Audiobook Update - April 2, 2012
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Monday, April 2, 2012 This newsletter consists of new audiobooks on CD purchased by the library. While it will contain some updates on Wisconsin's Digital Library powered by OverDrive, those of you who are interested mostly in downloadable content may also want to subscribe to our new eBook Update which focuses more on updates in eBook publishing related to public libraries as well as highlighting new eBook and audiobook titles. View more from Audiobook Update: Blog View | Archived Newsletter View | Insider You can unsubscribe using the link below. Questions? Email madtech @ scls.lib.wi.us |
 American Dervish Hayat Shah was captivated by Mina long before he met her: his mother's beautiful, brilliant, and soulfully devout friend is a family legend. When he learns that Mina is leaving Pakistan to live with the Shahs in America, Hayat is thrilled. Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. When Mina finds her own path to happiness, the ember of jealousy in Hayat's heart is enflamed by the community's anti-Semitism and he acts with catastrophic consequences for those he loves most. Read by the author. |
 Another Piece of My Heart A woman marries into a ready-made family and learns the true meaning of motherhood. Read by the author. |
 Blood and Circuses The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is she bored enough to leave her identity, home and family behind and join Farrell's Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have been strange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends, Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman, to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Read by Stephanie Daniel. |
 Breakdown Detective Warshawski is pitted against a powerful political pundit with serious connections and a complicated history he'll do anything to protect. Read by Susan Ericksen. |
 The Car Guys and the Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business A legend in the car industry reveals the philosophy that's starting to turn General Motors around. Read by Norman Dietz. |
 Elizabeth the Queen: the Life of a Modern Monarch From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world's most famous monarch? Drawing on hundreds of interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in intimate detail the public and private lives of Queen Elizabeth II. Read by Rosalyn Landor. |
 Five by Fitzgerald A collection of five stories from one of the greatest American writers in the 20th century. Bernice bobs her hair -- Dalyrimple goes wrong -- Head and shoulders -- The curious case of Benjamin Button -- The diamond as big as the Ritz. Read by Bronson Pinchot and Stephen R. Thorne |
 Killing the Blues With summer just weeks away, Chief of Police Jesse Stone is pretty tense--and not just because Paradise, MA, is gearing up for the tourists. Stone finds himself dealing with car thefts, then murder, then someone who's come to town to remind him of his not-so-happy past as an L.A. cop. Fans mourning Parker's death will be happy to see that Brandman, who has written and produced numerous TV movies based on Parker's novels, has picked up where the best-selling author left off. Read by James Naughton. |
 Pity the Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right In Pity the Billionaire, Frank examines the peculiar mechanism by which dire economic circumstances have delivered unexpected political results. Using firsthand reporting, a knowledge of the American Right, and a wicked sense of humor, he gives us the first full diagnosis of the cultural malady that has transformed collapse into profit, reconceived the Founding Fathers as heroes from an Ayn Rand novel, and enlisted the powerless in a fan club for the prosperous. Read by the author. |
 SEAL Target Geronimo On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside. Read by Erik Bergmann. |
 Thinking, Fast and Slow Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, he shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both business and personal lives. Read by Patrick Egan. |
 Through My Eyes Tim Tebow is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of college football. During his five years in football, he won two BCS national championships, the Heisman Trophy, and two Maxwell Awards. Tebow chronicles his life, revealing how his childhood, values, and family helped shape him on his way to a successful collegiate career. Read by Tom Wayland. |
 A Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America Rooted in the values, lessons, and verities of generations past and of his South Dakota upbringing, Brokaw weaves together stories of Americans who are making a difference and personal stories from his own family history, to engage us in a conversation about our country and to offer ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream. Read by the author. |
 When She Woke In the future, abortion has become a crime as a series of events threatens the existence of the United States. One woman wakes up to discover that her skin color has been changed to red as punishment for having the procedure done. Now she must embark on a dangerous journey in order to find refuge from a hostile and threatening society. Read by Heather Corrigan. |
