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ID: 61541

Title: Second Foundation

Author: Isaac Asimov

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:22:39

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

In THE SECOND FOUNDATION, Isaac Asimov addresses the phenomenon of genetic mutation and its potential danger to a civilization. This novel tells of an overwhelmingly powerful mutant human being, born with the ability to mold men's emotions and minds. He has brought down the First Foundation, and now only the Second Foundation remains.

THE SECOND FOUNDATION is the third book in Asimov's FOUNDATION series.

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ID: 61644

Title: Foundation and Empire

Author: Isaac Asimov

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Classics, Space Opera

Summary:

The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and barbarism of its neighboring warrior-planets. Now cleverness and courage may not be enough. For the Empire—the mightiest force in the Galaxy—is even more dangerous in its death throes. Even worse, a mysterious entity called the Mule has appeared with powers beyond anything humanly conceivable. Who—or what—is the Mule? And how is humanity to defend itself against this invulnerable avatar of annihilation?

Filled with nail-biting suspense, nonstop action, and cutting-edge speculation, Foundation and Empire is the story of humanity’s perpetual struggle against the darkness that forever threatens to overwhelm the light—and of how the courage of even a determined few can make all the difference in the universe.

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ID: 61643

Title: All That Follows: A Novel

Author: Jim Crace

Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

Summary:

The prodigiously talented Jim Crace has returned with a new novel that explores the complexities of love and violence with a scenario that juxtaposes humor and human aspiration. 

British jazzman Leonard Lessing spent a memorable yet unsuccessful few days in Austin, Texas, trying to seduce a woman he fancied. During his stay, he became caught up in her messy life, which included a new lover, a charismatic but carelessly violent man named Maxie.

 

Eighteen years later, Maxie enters Leonard’s life again, but this time in England, where he is armed and holding hostages. Leonard must decide whether to sit silently by as the standoff unfolds or find the courage to go to the crime scene where he could potentially save lives. The lives of two mothers and two daughters—all strikingly independent and spirited—hang in the balance.

 

Set in Texas and the suburbs of England, All That Follows is a novel in which tender, unheroic moments triumph over the more strident and aggressive facets of our age.

 

It also provides moving and surprising insights into the conflict between our private and public lives and redefines heroism in this new century. It is a masterful work from one of Britain’s brightest literary lights.

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ID: 156277

Title: AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church

Author: Hugh Halter, Matt Smay

Narrator: Don Leslie, Don/richard Leslie/brewer, Richard Brewer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:55:43

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Christianity, Social Science, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

It's time to stop asking the old questions about how to do church better and instead ask how churches can more effectively participate in and grow God's kingdom. AND helps Christian leaders recognize the best in different church models and see how to incorporate these values into a cohesive church movement.

By the numbers, the American church enjoys the resources to profoundly impact the Kingdom. But despite the rapid growth of these evangelical movements, the church in the West is in decline. A growing schism has emerged between the movement with a strong emphasis on attracting people and the more missional communities that focus on releasing people into ministry.

Church resource specialists Hugh Halter and Matt Smay have been observing these different church models, and they challenge the idea that churches have to choose between them—between the attractional and missional approaches to ministry.

With professional insight and practical advice, Halter and Smay dial in on how to bring together the very best of the attractional AND missional models for church ministry by exploring:

- The balance between gathering a community together AND scattering them into the world.

- The harmony between centralization AND decentralization in church structure.

- The mindset necessary to invest in both the traditional AND the innovative.

- The drive to maintain both a vision for the future AND a depth of community for the present.

As churches begin to develop these ANDs, they will be better positioned to influence the world according to the design of God instead of the whims of the people or the pride associated with production.

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ID: 61588

Title: First Light

Author: Rebecca Stead

Narrator: Coleen Marlo, David Ackroyd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:07:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

PETER IS THRILLED to leave New York City to accompany his parents on an expedition to Greenland to study global warming. There he has visions of things that should be too far away for him to see.

Generations ago, the people of Thea’s community were hunted for possessing unusual abilities, so they fled beneath the ice. Thea needs help that only Peter can give. Their meeting reveals secrets of both their pasts, and changes the future for them both forever.

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ID: 61590

Title: Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel

Author: Yann Martel

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction, Psychological

Summary:

Fate takes many forms. . . .

 

When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil—and the epic journey they undertake together.

With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.

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ID: 61749

Title: Oprah: A Biography

Author: Kitty Kelley

Narrator: Kitty Kelley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19:57:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Arts & Entertainment, Social Science, Women

Summary:

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influ¬ential show in television history, she has gotten her guests—often the biggest celebrities in the world—to bare their love lives, explore their painful pasts, admit their transgressions, reveal their pleasures, and explore their demons. In turn, Oprah has repeatedly allowed her audience to share in her own life story, opening up about the sexual abuse in her past and discussing her romantic relationships, her weight problems, her spiritual beliefs, her charitable donations, and her strongly held views on the state of the world.

After a quarter of a century of the Oprah-ization of America, can there be any more secrets left to reveal?

Yes. Because Oprah has met her match.

Kitty Kelley has, over the same period of time, fear¬lessly and relentlessly investigated and written about the world’s most revered icons: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, England’s Royal Family, and the Bush dynasty. In her #1 bestselling biographies, she has exposed truths and exploded myths to uncover the real human beings that exist behind their manufac¬tured facades.

Turning her reportorial sights on Oprah, Kelley has now given us an unvarnished look at the stories Oprah’s told and the life she’s led. Kelley has talked to Oprah’s closest family members and business associates. She has obtained court records, birth certificates, financial and tax records, and even copies of Oprah’s legendary (and punishing) confidentiality agreements. She has probed every aspect of Oprah Winfrey’s life, and it is as if she’s written the most extraordinary segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show ever filmed—one in which Oprah herself is finally and fully revealed.

There is a case to be made, and it is certainly made in this book, that Oprah Winfrey is an important, and even great, figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. But there is also a case to be made that even greatness needs to be examined and put under a microscope. Fact must be separated from myth, truth from hype. Kitty Kelley has made that separation, showing both sides of Oprah as they have never been shown before. In doing so she has written a psychologically perceptive and meticulously researched book that will surprise and thrill everyone who reads it.

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ID: 61669

Title: Alchemy and Meggy Swann

Author: Karen Cushman

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:23:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Historical

Summary:

Fans of Karen Cushman's witty, satisfying novels will welcome Meggy Swann, newly come to London with her only friend, a goose named Louise. Meggy's mother was glad to be rid of her; her father, who sent for her, doesn't want her after all. Meggy is appalled by London,dirty and noisy, full of rogues and thieves, and difficult to get around in—not that getting around is ever easy for someone  who walks with the help of two sticks.Just as her alchemist father pursues his Great Work of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy finds herself pursuing her own transformation. Earthy and colorful, Elizabethan London has its dark side, but it also has gifts in store for Meggy Swann.

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ID: 61587

Title: This World We Live In

Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer

Narrator: Emily Bauer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:53:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, General, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

The heart-wrenching companion to the bestselling novels Life As We Knew It and The Dead & The Gone.

It’s been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. Miranda and her two brothers spend their days scavenging for food and household items, while their mother stays at home and desperately tries to hold on to the ordinary activities of their previous life. But they all know that nothing is truly normal in this surreal new world they live in.

           

The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.

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ID: 154707

Title: Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage

Author: Lee Strobel, Leslie Strobel

Narrator: Giovanni Cordiferro, Giovanni/rebecca Cordiferro/rogers, Rebecca Rogers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:10:09

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Prayer, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Someone came between Lee and Leslie Strobel, threatening to shipwreck their marriage. No, it wasn't an old flame. It was Jesus Christ.

Leslie's decision to become a follower of Jesus brought heated opposition from her skeptical husband. They began to experience conflict over a variety of issues, from finances to child-rearing. But over time, Leslie learned how to survive a spiritual mismatch. Today they're both Christians--and they want you to know that there is hope if you're a Christian married to a nonbeliever.

In their intensely personal and practical book, they reveal:

- Surprising insights into the thinking of non-Christian spouses

- A dozen steps toward making the most of your mismatched marriage

- Eight principles for reaching out to your partner with the gospel

- Advice for raising your children in a spiritually mismatched home

- How to pray for your spouse--plus a 30-day guide to get you started

- What to do if you're both Christians but one lags behind spiritually

- Advice for single Christians to avoid the pain of a mismatch

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