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ID: 211512

Title: Herman Melville

Author: Elizabeth Hardwick

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, History & Culture, Literary Criticism

Summary:

A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature. Now, a century after his death, a new popular surge of interest in Herman Melville calls for Elizabeth Hardwick's rich analysis of 'the whole of Melville's works, uneven as it is, and the challenging shape of his life . . . a story of the creative history of an extraordinary American genius.'

Hardwick's superb critical interpretation and award-winning novelistic flair reveal a former whaleship deckhand whose voyages were the stuff of travel romances that seduced the public. Later, a self-described 'thought-diver' into 'the truth of the human heart,' Melville harbored a bitterness that knew no bounds when that same public failed to embrace his masterwork, Moby-Dick. Invaluable for enthusiasts of American literature, Herman Melville is itself a masterpiece of critical commentary in the tradition of D. H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature.

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ID: 603022

Title: Art of Everyday Ecstasy

Author: Deepak Chopra, Margot Anand

Narrator: Deepak Chopra, Margot Anand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:37:15

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-00

Publisher: Hay House PGRH

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

According to tantric philosophy, sexual energy is the creative force of the universe. In this uniquely informative dialogue between Margot Anand and Deepak Chopra, M.D., this concept is discussed with humor, openness, and honesty.Some of the points that are brought to light in this audio program include the following:-Sexual energy is the physical manifestation of our spiritual power, so if we honor sexual union in its sacred dimension, then we can acknowledge our need to be creative, playful, and free and to produce more and more of the god and goddess within us.-The peak experience of sexuality, otherwise known as orgasm, is in fact a state of unity consciousness where the lover and the beloved become one. At that moment of ecstasy, our true nature is revealed, and it is eternal and unbounded.-We need to heal our relationship to our ancestors, because our relationship to sexuality is totally colored by our first interaction with the opposite sex, which is through the father for women and the mother for men.The knowledge you will absorb by listening to this fascinating audio program will help you experience ecstatic moments each and every day of your life!

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ID: 204645

Title: Midnight Come Again

Author: Dana Stabenow

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:07:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Book 10: A Kate Shugak Novel

Edgar Award winner Dana Stabenow has written numerous atmospheric crime novels featuring the very prickly, very human Kate Shugak, but her novels also have a scene-stealing costar: Alaska, unforgiving, breathtaking, dangerous, and beautiful. Stabenow's evocation of this wilderness, combined with her talent for bringing characters to life and creating knuckle-whitening suspense, has made her 'one of the strongest voices in crime fiction.' (Seattle Times).

Now in Midnight Come Again, all these elements come together for Stabenow's most compelling Kate Shugak novel to date.

Kate, a former investigator for the Anchorage D.A. and now a P.I. for hire, is missing after a winter spent in mourning. Alaska State Trooper Jim Chopin, Kate's best friend, needs her to help him work a new case. He discovers her hiding out in Bering, a small fishing village on Alaska's western coast, living and working under an assumed name-- working hard, as eighteen-hour workdays seem to be her only justification for getting up in the morning. But before they can even discuss Kate's last several months, or what Jim is doing looking for her in Bering, they're up to their eyes in Jim's case, which is suddenly more complicated-- and more dangerous-- than they suspected.

A magnificent crime novel about life in America's last wilderness, the heart-wrenching grief that goes with love, and murder, Midnight Come Again is Dana Stabenow's best novel to date.

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ID: 160950

Title: Joan of Arc

Author: Mary Gordon

Narrator: Mari Devon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, World, Military, Women

Summary:

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only to be captured and burned at the stake as a heretic: all by the age of nineteen. Gordon does more than tell this gripping story: she explores Joan's mystery and the many facets of her inspiring life.

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ID: 249763

Title: Another Song About the King

Author: Kathryn Stern

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:45:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Sagas

Summary:

"You were named for Elvis. . . .  Darlin', did you hear me? You were named for Elvis Presley. Not even your father knows that. Wouldn't you like to share a secret, just you and me?"                

Simone "Mimi" Page once dated Elvis--and will never let her daughter forget it. Though Silvie grew up in the shadow of the King, it was her mother's unfulfilled life that really darkened her childhood. Flamboyant and passionate, with a southerner's flair for colorful stories, Mimi could inspire Silvie like no one else. Nothing is worse than being ordinary were words she pounded daily into young Silvie's mind. But too much success, too much talent, too much Being Somebody--even when that Somebody was her own daughter--could stir up a torrent of envy that Silvie would come to know too well.

Determined to escape her mother's long reach, Silvie moves to New York to become an artist--something Mimi has always aspired to be. But even when her career takes off and she meets a wonderful man, Silvie finds her complicated relationship with her mother remains a forceful tide, pulling at her dreams and sense of self. Silvie has nearly given up on reconciling with her past. Then a family crisis draws her back home--and she discovers what Elvis was really all about. . . .

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ID: 212667

Title: Woodrow Wilson

Author: Louis Auchincloss

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, World

Summary:

Woodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson’s upbringing and career and shows the grim determination that carried him to the presidency just before World War I. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the giant leap into politics, here are all the triumphs and the final tragic irony of this flawed apostle of world peace. 

In this portrait of Woodrow Wilson, Auchincloss examines a president who is perhaps better remembered for the force of his personality than for his accomplishments. He leaves us to ponder the extent to which Wilson’s character shaped subsequent history.

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ID: 204640

Title: Mao Zedong

Author: Jonathan Spence

Narrator: Alexander Adams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-00

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, Asia

Summary:

Born in rural China in 1893, Mao Zedong led his country through 'a long-drawn-out adventure in upheaval.' In the process, he became one of the monumental figures of the twentieth century. He died in 1976, just as China was entering a détente with the United States. This excellent biography illuminates Mao's family life, his early years as a revolutionary, and his brief paradoxical flirtation with capitalism. Jonathan Spence, author of 11 books on Chinese history, provides both a panoramic portrait of China and a private portrait of the man at the center of so many historic events. Using sources not readily available, he penetrates the complex persona of Chairman Mao to provide an intimate view of a chilling enigma.

'Spence is the best known and most talented historian of China writing in English today . . . displaying an inventive ability to derive both meaning and narrative from episodes of Chinese history that are little known in the West.'—Los Angeles Times

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ID: 636256

Title: Wisdom of the Sufis

Author: Deepak Chopra, Hidayat Inayat-Khan

Narrator: Deepak Chopra, Hidayat Inayat-Khan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:34:34

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-00

Publisher: Hay House PGRH

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

In this remarkable dialogue between Hidayat Inayat-Khan and Deepak Chopra, M.D., the wisdom of the Sufis is appraised. Hidayat defines the word Sufi as 'wisdom and purity.' He explains that 'any person whose heart is attuned to the Divine presence is a Sufi, because Sufism means purifying oneself and one's mind from preconceived ideas.'These two great teachers discuss the fact that the spiritual message of the Sufis has always found its way to express itself through music and poetry-illuminations of life's expression-and Sufism is now gathering a great deal of popularity in the West. The Sufi Universe is the home of all religions, all beliefs, and all lovers of truth-without distinction between race, color, or nationality!

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ID: 346774

Title: Days of Infamy: Military Blunders of the 20th Century

Author: Michael Coffey

Narrator: Robert Abia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:54:14

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-99

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, World, Military

Summary:

A fascinating look behind more than fifty of the most historic military blunders of our century. Lively and engaging, in-depth and informative, this companion to an upcoming series on the History Channel goes beyond mere footage to delve into the facts of some well-remembered but little understood incidents and accidents of modern military history.

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ID: 211509

Title: Saint Augustine

Author: Garry Wills

Narrator: Alexander Adams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-99

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

For centuries, Augustine's writings have moved and fascinated readers. With the keen eye of a writer whose own intellectual analysis won him a Pulitzer Prize, Gary Wills examines this famed fourth-century bishop and seminal thinker whose grounding in classical philosophy informed his interpretation of Christian doctrine. Saint Augustine explores Augustine's thought as well as the everyday man who set pen to parchment. It challenges many misconceptions, including those regarding his early sexual excesses. It portrays Augustine as being 'peripheral in his day, a provincial on the margins of classical culture' who didn't even know Greek. Here is a lively and incisive portrait of a man who helped shape Western thinking.

'Wills's agile mind matches the agility of Saint Augustine. He presents his subject with candor and with empathy.'—New York Times Book Review

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