### Talking Book Topics, Vol. 70, No. 1, January-February 2004 Talking Book Topics January-February 2004 Volume 70, Number 1 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped _Talking Book Topics_ is published bimonthly in large-print, cassette, and computer diskette 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 2004 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 In Brief New NLS publication Two new factsheets have become available. 2004 Calendars lists organizations that produce calendars in braille, print-braille, and large print, together with specifications, prices, and ordering information. The factsheet is available in print on request from the Reference Section and online at www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/calendars2004.html. Selected Veterans Organizations lists organizations that assist eligible visually or physically handicapped veterans and provides brief descriptions of the groups, contact information, principal publications, and web sites. The factsheet is available in print on request from the Reference Section and online at www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/veterans.html. Collection Development Advisory Group seeks advice The members of the Collection Development Advisory Group wish to thank fellow patrons and librarians for their input concerning the NLS program. Ideas and suggestions from readers are key ingredients in the success of our program and are thoroughly discussed in the committee's deliberations. Please continue to assist us by contacting committee members or your cooperating braille or talking-book library with your suggestions. The group will meet again at NLS on May 26-28, 2004. Representatives from consumer organizations: American Council of the Blind Ms. Patricia Shreck Ivy Club Apartments, Apt L-16 8701 N.E 54th Street Vancouver, WA 98662 pat.ralph1@juno.com Blinded Veterans Association Mr. Clyde A. Compton 44 Crater Lane Stafford, VA 22556 cacompton1@earthlink.net National Federation of the Blind Ms. Ever Lee Hairston 113 Greensward Lane Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-4710 elhairston@mindspring.com Readers-at-large representatives: Midlands Region-includes the following: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Mr. Christopher Mulkin 623 South New Street Springfield, IL 62704 Northern Region-includes the following: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. 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Box 298 Volcano, HI 96785 betsymitch@juno.com Librarians Midlands Ms. Dori Middleton Detroit Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Detroit Public Library Douglass Branch Library 3666 Grand River Avenue Detroit, MI 48208 (313) 833-5494 or (313) 833-5497; fax: (313) 832-5597 dmiddle@detroit.lib.mi.us Northern Ms. Bonnie Farrier Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library New York Public Library 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 206-5432; fax: (212) 206-5418 bfarrier@nypl.org Southern Mr. Oakley Pearson Talking Book Center Staunton Public Library 1 Churchville Avenue Staunton, VA 24401 (540) 885-6215 pearsonjo@ci.staunton.va.us Western: Ms. Sue Walker Public Services Librarian Idaho State Library 325 West State Street Boise, ID 83702 (208) 334-2150 or (208) 334-4016) swalker@isl.state.id.us Children's/Young Adult Librarian: Ms. Nancy Doering Youth Services Librarian Wolfner Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped P.O. Box 387 600 W. Main Jefferson City, MO 65102-0387 (573) 751-8720; fax: (573) 526-2985 doerin@sosmail.state.mo.us Magazine of the Month selections for 2004 Two NLS programs offer readers samplings of magazines not otherwise available through network libraries. Subscribers to Magazine of the Month and Young Adult Magazine of the Month receive a different magazine on audio cassette each month. For a free subscription to either program, contact your cooperating talking-book library. Although the selections are subject to change, subscribers will receive some of the following magazines during 2004. Magazine of the Month - Animal Fair (pet projects and ways to make a house and yard attractive to pets; celebrities with their pets; animal health and nutrition information; articles about wild life) - Black Issues Book Review (interviews with African American authors and others in creative fields; travel and history articles; book reviews and bookstores) - Country Living (antiques and collectibles, entertaining, food and drink, crafts and projects, gardens and nature) - Economist (world politics, global business, finance, economics, science, technology, and the arts) - Family Tree Magazine (articles of interest to people tracing their family tree; finding clues to the past, computerization, and preservation) - Futurist (forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future; the environment, government, society, economics, technology, music, and other issues) - Military Heritage (decisive battles throughout history; soldiers, weapons, intelligence; book reviews) - Real Simple (tips on saving time and money decorating, entertaining, and cooking; articles on style, beauty, and the home) - Redbook (beauty, fashion, diet, health, and fitness; advice on marriage, parenting, and family life; social topics) - Start Your Own Business: The Magazine of Money Making Ideas (advice on starting and running a small business; success stories, franchise information, book reviews, and money matters) - Urban Latino (prominent Hispanics in the U.S.; entertainment, lifestyles, cultural issues, and relationships) - Write & Publish (how and what to write in order to get published; how to self-publish; strategies on promotion and reviewing) Alternates: Backwoods Home, Black Enterprise, Dog Fancy, Family History, Humanist, Jane, Latin Trade, Military History, Policy Review, Saturday Evening Post, Success, Writing Basics Young Adult Magazine of the Month - CosmoGirl! (fashion, makeup and hair, pop psychology, and short stories) - Country Music Today (popular country musicians and CD reviews) - Galaxy (short science fiction stories) - Instyle (celebrity news, lifestyle articles, beauty and fashion tips) - Kids' Wall Street News (for ages 10-16; business, banking, careers, the environment, stock exchange, and world trade) - Latin Style (issues and individuals from the Latin community in the arts and entertainment fields; literature, theater, films, politics, and health) - New Music Monthly (up-and-coming U.S. and British rock and hip-hop musicians and bands; reviews of newly-released CDs) - Right On! (entertainment, music, beauty, and fashion for young African Americans) - Snowboard Life (the sport of snowboarding, from technical tips and product reviews to international travel experiences) - Soccer, Jr.: The Soccer Magazine for Kids (news and information related to soccer and profiles of soccer stars) - Teen Newsweek (for grades 6-9; international and domestic current events) - Teen Vogue (current fashion trends, health and beauty tips, books and films) Alternates: Allure, Black Belt, Black Collegian, bop magazine, Circus, E for Environment, Elle Girl, Latina, Snowboarder, Spin, Star Trek Communicator, Teen Beat ### _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_ Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life. RC 53935. by Charles Affron. read by Susan McInerney. 4 cassettes. Using letters, interviews, and the subject's unpublished autobiography, Affron offers a portrait of the public and private life of film actress Lillian Gish (1893-1993). Describes her evolution from child prodigy to silent screen star to her last performance in 1987 in _The Whales of August_. 2001. RC 53935. ## The Lord God Made Them All. RC 54019. by James Herriot. read by Bob Askey. 3 cassettes (Reissue). Following World War II, James Herriot returns home to Yorkshire and his work treating the diseases and injuries of the area's farm animals. Postwar life is normal except for his trip to Russia with a load of pedigreed sheep. Sequel to _All Things Wise and Wonderful (RC 53147)_. 1981. RC 54019. ## The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. RC 54492. by David Sibley. read by Robert Blumenfeld. 7 cassettes in 2 containers. Presents a basic overview of bird biology: evolution, behavior, habitats, and how the body works. Then bird experts and ornithologists discuss eighty specific bird families of North America, covering taxonomy, foraging and breeding patterns, and conservation status. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society. 2001. RC 54492. ## Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good. RC 54694. by Richard A. Epstein. read by Richard Hauenstein. 3 cassettes. A legal scholar makes the libertarian case for limited government and laissez-faire capitalism. Examines a range of public policy issues. Assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the public and private sectors for reaching collective solutions. 1998. RC 54694. ## Twelve Angry Men. RC 54790. by Reginald Rose. read by Ray Hagen. 1 cassette. Critically acclaimed American drama. On a hot summer afternoon in New York City in 1957, twelve members of a jury deliberate the fate of a young man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his father. Eleven jurors believe the case presents no reasonable doubt, but one disagrees. 1955. RC 54790. ## Florence, a Delicate Case. RC 54795. by David Leavitt. read by Laura Giannarelli. 1 cassette. Explores expatriates' attraction to this Italian city. Examines Florence's twin status as a capital of great art and a haven of permissive sexual attitudes. Discusses books and movies set there and the city's appeal as a destination for homosexual artists and scholars. 2002. RC 54795. ## Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne. RC 54900. by Robert M. Bowen. read by Mark Ashby. 2 cassettes. Memoir of a sergeant who joined the Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne in 1943. Recalls events from basic training, the D-Day landing in Normandy, Operation "Market Garden," and the Battle of the Bulge. Bowen says he began writing this account in 1945 while recovering from wounds. Some strong language. 2001. RC 54900. ## The Perricone Prescription: A Physician's Twenty-eight Day Program for Total Body and Face Rejuvenation. RC 54931. by Nicholas Perricone. read by Bill Wallace. 2 cassettes. Physician and author of _The Wrinkle Cure (RC 53662)_ details his regimen for skin and general health care-- recommending a specific diet, an exercise plan, and lotions to lessen the effects of aging. Bestseller 2002. RC 54931. ## An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943; Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1. RC 54939. by Rick Atkinson. read by Ted Stoddard. 5 cassettes. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of _Crusade (RC 41346)_ and _The Long Gray Line (RC 30303)_ analyzes the 1942-1943 Operation TORCH invasion of North Africa--the first joint Allied effort. Describes the action between the green U.S. troops and Rommel's battle-hardened Afrika Korps and the conflict between the British and American commands. 2002. RC 54939. ## No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel. RC 54943. by Janice Dickinson. read by Isabel Keating. 2 cassettes. Author discusses her life's extremes from periods of high energy to times of near self-destruction. Relates her roller-coaster ride in the world of modeling and her interest in photography, as well as her multiple marriages, superficial relationships, drug addiction, and abuse by her father. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 54943. ## A Life God Rewards. RC 55064. by Bruce Wilkinson. read by Bob Moore. 1 cassette. In this companion volume to _The Prayer of Jabez (RC 52284)_ and _Secrets of the Vine (RC 52285)_, Wilkinson discusses Jesus' teachings that show a direct connection between what believers do today and what they will experience in eternity. Bestseller 2002. RC 55064. ## Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City. RC 55069. by Anne Matthews. read by Jill Ferris. 2 cassettes. New York City sprawl's encroachment on the countryside reveals the growing urban presence of wildlife including coyotes, wild turkeys, and migratory birds. "Never in American history have so many people lived near so many wild animals," warns this naturalist author, who offers startling predictions for large American cities by 2050. 2001. RC 55069. ## Van Loon's Lives: Being a True and Faithful Account of a Number of Highly Interesting Meetings with Certain Historical Personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about Whom We Had Always Felt a Great Deal of Curiosity and Who Came to Us as Our Dinner Guests in a Bygone Year. RC 55071. by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. read by Bill Wallace. 5 cassettes. An eclectic collection of biographical sketches of historical personages chosen by the author as interesting combinations of dinner companions. More than forty profiles of musicians, artists, poets, philosophers, and political and religious leaders ensue, with appropriate menus and dinner music. 1942. RC 55071. ## A Crusade for Stroke Prevention: A Program for Immediate, Aggressive Utilization of New Knowledge and Technology That Could Reduce Strokes by Ninety Percent. RC 55087. by J. Crayton Pruitt. read by Jake Williams. 1 cassette. Physician describes the causes of stroke as well as its diagnosis, prevention, screening, and treatment. Includes sample questions to ask the surgeon. 2000. RC 55087. ## The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. RC 55088. by Herbert Asbury. read by L.J. Ganser. 3 cassettes. Uses police records, newspapers, and criminals' memoirs to chronicle the crime permeating New York City in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Includes the history of such notorious neighborhoods as the Bowery, Hell's Kitchen, and Five Points. Some violence and some strong language. 1927. RC 55088. ## Learning a Living: A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding a Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia. RC 55089. by Dale S. Brown. read by Jake Williams. 3 cassettes. The author of _Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities (RC 53895)_ offers advice on career planning. Providing applicable how-to tips, recommends researching educational and work opportunities and building social skills. For senior high and older readers. 2000. RC 55089. ## The Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications. RC 55092. edited by Marvin E. Levin and Michael A. Pfeifer. read by Jake Williams. 2 cassettes. Recommendations from the American Diabetes Association for the control and prevention of complications. Medical specialists describe testing, treatments, and care for eyes and feet, gastrointestinal problems, nerve function, kidney and heart disease, sexual dysfunctions, psychosocial complications, and more. 2002. RC 55092. ## The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader. RC 55095. edited by William Jelani Cobb. read by Jake Williams. 3 cassettes. Selected writings by a prominent African American scholar. Includes essays from his 1967 classic book, _The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual_, in which he calls for black autonomy. Includes a 1997 interview from the _Radical History Review_ and works dealing with Marxism and Jewish relations. 2002. RC 55095. ## Temperament: The Idea That Solved Music's Greatest Riddle. RC 55096. by Stuart Isacoff. read by Dennis Rooney. 2 cassettes. The editor of _Piano Today_ investigates the conundrum that vexed composers and listeners for centuries: how to establish musical intervals. Isacoff describes the religious, mathematical, and philosophical barriers to the acceptance in the eighteenth century of the "equal temperament" method, which definitively solved the problem by dividing the octave into twelve equal segments. 2001. RC 55096. ## Soldier: A Poet's Childhood. RC 55097. by June Jordan. read by Gail Nelson. 1 cassette. Poet and activist Jordan's memoir of childhood in Harlem and Brooklyn. Recalls the misalliance of her West Indian immigrant parents and her ambivalence toward her ambitious, abusive father. Uses vivid images and prose poems to recreate feelings about everything from playing cowboys to her first date. Some violence and some strong language. Alex Award. 2000. RC 55097. ## Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica. RC 55098. by Zora Neale Hurston. read by Robin Miles. 2 cassettes. Travelog and description of Neo-African religious practices based on the author's personal experiences in 1930s Haiti and Jamaica. Covers anthropology, natural history, and politics of these countries. Discusses the main Voodoo deities, ceremonies, and the strange phenomenon of possession. 1938. RC 55098. ## Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine. RC 55135. by Patrick Wright. read by David Cutler. 4 cassettes. British historian chronicles the armored tank's development- -from World War I, when it was an opening wedge in mechanized warfare, through the late twentieth century, when its electronics and its remote-controlled operation evolved. Discusses the tank's symbolic significance in social, political, and philosophical contexts. 2000. RC 55135. ## Still Waters. RC 55179. by Jennifer Lauck. read by Jill Fox. 3 cassettes. In this continuation of her memoir begun in _Blackbird (RC 51774)_, Jennifer is taken in by an aunt and uncle to escape her abusive stepmother. Her adoptive family, however, is also dysfunctional. She enters her teens full of anger and later explores her brother's suicide. Some strong language. 2001. RC 55179. ## Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor. RC 55184. by Anne Byrn. read by Kerry Cundiff. 3 cassettes. Author of _The Cake Mix Doctor (RC 52035)_ turns her attention to chocolate. Starting with a supermarket-brand packaged cake mix, Byrn offers 150 easy recipes for deep, dark, delicious cakes from devil's food to the Tunnel of Fudge. 2001. RC 55184. ## The Execution of Major Andre. RC 55190. by John Evangelist Walsh. read by Tom Burch. 2 cassettes. Revisionist account dispels the legends about the bravery and sophistication of the British officer who conspired with American general Benedict Arnold to take West Point in September 1780. Justifies his execution as a spy on orders from George Washington and exposes the arrogance and ineptness that led to his capture. 2001. RC 55190. ## The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI. RC 55193. by Ronald Kessler. read by Tom Burch. 4 cassettes. Comprehensive history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from its beginning in 1908 through the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks and the war on terrorism. Assesses the bureau's failures and accomplishments, including the Watergate scandal and the Waco disaster. By the author of _The FBI (RC 37795)_. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55193. ## Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God. RC 55196. by Jack Miles. read by Lou Harpenau. 3 cassettes. Author considers the Bible as a work of art and Christ as a literary character rather than as a historical figure. The death and resurrection of Christ are portrayed as a resolution to God's distress and the only way to remove the sins of the world and heal humanity. Sequel to _God: A Biography (RC 41337)_. 2001. RC 55196. ## The Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy. RC 55208. by Strobe Talbott. read by Bill Wallace. 4 cassettes. Diplomatic memoir by the former deputy secretary of state and top Clinton advisor on Soviet affairs. Details the close relationship between presidents Clinton and Yeltsin during the post-Cold War years and the vested interest the United States had in aiding Russian transition from a communist state to a fledgling democracy. 2002. RC 55208. ## Mules and Men. RC 55230. by Zora Neale Hurston. read by Laura Giannarelli. 2 cassettes. This collection of seventy African American folktales and voodoo rituals resulted from the author's travels across the southern United States in the late 1920s. Along with the folklore, Hurston includes an account of her experiences as a collector. She records the stories in the dialects spoken at the time. Some strong language. 1935. RC 55230. ## The Complete and Easy Guide to Social Security, Healthcare Rights, and Government Benefits. RC 55235. by Faustin F. Jehle. read by Mark Ashby. 2 cassettes. Guide to monetary and health-care benefits under social security, medicare and medicaid, HMOs, and other governmental programs. Includes information on disability, veterans, living wills, supplemental security income, and patients' rights (including the right to appeal). 2000. RC 55235. ## Alpine Achievement: A Chronicle of the United States Disabled Ski Team. RC 55239. by Lori J. Batcheller. read by Colleen Delany. 2 cassettes. A brief history of skiing with adaptive equipment to compensate for physical disabilities. Discusses the challenges faced by world-class athletes including vision- impaired skiers and amputees who participate in the United States Disabled Ski Team. 2002. RC 55239. ## Connect. RC 55244. by Edward M. Hallowell. read by John Hammock. 3 cassettes. A psychiatrist offers suggestions for finding inner peace by connecting with other people and with traditions and ideals. Uses anecdotes from his patients and his own life to illustrate how to achieve satisfaction from relationships. Explains how health and happiness depend on connections. 1999. RC 55244. ## President Nixon: Alone in the White House. RC 55252. by Richard Reeves. read by Robert Sams. 6 cassettes. Through the examination of papers and tapes declassified long after Nixon's death, Reeves reveals the insular, deceptive nature of his presidency, which extended from 1969 to 1974. Documents what Nixon experienced in the White House, what he knew, and what he actually did, "sometimes hour by hour, sometimes minute by minute." 2001. RC 55252. ## At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America. RC 55259. by Philip Dray. read by David Toney. 5 cassettes. History of lynching in America--its causes, perpetrators, and victims--and its lasting effect on race relations. Profiles the people who fought to expose and eradicate the practice: Ida Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others. Violence and some strong language. 2002. RC 55259. ## Live from New York: An Uncensored History of "Saturday Night Live". RC 55275. by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller. read by Barry Bernson. 4 cassettes. Oral history of television show _Saturday Night Live_, which premiered in 1975. Describes the many feuds and love affairs among the various writers, performers, guest hosts, and executives. Includes interviews with Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Billy Crystal, Bill Murray, and dozens more. Strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55275. ## Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future. RC 55281. by Jim Motavalli. read by Kerry Cundiff. 2 cassettes. A comprehensive account of the emergence of the auto industry's advanced "clean car" technology. Covers alternative-energy vehicle development from early electric models to cutting-edge fuel-cell research. Told from the dual perspective of a car enthusiast and concerned environmentalist. 2000. RC 55281. ## Omar! My Life on and off the Field. RC 55282. by Omar Vizquel. read by Tom Burch. 2 cassettes. Autobiography of the Cleveland Indians shortstop, born to a close, middle-class family in Caracas, Venezuela. Describes his long baseball career: he began playing at eight, entered the American minor leagues at seventeen, and later rose to the majors, where he has won the Gold Glove fielding award nine times. 2002. RC 55282. ## For the Love of Books: One Hundred Fifteen Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most. RC 55283. compiled by Ronald B. Shwartz. read by Roy Avers. 3 cassettes. In brief essays, 115 writers--mostly American, British, and Canadian--identify three to six works that influenced or affected them most deeply and explain why. Respondents to editor Shwartz's invitation, arranged alphabetically, include Dave Barry, Rita Dove, Penelope Fitzgerald, Pete Hamill, Elmore Leonard, Ved Mehta, Joyce Carol Oates, Mario Puzo, and Kurt Vonnegut. 1999. RC 55283. ## Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine. RC 55285. by Raja Shehadeh. read by Richard Hauenstein. 2 cassettes. A Palestinian lawyer residing in Ramallah recounts his family's reactions to the Israeli military occupation of their homeland while he was growing up. His memoir explores his unresolved relationship with his politically active father, who was murdered in 1985. Discusses his ideological problems with the continuing Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55285. ## Rekindling the Flame: The Many Paths to a Vibrant Judaism. RC 55286. by Samuel Osherson. read by Bruce Huntey. 2 cassettes. A psychotherapist focuses on an American Jewish dilemma: without traditional observance, how to find joy and identity in Judaism. Offers real-life examples of Jewish men and women who have developed their own rituals and begun their own traditions. 2001. RC 55286. ## Revenge: A Story of Hope. RC 55288. by Laura Blumenfeld. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 3 cassettes. Memoir of a Jewish American reporter, honeymooning in Jerusalem, who seeks retaliation against the Palestinian terrorist who wounded her father a decade earlier. Blumenfeld uses her journalist's credentials to cultivate the shooter's family. But as she pursues her quarry, the impersonal enemy is humanized, and Blumenfeld's perspective shifts dramatically. Some violence. 2002. RC 55288. ## Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas. RC 55294. by Joyce King. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. Recounts events leading up to and following the brutal, racially motivated June 1998 killing of an unarmed black man by three white men in East Texas. Delves into the perpetrators' backgrounds, detailing how incarceration in the Texas Prison System helped shape their attitudes. Some violence and some strong language. 2002. RC 55294. ## The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America. RC 55297. by Bill Gertz. read by Kerry Cundiff. 2 cassettes. Reporter and author of _Betrayal (RC 48196)_ presents government documents as evidence of Chinese espionage and support of terrorism aimed at forcing the United States out of Asia. Argues that the Clinton-Gore administration's policies enabled China to threaten America's national security and world stability. 2000. RC 55297. ## The Navajo Code Talkers. RC 55315. by Doris A. Paul. read by Bill Quinn. 1 cassette. History of the Navajos' development of a radio code for the U.S. military that remained unbreakable throughout World War II. Explains why the code confused the Japanese enemy forces. Contains the Navajo communicators' personal accounts of action in the field under fire. 1973. RC 55315. ## Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan. RC 55317. by Mary Anne Weaver. read by Yolande Bavan. 3 cassettes. A journalist with twenty years of experience in the Middle East portrays a strife-torn country strategic to U.S. foreign policy. Weaver covers her meetings with Benazir Bhutto, the first woman prime minister in the Islamic world; General Zia ul-Haq; militant Islamist leaders; and head of state General Pervez Musharraf. 2002. RC 55317. ## The Selected Poems of Li Po. RC 55318. by Li Po. read by Gordon Gould. 1 cassette. Presents the T'ang Dynasty Chinese poet Li Po (A.D. 701- 762), who composed his pieces in appreciation of the natural world 1,200 years ago. Considered to be expressions of Taoist and Zen practice, the poems are arranged in approximately chronological order. Translated by David Hinton. 1996. RC 55318. ## Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations. RC 55322. translated by Michael Sells. read by Ken Kliban. 2 cassettes. A religious scholar introduces the non-Arabic speaker to the beauty and wisdom of the Muslim holy text while explaining its cultural and historical context. Sells renders the earliest Suras (chapters of the Qur'an) into modern English, and explores their subtleties and meanings in subsequent commentaries. 1999. RC 55322. ## A History of Israel and the Holy Land. RC 55324. edited by Michael Avi-Yonah. read by Butch Hoover. 3 cassettes. Scholarly essays describe the land, culture, and people of the Holy Land from prehistory to twentieth-century Israel's fiftieth anniversary in the year 2000. Discusses the influences of the Canaanites, the Roman invasion, the Byzantines, the Arab conquest, the Crusades, the Ottoman Empire, and the British mandate. Foreword by Shimon Peres. 2001. RC 55324. ## Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease. RC 55325. edited by Ronald Petersen. read by John Richardson. 2 cassettes. Physician defines and describes Alzheimer's disease--a form of dementia that affects millions of mostly older patients. Discusses the biology of the brain and the causes and treatment of this condition, offers tips for caregivers, provides practical legal and financial advice, and looks at research prospects. 2002. RC 55325. ## Everything Scrabble. RC 55326. by Joe Edley and John D. Williams. read by Bruce Huntey. 4 cassettes. A national Scrabble champion and the executive director of the National Scrabble Association present information to increase skill in every aspect of the game. Includes basic board strategies; use of letters J, Q, X, and Z; seven- letter plays; bonus squares; and secrets to getting better tiles. 2001. RC 55326. ## Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. RC 55333. by Ben Mezrich. read by Erik Synnestvedt. 2 cassettes. Insider account of six audacious math geniuses from MIT who cheated and scammed Las Vegas casinos. While enrolled full time, these students led double lives gambling for the thrill of high stakes until their wins marked them for revenge. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55333. ## A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland. RC 55334. by Tom Brokaw. read by Jack Fox. 1 cassette. NBC news anchor reminisces and reflects on his boyhood in South Dakota during the 1940s and 1950s. He examines the northern Great Plains values instilled in him during the formative years before he married and moved away at age twenty-two. Bestseller 2002. RC 55334. ## The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth. RC 55336. by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen. read by Richard Hauenstein. 3 cassettes. The coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series teams up with a financial advisor to offer suggestions on how to make big money. They use the story of an underpaid widow as an example of ethical wealth building. Bestseller 2002. RC 55336. ## Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. RC 55339. by Daniel Ellsberg. read by Tom Burch. 4 cassettes. Memoir by the former high government official and author of _Papers on the War (RC 21334)_ who leaked top-secret documents to the press during President Richard Nixon's administration in an attempt to end the Vietnam War. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55339. ## Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon. RC 55340. by Jerry Oppenheimer. read by Michael Russotto. 3 cassettes. Author of _Martha Stewart (RC 44818)_ and _Barbara Walters (RC 31301)_ explores the life of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Describes Seinfeld's Jewish roots, his blue-collar youth in Long Island, his rise to fame, and his romances with much younger women, one of whom he married. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55340. ## When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism. RC 55341. by Bill Maher. read by Christopher Walker. 1 cassette. Iconoclastic television talk-show host offers strong opinions on the U.S. government's domestic policies in the war on terrorism. Some of the targets Maher aims at with earnestness and sardonic humor are airport security, gas guzzlers, political correctness, and offshore tax dodges. Strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55341. ## Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich: How to Get Rich and Stay Rich Forever. RC 55364. by Robert T. Kiyosaki. read by Jake Williams. 3 cassettes. The author, who retired before age fifty, shows how individuals can use leverage--one of the most important words in the world of money--in a positive way. Kiyosaki first prepares readers for the simple things that must be done to become rich, and then offers ways to do them. 2002. RC 55364. ## Iris Murdoch: A Life. RC 55384. by Peter J. Conradi. read by Bill Wallace. 6 cassettes. Authorized biography of the British writer and philosopher, placing her in the cultural and intellectual context of the mid-twentieth century. Focuses on Murdoch's formative years, from 1919 to 1956. Discusses her work in general terms, rather than in-depth criticism, as part of her life experience. 2001. RC 55384. ## The Last American Man. RC 55417. by Elizabeth Gilbert. read by Faith Potts. 2 cassettes. Biography of South Carolina native Eustace Conway, who gave up a suburban lifestyle in 1977 when he was seventeen and returned to nature. Describes his adventures surviving off the land in Appalachia, living with Mayan Indians, hiking and canoeing in extreme environments, and crossing America on horseback. Strong language. 2002. RC 55417. ## Breaking Clean. RC 55429. by Judy Blunt. read by Laura Giannarelli. 2 cassettes. Montana, the 1960s. Teenager Judy Blunt silently watches her father work out the terms of her marriage to a local rancher. Like her mother and grandmother, Blunt becomes a subservient ranch wife. She describes the physical and emotional difficulties inherent in this life and her rebellious break from it. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55429. ## The Seven Daughters of Eve. RC 55439. by Bryan Sykes. read by David Cutler. 2 cassettes. A British geneticist contends that almost all living Europeans are linked genetically to one of only seven women from the Paleolithic era. Sykes explains this hypothesis and presents supporting research, tells what he believes can be determined about these seven maternal ancestors, and elaborates on the consequences for modern genetics. 2001. RC 55439. ## Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments. RC 55440. by Joseph J. Lazzaro. read by Mark Ashby. 3 cassettes. Describes, in nontechnical terms, how to increase one's independence by adapting personal computers for sensory, physical, speech, and learning disabilities. Lists assistive equipment available on the market and describes the basics of computer hardware. Updates 1993 edition of the same title _(RC 37741)_. 2001. RC 55440. ## Power Plays: Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game. RC 55442. by Dick Morris. read by Gary Telles. 3 cassettes. Fox television network political analyst identifies six strategies used by politicians throughout history. Morris presents twenty case studies--from Lincoln's Civil War tactics to Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign--assessing successes and failures in each. Includes commentary on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the U.S. government's response. 2002. RC 55442. ## Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison. RC 55445. by Marc Shapiro. read by Terence Aselford. 2 cassettes. Biography of guitarist George Harrison (1943-2001), from his childhood in Liverpool to his death from cancer. Highlights his career with the Beatles, including creative differences with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, his two marriages, and his interest in Eastern religion. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55445. ## A Lawyer's Life. RC 55446. by Johnnie Cochran. read by Bob Moore. 2 cassettes. Revealing autobiography from a man best known for his role in the O.J. Simpson "trial of the century." Cochran reflects on his life as a successful African American attorney, discussing his most memorable cases and high-profile clients as he probes the issue of racism in the legal system. 2002. RC 55446. ## They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers. RC 55447. by Ron Thomas. read by Erik Synnestvedt. 2 cassettes. Sportswriter Thomas chronicles the history of team integration in pro basketball. Thomas heralds the first African American players in the NBA, beginning with Chuck Cooper, and focuses on the years between 1950 and 1965. Provides social and political commentary as well as biographical information based on interviews with players, their teammates, families, and coaches. 2002. RC 55447. ## Now, Discover Your Strengths. RC 55450. by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. read by John Hammock. 2 cassettes. A how-to guide for managing individual strengths and building an effective organization, based on a study of individuals who have succeeded in their careers. "To excel in your chosen field and to find lasting satisfaction...suspend whatever interest you may have in weakness and instead explore...your strengths." 2001. RC 55450. ## Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. RC 55451. by John de Graaf and others. read by Erik Synnestvedt. 2 cassettes. Investigates the worldwide epidemic of overconsumption, or "affluenza," defining the phenomenon as "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more." Explores the condition's causes and symptoms and offers suggestions for returning to more enduring values. Based on two PBS documentaries. 2001. RC 55451. ## The Best American Essays, 2002. RC 55452. edited by Stephen Jay Gould. read by Mary Kane. 3 cassettes. Twenty-four essays selected and introduced by Gould shortly before his death. He includes several early essays on the September 11, 2001, attacks because they mark a defining historical moment. Others are confessional writings on medical topics and politics and viewpoints on the arts. 2002. RC 55452. ## North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life. RC 55454. by Bob Buck. read by Michael Scherer. 3 cassettes. Memoir by a career pilot whose adventures span aviation history, from open biplanes to B-17s to 747s. He recalls his intercontinental flights as copilot for actor Tyrone Power, the romance of exotic destinations such as Paris and Cairo, the danger of thunderstorms, and his abiding love of flying. 2002. RC 55454. ## Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel like Family. RC 55508. by Ina Garten. read by Colleen Delany. 1 cassette. Simple recipes for tasty home-cooked meals. Covers appetizers through desserts, with sections on breakfast, treats for kids, and menus. Each recipe lists the ingredients first and includes helpful tips in the step-by- step directions. Bestseller 2002. RC 55508. ## The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush. RC 55531. by David Frum. read by Michael Scherer. 2 cassettes. Former presidential speechwriter and author of _Dead Right (RC 40664)_ discusses the time he spent working in George W. Bush's White House. Describes the president's thinking as well as his weaknesses and strengths, and explains why he believes Bush became "superb as a wartime leader." Bestseller 2003. RC 55531. ## Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles. RC 55534. by Marianne Williamson. read by Jill Ferris. 2 cassettes. Asserts that individuals can cultivate their internal mystical powers in the midst of the difficulties of daily life. Williamson posits that people can use positive mental energy to transcend everything from grief, guilt, and jealousy to boredom, anxiety, and despondency. Bestseller 2002. RC 55534. ## Knitting and Crochet for the Physically Handicapped and Elderly. RC 55543. by Shelagh Hollingworth. read by Patricia McDermott. 2 cassettes (Reissue). Describes how those with limited dexterity can knit and crochet for their own enjoyment. Includes thirty-three knitting patterns and eighteen crochet patterns for a variety of hats, scarves, gloves, socks, underwear, and jackets that are easy to put on and take off. 1981. RC 55543. ## Murder in the Cathedral. RC 55554. by T.S. Eliot. read by George Holmes. 1 cassette. A verse play by Nobel Prize-winner T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) about the 1170 murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, at the royal behest of Henry II. Concerns issues of faith, politics, and the common good. 1935. RC 55554. ## Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World. RC 55558. by Debra Ginsberg. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Memoir by a single mother of a son with special emotional and behavioral needs. Relates her struggle to obtain an appropriate diagnosis and placement for him in the educational system. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55558. ## I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It. RC 55571. by Charles Barkley. read by Jake Williams. 1 cassette. Memoir by former NBA star, who moved on to become a television commentator for TNT, about his success as an athlete and his beliefs about everything from politics (he's a Republican) to religion, role models, and racism. Foreword by Michael Wilbon of the _Washington Post_. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55571. ## Every Knee Shall Bow: The Truth and Tragedy of Ruby Ridge and the Randy Weaver Family. RC 55583. by Jess Walter. read by Bill Wallace. 3 cassettes. Journalist explores the lives of Randy and Vicki Weaver and the influences that led them from Christian fundamentalism to white supremacy. Describes the family's 1992 standoff with federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho; the actions of the U.S. Justice Department; and the subsequent investigation. Some violence and some strong language. 1995. RC 55583. ## The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle. RC 55591. by David G. Fitz-Enz. read by Bill Wallace. 2 cassettes. Chronicles the British plan to recapture their former colonies in America during the War of 1812. Under the command of Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, seasoned troops from the Napoleonic Wars invaded America from Canada in September 1814. They were repulsed at Plattsburgh, New York, on Lake Champlain. 2001. RC 55591. ## What Time Is It? You Mean Now? Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All. RC 55645. by Yogi Berra. read by Michael Scherer. 1 cassette. Retired baseball champion expands on the advice he first offered in _When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! (RC 52360)_ by using anecdotes relating to baseball. Suggests cultivating a positive attitude, exercising, setting goals, and taking advantage of opportunities. 2002. RC 55645. ## This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV. RC 55649. by Bob Schieffer. read by Michael Russotto. 3 cassettes. Anchor of _CBS's Face the Nation_ offers a behind-the-scenes account of his more than forty years in journalism, including coverage of the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Capitol Hill. He also discusses his reporting of Kennedy's assassination, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, and September 11, 2001. Bestseller 2003. RC 55649. ## America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story behind Our Nation's Favorite Song. RC 55652. by Lynn Sherr. read by Margaret Strom. 1 cassette. Poet and educator Katharine Lee Bates composed the words to "America the Beautiful" in 1893 after being inspired by the "most glorious scenery I ever beheld," referring to the view from Pikes Peak in Colorado. Sherr chronicles Bates's lifelong involvement with the song's evolution from her poem to unofficial national anthem. 2001. RC 55652. ## Lighthouse Families. RC 55659. by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts. read by John Hammock. 2 cassettes. Collection of firsthand accounts from people who called a light station "home." Now elderly, they recall their childhood experiences, including the dangers, responsibilities, and satisfactions of growing up in remote and isolated situations. Describes adventures, heroics, and history, and even contains some favorite family recipes. 1997. RC 55659. ## How Democratic Is the American Constitution?. RC 55674. by Robert A. Dahl. read by David Toney. 1 cassette. Yale University political science professor challenges the adequacy of the U.S. Constitution to protect in reality the fairness it promises. Criticizes the electoral college and the inequality of representation in the Senate and proposes new ways to think about the problems of American democracy. 2001. RC 55674. ## The Day I Fired Alan Ladd and Other World War II Adventures. RC 55675. by A.E. Hotchner. read by Gary Telles. 1 cassette. Playwright lightheartedly reminisces about his World War II military service on the home front. He includes anecdotes about producing warfare films, writing a musical, editing a military magazine, and encountering famous personalities. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55675. ## Terrorists and Terrorist Groups. RC 55684. by Stephen Currie. read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. Discusses the origins, political purposes, religious beliefs, and strategies of groups that use violence to achieve their goals. Includes information on the Palestinian movement Hamas, Peru's Shining Path, the Irish Republican Army, al-Qaeda, and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. For junior and senior high readers. 2002. RC 55684. ## The Best Spiritual Writing, 2002. RC 55688. edited by Philip Zaleski. read by Colleen Delany. 2 cassettes. Anthology of poetry and prose about art, intimacy, prayer, love, meditation, and faith selected from works by authors such as Toni Morrison, Bill McKibben, Czeslaw Milosz, Wendell Berry, Seamus Heaney, Barry Lopez, Philip Levine, and Harvey Cox. 2002. RC 55688. ## Shakespeare and Tragedy. RC 55701. by John Bayley. read by Norman Barrs. 2 cassettes (Reissue). Discusses the Roman plays _Troilus and Cressida_ and _Timon of Athens_, as well as the four major tragedies. Bayley shows how Shakespeare's most successful tragic effects hinge on the artistic distance between the author and his creations. 1981. RC 55701. ## Living History. RC 55882. by Hillary Rodham Clinton. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 4 cassettes. Former first lady's memoir of eight years in the White House that, she says, "tested my faith and political beliefs, my marriage and our nation's Constitution." Discusses how she and President Bill Clinton faced political opposition, legal challenges, personal tragedies, and the scandal of the Monica Lewinsky case. Bestseller 2003. RC 55882. ## The Story of My Life. RC 55883. by Helen Keller. read by Catherine Byers. 3 cassettes. The restored classic autobiography of an exceptional young woman and her companion, originally published in 1903, with 2003 commentary by editor Roger Shattuck. Helen Keller's own account of her transformation is followed by her teacher Anne Sullivan's record of their early years together and insights of Anne's husband, John Macy. 1903. RC 55883. ## ### _Cassettes Fiction_ The Old Man and the Sea. RC 53792. by Ernest Hemingway. read by Rick Wiseman. 1 cassette (Reissue). An elderly Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a single catch. Then he fights a losing battle with sharks who deprive him of his triumph. Pulitzer Prize. 1952. RC 53792. ## Honor among Enemies: Honor Harrington, Volume 6. RC 53963. by David Weber. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 4 cassettes. Honor Harrington is recalled to active duty to combat space pirates. Her challenge is complicated by the infighting of her motley crew and difficulty defining the enemy. Sequel to _Flag in Exile (RC 53962)_. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1996. RC 53963. ## The Sweetest Dream. RC 53973. by Doris Lessing. read by Laura Giannarelli. 4 cassettes. Tale of three women from three generations, beginning in 1960s London. Frances is a disillusioned former Communist and divorced mother of two boys; Julia, Frances's ex-mother- in-law, shares the house; and Sylvia goes to Africa in the 1980s as an aid worker. Sustenance at the kitchen table is a recurring motif. 2002. RC 53973. ## Acorna's World. RC 54143. by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. read by Kristin Allison. 2 cassettes. Acorna returns to deep space with Jonas Becker, Roadkill, and Aari, her Linyaari friend wounded by the insectoid Khleevi. Acorna answers a distress signal from another planet and gets involved in other adventures in her ongoing battle against the Khleevi. Sequel to _Acorna's People (RC 54142)_. For senior high and older readers. 2000. RC 54143. ## Acorna's Search. RC 54144. by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. read by Kristin Allison. 2 cassettes. The peace-loving Linyaari attempt to restore their devastated planet after the enemy Khleevi depart. When Acorna's mate, Aari, and others disappear, she searches frantically to locate them, discovering an ancient realm that sheds light on the history of her people. Sequel to _Acorna's World (RC 54143)_. For senior high and older readers. 2001. RC 54144. ## The Golden One. RC 54161. by Elizabeth Peters. read by Barbara Rappaport. 4 cassettes. Egypt, 1917. Amelia Peabody, her archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, her son, Ramses, and daughter-in-law, Nefret, undertake a dangerous wartime voyage from England to Egypt. When they arrive at their latest excavation site in Luxor, they encounter grave robbers and murder. Ramses also undertakes an espionage assignment in Gaza. Sequel to _Lord of the Silent (RC 52274)_. 2002. RC 54161. ## Three Complete Novels of Courtly Love: _The Prude and the Prodigal_, _Lies for Love_, _From Hate to Love_. RC 54188. by Barbara Cartland. read by Jennifer Mendenhall. 3 cassettes. Three romantic tales set in nineteenth-century Britain. In _The Prude and the Prodigal_, Prunella tries to save her sister from an unworthy suitor. In _Lies for Love_, Carmela falls for her best friend's guardian. In _From Hate to Love_, Atayla is stranded in Tangiers after her father is murdered. 1980. RC 54188. ## Rebekah: Women of Genesis, Book 2. RC 54295. by Orson Scott Card. read by Catherine Byers. 2 cassettes. Rebekah is chosen by God to be the wife of Isaac, son of Abraham. The marriage proves challenging as Rebekah is shamed for not quickly producing a son. Later she is tormented by the destiny of her twin boys. Sequel to _Sarah (RC 54294)_. 2001. RC 54295. ## Scandal's Bride. RC 54298. by Stephanie Laurens. read by Kristin Allison. 3 cassettes. Scotland, 1819. Strong-willed Scotswoman Catriona Hennessy is told she must marry Richard "Scandal" Cynster, English nobleman and libertine. Catriona planned to secure a more pliable mate; Scandal planned never to marry. Plans change when Scandal decides Catriona is the woman for him. Sequel to _A Rake's Vow (RC 54297)_. Descriptions of sex. 1999. RC 54298. ## All about Love. RC 54301. by Stephanie Laurens. read by Kristin Allison. 3 cassettes. England, 1820. Lucifer, the last Cynster bachelor, travels to his mentor's country home to escape the talons of London's single women. Finding the old man shockingly murdered, Lucifer soon encounters Phyllida Tallent, with whom he embarks on a passionate journey of crime solving and love. Sequel to _A Secret Love (RC 54300)._ Descriptions of sex. 2001. RC 54301. ## Faithless: Tales of Transgression. RC 54417. by Joyce Carol Oates. read by Laura Giannarelli. 4 cassettes. Twenty-one short stories exploring the late-twentieth- century American psyche at moments of betrayal, disappointment, and passion. In "Lover," a woman jilted by her married lover plots his death, using an automobile as her weapon. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001. RC 54417. ## Jacqueline Susann's _Shadow of the Dolls_. RC 54421. by Rae Lawrence. read by Kimberly Schraf. 2 cassettes. 1987. The two surviving heroines originally featured in _Valley of the Dolls (RC 50906)_, Anne Welles and Neely O'Hara, both with teenage children, are still searching for their niche in life. Adapted from a draft written by Jacqueline Susann before 1974. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001. RC 54421. ## Hell to Pay. RC 54423. by George P. Pelecanos. read by Chuck Young. 2 cassettes. Washington, D.C., private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, last seen in _Right as Rain (RC 52759)_, seek to avenge the murder of one of the eight-year-old football players they coach. Quinn tracks a teenage runaway-turned- prostitute while Strange struggles with fidelity. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002. RC 54423. ## Angel Trumpet: A Civil War Mystery. RC 54486. by Ann McMillan. read by Annie Wauters. 2 cassettes. Richmond, Virginia; 1861. Confederate officials attempt to silence the fact that three plantation family members and their house slaves have been brutally murdered. Widow Narcissa Powers, a rich white nurse, joins herbalist Judah Daniel, a black freedwoman, and reporter Brit Wallace from _Dead March (RC 54485)_ to investigate the cover-up. 1999. RC 54486. ## The Ship Who Searched. RC 54495. by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey. read by Corrie James. 2 cassettes. A mysterious disease leaves seven-year-old Tia completely paralyzed. Unable to enjoy human mobility, she becomes a shellperson, the human brain of an interstate spaceship. On her odyssey across the galaxy, she seeks a cure for her disease and eventually falls in love. Sequel to _PartnerShip (RC 54494)_. 1992. RC 54495. ## The City Who Fought. RC 54496. by Anne McCaffrey and S.M. Stirling. read by Corrie James. 3 cassettes. Shellperson Simeon controls the city-sized space station SSS-900. Bored with his daily routine, Simeon indulges his passion for war games. When refugees arrive after fleeing Kolnari space pirates, Simeon knows the station's survival depends on implementing his game skills in real life. Sequel to _The Ship Who Searched (RC 54495)_. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1993. RC 54496. ## The Gate of Fire: The Oath of Empire, Book 2. RC 54685. by Thomas Harlan. read by Fred Major. 5 cassettes. This sequel to _The Shadow of Ararat (RC 54684)_ continues the saga of the military and sorcerous seventh-century war between Rome and Persia. Prince Maxian uses his magic powers to wrest Rome from a curse, and his brother Galen, emperor of the Western Roman Empire, returns from Persia. 2000. RC 54685. ## América's Dream. RC 54719. by Esmeralda Santiago. read by Sharon Murray. 2 cassettes. Although América Gonzalez quits her job in Puerto Rico to work with a family in the United States, she cannot escape her past. Her lover Correa--who is married and beats her but is also the father of Rosalinda, her fourteen-year-old daughter--pursues her. Strong language and some violence. 1996. RC 54719. ## Shadow Puppets. RC 54802. by Orson Scott Card. read by Bob Askey. 2 cassettes. Continuing _Shadow of the Hegemon (RC 53932)_, Peter deals with his decision to authorize the rescue of his archenemy, Achilles. Meanwhile, Bean and Petra hope to have normal children without Bean's complications. But Achilles and world events cause unforeseen problems. 2002. RC 54802. ## A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to _The Bridges of Madison County_. RC 54811. by Robert James Waller. read by Bob Askey. 1 cassette. 1981. Robert Kincaid, sixty-eight, is sustained only by memories of life on the road and his brief 1965 encounter with Francesca Johnson. He returns to the road, and a chance encounter with another woman reveals a new dimension of his life. Sequel to _The Bridges of Madison County (RC 35861)_. Bestseller 2002. RC 54811. ## Red Rabbit. RC 54816. by Tom Clancy. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 5 cassettes. CIA agent Jack Ryan is working in England when Moscow-based employees Ed and Mary Pat Foley help Soviet interpreter Oleg Zaitzev to defect. They uncover a KGB plot to assassinate the new Polish pope to prevent political unrest in Poland. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller 2002. RC 54816. ## The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection. RC 54824. edited by Gardner Dozois. read by John Polk. 7 cassettes in 2 containers. The editor reviews the genre's status in 2001 and presents twenty-six short stories he considers outstanding. Featured authors include Charles Stross, Michael Blumlein, Paul McAuley, Dan Simmons, Alastair Reynolds, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Di Filippo, and Ian R. MacLeod. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002. RC 54824. ## Chindi. RC 54848. by Jack McDevitt. read by Roy Avers. 3 cassettes. A tale of interstellar adventure involving Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins from _Deepsix (RC 51893)_, now a starship captain. She and her crew of oddly assorted amateurs pursue a signal that may provide extraterrestrial contact. Some strong language. 2002. RC 54848. ## Sharpe's Tiger: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799. RC 54860. by Bernard Cornwell. read by Chuck Benson. 3 cassettes. India, 1799. Private Richard Sharpe is promised a promotion if he poses as a deserter and contacts a prisoner being held in an enemy jail. Sharpe takes on the mission even though a misstep would result in certain death. Some violence and some strong language. 1997. RC 54860. ## Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar; October 21, 1805. RC 54862. by Bernard Cornwell. read by Chuck Benson. 3 cassettes. Ensign Richard Sharpe leaves India on his way to his new assignment in England. But once at sea, the ship encounters Napoleon's fleet and a battle begins with Admiral Nelson in command. Some violence and some strong language. 2001. RC 54862. ## Delta Search: Quest for Tomorrow, Book 1. RC 54871. by William Shatner. read by Gary Tipton. 2 cassettes. Opening volume in a series by the _Star Trek_ actor about the dreams of youth and the terrors of empire. Sixteen-year- old Jim Endicott's application to the Space Academy triggers events connected with a secret encoded in his DNA. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1997. RC 54871. ## Thunder from Jerusalem: Zion Legacy, Book 2. RC 54876. by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene. read by Jim Zeiger. 3 cassettes. It is day five for the new state of Israel, and the fighting continues. Moshe Sachar is struggling to keep the momentum of Haganah alive even as an assassin infiltrates the group. His pregnant wife, Rachel, tends the growing number of wounded at the hospital. Sequel to _Jerusalem Vigil (RC 54875)_. 2000. RC 54876. ## The Talisman Ring. RC 54901. by Georgette Heyer. read by Vanessa Maroney. 2 cassettes (Reissue). Eustacie leaves the turmoil of the French Revolution for the safety of her grandfather's house in England. Once there she flees from an arranged marriage, joins a cousin who is a smuggler, and falls in love. 1936. RC 54901. ## Middlesex. RC 54934. by Jeffrey Eugenides. read by Erik Sandvold. 5 cassettes. At forty-one, hermaphrodite Cal Stephanides examines the rare genetic mutation that has caused his gender to change since his birth as a girl in 1960. He describes his teenage revelations, his Greek grandparents' guilty secret, and his coming-of-age in Detroit. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 54934. ## Pasadena. RC 54944. by David Ebershoff. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 4 cassettes. Linda Stamp's coming-of-age in California in the early years of the twentieth century is reflected in Pasadena's transformation from frontier town to opulent suburb. Three men influence Linda's life: her brother; her husband, wealthy rancher Willis Poore; and Bruder, the enigmatic stranger who returns from the war with her father. Bestseller 2002. RC 54944. ## Dune: The Butlerian Jihad; Legends of Dune, Volume 1. RC 54949. by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. read by J.P. Linton. 4 cassettes. This new trilogy of prequels to _Dune (RC 44126)_ goes back 10,000 years prior to the "House" trilogy of prequels _(RC 49477, RC 50949, RC 53145)_. Describes the long-ago war when humans struggled to gain their freedom from the "thinking machines." 2002. RC 54949. ## Life of Pi. RC 54950. by Yann Martel. read by Steven Carpenter. 2 cassettes. Pi Patel, the sole human survivor of a shipwreck, is in a lifeboat with an injured zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and an adult Bengal tiger. Strangely, after 227 days in the Pacific, the boy and the tiger make landfall. Some violence. 2001. RC 54950. ## Requiem for the Sun: Symphony of Ages, Volume 1. RC 54985. by Elizabeth Haydon. read by Erin Jones. 4 cassettes. This sequel to the Rhapsody Trilogy _(RC 54068, RC 54069, RC 54070)_ begins three years after Rhapsody helped bring peace and prosperity to Navarne. The Dowager Empress has died, the line of succession is broken, and war now threatens the fragile Cymrian Alliance. Rhapsody's old nemesis resurfaces, putting her unborn child in danger. 2002. RC 54985. ## Frederica. RC 54995. by Georgette Heyer. read by Jill Ferris. 3 cassettes (Reissue). London, Regency period. The marquis of Alverstoke, a bored bachelor, reluctantly agrees to help his distant relative, Frederica Merriville, settle her contentious siblings into society. She considers herself too old to be desirable, but the marquis thinks otherwise. 1965. RC 54995. ## Might as Well Be Dead: A Nero Wolfe Mystery. RC 55005. by Rex Stout. read by Jim Zeiger. 2 cassettes (Reissue). James Herold hires Nero Wolfe to locate his son, Paul, who disappeared in New York City. Wolfe finds the man--in prison, convicted of murdering his lover's husband. Wolfe and his assistant, Archie, dig further. Some strong language. 1956. RC 55005. ## True Friends. RC 55018. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Sixteen-year-old Christy and her friend Katie head to the ski slopes of Lake Tahoe. Christy becomes part of the fast crowd. But Katie warns her of trouble and Christy remembers her religious values. Christy is also frustrated because she hasn't heard from Todd. For junior and senior high readers. 1993. RC 55018. ## Starry Night. RC 55019. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Sixteen-year-old Christy Miller feels insecure with her friends--especially with the guys. She is annoyed with her parents' Christmas plans, until she finds peace with the Lord one beautiful evening. For junior and senior high readers. 1993. RC 55019. ## Seventeen Wishes. RC 55020. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Christy Miller volunteers for a week as a camp counselor-- but the girls are much wilder than she expects. She is relieved when one girl becomes a fervent Christian. For junior and senior high readers. 1993. RC 55020. ## A Time to Cherish. RC 55021. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Seventeen-year-old Christy Miller is happy now that Todd has made a commitment to her. Then best friend Katie gets involved with the wrong boy, and pal Doug becomes more withdrawn. Christy asks God to set things straight. For junior and senior high readers. 1993. RC 55021. ## Sweet Dreams. RC 55022. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Christy Miller and her friend Katie are glad to finally be graduating from high school. Christy is secure in her future with Todd while Katie, influenced by her boyfriend, is falling away from her faith. For junior and senior high readers. 1994. RC 55022. ## A Promise Is Forever. RC 55023. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Eighteen-year-old college student Christy Miller travels to England on a missionary trip with her church youth group. When she is sent on to Spain, Christy is reunited with her former boyfriend Todd, and they realize that they are still in love. For junior and senior high readers. 1994. RC 55023. ## Westward the Dream: Ribbons West, Book 1. RC 55028. by Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson. read by Michele Schaeffer. 2 cassettes. In 1862 Brenton Baldwin and his sister Jordana leave the East to join relatives Victoria and Kiernan O'Connor in California. Accompanying them is Kiernan's sister Caitlan, newly arrived from Ireland. Brenton photographs the expanding railroad as they travel west, trusting God to protect them. For senior high and older readers. 1998. RC 55028. ## Separate Roads: Ribbons West, Book 2. RC 55029. by Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson. read by Michele Schaeffer. 2 cassettes. Two years after _Westward the Dream (RC 55028)_, Brenton Baldwin has fallen in love with his sister-in-law Caitlan O'Connor, while Jordana Baldwin too finds love. Kiernan continues to work on the new railroad. Their faith in God helps in dangerous situations. For senior high and older readers. 1999. RC 55029. ## Ties That Bind: Ribbons West, Book 3. RC 55030. by Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson. read by Michele Schaeffer. 2 cassettes. By 1868 Jordana Baldwin is finally settled in Sacramento, California, with her family, but at twenty-two, she is bored with life. She is enticed to spy on the Union Pacific railroad, falls in love with Captain Rich O'Brian, and prays for happiness. Sequel to _Separate Roads (RC 55029)_. For senior high and older readers. 2000. RC 55030. ## As You Wish: Christy and Todd; the College Years, Book 2. RC 55038. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Nanette Savard. 2 cassettes. Christy Miller starts college in California and continues to date Todd. When Matthew, someone she knew in Wisconsin, arrives on campus, Christy trusts that God will help her make the right decisions in her relationships. Sequel to _Until Tomorrow (RC 55037)_. For senior high and older readers. 2000. RC 55038. ## I Promise: Christy and Todd; the College Years, Book 3. RC 55039. by Robin Jones Gunn. read by Nanette Savard. 2 cassettes. College students Christy Miller and Todd Spencer become engaged. When family and friends offer conflicting advice on the upcoming wedding, Christy starts having doubts--but trusts that God will provide. Sequel to _As You Wish (RC 55038)_. For senior high and older readers. 2001. RC 55039. ## Chesapeake Blue. RC 55052. by Nora Roberts. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 2 cassettes. Companion to the Quinn Trilogy _(RC 45679, RC 46842, RC 47824)_. Seth Quinn, back from Europe as a successful painter, plans to settle near family in St. Christopher, Maryland. A blackmailer jeopardizes his interest in the town's new florist. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55052. ## I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother. RC 55057. by Allison Pearson. read by Jill Fox. 3 cassettes. At thirty-five, Londoner Kate Reddy has arrived. She has a high-prestige job in finance, an architect husband, a one- year-old and a five-year-old, a nanny, and expensive shoes. But the juggling act is making her crazy, and she knows she needs a change. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55057. ## Twisted Roots: The De Beers Family, Volume 3. RC 55059. by V.C. Andrews. read by Kristin Allison. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _Wicked Forest (RC 54347)_, Willow's sixteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, struggles to deal with her mother and stepfather's decision to have a baby. Eventually Hannah, her boyfriend, and her uncle, Linden, decide to run away. But life on the road holds some shattering realities. Bestseller 2002. RC 55059. ## The Big Dig. RC 55061. by Linda Barnes. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle is hired to find a missing roommate while she is working undercover to investigate graft and fraud in the city's notorious underground road building project. Carlotta discovers that a kidnapping has occurred and that the two cases are connected. Strong language and some violence. 2002. RC 55061. ## Baudolino. RC 55062. by Umberto Eco. read by Fred Major. 4 cassettes. During the siege of Constantinople in A.D. 1204, an adventurer recounts his fabulous life. Baudolino was a poor Italian peasant when he attracted the attention of emperor Frederick Barbarossa, became educated, joined the Crusades, and set out to find the Holy Grail for his benefactor. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2000. RC 55062. ## My Favorite Bride. RC 55067. by Christina Dodd. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 2 cassettes. England, 1847. Pickpocket-turned-nanny Samantha Prendregast is sent to the Lake District to work for stern Colonel Gregory, a widowed military man with six daughters. Samantha falls in love with him before she realizes that she's in a nest of spies. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002. RC 55067. ## Blanche Passes Go. RC 55074. by Barbara Neely. read by Saidah Arrika Ekulona. 2 cassettes. Blanche White returns to North Carolina from Boston. Assisting a friend in her catering business when a local girl is murdered, the African American maid-turned-sleuth investigates the suspect--the rich white man who had raped Blanche years ago--and confronts racial prejudice. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2000. RC 55074. ## The Corinthian. RC 55091. by Georgette Heyer. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 2 cassettes (Reissue). In Regency England Sir Richard Wyndham and heiress Penelope Creed, both seeking to escape arranged marriages, meet accidentally when she asks him to help locate her childhood sweetheart--who, they discover, is now in love with somebody else. Richard and Penelope fall in love. 1940. RC 55091. ## The Idiot. RC 55116. by Fyodor Dostoevsky. read by Mark Ashby. 5 cassettes (Reissue). Prince Myshkin, a man with a saintly soul, clashes with materialistic, sexually charged, nineteenth-century Russian society. Myshkin's idealism makes him unable to fathom the rivalry of two women for his love or the complications that ensue. Dostoevsky's classic novel in a 2001 translation by the award-winning team of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 1868. RC 55116. ## White Shell Woman: A Charlie Moon Mystery. RC 55144. by James D. Doss. read by Gregory Gorton. 2 cassettes. Rancher Charlie Moon, formerly a Ute policeman, is called to investigate a case of arson and the death of an archaeologist. When another murder and fire occur, his shaman aunt insists that a curse is upon them, but Charlie looks for a killer. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55144. ## Absolute Rage. RC 55146. by Robert K. Tanenbaum. read by Gregory Gorton. 3 cassettes. When union chief "Red" Heeney, his wife, and their child are murdered, New York district attorney Butch Karp is sent to West Virginia as a special prosecutor. The Heeneys had been summer neighbors of the Karps. Violence escalates when Karp's family is attacked. Violence and strong language. 2002. RC 55146. ## On a Wicked Dawn. RC 55147. by Stephanie Laurens. read by Kristin Allison. 3 cassettes. London, 1825. After her twin sister Amanda marries, Amelia Cynster decides to take matters into her own hands and propose to the one she loves. Lucien Ashford agrees to marry her only after a decent interval of courting, but Amelia doesn't want to wait. Sequel to _On a Wild Night (RC 54472)_. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002. RC 55147. ## Prize Stories 2002: The O. Henry Awards. RC 55177. edited by Larry Dark. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 4 cassettes. Twenty stories from American and Canadian literary magazines selected by a panel of writers. In the first-prize winner, "The Ceiling," by Kevin Brockmeier, a husband perceives catastrophe threatening his hometown as he becomes aware of his wife's infidelity. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55177. ## Kentucky Sunrise. RC 55181. by Fern Michaels. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. Happily married Nealy Clay Littletree is retired from managing Blue Diamond Farms. When her daughter Emmie Coleman runs the thoroughbred stables into the ground and grooms the wrong horse for the Kentucky Derby, Nealy takes action. Sequel to _Kentucky Heat (RC 54432)_. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55181. ## Three Complete Novels: _Carrie_, _'Salem's Lot_, _The Shining_. RC 55192. by Stephen King. read by Bruce Huntey. 7 cassettes in 2 containers. Three classic tales of horror. In _Carrie_ a high school girl has the power of telekinesis. In _'Salem's Lot_ the night is filled with villagers-turned-vampires. A couple and their young psychic son become caretakers of a haunted hotel in _The Shining_. Violence and strong language. 1974. RC 55192. ## The Irish Sports Pages: A Milan Jacovich Mystery. RC 55197. by Les Roberts. read by John Polk. 2 cassettes. A Cleveland, Ohio, judge and her daughter hire P.I. Milan Jacovich to retrieve incriminating photographs from a con artist--a local thug scamming them and posing as a needy Irish immigrant. When the hustler is murdered, all the "good guys" become suspects. Strong language and some violence. 2002. RC 55197. ## Witness to Evil: A Jeri Howard Mystery. RC 55198. by Janet Dawson. read by Erin Jones. 2 cassettes. Oakland private detective Jeri Howard retrieves teenage runaway Darcy Stefano from Paris where she had been researching her Jewish grandmother's World War II experiences. Later, following a murder, the girl disappears from boarding school, and Howard's investigation turns up disturbing evidence of extremist group activities. Some violence and some strong language. 1997. RC 55198. ## The Case of the Lonely Heiress. RC 55199. by Erle Stanley Gardner. read by Jack Fox. 2 cassettes (Reissue). A contested will and a "lonely hearts" singles ad in a newspaper both lead to a murder. Perry Mason investigates. 1948. RC 55199. ## _Blue Feather_ and Other Stories. RC 55225. by Zane Grey. read by Terence Aselford. 2 cassettes (Reissue). Three tales of the Old West. In "Blue Feather," an Indian brave makes choices during a tribal war. A man falsely accused as "The Horse Thief" takes matters into his own hands. Grey fictionalizes his stay in "Quaking-Asp Cabin" and the legendary tragic events that occurred there. 1961. RC 55225. ## The Safe Bridge. RC 55228. by Frances Parkinson Keyes. read by Corrie James. 2 cassettes. Vermont, early 1800s. Elizabeth Burr is banished from Scotland when her father learns of her love for British soldier and adventurer Basil Keith. Elizabeth adjusts to her new life of hardship and eventually marries frontiersman James Anderson. Years later, Basil returns to claim her. 1934. RC 55228. ## Sacrament of Lies. RC 55232. by Elizabeth Dewberry. read by MaryBeth Wise. 2 cassettes. New Orleans during two Mardis Gras. Thirty-four-year-old Grayson Guillory, daughter of the governor of Louisiana, finds a videotape of her late manic-depressive mother accusing the governor of plotting to kill her. Grayson fears for her own sanity while seeking the truth. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002. RC 55232. ## Be My Knife. RC 55243. by David Grossman. read by Steven Carpenter. 2 cassettes. Yair, a thirty-three-year-old married book dealer, creates an intimate relationship with Miriam, a slightly older married woman, solely through correspondence. Yair yearns not for an ordinary physical affair but for communication from the "dark side of the brain," from the soul's very essence. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1998. RC 55243. ## If 6 Were 9. RC 55248. by Jake Lamar. read by Gary Telles. 2 cassettes. African American professor Clay Robinette comes to the aid of fellow teacher Reggie Brogus, a former black militant, who has found a white student dead in his office. The girl turns out to be Robinette's ex-lover, and Brogus takes flight, claiming the government is out to get him. Violence and strong language. 2001. RC 55248. ## Joy Street. RC 55250. by Frances Parkinson Keyes. read by Margaret Strom. 5 cassettes (Reissue). In the 1930s, wealthy Bostonian lawyer Roger Field defies custom by hiring and socializing with culturally diverse people. His unorthodox lifestyle affects his marriage when his wife, Emily, falls in love with his Jewish partner, David Salomont. 1950. RC 55250. ## The Glorious Cause: A Novel of the American Revolution. RC 55251. by Jeff Shaara. read by Robert Sams. 5 cassettes. The British under General Howe pursue George Washington's army into New Jersey in the summer of 1776. Benjamin Franklin is in Paris, trying to enlist support from the French. This sequel to _Rise to Rebellion (RC 52454)_ completes Shaara's factually accurate two-volume epic recounting the birth of the American republic. 2002. RC 55251. ## Valley of the Sun: Frontier Stories. RC 55256. by Louis L'Amour. read by Gregory Gorton. 2 cassettes. Nine short stories about the gunmen, gamblers, outlaws, and tough men and womenfolk of the Old West. In the title piece, Brett Larane is double-crossed, shot twice, and left for dead in the desert. But he has compelling reasons to live. Some violence. 1995. RC 55256. ## With These Hands. RC 55260. by Louis L'Amour. read by Mark Ashby. 2 cassettes. Eleven action-filled stories set in such places as Hollywood, the South Seas, and Japan. The characters range from boxers, cowboys, and detectives to pilots and sea captains. In the title piece, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Arctic wilderness of Alaska summons the will to stay alive. 2002. RC 55260. ## The Four Feathers. RC 55289. by A.E.W. Mason. read by Bruce Huntey. 2 cassettes. Classic adventure tale. In 1882, Harry Feversham resigns from the British Army just before his regiment leaves for battle in the Sudan, resulting in accusations of cowardice from three friends and his fiancée. Harry travels to the East, disguises himself as a native, and intervenes anonymously to save his comrades' lives. 1902. RC 55289. ## The Family. RC 55290. by Mario Puzo and Carol Gino. read by Alec Volz. 3 cassettes. The author of _The Godfather (RC 25677)_ depicts the fifteenth-century family of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI. After Cardinal Borgia becomes pope, he bestows official power onto his children and forces them into profitable marriages. He expects nothing less than full devotion in his quest to found a dynasty. 2001. RC 55290. ## The Interrogation. RC 55296. by Thomas H. Cook. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. 1952. An eight-year-old girl is murdered in a park. Detectives Pierce and Cohen have only one night left to elicit a confession from the main suspect, a vagrant. Pierce struggles with the memory of his own daughter's murder, while Cohen is tormented by recollections of the war in Germany. Violence and strong language. 2002. RC 55296. ## New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2002. RC 55298. edited by Shannon Ravenel. read by John Polk. 3 cassettes. Nineteen stories in the literary tradition of the South. In playwright Romulus Linney's "Tennessee," nineteen-year-old Sassy accepts Griswold's marriage proposal on the condition that they move to Tennessee, but Griswold has a trick or two up his sleeve. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002. RC 55298. ## Skin Folk. RC 55300. by Nalo Hopkinson. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. The author of _Brown Girl in the Ring (RC 52063)_ presents a collection of fifteen Afro-Caribbean tales, some set in Toronto, involving fantasy and folklore. In "Riding the Red," Red Riding Hood is now a grandmother. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2001. RC 55300. ## No Lesser Plea. RC 55302. by Robert K. Tanenbaum. read by Gregory Gorton. 3 cassettes. New York assistant D.A. Butch Karp struggles to convict Mandeville Louis, a cold-blooded killer who is feigning insanity. Karp also battles the police and legal bureaucracies that handicap justice. Louis raises the stakes when he sets his sights on Karp's coworker, Marlene Ciampi. Violence and strong language. 1987. RC 55302. ## It Had to Be You. RC 55305. by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. read by Michele Schaeffer. 3 cassettes. After her father dies, Phoebe Somerville is shocked that she has temporarily inherited the Chicago Stars football team. To keep the team, she must work with head coach Dan Calebow, whom she dislikes. Companion to _This Heart of Mine (RC 52086)_. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1994. RC 55305. ## Heaven, Texas. RC 55306. by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. read by Susan McInerney. 3 cassettes. Prim Gracie Snow is determined to keep her new job at Windmill Studios by dragging ex-football star Bobby Tom Denton home to Texas to begin his first movie. But Bobby Tom has reservations about becoming a movie star and has no plans to cooperate. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1995. RC 55306. ## The Samurai's Wife. RC 55307. by Laura Joh Rowland. read by Robert Sams. 3 cassettes. Japan, 1691. The shogun's private investigator, Sano Ichiro, travels to a distant city to uncover an assassin who can kill with a scream. Sano's new wife, Reiko, assists by infiltrating the women's quarter. Together they discover a plot to overthrow the government. Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2000. RC 55307. ## The Best Is Yet to Come. RC 55308. by Judith Gould. read by Colleen Delany. 2 cassettes. After Carolina Mountcastle's husband dies, she discovers that he had a mistress and child in Amsterdam. She survives the emotional shock and subsequent sabotage of her flower business with the help of Seth Foster, one of her customers. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2002. RC 55308. ## The Shootist. RC 55309. by Glendon Swarthout. read by Robert Sams. 1 cassette. Notorious gunfighter John Bernard Books arrives in El Paso, Texas, in 1901 to confirm a cancer diagnosis. Rather than endure a torturous death in a boarding house, Books decides to die early--and to take along a few outlaws. Basis of 1976 John Wayne movie. Some violence and some strong language. Spur Award. 1975. RC 55309. ## The Arraignment. RC 55328. by Steve Martini. read by Ray Foushee. 3 cassettes. After attorney Paul Madriani's friend Nick Rush and Rush's shady client are murdered, Madriani accepts a case involving Rush's widow, who he suspects knows something about the deaths. The trail leads to smugglers in South America and law firm shenanigans. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 2003. RC 55328. ## Esther's Gift: A Mitford Christmas Story. RC 55329. by Jan Karon. read by Gary Tipton. 1 cassette. Christmas Eve. Esther Bolick bakes special orange marmalade cakes for gifts but wonders what they really cost. When her husband calculates forty-three dollars per cake, Esther decides to shorten her list. But the words of a Christmas song change her mind. Includes recipe. Bestseller 2002. RC 55329. ## Once a Thief. RC 55330. by Kay Hooper. read by Colleen Delany. 2 cassettes. When an exhibit of Max Bannister's jewelry collection is set to open in Morgan West's museum, it is up to security expert Wolfe Nickerson, Bannister's half brother, to protect it. But when West catches cat burglar Quinn inside the museum before the exhibit opens, things heat up. Some strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55330. ## Table for Two. RC 55332. by Nora Roberts. read by Jill Fox. 3 cassettes. In _Summer Desserts_, Cordon Bleu chef Summer Lyndon falls in love with her employer, hotel magnate Blake Cocharan, but doesn't want to mix business with pleasure. In _Lessons Learned_, publicist Juliet Trent handles Italian chef Carlo Franconi's tour while resisting his charms. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 1985. RC 55332. ## July, July. RC 55350. by Tim O'Brien. read by Jack Fox. 2 cassettes. Over the course of a July weekend in 2000, while the Darton Hall College Class of 1969 celebrates its unofficial thirtieth reunion, ten old friends drink, dance, flirt, and remember poignant episodes from their pasts. Bestseller 2002. RC 55350. ## Whispers and Lies. RC 55354. by Joy Fielding. read by Barbara Pinolini. 2 cassettes. Nurse Terry Painter lives a quiet life in Delray, Florida. She rents out her backyard cottage to Alison Simms and becomes friends with her. Soon, however, Terry begins to suspect that Alison and her just arrived "brother" are trying to trap her in a web of whispers and lies. 2002. RC 55354. ## Catherine and the Pirate. RC 55355. by Karen Hawkins. read by Erin Jones. 1 cassette. Boston, 1777. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Markham defies her uncle and heads to Savannah to ransom her brother Royce from the British. She seeks help from Royce's friend Derrick St. John, and uses his ship for the voyage. Pirate-turned- entrepreneur Derrick reluctantly agrees and falls in love with the lovely heiress. For senior high readers. 2002. RC 55355. ## Billie's Kiss. RC 55356. by Elizabeth Knox. read by Erin Jones. 2 cassettes. A ship explodes near a Scottish island and many passengers drown. Survivor Billie Paxton becomes acquainted with the eccentric inhabitants of Kiss Castle, who inspire in her equal amounts of passion and rage. 2002. RC 55356. ## The Stone Flower Garden. RC 55357. by Deborah Smith. read by Sharon Murray. 2 cassettes. Burnt Stand, North Carolina; 1972. Darleen Union, Eli Wade, and Karen Noland are childhood friends until a tragedy separates them. Twenty-five years later, Darleen tries to right a wrong and exposes family secrets that bring them together again. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2002. RC 55357. ## Darling Daughters. RC 55359. by Debbie Macomber. read by Erin Jones. 2 cassettes. Two stories of single parents who contend with matchmaking daughters. In _Yours and Mine_, eleven-year-old best friends Kristen and Nicole conspire to get their parents together. In _Lone Star Lovin'_, Cody Bailman, physician's assistant Sherry Waterman's first patient, is having problems with his newly maturing daughter, Heather. 2002. RC 55359. ## Irish Love: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel. RC 55361. by Andrew M. Greeley. read by Bruce Huntey. 2 cassettes. Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband, Dermot Coyne, vacation in western Ireland with their two children. Both Nuala and her daughter have psychic abilities, and the site of a 1882 mass murder haunts them. Soon someone is trying to kill them. Some violence and some strong language. 2001. RC 55361. ## Love Game. RC 55363. by Mallory Rush. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. Widow Chris Nicholson becomes reacquainted with her high school flame Greg Reynolds--now a twice-divorced marine with a teenager--on Christmas Eve. They agree to only a fling because Chris is looking for a father for her six-year-old. But Greg falls in love. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1995. RC 55363. ## Madonna of the Seven Hills. RC 55369. by Jean Plaidy. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 2 cassettes (Reissue). In 1492 illegitimate twelve-year-old Lucrezia Borgia's father is elected Pope Alexander VI. Lucrezia enters an arranged marriage at thirteen and is drawn by her family into a web of politics, deceit, and murder. 1958. RC 55369. ## McCone and Friends. RC 55370. by Marcia Muller. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Eight short stories featuring San Francisco private detective Sharon McCone and her associates. In "The Wall," Rae Kelleher investigates the case of a missing high school student by searching her room for clues. Strong language and some violence. 2000. RC 55370. ## The Reign of the Brown Magician: Three Worlds Trilogy, Book 3. RC 55371. by Lawrence Watt-Evans. read by Chuck Benson. 2 cassettes. With his wife and daughter murdered, Pel Brown only wants to return to Earth. Even his complete control over the matrix doesn't console him--except when he realizes the power it gives him over life and death. Sequel to _In the Empire of Shadow (RC 51721)_. Some strong language. 1996. RC 55371. ## Black Storm. RC 55394. by David Poyer. read by Jim Zeiger. 3 cassettes. Days before launching a ground assault against Iraqi forces in the 1991 Gulf War, an American unit discovers that Saddam, if attacked, may use a weapon of mass destruction against Israel. Special forces ace Dan Lenson leads a covert military team to quash the threat before it's too late. Strong language and some violence. 2002. RC 55394. ## Stoner and Spaz. RC 55396. by Ron Koertge. read by Nick Sullivan. 1 cassette. Sixteen-year-old Ben, who has cerebral palsy, leads an insular life with his overprotective grandmother. But everything changes when he is befriended by drug-addicted classmate Colleen and a neighbor introduces him to filmmaking and encourages him to make a movie about his high school. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2002. RC 55396. ## In the Forest. RC 55397. by Edna O'Brien. read by Terry Donnelly. 2 cassettes. In this novel based on a true crime in Ireland, the author explores the damaged mind of Michen O'Kane, searching for the trigger that sent him on a killing spree. She delves into the psychological make-up of both the killer and his victims. Violence and strong language. 2002. RC 55397. ## Between a Wok and a Hard Place: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes. RC 55398. by Tamar Myers. read by Kristin Allison. 2 cassettes. Melvin Stoltzfus, chief of police, Hernia, Pennsylvania, deputizes Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder Miller to investigate the murder of a young Asian woman. The Amish community remains suspiciously silent about the dead stranger. Meanwhile Magdalena's new husband leaves to settle unfinished business. 1998. RC 55398. ## No Use Dying over Spilled Milk: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes. RC 55399. by Tamar Myers. read by Kristin Allison. 2 cassettes. Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder travels to Ohio for the funeral of an Amish cousin who drowned in a tank of milk. Then she discovers that another farmer was killed when he fell from a silo--thus uncovering a deadly rivalry among cheese makers. Some strong language. 1996. RC 55399. ## Caramelo; or, Puro Cuento. RC 55405. by Sandra Cisneros. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 3 cassettes. Celaya Reyes spins out her story from childhood to maturity. She weaves in threads about her immediate family's bicultural adaptation in Chicago, journeys to her grandparents' home in Mexico City, and melodramatic strands from past and present. The tale sustains her, like the ancient caramel-colored shawl she inherited. Some strong language. 2002. RC 55405. ## The Heat Islands. RC 55410. by Randy Wayne White. read by Michael Russotto. 2 cassettes. Marine biologist Doc Ford of Sanibel Island, Florida, investigates the drowning of marina owner Marvin Rios after one of Ford's friends becomes the main suspect. Ford uncovers land schemes, crooked politicians, and a serial killer. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1992. RC 55410. ## Sanibel Flats. RC 55411. by Randy Wayne White. read by Michael Russotto. 3 cassettes. Doc Ford of Sanibel Island agrees to help old friend Rafe Hollins ransom his son from a Central American Indian tribe. Problems arise when Doc discovers that Rafe had kidnapped the boy from his mother and is running guns. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1990. RC 55411. ## The Distant Beacon: Song of Acadia, Book 4. RC 55412. by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. read by Annie Wauters. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _The Birthright (RC 53342)_, Anne remains in England while Nicole, now Lady Harrow, returns to America to oversee her Uncle Charles's estate in Massachusetts. The days ahead are perilous for Nicole and Gordon Goodwind, the man she comes to love, as the American colonies rebel. 2002. RC 55412. ## The Beloved Land: Song of Acadia, Book 5. RC 55413. by Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. read by Annie Wauters. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _The Distant Beacon (RC 55412)_, Nicole now lives in Massachusetts with Gordon, and Anne remains in England with Thomas. Their father's failing health and revelations of a diary long kept secret launch a search spanning two continents and bring both "sisters" home to late-eighteenth-century Georgetown. 2002. RC 55413. ## The Concubine's Tattoo. RC 55418. by Laura Joh Rowland. read by Robert Sams. 3 cassettes. Tokyo, 1690. Sano Ichiro, the shogun's investigator, is ordered from his wedding banquet to find the murderer of a young concubine, who was poisoned by tattoo ink. Complications arise when Ichiro's wife, Reiko, insists on helping him. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 1998. RC 55418. ## Reflections in a Golden Eye. RC 55419. by Carson McCullers. read by Colleen Delany. 1 cassette. 1941. A Southern army post is rattled by undercurrents of hatred and desire. A homosexual officer chases a young private while his wife has a torrid affair with another officer. Then someone is killed. Foreword by Tennessee Williams. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1941. RC 55419. ## Always in My Heart. RC 55421. by Catherine Anderson. read by Margaret Strom. 3 cassettes. Ellie and Tucker Grant divorce after their oldest son's accidental death. Now the remaining kids--fourteen-year-old Zach and eleven-year-old Kody--try to reconcile their parents by running away into the Oregon wilderness. The grieving parents begin a rescue attempt. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002. RC 55421. ## The Shark Mutiny. RC 55423. by Patrick Robinson. read by Gregory Gorton. 3 cassettes. 2007. U.S. national security adviser Vice Admiral Arnold Morgan and security operations officer Lt. Jimmy Ramshawe discover a plot between Chinese admirals and the mullahs of Tehran to establish massive minefields across the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Warnings go unheeded. Some strong language. 2001. RC 55423. ## The Shakeress. RC 55424. by Kimberley Heuston. read by Colleen Delany. 1 cassette. New Hampshire, 1828. A Shaker community welcomes Naomi, orphaned at thirteen with her three younger siblings. The foursome thrive under the Shaker way--but, seeking her own spiritual fulfillment, Naomi leaves the community and finds her true self in a new religion, Mormonism. For junior and senior high readers. 2002. RC 55424. ## Belle and the Beau. RC 55426. by Beverly Jenkins. read by Laura Giannarelli. 2 cassettes. In 1859 sixteen-year-old Belle Palmer escapes from slavery in Kentucky to Michigan, where she is hidden by the freedmen Best family. Belle falls in love with their son, Daniel, although he has been promised to another. For senior high readers. 2002. RC 55426. ## Eclipse. RC 55428. by Richard S. Wheeler. read by Gary Telles. 2 cassettes. The fictitious voices of Lewis and Clark alternate in describing events after their return from the Northwest in 1806. Lewis reveals a medical secret that may account for his rapid mental decline and early death. Clark marries and enjoys family life even as he confronts the issue of slavery. 2002. RC 55428. ## The House of Blue Mangoes. RC 55430. by David Davidar. read by Anne Flosnik. 4 cassettes. Early-twentieth-century saga set in a southern Indian village, features three generations of the prosperous Dorai family. Domestic events mingle with political controversies over caste, colonialism, race, and religion as British rule collapses and Gandhi leads the subcontinent to independence. 2002. RC 55430. ## Ashes of Roses. RC 55437. by Mary Jane Auch. read by Anne Flosnik. 2 cassettes. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Rose Nolan arrives at Ellis Island from Ireland dreaming of a happy future. She finds work at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and describes the horror of escaping from the tragic 1911 fire. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2002. RC 55437. ## Island Boyz: Short Stories. RC 55438. by Graham Salisbury. read by Christopher Walker. 1 cassette. Ten stories, introduced by a short poem, about Hawaiian teenagers. In "Waiting for the War," two boys have a horse, but cannot ride or even get close to it. Then a soldier from Texas gives them a little help. For junior and senior high readers. 2002. RC 55438. ## Answered Prayers. RC 55509. by Danielle Steel. read by Margaret Strom. 2 cassettes. Unhappy in her long-term marriage, Faith Madison falls in love with a childhood friend she encounters at a funeral. Brad Patterson, also married with grown children, returns her affection. Over time, their long-distance correspondence leads to major decisions. Bestseller 2002. RC 55509. ## The Penwyth Curse. RC 55512. by Catherine Coulter. read by Annie Wauters. 2 cassettes. Cursed by the Druids, Merryn de Gay of Penwyth has been widowed four times--each time on her wedding day. Awarded Merryn as a wife, Sir Bishop of Lythe seeks to break the spell. Interwoven with Bishop's quest are his dreams about a wizard and a witch. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003. RC 55512. ## Light in Shadow. RC 55520. by Jayne Ann Krentz. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Arizona. When interior designer Zoe Luce enters the bedroom her client wants decorated, she senses something bad happened in it. She hires detective Ethan Truax to verify her suspicions. But Zoe soon needs Ethan's services for herself when her past begins to catch up with her. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2003. RC 55520. ## Samaritan. RC 55528. by Richard Price. read by Steven Carpenter. 3 cassettes. Forty-three-year-old television writer Ray Mitchell returns to the racially mixed New Jersey projects of his youth. After volunteering to teach at his old high school, he is savagely beaten but refuses to identify his attacker. Detective Nerese Ammons, a childhood friend, is determined to help. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2003. RC 55528. ## The Bone Vault. RC 55529. by Linda Fairstein. read by Faith Potts. 3 cassettes. District attorney Alexandra Cooper teams up with homicide detective Mike Chapman when a corpse is found in a sarcophagus being shipped back to Egypt. They identify the body as a former researcher at the Cloisters and uncover shady dealings within the museum community. Some violence and some strong language. 2003. RC 55529. ## Abhorsen. RC 55530. by Garth Nix. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Abhorsen-in-waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth--supported by their creatures Disreputable Dog and Mogget (a cat)--must confront and defeat the evil spirit Orannis before it can destroy all life. Conclusion to trilogy beginning with _Sabriel (RC 44682)_ and _Lirael (RC 52678)_. For junior and senior high readers. 2003. RC 55530. ## The Doctor's House. RC 55561. by Ann Beattie. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. A widow and her adult children explore the paternal roots and lasting influence of their family's dysfunction. Daughter Nina is currently engrossed in the details of her brother Andrew's womanizing. Both reflect on their tortured upbringing at the hands of their emotionally abusive father and alcoholic mother. Strong language. 2002. RC 55561. ## The Youngest Hero. RC 55573. by Jerry B. Jenkins. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Ten-year-old Elgin Woodell and his Christian mother, Miriam, move from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to Chicago after his alcoholic father is incarcerated. By age fourteen, Elgin, having inherited his dad's gift for baseball, becomes the major league's youngest rookie. For senior high and older readers. 2002. RC 55573. ## Nine. RC 55576. by Jan Burke. read by Chuck Benson. 3 cassettes. L.A. homicide detective Alex Brandon and his partner, Ciara Morton, investigate a group of vigilantes that is assassinating criminals on the FBI's most-wanted list. Evidence leads Brandon and Morton to a school for disturbed, affluent teens. Violence and strong language. 2002. RC 55576. ## Starting Over. RC 55581. by Robin Pilcher. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 3 cassettes. Divorcée Liz Dewhurst lives with her son and father on the Scottish coast. She remains entangled with her ex-husband because of their joint ownership of the families' farms, now targeted by a golf course consortium. When a charming older man enters her life, Liz has to make some difficult choices. Strong language. 2002. RC 55581. ## The Last Detective: An Elvis Cole Novel. RC 55647. by Robert Crais. read by Gregory Gorton. 2 cassettes. Ten-year-old Ben, son of Elvis Cole's girlfriend, is kidnapped while the private investigator is watching the boy. Cole's partner, Joe Pike, and detective Carol Starkey are searching for the youngster when Ben's father shows up to complicate matters. Also Cole's past in Vietnam resurfaces. Violence and strong language. Bestseller 2003. RC 55647. ## The Apprentice Lover. RC 55653. by Jay Parini. read by Gary Telles. 3 cassettes. In this coming-of-age novel, Alex Massolini drops out of Columbia University in 1970 to work for writer Rupert Grant on Capri. There Alex reflects on his brother's death in Vietnam and on what kind of person he himself wants to be. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002. RC 55653. ## Truly Madly Manhattan. RC 55655. by Nora Roberts. read by Michele Schaeffer. 3 cassettes. Two novels set in Manhattan. In _Local Hero_, Hester Wallace's son is overjoyed to discover their new neighbor is the originator of his favorite comic book. In _Dual Image_, a real-life love affair develops between an actress and a TV movie's creator. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller 2003. RC 55655. ## The Sight. RC 55656. by David Clement-Davies. read by Anne Flosnik. 3 cassettes. An epic tale set in Transylvania during the Middle Ages that features a pack of wolves and newborn cubs, a prophecy, an outcast she-wolf with strange powers, and horrifying ordeals. For junior and senior high readers. 2002. RC 55656. ## No Ordinary Man. RC 55658. by Suzanne Simmons. read by Anne Flosnik. 2 cassettes. Mitchell Storm has come to Newport, Rhode Island, at his dying grandfather's request, to take his distant cousin and wealthy heiress Victoria back to Scotland to settle the mystery of the family treasure. But he never expected Victoria to be so beautiful or intelligent. Some descriptions of sex. 1998. RC 55658. ## The Heavenly World Series: Timeless Baseball Fiction. RC 55662. by Frank O'Rourke. read by Robert Sams. 3 cassettes. Eighteen stories, written in the 1940s and 1950s, vividly portray baseball from the turn of the century to the fifties. These tales show O'Rourke's fictional heroes competing alongside such baseball greats as Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, and Leo Durocher while confronting the limitations of injury, age, and ambition. 2002. RC 55662. ## My Perfect Life. RC 55673. by Dyan Sheldon. read by Margaret Strom. 1 cassette. Ella has no interest in running for class president at her New Jersey high school. But her unconventional friend Lola, from _Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (RC 49701)_, persuades her to challenge rich and beautiful Carla in a nasty popularity race. For senior high readers. 2002. RC 55673. ## Feed. RC 55687. by M.T. Anderson. read by Christopher Walker. 1 cassette. In the future, most people have computer implants in their heads streaming information. Titus has had his since birth, while home-schooled Violet received hers later. When the "feed" is attacked by a hacker, Titus's system quickly recovers but Violet's continues to malfunction. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. National Book Award finalist. 2002. RC 55687. ## A Darker Justice. RC 55689. by Sallie Bissell. read by Annie Wauters. 2 cassettes. A secretive group of extremists is murdering federal judges, and investigators believe the next victim will be Irene Hannah. Judge Hannah refuses protection, so the FBI recruits Atlanta prosecutor Mary Crow to guard her former mentor. When a vicious assassin kidnaps Hannah, Crow goes on the offensive. Violence and strong language. 2002. RC 55689. ## Anna and the Duke. RC 55690. by Kathryn Smith. read by Anne Flosnik. 2 cassettes. London, 1818. Scottish landowner Ewan MacLaughlin becomes the Duke of Brahm when his estranged father dies. Arriving in England, Ewan meets his duplicitous half-brother, Richard, and his half-sister, Emily. Anna, Richard's fiancée, uncovers a plot to discredit Ewan and finds herself falling in love with him. For senior high readers. 2002. RC 55690. ## Bitter Sugar: A Lupe Solano Mystery. RC 55696. by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. read by Barbara Pinolini. 2 cassettes. Miami P.I. Lupe Solano agrees to help her father's best friend, Ramón Suarez, and his nephew, Alexander, investigate an unexpected offer for their family's confiscated sugar mills in Cuba. When Tío Ramón is arrested for Alexander's murder, Lupe becomes entangled in politics and greed. Violence and some strong language. 2001. RC 55696. ## Bookends. RC 55704. by Jane Green. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Londoners Josh, Catherine, and Si--who is gay--have been close friends since college. Catherine even opens a bookshop/café with Josh's wife, Lucy. When gorgeous Portia, a former untrustworthy friend from their school days, enters the picture, the group's relationships threaten to unravel. Strong language. 2001. RC 55704. ## Late Bloomer. RC 55755. by Fern Michaels. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Cady Jordan returns to Indigo Valley, Pennsylvania, where twenty years ago she was seriously injured in an accident and lost her memory. The mishap left one of her childhood friends dead--and Cady blamed. Now her friends are afraid she will remember what really happened. Strong language. Bestseller 2002. RC 55755. ## A Home for the Heart: The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister, Book 8. RC 55841. by Michael Phillips. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. 1865. Twenty-eight-year-old Corrie Belle Hollister continues her journal entries as she travels from Pennsylvania to California. She reminisces about her previous journey west with her mother and siblings thirteen years before and looks forward to marrying Christopher. Sequel to _Land of the Brave and the Free (RC 40215)_. 1994. RC 55841. ## ### _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_ Global Warming. RC 52744. by Burkhard Bilger. read by Gary Telles. 1 cassette. Explores the phenomenon of global warming, the impact of the greenhouse effect, the scientific controversy surrounding the theory, and related political and social issues. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1992. RC 52744. ## Holly, Reindeer, and Colored Lights: The Story of the Christmas Symbols. RC 53940. by Edna Barth. read by Ray DiZefalo. 1 cassette (Reissue). Traces Christmas traditions and symbols back to Christian, mythological, and pagan sources. Covers the star, the tree and its ornaments, the Yule log, Santa Claus, gift exchanging, food, and bells--all associated with this December holiday. For grades 4-7. 2000. RC 53940. ## The Prairie. RC 54622. by Alison Ormsby. read by Neil Berman. 1 cassette. Exploration of the prairies of central North America and their ecosystems. Studies the weather, temperature, and agriculture associated with them. Includes two science experiments. For grades 5-8. 1999. RC 54622. ## Ice Cream. RC 54632. by Elisha Cooper. read by Marilyn Gleason. 1 cassette. Explains step-by-step how milk is taken from cows and processed in a factory, where lots of things happen to it to produce a carton of flavored ice cream. For grades K-3. 2002. RC 54632. ## Playtime Rhymes for Little People. RC 54637. by Clare Beaton. read by Marilyn Gleason. 1 cassette. Collection of counting rhymes and well-loved childhood verses. Directions for motions accompany each selection. Includes "Here Are the Lady's Knives and Forks"; "Incy Wincy Spider"; "One Potato, Two Potato"; "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"; and "I'm a Little Teapot." For preschool-grade 2. 2001. RC 54637. ## Women Olympic Champions. RC 54640. by Nathan Aaseng. read by MaryBeth Wise. 1 cassette. Profiles the lives and struggles of seven outstanding female Olympic champions from various time periods, nations, and events: Sonja Henie, figure skating; Babe Didrikson, track and field; Fanny Blankers-Koen, running; Dawn Fraser, swimming; Lydia Skoblikova, speed-skating; Nadia Comaneci, gymnastics; and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, heptathlon. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 54640. ## Middle School: The Real Deal; from Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks. RC 54771. by Juliana Farrell and Beth Mayall. read by MaryBeth Wise. 1 cassette. Gives kids an idea of what to expect when they start middle school. Contains practical advice on homework, teachers, and such social situations as making new friends and joining clubs. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 54771. ## Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science. RC 54774. by John Fleischman. read by Gary Telles. 1 cassette. Examines an 1848 accident in which an explosion drove a thirteen-pound tamping rod through a railroad worker's skull. Recreates the event, recalls eyewitness accounts, and describes Gage's astonishing physical recovery accompanied by dramatic personality changes resulting from brain damage. Discusses this case's contribution to science. For grades 6- 9. 2002. RC 54774. ## The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours. RC 54779. by Jane Goodall. read by Celeste Lawson. 1 cassette. A pioneer in field research on African jungle chimpanzees discusses her discoveries about their behavior and ways of living and communicating. Includes information on chimpanzees in captivity and actions people can take to protect them. For grades 4-7. 2001. RC 54779. ## Smelling and Tasting. RC 55031. by Alvin Silverstein and others. read by Terence Aselford. 1 cassette. Explains the connection between taste and smell and the biological processes involved, comparing human abilities to those of animals. Discusses a variety of different smells and odors, and scientific inventions that have medical and social applications. For grades 5-8. 2002. RC 55031. ## Seeing. RC 55032. by Alvin Silverstein and others. read by Terence Aselford. 1 cassette. Explains the sense of vision and how humans see in color. Discusses the brain's role in perceiving objects, motion, and three-dimensional images. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55032. ## Touching and Feeling. RC 55033. by Alvin Silverstein and others. read by Nanette Savard. 1 cassette. Explains how the sense of touch functions and how it helps us learn about our surroundings. Examines the importance of touch to humans, plants, and animals, describing the sensations of pressure, pain, and temperature. Includes technological developments to provide feeling to artificial limbs. For grades 5-8. 2002. RC 55033. ## Hearing. RC 55034. by Alvin Silverstein and others. read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. Discusses the sense of hearing, explaining what sound is and how the body responds to it. Compares the human ability to hear to that of other animals. Describes the relationship between listening and speaking. Examines sonar technology and the various services it performs. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55034. ## Armored, Plated, and Bone-Headed Dinosaurs: The Ankylosaurs, Stegosaurs, and Pachycephalosaurs. RC 55081. by Thom Holmes and Laurie Holmes. read by Lewis Grenville. 1 cassette. Discusses what is known about these plant-eating dinosaurs who relied on heavily armored bodies, tail clubs and spikes, or rock-hard skulls to discourage opposition. Among other topics, it covers their evolution, geographic range, feeding habits, and special adaptations. For grades 5-8. 2002. RC 55081. ## Gigantic Long-Necked Plant-Eating Dinosaurs: The Prosauropods and Sauropods. RC 55082. by Thom Holmes and Laurie Holmes. read by Lewis Grenville. 1 cassette. Discusses general features of these two dinosaur groups, their similarities, and differences. The sauropods were the longest, tallest, and heaviest land animals ever to walk the Earth. Describes a blooper that misled scientists for over a century and the discovery of fossil dinosaur eggs in Argentina. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55082. ## Meat-Eating Dinosaurs: The Theropods. RC 55084. by Thom Holmes and Laurie Holmes. read by Lewis Grenville. 1 cassette. Discusses the characteristics of this "beast foot" group that spanned the entire age of dinosaurs--one hundred sixty million years. Describes what they looked like, how they hunted and devoured their prey, and how they evolved. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55084. ## The Kids' College Almanac: A First Look at College. RC 55191. by Barbara C. Greenfeld and Robert A. Weinstein. read by Patricia McDermott. 3 cassettes. Introductory guidelines for kids who are beginning to think about careers and higher education. Includes basic information to consider about community colleges, trade schools, and universities; the application process; what actually happens at college; and financial aspects. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001. RC 55191. ## Stories from the Bible. RC 55263. . read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. A selection of stories from the Old and New Testaments of the King James version of the Bible with a brief introduction to each section. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2000. RC 55263. ## Animal Aviators: Masters of Flight. RC 55293. by Eve Iversen. read by Kerry Cundiff. 1 cassette. Introduces animals that glide, soar, and fly--especially birds, insects, and bats. Explains how their bodies work for them on taking off, maneuvering in the air, and landing. Discusses migration as long-distance flight ability and presents a brief history of human air travel. For grades 5- 8. 2001. RC 55293. ## The Elephant Book: For the Elefriends Campaign. RC 55389. by Ian Redmond. read by Judith Ann Gantly. 1 cassette. The Elefriends organization presents facts and quotations about elephants to alert readers about the serious decrease in the world's elephant population. Details their physical characteristics, habitat, feeding patterns, social relationships, and why the herds are in decline. For grades 4-7. 1990. RC 55389. ## Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions about the Attacks on America. RC 55391. by Mitch Frank. read by Jake Williams. 1 cassette. Explains the historical and religious issues that motivated terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Includes information on Islam, the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden; the significance of the Middle East and Afghanistan; and the changes in America since the attacks. For grades 6-9. 2002. RC 55391. ## 911: The Book of Help. RC 55414. edited by Michael Cart. read by Margaret Strom. 1 cassette. A collection of essays, poems, and short fiction by authors of books for young adults in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Includes "A Candlelight Vigil at the Fireman's Monument," where Russell Freedman and his neighbors pray at a nearby landmark. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002. RC 55414. ## Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard? Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs. RC 55432. by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger. read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. Explores the world of dinosaurs, their size and shape, food, families, and theories about why they became extinct. For grades 3-6. 1998. RC 55432. ## This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. RC 55433. by Elizabeth Partridge. read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. Biography of Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), the Oklahoma singer, writer, and musician who composed more than three thousand songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including "This Land Is Your Land" and "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh." For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002. RC 55433. ## Why Do Volcanoes Blow Their Tops? Questions and Answers about Volcanoes and Earthquakes. RC 55435. by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger. read by Steven Carpenter. 1 cassette. Historical and scientific information about volcanoes and earthquakes--why, how, where, and when these natural disasters occur. For grades 3-6. 1999. RC 55435. ## B. Franklin, Printer. RC 55436. by David A. Adler. read by Bob Moore. 1 cassette. Biography of the Philadelphian whose political thoughts and writings influenced the founding of the United States. Discusses how he set up a library, a postal system, and fire and police departments to help his fellow citizens. Describes his scientific inventions and diplomatic service to the new republic. For grades 4-7. 2001. RC 55436. ## The Assassination of Malcolm X. RC 55597. by Allison Stark Draper. read by Bill Quinn. 1 cassette. Describes the murder of Malcolm X in 1965. Also discusses events that led up to the assassination of this leader of the Nation of Islam, also known as the Black Muslims. Includes the trial of his assailants and the political and social conditions of the time. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002. RC 55597. ## Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months. RC 55651. by Maurice Sendak. read by Terence Aselford. 1 cassette (Reissue). A rhyming nonsense tale describes the delights of eating chicken soup with rice during every month of the year. For preschool-grade 2. 1962. RC 55651. ## Langston Hughes. RC 55666. by Milton Meltzer. read by Bob Moore. 2 cassettes. Biography of a leading poet of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. Describes how Langston Hughes (1902-1967) devoted his life to writing about the African American experience in poetry and other forms--the short story, novel, play, song, musical comedy, opera, history, humor, and autobiography. For grades 6-9. 1997. RC 55666. ## One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship. RC 55672. by Mary Pope Osborne. read by Colleen Delany. 1 cassette. Overview of world's seven major religions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Introduces the origins, beliefs, sacred writings, major figures, and traditions of each faith. For grades 4-7. 1996. RC 55672. ## The Hospital. RC 55682. by Janine Amos. read by Michele Schaeffer. 1 cassette. Uses letters, stories, and informational text to explain what to expect during a visit to the hospital. Provides practical advice and encourages asking questions to prepare for a hospital stay. For grades K-3. 2002. RC 55682. ## ### _Cassettes Fiction_ Day of the Dragon King: Magic Tree House, Book 14. RC 54424. by Mary Pope Osborne. read by Gillian Green. 1 cassette. The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China. Their task is to find the earliest written form of an ancient legend--a bound book made of bamboo strips--before the evil Dragon King burns down the Imperial Library. For grades 2-4. 1998. RC 54424. ## Viking Ships at Sunrise: Magic Tree House, Book 15. RC 54425. by Mary Pope Osborne. read by Gillian Green. 1 cassette. Jack and Annie travel back more than a thousand years to ancient Ireland, where their search for a lost book takes them to a monastery. They meet Brother Patrick and also face a sea monster and a Viking raid. For grades 2-4. 1998. RC 54425. ## Tonight on the _Titanic_: Magic Tree House, Book 17. RC 54427. by Mary Pope Osborne. read by Gillian Green. 1 cassette. The magic tree house transports Annie and Jack to the deck of the _Titanic_, the supposedly unsinkable ship. They arrive right before the ship hits an iceberg. For grades 2- 4. 1999. RC 54427. ## Tigers at Twilight: Magic Tree House, Book 19. RC 54429. by Mary Pope Osborne. read by Gillian Green. 1 cassette. Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered animals. For grades 2-4. 1999. RC 54429. ## Breakout at the Bug Lab. RC 54623. by Ruth Horowitz. read by Gary Roan. 1 cassette. When a giant cockroach named Max escapes from their mother's bug laboratory, Leo and his brother need to find him before important visitors arrive. The boys receive help from a mysterious lady who advises them to think like a bug in order to catch one. For grades K-3. 2001. RC 54623. ## Harry by the Sea. RC 54752. by Gene Zion. read by Rick Wiseman. 1 cassette (Reissue). Harry the dog searches for one cool spot on a hot, sunny day at the beach and finds it when a crashing wave leaves him covered with cool, slimy, green seaweed. What Harry doesn't know is that it also makes him look like a sea monster. For preschool-grade 2. 1965. RC 54752. ## Don't You Know There's a War On?. RC 54773. by Avi. read by Bruce Nelson. 1 cassette. During World War II, fifth-grader Howie lives in Brooklyn, New York, while his father is fighting overseas. Howie and his friend Denny keep up with the battle news and fall in love with their teacher. they also try to keep her from being fired. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 54773. ## Lady Knight: Protector of the Small, Book 4. RC 55072. by Tamora Pierce. read by Lisette Lecat. 3 cassettes. When she became a knight, Kel hoped to be given a combat post. Instead she is named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Blayce. Sequel to _Squire (RC 52769)_. For grades 5-8. 2002. RC 55072. ## Zazoo. RC 55240. by Richard Mosher. read by Anne Flosnik. 2 cassettes. A thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan, Zazoo, loves her adoptive French grandfather, called Grand-Pierre, the only family she has. A mysterious boy on a bicycle, Marius, brings her budding romance and leads her to befriend the local pharmacist--who reveals her grandfather's difficult past. For grades 6-9. 2001. RC 55240. ## Counting Stars. RC 55291. by David Almond. read by Gary Tipton. 1 cassette. In a series of interconnected stories, a boy describes his life growing up in a Catholic family in the English urban district of Felling. In "Jonadab," the boy encounters two orphaned urchins who fantasize they are Native Americans to survive their brutal existence. For grades 6-9. 2000. RC 55291. ## All American Girl. RC 55299. by Meg Cabot. read by Erin Jones. 2 cassettes. While fifteen-year-old Samantha is ducking her art class, she tackles a man trying to shoot the president of the United States. She learns that David, a cute boy in the class, is the president's son--but her newfound popularity causes turmoil at school and at home. For grades 6-9. 2002. RC 55299. ## Freckle Juice. RC 55310. by Judy Blume. read by Terence Aselford. 1 cassette (Reissue). Andrew wishes he had freckles like his classmate Nicky. When Sharon overhears Andrew ask Nicky how he got his freckles, she offers to sell Andrew a secret recipe for freckle juice. But she wants five whole weeks of his allowance money. For grades 2-4. 1971. RC 55310. ## The Thief Lord. RC 55343. by Cornelia Funke. read by David Cutler. 2 cassettes. Orphan brothers Prosper, age twelve, and Bo (Boniface), age five, have run away from their cruel aunt and uncle in Hamburg to Venice--their mother's favorite city. They join a band of urchins led by a mysterious Thief Lord who steals to support them. And then the complications begin. For grades 5-8. 2000. RC 55343. ## Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast. RC 55360. retold by Robin McKinley. read by Erin Jones. 2 cassettes (Reissue). A courageous girl called Beauty gradually learns the meaning of love from an unlikely candidate, the Beast residing in an enchanted castle. An embellishment of the classic fairy tale. For grades 5-8. 1978. RC 55360. ## Double Fudge. RC 55372. by Judy Blume. read by Judith Ann Gantly. 1 cassette. Twelve-year-old Peter suffers some embarrassing moments because of Fudge, his five-year-old money-obsessed brother. The discovery of long-lost cousins, including a second "Fudge" from Hawaii, makes matters worse. Sequel to _Fudge- a-mania (RC 33199)_. For grades 4-7. 2002. RC 55372. ## The Hamster of the Baskervilles: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye. RC 55377. by Bruce Hale. read by L.J. Ganser. 1 cassette. Something is trashing the classrooms at Emerson Hicky Elementary School, and fourth-grade detective Chet Gecko sets out to find the creature that's responsible. For grades 3-6. 2002. RC 55377. ## Who Do You Love?. RC 55387. by Martin Waddell. read by Judith Ann Gantly. 1 cassette. At bedtime, a mother cat and her kitten, Holly, play their go-to-bed game. The mother asks "Who do you love?" Holly teases her by describing everyone she loves and her reasons for doing so, saving her mother for last. For preschool- grade 2. 1999. RC 55387. ## Sosu's Call. RC 55390. by Meshack Asare. read by Robin Miles. 1 cassette. Sosu and his dog, Fusa, warn the inhabitants of an African village of a threatening violent storm even though Sosu cannot use his legs to walk. The villagers show their appreciation with a special gift. For grades K-3. 2001. RC 55390. ## The Hunting of the Last Dragon. RC 55420. by Sherryl Jordan. read by David Cutler. 1 cassette. England, 1356. When the last fire-breathing dragon destroys Jude's family and village, Jude vows to slay the beast. The unlikely hero forms a bond with Jing-wei, a young Chinese noblewoman whose heritage gives her a knowledge of dragons. Together they search for the dragon's lair. For grades 6-9. 2002. RC 55420. ## Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way. RC 55431. by Donald J. Sobol. read by Christopher Walker. 1 cassette (Reissue). Encyclopedia Brown, brilliant fifth-grade amateur detective, solves ten cases for his police-chief father and the people of Idaville. For grades 3-6. 1972. RC 55431. ## Hoot. RC 55550. by Carl Hiaasen. read by Erik Sandvold. 2 cassettes. Middle school student Roy has just moved from Montana to south Florida. He befriends a boy named Mullet Fingers and his stepsister, who are trying to prevent a pancake-house chain from building a restaurant over a colony of burrowing owls. For grades 6-9. 2002. RC 55550. ## Goose Chase. RC 55565. by Patrice Kindl. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 1 cassette. Rather than marry a cruel king or a seemingly dim-witted prince, an enchanted goose girl endures imprisonment. Her twelve geese help her to escape the locked tower but not the pursuit of the prince. The goose girl has many misadventures before learning her true identity. For grades 6-9. 2001. RC 55565. ## Becky the Brave: A Story about Epilepsy. RC 55592. by Laurie Lears. read by Kristin Allison. 1 cassette. Sarah depends on her brave older sister Becky to walk her to school. But after Becky has an epileptic seizure in front of her classmates, she refuses to go to school. Sarah finds the courage to go alone and a way to help her sibling. For grades K-3. 2002. RC 55592. ## The Showdown: Left Behind--the Kids, Volume 13. RC 55599. by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. read by Jim Zeiger. 1 cassette. The death toll rises as the _Earthquake! (RC 55368)_ ends in this sequel. Victims--including Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan--struggle to reunite with family and friends. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55599. ## Judgment Day: Left Behind--the Kids, Volume 14. RC 55600. by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. read by Jim Zeiger. 1 cassette. The world continues to dig out from a destructive earthquake in this sequel to _The Showdown (RC 55599)_. Meanwhile Judd and Vicki search for a hiding place to avoid capture by the Global Community. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55600. ## Battling the Commander: Left Behind--the Kids, Volume 15. RC 55602. by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. read by Jim Zeiger. 1 cassette. In this sequel to _Judgment Day (RC 55600)_, the free members of the Young Trib Force are hiding from Commander Blancka and praying for their friends who remain in the clutches of the Global Community. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55602. ## Fire from Heaven: Left Behind--the Kids, Volume 16. RC 55603. by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. read by Jim Zeiger. 1 cassette. The Young Trib Force faces the next prophetic judgments in this sequel to _Battling the Commander (RC 55602)_. A huge meteor forces John to make a life-threatening decision on the Global Community ship _Peacekeeper One_. For grades 5-8. 2001. RC 55603. ## Little Rat Sets Sail. RC 55657. by Monika Bang-Campbell. read by Christopher Walker. 1 cassette. Little Rat's parents sign her up for sailing lessons even though she is afraid of water. But Buzzy Bear is a kind teacher, and during the summer Little Rat finds that she is braver than she thinks. Beginning chapter book. For grades K-3. 2002. RC 55657. ## Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. RC 56062. by J.K. Rowling. read by Erik Sandvold. 6 cassettes. The first part of the summer after his fourth year at Hogwarts--covered in _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (RC 50228)_--finds Harry back with the Dursleys, isolated in the Muggles' world. But that changes after he is attacked by Dementors. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2003. RC 56062. ## ### _Foreign Language Books_ The following cassette titles are available in the languages designated. _Spanish_ El Clan del Oso Cavernario (The Clan of the Cave Bear). RC 54959. por Jean M. Auel. leído por María Pino. 5 cassettes. Es la Edad de Hielo. Un terremoto destruye el tribu de Ayla, una niña de la raza Cro-Magnon. Más tarde, Ayla es adoptado por un clan Neandertal, y ellos llegan a aceptarla y quererla. Pero, muchas veces Ayla se ve desterrado violando los tabúes del clan, hasta que se da cuenta que tiene que dejar los Neandertales--una raza destinado a la extinción-- para buscar a su propria gente. Contiene descripciones de índole sexual. (After Ayla's people perish in an earthquake during the Ice Age, a beetle-browed Neanderthal clan adopts the young Cro-Magnon woman. She is banished several times for disregarding taboos and eventually realizes that she must leave the doomed group to seek out her own kind. Some explicit descriptions of sex.) 1991. RC 54959. ## La Ciudad de las Bestias (The City of the Beasts). RC 54960. por Isabel Allende. leído por María Pino. 2 cassettes. Alexander Cold, joven de quince años, tiene una abuela que es reportero, y tiene la oportunidad de acompañarla en una expedición a las Amazonas en busca de la legendaria Bestia de las Amazonas. Alexander y su nueva amiga Nadia emprenden una mágica aventura en la misteriosa y impenetrable selva. Para alumnos de escuela secundaria y lectores mayores. (Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his reporter- grandmother on an expedition to the Amazon to search for the legendary Yeti of the Amazon, known as "The Beast." Alexander and his new friend Nadia begin their magical adventure in the mysterious, impenetrable jungle. For senior high and older readers.) 2002. RC 54960. ## Vuelo del Cisne (Flight of the Swan). RC 54965. por Rosario Ferré. leído por María Pino. 2 cassettes. En 1917, una compañía de ballet rusa visita a Puerto Rico en gira artística y se encuentra varado en la isla a causa de la revolución rusa. Madame, la famosa e imperiosa dama de la compañía acaba enamorandose locamente de un revolucionario al que le dobla la edad, y la vida de las jóvenes bailarinas cambia completamente. (In 1917, a Russian ballet troupe tours Puerto Rico and is stranded there by the Russian Revolution. The leader of the troupe, known as Madame to her younger ballerinas, falls in love with a revolutionary zealot half her age, and the lives of all are dramatically transformed.) 2002. RC 54965. ## El Ejercicio y Su Salud (Exercise and Your Health). RC 54969. por Institutos Nacionales de Salud. leído por Juan Ramírez. 1 cassette. Esta guía--editado por el Instituto Nacional sobre el Envejecimiento--enfatiza que la gente puede beneficiarse hasta con niveles moderados de actividad física. Ofrece información sobre los tipos de ejercicios importantes para personas en la tercera edad, así como consejos para motivarse al ejercicio, para medir los beneficios del ejecicio y para conocer los beneficios de una nutrición saludable. (Exercise guide published by the National Institute on Aging emphasizes that even moderate levels of physical activity are beneficial to health. Describes types of exercise and gives tips for getting started, measuring effectiveness, and ensuring good nutrition.) 2001. RC 54969. ## El León, la Bruja, y el Ropero (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). RC 54964. por C.S. Lewis. leído por María Pino. 1 cassette. Cuatro chicos aventureros entran por la puerta de un ropero y llegan a la tierra de Narnia--un país esclavizado por el poder de la Bruja Blanca. Primera novela de "Las Crónicas de Narnia." Para grados 4 a 7. (Four children find their way through a huge wardrobe in an old house to the mysterious land of Narnia, which is suffering under the spell of the White Witch. First book in "The Chronicles of Narnia." For grades 4-7.) 2000. RC 54964. ## ### ### Talking Book Magazines Cassette For a free subscription to these magazines, contact your cooperating library. 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