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ID: 117771

Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Author: Edwin A. Abbott

Narrator: James Langton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

As a satire, Flatland offers pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as 'the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions.' As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students.

The story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland. All existence is limited to length and breadth in Flatland, its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world-its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs, and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to Spaceland, a land of three dimensions, his worldview is forever shattered.

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ID: 122363

Title: Ghosts and Lightning

Author: Trevor Byrne

Narrator: John Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Family Life

Summary:

Set in contemporary Dublin and the surrounding countryside, Ghosts and Lightning is a picaresque account of Denny Cullen's life after he is called back home to attend his mother's funeral. Denny-a sweet-natured but disillusioned young man who feels powerless in the face of death, dope, and the dole queue-is the steadiest in a cast of unstable characters. Denny and his lads fill their empty days with hooliganism, raucous parties, violence, and even an exorcism, but their fearlessness and humor make them as irresistible as an expertly pulled pint of Guinness.

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ID: 117918

Title: Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster

Author: Paul Ingrassia

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Business & Economics, Science & Technology, Business Development, Technology & Engineering

Summary:

This is the epic saga of the American automobile industry's rise and demise, a compelling story of hubris, denial, missed opportunities, and self-inflicted wounds that culminates with the president of the United States ushering two of Detroit's Big Three car companies-once proud symbols of prosperity-through bankruptcy. The cost to American taxpayers topped $100 billion-enough to buy every car and truck sold in America in the first half of 2009. With unprecedented access, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Ingrassia takes us from factory floors to small-town dealerships to Detroit's boardrooms to the inner sanctums of the White House. He reveals why President Barack Obama personally decided to save Chrysler when many of his advisors opposed the idea. Ingrassia provides the dramatic story behind Obama's dismissal of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner and the angry reaction from GM's board-the same people who had watched idly while the company plunged into penury.

In Crash Course, Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroit's self-destruction inevitable? What were the key turning points? Why did Japanese automakers manage American workers better than the American companies themselves did? Ingrassia also describes dysfunctional corporate cultures (even as GM's market share plunged, the company continued business as usual) and Detroit's perverse system of 'inverse layoffs' (which allowed union members to invoke seniority to avoid work). Along the way we meet Detroit's frustrated reformers and witness the wrenching decisions that Ford executives had to make to avoid GM's fate.

Informed by Ingrassia's twenty-five years of experience covering the auto industry for the Wall Street Journal, and showing an appreciation for Detroit's profound influence on our country's society and culture, Crash Course is a uniquely American and deeply instructive story, one not to be missed.

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ID: 117929

Title: Angelic

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal

Summary:

As a half-demon master of the dark arts, Eve Levine isn't what anyone would call 'angelic.' That's exactly why the Fates chose her for the job. She's their secret weapon against the forces of evil.

However, after five years, Eve is tired of being the designated rebel of the angel corps, expected to break the rules, then being penalized for it. When the leaderless djinn stage an uprising, Eve sees the perfect chance to get herself fired. As she plunges deeper into the demon world, though, she realizes she's in danger of losing a lot more than her job.

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ID: 117912

Title: Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution

Author: Joel Richard Paul

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, World, North America, History & Culture

Summary:

Unlikely Allies is the story of three remarkable historical figures. Silas Deane was a Connecticut merchant and delegate to the Continental Congress as the American colonies struggled to break with England. Caron de Beaumarchais was a successful playwright who wrote The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. And the flamboyant and mysterious Chevalier d'Eon-officer, diplomat, and sometime spy-was the talk of London and Paris. Is the Chevalier a man or a woman?

When Deane is sent to France to convince the French government to support the revolutionary cause, he enlists the help of Beaumarchais. Together, they successfully smuggle weapons, ammunition, and supplies to New England just in time for the crucial Battle of Saratoga, which turned the tide of the American Revolution. And the catalyst for Louis XVI's support of the Americans against England was the Chevalier d'Eon, whose decision to declare herself a woman helped to lead to the Franco-American alliance. These three people spin a fascinating web of political intrigue and international politics that stretches across oceans as they ricochet from Versailles to Georgian London to the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. Each man has his own reasons for wanting to see America triumph over the British, and each contends daily with the certainty that no one is what they seem. The line between friends and enemies is blurred, spies lurk in every corner, and the only way to survive is to trust no one.

An edge-of-your-seat story full of fascinating characters and lavish with period detail and sense of place, Unlikely Allies is Revolutionary history in all of its juicy, lurid glory.

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ID: 122364

Title: Kitty's House of Horrors

Author: Carrie Vaughn

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Paranormal, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

Talk radio host and werewolf Kitty Norville has agreed to appear on TV's first all-supernatural reality show. She's expecting cheesy competitions and manufactured drama starring shapeshifters, vampires, and psychics. But what begins as a publicity stunt will turn into a fight for her life.

The cast members, including Kitty, arrive at the remote mountain lodge where the show is set. As soon as filming starts, violence erupts and Kitty suspects that the show is a cover for a nefarious plot. Then the cameras stop rolling, cast members start dying, and Kitty realizes that she and her monster housemates are the ultimate prize in a very different game. Stranded with no power, no phones, and no way to know who can be trusted, she must find a way to defeat the evil closing in before it kills them all.

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ID: 117924

Title: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

A colonel receives five seeds in the mail-and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel. A son is accused of his father's murder. These mysteries-and many more-are brought to the house on Baker Street where detective Sherlock Holmes resides. No case is too tricky for the world's most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction.

This gripping collection includes many of the famous cases-and great strokes of brilliance-that make the legendary detective one of fiction's most popular creations. Included in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are 'A Scandal in Bohemia,' 'The Red-Headed League,' 'A Case of Identity,' 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery,' 'The Five Orange Pips,' 'The Man with the Twisted Lip,' 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,' 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band,' 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,' 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,' 'The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,' and 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.'

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ID: 123041

Title: Night Huntress

Author: Yasmine Galenorn

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy

Summary:

We're the D'Artigo sisters: sexy, savvy operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. But being half-human, half-Fae means our supernatural talents always go haywire at the wrong time. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch who attracts men like honey attracts flies. Menolly's a vampire who's still getting the hang of being undead. And me? I'm Delilah, a werecat who's been marked by the Autumn Lord as one of his Death Maidens. And wouldn't you know it, Karvanak—the demon general who stole the third spirit seal—is back. And this time, he's out for blood...

The Hags of Fate enjoy seeing me squirm. First, my boyfriend, Chase, mutters another woman's name in his sleep. Then I discover the Autumn Lord has a very special plan for me. But things go from bad to deadly when Karvanak—the Raksasa—returns. In order to get his greedy hands on both the fourth spirit seal and his former associate, Vanzir, he kidnaps Chase. Now we have to find a way to rescue the man I love without risking the safety of both Otherworld and Earth.

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ID: 123049

Title: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Author: Barbara Demick

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-06-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, World, Asia

Summary:

Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years-a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung and the unchallenged rise to power of his son, Kim Jong-il, and the devastation of a far-ranging famine that killed one-fifth of the population. Taking us into a landscape never before seen, Demick brings to life what it means to be an average Korean citizen, living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today-an Orwellian world in which radio and television dials are welded to the one government station, a country that is by choice not connected to the Internet, a society in which outward displays of affection are punished, and a police state that rewards informants and where an offhanded remark can send a citizen to the gulag for life.

Demick's subjects-a middle-aged party loyalist and her rebellious daughter, an idealistic female doctor, an orphan, and two young lovers-all hail from the same provincial city in the farthest-flung northern reaches of the country. One by one, we witness the moments of revelation, when each realizes that they have been betrayed by the Fatherland and that their suffering is not a global condition but is uniquely theirs.

Nothing to Envy is the first book about North Korea to go deep inside the country, beyond the reach of government censors, and penetrate the mind-set of the average citizen. It is a groundbreaking and essential addition to the literature of totalitarianism.

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ID: 237504

Title: Marx's General: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels

Author: Tristram Hunt

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-10

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Europe, History & Culture

Summary:

Friedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous Prussian mercantile family, he spent his life working in the Manchester cotton industry, riding to the Cheshire hounds, and enjoying the comfortable upper-middle-class existence of a Victorian gentleman.

Yet Engels was also, with Karl Marx, the founder of international communism, which in the twentieth century came to govern one-third of the human race. He was coauthor of The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless party tactician, and the man who sacrificed his best years so that Marx could write Das Kapital. His searing account of the Industrial Revolution, The Condition of the Working Class in England, remains one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of the human costs of capitalism. Far more than Marx's indispensable aide, Engels was a profound thinker in his own right-on warfare, feminism, urbanism, Darwinism, technology, and colonialism. With fierce clarity, he predicted the social effects of today's free-market fundamentalism and unstoppable globalization.

Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, acclaimed historian Tristram Hunt plumbs Engels's intellectual legacy and shows us how one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy. Set against the backdrop of revolutionary Europe and industrializing England-of Manchester mills, Paris barricades, and East End strikes-Marx's General tells a story of devoted friendship, class compromise, ideological struggle, and family betrayal. And it tackles head-on the question of Engels's influence: was Engels, after Marx's death, responsible for some of the most devastating turns of twentieth-century history, or was the idealism of his thought distorted by those who claimed to be his followers?

An epic history and riveting biography, Marx's General at last brings Engels out from the shadow of his famous friend and collaborator.

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