Friday, June 29, 2007
THE LAST CAMEL DIED AT NOON by Elizabeth Peters, read by Barbara Rosenblat
In Elizabeth Peters’s sixth Peabody–Emerson adventure, Egyptologist Emerson, his wife Peabody, and their 10-year-old son, set out to find a couple who disappeared in the Egyptian desert fourteen years ago but are rumored to be alive. Rosenblat creates charming, clever characters of form and substance. Her range of voices is one of the wonders of the universe.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? by Zoë Heller, read by Nadia May
This sad, riveting story was recently in film as NOTES ON A SCANDAL. We follow Barbara Covett, lonely sixtyish London schoolteacher, as she becomes enthralled with Sheba, a younger fellow teacher. Nadia May is brilliant with Barbara--self-deluding, jealous, controlling, snide, though always civil, and she gives voice to subordinate characters equally well.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
THE WARDEN by Anthony Trollope, read by Simon Vance
The incomparable Simon Vance makes the nineteenth century live in our ears. He parses Trollope's first Barsetshire novel with aplomb. Mr. Harding is a haplessly agreeable warden of an old men's poorhouse. Vance's narrative skills help modern listeners hear the elegance of Trollope's writing and understand the writer's skewering wit.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
STILL LIFE by Louise Penny, read by Ralph Cosham
Lucid descriptions of Quebec-- the land, the food, the art are part of the pleasure of this mystery that initiates a new series featuring Inspector Gamache from the Montreal Surete. Finely captured by narrator Cosham, village life is as vivid as if it were written by Christie and the cast of remarkable characters are pitch perfect.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
WINTERSMITH by Terry Pratchett, read by Stephen Briggs
SCRIPT: In this energetic mix of boisterous fantasy, wonderful humor, and uncommon common sense, longtime Discworld series narrator Stephen Briggs gives another virtuoso performance. He delivers every line and every character voice with just the right glee, tension, and clarity. He makes it hard to resist apprentice witch Tiffany Aching, and the Wee Free Men.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
THE PRESTIGE by Christopher Priest, read by Simon Vance
Priest's novel—winner of the World Fantasy Award in 1996, uses journal entries to tell the story of two warring stage magicians at the turn of the century. Simon Vance's narration is remarkable—expertly portraying these two mysterious men as their lives (and their tricks) are slowly revealed.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
NATURAL FLIGHTS OF THE HUMAN MIND by Clare Morrall, read by Patience Tomlinson
Two recluses living near Dorset coast, find each other, and then an old biplane--and thereby hangs a tale, gently told with charm, humor, and empathy. Tomlinson's characterizations are convincing and likable. She chats rather than reads, as if, over tea and crumpets, she's telling friends of people she knows and events she's witnessed.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille, read by Scott Brick
The husband-and-wife team of John Corey and Kate Mayfield must foil a plot to provoke the US government into launching a nuclear attack on the Muslim world. Scott Brick's tone of irony and sarcasm for the wisecracking Corey and quieter tones for the more even-tempered Mayfield make it seem as though there are two narrators at work.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
PERFECTLY YOURSELF: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness by Matthew Kelly, read by the author
Resonant workshop leader and personal change author Kelly talks more about self-acceptance than getting things done. This program urges us to applaud our efforts even when they fall short, and to discover our individual melodies instead of reading music written by others. Clear tones and relaxed pacing make the author's voice sound especially rich.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
OPERATION HOMECOMING by Andrew Carroll, read by Joe Barrett, David Birney, Richard Brewer, Scott Brick, et al.
This is a compilation of writings by those directly experiencing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The collection includes eyewitness accounts, personal journals, short stories, and even poetry. Several readers share the narration, which gives each entry a unique tone. The stories are visceral, at times graphic, and, are uniformly moving.
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Friday, June 15, 2007
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway, read by Donald Sutherland
Sutherland's gentle and thoughtful reading of Hemingway's 1952 classic is spot-on perfect. When an old fisherman from a Cuban village hooks a great marlin and is pulled out to sea, he must struggle to survive. Sutherland catches the cadence and intonation of Cuba even without much accent, as well as the weary determination of the old man.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
OF FIRE AND NIGHT: The Saga of the Seven Suns: Book 5 by Kevin J. Anderson, read by David Colacci
Earth defense forces battle human-hating robots in book five of this popular series. Much of the drama lies not in the action, but in the complex relationships among the characters. David Colacci's nuanced performance does justice to this complexity. His sense of engagement is contagious as the intensity of the plot builds.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
THE PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF MARRIAGE by Laura Schlessinger, read by Lily LoBianco
This optimistic and affirming lesson shows how men and women can depend on each other in healthy ways and live up to that trust even when it's difficult. Lily LoBianco provides a perky but serious reading that captures every nuance in the writing and every ounce of the author's enthusiasm.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
MONTREAL STORIES by Mavis Gallant, read by Margot Dionne
To call the families in these 15 stories dysfunctional would be an understatement. Gallant's characters are misplaced even in location—not French, British, or American, they always seem uncomfortable in their surroundings. The tension can be heard in Margot Dionne's smooth narration. Listening to Dionne you almost forget this isn't her own life she's describing.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
THE MEANING OF NIGHT: A Confession by Michael Cox, read by David Timson
The dark Victorian setting of 1854 London sets the stage for Edward Glyver's murder confession. David Timson is the listener's perfect guide to this obsessive journey complete with secrets, false identities, and revenge. Timson's myriad voices range from puny to plummy, from saintly to shady, each providing a perfect rendering of the Dickensian characters.
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Friday, June 08, 2007
THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 by Ron Suskind, read by George Guidall
This highly critical examination, and judgment, of the present Administration's conduct of the "War on Terror" is performed effortlessly. Guidall reads with a clear, resonant voice of events, and meetings. He ably expresses the tone and emotion of conversations and in narrative passages, his pacing and emphasis are nearly flawless.
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Thursday, June 07, 2007
MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick, read by Edward Herrmann
This is the history they don't teach in school. Philbrick gives an unvarnished account of ambition, greed, and violence among early American colonists and Native Americans. Ed Herrmann's forceful, eloquent voice conjures up rough seas and misty New England mornings, and the twinge of sadness in his tone seems just right.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
THE SECRET LOVERS by Charles McCarry, read by Stefan Rudnicki
Former CIA operative McCarry offers up a Cold War novel filled with insider information about amoral intelligence agents and agencies, covert operations, and offbeat characters. Stefan Rudnicki expertly navigates the complex plot--From West Berlin to Rome to the Congo, in love scenes or clandestine meetings, Rudnicki makes it all real.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
NEXT by Michael Crichton, read by Dylan Baker
Crichton gives listeners a satirical thriller about biogenetics, with plenty to think about and more than a few giggles. Through several stories that intersect, Dylan Baker gives one of those magical performances in which the narrator disappears, while a world appears populated by amoral biogeneticists, bounty hunters, bullies, and lawyers.
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Monday, June 04, 2007
NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen, read by Juliet Stevenson
Austen's parody of a gothic novel gets an elegant reading to match its elegant prose. Sheltered Catherine Morland goes to fashionable Bath with a wealthy neighbor, and discovers society and love. Juliet Stevenson gives each character a unique voice--the duplicitous Isabelle or Catherine's vacuous hostess--and invests each conversation with energy and importance.
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Friday, June 01, 2007
Audiobook of the Year, 2007 Audies Finalists
Welcome to The Audies® edition of AudioFile's Earshot! podcast--
presenting the Finalists in the 2007 Audies competition. The awards are sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association and are given in 31 categories for excellence in audiobook publishing. In this episode we introduce the nominees in the category of Audiobook of the Year and play a clip from each title.
More about The Audies® finalists here.
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THE MAN WHO SMILED by Henning Mankell, read by Dick Hill
World-weary Swedish detective Kurt Wallander investigates the murders of a father and son. Dick Hill rattles off Swedish character and place names as naturally as a native speaker, and he's beautifully understated in this series that is hugely popular in Europe and just getting known here.
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