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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Walter Isaacson; Read by Nelson Runger; Recorded Books
Author Isaacson's attention to detail and narrator Nelson Runger's powerful performance combine to make a work that many will consider the definitive biography of this Founding Father.
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ELIZABETH AND MARY
Jane Dunn; Read by Donada Peters; Books on Tape
Like a story from today's headlines, both factions are willing to kill and to die in the name of God. Donada Peters brings a golden touch to this book steeped in the full flavor of the Elizabethan Age.
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THE KILLER ANGELS
Michael Shaara; Read by Stephen Hoye; Random House Audio
Stephen Hoye's reading of Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning text captures the tension of war. Both Hoye and Shaara have clearly done their homework, creating a package befitting this thirtieth-anniversary edition.
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THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
Will Durant, Ariel Durant; Read by Grover Gardner; Audio Partners
Will and Ariel Durant are our curmudgeonly hosts along with the bristling, intelligent voice of Grover Gardner in this recap of some prime historical data and observations of humanity's past and its potential future.
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| Children, Family & Young Adult |
ARTEMIS FOWL
Eoin Colfer; Read by Nathaniel Parker; Listening Library
Nathaniel Parker's splendid narration of the rip-roaring adventures of a young criminal mastermind is perfect family listening.
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THE BOOK OF THREE
Lloyd Alexander; Read by James Langton; Listening Library
James Langton's compassionate presentation of each character enables listeners to enter this fantastical world.
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ERAGON
Christopher Paolini; Read by Gerard Doyle; Listening Library
Gerard Doyle's range of accents is perfect for this fantasy adventure filled with vivid characters, witty dialogue, and nail-biting battle scenes.
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MILLIONS
Frank Cottrell Boyce; Read by Simon Jones; Harper Audio
Simon Jones's effortless accents, impeccable timing, and, above all, empathy make this clever parable about greed work for all ages.
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PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson; Read by Jim Dale; Brilliance Audio
Jim Dale gives a truly astonishing one-man performance of this Peter Pan prequel. Adults and children alike will enjoy this rollicking tale of pirates, talking porpoises, flying children, and a giant crocodile.
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SAVING FRANCESCA
Melina Marchetta; Read by Rebecca Macauley; Bolinda Audio
Thanks to Rebecca Macauley's fresh, utterly convincing narration of this Australian import, the universal story of a young woman finding her way translates in all cultures.
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Classics
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DON QUIXOTE
Miguel de Cervantes; Read by George Guidall; Recorded Books
The incomparable George Guidall vivifies the entire Don Quixote in the new, acclaimed translation by Edith Grossman. His is the perfect American-language voice for Cervantes: mature, gravelly, and learned.
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THE JOHN UPDIKE AUDIO COLLECTION
John Updike; Read by John Updike, Edward Herrmann, Jane Alexander; Harper Audio/ Caedmon
Patrician and plummy, Edward Herrmann, Jane Alexander, and even the author himself deliver sterling performances of Updike's most well-known stories.
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Contemporary Culture
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BEYOND BELIEF
Elaine Pagels; Read by Jennifer Van Dyck; Random House Audio
Lyrical writing and fascinating historical details make this an enchanting and compelling look at early church politics.
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DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM
David Sedaris; Read by David Sedaris; Time Warner AudioBooks
Sedaris's essays are written to be heard, and his keen delivery makes them that much more eminently relatable.
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EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES
Lynne Truss; Read by Lynne Truss et al.; Penguin Audiobooks
Lynne Truss gives us permission to laugh aloud while being shocked, yes shocked, about the disastrous state of punctuation and grammar in the modern world.
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THE WISDOM OF CROWDS
James Surowiecki; Read by Grover Gardner; Books on Tape
Grover Gardner employs a documentary-style detachment for this eloquent treatise on crowds and collective wisdom that never bores, never errs.
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Fiction
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THE GREAT FIRE
Shirley Hazzard; Read by Virginia Leishman; Recorded Books
Virginia Leishman's precise, thoughtful, gentle narration replicates the almost impossible movement from postwar hollowness to hope reborn.
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THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
Carlos Ruiz Zafón; Read by Jonathan Davis; Penguin Audiobooks
Zafón's masterful novel of hope, mystery, and love, made more superb on audio, is destined to be a literary classic.
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AN UNFINISHED LIFE
Mark Spragg; Read by Tony Amendola, Judith Marx; HighBridge Audio
Narrators Tony Amendola and Judith Marx alternate chapters to reflect the novel's shifting points of view, adding layers of nuance as the hard-worn protagonists are illuminated. A bold choice that elevates the story beyond the ordinary.
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THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS
Jasper Fforde; Read by Elizabeth Sastre; HighBridge Audio
People who love their silliness blasted with literary wit and panache will enjoy the third episode in the trials and tribulations of Thursday Next. With words and allusions tumbling one over another in Fforde's altered reality, Elizabeth Sastre's performance is breathtaking.
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| Mystery & Suspense |
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ABSOLUTE FRIENDS
John le Carré; Read by John le Carré; Time Warner AudioBooks
Le Carré brings his superb reading talents--sonorous, cultured voice; gift for accents; deft expressiveness--illuminate his world of shadowy intrigue.
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THE CODEX
Douglas Preston; Read by Scott Brick; Books on Tape
Brick handles mystery, romance, sibling rivalry, and genocide in the jungles of Honduras with dazzling style. Not since Indiana Jones played "race-the-boulder" have so many nail-biting, heart-pounding rushes occurred in one adventure.
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A DEATH IN VIENNA
Daniel Silva; Read by John Lee; Books on Tape
Always in tune with the action, John Lee gives a masterful, riveting performance of this intricate novel of intrigue.
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THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE
Alexander McCall Smith; Read by Lisette Lecat; Recorded Books
Lisette Lecat adopts a confidential storytelling tone to deliver these vignettes about Botswana village life, eking out every morsel of comic nuance with perfect timing, gentle charm, and a flawless accent.
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GUARDIAN OF THE HORIZON
Elizabeth Peters; Read by Barbara Rosenblat; Harper Audio
The grammatically correct, deliciously verbose Peabody-Emersons are back, and Barbara Rosenblat's fully realized performance shines. Those new to the series will become instant fans, and devotees will be delighted.
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IN THE MOON OF RED PONIES
James Lee Burke; Read by Tom Stechschulte; Simon & Schuster Audio
Tom Stechschulte's ease with all the demands of this top-notch thriller, from violence, to breathless panic, to love, is brilliant, the sum even greater than a series of masterful character parts.
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THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
Walter Mosley; Read by Ernie Hudson; Time Warner AudioBooks
Ernie Hudson's performance turns one man's dilemma into an exploration of perversity, punishment, repentance, and redemption.
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THE NARROWS
Michael Connelly; Read by Len Cariou; Time Warner AudioBooks
Len Cariou adds a new dimension to Connelly's hero Harry Bosch in what may be the best mystery you hear this year. Try THE POET and BLOOD WORK first. Then appreciate Cariou's performance here.
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SKINNY DIP
Carl Hiaasen; Read by Stephen Hoye; Books on Tape
Vastly entertaining-Stephen Hoye enhances the hilarity and charm of the story, especially Hiaasen's eye for offbeat details.
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AN UNPARDONABLE CRIME
Andrew Taylor; Read by Derek Jacobi; Hyperion Audiobooks
The Dickensian characters, convincing yet accessible Georgian diction, and intriguing entangled narrative of this adroitly abridged whodunit are beautifully orchestrated by the incomparable Sir Derek Jacobi.
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