Talking Book Topics, Vol. 63, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1997 Talking Book Topics November-December 1997 Volume 63, Number 6 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped _Talking Book Topics_ is published bimonthly in large-print, cassette, and disc formats and distributed free to blind and physically handicapped individuals who participate in the Library of Congress free reading program. It lists recorded books and magazines available through a network of cooperating libraries and covers news of developments and activities in library services. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including classics, biographies, gothics, mysteries, and how-to and self-help guides. To learn more about the wide range of books in the national collection, readers may order catalogs and subject bibliographies from cooperating libraries. Librarians can check other resources for titles and answer requests for special materials. To order books, contact your local cooperating library. Correspondence regarding editorial matters should be sent to: Publications and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542 Library of Congress, Washington 1997 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_ _Asimov's Science Fiction_ Magazine Offered on Cassette NLS is offering _Asimov's Science Fiction_ magazine on cassette rather than flexible disc in addition to the children's, young adult, and foreign-language audio magazines that were announced earlier this year. These magazines kick off a transition to the new format for all audio magazines. NLS plans to continue the transition in January 1999, changing another group of flexible-disc magazines to cassette. It is expected to take three to four years before all NLS recorded magazines will be available on cassette. The complete list of magazine titles appears in the Magazines section of this issue and includes information about the number of issues and format of each title. _Newsstand_ The following announcements may be of interest to readers. The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reserves the right to publish announcements selectively, as space permits. Items mentioned, however, are not part of the NLS program, and their listing does not imply endorsement. _Audio Book Club._ The AudioBook Exchange Club offers 600 commercially produced cassette book titles. An annual membership fee of $10 entitles customers to an unlimited number of tape rentals for $4.50 each plus shipping and handling. Members can also purchase titles at a discount off the retail price. For more information, contact AudioBook Exchange Club, 867 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002, telephone (201) 339-0330, fax (201) 339-2529, or Website http://members.aol.com/AudioBEC/ABEC.html _Disaster Preparedness._ A two-cassette audio booklet titled _Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities_ is available from the American Red Cross. The publication is designed to help people who have physical, visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities prepare for natural disasters and their consequences. It includes sections on understanding disasters, disaster supplies, making your home or office safer, and creating a personal support network. The audio cassette set costs $5 and can be purchased from local American Red Cross chapters. ### _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_ Bike Cult: The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles. RC 42160. by David B. Perry. read by Randy Wieck. 8 cassettes. Covers many aspects of bicycling, beginning with the history of the bike. Discusses the bike as a political tool; bike culture; cycle sports and recreational events; well-known bikers; requirements for top cycling performance; and the bicycle body, which includes the bicycle back and the bicycle face. Appendixes list clubs, champions, records, and more. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42160. ## God in All Worlds: An Anthology of Contemporary Spiritual Writing. RC 42214. edited by Lucinda Vardey. read by Christopher Hurt. 7 cassettes. The England-born Catholic, a successful businesswoman before illness led to her "spiritual awakening," presents "the finest wisdom" on religious experience composed between 1945 and 1995. Reflecting Eastern and Western faith perspectives, the texts by more than one hundred contributors are grouped by theme and arranged to follow "the spiritual journey of the soul in life." 1995. RC 42214. ## The Bront‰s. RC 42239. by Juliet Barker. read by Lisette Lecat. 10 cassettes. Barker draws on eleven years' research to compile this detailed, documented reinterpretation of the nineteenth-century family of writers. Contrasting her findings with conclusions of previous biographers, Barker presents the father, Patrick, as a sympathetic patriarch; brother Branwell as a talented, though tortured, poet; and authors Charlotte, Emily, and Anne as strong, not oppressed, women. 1994. RC 42239. ## Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic. RC 42240. by Hillary Johnson. read by Catherine Byers. 7 cassettes. Chronicles identification and research of chronic fatigue syndrome from 1984 through 1994. Reports of the puzzling medical condition were met with skepticism and even hostility, as shown in assigning it the nickname "Yuppie Flu." Tells how the disease affected patients' lives as well as what the reaction of the established medical community was toward sympathetic doctors. 1996. RC 42240. ## The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume 4, October 1882-June 1884. RC 42244. by Robert Louis Stevenson. read by Patrick Horgan. 3 cassettes. This volume of letters by both Stevenson and his wife, Fanny, reflects Stevenson's life and work while he resided in the south of France, where the family moved to find a healthful climate. Despite the severity of his chronic illness, Stevenson considered this the happiest period of his life and published _The Black Arrow (RC 23122)_, _Treasure Island (RC 18121)_, and other famous works. 1884. RC 42244. ## Learning to Use Microcomputer Applications: WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS. RC 42342. by Gary Shelly and others. read by John Richardson. 3 cassettes. An introductory textbook that offers step-by-step instructions. Addresses computers, software, networks, file management, and creating documents. 1995. RC 42342. ## When the Pentagon Was for Sale: Inside America's Biggest Defense Scandal. RC 42370. by Andy Pasztor. read by Ray Foushee. 4 cassettes. The _Wall Street Journal_ reporter who covered the Pentagon during the Reagan and Bush eras documents fraud spawned by indiscriminate defense spending. Basing his account on court documents, public records, and interviews, Pasztor reveals how officials rigged bids, shared classified documents with contractors, and demanded payoffs. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1995. RC 42370. ## The Steinway Saga: An American Dynasty. RC 42436. by D.W. Fostle. read by Jake Williams. 7 cassettes. Fostle sifts through correspondence, private papers and diaries, court documents, and financial records for his account of several generations of the Steinway family and the impact their piano firm had on American history. 1995. RC 42436. ## Disability and Culture. RC 42451. edited by Benedicte Ingstad and Susan Reynolds Whyte. read by Annie Wauters. 3 cassettes. Collection of scholarly essays examining the effects of culture on individuals with disabilities. Contributions are primarily reports on field research from many parts of the world, including third-world countries, conducted by anthropologists. The introduction explores the issue of a universal definition of disability. 1995. RC 42451. ## Monsters of the Sea. RC 42471. by Richard Ellis. read by Gary Telles. 4 cassettes. Ellis, a cryptozoologist who studies the reported existence of unknown creatures, provides an analysis of some of the terrifying "monsters" people throughout history have believed to live in the sea. Through further research, the unknown and unnamed "monsters" become such "familiar" creatures as octopuses, whales, manatees, and sharks. Ellis also discusses the need to protect and preserve the creatures of the sea. 1994. RC 42471. ## Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life. RC 42489. by John Mortimer. read by John Horton. 2 cassettes. The lawyer, writer, and creator of the Rumpole of the Bailey television series continues his memoirs and vignettes about his life and friends among the British middle class. 1994. Sequel to _Clinging to the Wreckage (RC 42488)_. RC 42489. ## The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph and Diversity, AD 200-1000. RC 42494. by Peter Brown. read by Corrie James. 3 cassettes. A history of the first thousand years of Christianity. Traces its rise from the last centuries of the Roman empire to the formation of western Christendom and its spread in diverse forms across Asia Minor and North Africa. Explains how Christianity became Europe's dominant political and cultural force by the year 1000. 1996. RC 42494. ## Pickett, Leader of the Charge: A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.. RC 42500. by Edward G. Longacre. read by Rick Rohan. 2 cassettes. A scholarly portrait of the leader of the famed suicidal charge at Gettysburg in 1863. Describes Pickett's life and exploits from his days at West Point through the Mexican and Civil Wars. Refutes some errors, stereotypes, and myths from earlier accounts of the maligned Confederate general. 1995. RC 42500. ## Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land. RC 42513. by Meron Benvenisti. read by Bob Moore. 2 cassettes. Drawing on his experience as a professor, columnist, deputy mayor of Jerusalem, and founder of the West Bank Database Project that records human-rights abuses, Benvenisti probes the interests of the Israelis and the Palestinians. He focuses on the 1990 Temple Mount killing of Palestinians by Israeli police and the 1993 Peace Accord and advocates a pluralistic Israel/Palestine over separate states. 1995. RC 42513. ## Battling for Peace: A Memoir. RC 42514. by Shimon Peres. read by Gregory Gorton. 3 cassettes. In this account, written before he became prime minister following the death of Yitzhak Rabin, Peres portrays himself as both victor and victim. Peres explains how he was influenced by David Ben-Gurion and became part of his cabinet and how from then on politics became a major part of his life, including a time as prime minister prior to Rabin. He also discusses his part in Israeli peace agreements. 1995. RC 42514. ## Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. RC 42535. by John Dittmer. read by Ilona Dulaski. 4 cassettes. The DePauw University professor who taught history at Tougaloo College, Mississippi, from 1967 to 1979 documents the work of grass-roots blacks for suffrage and integration. He details actions arranged through the Council of Federated Organizations, and the work of Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, and many others. Winner of the 1995 Bancroft Prize in American History. 1995. RC 42535. ## Women with Disabilities: Found Voices. RC 42574. edited by Mary E. Willmuth and Lillian Holcomb. read by Kerry Cundiff. 2 cassettes. An anthology of essays, most written by women with disabilities, documenting the adversity and abuse disabled women face. Conveys the feelings of isolation and exclusion they feel in a "disability-phobic culture" and calls for activism and coalition building as a proper response. 1993. RC 42574. ## The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time. RC 42578. by Jonathan Weiner. read by Butch Hoover. 3 cassettes. Discusses the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant, who spent more than twenty years in the Galapagos Islands researching Charles Darwin's finches to confront Darwin's notion of evolution as a time-suspended process. Weiner incorporates research from other scientists to assert that evolution is dynamic, involving constant, even observable, change. _L.A. Times_ Book Prize for Science and Technology. 1994. RC 42578. ## Events Leading Up to My Death: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Reporter. RC 42579. by Howard K. Smith. read by Lou Harpenau. 4 cassettes. Reminiscences of the noted journalist, from his rural Louisiana youth through his newspaper and TV careers. Smith was the last American reporter to escape wartime Berlin in 1941. By war's end he was a national figure, and he went on to cover the great events of the Cold War era. A detailed account of the man and his century. 1996. RC 42579. ## Immigration Policy. RC 42586. edited by Scott Barbour. read by Butch Hoover. 2 cassettes. An anthology of eighteen articles, half arguing for curtailing immigration and half advocating its continuation or expansion. The articles examine the cultural, moral, economic, and environmental factors at issue in the debate. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1995. RC 42586. ## United Nations: The First Fifty Years. RC 42590. by Stanley Meisler. read by John Richardson. 3 cassettes. Survey of the United Nations' (U.N.) first fifty years by a former foreign correspondent for the _Los Angeles Times_. Many of the chapters are organized around the emergencies faced by the U.N.: the 1956 Suez Crisis, the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam war, the peacekeeping effort in Somalia, and others. 1995. RC 42590. ## Beatrice Ojakangas' Great Holiday Baking Book. RC 42591. by Beatrice Ojakangas. read by Kerry Cundiff. 3 cassettes. Offers 250 recipes for savory and sweet baked treats to make holidays more memorable. While many of the recipes are for Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are also some for Labor Day, April Fools' Day, and other celebrations, some obscure. Includes historical backgrounds for the various observances. 1994. RC 42591. ## Getting Organized: The Easy Way to Put Your Life in Order; Updated and Revised. RC 42609. by Stephanie Winston. read by Patricia McDermott. 2 cassettes. Tells how to take control of paperwork, time, money, and space at home and at work. Looks at some personal reasons why life may become confused. This revision also describes home offices and working mothers in the 1990s. 1991. RC 42609. ## Wrestling with Angels: What the First Family of Genesis Teaches Us about Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality, and Personal Relationships. RC 42611. by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz. read by Janis Gray. 3 cassettes. Psychotherapist Rosenblatt explores the multigenerational saga of the Bible, focusing on Abraham and Sarah, to discover how the family's conflicts and spiritual vision reflect on the contemporary search for a purposeful life and spiritual identity. 1995. RC 42611. ## There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too. RC 42612. by Stanley Fish. read by John Richardson. 3 cassettes. In this series of essays, Fish examines the historical and political contexts of such issues as free speech, multiculturalism, family values, and affirmative action. Opposing the arguments of both the right and the left, he argues that the "essentials" of these issues cannot be isolated from their political circumstances. 1994. RC 42612. ## Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War. RC 42620. by Drew Gilpin Faust. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. This social history chronicles the challenges and changes faced by Southern women while their men were off fighting the Civil War. As these women took new roles as heads of farms and families, they began to reconsider assumptions about their own identities and the social order of the old South. 1996. RC 42620. ## Wings of Morning: The Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II. RC 42622. by Thomas Childers. read by Randy Atcher. 3 cassettes. Historian Childers writes of his uncle, Howard Goodner, who was killed in the last days of World War II. Using Goodner's daily letters home, letters of crewmates, and interviews with a surviving buddy and with German farmers who remember the crash, Childers details the fate of the young men of the B-24 _Black Cat_. 1995. RC 42622. ## Great One-Liners. RC 42627. by Gene Perret. read by Jack Fox. 1 cassette. Bob Hope's head comedy writer provides a collection of one-liners and their setups. Topics include education, family, traffic, fashion, football, and more. Includes jokes used by Woody Allen, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, and Rodney Dangerfield. 1992. RC 42627. ## The Monkey Wars. RC 42660. by Deborah Blum. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 3 cassettes. Examines the struggle between the animal-rights organizations and the scientific community over the use of primates for research. Offers chronologies of each camp, describing their respective values, aims, and activities. The final chapter suggests that people on both sides are becoming more willing to compromise. 1994. RC 42660. ## On Grief and Reason: Essays. RC 42661. by Joseph Brodsky. read by Jim Zeiger. 3 cassettes. The Russian-born former U.S. poet laureate and winner of the Nobel prize for literature offers twenty-one essays, speeches, and letters first published elsewhere. In the title essay, Brodsky analyzes Frost's poem "Home Burial." In "Collector's Item," prompted by a Russian postage stamp honoring spy Kim Philby, the poet reflects on aspects of espionage. 1995. RC 42661. ## A NonChurchgoer's Guide to the Bible. RC 42688. by Michael Gantt. read by Erik Sandvold. 2 cassettes. A nonsectarian overview of the Bible for persons who have an interest in "the Good Book" but little knowledge of it. Explains the structure of the Bible, reviews each of its books, and suggests how one might go about reading the bestselling book of all time. 1995. RC 42688. ## Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History. RC 42691. by Gerhard L. Weinberg. read by Jake Williams. 3 cassettes. Weinberg, who helped microfilm captured German records and has written numerous studies on World War II, documents Hitler's plans in starting the war. The German leadership, Weinberg asserts, intended to conquer Europe and the United States and to transform the world's population by systematically killing those they deemed "not worthy of life." 1995. RC 42691. ## Spyglass: An Autobiography. RC 42694. by H‚lŠne Deschamps. read by Yvonne Fair Tessler. 2 cassettes. The author was a teenager when France declared war on Germany during World War II. Deschamps tells how after France was occupied, she decided to fight the Nazis by joining the underground resistance movement. Her best friend soon followed, and over the years the girls' missions became more and more dangerous. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 42694. ## The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers. RC 42700. edited by Paul Stillwell. read by Jake Williams. 2 cassettes. Personal portraits of the thirteen sailors who in 1944 became the first African American officers in the U.S. Navy. Oral histories from the group's eight survivors recall their selection, officer training, service experiences, and later careers. 1993. RC 42700. ## The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult; a Meditation on Life, Spirit, Art, and the Making of the Film _The Color Purple_ Ten Years Later. RC 42702. by Alice Walker. read by Gail Nelson. 2 cassettes. The author reflects on the changes in her life as her bestselling book was made into a movie. Letters, essays, and her original screenplay reveal her struggles with her role as a public figure, criticism of her story, her mother's failing health, and her own illness. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1996. RC 42702. ## Mourning into Dancing. RC 42754. by Walter Wangerin. read by Brian Conn. 2 cassettes. Wangerin, a Lutheran pastor, looks at four concepts of death: primal fall or original sin, divisions that come between us and others, corporeal dying, and spiritual death. Through examples from his own life and from his inner-city ministry, he shows how grief can lead to healing and renewal. 1992. RC 42754. ## At Eighty-Two: A Journal. RC 42757. by May Sarton. read by Patricia McDermott. 2 cassettes. Final work by the prolific American poet and novelist. Sarton chronicles the last year of her life, reflecting on past literary successes; the rigors of aging; visits with friends and admirers; and life with her beloved cat, Pierrot. Throughout, Sarton deals with depression brought on as she ponders her mortality. 1996. RC 42757. ## Power and Illness: The Failure and Future of American Health Policy. RC 42759. by Daniel M. Fox. read by Butch Hoover. 2 cassettes. Argues that policies overemphasize research on and care for acute illnesses and neglect chronic, disabling conditions. Fox proposes reallocating resources for better results and discusses the changing views on health care and on the role of the patient. 1993. RC 42759. ## Informed Consent. RC 42761. by John A. Byrne. read by Kerry Cundiff. 2 cassettes. The account of a woman who believes her silicone breast implants caused her years of debilitating health problems. Her implants came from Dow Corning, where her husband was an executive. A story of personal tragedy and alleged corporate misconduct. 1996. RC 42761. ## Hiroshima in America: Fifty Years of Denial. RC 42765. by Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell. read by Butch Hoover. 3 cassettes. A psychology professor and an author draw on library research and interviews to argue that use of atomic bombs on Japanese cities was unjustified. They fault the secrecy surrounding atomic weapons and probe the psychological reasons for President Harry S Truman's decision to use the bomb. They also detail controversy over the Smithsonian Institution's 1995 _Enola Gay_ exhibit. 1995. RC 42765. ## The _Wall Street Journal National Business Employment Weekly_ Interviewing. RC 42769. by Arlene S. Hirsch. read by Patricia McDermott. 2 cassettes. Psychotherapist, career counselor, and outplace consultant Hirsch explains how to "remove some of the negative imagery from the interviewing process by developing better interview skills and attitudes." Her formula consists of getting to know yourself inside and out, researching employers most likely to want you, and presenting yourself as someone who can add value to the organization. 1994. RC 42769. ## The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared; the Early Years of the CIA. RC 42774. by Evan Thomas. read by Art Metzler. 3 cassettes. The _Newsweek_ editor and bureau chief, author of _The Wise Men (RC 25088)_, draws on interviews and on files, some still classified and used through special agreement with the CIA. He documents how spymasters Frank Wisner, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes, and Desmond FitzGerald engineered assassination plots and coups against foreign governments. Some violence and some strong language. 1995. RC 42774. ## Windows 95 Clear & Simple. RC 42777. by P.K. McBride. read by John Richardson. 1 cassette. An easy-to-follow guide to using Windows 95 for the experienced or beginning computer user. Explains setting up, window control, managing files, disk housekeeping, and other key aspects of the Windows 95 computer operating system. 1996. RC 42777. ## The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads, and Other Workplace Afflictions. RC 42822. by Scott Adams. read by Erik Sandvold. 2 cassettes. A humorous look at the workplace from the creator of the "Dilbert" cartoon strip. The Dilbert Principle is that "the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage--management." Bestseller 1996. RC 42822. ## City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World. RC 42825. by Witold Rybczynski. read by Bill Wallace. 2 cassettes. The architect and author of _Home: The Short Story of an Idea (RC 25168)_ discusses the design of U.S. cities. He notes the generous use of space, the penchant for a grid format, and the tendency to concentrate commercial activity in a defined area. He also addresses the 1950s urban renewal movement, the popularity of garden suburbs, and the rise of shopping malls. 1995. RC 42825. ## Mountain Lion: An Unnatural History of Pumas and People. RC 42826. by Chris Bolgiano. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Traces the mountain lion's "unnatural" interaction with human cultures in North America over hundreds of years. While the author's primary focus is on the big cat, she also offers insights into human society and the complexity of our own minds. 1995. RC 42826. ## This Is Not Your Father's Stockpicking Book: Profiting from the Investment Clues Found in Everyday Life. RC 42830. by Derrick Niederman. read by John Rayburn. 2 cassettes. Tells how to come up with investment ideas "by connecting familiar aspects of the everyday world with their not-so-familiar effects on public companies." Considers the five aspects of weather, television, presidential terms, fads, and advertising. Gives examples of past events that have influenced the stock market. 1995. RC 42830. ## The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School. RC 42832. by Neil Postman. read by Bill Wallace. 2 cassettes. A university professor argues that education in the 1990s is failing because its guiding purposes of consumership, technology, and economic utility are outmoded, and its new multiculturalism is divisive. Postman advocates substituting new concepts: spaceship Earth, intellectual humility, the American experiment, and the law of diversity. 1995. RC 42832. ## Disappearance: A Map; a Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes. RC 42833. by Sheila Nickerson. read by Jill Ferris. 2 cassettes. The Alaska poet reflects on the ways people have disappeared into her state's vast wilderness, beginning with a colleague whose plane vanished over glaciers in Alaska's "Bermuda Triangle." Includes many other accounts: notably those of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared in 1845 with 128 men and two ships, and of Louisiana congressman Hale Boggs, whose plane was lost in 1972. 1996. RC 42833. ## The Company of Wolves. RC 42837. by Peter Steinhart. read by Bill Wallace. 3 cassettes. Explores the relationship between humans and wolves. Steinhart shows that, like humans, wolves have calculating minds, live within highly developed social systems, claim and defend territories, use complex forms of communication, and are predators. The author draws from the experiences and views of people whose lives have been touched by wolves. 1995. RC 42837. ## I Lived to Tell It All. RC 42850. by George Jones. read by Chuck Benson. 3 cassettes. The rough-and-tumble life of a hard-living icon of country music. Follows George Jones through his hardscrabble early years in East Texas, growing fame, and difficult times to his clean-living sobriety. Jones admits that binge drinking, drugs, and violent behavior plagued his life and career. Strong language. 1996. RC 42850. ## Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. RC 42854. by Dave Foreman. read by Jim Zeiger. 2 cassettes. A defense of the principles upon which the Earth First! movement was founded: biocentrism, wilderness preservation, and monkeywrenching (environmental vandalism). Foreman decries the wanton destruction of the wilderness and advocates environmental radicalism. He describes and justifies monkeywrenching techniques. 1991. RC 42854. ## Aging and Old Age. RC 42863. by Richard A. Posner. read by Jake Williams. 3 cassettes. A law school lecturer offers a scholarly economic analysis of aspects of aging and their legal implications. Posner uses models, mathematical equations, and the concept of multiple selves--young and old--to explain his theories. He discusses behavioral changes in residence, driving, crime, suicide, sex, employment, voting, and jury service. 1995. RC 42863. ## Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. RC 42865. by Dorothy Allison. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 1 cassette. The author of _Bastard out of Carolina (RC 39353)_ tells of being a poor southern white girl worried about turning out like her unattractive female relatives and enduring her stepfather's sexual abuse. She also discusses her lesbianism. One of the two or three things she knows for sure is how long it takes to learn to love yourself. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42865. ## At Peace in the Light: The Further Adventures of a Reluctant Psychic Who Reveals the Secret of Your Spiritual Powers. RC 42868. by Dannion Brinkley. read by Erik Sandvold. 1 cassette. Brinkley tells how he adjusted to the psychic ability he acquired after his near-death experiences and found his life's mission in helping hospice patients face death. 1995. Sequel to _Saved by the Light (RC 38855)_. RC 42868. ## Living Faith. RC 42877. by Jimmy Carter. read by Lou Harpenau. 2 cassettes. The former president testifies on the influence of religious faith in his life. He recounts formative events of his past, including achievements and setbacks, and discusses how his Christian belief sustained and inspired him. 1996. RC 42877. ## Power to Burn: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business. RC 42899. by Stephen Singular. read by Kimberly Schraf. 2 cassettes. An unauthorized portrait of one of Hollywood's most successful agents and deal-makers. Traces his meteoric rise to power as head of the Creative Artists Agency, through his skillful brokering of the MCA/Universal Studio sale, to his selection as president of Disney Studios. Some strong language. Bestseller 1996. RC 42899. ## Red Azalea. RC 42930. by Anchee Min. read by Mary Kane. 2 cassettes. Autobiographical account of a young Chinese woman's experience during China's Cultural Revolution and the eventual collapse of the Maoist regime. Min recounts the years of communal hard labor, the humiliating process of working on propagandist films, and her clandestine affair with another woman. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1994. RC 42930. ## Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents: How to Help, How to Survive. RC 42931. by Claire Berman. read by Margaret Strom. 2 cassettes. A guide for children who care for aging parents. Offers advice on balancing the needs of parent and caregiver while protecting the physical and emotional health of the latter. Covers key areas such as sibling stress, communication, and the nursing home dilemma. 1996. RC 42931. ## A Call to Character: A Family Treasury of Stories, Poems, Plays, Proverbs, and Fables to Guide the Development of Values for You and Your Children. RC 42933. edited by Colin Greer and Herbert Kohl. read by Annie Wauters. 4 cassettes. Readings spanning four centuries and intended for families to share. Selections are grouped by values, such as courage, integrity, empathy, and idealism. Includes works by Milne, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Aesop, O. Henry, and Sitting Bull. 1995. RC 42933. ## The Dog Who Rescues Cats: The True Story of Ginny. RC 42935. by Philip Gonzalez and Leonore Fleischer. read by Gregory Gorton. 1 cassette. After a disabling accident, Gonzalez had lost interest in living. Then a friend suggested that he adopt a dog. Ginny, the abused pup that Gonzalez found at a shelter, was no ordinary dog, but one with a penchant for rescuing abandoned cats. With Ginny, Gonzalez has aided scores of injured felines and found a new sense of purpose in life. 1995. RC 42935. ## Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body. RC 42942. by Neal Barnard. read by Camille McCurty Ali. 3 cassettes. In this eight-step program, Dr. Barnard explains how certain foods can be used to counteract the negative effects of chemical reactions, like oxidation, in the body. He offers advice on coping with menopause, combatting impotence, and avoiding fat. He includes recipes and menus by Jennifer Raymond. 1995. RC 42942. ## Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry. RC 42952. edited by Bryce Milligan. read by Ilona Dulaski and others. 2 cassettes. Short stories and poems by the "godmothers" of Latina writing and later-generation authors describe the Latina experience. They relate being women in a _machismo_-oriented culture, living in a minority group in the United States, learning the power of language, and dealing with everyday life. 1995. RC 42952. ## How to Stay Alive as Long as You Live: Practical Guides for Christian Living. RC 42962. by Robert H. Spain. read by Gregory Gorton. 1 cassette. Spain, a bishop of the United Methodist Church, addresses ways in which individuals can learn to lead more meaningful, fulfilling lives. He suggests they accept themselves as persons of worth, develop a positive mental attitude, set priorities, handle detours, cope with worry and grief, learn to forgive, share their faith, and always remember that God resides within them. 1992. RC 42962. ## The Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death, Memoirs. RC 42970. by Jessamyn West. read by Michele Schaeffer. 1 cassette (Reissue). Writer tells how her Quaker mother, Grace, nursed her through tuberculosis after the sanatorium gave up on her. Grace taught both author Jessamyn and Jessamyn's sister, Carmen, to "say yes to the life in their lives" and yes to death when that life is over. After Grace's death, it is Jessamyn who helps Carmen deal with inoperable cancer. 1976. RC 42970. ## The Wilding of America: How Greed and Violence Are Eroding Our Nation's Character. RC 42973. by Charles Derber. read by Gary Telles. 2 cassettes. A grim view of American culture in the 1990s. Derber extends the term "wilding," meaning random street violence, to acts of antisocial behavior that pervade our social, economic, and political worlds. Offers proposals for restoring civil society. 1996. RC 42973. ## Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor. RC 42978. by Susan Haskins. read by Lisette Lecat. 5 cassettes. Scriptural exegesis, history, and art serve as the sources for this portrait of the renowned female saint and intimate of Jesus. Haskins demonstrates how through the ages the image of Mary Magdalen has merged with other biblical figures to become that of the penitent prostitute, a portrayal that epitomizes the subordinate role of women in the church and in society. Haskins reevaluates that concept. 1993. RC 42978. ## Mentoring: Confidence in Finding a Mentor and Becoming One. RC 42983. by Bobb Biehl. read by Ralph Lowenstein. 2 cassettes. A comprehensive guide to mentoring with explanations, instructions, and tributes from Christian leaders. Defines mentoring as the process of a mature person taking a protege "under the wing" for lifelong caring and support. 1996. RC 42983. ## Daisy Bates in the Desert. RC 42991. by Julia Blackburn. read by Patricia Kilgarriff. 2 cassettes. The British author creates a personal interpretation of the Irish-born writer who in 1913 at age fifty-four went to live in the deserts of Australia. Picking her way among Bates's prevarications, Blackburn sketches the eccentric's two marriages, her abandonment of her son, and her decades-long attachment to the Aborigines. 1994. RC 42991. ## A Touch of Innocence: Memoirs of Childhood. RC 42992. by Katherine Dunham. read by Robin Miles. 3 cassettes. Third-person autobiographical account of noted dancer and anthropologist covering the first eighteen years of her life. Dunham describes growing up in a midwest interracial family in the early twentieth century. She endures a difficult childhood at the hands of her angry and abusive father. 1959. RC 42992. ## Looking for the Lost: Journeys through a Vanishing Japan. RC 43005. by Alan Booth. read by Ed Blake. 3 cassettes. Booth travels on foot through three remote regions of Japan on a quest to discover the country's "geographic and spiritual heart." His trip takes him to the Tsugaru peninsula, the mountains of southern Kyushu, and the hills of Nagoya. 1995. Sequel to _The Roads to Sata (RC 26061)_ and the author's final book. RC 43005. ## The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber. RC 43022. by Nicholson Baker. read by Gordon Gould. 3 cassettes. Collection of essays from 1982-1996. Baker's writings reveal a broad range of interests and fascination with minutiae as he explores such topics as archaic punctuation, slang terminology, the evolution of the movie projector, and the short-sighted destruction of library card catalogs. Some strong language. 1996. RC 43022. ## Francis Drake: The Lives of a Hero. RC 43028. by John Cummins. read by Robert Blumenfeld. 3 cassettes. A portrait of the swashbuckling Elizabethan seafarer, who was the first to sail around the world and is considered largely responsible for defeating the Spanish Armada. Recounts Drake's naval battles, piratical escapades, stormy personal relationships, and declining fortunes. 1995. RC 43028. ## The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World. RC 43030. by Stefan Kanfer. read by Lewis Grenville. 3 cassettes. Kanfer, a journalist, discusses De Beers Consolidated Mines and describes how it sometimes uses a show of power to maintain its hold on the world's diamond industry and much of the gold industry. He focuses on the exploitation of blacks in South Africa and on the three men who have controlled the company since its founding in 1880--Cecil Rhodes, Ernest Oppenheimer, and "King" Harry Oppenheimer. Some violence. 1993. RC 43030. ## T.E. Lawrence. RC 43037. by Daniel Wolfe. read by George Holmes. 1 cassette. Recounts the adventurous life of T.E. Lawrence, or "Lawrence of Arabia." Traces his years as a youth in England, an archeologist in the Middle East, and a soldier who led Arab forces against the Turks in World War I. Depicts Lawrence's homosexuality. Violence and descriptions of sex. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1995. RC 43037. ## Last of the Free. RC 43038. by Gareth Patterson. read by Graeme Malcolm. 1 cassette. The author's account of his life and adventures with three orphaned lion cubs in the wild. In a casual style, Patterson describes how he resettled the cubs in a Botswana safe haven, where he helped them to stalk and hunt. He tells of the many lions and elephants lost to poachers, game hunters, and ranchers and his efforts to thwart these human predators. Depicts Patterson's commitment to wildlife. 1994. RC 43038. ## Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin. RC 43041. by Stephen Jay Gould. read by Butch Hoover. 2 cassettes. Asserts that trends cannot be interpreted in isolation, but should be seen in terms of a "full house" of general variation within an entire system. For example, in the evolution of life, it is diversity, rather than increasing complexity, that represents nature's standard of excellence. Bestseller 1996. RC 43041. ## Water Wars: The Fight to Control and Conserve Nature's Most Precious Resource. RC 43046. by Olga Cossi. read by Patricia McDermott. 1 cassette. Explains why, even though 71 percent of the planet is covered with water, fresh, clean water is an "endangered species." Discusses pollution, competition for water, and regulation of the resource. Includes water-saving tips, a glossary, and two case studies in the ongoing water wars. For junior and senior high readers. 1993. RC 43046. ## Heart: A Memoir. RC 43052. by Lance Morrow. read by Randy Wieck. 2 cassettes. Memoir of the author, journalist, and senior writer at _Time_ magazine. Having endured a heart attack and bypass surgery at the age of thirty-six, Morrow now finds himself repeating this very process at fifty-three. While recuperating, Morrow uses this time to ruminate--on his own inner rage, the impact of alcohol on his family's life, and his reaction to his excursions into Bosnia. Some strong language. 1995. RC 43052. ## Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness. RC 43062. by David Weeks and Jamie James. read by Gary Tipton. 2 cassettes. A neuropsychologist and a writer survey "odd" behavior from historical times to the twentieth century and draw conclusions about the relative health, happiness, and creativity of eccentrics. Examples include "Emperor Norton" of California; Johnny Appleseed; and Florence Foster Jenkins, whose awful singing packed recitals at the Ritz-Carlton. 1995. RC 43062. ## Breakthrough: The Race to Find the Breast Cancer Gene. RC 43064. by Kevin Davies and Michael White. read by Butch Hoover. 3 cassettes. An account of the international scientific effort that resulted in the isolation of the breast cancer gene, BRCA1, in 1994. Working from evidence linking heredity to the risk of breast cancer, researchers pinpointed the faulty gene and its precise location. Discusses some implications of these findings. 1996. RC 43064. ## A Touch of Wonder. RC 43073. by Arthur Gordon. read by Lou Harpenau. 2 cassettes (Reissue). The author encourages readers to learn the art of living by experiencing and appreciating the wonder in commonplace events. He also explores faith, awareness, wisdom, and self-discovery. 1974. RC 43073. ## The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism. RC 43101. by Stanley Cloud and Lynne Olson. read by Robert Sams. 4 cassettes. A narrative about the pioneers of broadcast journalism who were hired and nurtured by CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Describes the significance of their live coverage of World War II in shaping public opinion and in setting early standards for radio journalism. Traces the careers of "the Murrow Boys" over the following half century. 1996. RC 43101. ## Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America. RC 43127. by Roger Morris. read by John Rayburn. 4 cassettes. Examination of Bill and Hillary Clinton's rise to power. Morris details many of the controversies and scandals associated with the Clintons: the Whitewater investment deal, the handling of Vince Foster's suicide, and allegations of Bill Clinton's numerous infidelities and financial misdealings while still governor of Arkansas. Bestseller 1996. RC 43127. ## Drinking the Rain. RC 43134. by Alix Kates Shulman. read by Jill Ferris. 2 cassettes. The feminist author's account of her time living alone in an isolated cabin on the coast of Maine. She reflects on the changes in the women's movement, the crumbling of her marriage, and her disappointment about her reaction to aging. She gains a new perspective and strength while alone. 1995. RC 43134. ## Over the Hills: A Midlife Escape across America by Bicycle. RC 43144. by David Lamb. read by Bob Askey. 2 cassettes. Travelog of a middle-aged reporter's cross-country journey. Recounts the physical and mental challenges of solo bicycle travel and sketches towns and characters Lamb met en route. Weaves in vignettes about bicycle history. 1996. RC 43144. ## The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds. RC 43145. by Diane Ackerman. read by Mary Woods. 2 cassettes. A collection of six essays chronicling the author's journeys to the habitats of rare and endangered species. Ackerman's visits to the homes of Hawaiian monk seals, short-tailed albatrosses, golden lion tamarins, and other species are reported with her sense of adventure and wonder. She also discusses the consequences of allowing species to become extinct. 1995. RC 43145. ## Slouching towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline. RC 43177. by Robert H. Bork. read by Bob Moore. 3 cassettes. Accuses modern liberalism of deteriorating America's standards of behavior and social institutions. Traces America's cultural decline from the radical ideologies of the 1960s, which pervade society in the 1990s. Predicts a dire national future if this trend goes unchecked. Bestseller 1996. RC 43177. ## Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life. RC 43178. by Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey. read by Christopher Hurt. 1 cassette. Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer details ten steps he claims will increase metabolism and help shed excess weight. Winfrey describes her ongoing struggle with weight loss and her successes while training with Greene. Bestseller 1996. RC 43178. ## Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War. RC 43190. by Peter Maass. read by Ken Kliban. 3 cassettes. A reporter's impassioned account of the war in Bosnia, where an entire country is the battleground and everyone is a combatant. Describes Serb leaders as "manipulators" and indicts Western leaders as "appeasers" in this conflict. Strong language and violence. 1996. RC 43190. ## The Varnished Truth: Truth Telling and Deceiving in Ordinary Life. RC 43191. by David Nyberg. read by Gordon Gould. 2 cassettes. Challenges basic assumptions about truth and deception. Argues that deception is a normal attribute of human nature and necessary for personal mental health and social stability. Offers everyday examples of deceit as a necessary function. 1993. RC 43191. ## Urban Odyssey: A Multicultural History of Washington, D.C.. RC 43195. edited by Francine Curro Cary. read by Frank Coffee. 3 cassettes. Seventeen essays that trace the immigrant history of the nation's capital. Tells how every ethnic group, from the early Native Americans to the recent Koreans, has struggled to preserve its community network and cultural traditions. 1996. RC 43195. ## Animal Theology. RC 43197. by Andrew Linzey. read by Gordon Gould. 2 cassettes. Avers that the issue of moral justice for animals has been neglected by the theological world. Argues that Christian theology provides a basis for the ethical treatment of animals, and offers the Christ-given paradigm of "lordship manifest in service" as the proper model for human dominion over animals. 1994. RC 43197. ## Weight Watchers Quick Meals. RC 43229. by Weight Watchers International. read by Patricia McDermott. 3 cassettes. Menus for complete dinners that can be prepared in thirty minutes or less. Includes master staples and equipment lists and 250 recipes grouped as poultry; fish and seafood; meat; pasta, grains, and beans; and meatless meals. Each recipe lists nutritional information per serving, and each menu includes a preparation schedule for maximum efficiency. 1995. RC 43229. ## Driven to Distraction. RC 43288. by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey. read by Christopher Hurt. 2 cassettes. Two psychiatrists, both coping with attention deficit disorder (ADD) themselves, compare ADD to nearsightedness: the person with ADD--who is easily distracted, impulsive, and sometimes hyperactive--needs help in order to focus. The authors explore ADD's causes and offer tips for managing the condition. Includes case studies and a list of relevant organizations. 1994. RC 43288. ## Weight Watchers Success Every Day. RC 43289. by Weight Watchers Staff. read by Catherine Byers. 2 cassettes. Collection of 365 meditations for the "weight-loss journey" on such subjects as exercise, journal writing, emotions, cravings, time management, appearance, and attitude. Each daily meditation is accompanied by a quote from noted authors and others and by a tip on how to incorporate the advice. Bestseller 1996. RC 43289. ## The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons in Creating the Life You Want. RC 43290. by Deepak Chopra. read by George Holmes. 2 cassettes. Using the legend of Arthur, Chopra presents steps for spiritual transformation to being a free and loving person. Here, Merlin is the source of spiritual wisdom, and his stories guide the reader to perspectives fostering growth to find the wizard, or spiritual transformer, within. Bestseller 1995. RC 43290. ## A Simple Path. RC 43309. by Mother Teresa. read by Annie Wauters. 1 cassette. Tells how from an early age, Mother Teresa, born in 1910, felt a need to help others. Then in 1946, she received her second call that instructed her to "give up all and follow Jesus into the slums--to serve him in the poorest of the poor." Mother Teresa says she follows a simple path: "The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace." Bestseller 1995. RC 43309. ## The Choice. RC 43310. by Bob Woodward. read by Robert Sams. 4 cassettes. A political history tracing the preparations of candidates Clinton and Dole for the 1996 presidential election. Examines the personal and political relationships among key policy makers and provides inside views on the federal budget battles, the top-secret Bosnian strategy sessions, and the making of major campaign decisions. Strong language. Bestseller 1996. RC 43310. ## Waylon: An Autobiography. RC 43334. by Waylon Jennings. read by L.J. Ganser. 3 cassettes. A country music legend recalls the determination that led to his reputation as one of country music's "outlaws." He describes how he defied "Nashville sound" and forged his own blend of rock and country music. He also discusses his friendships with musicians Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996. RC 43334. ## Understanding Cub Scouts with Disabilities. RC 43346. by Boy Scouts of America. read by Christopher Hurt. 1 cassette. A guide for helping Cub Scout leaders incorporate boys with disabilities into the Cub Scouting program. Explains various types of disabilities and suggests particular adaptations of Cub Scout activities to increase participation, success, and enjoyment for boys with special needs. 1994. RC 43346. ## Beginnings and Blueprints. RC 43490. edited by Kenneth Jernigan. read by Ed Blake. 1 cassette. Nine accounts that give insight into how blind persons handle everyday situations. Jernigan explains how he reads blueprints, Marc Maurer tells of building a new porch roof with his two sighted children, and David Walker explains how he fishes alone. 1996. RC 43490. ## ### _Cassettes Fiction_ The Exodus: The Children of the Lion, Volume 10. RC 38498. by Peter Danielson. read by Patrick Horgan. 3 cassettes. The Teller of Tales continues his story of how the Shepherd Kings were driven out of Egypt, and of the defeat of the Nubian army by the Egyptians, led by Moses. Now he speaks about the Red Sea, upon which hang the destinies of the Egyptians and Hebrews, and of the Children's wanderings in a new land. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to _The Deliverer (RC 38497)_. 1989. RC 38498. ## Fires of Winter. RC 41831. by Johanna Lindsey. read by Anne Hancock. 3 cassettes. Lady Brenna of Wales hates the Vikings, and she cannot understand why her father has promised her to Garrick Haardrad, son of a Viking chieftain. But she loves her father and will do his bidding. However, when Garrick's father arrives to claim Brenna for his son, he comes with only vengeance on his mind. Some violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1980. RC 41831. ## _Playboy_ Stories: The Best of Forty Years of Short Fiction. RC 42199. edited by Alice K. Turner. read by Gary Roan. 5 cassettes. Collection of short stories that have appeared in _Playboy_ magazine. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, James Baldwin, John Cheever, Joyce Carol Oates, Nadine Gordimer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and many more. The preface states, "There is no 'formula' to _Playboy_ fiction--though we admit to a weakness for a good, strong story line." Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1994. RC 42199. ## Children of the Alley. RC 42356. by Naguib Mahfouz. read by Roy Avers. 3 cassettes. Originally written in 1959. The Nobel Prize-winning author spins a tale of the descendants of Gabalawi, a wealthy and powerful man. Outcasts of the family settle around the walls of the estate to form an "alley," which becomes the birthplace of Egypt. Outwardly, the story depicts the residents' struggles, weaknesses, successes, and failures. At a second level of meaning, it is an allegory of the spiritual history of humankind. Violence and some strong language. 1996. RC 42356. ## House on Fire. RC 42368. by Denis Hamill. read by Ray Foushee. 3 cassettes. Fireman Kevin Dempsey wooed his wife, Polly, after saving her from a fire. He buys a house for her birthday while she's on vacation, but she calls to say she and daughter, Zoe, are not returning--and that Zoe is not his biological child. While Kevin reels from the lab tests that prove his sterility, his older brother Frank, a cop suspended for stealing, sets out to find Polly. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1996. RC 42368. ## The Tunnel. RC 42472. by William H. Gass. read by Steven Carpenter. 6 cassettes. William Frederick Kohler, a midwestern professor in his fifties, has finished his life's work--a study called _Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany_. All Kohler has left to write is the preface. But as he attempts to do so, he finds himself writing the story of his own life, spent mostly either in a chair or digging a tunnel out of his basement. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42472. ## Collected Short Stories. RC 42527. by Aldous Huxley. read by Anne Flosnik. 3 cassettes. Twenty-one short stories originally published in 1957 reflect Huxley's penchant for mysticism and interest in social commentary. Includes "Happily Ever After," "The Death of Lully," "Sir Hercules," "Little Mexican," "Young Archimedes," "Chawdron," "Fairy Godmother," and "The Claxtons." 1957. RC 42527. ## Showdown at Centerpoint: Star Wars Corellian Trilogy, Book 3. RC 42546. by Roger MacBride Allen. read by Chuck Benson. 2 cassettes. As Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia fight to put down the revolt of the Human League in the Corellian sector, it becomes apparent that the rebels have weapons capable of incredible destruction at their disposal. And the worst of these is the infamous Starbuster, a weapon that can be programmed to annihilate entire solar systems. Sequel to _Assault at Selonia (RC 42545)_. 1995. RC 42546. ## Banking on Death: A John Putnam Thatcher Mystery. RC 42560. by Emma Lathen. read by Andy Chappell. 2 cassettes. What begins as a "nuisance trust" to New York banker John Putnam Thatcher becomes a murder investigation and much more. The Schneider family is difficult at best, but are some of them involved in the death of one of the heirs? 1961. RC 42560. ## The Yellowstone: Rivers West. RC 42563. by Win Blevins. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. The Great Northwest, 1840s. Robert Burns Maclean, known to all as Mac, has been trapping in the Shining Mountains with several other men. He feels at loose ends, but when he sees the Yellowstone, he realizes his destiny lies along its banks. He will start his own trading business and ask permission to marry Annemarie, a Cheyenne woman. But Mac has no money with which to begin his venture. Strong language and some violence. 1988. RC 42563. ## Battle Flag. RC 42564. by Bernard Cornwell. read by Roy Avers. 3 cassettes. Nate Starbuck, Bostonian turned Confederate officer, serves under Stonewall Jackson during the hectic summer of 1862. Overcoming both personal and military challenges, Nate distinguishes himself in a series of actions leading up to the climactic and bloody Second Battle of Manassas. Sequel to _Copperhead (RC 39191)_. 1995. RC 42564. ## The Powder River: Rivers West. RC 42576. by Win Blevins. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. Adam Smith Maclean, part Indian, who works as a doctor at an army fort to which Cheyenne people are being relocated, and Elaine, a teacher, have just gotten married. On the couple's wedding night, the Cheyenne decide they can no longer endure their treatment and must return to the Powder River, fifteen hundred miles north. Adam and Elaine feel they must go also, but army soldiers will not make it an easy trip. Some strong language and some violence. 1990. RC 42576. ## HMS _Cockerel_: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure. RC 42577. by Dewey Lambdin. read by Bruce Huntey. 3 cassettes. A domesticated Alan Lewrie is recalled to active service for England's war with revolutionary France. As first lieutenant aboard the HMS _Cockerel_, Alan is caught up in the bloody siege of Toulon, a brief capture by Napoleon Bonaparte, and a climactic sea battle. A fast-paced, bawdy story told with technical and historical detail. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42577. ## The Truest Pleasure. RC 42588. by Robert Morgan. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. North Carolina mountains, early twentieth century. Ginny Peace is seventeen when she attends her first Pentecostal revival and has an experience that causes religion to become a major force in her life. Ginny eventually meets and joins Tom Powell in a marriage of convenience: she needs someone to help her care for her father and their land, and Tom wants a farm of his own. But soon Ginny's faith becomes a problem for Tom. Some strong language. 1995. RC 42588. ## Animal Planet. RC 42598. by Scott Bradfield. read by Barry Bernson. 2 cassettes. A dark and incisive satire on corporate America and popular culture. Charlie the Crow roams the globe inciting an animal revolt against human domination. Though Charlie's own rebellion is quashed, it sets off a wildlife uprising that is soon exploited by opportunistic human marketers. Strong language. 1995. RC 42598. ## The Colorado: Rivers West. RC 42600. by Gary McCarthy. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. Isaac Beard works for his father-in-law in St. Louis until the day mountain man Jim Savage comes to town. Following a series of unfortunate incidents, Isaac and Jim set out for the Colorado Grand River, where they plan to become rich trapping beaver. It is more than a year before Isaac returns to St. Louis to claim his family. But things have changed, and it is a different family that makes a home along the Colorado. Strong language and some violence. 1989. RC 42600. ## Changing Seasons: 1954-1980. RC 42602. by Betty Palmer Nelson. read by Terry Hayes Sales. 3 cassettes. Evelyn Lanier met Ward Knight in high school and married him after college. As the years go by, the children arrive, Evelyn becomes restless, and the marriage breaks up. Only then does she begin to realize she must rely on the strength of previous generations of women in her family. Sequel to _Uncertain April (RC 39428)_. Some strong language. 1996. RC 42602. ## The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman. RC 42603. by Bruce Jay Friedman. read by Barry Bernson. 3 cassettes. This collection of short stories, originally published between 1953 and 1995, is divided into seven sections: "By Way of Introduction," "Crazed Youth," "Halcyon Days," "Mother," "Sex," "Death," and "The Family Man." Known for his black humor and satiric, surrealistic style, Friedman includes works previously uncollected or unpublished. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42603. ## _Ship Fever_ and Other Stories. RC 42607. by Andrea Barrett. read by Carole Jordan Stewart. 2 cassettes. Collection of eight short stories, many taking place in the historical past and within the context of scientific inquiry and discovery. The title piece, a novella set during Ireland's Great Famine, describes the existential adventure of a young Canadian doctor who tends to Irish immigrants suffering from typhus while he tries to impress the woman he loves. 1996. RC 42607. ## Bloodline. RC 42610. by Sidney Sheldon. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes (Reissue). When beautiful Elizabeth Roffe becomes heir to her father's international pharmaceutical empire, her decision not to sell the stock exposes her and the company to great danger. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1978. 1977. RC 42610. ## The Harry Chronicles. RC 42619. by Allan Pedrazas. read by Ray Foushee. 2 cassettes. With income from his Fort Lauderdale beach pub, Harry Rice finances his avocation as a private investigator. When Harry is hired to locate a stolen gun collection, he becomes embroiled in adultery, smuggling, and murder--for which he himself is a suspect. An elusive naked dancer and an iron-pumping mobster add color. Some strong language. 1995. RC 42619. ## St. Famous. RC 42621. by Jonathan Dee. read by Ray Foushee. 2 cassettes. While Paul Soloway is recuperating from having been kidnapped and beaten, he is courted by the media to tell his story. An unpublished novelist, Paul is loath to cash in on what he considers to be a cheesy story of random violence. When his agent finally discovers which buttons to push, Paul agrees to a lucrative book deal about his experience. Meanwhile Paul's captured abductor is contemplating his own claim to fame. Some strong language and some violence. 1996. RC 42621. ## Accounting for Murder: A John Putnam Thatcher Mystery. RC 42632. by Emma Lathen. read by Andy Chappell. 1 cassette. At first, Senior Vice President John Putnam Thatcher is acting only to protect the Sloan Guaranty Trust interests in the National Calculating Company (NCC). But when a renowned auditor reviewing the NCC books is murdered, Thatcher launches into an investigation of the sinister business. 1964. RC 42632. ## The House on the Lagoon. RC 42669. by Rosario Ferr‚. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 3 cassettes. In twentieth-century Puerto Rico, Isabel is writing a novel that depicts her marriage and the family history. Her husband, angered at her account, adds his version of events. The combined story reveals political conflicts, power struggles, racism, and sexism that pit family members against one another. 1995. RC 42669. ## The Dawn of Mercy: Winds of Change, Volume 1. RC 42677. by Michael R. Joens. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 3 cassettes. Already three generations of Hochreiters have kept the Montana ranch going, and Tyler, as first-born, is expected to follow in his father's footsteps. But Tyler knows that the family's gift for farming has gone to his brother Billy. Tyler wants to become a preacher. But will his father understand? 1996. RC 42677. ## Zia Summer. RC 42682. by Rudolfo Anaya. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 3 cassettes. The murder of his beautiful cousin haunts Sonny Baca, small-time private investigator. More than a sense of obligation to his Chicano family, his love for Gloria drives him to investigate what looks like a cult sacrifice of her life. The fears and undercurrents around the murder threaten to explode the usually peaceful Albuquerque, with its coexisting Hispanic, Anglo, and Native American cultures. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42682. ## Equation for Evil. RC 42683. by Philip Caputo. read by Chuck Benson. 4 cassettes. In California, Duane Boggs opens fire on a school bus full of Asian American children and then kills himself. Special agent Gabriel Chin is assigned to assist psychiatrist Leander Heartwood in performing a psychiatric autopsy on Boggs to determine if the slaying was driven by racism or something else. They soon realize the strong probability of a mastermind behind Boggs. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1996. RC 42683. ## Four Ways to Forgiveness. RC 42690. by Ursula K. Le Guin. read by Yvonne Fair Tessler. 2 cassettes. Four interconnected novellas that all take place on the twin planets Werel, a slave-owning oligarchy, and Yeowe, Werel's subjugated colony, which eventually rebels and wins independence. The protagonist of _A Woman's Liberation_ is a former slave, who escapes one kind of servitude only to discover its existence in another form. Some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42690. ## Hide and Seek. RC 42717. by James Patterson. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Singer Maggie Bradford has fame, two children, and a new husband named Will who is an actor and former soccer star. But Maggie, who once killed an abusive husband, suspects Will of sexually abusing her daughter. She confronts him and soon is on trial for murder. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 42717. ## Exclusive. RC 42718. by Sandra Brown. read by Yvonne Fair Tessler. 3 cassettes. Not known as an outstanding reporter, Barrie Travis is delighted when the first lady offers her an exclusive about her son's crib death. But the president's wife has more than simple grief on her mind, and soon Travis is investigating a complex plot. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 42718. ## A Broken Vessel: Julian Kestrel Mystery. RC 42753. by Kate Ross. read by James DeLotel. 2 cassettes. A nineteenth-century Cockney prostitute, Sally Stokes, pinches an anonymous letter written by a woman whose life is in danger. Julian Kestrel, a dandy and amateur sleuth, sets out with Sally to save the woman, but they must determine her identity and that of Sally's client. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1994. RC 42753. ## Conquerors' Pride. RC 42756. by Timothy Zahn. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. After a long period of interstellar peace, an eight-ship Peacekeeper task force is attacked and destroyed. When a high-ranking statesman discovers that his son is the sole survivor of the battle, he recruits Adam Quinn of the elite Copperheads to mobilize his team of fighter pilots for the rescue. 1994. RC 42756. ## Bearer of the Pipe. RC 42760. by Don Coldsmith. read by David Palmer. 2 cassettes. Dark Antelope, chief tracker and scout of Elk-Dog People, is borne a son, Wolf Pup. This "child of destiny" comes to discover his true calling: medicine man and bearer of the pipe, the Story Skins, and the sacred Spanish bit. However, before he can realize his destiny, Wolf Pup must undergo a dangerous vision quest into the wilderness. 1995. RC 42760. ## Choke. RC 42762. by Stuart Woods. read by Bruce Huntey. 2 cassettes. Former Wimbledon contender Chuck Chandler teaches tennis in Key West. His first clients are millionaire Harry Carras and his wife, Clare. Chuck's attraction to Clare makes him a murder suspect when Harry dies in a mysterious diving accident. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42762. ## Out of the Darkness. RC 42763. by Susan Kelly. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. Liz Connors is worried about her income when two of the magazines she writes crime columns for in Cambridge, Massachusetts, threaten to fold. Then noted crime writer Griffin Marcus asks her to help him with a book. Over the past few years, the bodies of women with multiple stab wounds in their chests have been found on the banks of a local river. Marcus wants to prove a man just captured is responsible. Strong language and some violence. 1992. RC 42763. ## Secret Admirer. RC 42764. by Patricia MacDonald. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. On New Year's Eve, children's book author and illustrator Laura Reed is in her sick son's room when she hears a loud noise. Knocked unconscious by an intruder, Laura awakens to find her husband dead and herself the prime suspect, especially in the eyes of her mother-in-law. When childhood acquaintance Ian Turner sails into the beach town, Laura is grateful for his friendship, even though it starts more hateful rumors. Strong language and some violence. 1995. RC 42764. ## Windy City Blues: V.I. Warshawski Stories. RC 42770. by Sara Paretsky. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. Collection of nine stories set in Chicago about the tough female private eye. In "Grace Notes," V.I. relates the history of her family as she tracks down her grandmother's past. Features several characters from other Warshawski mysteries. Some strong language and some violence. 1995. RC 42770. ## The Distinguished Guest. RC 42771. by Sue Miller. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. Activist author Lily Maynard, in her eighties, is in failing health and must live with her son's family until she moves into a retirement community. Her acclaimed memoirs have brought her notoriety but also revealed her family's pain, which they now must face. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42771. ## Carnal Hours. RC 42773. by Max Allan Collins. read by Bruce Huntey. 2 cassettes. The wealthy Sir Harry Oakes, ensconced in tax-free Nassau in 1943, hires Chicago sleuth Nate Heller to get the adulterous goods on his son-in-law. Harry is killed, and his daughter asks Nate to clear her husband of the murder charge. Nate runs into a web of political intrigue in the idyllic islands. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1994. RC 42773. ## Arachne. RC 42778. by Lisa Mason. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 2 cassettes. Far above the town of post-quake San Francisco, bionic professionals make instant psychic transactions in telespace. When hallucinations and blackouts threaten Carly Nolan's promising law career, she is pressured to undergo psychic surgery at the hands of a fiend who steals human souls. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1990. RC 42778. ## Walking West. RC 42779. by No‰lle Sickels. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. The tale of a grueling and parlous migration of families by covered wagon from Indiana to California in 1852. The story, told from a woman's point of view, is a chronicle of the seven-month journey related in "common little bits . . . the chores and smells and songs and aches." A story of human courage and commitment. Some descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42779. ## The Party at Jack's. RC 42780. by Thomas Wolfe. read by James DeLotel. 2 cassettes. Written in 1937. Wealthy stockbroker Fritz Jack and his Broadway-designer wife host a party for "the arty crowd" in their Park Avenue penthouse. When a fire breaks out, characters of disparate social levels are brought together, contrasting the worlds of the privileged and the depression have-nots. 1995. RC 42780. ## Home Fires. RC 42782. by Luanne Rice. read by Carole Jordan Stewart. 2 cassettes. After the death of her small daughter and the discovery of her husband's infidelity, Anne Davis returns to her family home on a New England island. When the house catches fire, Anne is rescued by a fireman who understands completely the pain she's experiencing. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 42782. ## Ghostlight. RC 42783. by Marion Zimmer Bradley. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 3 cassettes. Truth Jourdemayne lost her parents in 1969. Her mother died in an occult experiment, conducted by her father, which went wrong. Her father disappeared. Now, thirty years later, Truth is writing a book about him and wants to uncover the truth. She must also prevent a group from repeating the experiment. Some strong language. 1995. RC 42783. ## Lily White. RC 42799. by Susan Isaacs. read by Barbara Pinolini. 4 cassettes. Attorney Lily White (known as Lee) is defending a charming con man who moves from town to town seducing middle-aged women out of their money, and who is now accused of murdering his latest mark. In alternate passages, Lee reviews the shabby treatment in her own personal life. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 42799. ## Caliban's Hour. RC 42818. by Tad Williams. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 1 cassette. Driven by a lust for revenge, Caliban has escaped his island and come to Naples to slay Prospero, the duke of Milan. But Prospero is dead, and only his daughter, Miranda, lives to feel the brunt of Caliban's rage. He steals into her bedroom late at night, but before killing her, he will take an hour to tell her the story of his suffering and enslavement. A fantasy tale based on Shakespeare's _The Tempest_. 1994. RC 42818. ## Eye of the Storm. RC 42819. by Marcia Muller. read by Pam Ward. 2 cassettes. Private investigator Sharon McCone's sister Patsy is involved in fixing up a bed-and-breakfast on an island in the Sacramento delta. The construction is hampered by odd pranks, and Patsy wants Sharon to determine if they are related to a supposed curse on the island. Soon after Sharon meets Patsy's partners and staff, a murder occurs. During a raging storm on the island, Sharon must determine who is the killer. Strong language. 1988. RC 42819. ## Daring to Dream. RC 42829. by Nora Roberts. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. Laura Templeton, Kate Powell, and Margo Sullivan are raised as sisters. Laura and her brother Josh are heirs of the Templeton Hotel family. Kate is an orphaned cousin. Margo, the daughter of the housekeeper, becomes a world-famous model until her dreams are shattered. Prequel to _Holding the Dream (RC 44156)_. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 42829. ## Hard Christmas: A Cat Marsala Mystery. RC 42834. by Barbara D'Amato. read by Mary Woods. 2 cassettes. Researching a feature story on the Christmas-tree industry, Cat spends Thanksgiving with the DeGraaf family near Holland, Michigan. The beauty of the rural landscape and the clan's warm welcome mask growing tensions until someone puts a young farm worker through the tree baler. Some strong language and some violence. 1995. RC 42834. ## Passage to Dawn. RC 42835. by R.A. Salvatore. read by Erik Sandvold. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _Siege of Darkness (RC 40730)_, Drizzt and Cattie-brie alter their ship's course to rescue a friend who has been captured by Errtu, master of treachery. Since Drizzt banished Errtu to the Abyss, the evil one has longed for vengeance and freedom. Now, with the trap set, Errtu's dream is within reach. Bestseller 1996. RC 42835. ## Tales of Burning Love. RC 42836. by Louise Erdrich. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 3 cassettes. Jack Mauser, a passionate man, is the connection among four North Dakota women trapped in a blizzard. Four of his ex-wives share their unique tales of life with the lovable Jack. Characters from Erdrich's earlier works reappear in this wry novel. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 42836. ## Champagne for One: A Nero Wolfe Mystery. RC 42840. by Rex Stout. read by Jim Zeiger. 2 cassettes (Reissue). A murderer poisons only one of many glasses of champagne, and Nero Wolfe is called in to determine how. Some strong language. 1958. RC 42840. ## The Member-Guest. RC 42841. by Clint McCown. read by David Hartley-Margolin. 2 cassettes. Ten interrelated stories by a two-time American Fiction Award winner. Tales are linked to a second-rate country club, where a member-guest tournament sets the stage for characters whose lives are marked with a sense of frustration. Rod, the pro golfer turned manager, considers romance and a return to competition. Bev, the snack bar operator, cheats on her golf-cart-stealing husband. Some strong language. 1995. RC 42841. ## The Secret of Two Brothers. RC 42846. by Irene Beltr n Hern ndez. read by Jim Zeiger. 1 cassette. At twenty-one, Beaver Torres, in prison for a crime he didn't commit, is paroled. His parole officer points out that Beaver now has two strikes against him: his prison background and his abusive father. Beaver has no intention of returning to prison. Besides his overriding goal of shielding his little brother from the life Beaver led, he dreams of turning his prison-taught cooking skills into a career. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 42846. ## Doctors and Lawyers and Such. RC 42847. by Susan Rogers Cooper. read by Bob Askey. 2 cassettes. Newly elected Oklahoma sheriff Milt Kovak of _Other People's Houses (RC 34383)_ sees a rash of suicides in his usually quiet county. He is also investigating the murder of a celebrity and helping his wife, a polio survivor, cope with her pregnancy. Some strong language. 1995. RC 42847. ## King of Spades. RC 42855. by Frederick Manfred. read by Jim Zeiger. 2 cassettes (Reissue). Young Earl Ransom is found on the prairie with no memory of how he got there or who he is. Years later on the Dakota frontier, Earl confronts his identity and the conflicts of his past. A family saga set in the mid-nineteenth-century American West. Descriptions of sex. 1966. RC 42855. ## The Big Ballad Jamboree. RC 42856. by Donald Davidson. read by Jim Zeiger. 3 cassettes. In 1940s North Carolina, country music singer Danny MacGregor hopes to wed his childhood sweetheart, Cissy Timberlake. But Cissy goes to college to study folk music, and soon the two must contend with a thieving professor, bootleggers, and conflicts between their folk heritage and music as a business. 1996. RC 42856. ## I Will Fear No Evil. RC 42857. by Robert A. Heinlein. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 4 cassettes (Reissue). Aged Johann Sebastian Bach Smith has his brain transplanted into a new body. The operation is a huge success, but he is no longer Sebastian. He is now fused with the very vocal personality of his beautiful secretary Eunice. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1970. RC 42857. ## Tracks of the Hunter. RC 42859. by John Callahan. read by Bob Askey. 1 cassette. John Garrett's son sits in a Mexican jail waiting for a firing squad. Formerly part of an outlaw band, he faces charges including murder. But the Mexicans want the band's ringleaders and offer Garrett his son's life in exchange for the seven vicious killers. 1968. RC 42859. ## The Death of Bernadette Lefthand. RC 42860. by Ron Querry. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 2 cassettes. After performing native dances for a loving crowd, wearing a white deerskin dress she had carefully made, Bernadette is brutally murdered. Gracie, her younger sister, and Starr, a white model who employed Bernadette, reveal terrible events that have occurred in the Navajo and Jacarillo communities. Bernadette represents good in the struggle against the evils of alcohol and witchcraft. Strong language and violence. 1993. RC 42860. ## The Year the Horses Came: Earthsong Trilogy, Volume 1. RC 42879. by Mary Mackey. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 3 cassettes. In prehistoric Brittany, the earth goddess reigns over a people who honor women and the life-giving force. Young Marrah is shocked when Stavan, a stranger from an approaching tribe, tells of his warlike culture. They journey to warn others of invaders on horseback. Prequel to _The Horses at the Gate (RC 42880)_. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1993. RC 42879. ## The Rose without a Thorn. RC 42904. by Jean Plaidy. read by Margaret Strom. 2 cassettes. Young Katherine Howard, though impoverished, has noble connections that lead her to the sumptuous court of Henry VIII. As Henry tires of Anne of Cleves, the pretty Katherine is chosen as his fifth queen, a deadly proposition. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1993. RC 42904. ## Marling Hall: A Barsetshire Novel. RC 42906. by Angela Thirkell. read by Anne Flosnik. 2 cassettes. Mr. Marling, of Marling Hall, realizes he will probably never be able to hold onto his wonderful old estate and to pass it down to his children. World War II is bringing an end to so many things, but in the months prior to Pearl Harbor, the Marlings carry on as best they can in the face of rationing and changed living conditions. 1942. RC 42906. ## In a Glass House. RC 42929. by Nino Ricci. read by Peter Gil. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _The Book of Saints (RC 33390)_, Victor comes from Italy to live with his father and illegitimate sister in Canada. Victor's father hates the girl, and Victor becomes her protector. Amid family tensions, Victor struggles between the ways of the Old World and the New. Strong language. 1993. RC 42929. ## Louisa May Alcott's Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories. RC 42939. by Louisa May Alcott. read by Annie Wauters. 4 cassettes. Thirty-nine didactic tales spanning Alcott's entire literary career, including "The Frost King," "Ripple, the Water Spirit," "Little Gulliver," "A Strange Island," "Fairy Pinafores," "The Candy Country," "Cockyloo," and "Mermaids." First collection to include all of Alcott's fairy tales and fantasy stories from 1845-1888. 1992. RC 42939. ## A Fate Totally Worse than Death. RC 42945. by Paul Fleischman. read by Kimberly Schraf. 1 cassette. The Huns are a group of very rich students at Cliffside High School. Earlier, three Hun girls arranged the death of an outsider who tried to date a Hun. Now Helga, a new girl, is showing interest in a Hun boy. But as the girls make their plans for Helga, their bodies start aging rapidly. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 42945. ## Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs. RC 42949. by William T. Vollmann. read by Gregory Gorton. 2 cassettes. These short stories exploring the underside of American life are unified, in part, by the main character's recurring involvement with peculiar people in unusual situations. Prostitutes, pimps, parlor girls, and vagabonds pepper these "epitaphs." Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1991. RC 42949. ## Saying Grace. RC 42954. by Beth Gutcheon. read by Faith Potts. 2 cassettes. The Country School in Seven Springs, California, is run by headmistress Rue Shaw. Rue's daughter, who is heading to Juilliard, is a shining example of Rue's success. But troubled children and teachers disrupt the school, and Rue's own life begins to unravel. 1995. RC 42954. ## The Riders. RC 42995. by Tim Winton. read by Graeme Malcolm. 2 cassettes. After years of wandering around Europe, Australian Fred Scully, his wife, and their daughter decide to settle in rural Ireland. While Fred works on the house there, the others return to Australia to settle affairs. When his daughter comes back alone, Fred sets out on a desperate search for his wife. Strong language. 1994. RC 42995. ## Irene's Last Waltz. RC 42996. by Carole Nelson Douglas. read by Barbara Caruso. 3 cassettes. Irene Adler, who has matched wits with Sherlock Holmes before, meets him again as she probes sinister phenomena around the Bohemian court: an unconsummated royal marriage and the reappearance of the legendary monster Golem in the Prague ghetto. 1994. RC 42996. ## Dreams of Dead Women's Handbags: Collected Stories. RC 42998. by Shena Mackay. read by Patricia Kilgarriff. 3 cassettes. Thirty-one short stories written since 1974 by this British author who often tells of bizarre circumstances in the seemingly normal lives of her characters. In "The Most Beautiful Dress in the World," a weary housewife murders a meter reader after a morning of nonstop irritations. 1994. RC 42998. ## _A Book That Was Lost_ and Other Stories. RC 43007. by S.Y. Agnon. read by Robert Blumenfeld. 3 cassettes. Twenty-five short stories of modern Hebrew literature, some first-time English translations, from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Agnon chronicles the "lost world" of East European Jewry as well as traditional Jewish life in Poland and modern life in Israel in such pieces as "Buczacz," a mythical account of the founding of Agnon's hometown. 1995. RC 43007. ## Elizabeth and Her German Garden. RC 43013. by Elizabeth von Arnim. read by Yolande Bavan. 1 cassette. Elizabeth first sees her German garden when she and her husband leave Berlin and move to their family estate in the 1890s. There Elizabeth finds contentment and escape from her children and husband, the "Man of Wrath," as she watches the changing seasons in her beloved garden. Prequel to _The Solitary Summer (RC 43014)_. 1898. RC 43013. ## The Solitary Summer. RC 43014. by Elizabeth von Arnim. read by Yolande Bavan. 1 cassette. In this sequel to _Elizabeth and Her German Garden (RC 43013)_, Elizabeth discusses the summer she spent in near solitude enjoying her garden. She did occasionally have to contend with her husband, the "Man of Wrath," and her children. 1899. RC 43014. ## Blood Sympathy: A Joe Sixsmith Novel. RC 43015. by Reginald Hill. read by George Holmes. 2 cassettes. Joe Sixsmith, a black, balding, middle-aged, laid-off lathe operator, believes Luton, England, needs a private investigator. He has just set up shop with his feline partner when he is confronted by several clients: a man who claims to have killed his family, a woman whose husband is being held on suspicion of drug smuggling, and a neighbor whose shop is being visited by petty thieves. Some strong language. 1993. RC 43015. ## The Bad Samaritan: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Charlie Peace. RC 43021. by Robert Barnard. read by George Holmes. 2 cassettes. When vicar's wife Rosemary Sheffield realizes she has lost her faith, she takes a trip to the seashore to think it over. There she befriends a young Bosnian man, who follows her back home to the vicarage. Gossip that they are having an affair takes a back seat to a more serious charge. The Bosnian is suspected of killing an unlikable church member, and detective Charlie Peace is on the case. 1995. RC 43021. ## The Body in the Bog: A Faith Fairchild Mystery. RC 43024. by Katherine Hall Page. read by Barbara Caruso. 2 cassettes. When a developer proposes to build a housing subdivision on a New England bog, environmentalists are outraged. After verbal threats escalate to vandalism, arson, and murder, Faith Fairchild investigates and becomes a stalker's target. 1996. RC 43024. ## GoldenEye. RC 43033. by John Gardner. read by Graeme Malcolm. 1 cassette. James Bond faces Janus, a ruthless Russian gang that has transcended ideology in favor of money and power. Now that Janus has acquired GoldenEye, a high-tech space system that can destroy the West's financial markets, its nefarious goal is within reach unless 007 can outwit it. Violence and descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 43033. ## The Dharma Bums. RC 43036. by Jack Kerouac. read by Ed Blake. 2 cassettes. In 1955 two young men search for Truth the Zen way in their dissolute wanderings on America's West Coast. A story that celebrates the freedom of those who have opted out of conventional society. 1958. RC 43036. ## Penrod and Sam. RC 43040. by Booth Tarkington. read by Jack Fox. 2 cassettes. Penrod and his buddy Sam get involved in numerous childhood pranks. In the best of military traditions, they take "bonded pris'ners" in their battles. Penrod has a special tonic he sells at his "drug store." They refuse to dance with the girls at Amy Rennsdale's birthday party. And they buy a "stolen" horn. For high school and older readers. 1916. RC 43040. ## A Crown of Swords: The Wheel of Time, Book 7. RC 43043. by Robert Jordan. read by Roy Avers. 5 cassettes. In this sequel to _Lord of Chaos (RC 39661)_, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat attempt to disrupt the world's unending heatwave and restore natural weather through the use of ter'angreal. Meanwhile, Rand al'Thor--the Dragon Reborn--has a showdown with the fearsome Forsaken Sammael at Shadar Logoth, as Mashadar, the predatory mist, lurks nearby. Some violence. 1996. RC 43043. ## Himmelfarb. RC 43047. by Michael Krger. read by Andy Chappell. 1 cassette. In 1942, Richard, a German social scientist, travels to the Amazon with his assistant, Leo, to study its people. Richard disdains the natives, while Leo embraces their culture. When Leo falls ill, he leaves a brilliant manuscript to Richard, who returns home alone to publish it as his own. After fifty years Leo reappears to settle the score. 1994. RC 43047. ## Chief Joseph: War Chiefs. RC 43051. by Bill Dugan. read by John Polk. 2 cassettes. Fictionalized account of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War in 1877. When gold is discovered in the Columbia Basin, settlers are allowed by corrupt officials to encroach in the Nez Perce reservation. As Chief Joseph tries to flee to Canada and freedom, he confronts the U.S. Army aiming to stop his flight. A tragic war ensues. 1992. RC 43051. ## The Snake River: Rivers West. RC 43054. by Win Blevins. read by Roy Avers. 2 cassettes. Pacific Northwest, 1830s. Flare O'Flaherty is a trapper who seems down on his luck when Dr. Samuel Full asks him to lead a group of Christians to a mission on the Pacific Coast. Full doesn't like O'Flaherty's terms, but Miss Jewel, a missionary, convinces him. Along the way O'Flaherty faces many challenges, but the greatest are Miss Jewel and Sima, a young brave who is searching for his white father. Some strong language and some violence. 1992. RC 43054. ## Signals of Distress. RC 43074. by Jim Crace. read by David Palmer. 2 cassettes. In 1837 two ships arrive at remote Wherrytown on the English coast. One ship brings Aymer Smith with news that stands to devastate the local economy. The second is an American emigration ship run aground. The confluence of these visitors and the residents leads to conflicts over slavery, technology, religion, and culture. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 43074. ## Whistling in the Dark: True Stories and Other Fables. RC 43081. by George Garrett. read by Andy Chappell. 2 cassettes. A mix of personal stories and anecdotes that relate to life experiences of the author. While most concern events from his academic career and World War II, Garrett also offers some irreverent comments on his forbears from Civil War times. 1992. RC 43081. ## Who Brings Forth the Wind. RC 43099. by Lori Wick. read by Jill Ferris. 3 cassettes. Having grown up in the country, Stacy Daniels is hesitant to go to London. But at her family's urging, Stacy goes and is quickly caught up in the social season of 1853. A chance meeting with Lord Tanner Richardson soon brings happiness and then turmoil into her life. Sequel to _Wings of the Morning (RC 39528)_. 1994. RC 43099. ## Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc. RC 43108. by Nancy Garden. read by Gerry Kasarda. 2 cassettes. Gabrielle, who grew up with Jeannette d'Arc, tells of Jeannette's going to war to help the French recover their throne from the English. Gabrielle studied healing with her mother and is well prepared to serve as an army medic. But she is not prepared to see her friend burned at the stake. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 43108. ## How I Changed My Life. RC 43121. by Todd Strasser. read by Gregory Gorton. 1 cassette. In alternating chapters, high school students Bo and Kyle discuss a period of change in their lives. At loose ends after a knee injury, former football captain Kyle tries out for the school play. This displeases his girlfriend, Chloe, but delights Bo, the stage manager, who develops a crush on Kyle. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 43121. ## An Island like You: Stories of the Barrio. RC 43132. by Judith Ortiz Cofer. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 1 cassette. Stories about teens who blend two cultures in a Puerto Rican barrio in New Jersey. In "Bad Influence," Rita disobeys and is shipped to Puerto Rico to spend the summer with her rather odd grandparents. In "Arturo's Flight," after being teased about liking poetry, Arturo plans to run away. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1995. RC 43132. ## The Book of Knowledge. RC 43140. by Doris Grumbach. read by Martha Harmon Pardee. 2 cassettes. An idyllic summer leads four children to an anguished sexual awakening at a New York seaside resort in 1929. Their later lives are shattered by the depression, World War II, and personal tragedies. Yet, it is their stifled sexual needs that lead to their ultimate undoing. Descriptions of sex. 1995. RC 43140. ## The Doors Open. RC 43146. by Michael Gilbert. read by Jim Zeiger. 2 cassettes. Life before World War II had been good to Paddy Yeatman-Carter. And during the war, he commanded the finest regiment in the British army. But his peacetime life as a clerk is a dull one--until he happens to intervene in an attempted suicide. That single altruistic act plunges Paddy into a world of intrigue and peril. 1962. RC 43146. ## The Pumpkin Rollers. RC 43160. by Elmer Kelton. read by Bob Askey. 2 cassettes. With the Civil War over, young Trey McLean believes the time has come to head west and fulfill his dream of becoming a cattleman. Known at first as a pumpkin roller (a green farmboy with no knowledge of ranching), Trey soon learns, but not without some problems--and a little romance--along the way. Some strong language. 1996. RC 43160. ## The Third Twin. RC 43176. by Ken Follett. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 3 cassettes. A young woman scientist happens upon a genetic research project to produce the ideal soldier. She locates and becomes involved with one of the cloned men, who stands accused of a rape committed by his twin. Her research uncovers a vast conspiracy to genetically alter all of society. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43176. ## The Notebook. RC 43180. by Nicholas Sparks. read by Robert Sams. 1 cassette. An elderly man reads from a notebook to his wife, who has Alzheimer's disease. Gradually he unfolds the story of a couple who fell in love the summer after high school and were reunited by a fluke fourteen years later. But will his wife recognize her own story? Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43180. ## An Acceptable Time. RC 43198. by Madeleine L'Engle. read by Nona Pipes. 2 cassettes. In this companion to _A House like a Lotus (RC 23837)_, sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe visits her grandparents' farm in Connecticut and discovers a "time gate" that takes her back three thousand years. There she meets Anaral, a Native American girl; Karralys, a druid expelled from Britain; and Tav, a warrior who has accompanied Karralys. For junior and senior high readers. 1989. RC 43198. ## A High Wind in Jamaica. RC 43203. by Richard Hughes. read by Tom Martin. 2 cassettes (Reissue). An adventure fantasy first published in 1929. A hurricane razes the Thornton home in the West Indies and the children are sent to England. Word reaches the parents that the children have been captured by pirates. Some violence. 1928. RC 43203. ## As the Wolf Loves Winter. RC 43216. by David Poyer. read by Christopher Walker. 3 cassettes. In this sequel to _Winter in the Heart (RC 39035)_, the petroleum resources of Hemlock County are nearly depleted. When hunter "Racks" Halvorsen witnesses a murder in the woods, he follows the culprits to a field of illegal gas wells, where a kidnapped girl is held. Racks attempts to rescue the girl and escape through the icy forest. Violence and strong language. 1996. RC 43216. ## Ugly Ways. RC 43218. by Tina McElroy Ansa. read by Camille McCurty Ali. 2 cassettes. Three grown sisters return home for the funeral of their mother, Mudear. As the sisters reminisce, they discuss their own lives and fears, realizing how deeply they were affected by their mother's remoteness. In the process, each daughter comes to grips with her relationship to Mudear. Strong language. 1993. RC 43218. ## Moonlight Becomes You. RC 43231. by Mary Higgins Clark. read by Sharon Murray. 2 cassettes. In a terrifying opening scene, fashion photographer Maggie Holloway finds herself buried alive in a satin-lined coffin. The tale flashes back to Maggie's recent reunion with her long-ago stepmother, Nuala Moore. After Nuala is violently killed, Maggie links her death and others to a single person--who has the same designs on Maggie. Bestseller 1996. RC 43231. ## Married at Midnight. RC 43232. by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and others. read by Mitzi Friedlander. 2 cassettes. In this sequel to _Three Weddings and a Kiss (RC 41314)_, Woodiwiss and three different authors recount the stories of four more brides. In each account a young woman unexpectedly finds herself becoming a bride surprised by unforeseen love. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. Bestseller 1996. RC 43232. ## Out of Sight. RC 43239. by Elmore Leonard. read by Ray Foushee. 2 cassettes. While on a prison visit, deputy marshal Karen Sisco becomes locked in a car trunk with escaping felon Jack Foley. Later, as Foley is about to score a multimillion-dollar heist, he becomes romantically connected with Sisco, who is part of a federal stakeout. Strong language and violence. Bestseller 1996. RC 43239. ## The Burning Man. RC 43243. by Phillip Margolin. read by David Palmer. 2 cassettes. After botching a major case at his father's law firm, Peter Hall hopes to redeem himself as a small town's public defender. When he agrees to defend a retarded man in a murder case, Hale is forced to confront his own limitations and accept an awesome responsibility. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43243. ## Gods and Generals. RC 43292. by Jeff Shaara. read by Christopher Hurt. 4 cassettes. Shaara depicts the onset of the Civil War right up to the Battle of Gettysburg in this prequel to his father's _The Killer Angels (RC 8688)_. The story is told primarily through the lives of Stonewall Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee. Describes significant battles fought at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Bestseller 1996. RC 43292. ## To the Hilt. RC 43293. by Dick Francis. read by Graeme Malcolm. 2 cassettes. Alexander Kinloch would rather be in Scotland painting, but he is called home to London. His stepfather has had a heart attack after learning that large sums of money have been stolen from the family brewery. It is now up to Alexander to save the business, and his only hope seems to be a horse named Golden Malt. Some strong language. Bestseller 1996. RC 43293. ## Promises. RC 43294. by Belva Plain. read by Barbara Caruso. 3 cassettes. Adam Crane almost didn't marry Margaret, even though they had been engaged for some time. There was another woman, Randi, in his life. But they did marry, their lives have been happy, and they have raised three lovely children and Margaret's cousin, Nina. Then on a trip to New York, they run into Randi. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43294. ## Heartstone. RC 43295. by Phillip Margolin. read by L.J. Ganser. 2 cassettes. Richie Walters and Elaine Murray are high school students when they begin dating. The night they drive up to Lookout Park, Richie plans to ask Elaine to go steady with him. But someone else shows up, and suddenly Richie is dead and Elaine is missing. Now, years later, Willie Heartstone knows he is dying, and he wants to tell the truth about what happened that night. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1978. RC 43295. ## Servant of the Bones. RC 43298. by Anne Rice. read by Ken Kliban. 3 cassettes. Azriel is an educated and wealthy young man living as a captive Hebrew in ancient Babylon. Saved from death by evil priests and sorcerers, he is transformed into a supernatural spirit in human form to carry out their bidding. Azriel battles the dark forces as he embarks on a journey through time and ends up in 1990s Manhattan. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43298. ## The Fallen Man. RC 43319. by Tony Hillerman. read by Bob Askey. 2 cassettes. Retired Navajo policeman Joe Leaphorn joins his former partner Jim Chee in investigating the skeleton of a man found on a mountain ledge. Chee, who is also tracking cattle rustlers, follows a trail that sheds light on the fallen man and helps the two sleuths uncover the story of his tragic death. Bestseller 1996. RC 43319. ## Tarnished Gold. RC 43327. by V.C. Andrews. read by Mary Woods. 2 cassettes. Gabriel lives in the Louisiana swamp with her Cajun parents. Just before graduating from high school, she is raped by wealthy, married Octavious Tate. Pregnant, Gabriel reluctantly agrees to give the baby to the Tates. Later when Gabriel falls in love with an unhappily married man, she gets pregnant again. Prequel to _Hidden Jewel (RC 43329)_. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996. RC 43327. ## The Killing Floor. RC 43353. by Peter Turnbull. read by Graeme Malcolm. 2 cassettes. The grisly discovery of a headless, handless corpse sets the Glasgow police on a trail of clues and conspiracies involving murder, blackmail, and corruption. The investigation uncovers a thirty-year-old fraud that could shake the city to its foundations. A story that uses descriptions of police and forensic procedures. 1994. RC 43353. ## Tularosa. RC 43385. by Michael McGarrity. read by Gregory Gorton. 2 cassettes. Retired Santa Fe detective Kevin Kerney goes back into action when his former partner's soldier-son disappears. Kerney joins forces with comely army investigator Sara Brannon in the search and makes a tragic discovery that sets them on a perilous trail of smuggling, treason, and murder. Strong language and violence. 1996. RC 43385. ## The Christmas Tree. RC 43548. by Julie Salamon. read by Brian Conn. 1 cassette. Inspired by the New Jersey nuns who in 1995 donated a large Norway spruce to Rockefeller Center for its official Christmas tree. The Center's chief gardener tells this tale of his yearly search for the perfect Christmas tree and of what happens when the one he wants is the best friend of an elderly nun. Bestseller 1996. RC 43548. ## The Last Thing He Wanted. RC 43551. by Joan Didion. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 1 cassette. _Washington Post_ reporter Elena McMahon receives a distress call from her father, a dealer in illegal weapons. His dying request is that she deliver a shipment of arms to the contras in Costa Rica. Soon Elena discovers that she is the dupe in an intrigue plotted by her own government. She must take extreme measures to survive. Strong language. 1996. RC 43551. ## The Christmas Box. RC 43556. by Richard Paul Evans. read by Barry Bernson. 1 cassette. Richard and Keri Evans and their four-year-old daughter, Jenna, are living in a cramped one-room apartment when a unique opportunity arises. MaryAnne Parkin, an elderly woman with a large home, is looking for a live-in couple who can cook and do light housekeeping. And children are welcome. As the four become a family, Richard, who is starting his own business, learns a valuable lesson from MaryAnne and her Christmas box. Bestseller 1993. RC 43556. ## ### _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_ Charles Darwin: Naturalist. RC 42606. by Margaret J. Anderson. read by Brian Conn. 1 cassette. Recounts the life of Charles Darwin, who was born in England in 1809. As a young man he got a job as a naturalist with a ship captain who was to map the coast of South America. This five-year trip helped form Darwin's theory of evolution, which he discussed in his controversial book _The Origin of Species_. For grades 4-7. 1994. RC 42606. ## Where the Flame Trees Bloom. RC 42823. by Alma Flor Ada. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 1 cassette. Children's book author tells of growing up in Cuba with her extended family. She has picked stories from those "hanging in the branches of the trees of [her] childhood." Alma's blind great-grandmother Mina, who sold or gave handmade dolls to neighbors and gave gifts to her relatives according to their wealth and needs, managed to keep things in balance even though she never learned mathematics. For grades 3-6. 1994. RC 42823. ## A Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets. RC 43026. edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. read by Robin Miles. 1 cassette. Collection of more than fifty poems from a "Caribbean dozen" of thirteen poets. The verses cover local themes such as market day, the coming of a hurricane, the shining sun, and a cat who can fly. Each poet offers a glimpse into a tropical childhood, and a brief biography is included for each. For grades 2-4. 1994. RC 43026. ## Hilde and Eli: Children of the Holocaust. RC 43044. by David A. Adler. read by Janis Gray. 1 cassette. Hilde was the daughter of a German shop owner and Eli was the son of a Czechoslovakian rabbi. Using information from surviving family members, the author describes how the lives of Hilde and Eli were affected by Hitler's coming to power in 1933. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1994. RC 43044. ## Why Do Leaves Change Color?. RC 43090. by Betsy Maestro. read by Patricia McDermott. 1 cassette. Explains how leaves begin to change color in the fall, as the days grow shorter and the leaves get less sunlight to keep them green. For grades 2-4. 1994. RC 43090. ## Dance with Me. RC 43151. by Barbara Juster Esbensen. read by Pam Ward. 1 cassette. Poems that celebrate the dance-like aspects of the wind, gardening, babies, lightning, basketball, and more. "A soft plunk! / a slam dunk / and light / as a thistle / you land." For grades 2-4. National Council of Teachers of English Award. 1995. RC 43151. ## Out of the Ark: Stories from the World's Religions. RC 43201. by Anita Ganeri. read by Suzanne Toren. 1 cassette. Collection of stories comparing the diverse ways seven religions look at topics such as the Creation, the Flood, animals, and the lives of religious leaders. Contains information on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, and Sikhism. For grades 3-6. 1994. RC 43201. ## The Korean War: "The Forgotten War". RC 43354. by R. Conrad Stein. read by Ed Blake. 1 cassette. A chronology of events and battles of the 1950-1953 Korean War, tracing the desperate American defense of Pusan, the daring invasion at Inchon, and the final stalemate at the thirty-eighth parallel. Describes the conflict as a "forgotten war" that lacked broad interest and support among Americans. For grades 6-9. 1994. RC 43354. ## Date Rape. RC 43364. by Alexandra Bandon. read by Catherine Byers. 1 cassette. Discusses the phenomenon of date rape, explaining when it can occur, how to avoid it, and where victims can seek help. First-person accounts and famous cases are presented as examples. For grades 6-9. 1994. RC 43364. ## The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead. RC 43424. by Donna M. Jackson. read by Erik Sandvold. 1 cassette. Follows a forensic anthropologist through his investigation of mysterious bones found at a Boy Scout camp. Proceeds step-by-step in developing a physical profile of the victim, analyzing fibers and other material found at the scene, and combining all of the evidence to solve the murder. For grades 4-7. 1996. RC 43424. ## ### _Cassettes Fiction_ Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears. RC 40958. by Cynthia Rylant. read by Marilyn Gleason. 1 cassette. Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, love the fall. There are lots of juicy things growing in Mr. Putter's backyard--juicy apples, juicy tomatoes, and most of all juicy pears. Mr. Putter is looking forward to having some pear jelly, but when he tries to get the pears out of the tree, he has some big problems. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 40958. ## The Trespassers. RC 42585. by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. read by Lisa Kiava. 1 cassette. Neely Bradford, eleven, and her eight-year-old brother, Grub, often visit deserted Halcyon House and play with the guard dog, who is a pushover for Grub. One day they find an open window and begin to explore inside the house, which seems to be haunted by the spirit of a young girl. For grades 3-6. 1995. RC 42585. ## Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10. RC 42605. by Judy Finchler. read by Gary Tipton. 1 cassette. The first-grader who tells this tale is convinced that his teacher lives at school all the time. She eats in the cafeteria and sleeps in the Teacher's Room. But he gets a surprise when a moving van pulls up outside his apartment building. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 42605. ## The Unbeatable Bread. RC 42625. by Lyn Littlefield Hoopes. read by John Polk. 1 cassette. A man wakes up one morning and declares he is going to bake a bread that will wake the world from winter's sleep. Although his wife complains that he has already baked too much and that there will be no one to eat the creation, he begins mixing dough for his unbeatable, undefeatable bread. For preschool-grade 2. 1996. RC 42625. ## An Even Break. RC 42626. by Sid Hite. read by Gary Tipton. 1 cassette. Frisk, twelve, lives with his mother in the tiny town of Wilma. Frisk's parents separated before he was born, and his mother works as a grocery clerk while trying to save enough money to buy a house. To help out, Frisk lands a job working at a billiards hall where he gets the added bonus of learning to shoot pool from an expert. For grades 5-8. 1995. RC 42626. ## The King's Shadow. RC 42689. by Elizabeth Alder. read by Erik Sandvold. 2 cassettes. As a young lad in 1063, Evyn has his tongue cut off and is sold into slavery to the mistress of Harold Godwinson, the Saxon earl of Wessex. Yet Evyn, nicknamed the Shadow, rises to importance and becomes squire to Godwinson, who for a brief time is king of England. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 1995. RC 42689. ## Diving for the Moon. RC 42736. by Lee F. Bantle. read by Laura Giannarelli. 1 cassette. Carolina realizes how important friendship is when her best friend, Josh, learns he has become infected with the HIV virus from a blood transfusion. The summer before junior high is filled with other events that help Carolina as she grows up. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 42736. ## Holding onto Sunday. RC 42767. by Kathryn O. Galbraith. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 1 cassette. Jemma waits all week for Sunday to come. That is when her father has the day off and spends it with her. This week it is raining, and they go to the museum to see the dinosaurs. After dinner with Grandma back at home, Jemma tells her father some special news. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 42767. ## Gina. RC 42817. by Bernard Waber. read by Pam Ward. 1 cassette. When Gina moves to a new apartment in Queens, New York, she looks forward to making new friends. But there is a big problem: there are no girls Gina's age, and the boys don't want to play with a girl. That is, until Gina shows them she can throw a ball. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 42817. ## The View from the Cherry Tree. RC 42831. by Willo Davis Roberts. read by Erik Sandvold. 1 cassette (Reissue). Rob Mallory spends a lot of time in his family's cherry tree, especially now that his sister Darcy's wedding is drawing near. The tree overlooks the home of their hateful neighbor Mrs. Calloway, who is constantly complaining about Rob and his cat. The day before the wedding, Rob is shocked to see Mrs. Calloway get pushed out of her window. But no one will believe that her death wasn't an accident. For grades 5-8. 1975. RC 42831. ## Fig Pudding. RC 42839. by Ralph Fletcher. read by Jamie Horton. 1 cassette. Cliff is the oldest of the six Abernathy children. His mom says the family always overdoes everything, but the year Cliff describes in this book is "like five years crammed into one." He starts with December when toddler Josh is very sick in the hospital and all he wants for Christmas is a mysterious "yidda yadda." By the next year's end, recovered Josh accidentally steps in the fig pudding his father made for a party. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 42839. ## Bed-Knob and Broomstick. RC 42845. by Mary Norton. read by Jill Ferris. 1 cassette (Reissue). The three Wilson children are delighted to discover Miss Price, a lonely spinster and student witch who rides a broomstick, though somewhat uncertainly. In exchange for the children's keeping quiet about her witch activities, Miss Price casts a spell that creates a magical flying bed. A combined edition of "The Magic Bed-Knob" and "Bonfires and Broomsticks." For grades 3-6. 1957. RC 42845. ## The Proving Ground. RC 42852. by Elaine Marie Alphin. read by Erik Sandvold. 1 cassette. When Kevin Spencer's father is assigned command of a U.S. Army proving ground, Kevin experiences the resentment that local people hold for the military. Kevin develops a crush on a local girl, comes to understand her antimilitary sentiments, and uncovers a plot to sabotage the army base. The situation becomes Kevin's own personal "proving ground." For grades 5-8. 1992. RC 42852. ## Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses. RC 42858. by Eileen Spinelli. read by Pam Ward. 1 cassette. Eight-year-old Heather is greeted in her new neighborhood by a very rude Lizzie Logan. Heather is not sure she wants to be friends with the brash girl, but Lizzie is a character who has an intriguing side. For grades 2-5. 1995. RC 42858. ## The Sleeping Lady. RC 42902. retold by Ann Dixon. read by Mary Kane. 1 cassette. If you look across Cook Inlet in Anchorage, Alaska, you can see Mount Susitna, also known as the Sleeping Lady. Dixon tells the story of the mountain's nickname and also why a place that used to be covered with trees and flowers is now covered with snow most of the year. For grades 3-6. 1994. RC 42902. ## Adeline Street. RC 42909. by Carol Lynch Williams. read by Carol Dines. 1 cassette. In this sequel to _Kelly and Me (RC 42908)_, Leah mourns her sister and best friend, Kelly, who died of an aneurysm. Upset that her family won't cancel Christmas, Leah finds a way to celebrate that she knows would meet Kelly's approval. As the year goes on, Leah also struggles to understand other aspects of life. Some violence. For grades 3-6. 1995. RC 42909. ## Owl Moon. RC 42932. by Jane Yolen. read by Mary Kane. 1 cassette. On a cold winter's night, under a bright full moon, a young girl and her father trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. For preschool-grade 2. Caldecott Medal. 1987. RC 42932. ## I Found Mouse. RC 42947. by Pamela D. Greenwood. read by Laura Giannarelli. 1 cassette. Tessie isn't enjoying herself this summer because her mother is away studying Native American art, her brother is backpacking with Grandad, and her father is too busy working at home to spend much time with her. But when Tessie finds a kitten, everything changes. For grades 2-4. 1994. RC 42947. ## The Toilet Paper Tigers. RC 42948. by Gordon Korman. read by Rick Rohan. 1 cassette. By the time Professor Pendergast shows up at a Little League meeting to pick his team, there are only nine players left--all rejects. The team soon learns the professor knows nothing about baseball and has volunteered to coach just so his visiting granddaughter will have children around! But the worst horror is the jive-talking, smart-aleck granddaughter from New York who blackmails the team into letting her coach them. For grades 5-8. 1993. RC 42948. ## A Walk to the Great Mystery. RC 42959. by Virginia A. Stroud. read by Laura Giannarelli. 1 cassette. When Dustin and Rose visit their Grandma Ann, she promises to show them the "Great Mystery," where the secrets of the earth come from. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 42959. ## The Magic Moonberry Jump Ropes. RC 43020. by Dakari Hru. read by Connie Winston. 1 cassette. Two sisters want to jump rope, but there are no other children around to join them. Then Uncle Zambezi returns from Africa with beautiful jump ropes. He tells the girls the ropes are magical and their wishes will come true. Sure enough, a moving van arrives with two new friends! For preschool-grade 2. 1996. RC 43020. ## Zeely. RC 43034. by Virginia Hamilton. read by Melissa Maxwell. 1 cassette. Geeder Perry, eleven, and her brother, Toeboy, have gone to the country to visit Uncle Ross for the summer. The first night there, Geeder sees a vision she later learns is Zeely Tayber, a very tall girl with skin as black as ebony. Geeder becomes convinced Zeely is a queen, and only Zeely can set the record straight. For grades 4-7. 1967. RC 43034. ## William's Doll. RC 43039. by Charlotte Zolotow. read by Janis Gray. 1 cassette. A little boy's wishes and needs for a doll are laughed at by his brother, unsatisfied by his father, but finally understood by his grandmother. For grades K-3. 1972. RC 43039. ## Sam's Wild West Show. RC 43057. by Nancy Antle. read by Jack Fox. 1 cassette. Long ago Sam had a Wild West show with cowboys and cowgirls who did tricks with horses and ropes. After they performed in one town, the mayor got word that bank robbers were coming. He hired Sam and his group to stop them. For preschool-grade 2. 1995. RC 43057. ## Hannah in Between. RC 43060. by Colby Rodowsky. read by Kerry Cundiff. 1 cassette. Hannah believes she is the only one who realizes her mother, a photographer, drinks too much. Hannah is afraid to drive with her and is embarrassed to have friends over but can't get up the nerve to call a hotline or discuss it with her father and relatives. For grades 5-8. 1994. RC 43060. ## Vikki Vanishes. RC 43071. by Peni R. Griffin. read by Sharon Murray. 1 cassette. In alternating chapters, Vikki, sixteen, and her younger half sister, Nikki, explain what happens when Vikki's father suddenly reappears and takes Vikki on a shopping trip. For grades 6-9. 1995. RC 43071. ## On the Trail with Miss Pace. RC 43080. by Sharon Phillips Denslow. read by Madelyn Buzzard. 1 cassette. When teacher Miss Pace arrives at her favorite vacation ranch out west she finds a big surprise. Twins Bill and Phil from her class are there, too! The boys are thrilled to learn Miss Pace knows a real cowboy. For preschool-grade 2. 1995. RC 43080. ## Grandpa's Hotel. RC 43089. by Riki Levinson. read by Janis Gray. 1 cassette. Each summer all sixteen of Grandpa and Grandma's grandchildren come to his hotel to spend the summer. They have a great time, especially on Sundays when they gather eggs for Grandma to cook for breakfast, snitch bread from the bakery, and sit down to dinner in the big dining room. For grades K-3. 1995. RC 43089. ## Seth and Samona. RC 43109. by Joanne Hyppolite. read by Bob Moore. 1 cassette. Fifth-grader Seth Michelin, who lives in Boston with his Haitian family, is confused by changes in his brother and sister. Even classmate Samona Gemini, whose wild ideas have been getting Seth into trouble for two years, surprises him by joining a beauty contest. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 43109. ## Black Water. RC 43115. by Rachel Anderson. read by Rick Rohan. 1 cassette. Young Albert has epilepsy, which in nineteenth-century England is greatly misunderstood. Even though Albert's mother tends to believe a cure can be found, Albert realizes he must get on with his life. A chance encounter with author Edward Lear, who also has the "falling sickness," sends Albert off to see the world. For grades 6-9. 1994. RC 43115. ## Wagons West!. RC 43130. by Roy Gerrard. read by Pam Ward. 1 cassette. Back in 1850, many Americans worked hard to make a living from the barren soil. When Buckskin Dan arrives in town with tales of rich green land in Oregon, a young girl and her family, along with their neighbors, set out on a long journey to a new home with Buckskin Dan as their guide. For grades 2-4. 1996. RC 43130. ## Granny the Pag. RC 43143. by Nina Bawden. read by Pam Ward. 1 cassette. Because her parents are traveling actors, Cat has lived with her leather-wearing, motorcycle-riding Granny the Pag (Cat was angry and misspelled pig) since the age of six. Now at twelve, Cat's world is suddenly turned upside down when her parents want Cat to come live with them. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 43143. ## Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. RC 43189. retold by Virginia Hamilton. read by Melissa Maxwell. 1 cassette. A collection of folktales, fairy tales, and true stories of legendary women, all taken from traditional African American folklore. These stories are variously humorous, touching, scary, magical, and inspiring. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and Coretta Scott King Award. 1995. RC 43189. ## Street Child. RC 43200. by Berlie Doherty. read by Tom Martin. 1 cassette. Based on the life of Jim Jarvis, the orphan whose plight inspired Dr. Thomas Barnardo to establish Britain's first children's refuge. In Victorian England, Jim is on a desperate quest to find a home after he escapes from the workhouse where his mother died. Instead he is enslaved and forced to work on a boat until he runs away and finds refuge in a shelter. For grades 3-6. 1993. RC 43200. ## Somewhere around the Corner. RC 43204. by Jackie French. read by Patricia Kilgarriff. 2 cassettes. Barbara, a homeless girl, is caught in the middle of a demonstration taking place in Sydney, Australia, in 1994. She is scared to death until a kindly old man suggests that in her mind she "go around the corner" to escape. Barbara tries that and suddenly finds herself back in 1932. For grades 5-8. 1995. RC 43204. ## Who's There?. RC 43207. by Stephanie S. Tolan. read by Margaret Strom. 1 cassette. After their parents are killed in a gas explosion, Drew Broderick and her brother, Evan, learn that they have a grandfather and an aunt living in a large old house called Rose Hill. Although not sure why their father never told them about his family, Drew loves it there, and even Evan, who has not spoken since the accident, seems happy. But it soon appears that Drew's new friend, Will, is right: the house is haunted! For grades 5-8. 1994. RC 43207. ## The Luckiest Kid on the Planet. RC 43235. by Lisa Campbell Ernst. read by Bruce Huntey. 1 cassette. Lucky Morgenstern is the luckiest kid in the world. After all, his name is Lucky. Then one day he gets a letter and learns that his name is really Herbert. Suddenly he doesn't seem lucky anymore--until he recognizes his true good fortune. For preschool-grade 2. 1994. RC 43235. ## Hound Heaven. RC 43302. by Linda Oatman High. read by Margaret Strom. 1 cassette. Silver Iris Nickles, who will be thirteen in four months, has been living with Papaw in his bark shanty in West Virginia since her parents and baby sister were killed in a car accident. More than anything, Silver wants a dog to love, but Papaw always says she'll get a dog over his dead body. Then Papaw has a heart attack. For grades 3-6. 1995. RC 43302. ## There's an Owl in the Shower. RC 43303. by Jean Craighead George. read by Terence Aselford. 1 cassette. Borden Watson's father, a logger in northern California, is out of work because the government has banned logging in order to save the spotted owl. Borden is so angry he vows to kill any spotted owl he sees. Then he adopts what he thinks is a baby barred owl that has fallen from its nest. For grades 2-4. 1995. RC 43303. ## The Haunting of Holroyd Hill. RC 43305. by Brenda Seabrooke. read by Annie Wauters. 1 cassette. Melinda is unhappy about moving to rural Holroyd Hill, Virginia, because it means having to make new friends, but her brother, Kevin, doesn't mind. As they explore the nearby woods, Melinda and Kevin are accosted by a frightening old man. Then they meet his grandson, Dan, and things improve--until a ghost appears. For grades 5-8. 1995. RC 43305. ## Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd. RC 43307. by Mame Farrell. read by Ilona Dulaski. 1 cassette. Hannah Billings is in the popular group at school, and Malcolm Murgatroyd is decidedly not. Hannah is horrified that the adult Billings and Murgatroyds are great friends who joke about Hannah and Malcolm's marrying someday. But when Hannah's brother Ian's muscular dystrophy sends him to the hospital, Hannah sees Malcolm in a different light. For grades 5-8. 1995. RC 43307. ## Maizie. RC 43312. by Linda Oatman High. read by Michele Schaeffer. 1 cassette. Maizie's mother ran off with the vacuum cleaner salesman four years ago when Maizie's sister Grace was just a baby. Maizie has raised Grace and looked after their father in their trailer on Welsh Mountain. Now she's determined to earn enough money for her dream pony: a strawberry roan. For grades 3-6. 1995. RC 43312. ## Venus among the Fishes. RC 43431. by Elizabeth Hall and Scott O'Dell. read by Gabriella Cavallero. 1 cassette. Coral, a girl dolphin, narrates this tale of her pod's attempt to protect itself from attacking killer whales. The pod needs more strong males like Coral's father, and Coral is sent to find her brother, Silver, and bring him home. But as she looks for Silver, Coral learns that humans may be an even greater threat. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 43431. ## Elfsong. RC 43557. by Ann Turner. read by Carole Jordan Stewart. 1 cassette. While visiting her grandfather's house, ten-year-old Maddy spots a tomcat wearing a saddle and racing through the woods. Later Maddy happens upon the rider, an elf named Nata, who introduces her to a secret elfin world, and Maddy and her grandfather help the elves defend themselves against a marauding owl. For grades 4-7. 1995. RC 43557. ## ### _Foreign Language Books_ The following cassette titles are available in the languages designated. _Spanish_ Tormenta Roja. RC 40879. por Tom Clancy. read by Juan Ramirez. 7 cassettes. Un grupo de terroristas isl micos vuela una importante instalaci¢n de petr¢leo de Rusia. Enfrentados a una grave escasez de combustible, los sovi‚ticos planean apoderarse del golfo P‚rsico. Pero primero hacen una elaborada decepci¢n contra la OTAN abriendo hostilidades en Europa. Siguen batallas por tierra, mar y aire para controlar la Europa del Este y el Atl ntico Norte. Lenguaje injurioso. (A team of Moslem terrorists blows up a key Russian oil installation. Faced with a severe fuel shortage, the Soviets plan to seize the Persian Gulf, after establishing an elaborate smoke screen of hostilities against NATO. Land, sea, and air battles for control of eastern Europe and the North Atlantic ensue. Some strong language.) 1988. RC 40879. ## Luis XIV, el Rey Sol. RC 40882. by Jos‚ Mar¡a de Areilza. read by Juan Ramirez. 2 cassettes. Biograf¡a del rey de Francia que rein¢ largamente durante el Siglo XVII. Es mejor conocido por el esplendor y la intriga de su corte y el palacio de Versalles, pero tambi‚n es importante por sus pol¡ticas que fortalecieron la monarqu¡a francesa, expandieron el poder internacional y el prestigio de Francia, y pusieron en movimiento las fuerzas responsables de la creaci¢n de la naci¢n francesa moderna. (Biography of the long-reigning seventeenth-century king of France best known for the splendor and intrigue of his court and palace at Versailles, but also renowned for his policies that strengthened the French monarchy, expanded the international power and prestige of France, and set in motion the forces responsible for the creation of the modern French nation.) 1990. RC 40882. ## El Color Purpura. RC 40883. por Alice Walker. read by Maria Pino. 2 cassettes. Narra la historia de dos hermanas negras: Nettie una misionera en Africa; y Celie, una esposa-ni¤a. Celie ha sido violada por el hombre que ella cree ser su padre, y despu‚s le arrebatan sus dos hijos, oblig ndola casarse con un hombre al que odia. Adem s, las cartas de Nettie no llegan a Celie, y el sentido de la vergenza de Celie es tan agudo que acaba escribiendo una serie de cartas a Dios. Lenguaje injurioso y algunas descripciones expl¡citas de ¡ndole sexual. (The story of two black sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa; and Celie, a child-wife who has been raped by the man she believes to be her father, robbed of her two children, and married off to a man she hates. Nettie's letters do not reach Celie, and so great is Celie's sense of shame that she writes a series of letters to God. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.) 1986. RC 40883. ## Horizontes Perdidos. RC 40885. por James Hilton. read by Juan Ramirez. 2 cassettes. Shangri-La es un hermoso territorio escondido en las atlas monta¤as de Asia, donde nada cambia. A Hugh Conway le conducen all¡ sin quererlo ‚l, pero m s tarde la idea de la vida eterna llega a fascinarle. (Shangri-La is a beautiful, hidden land in the high mountains of Asia, where nothing changes. Hugh Conway is brought there unwillingly, but he becomes fascinated by the idea of eternal life.) 1975. RC 40885. ## No Llores M s, My Lady. RC 40889. por Mary Higgins Clark. read by Juan Ramirez. 2 cassettes. Antes de prestar declaraci¢n en el juicio del hombre acusado de asesinar a su querida hermana, la atormentada Elizabeth decide relajarse en un deslumbrante balneario de California. Se queda at¢nita al descubrir que el hombre acusado del asesinato es tambi‚n hu‚sped del balneario. Sospecha que est  siendo manipulada y se asusta al descubrir que su vida corre peligro. (Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth decides to unwind at a glitzy California spa. Astonished to find the accused murderer is also a guest at the spa, she suspects she is being manipulated and is alarmed to find her own life in danger.) 1988. RC 40889. ## ### _Talking Book Magazines_ _Discs_ These free direct-circulation magazines are produced for NLS. Magazines marked with a dagger (+) will be available beginning in January 1998. 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