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"Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one." ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), American politician and 26th President of the United States
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Listening for Teens and Children
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Let's get lost
by Adi Alsaid
Teen fiction. During her cross-country adventures following the tragic death of her family, Leila touches the lives of four strangers--Hudson, Bree, Elliot, and Sonia. While forever changing the lives of these four, Leila also discovers an important truth about herself. Read by Amanda Leigh Cobb.
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Poop fountain!
by Tom Angleberger
Juvenile fiction. Three friends spend Christmas day breaking into the town of Crickenburg's antiquated sewage treatment plant in order to witness with their own eyes the soon-to-be-replaced "poop fountain." Read by Mark Turetsky.
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The Doubt Factory
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Teen fiction. When a radical band of teen activists claim that Alix's powerful father covers up corporate wrongdoing that knowingly allows innocent victims to die in order to make enormous profits from unsafe products, she must decide if she will blow the whistle on his misdeeds. Read by Emma Galvin.
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Mortal heart
by Robin LaFevers
Teen historic fiction. The powerful conclusion to Robin LaFever's New York Times best-selling His Fair Assassins trilogy, Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain. Read by Jennifer Grace.
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Fantasy league
by Mike Lupica
Juvenile fiction. In Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Charlie's skill at fantasy football gains the attention of both the local media and the owner of a professional football team. Read by MacLeod Andrews.
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I'll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Teen fiction. A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. Read by Jesse Bernstein and Julia Whelan.
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Timmy Failure : We Meet Again
by Stephan Pastis
Juvenile fiction. The irrepressibly overconfident young sleuth resolves to catapult his detective agency to global fame through the Miracle Report in spite of a temporary setback involving academic probation. By the creator of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip. Read by Jared Goldsmith.
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Home
by Sarah Prineas
Juvenile fantasy. Despite successfully securing a balance between the competing magics of Wellmet, Conn is not happy. Duchess Rowan has promoted him to ducal magister, but the other wizards see him only as a thief. But something sinister is brewing, as magicians' locus stones are being stolen and magical spells are going awry. As Conn faces old enemies and powerful magical forces, is he strong enough to save the city he calls home? Read by Greg Steinbruner.
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Pathfinder
by Angie Sage
Teen fantasy. The first book in a new arc of the Septimus Heap series, beginning seven years after the events of the original, tells the story of Alice TodHunter Moon, a young PathFinder who comes to the Castle with a Magyk all her own. Read by Scott Brick, Kirby Heyborne, Don Leslie, Stefan Rudnicki and Kristoffer Tabori.
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"Shouldn't you be in school?"
by Lemony Snicket
Juvenile fiction. An arson investigation leads young apprentice Lemony Snicket into a mystery involving Department of Education secrets and the work of the notorious villain, Hangfire. By the award-winning author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Read by Liam Aiken.
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| Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee AndersonBiography. Born in 1928 Argentina, Ernesto "Che" Guevara enjoyed a comfortable upbringing and trained as a physician before transforming into the iconic revolutionary immortalized in Alberto Korda's famous portrait. Steering clear of both the hagiographies produced by Guevara's supporters and the demonizing propaganda authored by his detractors, biographer Jon Lee Anderson draws on extensive research (much of it previously unavailable) to present a balanced portrait of a complex man and his brief but influential life. Read by Armando Durán. |
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Dear Leader : poet, spy, escapee-- a look inside North Korea
by Jin-sung Jang
Political refugees/ Memoir. A high-ranking counterintelligence agent and former poet laureate for Kim Jong-il presents a rare insider's view into contemporary North Korea and its repressive regime and also describes how he was forced to escape to South Korea. Read by Daniel York.
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| Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland LazenbyBiography. Even for sports fans, the career of basketball legend Michael Jordan can seem unbelievable: making the shot that clinched the University of North Carolina's NCAA title in 1982; his gravity-defying career with the Chicago Bulls; his endorsement by Nike (which made him a household name before he'd even begun to play for the NBA); and his six championship rings. But what of the man himself? In this in-depth biography, author Roland Lazenby examines Jordan's complex personality, his life both on and off the court, and his family history, offering insights into what makes "Air Jordan" fly. Read by Bob Souer. |
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Working stiff : two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner
by Judy Melinek, M.D. and T. J. Mitchell
Memoir. A New York City forensic pathologist and her Harvard-educated husband describe her experiences as a student and doctor throughout the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack and the disastrous crash of Flight 587. Read by Tanya Eby.
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| Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisBiography. At the conclusion of his second term as President, Theodore Roosevelt went on safari -- a typically energetic vacation for this adventurous man. Following his return from Africa, he entered the 1912 presidential race, championing progressive causes against opponents Taft and Wilson. He lost this election but left an impressive array of reformist proposals before illness finally sapped his strength, if not his reformer's zeal. This last volume of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris' three-part biography (after The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) and Theodore Rex (2001)) provides an insightful and witty account of Roosevelt's life and career. Read by Mark Deakins. |
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| The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice SchroederBiography. Warren Buffett is the wealthiest man in the world -- and a rich subject for a biography. From his first visit to the New York Stock Exchange at age 10, Buffett knew that he wanted to dedicate his life to business. At 14, his paper route netted him so much cash that he had to file a tax return, and by the time he graduated high school, his business ventures were helping him out-earn his teachers. Want to know more? Check out The Snowball, which The New York Times says "will mesmerize anyone interested in who Mr. Buffett is or how he got that way." Read by Kirsten Potter. |
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Drone strike
by Dale Brown
Suspense. Ordered by the President to stop the Iranians from testing nuclear weapons, Air Force ace Turk Mako and his Delta Force team deep within Iranian territory must race against time to find and destroy several secret nuclear sites as the fate of the Middle East hangs in the balance. Read by Christopher Lane.
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| One Kick: A Novel by Chelsea CainThriller. Kick Lannigan is the world's most famous kidnapping victim -- and for the worst reasons. Stolen from her family's home at age six, Kick was rescued five years later, but not before she was forced to participate in a series of pornographic films that still circulate in the darkest, most depraved places on the Internet. Now 21, trained in martial arts, and packing some serious heat, Kick struggles to live a "normal" life -- a difficult task given her fame-seeking mother's determination to profit from Kick's story and her own obsession with the past. When mysterious mercenary John Bishop shows up and offers Kick the chance to track down two missing children, she jumps at the opportunity. Fast-paced, action-packed, and full of twists and turns, One Kick is the 1st installment of a new series by author Chelsea Cain. Read by Heather Lind. |
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The drop
by Dennis Lehane
Suspense. While rescuing an abused puppy from a trash can on the streets of Mystic River, a lonely bartender meets a damaged woman, who is looking for something to believe in, and as their relationship grows, they encounter the Chechen mafia, stick-up artists, a relentless cop and the original owner of the puppy who now wants it back. Inspired the forthcoming film. Read by Jim Frangione.
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Rose Gold : An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley
Mystery. When a boxer-turned-revolutionary kidnaps the daughter of a weapons manufacturer and threatens to publicly execute her if he does not receive a lucrative ransom, Easy Rawlins is tapped by the LAPD to make a difficult border crossing to navigate an ensuing standoff. Read by J.D. Jackson.
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Private down under
by James Patterson and Michael White
Suspense. The employees of the Sydney, Australia office of the investigation company Private are celebrating their branch's incorporation when a bloody young man staggers into the office and the agency's caseload suddenly fills up, in the latest novel of the series following Private Berlin. Read by Tim Wright.
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Leaving time : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Suspense. Abandoned by a grief-stricken father and accomplished-scientist mother who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, 13-year-old Jenna Metcalf approaches a disgraced psychic and a jaded detective in the hopes of finding answers. By the #1 best-selling author of The Storyteller. Read by Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur and Mark Deakins.
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The directive : a novel
by Matthew Quirk
Thriller. Mike Ford finds himself utilizing skills from his former life of crime when he helps his brother out of his involvement in stealing a billion-dollar trade secret from the Federal Reserve Bank in this follow-up to The 500. Read by Jay Snyder.
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The kill switch
by James Rollins
Mystery. Former army ranger Tucker Wayne and his military working dog Kane are recruited by Sigma Force to extract a Russian pharmaceutical magnate out of Siberia, a man who holds the biological key to a new weapon system, a danger engineered out of the ancient past to terrorize the modern world. From the frozen steppes of Russia to the sun-blasted savannahs of Africa, Tucker and Kane must piece together a mystery going back to the origin of life on Earth. Read by Scott Aiello.
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Other New and Recently Released Fiction
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| Driving with the Top Down: A Novel by Beth HarbisonFiction. When her distant husband and surly teenage son decamp for a "guy's week," antiques dealer Colleen Bradley plans a road trip along the East Coast to restock her store, Junk and Disorderly. At her brother-in-law's request, she agrees to let Tamara, her troubled niece, accompany her. En route, they encounter Colleen's old college friend Bitty, who's in crisis mode. Three women, none living the life they expected, learn to embrace the lives they've got in this moving story of friendship and self-empowerment. Read by Orlagh Cassidy. |
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Beautiful oblivion : a novel
by Jamie McGuire
Romance. Already involved in a long-distance relationship, fiercely independent Cami believes she can keep her new friendship with the charming and seductive Trenton Maddox platonic, but Trenton is determined to win her heart at any cost. Read by Phoebe Strole.
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| Some Luck: A Novel by Jane SmileyFiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley returns to the Iowa farmlands of One Thousand Acres with this gentler, but no less powerful, series opener. Beginning in 1920, the story follows Walter and Rosanna Langdon and their six children as they weather the Great Depression, World War II, and the post-war economic boom. As the passing decades bring joys and sorrows, opportunities and disappointments, each member of this close-knit clan must make his or her way in a rapidly changing 20th-century America. Read by Lorelei King. |
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The choir director 2 : runaway bride
by Carl Weber
Fiction. With his revitalized choir at his mentor's ministry receiving national attention and a potential recording contract, Aaron Mackie proposes to the church secretary, who jilts him at the altar, in the sequel to The Choir Director. Read by Jennifer Kidwell, Marc Damon Johnson, Nicole Lewis, Patricia R. Floyd, Leo Coltrane, and Amuche.
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Other New and Recently Released Non-Fiction
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Make it stick : the science of successful learning
by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, III and Mark A. McDaniel.
Learning. Discusses the best methods of learning, describing how rereading and rote repetition are counterproductive and how such techniques as self-testing, spaced retrieval, and finding additional layers of information in new material can enhance learning. Read by Qarie Marshall.
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Save the date
by Jen Doll
Weddings - humor. An unmarried journalist charts the haphazard course of her own perennial wedding guest-hood, describing the weddings she has attended and the ways in which nuptial celebrations change relationships and compel guests to reexamine goals and beliefs. Read by Emily Durante.
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