, lives in her grandmother Gigi's world of
seances and fabricated family stories. Feeling isolated and
unreal, Miracle tries to melt away by dancing among lit candles
and accidentally sets herself on fire. In a mental hospital,
Miracle receives the counseling she needs to believe in reality.
Some violence. For senior high readers. National Book Award 1997.
RC 45669.
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An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc.
RC 45713.
by Pamela Marcantel.
read by Anne Hancock.
6 cassettes.
This fictional account of the life of St. Joan of Arc, who was
burned to death as a martyr before she turned twenty, portrays
her as a willful, remarkable woman. The novel begins with the
peasant Jehanne's visions, her battles with the English, and her
political forays until her death in 1431. 1997.
RC 45713.
##

Zombie.
RC 45714.
by Joyce Carol Oates.
read by Ray Hagen.
1 cassette.
Psychopathic serial killer Quentin P. stalks and abducts young
men to lobotomize them into submissive sex slaves. Neither his
upscale family nor his therapists imagine the horrors being
perpetrated by this apparently nice young man. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 45714.
##

The Man of the House.
RC 45721.
by Stephen McCauley.
read by Ray Hagen.
2 cassettes.
Drifting toward middle age, Clyde Carmichael tries to make some
sense out of his life. He is still smouldering over a breakup
with his lover--Gordon--two years ago. Then Clyde becomes
involved when his heterosexual roommate Marcus's ex-girlfriend
shows up accusing Marcus of fathering her teenaged son. Clyde is
also coping with unresolved problems with his own father. 1996.
RC 45721.
##

The Courts of Love: Stories.
RC 45723.
by Ellen Gilchrist.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
2 cassettes.
Ten stories portray different aspects of love. In the novella
"Nora Jane and Company," it is 1995 in Berkeley, and the
stability of Nora's happy family life is threatened when the
fathers of her twin girls meet again. In "A Man Who Looked like
Me," a woman recalls her first love's good nature and how her
father's prejudice prevented her marriage. 1996.
RC 45723.
##

The Real Cool Killers.
RC 45726.
by Chester Himes.
read by Chuck Young.
1 cassette.
There is no dearth of suspects with strong motives when Galen the
Greek is found murdered. Galen's ostentatious wealth and his
penchant for young black girls make for a tough and complicated
case for police to crack. Strong language and violence. 1959.
RC 45726.
##

Mystery Mile.
RC 45765.
by Margery Allingham.
read by David Palmer.
2 cassettes.
American judge Crowdy Lobbett's children bring their father to
England to prevent his murder. Four people have already been
killed in his stead. Albert Campion is hired by the son to help
keep his father alive. Campion brings the family to the village
of Mystery Mile, where he believes they will be safe, but the
stalkers arrive. 1957.
RC 45765.
##

Nocturne: An 87th Precinct Novel.
RC 45767.
by Ed McBain.
read by Ray Foushee.
2 cassettes.
When a concert pianist is found murdered, detectives assume she
was killed by a burglar. Then they learn that the victim had just
withdrawn a large sum from the bank and conclude that the killer
was someone she knew. The discovery of a prostitute's sexually
mutilated body later becomes linked with the first killing.
Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 45767.
##

Far North.
RC 45784.
by Will Hobbs.
read by Gregory Gorton.
1 cassette.
A plane goes down in the Canadian wilderness, stranding two
fifteen-year-old boys and an Indian elder. Before he dies, the
elder teaches the boys survival skills that may sustain them in
their struggle against hunger, predators, and the severe northern
winter. For junior and senior high readers. 1996.
RC 45784.
##

Easy Meat.
RC 45800.
by John Harvey.
read by David Cutler.
2 cassettes.
The apparent suicide of a fifteen-year-old delinquent while in
police custody prompts a probe by veteran detective Bill Aston.
When Aston is found beaten to death, the investigation leads into
the vile depths of the British underclass. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 45800.
##

Texaco.
RC 45807.
by Patrick Chamoiseau.
read by Annie Wauters.
3 cassettes.
Marie-Sophie Laborieux tells about her life and that of her
father, Esternome, who was born a slave on the island of
Martinique nearly 150 years ago. She describes the founding of
the shantytown, Texaco, among the pipelines of the oil company
and defends the town's existence against urban development plans
that would destroy it. Some violence and some descriptions of
sex. Winner of France's Prix Goncourt. 1992.
RC 45807.
##

The China Garden.
RC 45811.
by Liz Berry.
read by Anne Flosnik.
2 cassettes.
Claire knows that she and her mother, Frances, share some psychic
ability, but it isn't until they travel to her mother's childhood
home, Ravensmere, that Claire realizes what this means for her
future. Claire falls in love with Mark and would leave to be with
him, but the ancient estate claims her as its guardian. For
senior high and older readers. 1996.
RC 45811.
##

No New Jokes.
RC 45812.
by Steven Bloom.
read by Gregory Gorton.
1 cassette.
The year is 1949 and Izzy, a former boxer and disabled veteran,
likes to trade old jokes with other Jewish men at a Brooklyn
deli. Their levity masks harsh memories of World War II and the
Holocaust, as well as anxieties over the looming war in Korea.
Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 45812.
##

Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman.
RC 45850.
by Walter M. Miller.
read by John Horton.
4 cassettes.
Almost forty years after A Canticle for Leibowitz (RC 32968),
Miller continues the story of good versus evil, now in the
thirty-second century. The Catholic church is still under siege
by nomads, Imperial Texark, and other fiefdoms. Brother
Blacktooth travels with Cardinal Brownpony to try to appease the
warring forces. Some violence. 1997.
RC 45850.
##

Sacred and Profane.
RC 45853.
by Faye Kellerman.
read by Richard Davidson.
2 cassettes.
Police detective Peter Decker discovers the charred remains of
two teenage girls in the foothills of Los Angeles. Further
investigation leads to a seedy world of porn films, drugs, and
runaways. Decker also finds himself in love with a Jewish widow,
Rina Lazarus, who cannot marry a non-Orthodox man. Strong
language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1987.
RC 45853.
##

To Lie with Lions: The House of Niccol•, Volume 6.
RC 45864.
by Dorothy Dunnett.
read by Gordon Gould.
6 cassettes.
In the sixth segment of the House of Niccol• series, Nicholas de
Fleury marries the scheming Gelis van Borselen. The couple begin
a power struggle that leads Nicholas to kidnap their young son,
Jordan. Nicholas continues his political manipulations, advising
both the duke of Burgundy and the Scottish king James III. Sequel
to The Unicorn Hunt (RC 39250). Some violence and some strong
language. 1995.
RC 45864.
##

And Quiet Flows the Don.
RC 45866.
by Mikhail Sholokhov.
read by Ed Blake.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
Centered around Gregor Melekhov, a young Cossack, this is the
story of a Don Cossack village from the Bolshevik Revolution
through the First World War and the Civil War between Russia's
Red and White armies. Prequel to The Don Flows Home to the Sea
(RD 14834). Violence and strong language. 1934.
RC 45866.
##

The Galactic Gourmet.
RC 45877.
by James White.
read by Randy Davidson.
2 cassettes.
Gurronsevas, a six-legged alien, volunteers to be the chef on the
space hospital, Sector General. His job is to make the food
palatable to all the species recuperating there. After a series
of mishaps, Gurronsevas is sent on a mission to save a dying
population. In the process, he encounters his most challenging
assignment ever. 1996.
RC 45877.
##

Mother of God.
RC 45889.
by David Ambrose.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
Computer scientist Tessa Lambert has developed a diabolical
artificial-intelligence program that lurks furtively on the
Internet, conspiring to kill its creator. When the rogue program
recruits a psychopathic hacker to do its bidding, Lambert becomes
the target of man and machine. Strong language and violence.
1995.
RC 45889.
##

Lost Man's River.
RC 45903.
by Peter Matthiessen.
read by Roy Avers.
5 cassettes.
In this sequel to Killing Mister Watson (RC 31986), Lucius Watson
returns to the Florida Everglades some forty years after the
murder in 1910 of his father, E.J. Watson, to learn more about
his heritage. Lucius finds that the Watson family story is
intertwined with the history of the region. Some violence and
some strong language. 1997.
RC 45903.
##

Your Oasis on Flame Lake.
RC 45908.
by Lorna Landvik.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
Lifelong friends Devera and BiDi, both married with children, are
anxiously approaching forty. BiDi strives to preserve her girlish
figure; Devera carries on an affair with her night-school
teacher. When a series of crises strikes their families, the
women have to reassess their lives. Strong language. 1997.
RC 45908.
##

Mosquitoes.
RC 45909.
by William Faulkner.
read by Randy Wieck.
2 cassettes.
Chronicles a New Orleans boating excursion and the interactions
among its motley array of passengers. Depicts the romance,
hostility, and conflicts that arise among the high-spirited group
during their voyage. 1955.
RC 45909.
##

Worldwar: In the Balance.
RC 45912.
by Harry Turtledove.
read by Roy Avers.
5 cassettes.
It's World War II and the people of planet Earth are killing each
other. An invasion force arrives, looking for its fourth world to
conquer, but the invaders have only limited resources. The humans
have a chance to survive if they can set aside their differences
and unite against the aliens. Prequel to Worldwar: Tilting the
Balance (RC 47687).  Violence, strong language, and explicit
descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 45912.
##

Horse of a Different Killer.
RC 45917.
by Jody Jaffe.
read by Jill Fox.
2 cassettes.
Reporter Nattie Gold has a special interest in the murder of a
horse and its trainer. The animal and Gold's beloved jumper were
stabled in the same barn. As she delves into the schemes and
scandals of the equestrian subculture, Gold's life and her
horse's are threatened. Some violence, some strong language, and
some descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 45917.
##

Moonrise.
RC 45918.
by Ben Bova.
read by Brian Conn.
4 cassettes.
A family drama unfolds against the backdrop of Moonbase, the
first colony on the moon. Elder brother Greg Masterson wants to
close down the unprofitable Moonbase while his half brother Doug
Stavenger envisions its future viability and worth. Their mother,
Joanna, tries to mediate their ensuing struggle. Some strong
language and some violence. 1996.
RC 45918.
##

House of Echoes.
RC 45919.
by Barbara Erskine.
read by Ann Hodapp.
3 cassettes.
While searching for her birth mother, Joss Grant discovers that
she has inherited a mansion. Since her husband, Luke, has just
lost his company, moving to Belheddon Hall seems perfect. But
when their two small sons show signs of abuse, her family
suspects Joss. Somehow she has to discover what or who is behind
the eerie happenings in the old house. 1996.
RC 45919.
##

The Astronomer and Other Stories.
RC 45922.
by Doris Betts.
read by Janis Gray.
2 cassettes.
Stories set in rural North Carolina, depicting human
relationships at times of crisis and transition. In the title
work, a retired blue collar worker pursues an interest in
astronomy and takes two boarders into his home. These
involvements cause him to engage life in new ways. 1965.
RC 45922.
##

Wrapped in Wishes.
RC 45926.
by Olga Bicos.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
3 cassettes.
After miscarrying and breaking up with her fianc‚, Chloe Plum
develops insomnia. Her therapist hypnotizes Chloe, who finds
herself in the 1880s assisting a ghost-hunting professor while
fleeing evil men. After the session, Chloe meets the professor's
look-alike in current times--cartoonist Parker Street, whose
strip mirrors her odd experience. Violence and explicit
descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 45926.
##

The Complete Fiction of W.M. Spackman.
RC 45929.
by W.M. Spackman.
read by Randy Wieck.
5 cassettes.
Five novels depicting romantic love in urbane, sophisticated
settings. The first, Heyday, portrays the alienation that affects
a group of carefree Ivy League students in Greenwich Village
during the Great Depression. Some strong language. 1997.
RC 45929.
##

The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell.
RC 45932.
by Harry Harrison.
read by John Polk.
2 cassettes.
A rejuvenating stay on the vacation planet Lussuoso becomes a
fast-paced quest from Heaven to Hell when diGriz's wife,
Angelina, is kidnapped from the temple of eternal truth. The
villain is the evasive professor Justin Slakey. DiGriz (the
Stainless Steel Rat) calls on his twin sons to help him find
Angelina and defeat the schemer Slakey. 1996.
RC 45932.
##

Larkspur.
RC 45933.
by Dorothy Garlock.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
2 cassettes.
Twenty-three and unmarried, Kristin Anderson angers her half
brother when she leaves his Wisconsin home to claim Larkspur, the
Montana ranch she unexpectedly inherits in 1883. Others want
Larkspur too, so she joins forces with a cranky cowboy to save
it. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit
descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 45933.
##

The Mortal Nuts.
RC 45934.
by Pete Hautman.
read by Jack Fox.
2 cassettes.
At seventy-three, Axel Speeter has retired from gambling to run a
taco stand at the state fair and live in a Motel 6, where he
keeps his life savings in coffee cans. Peddling his tacos is
curvaceous Carmen, whose ex-con boyfriend has designs on Axel's
stash. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 45934.
##

Riding Shotgun.
RC 45935.
by Rita Mae Brown.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
2 cassettes.
Recently widowed Cig Blackwood discovers during a foxhunt that
her husband died naked in her sister's bed. Distraught, she is
then thrown back in time to 1699 where she lives with her
ancestors. She returns to the present with newfound wisdom about
love and happiness. Strong language. 1996.
RC 45935.
##

Simply Love.
RC 45936.
by Catherine Anderson.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
3 cassettes.
Colorado, 1887. Gold mine owner Luke Taggart, tired of saloons,
gambling, and loose women, wants to settle down with a live-in
mistress. When he sees Cassandra Zerek reading to a group of
school children, he believes he has found the right person. But
Cassandra plans to become a nun. Some strong language and some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 45936.
##

The Oyster Pirates: The Wells Fargo Trail, Book 6.
RC 45941.
by Jim Walker.
read by Jim Zeiger.
3 cassettes.
Wells Fargo agent Zac Cobb, on his way to Sacramento aboard the
Delta King to pick up a gold shipment for San Francisco, rescues
from the river a young boy named Jack. On the way back, Jack and
Skip, Zac's adopted son, are kidnapped when the Delta King is
hijacked. In his search for the children, Zac uncovers corruption
on the river. Sequel to The Desert Hawks (RC 45940). 1996.
RC 45941.
##

Exile's Song: A Novel of Darkover.
RC 45949.
by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
4 cassettes.
Margaret Alton left Darkover as a child. Now as a musicologist,
she returns with Professor Davidson, who has become like a father
to her, to study the folk songs and musical instruments of the
planet. But Margaret's visit is not a happy one, for shortly
after arriving her beloved professor dies, and long-suppressed
painful memories begin to surface. Some strong language. 1996.
RC 45949.
##

The Shadow Matrix: A Novel of Darkover.
RC 45950.
by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
4 cassettes.
In Exile's Song (RC 45949), Margaret Alton returned to her home
planet of Darkover, where she discovered her latent powers. Now
she and Mikhail Lanart-Hastur want to marry, but first Margaret
must learn to control her gift. She becomes overshadowed by an
evil force that leaves a powerful, harmful shadow matrix etched
into her left hand. Some descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 45950.
##

Vegas Sunrise.
RC 45958.
by Fern Michaels.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to Vegas Heat (RC 44138), Fanny Thornton retires
and relinquishes the casino administration to her late husband's
illegitimate son, Jeff Lassiter. But then her son Birch
unexpectedly returns with a greedy wife and rivalry erupts. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 45958.
##

Appointment with the Squire.
RC 45985.
by Don Davis.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
3 cassettes.
In 1945, German dictator Adolf Hitler dispatches an agent to
assassinate U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Making his way
to Georgia by U-boat, the agent awaits an opportunity at
Roosevelt's retreat in Warm Springs. An American intelligence
officer, however, is on the trail. Violence and strong language.
1995.
RC 45985.
##

Shiloh Autumn.
RC 45992.
by Bodie and Brock Thoene.
read by Jill Ferris.
4 cassettes.
To the Tuckers and other cotton farmers of Shiloh, Arkansas, the
1929 stock market crash was a remote event that seemed unrelated
to their way of life. Then the cotton market collapses in 1931,
causing the Tuckers to lose their farm and brave an arduous trek
in search of a new life in California. 1996.
RC 45992.
##

A Murder of Crows.
RC 45996.
by Steve Shepard.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Embittered by the Soviet loss of the cold war, a cabal of Russian
generals plots to install scores of remote-controlled nuclear
devices around the United States. A rural Nebraska physician, who
happens upon a related mysterious incident, becomes the target of
Russian agents and the FBI. Violence and strong language. 1996.
RC 45996.
##

A Booke of Days: A Novel of the Crusades.
RC 46022.
by Stephen J. Rivele.
read by Christopher Walker.
3 cassettes.
To atone for sins of the flesh, a French nobleman enlists in the
First Crusade to Jerusalem in 1096. He chronicles the "armed
pilgrimage" as it degenerates from a noble quest for salvation to
a chaotic campaign of savagery and greed. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 46022.
##

Traveling with the Dead.
RC 46023.
by Barbara Hambly.
read by Vanessa Maroney.
3 cassettes.
Pre-World War I Europe. Ex-British agent John Asher of Those Who
Hunt the Night (RC 31645) pursues a vampire, Ysidro, and an
Austrian spy across Europe. John does not know that his young
bride, Lydia, is following him, hoping to help. And Lydia seeks
the aid of the vampire. Some violence. For senior high and older
readers. 1995.
RC 46023.
##

Bad Vibes.
RC 46032.
by Alberto Fuguet.
read by Peter Gil.
2 cassettes.
Chile, 1980. Seventeen-year-old Mat¡as Vicu¤a is a wealthy
teenager growing up with drugs and rock 'n' roll. The country is
struggling with a military siege imposed by dictator Augusto
Pinochet. Mat¡as tires of his life, of politics, and of Chile in
general. With his family life and country in crisis, Mat¡as
decides it's time to grow up. Strong language and descriptions of
sex. 1997.
RC 46032.
##

Tangled June: A Dave Garrett Mystery.
RC 46033.
by Neil Albert.
read by Bob Moore.
2 cassettes.
P.I. Dave Garrett's assistant, Lisa, a transexual, wants to
impress him by handling an investigation on her own. Noticing
something odd about his background file, Lisa sets out to prove
that Dave's birth parents are not who he thinks they are. Strong
language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46033.
##

The Sea of Trees.
RC 46036.
by Yannick Murphy.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
At the close of World War II, twelve-year-old Tian leaves
Japanese captivity with her French mother and sister. They
journey to Shanghai and to Saigon in search of Tian's Chinese
father, who disappeared in the war. Ultimately, Tian lands in
America in search of a stable life. Strong language and violence.
1997.
RC 46036.
##

Big Girls Don't Cry.
RC 46042.
by Connie Briscoe.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
3 cassettes.
A contemporary story that explores problems of family, race, and
career. Naomi Jefferson, an African American, grew up in the
shadow of her older brother, Joshua, a civil-rights activist.
After his death, Naomi becomes disillusioned with her
white-dominated college and profession. She starts her own
business and confronts new challenges. Some strong language.
1996.
RC 46042.
##

Devil's Food.
RC 46045.
by Anthony Bruno.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
2 cassettes.
Following a prison riot, warden Loretta Kovacs is demoted to the
"jump squad," chasing parole violators. She tracks her first
fugitive, a dope-money laundress who skipped to Florida after
ripping off a biker gang. Kovacs jockeys with the angry
motorcyclists and federal agents who are also after her mark.
Strong language. 1997.
RC 46045.
##

Past Continuous.
RC 46048.
by Denise Goff.
read by Corrie James.
2 cassettes.
Family life in Newcastle, England, as seen through the eyes of a
great-niece. While visiting her grandmother through the years,
Megan observes her three great-aunts, Emily, Alice, and May.
Gradually, the story of their loves and losses during World War
II and beyond is revealed to the young girl. 1995.
RC 46048.
##

The Underground Man.
RC 46055.
by Mick Jackson.
read by George Holmes.
2 cassettes.
Portrays the eccentric, self-absorbed fifth duke of Portland, who
devised a network of tunnels beneath his estate in order to
conceal his comings and goings. Presents a fictionalized
chronicle of the wealthy Victorian hypochondriac's musings on
nature, his health, and his confused encounters with life. 1997.
RC 46055.
##

The Circus in the Attic and Other Stories.
RC 46060.
by Robert Penn Warren.
read by Robert Sams.
2 cassettes.
A collection of stories that variously portray Southern small
town society, rural life, and a professor in academia.
"Blackberry Winter" is a man's boyhood reminiscence about a rude
drifter who visited his family's Kentucky farm years ago and made
an indelible impression. 1947.
RC 46060.
##

Bundori: A Novel of Japan.
RC 46062.
by Laura Joh Rowland.
read by Robert Sams.
3 cassettes.
Sequel to Shinju (RC 43369). In 1689 Japan, samurai Sano probes a
spate of "bundori," or "war trophy" killings, whose victims are
descendants of warriors who were involved in an ancient intrigue.
The fact that Sano's suspects are powerful political figures
complicates his efforts and imperils his life. Violence and
descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 46062.
##

Catherine and Amanda: The Calhoun Women, Book 1.
RC 46063.
by Nora Roberts.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
The Calhoun women can no longer keep up their family home and
decide to sell it to a hotel chain. Of course, everything would
change if only they could find their great-grandma's legendary
emerald necklace. Then Catherine falls in love with hotel owner
Trent, and Amanda falls for the architect. Prequel to Lilah and
Suzanna (RC 46064). Strong language and explicit descriptions of
sex. Bestseller 1991.
RC 46063.
##

Bloodletter.
RC 46067.
by K.W. Jeter.
read by James DeLotel.
2 cassettes.
In order to counter Cardassian expansion, Major Kira is given the
task of establishing a Federation substation on the other side of
the wormhole. Her mission is jeopardized when a Bajoran terrorist
who has sworn to kill Kira manages to shut down the wormhole,
trapping her alone on the other side of the galaxy.  A Star Trek
Deep Space Nine novel. 1993.
RC 46067.
##

The Case of the Mythical Monkeys.
RC 46068.
by Erle Stanley Gardner.
read by Brian Conn.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A famous author hires an attractive young secretary, Gladys;
sends her on a free ski weekend; and gives her explicit
directions for a return shortcut. When Gladys is lost, she finds
refuge in a cabin but confronts a corpse. She goes to Perry Mason
for help. 1959.
RC 46068.
##

Rage of a Demon King: Serpentwar Saga, Volume 3.
RC 46070.
by Raymond E. Feist.
read by Roy Avers.
4 cassettes.
The soldier Erik von Darkmoor and his companion, Rupert Avery,
are battling for the survival of their world. The demons serving
Maarg, the Ruler of the Fifth Circle, seek to penetrate the
portals of Midkemia, but the magicians plot to thwart them.
Sequel to Rise of a Merchant Prince (RC 44241). Violence. 1997.
RC 46070.
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The Silver Stone: Keepers of the Hidden Ways, Book 2.
RC 46072.
by Joel Rosenberg.
read by Fred Major.
2 cassettes.
Ian Silverstein is beginning to feel at home in the small town of
Hardwood, North Dakota, but the adventures that test his skills
as a fencer and prove his valor take place in the magical realm
of Tir Na Nog. Sequel to The Fire Duke (RC 43668). Some strong
language. 1996.
RC 46072.
##

Murder Ol‚! A Benbow and Wingate Mystery.
RC 46073.
by Corinne Holt Sawyer.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
2 cassettes.
After taking Spanish lessons, the residents of California
retirement community Camden-sur-Mer decide to take a series of
bus trips to Mexico. As usual, friends and amateur sleuths Angela
Benbow and Caledonia Wingate stumble upon mystery and murder
while south of the border. 1997.
RC 46073.
##

The Investigators: Badge of Honor, Book 7.
RC 46077.
by W.E.B. Griffin.
read by Ray Foushee.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to The Murderers (RC 40405), detective Matt Payne
probes police corruption and assists the FBI in tracking a band
of urban terrorists. As both cases begin to heat up, Payne falls
in love with a key suspect and runs afoul of the law. Strong
language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 46077.
##

The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton.
RC 46078.
by Jane Smiley.
read by Terry Hayes Sales.
4 cassettes.
At twenty years of age, plain, tomboyish Lidie marries
abolitionist Thomas Newton, traveling with him to the Kansas
Territory in the 1850s. Prairie life is hard and abolitionists
are greatly despised, but Lidie is good with horses--and guns.
After Thomas is murdered, Lidie dresses as a man and sets off to
find his killer, discovering herself in the process. Some
violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46078.
##

Tallchief.
RC 46082.
by Dinah McCall.
read by John Polk.
2 cassettes.
Morgan Tallchief is devastated when his lover and her family are
reported lost in an explosion. Years later, when Tallchief's
lover emerges from a witness protection program and resumes their
romance, ex-commando Tallchief faces daunting odds to protect
her. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46082.
##

Pretending the Bed Is a Raft.
RC 46083.
by Nanci Kincaid.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
2 cassettes.
Eight short stories concerning southern women and the meaning of
love. In the title story, a young mother dying of cancer decides
to enjoy the life she has left and to find her husband a new
wife. In "Won't Nobody Ever Love You like Your Daddy Does," a
young girl discovers her pretty mother's infidelity. Some
descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46083.
##

Nobody's Child.
RC 46085.
by Janet Dawson.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
2 cassettes.
Oakland detective Jeri Howard is hired by a wealthy alcoholic to
determine if a body found in Berkeley is that of her runaway
daughter. After ascertaining that it is the missing girl, Jeri
sets out to locate the dead girl's baby. Her search leads her
among the homeless and destitute in the San Francisco Bay area.
1995.
RC 46085.
##

Thief of Souls.
RC 46086.
by Darian North.
read by John Polk.
3 cassettes.
The charmed life of architect Dan Behr goes haywire when his wife
leaves him to join a cult commune. After cult agents snatch his
young daughter from him, Behr risks all to penetrate the group in
a desperate rescue effort. Violence and descriptions of sex.
1997.
RC 46086.
##

As She Climbed across the Table.
RC 46091.
by Jonathan Lethem.
read by Barry Bernson.
1 cassette.
Anthropologist Philip Engstrand teaches at a West Coast
university, where his research is considered "strong but
irrelevant." He falls in love with particle-physicist Alice
Coombs. When Alice and her colleagues discover a "black hole"
that demands her attention, Philip finds himself in competition
with a void. 1997.
RC 46091.
##

The Prince and the Pilgrim.
RC 46092.
by Mary Stewart.
read by Gary Tipton.
2 cassettes.
Prince Alexander is heading to Camelot to seek justice for the
murder of his father years before. The beautiful young Alice is
just returning from a Holy Quest to Jerusalem with her father.
Their meeting forms a crossroad for their lives. Some violence.
For junior and senior high readers. 1995.
RC 46092.
##

Cat Crimes for the Holidays.
RC 46096.
edited by Martin H. Greenberg and others.
read by John Polk.
3 cassettes.
Nineteen original mysteries, each involving a cat at the scene of
the crime or as a feline sleuth. Various holidays throughout the
year provide the settings for these stories, which include "How
the July Fourth Cat Saved the Day and Ruined the Night" and "To
Grandmother's House We Go." 1997.
RC 46096.
##

Buffalo Wagons.
RC 46101.
by Elmer Kelton.
read by Roy Avers.
2 cassettes.
1873. The plains are almost devoid of buffalo. Only one large
herd remains, but it is in Comanche territory. Gage Jameson joins
a group of skinners desperate enough to venture into the hostile
land and risk their lives. 1956.
RC 46101.
##

Bear and His Daughter: Stories.
RC 46102.
by Robert Stone.
read by Fred Major.
2 cassettes.
In this collection of six short stories and a novella, Stone
explores the dark side of human nature. His characters confront
the aftermath of abortions, drug-dealing, and an excursion to a
volcano gone awry. The title piece depicts the complicated
relationship between a father and his grown daughter. Some strong
language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1997.
RC 46102.
##

Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories.
RC 46104.
by Sharyn McCrumb.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
2 cassettes.
A collection of suspenseful short stories. In the title story, a
bully always "borrows" a boy's homemade bike but later dies when
it falls apart. In "Not All Brides Are Beautiful," a journalist
marries a serial killer in jail in order to write his story, and
then the prisoner is released on a technicality. 1997.
RC 46104.
##

Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires.
RC 46125.
by Anne Rice.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
A fledgling vampire, David Talbot, persuades the
two-thousand-year-old Pandora to record her life story. Her tale
begins in Rome, 15 B.C., where she was born and later fell in
love with the still-mortal Marius, the man who changed her
destiny. Some violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46125.
##

A Widow for One Year.
RC 46127.
by John Irving.
read by Annie Wauters.
5 cassettes.
Ruth Cole, who will become a well-known author, is four in the
summer of 1958 when events that define her future occur. Her
parents are divorcing; her mother, Marion, has an affair with
sixteen-year-old Eddie O'Hare, who reminds her of one of her two
dead sons; and her father continues to tell stories. Some
descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46127.
##

Cities of the Plain: The Border Trilogy, Volume 3.
RC 46128.
by Cormac McCarthy.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
2 cassettes.
In post-World War II New Mexico, cowboys like to drift into
Mexico to drink and choose prostitutes. John Grady Cole finds one
of the youngest, who has epilepsy, especially attractive. Billy
Parham and the others try to dissuade him, but John Grady is a
determined young man. Companion to The Crossing (RC 39865). Some
strong language and some violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46128.
##

While Still We Live.
RC 46145.
by Helen MacInnes.
read by Mary Woods.
4 cassettes.
During World War II, Sheila Matthews is enjoying her vacation in
Poland so much that she ignores her uncle's entreaties to return
to London. When Sheila does try to leave the country, she is
mistaken for a Nazi spy and trapped in a foreign land. 1944.
RC 46145.
##

Nowhere to Hide.
RC 46151.
by James Elliott.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
After witnessing the killing of a "john" for embezzling from the
Mafia, prostitute Nicole Bass escapes with his loot. As sole
witness to the murder, Bass is put under the protection of
detective Jack Kirby, whose problems worsen when he falls in love
with his charge. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of
sex. 1997.
RC 46151.
##

Codes of Betrayal.
RC 46154.
by Dorothy Uhnak.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
After his only child is killed because of his gangster relatives,
New York policeman Nick O'Hara's life falls apart. He gets
involved in illegal activities and then agrees with the DEA to
inform on his grandfather, mob boss Nicholas Ventura. Strong
language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46154.
##

Freedom's Choice.
RC 46157.
by Anne McCaffrey.
read by Mary Woods.
2 cassettes.
In this sequel to Freedom's Landing (RC 42013), the colonists on
Botany are cautiously exploring the new territory. A Catteni
rebel, Zainal, and his human lover and interpreter, Kris, want to
settle in but are leery of the absentee Farmers. Zainal is
gaining credibility with the humans, but his family is still
trying to lure him back. 1997.
RC 46157.
##

Nevernever.
RC 46166.
by Will Shetterly.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Ron is still under the elf's spell that turned him into Wolfboy.
He wonders about interspecies dating while struggling to return
to his human form. His search for a missing elf leads him to
strange discoveries about Leda--his enchantress--and about
himself. Sequel to Elsewhere (RC 46165). Some descriptions of sex
and some strong language. For senior high readers. 1993.
RC 46166.
##

Hard Winter at Broken Arrow Crossing.
RC 46177.
by Stephen Bly.
read by Brian Conn.
1 cassette.
Stuart Brannon, lost in a blinding snowstorm, has almost given up
finding Broken Arrow Crossing when he senses smoke in the air. He
seeks refuge with Everett Davis, who usually stays at the stage
station during the winter, but Everett has been badly wounded.
Then others, including a pregnant Indian girl, straggle into the
station seeking shelter. 1991.
RC 46177.
##

Homeport.
RC 46181.
by Nora Roberts.
read by Nanette Savard.
3 cassettes.
Dr. Miranda Jones works in her family's business as an art expert
specializing in bronzes. After identifying a statue as genuine
that later proves to be fake, Miranda's reputation is ruined.
Determined to find the real sculpture, Miranda joins forces with
handsome art thief Ryan Boldari and soon finds herself falling in
love. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language,
and some violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46181.
##

The Night Remembers.
RC 46185.
by Kathleen Eagle.
read by Michele Schaeffer.
2 cassettes.
Fleeing her abusive ex-lover and her teaching job in upstate New
York, Angela Prescott settles in Minneapolis. With a new home and
a new identity, she befriends a homeless twelve-year-old, who
helps her get a job as a waitress. Then she is attacked by a
gang, helped by a "masked" man, and finds that she has a whole
new family. Some strong language. 1997.
RC 46185.
##

Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes.
RC 46187.
by Kathleen Alcal .
read by Peter Gil.
2 cassettes.
Three generations of the Caravals are affected when, against the
wishes of his family, Zacar¡as persists in prospecting for gold
in northern Mexico in the 1870s. Witnessing a tragedy transforms
Zacar¡as in unexpected ways with unplanned consequences. 1997.
RC 46187.
##

Part of the Furniture.
RC 46189.
by Mary Wesley.
read by Anne Flosnik.
2 cassettes.
Young Juno Marlowe has always been neglected by her family,
treated as "part of the furniture." Caught in an air raid in
war-torn London, she is rescued by a dying man. She promises to
deliver a mysterious letter to her rescuer's father, Robert
Copplestone, and finds new acceptance within his family. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46189.
##

Switcheroo.
RC 46191.
by Olivia Goldsmith.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
2 cassettes.
Now that her twins are off to college, forty-year-old Sylvie
plans to put some romance back in her marriage. But her husband,
Bob, has found his own adventure--with Marla, a bimbo and a dead
ringer for a much younger Sylvie. Instead of confronting Bob,
Sylvie undergoes plastic surgery, and she and Marla secretly
trade places. Some strong language. 1998.
RC 46191.
##

The House Gun.
RC 46196.
by Nadine Gordimer.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
Harald and Claudia Lindgard--a professional, middle-aged South
African couple--have their lives shattered when their son Duncan,
in a crime of passion, murders a friend. The trial raises the
question whether a violent society provokes violence, especially
in view of the decades of repression and state brutality under
apartheid. 1998.
RC 46196.
##

Rose Cottage.
RC 46199.
by Mary Stewart.
read by Corrie James.
2 cassettes.
In 1947, Kate Herrick returns to Rose Cottage, her childhood home
in northern England, to retrieve some of her Gran's belongings
and ship them to her in Scotland. But when Kate arrives, she
discovers someone else has been there and removed some family
mementos. As Kate, a war widow, looks for answers, she finds
herself being drawn back into her old community. 1997.
RC 46199.
##

Rose Daughter.
RC 46201.
by Robin McKinley.
read by Michele Schaeffer.
2 cassettes.
In this version of Beauty and the Beast, Beauty can make things
grow, especially roses. Her talents and gifts help her father and
sisters survive bankruptcy, and help her to love the Beast.
Ultimately Beauty must decide if she should restore the Beast to
his human form. For junior and senior high readers. 1997.
RC 46201.
##

A Day for Dying: An Inspector Luke Thanet Novel.
RC 46228.
by Dorothy Simpson.
read by Roy Avers.
2 cassettes.
Inspector Thanet investigates the murder of Max Jeopard at his
own engagement party. There are many suspects with plenty of
motives, so it takes all the inspector's skill to deduce the
cause of Max's drowning during the festivities. 1995.
RC 46228.
##

Patty Jane's House of Curl.
RC 46229.
by Lorna Landvik.
read by Ann Hodapp.
2 cassettes.
Patty Jane's brand-new marriage to handsome Thor falls apart when
he can't handle her pregnancy. He vanishes, and Patty Jane raises
their daughter, Nora, with the help of her sister, Harriet;
Thor's mother; and the clients of Patty Jane's Minnesota beauty
parlor. Meanwhile, Harriet's own storybook romance to a tiny
millionaire ends in tragedy. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 46229.
##

New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1990.
RC 46234.
edited by Shannon Ravenel.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
2 cassettes.
Sixteen short stories by writers from the South. In "Spittin'
Image of a Baptist Boy," three children are introduced to their
new stepgrandmother, who has come to "check out the divorc‚e." In
"Zoe," a teenager meets another of her mother's new boyfriends.
Strong language and some violence. 1990.
RC 46234.
##

Ride against the Wind.
RC 46251.
by Terrell L. Bowers.
read by John Polk.
2 cassettes.
Stover Gates has hated the Danmyers since one of them killed his
brother years ago. When Jerrod Danmyer helps Stover's daughter
Marian get her wagon and horse team out of a mire, Stover is
furious. But life on the Kansas prairie is hard in the late
1800s, and a plague of locusts changes Stover's feelings about
his neighbors. 1996.
RC 46251.
##

Bridget Jones's Diary.
RC 46267.
by Helen Fielding.
read by Jennifer Mendenhall.
2 cassettes.
Despite a long list of resolutions, British Bridget Jones's year
gets off to "an exceptionally bad start" when her parents try to
fix up their thirtyish dateless daughter with their friends'
unappealing divorced son. But all is not lost--it appears that
Bridget's crush on her boss is developing into a two-sided
flirtation. Strong language. Bestseller 1996.
RC 46267.
##

The Spyglass Tree.
RC 46274.
by Albert Murray.
read by L.J. Ganser.
2 cassettes.
Alabama, 1920s. Scooter, the African American student last seen
in Train Whistle Guitar (RC 46275), leaves Mobile on a
scholarship to the state college. Although homesick, Scooter
adjusts to campus life, discovering the local blues scene and
perfecting his craft as a musician. Some strong language and some
descriptions of sex. 1991.
RC 46274.
##

Hocus: An Irene Kelly Mystery.
RC 46279.
by Jan Burke.
read by Catherine Byers.
2 cassettes.
A group calling itself Hocus has defied authorities by freeing
animals from a shelter, eliminating book charges at the library,
and waiving fees for bank customers. But when reporter Irene
Kelly's detective husband, Frank Harriman, helps capture two
Hocus members, the group takes him hostage. Some violence and
some strong language. 1997.
RC 46279.
##

A Parisian from Kansas.
RC 46282.
by Philippe Tapon.
read by Christopher Hurt.
3 cassettes.
Tapon describes his meeting with Darren, an HIV-positive gay
American living in Paris, and Darren's wish to have a book
written about his life. The author then blends fiction with
autobiography, keeping the reader informed of the novel's
progress as Darren tells his story. Some descriptions of sex and
some strong language. 1997.
RC 46282.
##

The Story of the Night.
RC 46287.
by Colm Toibin.
read by John Horton.
2 cassettes.
Half British, half Argentine homosexual Richard Garay lives the
quiet life of an English teacher in Buenos Aires. As the
Falklands War approaches, he is recruited by American agents who
hope to benefit from his cultural insights. Caught in a web of
intrigue, Garay suffers betrayal and tragedy. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 46287.
##

The Gun Seller.
RC 46294.
by Hugh Laurie.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
2 cassettes.
When former British army officer Thomas Lang is offered a
contract to assassinate a business tycoon, he declines the job
and sets out to warn the imperiled man. As Lang's mission of
mercy runs him afoul of arms dealers and spies, he resorts to
some innovative and zany measures to survive. Strong language and
violence. 1996.
RC 46294.
##

Slant.
RC 46296.
by Greg Bear.
read by Barbara Caruso.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to Queen of Angels (RC 32750), public defender
Mary Choy investigates a double murder and learns that the
nanotechnology responsible for controlling many global problems
is failing. At the same time, Jill--a special form of artificial
intelligence--is attacked by Roddy, a similar being of unknown
origin. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some
violence. 1997.
RC 46296.
##

The House on Coliseum Street.
RC 46302.
by Shirley Ann Grau.
read by Suzanne Toren.
1 cassette.
Joan Mitchell lives in a century-old house in New Orleans with
her mother, Aurelie, and her four stepsisters. One summer in the
late 1950s, Joan, age twenty, is engaged to the upstanding Fred
Aleman but has an affair with Michael Kern, one of her sister's
cast-off beaus. The relationship shakes her hold on reality.
Strong language. 1961.
RC 46302.
##

Let It Bleed.
RC 46304.
by Ian Rankin.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
2 cassettes.
While investigating three suicides, Scottish Inspector John Rebus
uncovers political corruption in Edinburgh. Rebus is placed on
leave for questioning politicians and other monied interests.
Continuing his snooping, Rebus also contends with his estranged
daughter and his new boss, an ex-lover. 1996.
RC 46304.
##

Matters of Choice.
RC 46306.
by Noah Gordon.
read by Phil Davidson.
2 cassettes.
The last of the Cole family trilogy, following The Physician (RC
24745) and Shaman (RC 36314). Dr. R.J. Cole, a physician in
Boston, decides to leave her loveless marriage and her dead-end
job at a prestigious hospital. Hoping for a happier life, she
opens a family practice in the Berkshires. Some strong language.
1996.
RC 46306.
##

Through the Breach.
RC 46309.
by David Drake.
read by Christopher Hurt.
2 cassettes.
General Commander Ricimer and Stephen Gregg are planning a
mission, the Venus Asteroid Expedition, with the covert aim of
penetrating Landolph's Breach in the Mirror. Jeremy Moore has his
own reasons for wanting to join the expedition and gains
acceptance by unorthodox means. Sequel to Igniting the Reaches
(RC 39385). Some violence. 1995.
RC 46309.
##

An Excellent Mystery: A Chronicle of Brother Cadfael.
RC 46311.
by Ellis Peters.
read by Tom Martin.
2 cassettes.
In August 1141, two Benedictine brothers seek refuge at
Shrewsbury after their abbey is destroyed in a feud between King
Stephen and Empress Maud. Brother Cadfael welcomes the two new
monks--one is suffering from an old wound, and the other is
unable to speak--but he is uneasy about the relationship between
them. 1985.
RC 46311.
##

Summer Sisters.
RC 46337.
by Judy Blume.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
2 cassettes.
Santa Fe sixth-grader Vix is thrilled when new classmate Caitlin
asks her to spend the summer with her on Martha's Vineyard. The
summers go on for six years, during which Vix falls in love with
Bru, an island resident. Now, years later, Caitlin calls to say
she is marrying Bru. Some strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46337.
##

An Isolated Incident.
RC 46353.
by Susan R. Sloan.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
3 cassettes.
When a teenage girl is brutally murdered in a remote Washington
State island community, suspicion turns to a Jewish schoolteacher
from the East. In a rush to placate the public's demand for
revenge, the police manipulate key evidence and set the stage for
a tragic climax. Strong language and violence. 1998.
RC 46353.
##

Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Balance of Power.
RC 46356.
by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
read by Gregory Gorton.
2 cassettes.
Op-Center representative Martha Mackall is on her way to meet
with a member of Spain's Congress of Deputies when she is
assassinated. Spain has been poised on the brink of another civil
war, and Martha's task was to help avert the disaster. Her death
appears to be the first salvo in the conflict. Strong language
and violence. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46356.
##

High Crimes.
RC 46358.
by Joseph Finder.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
When the FBI tries to arrest Tom Chapman, his wife, Claire
Heller, a Harvard law professor, learns that Tom is really army
sergeant Ron Kubik, a fugitive for thirteen years. Claire defends
her husband at his court-martial because she is determined to
know the truth about him. Some strong language and some violence.
Bestseller 1998.
RC 46358.
##

A Wasteland of Strangers.
RC 46363.
by Bill Pronzini.
read by Gregory Gorton.
2 cassettes.
When John Faith pulls into the derelict northern California
resort town of Pomo, his presence threatens the locals. Being
large, ugly, and aimless with money disturbs many people. When a
wealthy and beautiful widow is murdered, Faith becomes the most
likely suspect. Written in several first-person narratives. Some
violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex.
1997.
RC 46363.
##

Freedomland.
RC 46431.
by Richard Price.
read by Chuck Benson.
4 cassettes.
Single mother Brenda Martin, who is white, comes to the emergency
room claiming she was carjacked and assaulted by a black man. Her
preschooler was in the back seat. Knowing the city is already
enveloped in racial turmoil, Detective Lorenzo Council and
reporter Jesse Haus compete to uncover the facts. Violence and
strong language. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46431.
##

The Cat Who Sang for the Birds.
RC 46432.
by Lilian Jackson Braun.
read by Bob Askey.
2 cassettes.
An elderly widow dies in a house fire after promising to leave
her farm to the county. When a young artist also dies
suspiciously, Qwilleran suspects that more than spring has
arrived in Pickax. Meanwhile the Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum
enjoy a gazebo that has been built for their birdwatching
pleasure. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46432.
##

Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Games of State.
RC 46433.
by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
read by Chuck Benson.
3 cassettes.
Paul Hood is in Germany to buy the latest in high-tech equipment
for a new regional Op-Center. But his work is hindered by the
upheaval of the neo-Nazi's Chaos Days, when the group plans to
create havoc in Europe and the United States. A young American
girl, in Germany as part of a film crew, gets caught in the
madness. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 1996.
RC 46433.
##

The Vampire's Beautiful Daughter.
RC 46437.
by S.P. Somtow.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
When a part-Jewish, part-Lakota boy and a half-mortal,
half-vampire girl fall for each other, decisions have to be
made--fast. On Halloween, they'll both turn sixteen and Rebecca's
father is planning her devivification party to make her a vampire
forever. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1997.
RC 46437.
##

The King's Secret Matter.
RC 46442.
by Jean Plaidy.
read by Jill Ferris.
3 cassettes.
A fictional account of intrigue in the court of the Tudor king
Henry VIII. Without a male heir, Henry plots to divorce his first
wife, Katharine of Aragon, in order to marry his mistress, Anne
Boleyn. Katharine and her daughter Mary are forced apart into
exile. 1995.
RC 46442.
##

Once a Warrior.
RC 46443.
by Karyn Monk.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
In 1207, with his peaceable clan facing attack, MacKendrick sends
for the great warrior MacFane and his armies. They never appear,
and MacKendrick is killed. His daughter searches for MacFane and
learns he is now an injured drunk. Disguised as a boy, she
convinces him to train her clan to fight. Strong language,
violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46443.
##

Cloudy in the West.
RC 46448.
by Elmer Kelton.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
East Texas, 1885. Twelve-year-old Joey Shipman is orphaned.
Although he inherited his father's ranch, he is forced to flee
when his stepmother and her new husband try to kill him. Joey
searches for his drunken cousin Beau in west Texas, but the two
are soon on the run after a deadly encounter with Joey's
stepfather. 1997.
RC 46448.
##

Booth: A Novel.
RC 46449.
by David Robertson.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
2 cassettes.
A fictional portrayal of John H. Surratt, the only conspirator in
the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln who was not killed
or executed. Recruited in 1916 to appear in a D.W. Griffith film,
Surratt revisits his old diary, which chronicles his involvement
in the plot of 1865. Some descriptions of sex. 1998.
RC 46449.
##

Illusions.
RC 46451.
by Janet Dailey.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
3 cassettes.
Bodyguard Delaney Wescott is called to New York to protect movie
star Lucas Wayne from his former lover, Rina Cole. Lucas is
somewhat hesitant to deal with a female protector, but soon
realizes Delaney is good at her job. Delaney, however, has much
more to deal with, including her former lover and a murder. Some
strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46451.
##

When Lightning Strikes.
RC 46462.
by Kristin Hannah.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
Romance author Lainie Costanza passes out while writing at the
computer and wakes up in the setting of her book--a western about
a woman captured by a bank robber and rescued by the hero.
Instead, Lainie and the villain develop an odd relationship.
Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.
1994.
RC 46462.
##

The Madhouse Nudes.
RC 46463.
by Robert Schultz.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
John Ordway is a successful painter of nudes in New York City.
With his girlfriend, Jamie, he moves to a small town in Iowa to
work in peace. Jamie later returns to city life, and John suffers
a nervous breakdown. When one of John's local models is attacked,
he is arrested. Confused, John is not sure that he didn't do it.
1997.
RC 46463.
##

Visitors.
RC 46467.
by Anita Brookner.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
Dorothea May, a wealthy widow for fifteen years, is not pleased
when her late husband's family asks her for a favor. She
reluctantly agrees to provide a room for the best man in their
granddaughter's wedding. Although he and his friends are
charmless, distasteful, and rude, their arrival forces Dorothea
to reassess her lonely existence. 1997.
RC 46467.
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St. Burl's Obituary.
RC 46469.
by Daniel Akst.
read by Jim Zeiger.
3 cassettes.
Burl Bennett is an obese, cantankerous obituary writer for a New
York newspaper who inadvertently witnesses a mob killing. Fleeing
the city, Burl settles in Utah, where his girth increases even
more.  Alarmed, Burl tackles his weight problem with surgery and
returns home a new man in both body and personality. Explicit
descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1996.
RC 46469.
##

Murder on the Titanic.
RC 46478.
by Jim Walker.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
3 cassettes.
Morgan Fairfield is returning to America to start his career. On
the way to board the Titanic, a dying man implores him to deliver
a parcel to the War Department in Washington. Also on the ship is
Margaret Hastings, Morgan's ex-girlfriend and true love. When the
ship starts sinking, Morgan realizes that only through the grace
of God will they survive. 1998.
RC 46478.
##

Soulfire.
RC 46491.
by Lorri Hewett.
read by Christopher Hurt.
1 cassette.
Teenager Todd Williams's older brother Marcus runs with a gang in
their Denver neighborhood. When their cousin Ezekiel tries to
stop another cousin, Tommy, from joining Marcus's gang, both are
shot. Hoping to avoid following in his brother's footsteps, Todd
learns to rely on himself. Some violence and some strong
language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1996.
RC 46491.
##

Panther in the Basement.
RC 46496.
by Amos Oz.
read by Ken Kliban.
1 cassette.
The British are in charge of Palestine in 1947 when a young
Jewish boy nicknamed Proffy exchanges Hebrew for English lessons
with a British policeman. A companion who spies on him writes
"Proffy is a low-down traitor" on the wall of his house, causing
Proffy to reevaluate the meanings of words like enemy and
traitor. 1995.
RC 46496.
##

Of Illustrious Men.
RC 46497.
by Jean Rouaud.
read by Robert Blumenfeld.
1 cassette.
In this sequel to Fields of Glory (RC 36002), the author portrays
the life of his father, a traveling salesman in the Loire Valley
of France. Describes his deprived childhood, his heroic service
in World War II, his happy family life, and his sudden, tragic
death at age forty-one. 1994.
RC 46497.
##

Legacy of Silence.
RC 46506.
by Belva Plain.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
2 cassettes.
When it becomes obvious that World War II is imminent, Caroline
Hartzinger and her adopted older sister, Lore, flee from Berlin
to Geneva. Walter, who plans to wed Caroline, goes with them.
Life takes a dramatic turn and Caroline and Lore escape to
America alone. But their time in Switzerland provides a legacy
that affects several generations. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46506.
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The Eleventh Commandment.
RC 46508.
by Jeffrey Archer.
read by Roy Avers.
2 cassettes.
Connor Fitzgerald has worked for the CIA for twenty-eight years,
although his family thinks he works for Maryland Insurance. Now
his boss, Helen Dexter, is out to destroy him. After Connor
manages to eliminate a Colombian presidential candidate, he is
sent to Russia--supposedly at the president's request--to
assassinate a candidate there. But Connor is the one scheduled to
die. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46508.
##

The Klone and I: A High-Tech Love Story.
RC 46518.
by Danielle Steel.
read by Michele Schaeffer.
1 cassette.
In Paris to meet her children, Stephanie spends a day sightseeing
with Peter Baker--a handsome, courteous American businessman.
Back in New York, he creates a companion for her while he is
traveling: a robotic clone named Paul. Steph loves both
conservative Peter and flashy, sexy Paul, but she must choose
between them. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 1998.
RC 46518.
##

Flight of Eagles.
RC 46521.
by Jack Higgins.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
Identical twins--sons of an American aviation hero and a German
baroness--find themselves on opposite sides in World War II.
Being crack pilots, both Baron Max von Halder and Harry Kelso
quickly become heroes in their respective air forces, until--in a
desperate assassination plot--the brothers swap identities. Some
violence and some strong language. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46521.
##

Unspeakable.
RC 46685.
by Sandra Brown.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
3 cassettes.
When Carl Herbold escapes from jail, he is bent on revenge.
Knowing that Carl has escaped, Jack Sawyer has a mission, too. He
must do all he can to protect Delray Corbett--whom Carl
despises--as well as Delray's grandson David and daughter-in-law
Anna, who is deaf. As their lives intersect, death and
destruction follow. Violence, strong language, and some
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46685.
##

A Cottage by the Sea.
RC 46721.
by Ciji Ware.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
3 cassettes.
Blythe Barton Stowe divorces her British movie-director husband
after he has an affair with her sister. She retreats to Barton
Hall in Cornwall where she eerily learns more about her
ancestors, whom her late Wyoming grandmother insisted were
Cornish. Meanwhile she falls for the hall's present owner. Some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46721.
##

Photocopies.
RC 46724.
by John Berger.
read by Jim Zeiger.
1 cassette.
Twenty-nine short stories written as snapshots of people the
author, an art critic, has known. In "A House Designed by Le
Corbusier," a Russian mother waits fourteen years for her son to
return from the Gulag. In "A Painting of an Electric Light Bulb,"
a poor artist shares his work with an art critic who cannot help
him. 1996.
RC 46724.
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Hardball: A Cat Marsala Mystery.
RC 46727.
by Barbara D'Amato.
read by Mary Woods.
1 cassette.
Cat Marsala, a freelance writer, accompanies her uncle to a
symposium debating the decriminalization of drugs in Illinois.
She hopes to interview the leader of the pro-legalization
movement, Louise Sugarman. A bomb explodes during the meeting,
killing Sugarman and wounding Cat. Sensing a great story, Cat
pursues the killer. Some strong language and some violence. 1990.
RC 46727.
##

Only the River Runs Free.
RC 46729.
by Bodie and Brock Thoene.
read by Jill Ferris.
2 cassettes.
Just as Mad Molly Fahey predicted, it seems a miracle has come to
Ballynockanor this Christmas Eve, 1841. Fifteen years earlier,
while the lord of the manor lay dying, his son supposedly died in
the frozen river. The new landlord made life difficult for the
villagers. But now a stranger, Joseph Connor, has crossed the
river, and soon hope comes once more to Ballynockanor. 1997.
RC 46729.
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The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait.
RC 46733.
by Glenway Wescott.
read by Bill Wallace.
2 cassettes.
While growing up in rural Wisconsin, Alwyn Tower absorbs his
grandmothers' murmurings about relatives whose hair locks and
daguerreotypes were preserved in albums. The women's memories of
Civil War times mingled with pioneering in the Midwest. Alwyn
records the family stories, filling in details from his informed
imagination. He captures a "short biography of America."
Originally published in 1927. 1996.
RC 46733.
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Guide.
RC 46745.
by Dennis Cooper.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Lurid story of a gay group's descent into a perverse and
drug-wracked gay urban demiworld. Describes the aimless and
desperate lives of burned-out drifters who thrive on child
pornography and sadistic fantasies. Strong language, violence,
and descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 46745.
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All through the Night.
RC 46746.
by Connie Brockway.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
In Regency England, special agent Jack Seward is searching for a
thief who is targeting the prince's elite circle of friends. A
sexually charged encounter between Jack and the culprit reveals
that the burglar is a woman. But Jack doesn't realize she is the
widow he's courting. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1997.
RC 46746.
##

Coast Road.
RC 46755.
by Barbara Delinsky.
read by Erik Sandvold.
3 cassettes.
When his ex-wife, artist Rachel Keats, falls into a coma after a
car accident, overworked architect Jack McGill retreats to Big
Sur to take care of his fifteen- and thirteen-year-old daughters,
Samantha and Hope. Once there, Jack realizes how much he's missed
his family and tries to regain their love. Some strong language
and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1998.
RC 46755.
##

Giant Bones.
RC 46757.
by Peter S. Beagle.
read by Erik Sandvold.
2 cassettes.
Six short stories in which magic is part of daily life. In "The
Last Song of Sirit Byar," a traveling minstrel, knowing the power
of songs, reserves one to be used only when he is ready to die.
"Lal and Soukyan" brings back characters from The Innkeeper's
Song (RC 39098). For senior high and older readers. 1997.
RC 46757.
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_Books for Children_
Books listed in this issue of _Talking Book Topics_ were
recently sent to cooperating libraries.  The complete
collection contains books by many authors on fiction and
nonfiction subjects, including animals, geography, nature,
mystery, sports, and others.  Contact your cooperating
library to learn more about the wide range of books
available in the collection.  Cassette books are labeled
with the code RC and play at 15/16 ips.  To order books,
contact your cooperating library.

_Cassettes Nonfiction_

Extraordinary People with Disabilities.
RC 45510.
by Deborah Kent and Kathryn A. Quinlan.
read by Susan McInerney.
2 cassettes.
Profiles of forty-eight notable individuals with disabilities who
excelled in science, politics, academia, communications, the
arts, sports, and other fields. Describes how each faced uncommon
personal challenges and achieved extraordinary things. For grades
5-8. 1996.
RC 45510.
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Earth Always Endures: Native American Poems.
RC 45951.
by Neil Philip.
read by Bill Wallace.
1 cassette.
A collection of sixty poems from various Native American groups.
Concise, eloquent phrases convey a respect for nature and for
human qualities. Many reveal the spiritual aspects of tribal
life. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1996.
RC 45951.
##

Tubes in My Ears: My Trip to the Hospital.
RC 45954.
by Virginia Dooley.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
A young boy tells of going to the hospital for minor ear surgery.
He discusses the people and instruments that surrounded him and
describes how he felt before and after the procedure. For grades
K-3. 1996.
RC 45954.
##

Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants.
RC 46051.
by Laurence Pringle.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
For more than twenty-five years, Cynthia Moss has been studying
the elephants of Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya and
knows hundreds of them by sight. Describes her work and the
elephants' way of life. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46051.
##

God's Story.
RC 46089.
by Jan Mark.
read by Bruce Huntey.
1 cassette.
Twelve Bible stories from the Old Testament retold for modern
readers. Includes the story of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Adam
and Eve, Noah's Ark, Moses, Joseph, the parting of the Red Sea,
and others. For grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46089.
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The Planet Hunters: The Search for Other Worlds.
RC 46099.
by Dennis Brindell Fradin.
read by Jill Fox.
1 cassette.
A history of astronomy from the earliest civilizations, when man
observed the stars with only the naked eye, to 1997, when the
Hubble Space Telescope orbited the earth. Describes the discovery
of planets and other contributions by early and recent
scientists. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46099.
##

Cricket Never Does: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka.
RC 46169.
by Myra Cohn Livingston.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
1 cassette.
Sixty-seven examples of Japanese verse celebrating nature and
people. Divided into spring, summer, fall, and winter. For grades
5-8. 1997.
RC 46169.
##

Buddha Stories.
RC 46170.
by  Demi.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
1 cassette.
A collection of ten tales told by Buddha to teach basic human
truths. Each tale sets up a situation with animals or sometimes
humans and ends with a moral, for example, "Treat others with
kindness and your deeds will be rewarded." For grades 2-4 and
older readers. 1997.
RC 46170.
##

The Life and Times of the Honeybee.
RC 46172.
by Charles Micucci.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Covers the life cycle of the honeybee, introducing the three
types of bees and their specific jobs within the colony. Also
explains how they make honey, shows how beekeepers help in the
production, and discusses the various types of honey. Includes a
history of bees beginning in the age of dinosaurs. For grades 2-4
and older readers. 1995.
RC 46172.
##

Revolutionary Poet: A Story about Phillis Wheatley.
RC 46214.
by Maryann N. Weidt.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Biography of the first African American woman poet in the United
States. Brought to Boston as a young slave girl in 1761, Phillis
is educated by the Wheatley family and assisted in publishing her
poems. Includes descriptions of her living conditions and events
leading up to the Revolutionary War. For grades 3-6. 1997.
RC 46214.
##

Ballooning.
RC 46216.
by Phyllis J. Perry.
read by Rick Rohan.
1 cassette.
Describes the history of ballooning, which began in France in the
late 1700s when two brothers began experimenting with parachutes
and balloons. Also discusses the use of balloons for scientific
purposes as well as for fun. Includes list of ballooning terms.
For grades 3-6. 1996.
RC 46216.
##

The Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum.
RC 46219.
by Peggy Thomson.
read by Rick Rohan.
1 cassette.
The author explains the work of museum curators, conservators,
gardeners, guards, painters, electricians, and librarians as they
go about their daily task of planning and caring for the special
exhibits, as well as the permanent holdings, at the National
Gallery of Art. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1997.
RC 46219.
##

Winston Churchill: Soldier, Statesman, Artist.
RC 46307.
by John B. Severance.
read by Ralph Lowenstein.
1 cassette.
A portrait of the renowned prime minister of Britain, whose
public life spanned the first half of the twentieth century.
Traces his childhood at boarding school, his military years, and
his political career. Depicts his indomitable spirit, leadership
genius, and trenchant humor. For grades 5-8. 1996.
RC 46307.
##

Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems.
RC 46367.
by Mel Glenn.
read by Chuck Young.
1 cassette.
The story of a championship high school basketball team told in
free-verse poems. Follows the home and school life of the players
and coach until tragedy strikes on the way to the final game. For
grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46367.
##

Grant Hill.
RC 46383.
by Ken Rappoport.
read by Bob Moore.
1 cassette.
Biography of professional basketball player Grant Hill based on
interviews with Hill and those close to him. Recalls his
childhood as the son of a famous football player, Calvin Hill;
how hard Grant worked to prove that he, too, has awesome athletic
skills; and his struggle to make it to the National Basketball
Association. For grades 6-9. 1996.
RC 46383.
##

The Good Guys of Baseball: Sixteen True Sports Stories.
RC 46409.
by Terry Egan and others.
read by Rick Rohan.
1 cassette.
Sixteen biographies describing men in baseball who exemplify some
of the best traits an athlete can possess on or off the field:
loyalty, decency, determination, and the willingness to work
hard. Included are Don Wardlow, a sportscaster who is blind, and
Jim Abbott, a pitcher who was born with only one hand. For grades
3-6. 1997.
RC 46409.
##

Black, Blue, and Gray: African Americans in the Civil War.
RC 46490.
by Jim Haskins.
read by L.J. Ganser.
1 cassette.
Examines the gradual acceptance of African American soldiers in
the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Includes
excerpts from letters, documented accounts, and government
transcripts. The last chapter describes how historians for many
years ignored the role of African American troops in the war. For
grades 5-8. 1998.
RC 46490.
##

Anne Frank.
RC 46637.
by Rachel Epstein.
read by Suzanne Toren.
1 cassette.
Biography of a Jewish girl who died in the Holocaust at age
fifteen. After being hidden from the Nazis for several years,
Anne and her family were discovered and transported to
concentration camps. Publication of the diary that Anne had kept
during the war made her known throughout the world. For grades
3-6. 1997.
RC 46637.
##

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_Cassettes Fiction_

The Enormous Crocodile.
RC 43544.
by Roald Dahl.
read by Earle Hyman.
1 cassette (Reissue).
An enormous crocodile who devises clever tricks to trap a nice,
juicy child for lunch gets exactly what he deserves. A snappy
jungle tale for grades K-3. 1978.
RC 43544.
##

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth.
RC 44792.
by E.L. Konigsburg.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
1 cassette (Reissue).
On Halloween night, Elizabeth, a lonely new student at William
McKinley Elementary School, meets Jennifer, who claims to be a
master witch. The two girls become friends, practice chants and
spells, but have a falling out when Jennifer wants to put their
pet toad in a potion. For grades 4-7. 1967.
RC 44792.
##

Arly's Run.
RC 44981.
by Robert Newton Peck.
read by Arnie Warren.
1 cassette.
Florida, 1928. In this sequel to Arly (RC 34066), twelve-year-old
Arly Poole escapes from a migrant camp and heads to safety in
Moore Haven. Before he can arrive, he is recaptured and forced to
become a picker again. Arly manages a second escape as the worst
hurricane of the century is fast approaching. For grades 6-9.
1991.
RC 44981.
##

Comfort Creek.
RC 44988.
by Joyce McDonald.
read by June Carter.
1 cassette.
Before he is laid off from his mining job, Pa-Daddy Ellerbee buys
the company house he's been renting and moves it and his three
daughters out of the company town of Panther Ridge, Florida. Much
to the horror of Quin, eleven, and her two sisters, the house is
plunked down in swampland and there's no money for electricity or
running water. For grades 4-7. 1996.
RC 44988.
##

Sticks.
RC 45165.
by Joan Bauer.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
1 cassette.
Ten-year-old Mickey wants to win the youth tournament at his
grandmother's pool hall. He has his talent, inherited from his
late dad, plus the help of math wiz Arlen, who coaches him on
shot angles. But he needs more to beat obnoxious
thirteen-year-old Buck. When a long-lost billiards-expert friend
of his dad's arrives in town, Mickey is overjoyed, but his mom is
not. For grades 3-6. 1996.
RC 45165.
##

Harriet's Hare.
RC 45166.
by Dick King-Smith.
read by Graci Ragsdale.
1 cassette.
Harriet awakes early one morning on her father's English farm. In
a flattened circle of the wheat field, she meets a talking hare.
This hare is a space alien vacationing on Earth. Harriet names
him Wiz, short for Wizard, because of his special powers. Thanks
to Wiz, Harriet has a magical summer. For grades 2-4. 1995.
RC 45166.
##

A Boy and His Bear.
RC 45167.
by Harriet Graham.
read by Cyn Delafield.
1 cassette.
In Elizabethan England, when bearbaiting was a popular sport,
Dickon is apprenticed to a tanner. But he has a gift for handling
live animals. When he becomes the trainer of a bear cub, he
decides to rescue it from its sad fate by running away with the
cub to France. His adventures gain freedom for more than the
bear. For grades 4-7. 1994.
RC 45167.
##

The Mystery Machine.
RC 45168.
by Herbie Brennan.
read by Cyn Delafield.
1 cassette.
Herbie's scheme to join the circus as a human cannonball launches
him into a neighbor's garden shed. His discoveries in the shed
reveal that Mrs. Pomfrey-Parkinson is not merely a cranky old
lady; she is a space alien with a hostile plan. Herbie's friend
Slider helps him find a solution. For grades 3-6. 1995.
RC 45168.
##

Doctor Moledinky's Castle: A Hometown Tale.
RC 45169.
by Gerald Hausman.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
1 cassette.
In related short stories, Andy tells about his adventures and the
strange people in his hometown the summer he is twelve. Andy's
best friend, Pauly, practically lives at Andy's house and wishes
Andy's good-natured parents were his. When Pauly and Andy are
hired as animal feeders at Doctor Moledinky's castle, they learn
some interesting facts about the town's leading citizen. For
grades 4-7. 1995.
RC 45169.
##

The Library Card.
RC 45177.
by Jerry Spinelli.
read by Maxine Wasserman.
1 cassette.
In each of these four stories, a young person is led by the magic
of a library card to the power of books. Reading changes the
lives of a street vandal, a TV addict, a homeless boy, and a
transplanted city girl. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 45177.
##

An Angel for May.
RC 45178.
by Melvin Burgess.
read by Peg Gilleland.
1 cassette.
Through time travel Tam learns compassion. After he throws a rock
in anger at Rosey the bag lady and Winnie her dog, they take him
through a wall back to a farm during World War II. There Tam
meets May riding a pig, and Tam and May become friends.
Eventually Tam understands the connection between Rosey and May
and how it feels to be an outsider. For grades 5-8. 1992.
RC 45178.
##

Ice.
RC 45251.
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
read by Susan McInerney.
2 cassettes.
Although Chrissa has stopped speaking to her mother, she is
stunned that her mother retaliates by sending her away, even if
it is to her paternal grandmother's house. Leaving New York City
for rural upstate New York is a big change. During the year with
her grandmother, Chrissa also changes, as she faces challenges on
her own. For grades 6-9. 1995.
RC 45251.
##

The Window.
RC 45455.
by Jeanette Ingold.
read by Susan McInerney.
1 cassette.
Fifteen-year-old Mandy is blinded in a car accident that took the
life of her mother. Sent to live with unknown great-uncles and
-aunts, Mandy elects to attend the local high school. With the
help of voices from the past, Mandy learns to understand and
accept her new family. For grades 6-9. 1996.
RC 45455.
##

Angel's Gate.
RC 45508.
by Gary Crew.
read by John Lescault.
2 cassettes.
As the artistic younger brother, Kimmy wants to measure up to the
expectations of his high-spirited teenage sister, Julia. When a
gold digger is murdered in the Australian hills, his two "wild"
children hide. Kimmy defends the children in life-threatening
circumstances, proving himself resourceful and brave. Australian
National Children's Book Award. For grades 5-8. 1993.
RC 45508.
##

Even More Short and Shivery: Thirty Spine-Tingling Tales.
RC 45766.
retold by Robert D. San Souci.
read by David Palmer.
1 cassette.
In this companion to Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales (RC
30728), San Souci relates thirty more international tales of
demons and ghosts. Perfect for storytellers and sleepovers.
Includes source notes. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 45766.
##

Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again.
RC 45921.
by Susan Shreve.
read by Randy Wieck.
1 cassette.
After spending part of the school year back in third grade,
Joshua is finally moving up to the fourth grade--thanks to his
teacher, Mrs. Goodwin. But Joshua soon finds that being in fourth
grade is not as wonderful as he expected. In fact, it is a
nightmare--thanks to Tommy Wilhelm. Sequel to Joshua T. Bates
Takes Charge (RC 44210). For grades 3-6. 1997.
RC 45921.
##

The House with a Clock in Its Walls.
RC 45943.
by John Bellairs.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
A ten-year-old orphan, his warlock uncle Jonathan, and a
neighboring witch search Jonathan's house to find a hidden clock
that is programmed to end the world. Prequel to The Figure in the
Shadows (RC 45944). For grades 5-8. 1973.
RC 45943.
##

The Figure in the Shadows.
RC 45944.
by John Bellairs.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Lewis finds an old coin that he hopes will protect him against
bullies. He decides to test the coin's magic powers, but he is
not prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow.
Sequel to The House with a Clock in Its Walls (RC 45943). For
grades 5-8. 1975.
RC 45944.
##

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring.
RC 45945.
by John Bellairs.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Mrs. Zimmerman, the kindly neighborhood witch, invites Rose Rita
on a trip to discover the meaning of a puzzling deathbed letter.
The trip becomes a nightmare as the two are drawn into a dark
world where not even Mrs. Zimmerman's powers of witchcraft can
help them. Sequel to The Figure in the Shadows (RC 45944). For
grades 5-8. 1976.
RC 45945.
##

The Ghost in the Mirror.
RC 45946.
by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
In this sequel to The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (RC 45945),
Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann, the kindly neighborhood
witch, are transported back to 1828. There they attempt to save
the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard. For
grades 5-8. 1993.
RC 45946.
##

The Wise Old Woman.
RC 45961.
retold by Yoshiko Uchida.
read by Pam Ward.
1 cassette.
A cruel young Japanese lord insists that villagers over the age
of seventy be taken to the mountains and left to die. One farmer
hides his elderly mother in a cave, instead. When the lord must
perform three impossible tasks to save himself and the village,
the farmer's mother is the only one who can help him. For grades
K-3. 1994.
RC 45961.
##

The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North.
RC 45962.
by Howard Norman.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
1 cassette.
Ten stories from Inuit oral tradition include portrayals of
tundra wildlife--puffins, a wolverine, a seagull, a narwhal, and
geese. The Biblical Noah appears in "Noah Hunts a Woolly
Mammoth." In the title piece, a young girl's ability to help
maintain the village food supply by dreaming about geese is
challenged by a shaman. For grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 45962.
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The Beggar's Magic: A Chinese Tale.
RC 45967.
retold by Margaret and Raymond Chang.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
A Chinese folktale concerning selfishness and sharing. When a
beggar-priest comes to town, young Fu Nan and the rest of the
villagers honor and respect him. One market day, the stingy
Farmer Wu refuses to give the priest a pear, but his meanness
bears a price. For grades K-3. 1997.
RC 45967.
##

The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder.
RC 45976.
by Brad Strickland.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
When thirteen-year-old Fergie finds a strange book in the
library, it changes his life. The book grants the reader's
wishes, but at a high price. Later, Johnny Dixon notices how
withdrawn his friend Fergie is and realizes he must be under a
supernatural spell. Johnny needs all of Professor Childermass's
resources to rescue Fergie. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 45976.
##

The Witches.
RC 46021.
by Roald Dahl.
read by Patricia Kilgarriff.
1 cassette.
A young boy lives with his grandmother, who warns him about
witches disguised as ordinary women. Discovered at a witches'
convention in a hotel, he is turned into a mouse. Then he finds
that he likes being small and not having to go to school. His
grandmother still loves him, even as a mouse, so together they
plot the demise of the witches' coven. For grades 3-6. 1983.
RC 46021.
##

Gideon's People.
RC 46034.
by Carolyn Meyer.
read by David Elias.
1 cassette.
Injured in a carriage accident in 1911 Pennsylvania,
twelve-year-old Orthodox Jew Isaac Litvak is left by his father
to recover with a kindly Amish farm family. When the family's
teenage son schemes to run away from his strict home before his
baptism, Isaac helps persuade him to stay. For grades 6-9. 1996.
RC 46034.
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The Robber and Me.
RC 46035.
by Josef Holub.
read by Steven Carpenter.
1 cassette.
Boniface, an eleven-year-old orphan, arrives to live with his
uncle in a German village in 1867. His new friend Christian is
the son of a reputed robber. Hoping to help Christian's father
clear his name, Boniface worries that he might anger his uncle
into sending him to an orphanage. For grades 5-8. Batchelder
Award 1997.
RC 46035.
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So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl.
RC 46046.
by Barry Denenberg.
read by Anne Flosnik.
1 cassette.
In 1847 many people are starving in Ireland following the Great
Famine. But Mary Driscoll is lucky because her Aunt Nora has sent
her a ticket to America. In her diary, Mary describes her
two-month journey and writes about what it is like to work in a
cloth mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. An epilogue tells what
happens to Mary and her friends. For grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 46046.
##

Where You Belong.
RC 46061.
by Mary Ann McGuigan.
read by Barbara Pinolini.
1 cassette.
Bronx, New York, 1963. Thirteen-year-old Fiona runs away from her
drunken father. Wandering the streets, she runs into Yolanda, an
African American girl from her old school. Though considered an
odd pair, they spend the day together. Fiona enjoys Yolanda's
friends and family. She learns things about the civil rights
movement that she applies in her own life. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46061.
##

The Amber Cat.
RC 46065.
by Hilary McKay.
read by Jack Fox.
1 cassette.
When Robin of Dog Friday (RC 44057) and his friend Dan are cooped
up in Porridge Hall with the chicken pox, Robin's mother tells
them a story. One summer when she was their age, she, the boy she
later married, and his brother meet magical Harriet on the beach.
For grades 4-7. 1995.
RC 46065.
##

Run Away Home.
RC 46088.
by Patricia C. McKissack.
read by Kerry Cundiff.
1 cassette.
In 1888 captive Chief Geronimo and other Apaches are being
transported through Alabama when young Sky escapes the train. Ill
with swamp fever, he accepts the help of Sarah Crossman and her
parents. He gets a chance to repay the favor when the Crossmans
must fend off white supremacists. For grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 46088.
##

Mystery of the Desert Giant.
RC 46090.
by Franklin W. Dixon.
read by David Palmer.
1 cassette.
Joe and Frank Hardy help their father in a missing-person
investigation that leads to the discovery of a gang of
counterfeiters. A Hardy Boys mystery for grades 4-7. 1961.
RC 46090.
##

Cocoa Ice.
RC 46136.
by Diana Appelbaum.
read by Pam Ward.
1 cassette.
In the 1870s, two young girls--one in Santo Domingo and one in
Maine--both like chocolate ice. In Santo Domingo, farmers grow
cocoa beans to make chocolate. In Maine, blocks of ice are cut
from the frozen river and stored in ice houses. When summer
arrives, the ice is shipped to Santo Domingo, where it is traded
for cocoa, and both girls have their chocolate ice! For grades
2-4. 1997.
RC 46136.
##

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter.
RC 46137.
by Diane Stanley.
read by Pam Ward.
1 cassette.
Rumpelstiltskin's teenage daughter is a captive of the greedy
king who wants her to spin straw into gold. She convinces the
king that her grandfather grew gold and that the king's farmers
can also. She outwits the king to everyone's benefit, including
her own. For grades 2-4. 1997.
RC 46137.
##

Slumber Party!.
RC 46138.
by Judith Caseley.
read by Pam Ward.
1 cassette.
Zoe's birthday is just seven weeks away, and she and Mama decide
to have a slumber party. Zoe invites four friends, and they all
accept. The night of the party they go to a pizzeria and then
stop to buy nail polish on the way home. Everything is just fine
until they get in their sleeping bags, and one of the girls
starts reading very, very, very scary stories. For grades K-3.
1996.
RC 46138.
##

Marven of the Great North Woods.
RC 46139.
by Kathryn Lasky.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
Marven's family sends him to a lumber camp for the winter to
avoid the 1918 influenza epidemic in Duluth. The small
ten-year-old Jewish boy is given office duties, which include
waking up lumberjacks who oversleep. That is how his unlikely
friendship with Jean Louis, the largest, strongest man in the
camp, begins. For grades 2-4. 1997.
RC 46139.
##

Tangerine.
RC 46159.
by Edward Bloor.
read by Erik Sandvold.
2 cassettes.
Paul Fisher's parents are avid fans of his older brother Erik's
promising football career. In contrast, Paul wears extremely
thick glasses because, according to Erik, Paul stared at an
eclipse. When they move to Tangerine, Florida, Paul's new
friendships help him uncover what he's really known all along
about Erik. For grades 6-8. 1997.
RC 46159.
##

Stay! Keeper's Story.
RC 46164.
by Lois Lowry.
read by Bob Askey.
1 cassette.
A puppy is one of four born outside a French restaurant. After
his family disappears, the young dog experiences a variety of
lifestyles--from companion to a homeless man to starring in
commercials--before he finds the perfect home with a girl and her
mother, who name him Keeper. For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46164.
##

Ella Enchanted.
RC 46186.
by Gail Carson Levine.
read by Margaret Strom.
2 cassettes.
Ella was cursed at birth by a fairy--who thought she was
bestowing a gift--to always be obedient. After her mother dies,
Ella is at the mercy of two bossy girls and their mother. The
enchantment even puts her love for Prince Charmont at risk, and
Ella is determined to get rid of it. For grades 3-6. 1997.
RC 46186.
##

The Year My Parents Ruined My Life.
RC 46194.
by Martha Freeman.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Twelve-year-old Kate Sommer's life seems ruined when her dad is
transferred from southern California to Pennsylvania. Kate is
president of the sixth grade, has a cute boyfriend, and goes to
the beach daily. How can she survive in the frozen tundra with no
friends? For grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46194.
##

The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson.
RC 46198.
by Carol Lynch Williams.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Twelve-year-old Caitlynne and her eleven-year-old sister, Cara,
have always stuck together. When their volatile mother abandons
them for the summer, they manage to cope until Cara almost
drowns. Realizing that they need adult help, the two girls
bicycle to their Granny's house, unsure of their welcome. For
grades 5-8. 1997.
RC 46198.
##

The Boy of My Dreams.
RC 46202.
by Dyan Sheldon.
read by Margaret Strom.
1 cassette.
Sixteen-year-old Michelle "Mike" Brindisi and her best friend,
Hope, are determined to find their own true loves. When Mike
finally meets a college boy, she drops her old friends and
changes her image. She becomes so obsessed with Bill, she doesn't
notice that her pet is ailing or that other people are also
falling in love. For grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46202.
##

Someone to Love.
RC 46211.
by Francess Lantz.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
2 cassettes.
Fifteen-year-old Sara believes her parents have given up on her;
isn't that why they have decided to adopt a new baby? As Sara
becomes a vegetarian and an advocate for politically correct
causes, she befriends the baby's soon-to-be birth mother, Iris.
Sara almost envies Iris's free-spirited lifestyle, until a crisis
prompts the two teenagers to run away together. Some strong
language. For grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46211.
##

Se¤or Cat's Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin
America.
RC 46215.
retold by Lucia M. Gonzalez.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Se¤or Sir Cat is so thrilled to be marrying that he sings his
love to the stars above--and falls off the roof. Five other Latin
American folktales complete the collection. For grades K-3. 1997.
RC 46215.
##

Nothing Ever Happens on Ninetieth Street.
RC 46217.
by Roni Schotter.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Eva is sitting on the stoop waiting for something to happen, so
she will have something to write about. But nothing ever happens
on Ninetieth Street! Then one person suggests that she choose a
topic she knows well, another urges Eva to use her imagination,
and a third recommends asking "what if?" Before long something
really does happen on Ninetieth Street. For grades 2-4. 1997.
RC 46217.
##

Jack's New Power: Stories from a Caribbean Year.
RC 46232.
by Jack Gantos.
read by Gary Tipton.
1 cassette.
Jack's father, optimistic about job opportunities, moves the
family to Barbados. Though the family is happy to live on the
island, Jack's father is both a hero who saves a drowning couple
and a tormentor who keeps his household in turmoil. Jack
discovers that writing in his diary is important to him. For
grades 5-8. 1995.
RC 46232.
##

Ghost Canoe.
RC 46239.
by Will Hobbs.
read by Gary Tipton.
1 cassette.
1874, Tatoosh Island, Washington. Fourteen-year-old Nathan
MacAllister helps his father tend a lighthouse on Cape Flattery.
During the day he fishes in the Pacific with a Makah Native
American neighbor. Then a ship breaks up on the rocks, and the
captain turns up dead. When suspicious activities occur along the
shore, Nathan decides to investigate. For grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46239.
##

Werewolf Skin: Goosebumps.
RC 46354.
by R.L. Stine.
read by Terence Aselford.
1 cassette.
Alex Hunter comes to Wolf Creek to spend several weeks with his
aunt and uncle while his parents travel. He brings along his own
camera and hopes to get lessons from his relatives, who are
professional photographers. Alex gets two warnings when he
arrives--stay out of the woods and away from the neighbors. For
grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 46354.
##

You Can Call Me Worm.
RC 46392.
by Dan Haas.
read by Christopher Walker.
1 cassette.
Eleven-year-old Will ("Worm") and his older brother, Todd, are
living in another town when they learn that their father is
sitting on the roof of his house--and that he has been there for
two days. The boys hike miles through the woods and risk danger
to reach him. Worm arrives first and is shocked by what he sees.
For grades 6-9. 1997.
RC 46392.
##

Whuppity Stoorie: A Scottish Folktale.
RC 46420.
by Carolyn White.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
Kate of Kittlerumpit lives with her mother and their beloved pig,
Grumphie. When Grumphie takes ill, a mysterious woman offers to
cure him but then demands she be given Kate in exchange for the
favor. For grades K-3. 1997.
RC 46420.
##

Baba Yaga and the Wise Doll: A Traditional Russian Folktale.
RC 46422.
retold by Hiawyn Oram.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
A traditional tale of three sisters--Too Nice Child, Horrid
Child, and Very Horrid Child. Horrid and Very Horrid send Too
Nice to visit witch Baba Yaga with instructions to bring back one
of the witch's fancy toads. With her doll to guide her, Too Nice
outwits both the witch and her evil sisters. For grades K-3.
1997.
RC 46422.
##

Big Red Truck.
RC 46424.
by Stephen Schlossberg.
read by Rick Rohan.
1 cassette.
It is Saturday morning, and Ray's parents have lots of chores to
do. Mama is working in the garden, and Papa is in the garage. Ray
has chores to do also, but instead he plans to see the wide-open
country in his trike-turned-big-red-truck. Yet on his way through
hills and valleys and small towns, Ray seems to find reasons to
do some of his chores. For grades K-3. 1994.
RC 46424.
##

This for That: A Tonga Tale.
RC 46425.
retold by Verna Aardema.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
1 cassette.
A sly rabbit tricks animals and people into giving her things she
doesn't deserve. For preschool-grade 2. 1997.
RC 46425.
##

The Paper Dragon.
RC 46435.
by Marguerite W. Davol.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
A humble artist, Mi Fei, confronts a ferocious dragon to save his
fellow villagers. When Mi Fei successfully completes the three
tasks set by the dragon, the danger to the countryside disappears
in an unusual way. For grades K-3. 1997.
RC 46435.
##

Treasures in the Dust.
RC 46446.
by Tracey Porter.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
1 cassette.
Best friends Annie and Violet live on adjacent farms in Oklahoma
during the Great Depression. Each describes her family's
hardships during the dust storms that sweep the area. Then Violet
writes letters to Annie when she leaves with her parents, who
hope to find work in California in order to keep up payments on
their land. For grades 3-6. 1997.
RC 46446.
##

The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story.
RC 46457.
by Mary Downing Hahn.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
1 cassette.
Ten-year-old Ashley Cummings and her mother move into an
apartment on the top floor of an old house. At eighty-eight, its
owner, Miss Cooper, has become a grumpy old woman. She doesn't
like cats and even though most of her lawn is very neat, there is
a patch at the back that is overgrown with weeds. It isn't long
before Ashley discovers why. For grades 4-7. 1989.
RC 46457.
##

Hostage.
RC 46466.
by Edward Myers.
read by Kristin Allison.
1 cassette.
Alyssa and Rob are in a group of teenage hikers in Utah's
Dinosaur National Monument park. While helping a motorist get his
vehicle out of the sand, Alyssa realizes that he has stolen a
valuable dinosaur egg. She and Rob steal it back but are later
caught by the thief and forced to march across the desert. It
takes all their physical and mental skills to survive. For grades
5-8. 1996.
RC 46466.
##

The Five Sisters.
RC 46473.
by Margaret Mahy.
read by Kristin Allison.
1 cassette.
On a warm summer day, Sally's grandmother draws a paper doll and
cuts out a string of five dolls holding hands. Before Sally can
draw in the other four dolls, they are blown away and begin their
own adventures. For grades 3-6. 1996.
RC 46473.
##

Fourth Grade Rats.
RC 46601.
by Jerry Spinelli.
read by Rick Rohan.
1 cassette.
In the fourth grade Suds Morton is supposed to leave his angelic
past behind and become a rat--the next step up to being a man.
But he still likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and his old
lunch box with the elephants, and he could never say "no" to his
mother. His friend Joey tries to teach him the ropes, but the
results are disastrous. For grades 3-6. 1991.
RC 46601.
##

The Bookstore Mouse.
RC 46638.
by Peggy Christian.
read by John Horton.
1 cassette.
Cervantes is the mouse who lives behind a wall of reference books
in an antiquarian bookstore. His problem is Milo, the cat, who is
waiting to catch him. But Cervantes knows how to read and Milo
does not, giving Cervantes an unexpected advantage. For grades
3-6. 1995.
RC 46638.
##

The Arrow over the Door.
RC 46648.
by Joseph Bruchac.
read by Christopher Hurt.
1 cassette.
A war party of Abenaki Indians and a peaceful Quaker meeting
encounter one another during the Revolutionary War. Samuel
Russell, a young Quaker, and Stands Straight, an Indian youth,
describe the incident from their different points of view. The
story is based on the historical "Easton Meeting" of 1777. For
grades 4-7. 1998.
RC 46648.
##

The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill.
RC 46716.
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
read by Pam Ward.
1 cassette.
When a resident of the Bessledorf Hotel in Middleburg, Indiana,
reports seeing a pale yellow light bobbing around on the hill,
hotel manager Magruder has his family investigate. On his son
Bernie's watch, the boy and his friends track the light and soon
find deep holes throughout the area. Perhaps the legend of buried
treasures is true. For grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 46716.
##

High Wizardry.
RC 46717.
by Diane Duane.
read by Kristin Allison.
2 cassettes.
When Nita's ten-year-old sister, Dairine, reads the wizard's
oath, she wants to have an adventure and become a wizard too.
Kit--another kid wizard--considers Dairine a brilliant brat, but
Kit and Nita go to Dairine's aid when she has problems during her
wizardry ordeal. Sequel to Deep Wizardry (RC 24679). For grades
5-8. 1997.
RC 46717.
##

Disappearing Acts: A Herculeah Jones Mystery.
RC 46723.
by Betsy Byars.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
1 cassette.
During his comedy class, amateur detective Herculeah Jones's
friend Meat finds a body in the restroom but then it vanishes.
While Meat tries to solve the mystery, Herculeah discovers some
startling photos from Meat's past and must decide if she should
show him. For grades 5-8. 1998.
RC 46723.
##

Chasing Redbird.
RC 46731.
by Sharon Creech.
read by Kristin Allison.
1 cassette.
Thirteen-year-old Zinny has always preferred Aunt Jessie and
Uncle Nate's house next door because it is so quiet. Her house is
a zoo of noises--the stereo blasting, the computer bleeping, and
the phone clanging. Shortly after Aunt Jessie dies, Zinny
discovers a trail that begins on their Kentucky farm. As she
uncovers the old trail, Zinny learns a lot about herself and her
family. For grades 4-7. 1997.
RC 46731.
##

I Am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot.
RC 46756.
by Nancy Springer.
read by Erik Sandvold.
1 cassette.
Mordred's carefree innocence ends when he is but a little boy,
and Nyneve, the sorceress, acquaints him with Morgause, his birth
mother. Once his identity is established, Mordred has two fervent
desires: to be recognized officially by King Arthur as his son
and to thwart Merlin's prophecy that he, Mordred, will kill this
same father. For grades 6-9. 1998.
RC 46756.
##

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_Foreign Language Books_
The following cassette titles are available in the languages
designated.

_Spanish_

La Dalia Azul.
RC 43984.
por Raymond Chandler.
read by Juan Ramirez.
2 cassettes.
Johnny Carpenter ed un h‚ros de guerra que vuelve a casa dos
camaradas suyos. Se entera que su esposa ha sido infiel y que
est  mezclada con la gente baja del Cabaret Dalia Azul. M s tarde
se descubre el cuerpo de ella, brutalmente asesinada, y la
polic¡a sospecha a Johnny. Un gui¢n de cine con revisiones.
Incluye una nota biogr fica sobre el autor y sus experiencias
adaptando el gui¢n para el cine. (This movie screenplay depicts
war hero Johnny Carpenter, who returns with two of his buddies
from the South Pacific only to find his wife has been unfaithful
and involved with the lowlifes of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. When
she turns up murdered, Johnny is the prime suspect. Includes a
biographical sketch on the author and his experiences in writing
the screenplay.)1987.
RC 43984.
##

La Luna No Era de Queso: Memorias de Infancia.
RC 43985.
por Jose Luis Gonzalez.
read by Juan Ramirez.
3 cassettes.
A trav‚s de las memorias de su juventud, un autor e intelectual
puertorrique¤o pinta un cuadro hist¢rico, pol¡tico y social de
Puerto Rico durante la d‚cada de los 1930. Gonz les describe su
familia y los eventos formativos de su vida, incluyendo la
profunda influencia que tiene de otros autores del Caribe come
Juan Bosch. (The Puerto Rican author and intellectual paints a
historical, social, and political picture of his homeland in the
1930s. He describes his family and the formative experiences of
his life, including the profound influences he felt from other
Caribbean authors and intellectuals such as Juan Bosch.)1988.
RC 43985.
##

Contra el Viento.
RC 43986.
por Juan Suarez.
read by Juan Ramirez.
4 cassettes.
El autor presenta la historia de su vida como un hombre
cualquiera, de origen humilde, qui‚n por amor a Dios, patria y
familia super¢ una vida dura y privada. La autobiograf¡a de
Su rez toma lugar en su Cuba natal, una tierra que ama
profundamente pero que se ve desgastado por el r‚gimen de Castro.
Cuenta c¢mo el amor que tiene a la esposa y la familia le conduce
al ‚xito y a la felicidad. (The author tells of his life as an
ordinary man of humble origins who, through his love of God,
country, and family, overcame hardship and adversity. He portrays
his beloved native Cuba as a land he saw corrupted by the Castro
regime. He also describes how his family sustained him in his
search for success and happiness.)1991.
RC 43986.
##

La Traves¡a Secreta.
RC 43988.
por Carlos Victoria.
read by Juan Ramirez.
4 cassettes.
Marcos Manuel Velazco pasa su juventud en Cuba durante la d‚cada
de los 1960. Como un adolescente t¡picamente rebelde e inquieto,
se mezcla con una compa¤¡a de actores, empezando una odisea
personal que le lleva a buscar la verdad sobre su generaci¢n,
sobre su pa¡s y sobre s¡ mismo. Contiene lenguaje injurioso y
descripciones de ¡ndole sexual. (A coming-of-age story by the
Cuban author depicts young Marcos Manuel Velazco in 1960s Cuba.
As a typically rebellious and restless adolescent, he becomes
involved with a group of actors and begins a soul-searching
odyssey to discover the truth about his generation, his country,
and himself. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex.)
1994.
RC 43988.
##

Falsas Cr¢nicas del Sur.
RC 43989.
por Ana Lydia Vega.
read by Juan Ramirez.
2 cassettes.
La autora puertorrique¤a presenta ocho cuentos adaptados de las
leyendas y tradiciones orales del sur de Puerto Rico, incluyendo
los districtos de Arroyo, Guayama, Maunabo, Patillas y Ponce. El
primer cuento, "El Ba£l de Miss Florence," se trata de "La
Enriqueta," una suntuosa mansi¢n se¤orial del siglo diecinueve y
del misterioso destino de sus propietarios. (Puerto Rican author
presents eight stories suggested by the legends and oral
traditions of southern Puerto Rico, including the districts of
Arroyo, Guayama, Maunabo, Patillas, and Ponce. The first story,
"El Baul de Miss Florence," deals with a sumptuous
nineteenth-century estate, known as La Enriqueta, and the
mysterious fate of its owners.) 1991.
RC 43989.
##

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_Talking Book Magazines_

_Discs_
These free direct-circulation magazines are produced for
NLS.  To be put on the mailing list, contact your
cooperating library.

American Heritage (8 issues)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact (13 issues)
The Atlantic Monthly (monthly)
Contemporary Sound Track: A Review of Pop, Jazz, Rock,
and Country (bimonthly)
Diabetes Forecast (monthly)
Discover (monthly) 
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (11 issues)
Health and Nutrition Newsletters (includes Dr. Andrew
     Weil's Self Healing, Healthline, The Johns Hopkins
     Medical Letter--Health after Fifty, and Nutrition
     Action Healthletter, monthly)
Magazine of the Month (monthly)
The Musical Mainstream (quarterly)
The Nation (47 issues)
National Geographic (monthly)
National Review (biweekly)
New Choices: Living Even Better after Fifty (10 issues)
Outdoor Life (monthly)
QST (monthly)
Quarterly Music Magazine (quarterly)
Sports Illustrated (weekly plus special issues)
Talking Book Topics (bimonthly)
True West (monthly)
U.S. News and World Report (weekly)


Cassette
For a free subscription to these magazines, contact your
cooperating library.

Asimov's Science Fiction (11 issues)
Das Beste aus Reader's Digest (monthly)
Buenhogar (monthly)
Choice Magazine Listening (on loan from cooperating
     libraries, bimonthly)
Civilization: The Magazine of the Library of Congress
(bimonthly)
Consumer Reports (monthly)
Cricket (for children, on one cassette with National
     Geographic World, monthly)
Eating Well (bimonthly)
Ebony (monthly)
Equip (monthly)
Good Housekeeping (monthly plus special issues)
Le Journal Fran‡ais (monthly)
Money (monthly plus special issues)
National Geographic World (for children and teens, on one
     cassette with Cricket, monthly)
The New York Times Book Review (weekly)
People Weekly (weekly)
Selecciones del Reader's Digest (monthly)
S‚lections du Reader's Digest (monthly)
Seventeen (monthly)
Spider: The Magazine for Children (monthly)
Sports Illustrated for Kids (monthly)
Stereo Review (monthly)
Talking Book Topics (bimonthly, also contains selections
     from NLS News irregularly)
Travel Holiday (10 issues)
Working Woman (10 issues)
Young Adult Magazine of the Month (monthly)