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ID: 624327

Title: Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty

Author: William Bligh

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:17:39

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Biography & Memoir

Summary:

In 1787, William Bligh, commander of the Bounty, sailed under Captain Cook on a voyage to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree, with a view to acclimatizing the species to the West Indies. During their six-month stay on the island, his men became completely demoralized and mutinied on the return voyage. But a resentful crew, coupled with ravaging storms and ruthless savages, proved to be merely stages leading up to the anxiety-charged ordeal to come. Bligh, along with eighteen men, was cast adrift in an open boat only twenty-three feet long with a small stock of provisionsand without a chart.

His narrative, deeply personal yet objective, documents the voyage and Bligh's relationship to his men, thereby exposing the oft debated question of what kind of man he really was.

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ID: 192834

Title: Take Your Best Shot: Do Something Bigger Than Yourself

Author: Austin Gutwein, Todd Hillard

Narrator: Brandon Batchelar

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-12

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Genres: Kids, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Only God could weave a story that would captivate people all over the world, bring thousands of people from 17 countries to a free-throw line, raise over a million dollars in international AIDS relief, and build a school and medical clinic in Zambia. And only God could do it through the hands of a nine-year-old boy. Austin made a difference by shooting hoops. Take Your Best Shot captures Austin’s amazing adventure and challenges listeners that no matter where you are, no matter what your skills are, no matter what your age, you can make a difference! You can do something bigger than yourself.

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ID: 137143

Title: On the Right Track: From Olympic Downfall to Finding Forgiveness and the Strength to Overcome and Succeed

Author: Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, Marion Jones

Narrator: Marion Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:32:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-12

Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Self Development, Sports, Health & Wellness, Women

Summary:

For more than a decade, Marion Jones was hailed as the 'the fastest woman on the planet.' At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she became the first woman ever to win five medals at one Olympics. That same year, the Associated Press and ESPN named her Athlete of the Year. She was on the cover of Vogue and Time. She seemed to have it all-fame, fortune, talent, and international acclaim. Now she is a convicted felon.The trouble started in 2003 when she lied to federal agents about her use of a performance-enhancing drug and her knowledge of a check fraud scam. In 2007, no longer able to live with the lies, she admitted the truth. In a sad end to what seemed like a storybook career, she was stripped of her medals, and her track-and-field records were wiped from the books.She was incarcerated at Carswell federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas-a prison known for its violence and abuse. While there, she kept herself in shape and her sanity intact by running on a dirt track and a treadmill in the prison's improvised weight room. But her imprisonment was not the end for Marion Jones. In fact, it marked a new beginning. She is now using her story to change the lives of people the world over and inspire others who, like her, face obstacles that seem insurmountable.On the Right Track is the candidly told story of how Marion came to grips with her lies and the consequences of her actions, and how she found meaning in all of it. What she tells her children and has now applied to her own life is that when you make a mistake, you admit it, you accept the consequences, you move on, you make the wrong a right. She teaches her children and others to take a break and pause before making impulsive and potentially harmful decisions.At the heart of this book are real issues that we all face: learning to grow through pain; making decisions that will help us far into the future; overcoming failure and discouragement; and applying practical principles that point the way to personal and spiritual breakthrough.

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ID: 236639

Title: Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs

Author: Soren Kaplan

Narrator: Richard Waterhouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:45:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-06-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development

Summary:

Todays business environment demands leapfroggersthose who create rapid, disruptive innovation, not small improvements. A leading innovation pioneer shows that businesses often ignore the very thing that could lead them to game-changing productsthe power of surprise. How did Gatorade revitalize itself in the wake of Red Bull and Starbucks? How did Etsy come to be? How did Four Seasons become the worlds leading luxury hotel brand? What makes one leader or company thrive while others languish in mediocrity? Kaplan gives business leaders the tools to do exactly what theyre taught to avoid: embrace uncertainty and invite surprises. Leapfrogging connects new research, unconventional strategies, and practical tools for navigating the seemingly messy process of achieving business breakthroughs. Listen in and leapfrog your way to success today!

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ID: 624317

Title: Lancelot

Author: Walker Percy

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:06:24

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

Lancelot Lamar, a disenchanted liberal lawyer, finds himself confined in a mental asylum with memories that don’t seem worth remembering—until a visit from an old friend and classmate gives him the opportunity to recount his journey of dark violence.

It began the day he accidentally discovered he was not the father of his youngest daughter. That discovery touched off his obsession to reverse the degeneration of modern America and begin a new age of chivalry and romance. With ever increasing fury, Lancelot would become a shining knight, not of romance—but of revenge.

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ID: 212373

Title: Paterno: By the Book

Author: Joe Paterno

Narrator: Joe Vincent

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:11:13

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Football

Summary:

Here are the Paterno principles: the straight word from the curious quarterback and English major who went from Brooklyn to Brown to Penn State, who lost his way to law school and became instead America’s best-loved coach.

With the help of a first-rate biographer and friend, Bernard Asbell, Joe Paterno tells his story, sharing his life’s principles and touching on a number of important subjects, including family, heroes, management, leadership, loyalty, teamwork, discipline, motivation, and of course, football strategy.

After listening to his story, you will understand why Joe Paterno was voted Coach of the Year four times and was the first football coach ever chosen as Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year; how he racked up more than four hundred victories, two national championships, and twenty-four bowl-game victories; and why his proudest stats involved the remarkable graduation rates of his players.

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ID: 628073

Title: Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

Author: Neil Postman

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:40:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it. According to Postman, technology is rapidly gaining sovereignty over social institutions and national life to become self-justifying, self-perpetuating, and omnipresent. He warns that this will have radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, religion, family, education, privacy, intelligence, and truth, as they are redefined to fit the requirements of the technological thought-world.

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ID: 236640

Title: Busy Bodies: Why Our Time-Obsessed Society Keeps Us Running in Place

Author: Lee Burns

Narrator: Robert Morris

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:36:15

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

In our affluent society, technology was supposed to free us for greater leisure time and creativity. Instead, the demands of our increasingly complex lives have come up against the unyielding 24-hour day. Today many Americans are harried and frustrated with their lives, despite being richer in material goods. We have become 'busy bodies,' working frantically to maintain our standard of living but not seeming to get much satisfaction.

Lee Burns explains what he calls 'the paradox of the good life.' With humor and wit, he shows how this obsession with time has crept into every aspect of our lives, from our changing romantic and eating habits to the way we run our economy and politics.

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ID: 628203

Title: Last Hero

Author: Peter Forbath

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26:24:16

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Summary:

In the greatest adventure of the Victorian age, a famous explorer makes a heroic relief expedition to a beleaguered British outpost deep in the heart of Africa. The British Empire, at its zenith, is shocked by the fall of Khartoum and the murder of General Gordon. But word reaches London that all is not lost; one garrison, commanded by the Emin Pasha, still holds out against the Mahdi leading the rebellion against the British in the Sudan. The Emin Pasha is hailed as a hero of mythic proportions, Gordon's successor, and England's hope. From the Queen to the mob, his rescue is demanded. But only one man is up to the challenge of this mammoth expedition across 5,000 miles of the uncharted Congo, where no white man has walked: Henry Morton Stanley, a hero of amazing complexity and daring. Whatever the cost, Stanley will rescue the Emin Pasha.

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ID: 624310

Title: Decoration of Houses

Author: Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman

Narrator: Grace Conlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:50:32

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Non-Fiction, Architecture & Design

Summary:

One of the classic works on interior decoration, Edith Wharton's The Decoration of Houses offers a comprehensive look at the history and character of turn-of-the-century interior design. Cowritten with architect Ogden Codman, Jr., this invaluable reference provides us with numerous keen and practical axioms for house design, such as (1) The better the house, the less need for curtains, and (2) the height of a well-proportioned doorway should be twice its width.

In the words of John Barrington Bayley, President of Classical America, 'this book has charm. The Decoration of Houses brings to mind the pictures of Walter Gay: There are the reflections in looking-glasses, and on parquet, and the garnitures of chimney-pieces, boiseriers, the odor of wax; outside the tall glazed doors there is a sunny silent terrace, we are now at Mrs. Wharton's Pavillon Colombea well laid out parterre, a rose garden, and an orchard of Reinette apples and luscious double cherries.'

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