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ID: 103112

Title: Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Author: Koren Zailckas

Narrator: Ellen Archer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Parenting, Women

Summary:

From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes 'the usual.' With the stylistic freshness of a poet and the dramatic gifts of a novelist, Zailckas describes her first sip at fourteen, alcohol poisoning at sixteen, a blacked-out sexual experience at nineteen, total disorientation after waking up in an unfamiliar New York City apartment at twenty-two, when she realized she had to stop, and all the depression, rage, troubled friendships, and sputtering romantic connections in between.

Zailckas's unflinching candor and exquisite analytical eye gets to the meaning beneath the seeming banality of girls' getting drunk. She persuades us that her story is the story of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics-yet-but who use booze as a short cut to courage, a stand-in for good judgment, and a bludgeon for shyness, each of them failing to see how their emotional distress, unarticulated hostility, and depression are entangled with their socially condoned binging.

Like the contemporary masterpieces The Liars' Club, Autobiography of a Face, and Jarhead, Smashed is destined to become a classic. A crucial book for any woman who has succumbed to oblivion through booze, or for anyone ready to face the more subtle repercussions of their own chronic over-drinking or of someone they love, Smashed is an eye-opening, wise, and utterly gripping achievement.

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ID: 285266

Title: Bollywood Babes

Author: Narinder Dhami

Narrator: Nina Wadia

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:55:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:

When Geena, Amber and Jazz's school is desperate for funds, the girls' formidable young auntie steps in with a fantastic idea for a fundraising Bollywood party. Swept up in the plans, the girls plot to deliver a real Bollywood actress for a live appearance. Sure their aunt will be thrilled with their plan, they've only got to overcome the fact that their would-be guest of honour is a penniless, faded recluse with a foul temper who decamps to their house and insists on being treated like a star. A superbly entertaining sequel to Bindi Babes by an up-and-coming star of our own list.

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ID: 296181

Title: Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello

Author: Andrew Burstein

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:15:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-05

Publisher: Tantor Media

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

Summary:

In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.

Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, leaving behind a series of mysteries that captured the imaginations of historical investigators-an interest rekindled by the recent revelation that he fathered a child by Sally Hemmings, a woman he legally owned-yet there is still surprisingly little known about him as a man. In Jefferson's Secrets Andrew Burstein focuses on Jefferson's last days to create an emotionally powerful portrait of the uncensored private citizen who was also a giant of a man.

Drawing on sources previous biographers have glossed over or missed entirely, Burstein uncovers, first and foremost, how Jefferson confronted his own mortality; and in doing so, he reveals how he viewed his sexual choices.

Delving into Jefferson's soul, Burstein lays bare the president's thoughts about his own legacy, his predictions for American democracy, and his feelings regarding women and religion. The result is a moving and surprising work of history that sets a new standard, post-DNA, for the next generation's reassessment of the most evocative and provocative of this country's founders.

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ID: 206275

Title: Prydain Chronicles Book Five: The High King

Author: Lloyd Alexander

Narrator: James Langton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:24:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-22-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

The Sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon in the kingdom of Prydain, has fallen into the hands of Arawn-Death-Lord. Now Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and Price Gwydion lead an army against the powerful lord. After a winter expedition filled with danger, Taran's forces arrive at Mount Dragon, evil's stronghold. There Tara is forced to make the most crucial decisions of his life as he confronts the evil enchantress Achren and the diabolical Arawn.

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ID: 159617

Title: Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

Author: John Feinstein

Narrator: John Feinstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:36:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Mystery & Fantasy, Sports

Summary:

Danny Jordan is one of two lucky winners of the US Basketball Writer's Association's contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It's a basketball junkie's dream come true!

But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Danny and his fellow winner, Brigid-Ann Robinson, are nosing around the Superdome ad overhear what sounds like a threat to throw the championship game. Now they have just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of MSU's star players . . . and why.

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ID: 159663

Title: Geronimo Stilton: Books 4-6: #4: I'm Too Fond of My Fur; #5: Four Mice Deep in the Jungle; #6: Paws Off, Cheddarface!

Author: Geronimo Stilton

Narrator: Edward Herrmann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:24:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

Book #4 I'M TOO FOND OF MY FUR!

When my old friend Professor von Volt called to ask for help, I agreed immediately--even though it meant trekking halfway around the world to Mouse Everest! The trip was long and dangerous. I almost froze my tail off along the way. And then I was kidnapped by a yeti! Yes, it was truly an amazing adventure . . .

Book #5 FOUR MICE DEEP IN THE JUNGLE

I have never been a brave mouse . . . but lately, my fears were taking over my life! So Thea and Trap decided to cure me. They dragged me away on an airplane (I'm afraid of flying!) all the way to the jungle. There I was forced to eat bug soup, climb trees as tall as skyscrapers, swim in raging rivers, and even wrangle snakes. How would a 'fraidy mouse like me every survive?

Book #6 PAWS OFF, CHEDDARFACE!

Holey cheese, it was strange! Rodents kept telling me I'd done things I had not memory of. Was I going crazy? Had the cheese finally slipped off my cracker? No, I soon discovered the truth: There was a Geronimo look-a-like going around, pretending to be me! Worst of all, he was trying to take of The Rodent's Gazette! I had to get that greedy impostor's paws off my newspaper, but how?

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ID: 159616

Title: Cay

Author: Theodore Taylor

Narrator: Michael Boatman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:59:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family, Classics

Summary:

For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay.

   Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.

   When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.”

    But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.

“Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book…The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.”—New York Times Book Review

 

“A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”—Kirkus Reviews

 

* “Fully realized setting…artful, unobtrusive use of dialect…the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children’s literature.”—School Library Journal, Starred

 

“Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”—Saturday Review

 

“A tense and moving experience in reading.”—Publishers Weekly

 

“Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”—Booklist

 

'This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe.'—The Washington Star

· A New York Times Best Book of the Year

· A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

· A Horn Book Honor Book

· An American Library Association Notable Book

· A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember

· A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year

· Jane Addams Book Award

· Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

· Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award

· Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award

· Woodward School Annual Book Award

· Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine

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ID: 285259

Title: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Author: Ann Brashares

Narrator: Angela Goethals

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:18:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, General, Tough Topics

Summary:

The third novel in the wildly popular #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and The Here and Now.

It’s the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to start their grown-up lives. It’s the time when Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen need their Pants the most.

Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.

“A fun and poignant coming-of-age story.' —Entertainment Weekly

 “Readers of the other books won’t be disappointed.” —Booklist, Starred

“A treat for anyone.” —Los Angeles Times

“These are friends worth having.” —Chicago Tribune

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ID: 160105

Title: Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy

Author: Jenny Nimmo

Narrator: Simon Russell Beale

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:17:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

This semester at Bloor's Academy brings a few changes. There is a new art teacher, Mr. Boldova, and a new student, Belle, who lives with the Yewbeam aunts and seems to have a strange power over them.

Emma and Charlie soon discover Mr. Boldova's secret identity: He is the older brother of Ollie Sparks, the boy who lives in the attic of Bloor's Academy. Ollie had always been prying into matters that didn't concern him, so Ezekiel Bloor made him invisible. When Charlie and his friends find him, Ollie is alone and hungry. They promise to make Ollie visible again with the aid of his brother, Mr. Boldova.

Can Charlie and his friends save Ollie?

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ID: 285261

Title: Dancing Shoes

Author: Noel Streatfeild

Narrator: Elizabeth Sastre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-11-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

A beautiful gift edition of the beloved classic about two orphan sisters and their newfound love of theater and dance.

 

After losing their mother, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary move in with their aunt, Cora Wintle. Cora runs a dancing school in London, and she thinks that Hilary would be perfect for her dancing troupe, Wintle's Little Wonders! The only problem is that Hilary might be as good as Cora's own precious daughter, Dulcie. Still, Cora is determined to make sulky Rachel and sprightly Hilary members of her dance troupe.

But Rachel doesn't want to be a Little Wonder! She can't dance and feels silly in her the ruffly costume. Nothing seems to be going as planned, until Rachel discovers her talent for acting. . . .

This classic children's book is perfect for kids who dream of being on stage, whether it be dancing or acting. And don't miss the other classic Noel Streatfeild titles, Ballet Shoes, Skating Shoes, and Theater Shoes!

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