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ID: 198925

Title: Friend of the Family

Author: Lauren Grodstein

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:13:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-09

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Pete Dizinoff has spent years working toward a life that would be, by all measures, deemed successful. A skilled internist, he's built a thriving practice in suburban New Jersey. He has a devoted wife, a network of close friends, and an impressive house, and most important, he has a son, Alec, on whom he's pinned all his hopes. Pete has afforded Alec every opportunity, bailed him out of close calls with the law, and even ensured his acceptance into a good college. But Pete never counted on the wild card: Laura, his best friend's daughter-ten years older than Alec, irresistibly beautiful, with a past so shocking that it's never spoken of. When Laura sets her sights on Alec, Pete sees his plans for his son not just unraveling but being destroyed completely. Believing he has only the best of intentions, he sets out to derail this romance and rescue his son. He could never have foreseen how his whole world would shatter in the process.Lauren Grodstein delivers a riveting story in the tradition of The Ice Storm,American Beauty, and Little Children, charting a father's fall from grace as he struggles to save his family, his reputation, and himself.

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ID: 160025

Title: It's Not as Bad as You Think: Why Capitalism Trumps Fear and the Economy Will Thrive

Author: Brian S. Wesbury

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-09-09

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development

Summary:

Even with the economy feeling a little bit better, there is a real fear that markets will stay down and things won't ever get back to normal. But a few brave voices say that this attitude is just too pessimistic.

Capitalism has not failed. And it's not time to just give upon free markets or a better tomorrow. History shows that every time the economy was thought to be done, worn out, finished, it bounced back. The economy is not as fragile as the pessimists think. In fact, things are already improving. Even housing is showing signs of life.

With It's Not as Bad as You Think, Brian Wesbury, ranked as one of the top economic forecasters by the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, shows you that the future is much brighter than you think. A great confluence of negativity and government mistakes dragged attitudes and the economy down, but this won't last. With this easy-to-follow analysis of tomorrow and guide through yesterday, Wesbury debunks the pouting pundits of pessimism to show you how to prosper now and in the future.

Chapter by chapter, It's Not as Bad as You Think:

Reveals the real reasons behind the 'Panic of 2008' and why it seems so much more severe than past crises

Uncovers a history of entrepreneurship that you should trust

Explains how a V-shaped recovery can take place and how wealth you had thought you lost can be found again

Calls out the press for being overly negative about capitalism and shows how government policy compounded economic problems in 2008

And much more

A breath of fresh air, Wesbury's objectivity and optimism provide welcome relief to the daily bad news stories. So if you need an antidote to conventional wisdom and are willing to look beyond the events that have already occurred, pick up It's Not as Bad as You Think and discover how you can capitalize on the profitable possibilities of tomorrow.

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ID: 129592

Title: Importance of Being Earnest

Author: Oscar Wilde

Narrator: Charles Busch, James Marsters

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:58:18

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-09

Publisher: LA Theatre Works

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence." Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language.

Includes an interview with director Michael Hackett, Professor of Theater in the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

James Marsters as Jack

Charles Busch as Lady Bracknell

Emily Bergl as Cecily

Neil Dickson as Lane and Merriman

Jill Gascoine as Miss Prism

Christopher Neame as Chasuble

Matthew Wolf as Algernon

Sarah Zimmerman as Gwendolen

Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

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ID: 50470

Title: Away

Author: Amy Bloom

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:02:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-09

Publisher: HighBridge Company

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Moll Flanders in America, this epic, intimate novel follows a young Russian immigrant determined to make her way-and find her daughter-in the hip, harsh 1920s.

On a morning in 1924, a young woman rises from the floor of her family's small home in Belorussia to find her parents and her husband slaughtered beside her and her infant daughter, Sophie, missing. When her aunt tells her the baby is dead, Lillian emigrates to America. She is working as a seamstress at the Yiddish Theater and enjoying cafe society when a cousin arrives and insists that her daughter is still alive-in Siberia.

Lillian cannot stop dreaming of Sophie; she feels she must get to Russia, yet she can't afford the passage. Her only friend, an actor turned tailor, steals atlases from the New York Public Library and sews them into an overcoat for her. She crosses North America by rail, truck, and foot, encountering drifters, wardens, pimps, missionaries, and tattoo artists. From Dawson City, Alaska, she sets sail for Russia. She falls in love, falls in with the wrong people, leaps before she looks, hopes hard, and refuses to give up.

Inspired by a true story, Away is Moll Flanders in America and Odysseus in the Jazz Age: big, wide, brilliantly imagined, unexpectedly funny, and unforgettable.

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ID: 217223

Title: Hotel Oubliette

Author: Jane Anderson

Narrator: Arye Gross, Ed Asner, Marsha Mason, Thomas Caruso

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:29:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-09

Publisher: LA Theatre Works

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

Inspired by the released American hostages, Hotel Oubliette is a darkly comedic play that explores what happens when two emotionally disconnected men are chained to a post with an endless amount of time stretching before them.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Edward Asner, Thomas Caruso, Arye Gross and Marsha Mason.

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ID: 129572

Title: Art

Author: Christopher Hampton, Yasmina Reza

Narrator: Bob Balaban, Brian Cox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:49:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-09

Publisher: LA Theatre Works

Genres: Radio Theatre, Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be "art"? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive - and very white - painting. To Marc, it is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use the painting to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a work of "art" worth? A Tony Award winner for Best Play and Oliver Award winner for Best Comedy.

Includes interviews with translator Christopher Hampton, and actors Bob Balaban and Brian Cox.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Bob Balaban as Serge

Brian Cox as Marc

Jeff Perry as Yvan

Directed by Peter Levin. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

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ID: 217519

Title: Orphans

Author: Lyle Kessler

Narrator: John Mahoney, Kevin J. Anderson, Terry Kinney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:17:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-09

Publisher: LA Theatre Works

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

In a rundown house in Philadelphia live two orphan brothers: the reclusive, frightened Philip and the violent pickpocket thief, Treat. Into this savage and ferociously funny world enters Harold, a shadowy underworld figure of power and influence who irrevocably changes the precious balance between the two brothers. A Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production. Starring Kevin Anderson, Terry Kinney, and John Mahoney Written by Lyle Kessler

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Kevin Anderson, Terry Kinney and John Mahoney.

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ID: 210062

Title: Halcyon Days

Author: Steven Dietz

Narrator: Anne Archer, Christopher McDonald, Ed Begley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:36:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-25-09

Publisher: LA Theatre Works

Genres: Audio Theatre, Drama

Summary:

Senator Eddie Bowman cannot see the point of invading a miniscule Caribbean island to rescue a bunch of overly tanned medical students. But as the 1983 invasion of Grenada gets underway, the Senator finds himself at odds with a mysterious foreign-policy specialist who cultivates roses, the Presidents's sexy new speechwriter-and his own son.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Anne Archer, Ed Begley Jr., Samantha Bennett, Lyvingston Holmes, Richard Masur, Jon Matthews, Christopher McDonald, Gill Segel and Michael Winters.

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ID: 124583

Title: Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

Author: Dan Senor, Saul Singer

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-09

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development

Summary:

START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?

With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informalityall backed up by government policies focused on innovation. In a world where economies as diverse as Ireland, Singapore and Dubai have tried to re-create the 'Israel effect', there are entrepreneurial lessons well worth noting. As America reboots its own economy and can-do spirit, there's never been a better time to look at this remarkable and resilient nation for some impressive, surprising clues.

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ID: 124500

Title: Never Make the First Offer: And Other Wisdom No Dealmaker Should Be Without

Author: Donald Dell, John Boswell

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-09

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Negotiation & Communication

Summary:

Donald Dell is a legend in professional sports. As one of the first agents to represent athletes, he's been negotiating mega-deals for almost forty years with a hugely successful record on behalf of stars like Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Jimmy Connors, Patrick Ewing, Stan Smith, and Boomer Esiason.

Now Dell shares behind-the-scenes stories of his dealings with some of the most powerful sports owners and executives. He brings the inner workings of the negotiating room to life and offers lessons that listeners can apply to their own tough situations. A sample:

Never make the first offer: You're not seeking an offer at all; you are seeking information.

Business is emotional: If you are less than genuine. people will pick up on it, which is much worse than losing your temper every now and then.

Know your audience: I finally figured out the key to Jimmy Connors-play to his stubbornness. Don't force Jimmy to do something and he just might do it.

Decide what's important: Something extremely important to the other side may be trivial to you, in which case you can gain leverage by giving it to them.

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