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ID: 103118

Title: God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story

Author: James McIvor

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality, North America, Military, Christianity

Summary:

A heartwarming Civil War tale bound to become an American holiday classic

In the winter of 1862, during the seemingly endless nightmare of the Civil War, a small miracle occurred. Just after Christmas, on the eve of the bloody battle of Stones River in Tennessee, the Union and Confederate armies set up camp within shouting distance of one another. To raise their spirits, they began a volley of patriotic tunes-'Yankee Doodle' drowned out by 'Dixie.' Then, during a pause, a Union band struck up the wistful strains of 'Home Sweet Home.' A Confederate band chimed in, and soon every regimental band and every soldier, Rebel and Yankee alike, had swelled the chorus. This bittersweet moment is the centerpiece of James Mcivor's portrait in miniature of a country weary of war.

Filled with soldiers' letters-marked by humor, yearning, and courage-as well as Christmas poems and songs from the period, this is a tale of unabashed holiday spirit for our own divided nation.

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ID: 220951

Title: Dark Watch

Author: Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:29:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas—Juan Cabrillo.Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia.

Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts—easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy—a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.

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ID: 198861

Title: Dark Watch

Author: Clive Cussler, Jack B. Du Brul

Narrator: Tom Wopat

Format: Abridged

Length: 05:41:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

A new adventure from the number-one New York Times-bestselling master of high seas action.

Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours

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ID: 296169

Title: Churchill and America

Author: Martin Gilbert

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:42:43

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

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

Summary:

In this stirring book, Martin Gilbert tells the intensely human story of Winston Churchill's profound connection to America, a relationship that resulted in an Anglo-American alliance that has stood at the center of international relations for more than a century.

Winston Churchill, whose mother, Jennie Jerome, the daughter of a leading American entrepreneur, was born in Brooklyn in 1854, spent much of his seventy adult years in close contact with the United States. In two world wars, his was the main British voice urging the closest possible cooperation with the United States. From before the First World War, he understood the power of the United States, the 'gigantic boiler,' which, once lit, would drive the great engine forward.

Sir Martin Gilbert was appointed Churchill's official biographer in 1968 and has ever since been collecting archival and personal documentation that explores every twist and turn of Churchill's relationship with the United States, revealing the golden thread running through it of friendship and understanding despite many setbacks and disappointments. Drawing on this extensive store of Churchill's own words - in his private letters, his articles and speeches, and press conferences and interviews given to American journalists on his numerous journeys throughout the United States - Gilbert paints a rich portrait of the Anglo-American relationship that began at the turn of the last century.

In Churchill and America, Gilbert explores how Churchill's intense rapport with this country resulted in no less than the liberation of Europe and the preservation of European democracy and freedom. It also set the stage for the ongoing alliance that has survived into the twenty-first century.

'This is a fascinating story, straightforward and well told, of one of the 20th century's most important leaders and the critical connection he forged between the world's fading superpower and its rising one.'-Publishers Weekly

'It is doubtful whether anyone on this planet knows more about the life and times of Winston Churchill than his official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert.'-Library Journal

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ID: 103128

Title: Jedburghs

Author: Will Irwin

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Military, Science & Technology, Technology & Engineering

Summary:

The first full history of the pioneering Special Forces units of World War II-dropped behind German lines into France to assist with the D-Day landings-told by a former U.S. Special Forces colonel with unique access to surviving veterans

The story of the Special Forces in World War II has never fully been told before. Information about them began to be declassified only in the 1980s. Known as the Jedburghs, these Special Forces were selected from members of the British, American, and Free French armies to be dropped in teams of three deep behind German lines. There, in preparation for D-Day, they carried out what we now know as unconventional warfare: supporting the French Resistance in guerrilla attacks, supply-route disruption, and the harassment and obstruction of German reinforcements. Always, they operated against extraordinary odds. They had to be prepared to survive pitched battles with German troops and Gestapo manhunts for weeks and months while awaiting the arrival of Allied ground forces. They were, in short, heroes.

The Jedburghs finally tells their story and offers a new perspective on D-Day itself. Will Irwin has selected seven of the Jedburgh teams and told their stories as gripping personal narratives. He has gathered archival documents, diaries, and correspondence, and interviewed Jed veterans and family members in order to present this portrait of their crucial role--a role recognized by Churchill and Eisenhower-in the struggle to liberate Europe in 1944-45.

This is narrative history at its most compelling; a vivid drama of the battle for France from deep behind enemy lines.

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ID: 296170

Title: Fan-Tan

Author: Donald Cammell, Marlon Brando

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:16:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Psychological

Summary:

Anatole 'Annie' Doultry is in his early fifties, with an imposing physical presence and a reputation to match. In 1927, he is serving six months in a hellish Hong Kong prison where, on a whim, he saves the life of a Chinese prisoner.

The prisoner's employer happens to be Madame Lai Choi San. Beautiful, ruthless, and shrewd, she is one of the most notorious gangsters in Asia. When Annie gets out of prison, Madame Lai thanks him with an offer of inconceivable wealth if he will join her in the biggest act of piracy the world has ever seen. Madame Lai is a seductive and powerful ally, but Annie is about to discover that she can be an even more powerful-and dangerous-enemy.

Marlon Brando worked on this story with his longtime collaborator-screenwriter and director Donald Cammell-for years. He's left us with a rollicking, swashbuckling, delectable romp of a novel-the last surprise from an ever-surprising legend.

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ID: 103122

Title: Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges

Author: Guy Browning

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Health & Wellness, Fitness

Summary:

The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death-they're all terrifically exciting, but they happen whether we like it or not. It's the little things in life that cause the most trouble. How do you deal with the million and one everyday challenges?

Help is at hand. For the first time you can get intelligent, practical tuition on the level you need it: the trivial level. After years of exploring the small pockets in life's backpack in his celebrated 'How to' column in the Weekend Guardian, Guy Browning has the rules that can help you move safely and effortlessly through the micro-chicanes on life's byways, including:

-How to evaluate a bottle of wine (if the alcohol content is less than 15 percent, send it straight back)

-How to get what you want at the barber's (no multipart instructions, please)

-How to stay warm in bed (when your partner has cold feet and steals the covers)

-How to be a fashionista (when your twenty-year-old wardrobe is suddenly back in vogue)

-How to pretend to laugh at a friend's joke (the closest most men get to faking orgasm)

-How to fix a computer (If restarting it doesn't work, turn it off and go back to a preindustrial lifestyle.)

Covering cooking and eating, sleeping and waking, men and women, love and marriage, religion and politics, hedges and neighbors, Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade delivers the truth about the things that really matter. With a package as fun as its contents, it's the ideal gift for anyone who wants to live life with a sense of humor.

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ID: 103132

Title: Nightmares on Congress Street, Part IV

Author: Anthony S. Marino, Clay T Graybeal, Edgar Allan Poe, Rhonda Carlson, Robert W. Service, W.W. Jacobs

Narrator: a full cast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:52:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Essays & Anthologies

Summary:

In 2001, a group of Portland, ME area theatrical professionals began creating a series of audio theatre programs - Nightmares on Congress Street 'classic horror stories to Chill & Thrill'. These productions have all been broadcast on Maine's NPR station for the past few Hallowe'en Eves. Now in it's fourth year, this production includes an original story, which is dedicated to Maine's very own 'Master of the Macabre', Stephen King.

Stories include:

* The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

* The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service

* The Cabin in the Woods by Clay T. Graybeal

* The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

* The Librarian by Rhonda Carlson

* The Horror of Walker Point by Anthony S. Marino

'It's rare that I hear something modern that captures the spirit of Halloween. Sure, there's some scary stuff out there, and some funny scary stuff out there, but Nightmares on Congress Street really catches the fun spirit of Halloween. There are scares and laughs in good measure throughout, and you'd be hard-pressed to find better production quality anywhere.' -SFFaudio

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ID: 103130

Title: Coming Home to Myself

Author: Patsi Bale Cox, Wynonna Judd

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, Women

Summary:

The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar.

From the heart of one of the most beloved performers in music comes a candid memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory-a coming-of-age account of a very private search for harmony and a very public rise to fame.

Coming Home to Myself is the result of that emotional journey-a song of personal discovery that taught Wynonna Judd to love not just what she does, but who she is. From a truly exceptional woman comes an unexpected memoir of survival, strength, hope, and forgiveness, filled with an exultant and empowering message certain to resonate with those who have dreamed of finding themselves, and who only needed the courage and inspiration to begin their own journey.

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ID: 285258

Title: Dark Flight Down

Author: Marcus Sedgwick

Narrator: Graeme Malcolm

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:49:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

In the morning you should think

You might not last unto the night

In the evening you should think

You might not last unto the morn

Boy has survived the terrors of life with the magician Valerian, dark magic, and deadly chases, but he is still on the run. Now, as the City lies frozen, he is captured and incarcerated in the Emperor Frederick’s palace. Boy is transported to a world of splendor, and wealth beyond his wildest imagining. But beneath its golden veneer, this world is full of madness and cruelty, closely guarded secrets, and terrifying revelations.

In a mesmerizing conclusion to the enthralling story begun in The Book of Dead Days, Boy and Willow are plunged into the heart of it–the furies of the Emperor; the tricks of necromancers; a trail of blood that will lead to the grisly Phantom. Holding all their lives between its pages, The Book of Dead Days waits to deceive its next reader.

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