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ID: 256367

Title: Imagined Child

Author: Jo-Anne Richards

Narrator: Terry Lloyd-Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:20:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-16-02

Publisher: Audioshelf (PTY) Ltd.

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Odette is a script writer for a popular TV soap opera. When she moves to the small Free State town of Nagelaten she hopes to leave her problems - of family, fraught relationships and experiences of crime - behind in Joburg. To the dwellers of Nagelaten, Odette appears to be escaping a painful break-up in a place she knows no-one - and won't have to share her secrets.

When Odette begins seeing the local engineer, Adriaan, also an outcast in this small town, secrets begin to surface around the murder of Adriaan's wife. Odette's world begins to unravel, when her 'troubled' daughter, Mandy, is suspected of killing the baby she was au pairing in the UK and soon comes to live with Odette, who has a secret of her own. It isn't until Mandy befriends a strange man named Wolfie that Odette finally begins to question the mysteries of the small town.

Odette is forced to face her mistakes of the past and the truth of a murder long since buried with the dead. The Imagined Child is a carefully plotted 'whodunit' that combines Jo-Anne's trademark lyrical style with tight suspense and will keep you guessing until the last page.

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ID: 129540

Title: Dollypogs

Author: David Thorn

Narrator: David Thorn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:12:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-02

Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

Genres: Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Fiction, Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:

The gentle story of a Labrador puppy (Dollypogs) and her two pals (big old Jetset and little Snuggles) both orphaned but adopted by Dollypog's loving Master, David Thorn. How they all came together and their adventures as a loving family. Very sweet and touching.

AUTHOR

David Thorn

Having spent his early childhood in the picturesque Channel Islands off the French coast, David Thorn went to school in England followed by Law School in London. Later, he joined a major American corporation first in London and was then transferred to the United States.

Nominated for an "Audie" in the classics category in 2006 for Dicken's The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Blackstone Audio), he has recorded Novick's His Majesty's Dragon (and others), Stroud's Heroes of the Valley (Random House), Thomas Wolsey: His Life and Death (Alcazar Audioworks/Blackstone) among many other.

One Audiofile Magazine reviewer referred to him as "a masterful narrator," while another wrote "Thorn's narration is precise and captivating". Presently, his life is dictated by the daily whims of one Mr. Benjamin - a certain young French Bulldog with a mind of his own.

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ID: 133219

Title: Patchwork Girl of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: A Full Cast, David Thorn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-01-02

Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Classics

Summary:

A patchwork doll comes to life, and Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman, and a host of new characters have enchanting adventures in the land of Oz.

After a doll made out of a patchwork quilt is brought to life by a magician, she must find a way to break a spell that has turned two victims into motionless statues. A boy, the Patchwork Girl, and Bungle the glass cat go on a mission to find the ingredients for a charm that will transform the people back to life.

Familiar Oz characters and delightful new creatures join in the whimsical adventures that take place in the magical land of Oz. The Munchkin boy, Ojo, and all the Oz Characters, including a few new ones like the Patchwork Girl and the Glass Cat, join in the search for the magic Powder of Life. Ojo's beloved Unk Nunkie has accidentally been changed into a marble statue and Ojo needs certain things for the potion that will restore Unc Nunkie to life. Looking for the ingredients for the Powder, the travelers, including Princess Dorothy and Toto (of Wizard of Oz fame), The Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, The Scarecrow, The Hungry Tiger and the Cowardly Lion search far and wide to help Ojo. Unexpected trials force the group back to Princess Ozma of Oz and the Wizard of Oz who finally get things sorted out.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01: Ojo and Unc Nunkie

Chapter 02: The Crooked Magician

Chapter 03: The Patchwork Girl

Chapter 04: The Glass Cat

Chapter 05: A Terrible Accident

Chapter 06: The Journey

Chapter 07: The Troublesome Phonograph

Chapter 08: The Foolish Owl and the Wise Donkey

Chapter 09: They Meet the Woozy

Chapter 10: Shaggy Man to the Rescue

Chapter 11: A Good Friend

Chapter 12: The Giant Porcupine

Chapter 13: Scraps and the Scarecrow

Chapter 14: Ojo Breaks the Law

Chapter 15: Ozma's Prisoner

Chapter 16: Princess Dorothy

Chapter 17: Ozma and Her Friends

Chapter 18: Ojo is Forgiven

Chapter 19: Trouble with the Tottenhots

Chapter 20: The Captive Yoop

Chapter 21: Hip Hopper the Champion

Chapter 22: The Joking Horners

Chapter 23: Peace is Declared

Chapter 24: Ojo Finds the Dark Well

Chapter 25: They Bribe the Lazy Quadling

Chapter 26: The Trick River

Chapter 27: The Tin Woodman Objects

Chapter 28: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

AUTHOR

L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919), born in Chittenango, New York, was a journalist, dramatist, and writer best known for his fantasies about the land of Oz, the first being The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). The success of this book led to his writing thirteen sequels. He wrote about sixty books in all, mostly for children.

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Reviews for Alcazar AudioWorks' production of The Patchwork Girl of Oz

"Alcazar Audio Works provides a delightfully directed full-cast reading of Baum's seventh novel set in Oz. A poor Munchkin boy named Ojo teams up with Ozma, Dorothy, the Wizard, a quilted patchwork girl named Scraps, and the rest of the wondrous characters to save Ojo's uncle from a wicked wizard's spell. The uncredited narrator reads with a beautiful English accent as a team of actors plays the colorful characters. Without using any sound effects, the cast brings the characters and Baum's story to life. One character, a lazy man of Quadling country, is given a surfer-dude accent, and Baum's words are updated to amusing but incongruous effect. Listeners of all ages will enjoy this whimsical fantasy. S.E.S.

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ID: 198871

Title: Valhalla Rising

Author: Clive Cussler

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-01

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him.Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself confronted by an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient. He will tread upon territory previously known only to legend. And, at the end of it all, though many lives will be lost, and many saved, it is Pitt's own life that will be changed forever...Filled with dazzling suspense and breathtaking action, Valhalla Rising is Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers.

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ID: 201999

Title: Stardust of Yesterday

Author: Lynn Kurland

Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:02:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-01

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Paranormal, Contemporary Women

Summary:

A young woman inherits a castle—along with a ghost who tries to scare her away. Her biggest fear, however, is falling in love with him.

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ID: 58888

Title: Jim Clemmer's Leading in Turbulent Times

Author: Jim Clemmer

Narrator: Jim Clemmer

Format: Abridged

Length: 01:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-00

Publisher: Big Happy Family Audio

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership

Summary:

Leading in Turbulent Times is a condensed, executive overview of how the leadership principles of Jim Clemmer's book, Growing the Distance, apply to leading organizations in turbulent times. This timely presentation was recorded with an audience of business leaders.

Listen to a deeper discussion of leadership principles in a lively one-on-one interview with Jim Clemmer.

Strategic change is an inevitable fact of business life. How we choose to respond to it ' as leaders or as followers ' determines our personal and professional success. This Audio CD captures the essential elements of developing the leader within all of us. Developing these leadership competencies will help you and your organization continue to drive toward success and 'grow at the speed of change'.

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ID: 346836

Title: Age of Spiritual Machines

Author: Ray Kurzweil

Narrator: Alan Sklar

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:28:34

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-98

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Science & Technology, Computers, Technology & Engineering

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence—“a book for anyone who wonders where human technology is going next” (The New York Times Book Review).

“Kurzweil offers a thought-provoking analysis of human and artificial intelligence and a unique look at a future in which the capabilities of the computer and the species that invented it grow ever closer.”—BILL GATES

 

Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil, the “restless genius” (The Wall Street Journal), “ultimate thinking machine” (Forbes), and inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era. In his inspired hands, life in the new millennium no longer seems daunting. Instead, it promises to be an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live.

 

More than just a list of predictions, Kurzweil’s prophetic blueprint for the future guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in:

• Computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain (with human-level capabilities not far behind)

• Relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers

• Information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways

 

Eventually, the distinction between humans and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them.

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ID: 346831

Title: Stalingrad

Author: Antony Beevor

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-98

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: History, Military, Russia

Summary:

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five-month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost; then, in an astonishing reversal, encircled and trapped their Nazi enemy. This battle for the ruins of a city cost more than a million lives. Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides, fighting in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. Antony Beevor has interviewed survivors and discovered completely new material in a wide range of German and Soviet archives, including prisoner interrogations and reports of desertions and executions. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, Stalingrad is unprecedented and unforgettable.

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ID: 345184

Title: Visions of Cody: Selections from the Novel

Author: Jack Kerouac

Narrator: Graham Parker

Format: Abridged

Length: 03:07:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-01-96

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Classics, Psychological

Summary:

“To read On the Road but not Visions of Cody is to take a nice sightseeing tour but to forgo the spectacular rapids of Jack Kerouac’s wildest writings.”—The New York Times Book Review

 

“The centerpiece of all [Kerouac’s] novels.”—The Washington Post

 

Originally written in 1951–1952, Visions of Cody was an underground classic by the time it was finally published in 1972, three years after Kerouac’s death. Utilizing a radical, experimental form (“the New Journalism fifteen years early,” as Dennis McNally noted in Desolate Angel), Kerouac examines his own New York life in a collection of colorful stream-of-consciousness essays. Always transfixed by Neal Cassady—here named Cody Pomeray—along with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, Kerouac also explores the feelings he had for a man who inspired much of his work.

 

Transcribing taped conversations between members of their group as they took drugs and drank, Visions of Cody reveals an intimate portrait of people caught up in destructive relationships with substances, and one another, capturing the members of the Beat Generation in the years before any label had been affixed to them.

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ID: 346832

Title: Stepping Stones

Author: Seamus Heaney

Narrator: Seamus Heaney

Format: Abridged

Length: 01:14:00

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-96

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Essays & Anthologies, Literary Criticism

Summary:

Recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, poet Seamus Heaney brings beautiful focus to life in Ireland. Through his poetry, he encapsulates the country’s historical and political details while connecting it to the personal lives of the citizens.

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