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ID: 200287

Title: Masque of the Black Tulip

Author: Lauren Willig

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:40:57

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance

Summary:

...But now she has a million questions about the Pink Carnation's deadly French nemesis, the Black Tulip. And she's pretty sure that her handsome onagain, off-again crush, Colin Selwick, has the answers somewhere in his archives. But what she discovers in an old codebook is something juicier than she ever imagined.

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ID: 240517

Title: Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

Author: Lilian Jackson Braun

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Thriller & Horror, General, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

When a wealthy couple dies, Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, must follow the case to its explosive conclusion in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.

The town of Pickax is buzzing with excitement: its residents are about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. But in the midst of all the preparations, Qwill has to take time out to entertain aspiring architect Harvey Ledfield—and deal with Koko’s strange new habit. Because the Siamese star has started dropping from balconies and landing in the oddest of places, including on Harvey’s head! And now that Harvey’s aunt and uncle have mysteriously gone missing, Qwill better brush up on his paw language before Pickax is hit with a bombshell...

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ID: 206272

Title: Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate

Author: Jonathan Stroud

Narrator: Simon Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Three years have passed since the magician Nathaniel helped prevent a cataclysmic attack on London. Now an important member of the British government, he grapples with numerous problems: foreign wars are going badly, Britain’s enemies are mounting attacks close to London, and rebellion is growing among the commoners. Increasingly imperious and distracted, Nathaniel is treating Bartimaeus worse than ever. The long-suffering djinni is growing weak and vulnerable from too much time in this world, and his patience is nearing its end.

Meanwhile, undercover in London, Nathaniel’s longtime rival Kitty has been stealthily completing her research on magic, demons, and Bartimaeus’s past. She has a daring plan that she hopes will break the endless cycle of conflict between djinn and humans. But will anyone listen to what she has to say?

In this glorious conclusion to the Bartimaeus Trilogy, the destinies of Bartimaeus, Nathaniel, and Kitty converge once more. For the first time, we will learn the secrets of Bartimaeus’s past, and catch a glimpse into the mysterious Other Place–the world of demons–as together, the threesome faces treacherous magicians, a complex conspiracy, and a rebellious faction of demons. To survive, they must test the limits of this world and question the deepest parts of themselves. And most difficult of all–they will have to learn to trust one another.

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ID: 34268

Title: Brokeback Mountain

Author: Annie Proulx

Narrator: Campbell Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 01:04:44

Language: English

Release date: 12-02-05

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

Summary:

A stand alone edition of Annie Proulx’s beloved story “Brokeback Mountain” (in the collection Close Range)—the basis for the major motion picture directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, “Brokeback Mountain” is her masterpiece.

Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they’re working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer.

Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that’s what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it.

The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for its publication of “Brokeback Mountain,” and the story was included in Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards. In gorgeous and haunting prose, Proulx limns the difficult, dangerous affair between two cowboys that survives everything but the world’s violent intolerance.

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ID: 160255

Title: Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Author: Ann Brashares

Narrator: Amy Povich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-22-05

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

The second 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.

With a bit of last summer’s sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood who wears them—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—embark on their second summer together.

 

Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.

“Light and romantic.' —The New York Times 

“Fits like a favorite pair of pants.” —USA Today

“A great summer read.” —The Sacramento Bee

 “As comfortable as an old pair of jeans.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred

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ID: 33780

Title: Teacher Man: A Memoir

Author: Frank McCourt

Narrator: Frank McCourt

Format: Abridged

Length: 05:26:47

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-05

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Literary, Education

Summary:

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the Author

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.

Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.

Now, here at last is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents.

For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.

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ID: 33255

Title: Teacher Man: A Memoir

Author: Frank McCourt

Narrator: Frank McCourt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:11:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-15-05

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Literary, Education

Summary:

Winner of the 2007 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir and Finalist for Narration by the Author

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice.

Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.

Now, here at last is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents.

For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.

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ID: 33267

Title: Murder in the Casbah and Other Mysteries: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Anthony Boucher, Denis Green

Narrator: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-05

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Welcome to the Golden Age of Radio and the best in classic mystery.

From 1939-1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.

Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then.

The latest audio technology was employed to bring the best audio quality and fidelity to the original performances, which feature nostalgic wartime announcements, original commercials and radio narrations.

This special CD edition includes:

• Murder in the Casbah and The Tankerville Club

• The Strange Case of the Murderer in Wax and The Man With The Twisted Lip

• The Guileless Gypsy and The Camberville Poisoners

• The Terrifying Cats and The Submarine Cave

• The Living Doll and The Disappearing Scientists

• The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Purloined Ruby

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ID: 201813

Title: Light from Heaven

Author: Jan Karon

Narrator: John McDonough

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:19:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Family Life

Summary:

All good things—even laughter and orange marmalade cake—must come to an end 

And in Light from Heaven, the long-anticipated final volume in the phenomenally successful Mitford Years series, Karon deftly ties up all the loose ends of Father Timothy Kavanagh’s deeply affecting life.

On a century-old valley farm where Father Tim and Cynthia are housesitting, there’s plenty to say grace over, from the havoc of a windstorm to a surprising new addition to the household and a mystery in the chicken house.

It’s life on the mountaintop, however, that promises to give Father Tim the definitive challenge of his long priesthood. Can he step up to the plate and revive a remote, long-empty mountain church, asap? Or has he been called to accomplish the impossible? Fortunately, he’s been given an angel—in the flesh, of course.

Light from Heaven is filled with characters old and new and with answers to all the questions that Karon fans have asked since the series began nearly a decade ago. To put it simply—it’s her best. And we believe millions will agree.

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ID: 201377

Title: Are Men Necessary?

Author: Maureen Dowd

Narrator: Maureen Dowd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:28:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-03-05

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Social Science

Summary:

Are men afraid of smart, successful women? Why did feminism fizzle? Why are so many of today's women freezing their faces and emotions in an orgy of plasticity? Is 'having it all' just a cruel hoax?In this witty and wide-ranging book, Maureen Dowd looks at the state of the sexual union, raising bold questions and examining everything from economics and politics to pop culture and the 'why?' of the Y chromosome. These new writings will delight her devoted readers - and anyone trying to sort out the chaos that occurs when sexes collide.

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