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	Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
A fully loaded, riotous and righteous, non-stop hilarious novel from Carl Hiaasen. Honey Santana is embarking on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime...

	The Deepest Water by Kate Wilhelm
Considered "one of the masters of psychological fiction in America" (San Francisco Chronicle), Kate Wilhelm serves up a chilling puzzle that will keep listeners captivated until the very end....

	The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley, describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this...

	Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas by James Patterson
James Patterson has written a love story—a powerfully moving and suspenseful novel about families, loss, new love, and hope. Katie Wilkinson has found her perfect man at last. He's a writer, a...

	Three Fates by Nora Roberts
When the Lusitania sank, more than one thousand people died. One passenger, however, survived to become a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief but keeping a small silver statue that would...

	Cross Country by James Patterson
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer....

	Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands
The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to greatness—told by the...

	Frames by Loren D. Estleman
Enter Valentino, a mild-mannered UCLA film archivist, who buys a decrepit movie palace and uncovers a skeleton in the secret Prohibition basement. He then makes a second discovery: long-lost,...

	Dirty Money by Richard Stark
Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. Parker and two cohorts stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police...

	Storm Runners by T. Jefferson Parker
Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for...

	How To Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman
Whether meeting a new client or bumping into a potential mate, you only have a few seconds to make a favorable impression. Is that really possible? Author Nicholas Boothman, a lecturer and licensed...

	Living from Your Center by Iyanla Vanzant
With more than 8 million books in print, Iyanla Vanzant--award-winning author of 5 New York Times bestsellers including One Day My Soul Just Opened Up--now presents her first-ever audio meditation...

	The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz
In a cavern called The House of Thunder, Susan Thornton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazing. And in the following four years, the four young men who participated in...

	Lakeshore Christmas by Susan Wiggs
The prim librarian is finally getting her chance to direct Avalon's annual holiday pageant, and she's determined to make it truly spectacular. But it might just require one of those Christmas miracles...

	The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner
A serial killer watches and waits. Each time, he takes two victims, preparing the first's body with all the clues the police need to find the second - who is still alive. The clock ticks, and the...

	The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again by Nancy Thayer
When four women meet in a hot tub at a spa, they realize they share a common problem: toxic relatives. Polly, 60, has to nurse a haughty, ailing mother-in-law. Beth's fiancé’s two-faced mother is...

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	Take Two by Karen Kingsbury
The second book in the Above the Line series finds independent filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison at the center of Hollywood wheeling and dealing. The two friends discover that all that...

	Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan
Was She More Than His Mate? Julian Savage was golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walked alone, far from his Carpathian kind, alien to even his twin. Like his name, his...

	Scavengers by Steven F. Havill
Not one, but two dead bodies are found in the harsh New Mexico desert. The first man's face is smashed beyond indentification, and the second one appears to have been forced to dig his own grave...

	The Witness at the Wedding by Simon Brett
The seaside town of Fethering, home to Carole Seddon and her friend Jude, is a place rife with foul play, as evidenced in this sixth mystery in the series. Carole is thrilled with the coming...

	Copp on Ice by Don Pendleton
Serious trouble is brewing in Brighton California. The Mayor has been murdered, the Chief of Police has resigned, and corruption in the LAPD is running rampant. The City’s Administrator and friend...

	Iced by Carol Higgins Clark
It's Christmas week in Aspen, and the beautiful are out party by day on the magnificent slopes of Aspen, by night at whatever exclusive holiday fate is on tap. Among the revelers is Regan Reilly, a...

	Dark Melody by Christine Feehan
They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light... Lead guitarist of the Dark Troubadors, Dayan was renowned for his mesmerizing performances. His...

	The Cemetery Yew by Cynthia Riggs
Victoria Trumbull may be ninety-two, but she is as sharp as the proverbial tack. So when she is the only one to spot something amiss in the town cemetery, the police chief listens. Something is...

	Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
This is the powerful story of four cadets who have become blood brothers. Together, they will encounter the hell of hazing and the rabid, raunchy, and dangerously secretive atmosphere of an arrogant...

	Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery
This is the second story in the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series. Skinny little red-haired Anne has changed into a pretty sixteen year-old and is all grown-up, well, sort of grown-up. The story opens...

	City of Masks by Daniel Hecht
USA Today Best-Selling Author. Introducing Cree Black, a parapsychologist with a haunted past. When Lila Beauforte takes up residence in her ancestral home, the 150-year-old Beauforte...

	Paper Doll by Robert B. Parker
Hired by Loudon Tripp, an aggrieved Boston aristocrat who believes his late wife Olivia's brutal street slaying to be something other than random violence, Spencer immediately senses that his...

	The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb
Randall Stargill's four sons have gathered at their mountain farm to build a coffin for their dying father. His passing causes a dilemma for his sons, who must come to terms with their dysfunctional...

	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the greatest American writers, is best known for The Great Gatsby, considered by many to be the most important novel of the 20th century. But Fitzgerald also made his...

	The Draco Tavern by Larry Niven
When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around Earth’s moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport in Siberia....

	Dark Legend by Christine Feehan
He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice...

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	Barack and Michelle by Christopher Andersen
They exploded on the national political scene in 2004 and within four short years captured the ultimate political prize. By the time they claimed the White House in one of the most hotly-contested...

	True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in...

	Obamanos! by Hendrik Hertzberg
Hendrik Hertzberg, celebrated political analyst for the New Yorker, watches the long presidential campaign of 2007 and 2008 as it unfolds to reveal the transformation of the Democratic Party,...

	The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh
Anyone who strives to be a better leader will benefit from these last words from Bill Walsh, the amazing NFL coach known as "The Genius." Bill Walsh was perhaps the most influential and...

	Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone
Have you ever heard of the "Mercury 13" women? Did you know that nearly twenty years before the first women were let into NASA's astronaut program, there were others who tried? What are the...

	Barack Obama by Anthony Painter
Every now and again America confronts its demons, walks away from deep internal division, and strives towards justice. Barack Obama: The Movement for Change tells the story of a visionary leader...

	Home Game by Michael Lewis
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he...

	The Spire by Richard North Patterson
Mark Darrow grew up in a small Ohio town with no real advantages beyond his intelligence and his athletic ability. But thanks to the intervention of Lionel Farr—a professor at Caldwell, the local...

	Hungry Girl: The Official Survival Guides by Lisa Lillien
Based on one of the most wildly popular, fastest-growing free daily e-mail subscription services, this Hungry Girl original audiobook is filled with survival strategies for anyone who wants to make...

	The Scoop by Fern Michaels
Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed a great deal of living ? not to mention eight much-loved husbands ? into her varied and rewarding life. Newly single, Toots is ready to taste life again,...

	The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley, describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this...

	Dying for Mercy by Mary Jane Clark
When death shatters the serenity of the exclusive moneyed enclave of Tuxedo Park, New York, Eliza Blake, co-host of KEY to America, is on the scene. While attending a lavish gala at her friends'...

	Breaking the Rules by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York in search of a new life. Reinventing herself, she embarks on a journey that will lead her to the...

	Contract with an Angel by Andrew M. Greeley
On a flight to Chicago, millionaire media mogul Raymond Neenan receives this bit of angelic advice and finds himself staring death, and the eternal hereafter, in the face. He soon finds that...

	Sunburn by John Lescroart
On Spain's Costa Brava, passion and intrigue are everywhere - especially in the hearts of those who dwell there. As the dictator Franco teeters on the edge of death - a death that will completely...

	We Are Our Mothers' Daughters by Cokie Roberts

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	Smooth Jazz Piano, Volume 1 by Underground Jazz Society
Digital Download Includes 1. 5 Miles From Paradise 2. Cool Breeze 3. Elevation 4. Gone So Far Away 5. Island Paradise 6. Like We Never Were Apart 7. Martini Time 8....

	The Earthshaker by Koko Taylor
Gritty blues from the Queen, packed with power and soul. With Pinetop Perkins on piano, Sammy Lawhorn and Johnny B. Moore on guitars. This album introduced Koko’s most requested songs — I’m A Woman,...

	Barenaked Ladies Are Men by Barenaked Ladies
Digital Download Includes: Serendipity Something You'll Never Find One and Only Angry People Down to Earth Beautiful Running Out Of Ink Half A Heart...

	Classical Piano Lullabyes, Volume 2 by The Pennrose Orchestra
Digital Download Includes 1. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310, II. Andante 2. Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb major, K. 282, I. Adagio 3. Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb major, K. 282, II....

	Mozart's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 by The Pennrose Orchestra
Digital Download Includes 1. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330, I. Allegro 2. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330, II. Andante 3. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330, III....

	Smooth Jazz For Lovers Only, Volume 2 by Midnite Players Club
Digital Download Includes 1. Never Ending Love 2. Never Leave My Side 3. One Night In Cannes 4. Pacific Flow 5. Paradise With You 6. Rain 7. Simple Song For You 8....

	Beethoven Greatest Hits, Volume 1 by Janis Novakavic
Digital Download Includes 1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, I. Allegro 2. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, II. Adagio 3. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, III....

	A to Z of Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Digital Audio Download Includes: Part 1: 01 Sinfonia & Ecco pur ch'a voi / Sinfonia & Ecco pur ch'a voi from L'Orfeo (Claudio Monteverdi) 02 When I Am Laid In Earth / When I am laid...

	TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Digital Audio Download Includes: 01 Overture 02 March 03 Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy 04 Russian Dance 05 Arabian Dance 06 Chinese Dance 07 Dance of the Toy...

	101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5 by Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Digital Audio Download Includes: 01 Sabre Dance 02 Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio sostenuto 03 Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 2 04 Spring: Allegro 05 Symphony No. 94: Andante 06...

	Christmas Classical Piano, Volume 2 by Marcus Samuelsson
Digital Download Includes 1. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, I. Allegro 2. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, II. Allegretto 3. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, III. Rondo 4. Piano...

	101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 6 by Felix Mendelssohn
Digital Audio Download Includes: 01 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March 02 Piano Concerto: Allegro affettuoso 03 Pizzicato Polka 04 The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F...

	101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 2 by Johann Strauss I
Digital Audio Download Includes: 01 Radetzky March 02 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto 03 Hungarian Dance No. 1 04 Pastorale 05 Rhapsody In...

	ABIDE WITH ME AND OTHER FAVOURITE HYMNS by Traditional
Digital Audio Download Includes: 01 All people that on earth do dwell 02 Dear Lord and Father of mankind 03 King of glory, King of peace 04 Ye watchers and ye holy ones 05...

	Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4 by Detroit Junior
Includes DETROIT JUNIOR, one of the blues’ funniest songwriters and a fine piano player; LUTHER “GUITAR JUNIOR” JOHNSON, carrying on the driving West Side style of Magic Sam; QUEEN SYLVIA EMBRY, one...

	All Time Irish Favorites by The Bawdy Brothers
Digital download includes: 1. Wearin' O' The Green 2. Danny Boy 3. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 4. MacNamara's Band 5. The Irish Washerwoman 6. Black Velvet Band 7. Morrison's...

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	The White Cat by Rabbit Ears
Shows how a young prince befriends a cat, falls in love, and helps break the evil spell cast on the cat. Music by Joe Jackson; illustrated by Barbara McClintock; narrated by Emma Thompson.

	The Teacher From The Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
A boy imagines the worst about his teacher, Mrs. Green, on the first day of school. This wildly funny look into the mind of every child will become an instant classic.

	The Velveteen Rabbit by Rabbit Ears
Features Margery Williams's story about a toy rabbit that comes to life. Music by George Winston; illustrated by David Jorgensen; narrated by Meryl Streep.

	Easy Sushi by Selectmedia Entertainment
Want to learn how to make your own delicious sushi at home? Easy Sushi can show you how! Step-by-step video demonstrations by a professional sushi chef will take you through the entire sushi-making...

	Moses in Egypt by Rabbit Ears
Follows the life of Moses from his birth through the events leading to his people's exodus from Egypt. Music by The Sounds of Blackness; illustrated by Phil Huling; narrated by Danny Glover.

	The Wheels On The Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky
The classic children's ditty comes to glorious life with Paul O. Zelinsky's eye-popping art. Programs designated FOR HOME USE ONLY may not be used for general Story Hour programs or in assemblies,...

	HDNet World Report: America's Gulf Coast - Hurricane Rita on the heels of Katrina by HDNet
World Report cameras continue coverage of the people of the Gulf Coast coping with Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Though Hurricane Rita reached Category Five status, it eventually weakened and caused...

	On Common Ground by Tom Brokaw
The battle of the Huertgen Forest was one of the bloodiest of World War II. American and German forces suffered in excess of 60,000 casualties over a freezing six-month winter campaign. For the...

	Corduroy by Don Freeman
A lovable stuffed bear, who longs for someone to take him home, launches a storewide search for his missing button lest someone mistake him for "used."

	The Night before Christmas by Rabbit Ears
Captures the true spirit of Christmas! Music by Mark O'Connor, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Van Dyke Parks, Sarah W. Neil, and Meryl Streep; illustrated by William Cone,...

	Anatole by Churchill Media
This is the classic story of a mouse who spends his evenings at the Duval Cheese Factory. The owner is at first appalled that a mouse has been running through his factory, but he soon begins to...

	Aladdin & the Magic Lamp by Rabbit Ears
Takes viewers to a faraway time and place to see how a genie helps young Aladdin win the love of the Sultan's daughter. Music by Mickey Hart; illustrated by Greg Couch; narrated by John Hurt.

	The Talking Eggs by Rabbit Ears
Relates the classic tale of good vs evil, in which a young girl befriends an old woman and is rewarded for her kindness. Music by Michael Doucet with BeauSoleil; illustrated by Neil Brennan; narrated...

	The Bremen Town Musicians by Rabbit Ears
Relates the comic adventures of a dog, cat, rooster, and donkey who are looking for a fresh start at life. Music by Eugene Friesen; illustrated by David Johnson; narrated by Bob Hoskins.

	Brer Rabbit & Boss Lion by Rabbit Ears
Features a Southern folktale about Brer Rabbit; who outsmarts a troublemaker and teaches him a lesson. Music by Dr. John; illustrated by Bill Mayer; narrated by Danny Glover.

	The Emperor & the Nightingale by Rabbit Ears
Features the tale of an Emperor and his struggle to understand the true treasure of the nightingale. Music by Mark Isham; illustrated by Robert Van Nutt; narrated by Glenn Close.

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	A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel
*From the Nobel laureate, author of Night,* a searing new novel about a man whose life is shaped by his changing grasp of the horrors of the twentieth century.** Doriel, a European...

	Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

	Dragonsblood by Todd McCaffrey
In Dragon's Kin, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer...

	Barack and Michelle by Christopher Andersen
They exploded on the national political scene in 2004 and within four short years captured the ultimate political prize. By the time they claimed the White House in one of the most hotly-contested...

	Murder at the Opera by Margaret Truman
It ain't over till the fat lady sings . . . but the show hasn't even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question, a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee, was scarcely a star...

	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3 by Edward Gibbon
Considered one of the finest historical works in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is lauded for its graceful, elegant prose style as much as for its grand scope...

	The Rainmaker by John Grisham
In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor is required to provide free legal advice to a group of senior citizens, and it is here that he meets his first "clients," Dot and Buddy Black. Their...

	Contact by Carl Sagan
December, 1999, the dawn of the millennium. A team of international scientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. After years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody...

	The Letter by Richard Paul Evans
In The Letter, the unforgettable conclusion to The Christmas Box collection, Richard writes, “I discovered the letter in the winter of 1949 pressed between the pages of a diary that belonged to the...

	Roosevelt and Churchill by David Stafford
An intriguing look behind the congenial façade of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, this work reveals how each leader jealously guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate...

	Shoulder the Sky by Anne Perry
By April 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down England's youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-man's-land,...

	Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley
In twelve months between 2007 and 2008, Christopher Buckley coped with the passing of his father, William F. Buckley, the father of the modern conservative movement, and his mother, Patricia Taylor...

	Hardball by Sara Paretsky
Chicago's unique brand of ball is sixteen-inch slow pitch, played in leagues all over the city for more than a century. But in politics, in business, and in law enforcement, the game is...

	Home Game by Michael Lewis
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he...

	Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller
Success, money, true love, and the life you've always wanted. Many of us placed our faith in these things, believing they held the key to happiness. The recent economic meltdown has cast a harsh new...

	Even Money by Dick Francis
On the first day of Royal Ascot, the world’s most famous horseracing meet, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker–taking over...

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