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Title: A Paper Life

Author: Tatum O'Neal

Narrator: Tatum O'Neal

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-05

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

But behind the glittering facade of Tatum's life lay heartbreak: abandonment, abuse, and neglect. Her alcoholic mother drifted in and out of her life. Her father grew increasingly punishing and distant, especially after moving in with his longtime love, Farrah Fawcett. By her late teens, Tatum had begun a perilous slide into self-destruction.

Then Tatum met the man who would become her husband: the explosive tennis great John McEnroe. They had three children in quick succession, followed by one of the messiest high-profile divorces on record. With the collapse of her marriage and no real family to turn to, Tatum succumbed to the demons of her past that would nearly kill her. Now she has emerged clean and sober, rediscovering herself as an actress, mother, and wonderfully vibrant woman in what she considers the prime of her life.

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Title: Confessions of a Video Vixen

Author: Karrine Steffans

Narrator: Karrine Steffans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-05

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

This memoir, part tell-all, part cautionary tale, shows how Karrine came to be the confidante of so many, why she kept their secrets, and how she found herself in Hollywood after a life marked by physical abuse, rape, and drugs, all before she was 26. By sharing her emotionally charged story, she hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry.

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Title: By Myself and Then Some

Author: Lauren Bacall

Narrator: Lauren Bacall

Format: Abridged

Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-05

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

But when Bogart died of cancer in 1957, Bacall and their children had to take everything he had taught them and grow up fast. In a time of postwar communism, Hollywood blacklisting, and revolutionary politics, she mixed with the legends: Hemingway, the Oliviers, Katharine Hepburn, Bobby Kennedy, and Gregory Peck. She was engaged to Frank Sinatra and had a turbulent second marriage to Jason Robards. But Bacall never lost sight of the strength that made her a superstar, and she never lost sight of Bogie.

Now, on the silver anniversary of its original publication, Bacall brings her inspiring memoir up to date, chronicling the events of the past 25 years, including her recent films and Broadway runs, and fond memories of her many close lifelong friendships. As one of the greatest actresses of all time turns 80, By Myself and Then Some reveals the legend in her own beautiful frank words, encapsulating a story that even Hollywood would struggle to reproduce.

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Title: Against All Odds

Author: Chuck Norris, Ken Abraham

Narrator: Michael Norris

Format: Abridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-05

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios

Summary:

Against All Odds is an inspirational story of how Norris overcame abject poverty from childhood, the effects of his father's alcoholism and desertion of the family, and his own shyness and lack of strength and ability early in his life. Norris writes candidly about how he was able to overcome such obstacles in his life, giving full credit to God.

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Title: Tom Brokaw Commencement Speech at Emory University (May 16, 2005)

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-05

Publisher: Emory University

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Longtime NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw speaks at Emory University's commencement in Atlanta, Ga. After recalling his experiences working in local television in Atlanta during the 1960's, Brokaw talks about commencements as "annual rituals of renewal" where "the American Dream is so fully realized." He also discusses the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks and the need for tolerance in a contentious world. Brokaw also makes a plea for better stewardship of the environment, referring to "mindless consumption" as a "form of blasphemy and suicide."

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Title: Ray Kurzweil Commencement Address at WPI (May 21, 2005)

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-05

Publisher: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Ray Kurzweil, the world-renowned inventor, futurist, and author, addresses the graduating class at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 137th commencement in Worcester, Mass. Kurzweil talks about what he calls "the three great revolutions:" genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics. His message to the graduates: "Creating knowledge is really what the human species is all about." Ray Kurzweil is one of the world's leading inventors and innovators. Among his many achievements, he was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition (OCR), the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, and the first text-to-speech synthesizer. His numerous honors include induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. His web site www.KurzweilAI.net is a leading resource on artificial intelligence.

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Title: The New Yorker Festival - Master Class in Humor Writing

Author: Andy Borowitz, Bruce McCall

Narrator: Andy Borowitz, Bruce McCall

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-05

Publisher: The New Yorker

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Bruce McCall has been a contributor of art and humor to The New Yorker since 1979. His books include The Last Dream-O-Rama; the memoir Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Canada, which was adapted for the documentary film Thin Ice; Zany Afternoons; and, most recently, All Meat Looks Like South America: The World of Bruce McCall, much of which first appeared in The New Yorker. His piece "Liberal Radio Network Employment Application" appeared in the March 29, 2004, issue of the magazine. He has just completed a mural for Delta Airlines, at 35th Street and Eighth Avenue, in Manhattan, which is the largest outdoor painting in America.

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Title: The New Yorker Festival - Edwidge Danticat and Chang-rae Lee

Author: Edwidge Danticat, Chang-rae Lee

Narrator: Edwidge Danticat, Chang-rae Lee

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-05

Publisher: The New Yorker

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Chang-rae Lee is the author of the novels Native Speaker, which won a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a first book of fiction and an American Book Award; A Gesture Life; and Aloft, which came out in March 2004. A contributor to The New Yorker since 1995, his story "Daisy", part of Aloft, appeared in the January 12, 2004 issue.

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Title: The New Yorker Festival - The Future of Neoconservatism

Author: Ken Adelman, Mark Danner, David Frum, Katha Pollitt

Narrator: Ken Adelman, Mark Danner, David Frum, Katha Pollitt

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-05

Publisher: The New Yorker

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Ken Adelman, a former U.N. Ambassador and director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency during the Reagan Administration, is currently a member of the Defense Policy Board. He has worked for Donald Rumsfeld three times since 1970. He has been national editor of Washingtonian magazine for 15 years and is the author of several books.

Mark Danner has been a contributor since 1990. That year, his three-part series of articles on Haiti won the National Magazine Award for Reporting. The December 6, 1993, issue of the magazine was devoted entirely to his piece "The Truth of El Mozote", which won an Overseas Press Club Award and was the basis of his book The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War. His new book is The Road to Illegitimacy: What Really Happened in the 2000 Florida Vote Re-Count.

David Frum's books include The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush and What's Right: The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America. From January 2001 to February 2002, he was special assistant to the President for economic speechwriting. He is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a columnist for the National Review Online, and a panelist on NPR's Left, Right, and Center.

Katha Pollitt writes the Subject to Debate column for The Nation, where she has been a contributor since 1980. A 1992 Nation essay, "Why We Read: Canon to the Right of Me", won a National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism. She has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1975.

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Title: The New Yorker Festival - The Middle East Conflict

Author: Rashid Khalidi, Benny Morris, Ari Shavit, Michael Tarazi

Narrator: Jeffrey Goldberg

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-05

Publisher: The New Yorker

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Interviews & Panels

Summary:

Rashid Khalidi is the author of British Policy Towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914, Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness, and, most recently, Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East. He is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, and the director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and the editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies.

Benny Morris teaches Middle Eastern history at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. He is the author of several books, among them The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949, Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001, and The Road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine, and the Jews.

Ari Shavit is a columnist for the Jerusalem daily newspaper Ha'aretz. His article "No Man's Land", about the Israeli exodus from Jerusalem in the face of the current intifada, appeared in the December 9, 2002, issue of The New Yorker.

Michael Tarazi is a legal adviser to the Negotiations Support Unit, part of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Before becoming an adviser to the P.L.O., he worked as a corporate lawyer in the United States and abroad.

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