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ID: 198558

Title: Sapphique

Author: Catherine Fisher

Narrator: Kim Mai Guest

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

The only one who escaped . . . And the one who could destroy them all.

Incarceron, the living prison, has lost one of its inmates to the outside world: Finn’s escaped, only to find that Outside is not at all what he expected. Used to the technologically advanced, if violently harsh, conditions of the prison, Finn is now forced to obey the rules of Protocol, which require all people to live without technology. To Finn, Outside is just a prison of another kind, especially when Claudia, the daughter of the prison’s warden, declares Finn the lost heir to the throne. When another claimant emerges, both Finn’s and Claudia’s very lives hang on Finn convincing the Court of something that even he doesn’t fully believe.

Meanwhile, Finn’s oathbrother Keiro and his friend Attia are still trapped inside Incarceron. They are searching for a magical glove, which legend says Sapphique used to escape. To find it, they must battle the prison itself, because Incarceron wants the glove too.

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ID: 89165

Title: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

Author: Karen Abbott

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:51:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered.

America in the Roaring Twenties. Vaudeville was king. Talking pictures were only a distant flicker. Speakeasies beckoned beyond dimly lit doorways; money flowed fast and free. But then, almost overnight, the Great Depression leveled everything. When the dust settled, Americans were primed for a star who could distract them from grim reality and excite them in new, unexpected ways. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a preternatural gift for delivering exactly what America needed.

With her superb narrative skills and eye for compelling detail, Karen Abbott brings to vivid life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy’s world, including her intensely dramatic triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who seduced men and women alike and literally killed to get her daughters on the stage.

American Rose chronicles their story, as well as the story of the four scrappy and savvy showbiz brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee’s brand of burlesque. Modeling their shows after the glitzy, daring reviews staged in the theaters of Paris, the Minsky brothers relied on grit, determination, and a few tricks that fell just outside the law—and they would shape, and ultimately transform, the landscape of American entertainment.

With a supporting cast of such Jazz- and Depression-era heavyweights as Lucky Luciano, Harry Houdini, FDR, and Fanny Brice, Karen Abbott weaves a rich narrative of a woman who defied all odds to become a legend—and whose sensational tale of tragedy and triumph embodies the American Dream.

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ID: 89167

Title: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

Author: Gary Taubes

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition, Instructional & How To

Summary:

An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes.

In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued that our diet’s overemphasis on certain kinds of carbohydrates—not fats and not simply excess calories—has led directly to the obesity epidemic we face today. The result of thorough research, keen insight, and unassailable common sense, Good Calories, Bad Calories immediately stirred controversy and acclaim among academics, journalists, and writers alike. Michael Pollan heralded it as “a vitally important book, destined to change the way we think about food.”

Building upon this critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, Taubes now revisits the urgent question of what’s making us fat—and how we can change—in this exciting new book. Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat makes Taubes’s crucial argument newly accessible to a wider audience.

Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century, none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat, and the good science that has been ignored, especially regarding insulin’s regulation of our fat tissue. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid?

Packed with essential information and concluding with an easy-to-follow diet, Why We Get Fat is an invaluable key in our understanding of an international epidemic and a guide to what each of us can do about it.

Includes a bonus PDF with images from the book

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ID: 89460

Title: Invisible Man

Author: Ralph Ellison

Narrator: Joe Morton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:36:49

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Black Literature

Summary:

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro life. It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal, some of them pitiful and touching--yet always with elements of comedy and irony and burlesque that appear in unexpected places. It is a book that has a great deal to say and which is destined to have a great deal said about it.

After a brief prologue, the story begins with a terrifying experience of the hero's high school days, moves quickly to the campus of a Southern Negro college and then to New York's Harlem, where most of the action takes place. The many people that the hero meets in the course of his wanderings are remarkably various, complex and significant. With them he becomes involved in an amazing series of adventures, in which he is sometimes befriended but more often deceived and betrayed--as much by himself and his own illusions as by the duplicity of the blindness of others.

Invisible Man is not only a great triumph of storytelling and characterization; it is a profound and uncompromising interpretation of the Negro's anomalous position in American society.

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ID: 157179

Title: Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast

Author: Kristen Feola

Narrator: Connie Wetzell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:19:03

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Christianity, Naturopathy & New Age, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

With 21 devotionals and 100+ recipes, this book is your ultimate plan of action and toolbox as you commit to the Daniel Fast. You'll not only embrace healthier eating habits, you'll also discover a greater awareness of God's presence.

Divided into three parts--fast, focus, and food--this book is your inspirational resource for pursuing a more intimate relationship with God as you eliminate certain foods such as sugars, processed ingredients, and solid fats from your diet for 21 days. Author Kristen Feola explains the Daniel Fast in easy-to-understand language, provides thought-provoking devotions for each day of the fast, and shares more than 100 tasty, easy-to-make recipes that follow fasting guidelines.

In a conversational style, Feola helps you structure the fast so you can spend less time thinking about what to eat and more time focusing on God.

As Feola writes, 'When you want ideas on what to cook for dinner, you can quickly and easily find a recipe. When you feel weary, you can be refreshed through Bible verses and devotions. When you are struggling with staying committed, you can refer to the information and tools in this book to motivate you.'

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ID: 198557

Title: Agent Q, or the Smell of Danger!: A Pals in Peril Tale

Author: M. T. Anderson

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Humor

Summary:

Men in dark hats sneak up behind you. Eyes on portraits follow you.

Even the flowers in their pots turn

to track you as you pass by.

Nothing is safe!

No one can be trusted!

 

Having mopped up their last crime-fighting caper, our three heroes—Lily Gefelty, Katie Mulligan, and Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut—are eager to get home. But the secret police in the war-torn realm of fantasy where the three kids are trapped (the state of Delaware) don’t want them going anywhere. Our dynamic trio knows way too much about the whereabouts of certain fabulous treasures to escape the grip of Delaware’s Ministry of Silence. So, chums, it’s a race to the border of New Jersey against spies and government agents and double-crossers. . . . That is, if our heroes want to make it home alive!

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ID: 154324

Title: Stealing Bradford

Author: Melody Carlson

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:59:17

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Kids, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Mix six teenage girls and one 60s fashion icon (retired, of course) in an old Victorian-era boarding home. Add boys and dating, a little high-school angst, and throw in a Kate Spade bag or two ... and youve got The Carter House Girls, Melody Carlsons chick lit series for young adults!The Carter House girls are just getting to know one another when tensions surrounding several boys threaten to undo everything. Rhiannons dating Bradford, the most popular jock in school, Elizas seeing Harry, and even DJ is dating Conner, although now he acts as if he doesnt like her. It seems every girl in the house wants a boyfriendand will do just about anything to get one. So when Taylor decides to put the moves on Bradford, Rhiannon is shocked and hurt. Sides are taken, and one girls' actions may cut deeper than she intended.

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ID: 89171

Title: to Z Mysteries: The Orange Outlaw

Author: Ron Roy

Narrator: David Pittu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:52:30

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?

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ID: 89174

Title: to Z Mysteries: The Runaway Racehorse

Author: Ron Roy

Narrator: David Pittu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:57:33

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited to see Uncle Warren’s new racehorse, Whirlaway, in action. But the night before the big race, the horse disappears! Can the kids figure it out–or is Whirlaway out of the winner’s circle for good?

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ID: 89177

Title: to Z Mysteries: The Unwilling Umpire

Author: Ron Roy

Narrator: David Pittu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Mystery & Fantasy, Sports

Summary:

The whole town has turned out to watch the Green Lawn women challenge the men—and to see Mr. Pocket’s prized baseball collection. But sometime during the game, the balls are stolen! The police suspect the umpire of foul play. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose prove he’s innocent, or is it strike three for the Green Lawn ump?

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