New audiobooks
Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter
Grahame-Smith, Seth.
New York, NY : Hachette Audio, p2010.
In this alternative-history bloodbath, Seth Grahame-Smith reconstructs the life of America's greatest president. Here, when young Abe learns that his mother's death is actually the result of a vampire attack, he vows to cleanse the country of the undead scourge.
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Allies
Golden, Christie.
United States : Random House Audio, p2010.
What began as a quest for truth has become a struggle for survival for Luke Skywalker and his son, Ben. They have used the secrets of the Mindwalkers to transcend their own bodies and speak with the spirits of the fallen, risking their very lives in the process. They have faced a team of Sith assassins and beaten the odds to destroy them. And now the death squad's sole survivor, Sith apprentice Vestara Khai, has summoned an entire fleet of Sith frigates to engage the embattled father and son. But the dark warriors come bearing a surprising proposition that will bring Jedi and Sith together in an unprecedented alliance against an evil more ancient and alien than they can imagine.
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The castaways
Hilderbrand, Elin.
New York, N.Y. : Hachette Audio, p2009.
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Die twice
Grant, Andrew, 1968-
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2010.
Obliged to leave New York City in the aftermath of his previous mission, David Trevellyan is summoned to the British Consulate in Chicago. To the same office where, just a week before, his new handler was attacked and shot by a Royal Navy Intelligence operative gone bad. Assigned the job of finding the rogue agent and putting an end to his treacherous scheme, Trevellyan soon finds that once again, his only hopes of saving countless innocent lives lie not within the system, but in his own instincts and skills. Trust is an illusion-- trust the wrong person, and it could get you killed.
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An eagle named Freedom my true story of a remarkable friendship
Guidry, Jeff.
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, p2010.
This is the inspiring story of a dedicated man who lovingly nursed a young eaglet with two broken wings back to health, and how this majestic bird later inspired him to triumph over his own life-threatening condition.
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Elegy for April [a novel]
Black, Benjamin, 1945-
New York, NY : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : [Distributed by] BBC Audiobooks America, p2010.
Quirke, a hard-drinking, insatiably curious Dublin pathologist is determined to find his daughter's best friend, a well-connected young doctor. Sober again after intensive treatment for alcoholism, Quirke enlists his old sparring partner, Detective Inspector Hackett, in the search for the missing young woman. Set in Dublin, circa 1950.
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Empire of the summer moon
Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953- LOCATION = Agawam General.
[Old Saybrook, Conn.?] : Tantor Audio, p2010.
Gwynne presents a history of the 40 year battle between the Comanche Indians and white settlers, centering on the Comanche chief Quanah.
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Falcon seven
Huston, James W.
[New York] : Macmillan Audio, p2010.
When the pilots of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 follow radioed orders and bomb a terrorist building in Pakistan, they're attacked and forced to eject themselves from their failing plane. Once on land, Pakistanis capture the pilots and drag them through the streets of Peshawar. As it turns out, the building the pilots bombed is a refugee medical facility rather than a terrorist target. With the pilots now facing charges of war crimes, Navy SEAL Jack Caskey must toil to prove this event was orchestrated.
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Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world
Weatherford, J. McIver.
Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
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The girl who kicked the hornet's nest [a novel]
Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004.
New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, p2010.
"Lisbeth Salander-- the heart of Larsson's two previous novels-- lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And on her own, she will plot revenge-- against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life."--Container.
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Good omens [the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch]
Gaiman, Neil.
[New York, N.Y.] : Harper Audio, p2009.
The world is preparing to come to an end according to the Divine Plan recorded in the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (written in 1655). Meanwhile, a fussy angel and a fast-living demon have grown fond of living among the earth's mortals for many millennia and are not looking forward to the apocalypse. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they must find and kill the Antichrist.
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Innocent
Turow, Scott.
New York : Hachette Audio, p2010.
When Sabich, now over sixty years old and the chief judge of an appellate court, finds his wife, Barbara, dead under mysterious circumstances, Molto accuses him of murder for the second time.
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The invisible bridge [a novel]
Orringer, Julie.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
The unforgettable story of brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation, and of the dangerous power of art in a time of war.
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Island beneath the sea a novel
Allende, Isabel.
[New York] : Harper Audio, p2010.
The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible.
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Landsman
Melman, Peter Charles, 1971-
North Kingstown, RI : BBC Audiobooks America, p2007.
In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, 11-year-old Elias Abrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely accused of a crime, and in order to escape arrest, he enlists in the Third Louisiana Regiment, where 3,000 other Jews will ultimately fight for the Confederacy. Before long, though, Elias' past catches up with him, and he realizes that he must face his demons, or lose the woman he loves.
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Lucky break
Phillips, Carly.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
Long ago, a witch proclaimed a curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his woman and his fortune. Now, Jason Corwin knows he should resist his attraction to Lauren Perkins. But after a night of mind-blowing sex, he just can't bring himself to stay away. All Lauren wants is to sell her late grandmother's old house and leave the past behind forever. However, the promise of treasure changes everything and might put an end to the Corwin curse.
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The man you'll marry
Macomber, Debbie.
Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
Two stories about one magic dress. In The first man you meet, Shelly Hansen receives her great-aunt's wedding dress. It comes with the promise that the first man you meet after receiving the dress is the man you'll marry. In The man you'll marry, newlywed Shelly sends the dress to her best friend Jill Morrison, who is vacationing in Hawaii.
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My name is Mary Sutter
Oliveira, Robin.
[New York] : Penguin Audio, p2010.
Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak, Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of surgeons William Stipp and James Blevens, Mary resists her mother's pleas to return home and pursues her medical career in the capital's hospitals.
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The nearest exit
Steinhauer, Olen.
New York : Macmillan Audio, p2010.
Forced back into the CIA, spymaster Milo Weaver must prove his worth to his new handlers. But when his mission deeply conflicts with his morality, Milo suddenly finds himself in an unwinnable situation and with no one to trust.
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Parrot & Olivier in America a novel
Carey, Peter, 1943-
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2010.
Olivier, the son of penniless aristocrats who barely escaped the violence of the French Revolution, sets sail to America to avoid confrontation with his enemies. Meanwhile, Parrot, a young Englishman, also leaves for America. Over the course of their adventures, their fates are inevitably entwined through their mutual acquaintance with a one-armed marquis.
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Play dead
Brown, Ryan.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
For the first time in Killington High School history, the Jackrabbits' football team is one win away from the district championship game where they will take on their most vicious rival. But on game day, bad-boy star quarterback Cole Logan is brutally attacked by three masked men. That night on the way to the game, the Jackrabbits' bus crashes, killing all of Cole's teammates. Bent on payback, he turns to a mysterious fan skilled in black magic to resurrect the team.
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The poacher's son [a novel]
Doiron, Paul.
[New York, N.Y.] : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. :
[Distributed by] BBC Audiobooks America, p2010.
Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father Jack, a hard drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: they are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before--and his father is their prime suspect.
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Private life a novel
Smiley, Jane.
New York : Random House Audio, p2010.
Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post-Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their small town has ever produced: a naval officer and a brilliant astronomer, a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Margaret's mother calls the match "a piece of luck".
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The red thread [a novel]
Hood, Ann, 1956-
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2010.
In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread. After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens the Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of desire for a child. Their painful and courageous journey toward adoption forces Maya to confront the lost daughter of her past. The red thread is a stirring portrait of unforgettable love and yearning for a baby.
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Shoot to thrill
Tracy, P. J.
Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
With the help of local law enforcement and the FBI, the Monkeewrench crew tracks a serial killer using savvy computer technology.
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Tell-all
Palahniuk, Chuck.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio Inc 2010.
Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of veteran actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton, discovers that bounder Webster Carlton Westward III has written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned musical extravaganza. As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans-- and for posterity.
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Updated Fri Jul 2 15:32:37 2010
