Wednesday, January 31, 2007
SHADOW MAN by Cody McFadyen, read by Kate Reading
This debut novel tells the story of a serial killer and the FBI unit chasing him. Special Agent Smoky Barrett’s last case cost her both her husband and her daughter. Kate Reading expertly captures Barrett’s pain and anxiety as she is forced back into action by a deranged murderer.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
OVERCOMING LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS by Harold S. Kushner, read by the author
Rabbi Kushner talks about living out one’s personal destiny, using as his focus the life of Moses, who overcame his disappointments to become the best person he could be. Kushner’s style is to tell a biblical story, then discuss its context and potential meaning, and then expand on it as it applies to modern lives. His message is powerful, and the presentation is compelling.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
LISTENING FOR LIONS by Gloria Whelan, read by Bianca Amato
Thirteen-year-old Rachel’s life is turned upside down when she is orphaned in British East Africa. Bianca Amato’s exceptional narration brings us fully into Rachel’s inner life, giving breadth and raw emotion to a solid story.
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Friday, January 26, 2007
FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE by Harry Kemelman, read by George Guidall
Kemelman fans consider this book to be the best of the late author’s Rabbi David Small mysteries. Guidall’s narration defines the personality of the series. While the novel is a whodunit, it is character-driven and also explains Judaism and aspects of synagogue politics. Guidall captures Rabbi Small’s brilliant, albeit low-key and harried, personality with ease.
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
CAGE OF STARS by Jacquelyn Mitchard, read by Kathe Mazur
Veronica Swann is 12 when her younger sisters are murdered, and her inability to forgive their killer leads her on a surprising journey. Narrating this first-person novel with empathy and sensitivity, Kathe Mazur captures the right emotional pitch throughout—from the pain of the event to the joys and triumphs of Ronnie’s progress toward adulthood.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
WELCOME TO YOUR CRISIS: How to Use the Power of Crises to Create the Life You Want by Laura Day, read by the author
Reading with winning confidence and more than a little charm, an intuitive healer and consultant offers her ideas on how crises can become catalysts for profound personal change. In her calm voice you hear someone who has a firm grasp of how people react to crises, and how the wounds of the past can cripple their ability to be flexible and forward thinking.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
TWO WEEKS WITH THE QUEEN by Morris Gleitzman, read by the author
Morris Gleitzman offers this modern fable with both humor and tenderness. Struggling with sibling rivalry, his brother Luke’s cancer, and getting attention from his parents, young Colin searches for answers in quirky places. In a truly adolescent-sounding voice and attitude, Gleitzman portrays the inner workings of a young person struggling to find his place in the world.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan, read by Jeff Gurner and Geneva Carr
Egan uses a story-within-a-story structure, interweaving the story of two cousins converting an Eastern European castle into a luxury hotel with the story of a convicted murderer named Ray. Can Egan balance this complex structure and also satisfy our longing for narrative resolution? Absolutely, and Gurner and Geneva Carr give flawless star turns.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
THE GREAT TENNESSEE MONKEY TRIAL by Peter Goodchild, performed by Mike Farrell, Edward Asner, and Sharon Gless
The 1925 trial of science teacher John Scopes was a defining moment in the debate over evolution and creation and the source of some of America’s finest literature and theater. The superb performances of the entire cast make this new theatrical production compare favorably with its esteemed predecessors.
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F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THE GREAT GATSBY: A+ Audio Study Guide by Richard Glatzer, read by Lawrence Pressman
Actor Lawrence Pressman delivers this aural explication of Fitzgerald’s celebrated Jazz Age novel with élan and enthusiasm. His rendition of excerpts from the book makes one want to hear him read the whole thing. His reading of the analysis is particularly intelligent and expressive.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
THE MERCURY VISIONS OF LOUIS DAGUERRE by Dominic Smith, read by Stephen Hoye
Set amid the bohemian world of late-nineteenth-century Paris, this evocative novel centers on the life of photography’s founding father, Louis Daguerre. Daguerre searches for his lost love and for the images that he must photograph before Doomsday. Stephen Hoye narrates with joy and expertise.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
JUDGE & JURY by James Patterson and Andrew Gross, read by Joe Mantegna
With Joe Mantegna’s superb narration, Nick Pellisante comes alive as an emotionally burdened FBI agent, as does juror Andie DeGrasse, as their lives become entangled while a Mafia don laughs in the face of the law. The listener is brought into a gritty world in which the villains get the upper hand, but only for a short while.
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Monday, January 15, 2007
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare, performed by a full cast
Identical twin boys, separated in infancy by a storm, are reunited as young adults, aided by their slaves, also identical twins. Underlying the witty dialogue is an offbeat, bright, and bouncy musical score (piano and xylophone), punctuated by unexpected bursts of rib-tickling but authentic sound effects. The Bard was never better.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
THE BOOK OF FATE by Brad Meltzer, read by Scott Brick
Wes Holloway is scarred in body and soul after the failed assassination of his boss, the President of the United States. Brick brings out the humanity of Meltzer’s hero, who isn’t a superman, but a regular guy. And no one does icy villains like Scott Brick.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
BABY PROOF by Emily Giffin, read by Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon is the perfect choice to read this story of urbanite Claudia Parr and her struggle with her indifference to motherhood, which ultimately results in the end of her marriage. Nixon deftly handles the heartbreaking and the humorous as Claudia attempts to rebuild her world.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
THREE PLAYS by Alan Bennett, read by Nigel Anthony, Robert Bathurst, and Michael Gambon
Bennett’s plays are a treat for anyone who appreciates literate wit. All three of these superbly acted plays exhibit a youthful mischief and a mature undertone of bitterness. In the comedy KAFKA’S DICK, the Czech writer’s ghost appears to a suburban insurance salesman. Bennett stars in the satirical FORTY YEARS ON as a stuffy, old headmaster. AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD concerns a chance encounter in Moscow between a notorious spy and a famous actress.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
THE RELUCTANT MR. DARWIN: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen, read by Grover Gardner
Quammen examines the Charles Darwin’s life, following the growth of his ideas to hypothesize why he delayed publication. Grover Gardner’s reading pulses with the excitement of Quammen’s quest. As the author sifts through Darwin’s developing insights and personality quirks, Gardner is perfectly alert to the author’s subtle irony and humor, which Quammen could hardly avoid.
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Monday, January 08, 2007
IMPERIUM by Robert Harris, read by Simon Jones
The ambitions and intrigue surrounding the great Roman orator Cicero have some delicious parallels in contemporary politics. Details of Roman culture and history surround the senators, consuls, generals, and scoundrels. Jones makes Cicero’s rise to power an engrossing listening experience.
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Friday, January 05, 2007
AFTER THIS by Alice McDermott, read by Martha Plimpton
McDermott’s story of a postwar middle-class family that unfurls over decades is full of the stuff of everyday life. Martha Plimpton expertly handles McDermott’s habit of providing unhurried detail. As a reader, Plimpton is both energetic and precise, and she delivers perfect pacing when the writing turns quick with dialogue.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
LIFE INTERRUPTED: The Unfinished Monologue by Spalding Gray, read by Sam Shepard
For those who have found wit and revelation in Spaulding Gray's monologues over the years, there is the pain of knowing that LIFE INTERRUPTED is the last they will ever hear. Yet Sam Shepard offers the comfort of a finely tuned reading of Gray’s final unfinished work. Shepard’s voice, rougher than Gray’s, sounds as Gray evidently felt while writing this monologue.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
THE BLACK DAHLIA, by James Ellroy, read by Stephen Hoye
Based on a sensational LA murder in 1947, Ellroy's dark thriller follows the detective who lost everything solving the case. Stephen Hoye shrewdly plays the detective Bucky Bleichert's world-weariness.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN, by Fannie Flagg, read by the author
Fannie Flagg, the incomparable Southern writer and actress, returns to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, to delight us with her portrait of feisty octogenarian Elner Shimfissle. Elner shares details of her recent near-death experience as well as her thoughts on the wisdom of life and its meaning.
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