Audio Books

RECORDED BOOKS NOW INCLUDE CDs AND AUDIO CASSETTES

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes / by Maya Angelou. Published 1995.
5 sound cassettes (7.25 hrs.): unabridged
In this beautiful exploration of her life in 1960's Africa , the author experiences the joy of being black among so many others who are also black.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 1

The Art of War / by Sun Tzu. Published 2002.
3 sound cassettes (4.25 hrs.) : unabridged
This classic of Chinese literature is a manual on the rational planning and conduct of military operations written over two millennia ago. Filled with practical wisdom, strategy and philosophy, this is a guide for people who want an edge over their competition.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 2

The Balkans / by Mark Mazower. Published 2002.
5 sound cassettes (6.5 hrs.) : unabridged
The author explores the reasons for current conflicts and examines the Balkans as a religious, cultural, and economic melting pot for Europe and Asia , uncovering their history with detail and clarity.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 3

The Bartered Bride / by Mary Jo Putney. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
American adventurer Gavin Elliott built a fortune amid the dangers of the China seas and is sailing for London to re-establish his name in London 's society. Fate intervenes on an East Indies island when he tries to save a woman being sold at a slave auction.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 4

Benjamin Franklin: on Love, Marriage & Other Matters / by Benjamin Franklin. Published 1988.
3 sound cassettes (210 min.): unabridged
A collection of essays and letters.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 5

Bird Watching / by Larry Bird. Published 2000.
7 sound cassettes (9.5 hrs.): unabridged
Even if you thought you knew everything about basketball legend Larry Bird, this book is full of surprises. Bird speaks with amazing candor, offering a personal and honest look at his career with the Celtics, his experience with the '92 Olympics Dream Team, and his transition from superstar player to respected coach.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 6

Blood Done Sign My Name / by Timothy B. Tyson. Published 2004.
8 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
In 1970, when a black man was killed in the town square by a Klansman and his sons, and an all-white jury acquitted the murderers, both blacks and whites were swept into a firestorm. This was written by someone who was there – now a professor of African-American studies.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 94

Blue Blood / by Edward Conlon. Published 2004.
23 sound discs (28 hr.): unabridged
            Harvard-educated Edward Conlon is fourth-generation NYPD.  Having ascended the ranks from South Bronx beat cop to detective, he knows the city as well as any person can.  And what’s more – he knows how to tell the stories that bring the city to life.
COMPACT DISC RBK 108

Booked to Die / by John Dunning. Published 1995.
8 sound cassettes (11 hrs.): unabridged
Set in the world of rare books, the murder of a harmless book dealer draws a Denver homicide detective into an extraordinary quest.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 7

The Bookman's Wake / by John Dunning. Published 1995.
9 sound cassettes (13 hrs.): unabridged
When an old colleague offers Cliff Janeway, ex-cop turned book dealer, a $5,000 bondsman job, he can't resist. When the bail jumper is stalked by people far more lethal than the judge, Cliff becomes her protector, lured by the chance to capture a legendary volume. Does she have a priceless copy of The Raven? People are dying to find out.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 8

The Bookseller of Kabul / by Asne Seierstad. Published 2003.
7 sound discs (8.5 hrs.): unabridged
Sultan Khan supplied the people of Kabul with books in defiance of the Communist Party and the Taliban. He was imprisoned by the Communists and stood by reluctantly as the illiterate Taliban soldiers burned his books in the street. The author, Asne Seierstad, spent four months with Khan and his family observing how his books became a symbol of freedom.
COMPACT DISC RBK 9

The Bridge of Sighs / by Olen Steinhauer. Published 2003.
7 sound cassettes (9.5 hr.) : unabridged
In the volatile and shifting political atmosphere of Eastern Europe after World War II, an inexperienced homicide detective fresh out of the academy is assigned a homicide that no one wants to solve. Set in a bombed-out city in an unnamed country formerly occupied by the Germans and now by the Russians, the story follows Emil Brod as he unravels the threads of the cover-up of a brutal murder, while supporting his grandparents in the equally brutal city.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 95

Bridget Jones's Diary / by Helen Fielding. Published 1999.
6 sound cassettes (8.5 hrs.): unabridged
Bridget confides to her diary that her promises for the coming year include the reduction of each thigh's circumference by 1 ½ inch, a visit to the gym at least 3 times a week, and the formation of a functional relationship with a responsible adult.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 10

A Brief History of Time / by Stephen W. Hawking. Published 1988.
5 sound cassettes (7.2 hrs.): unabridged
The author, widely regarded as the most brilliant physicist since Einstein, discusses in a friendly and self-deprecating manner age-old questions about the origin and fate of the universe.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 11

Choice cuts / by Mark Kurlansky.  Published 2004.
11 sound cassettes (15 hr., 30 min.): unabridged
            Essays on the art of cooking and the passions of cuisine.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 115

Citizen Soldiers / by Stephen E. Ambrose.  Published 2004.        
15 sound cassettes (21 hr., 45 min.)
            Ambrose tells the story of what faced the U.S. Army after the Normandy invasion of World War II.  Told largely through personal accounts, Citizen Soldiers captures the stunning reality of the citizens who summoned the courage to become soldiers and save the world.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 120
 
Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals / by Stephen E. Ambrose. Published 2001.
4 sound cassettes (4 hrs., 30 min.): unabridged
This is a moving book that examines the bonds formed between men as a result of both family and circumstance. It looks at the lasting friendships of various men, from Sioux Indians to Ambrose's own father and brothers.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 12

The Confession / by Olen Steinhauer. Published 2004.
8 sound cassettes (10 hrs., 30 min.): unabridged
It is 1956. Radio reports of the Hungarian Revolution break through the government's radio jamming, setting the entire Eastern Bloc on edge. Inspector Ferenc Kolyeszar must track down a murderer while dealing with his crumbling marriage. As he is drawn deep into an underworld of betrayal and violence, he finds that he is not so different from those he pursues.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 96

Cover Her Face / by P. D. James. Published 1992.
6 sound cassettes (8 hrs.): unabridged
Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers to help Mrs. Maxie run a large house and look after her invalid husband. Murder shattered the tranquility of her new home.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 13

Critical Mass / by Steve Martini. Published 1998.
4 sound cassettes (4 hrs., 30 min.): abridged
A nuclear fission expert, troubled by the fact that two small tactical nuclear devices are mission from a storage facility in the former Soviet Union , sets out to find out what has happened to them.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 14

The Custer Wolf / by Roger A. Caras. Published 1992.
4 sound cassettes (5 hrs., 15 min.) : unabridged
Born near Custer, South Dakota sometime between 1910 and 1920, the Custer Wolf was one of the nation's most dangerous renegades. Drawn in part from factual documentation on the Wolf, this is his extraordinary story, from the moment of birth to his violent death.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 15

Dancing with the Dragon / by Joe Weber. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
When China moves aggressively to dominate the Pacific Rim, the U.S. , led by former military pilots and intelligence specialists, moves to prevent a nuclear holocaust.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 16

The Darkest Jungle / Todd Balf. Published 2003.
7 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
In the 1850s, the whole world looked to the Darien Gap in eastern Panama as the site for a glorious canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans . This is the story of the U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition which was established to survey the land.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 97

A Darkness More Than Night / by Michael Connelly. Published 2001.
8 sound cassettes (12 hrs.) : unabridged
An intricate Hollywood crime thriller in which two seemingly unrelated murders eerily begin to overlap as two detectives intensify their investigations.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 18

Dark Paradise / by Tami Hoag. Published 2001.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
New Eden , Montana , is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it's up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend's death, but someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 19

The Dark Side of the Game / by Tim Green. Published 1997.
5 sound cassettes (7.25 hrs.) : unabridged
Sportscaster and former National Football League defensive end Tim Green reveals what it's really like to play in the NFL. In this book, an eight-year NFL veteran exposes the game he loves, warts and all.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 17

Dave Barry Talks Back / by Dave Barry. Published 2003.
5 sound discs (5.5 hrs.): unabridged
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dave Barry gathered together his newspaper articles and letters from alert readers for this best-of collection.
COMPACT DISC RBK 20

Deadline / by John Dunning. Published 2000.
7 sound discs (8 hrs.): unabridged
This is a suspenseful tale that begins in a dusty newsroom, but spins out into a dark world of conspiracy and murder.
COMPACT DISC RBK 21

Democracy in America / by Alexis de Tocqueville. Published 1992.
3 sound cassettes (4.5 hrs.) excerpts
De Tocqueville's narrative examines the advantages and pitfalls of democracy, the conditions and conflicts among the races, and the movements that grip America in 1834.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 22

The Dilbert Principle / by Scott Adams. Published 1997.
5 sound cassettes (6.5 hrs.): unabridged
A cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads and other workplace afflictions.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 23

Don't Know Much About History / by Kenneth Davis. Published 2003.
14 sound cassettes (21 hrs.): unabridged
From Columbus ' voyage to the Clinton administration, with wit, candor and fascinating facts, the author explodes long-held myths and misconceptions, revealing the very human side of history.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 98

Dying to Please / by Linda Howard. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
Sarah possesses many distinct qualities. First and foremost a butler par excellence, she is also a trained bodyguard and expert marksman. Her perfectly ordered life is shattered when tragedy strikes: her beloved employer is brutally murdered, and she cannot escape the shadow of guilt.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 24

The Egyptologist / by Arthur Phillips. Published 2004.
12 sound cassettes (16 hr., 15 min.): unabridged
            King Tut’s tomb has been discovered, but Egyptologist Ralph Trillpush finds himself in a far less spectacular position when he stakes everything on a scrap of hieroglyphic pornography.  Halfway around the world, an Australian detective sets off on a globetrotting quest to find a murderer.  These events, seemingly unrelated, are about to collide in a spectacular fashion.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 119

Eleventh Hour / by Catherine Coulter. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
When FBI agent Dane Carver's twin brother, Father Michael Joseph, is brutally murdered in his San Francisco church, husband-and-wife agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich take a personal interest in the case. The chase goes from San Francisco to the Premiere Studios in Los Angeles and its new television hit, a show all about murder.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 25

Faking It / by Jennifer Crusie. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
Reformed art forger Tilda Goodnight reluctantly joins forces with semi-retired con man Davy Dempsey to steal a dubious painting and several million embezzled dollars from a lethal widow who has targeted a mild-mannered art collector as her next dearly departed.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 26

Faster: the Acceleration of Just About Everything / by James Gleick. Published2000.
8 sound cassettes (10 hrs., 30 min.) : unabridged
Delivers a brisk volley of observations on how microchips, media and economics, among other things, have accelerated the pace of everyday experience over the course of the manic 20 th century.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 27

Father Joe [the Man who saved my soul] / by Tony Hendra.  Published 2004.
8 sound cassettes (11 hr.): unabridged
            At 14 years old, Tony began an affair with a married woman that ended when the jilted husband, a devout Roman Catholic, sent Tony to a Benedictine abbey.  There Tony met the remarkable kind and compassionate Father Joe.  For the next four decades, Father Joe’s guidance never faltered, even as Tony failed in marriage, fought substance abuse, and struggled to find meaning.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 112

Finder / by Greg Rucka. Published 1999.
7 sound cassettes (10.25 hrs.): unabridged
In the tradition of Mickey Spillane, Rucka creates stories of suspense and danger set in a dark and violent world. During his last job as a bodyguard, Atticus Kodiac lost his best friend. Now, as a bouncer in a rough New York nightclub, trouble has found him again.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 28

First Ladies / by Margaret Truman. Published 1996.
9 sound cassettes (13 hrs.) : unabridged
Drawing from primary historical sources as well as interviews of all living First Ladies, the author paints a fascinating group portrait of the special women who have held “the world's second toughest job”.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 29

Garden of Beasts / Jeffery Deaver.  Published 2004.
11 sound discs (13.5 hrs.)
            German-American Paul Schumann is a brilliant mobster hitman who gets caught and is offered a deal: hunt down and kill Reinhardt Ernst, the ruthless architect of Hitler’s clandestine rearmament or face the electric chair. 
COMPACT DISC RBK 110

The Gifts of the Jews / by Thomas Cahill. Published 1998.
5 sound cassettes (7.5 hrs.) : unabridged
“How a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels.”
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 30

The Godfather / by Mario Puzo.  Published 1986.
12 sound discs (14 hrs.):  unabridged
            Read by a full cast.
COMPACT DISC RBK 129

Gone for Soldiers / by Jeff Shaara. Published 2000.
12 sound cassettes (19 hrs.): unabridged
U. S. Commanding General Winfield Scott and a little known engineer who has never seen combat, Robert E. Lee, command 8.000 American troops who march on the Mexican capital of Mexico City to mount a final challenge to the forces of dictator General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 31

The Good Nanny / by Benjamin Cheever.  Published 2004.
8 sound discs (9 hr.): unabridged
            Literary editor Stuart Cross and his wife Andie, a film critic, hire the talented Louise to be nanny to their two young girls.  Louise’s perfection, however, begins to irritate the ambitious, but less accomplished Stuart and Andie, and soon the parents’ jealousy gets the better of them.
COMPACT DISC RBK 104

Guilty as Sin / by Tami Hoag. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
A cold-blooded kidnapper has been playing a twisted game with a terrified Minnesota town. Prosecutor Ellen North believes she's building a case against a guilty man – and that he has an accomplice in the shadows. As she prepares for the trial of her career, Ellen suddenly finds herself swept into a cruel contest of twisted wits, - a dark game of live and death.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 32

Great American Short Stories . Published 1987.
6 sound cassettes (6.46 hrs)
CONTENTS: Rip Van Winkle / Young Goodman Brown / Tell-tale Heart / The Lady or the Tiger / The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County / What Stumped the Bluejay? / The Outcasts of Poker Flat / An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / The Return of a Private / Gift of the Magi; The Furnished Room / An Episode of War / To Build a Fire / Unlighted Lamps / Haircut / The Treasurer's Report / Interview With a Lemming
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 33

The Handmaid's Tale / by Margaret Eleanor Atwood. Published 1988.
8 sound cassettes (11 hrs.): unabridged
A futuristic view of women's role in a new society.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 34

The Hobbit / by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published 1991.
10 sound discs (11.25 hrs.): unabridged
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortable in his hobbit hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
COMPACT DISC RBK 35

Hotel du Lac / by Anita Brookner. Published 1988.
5 sound cassettes (330 min.): unabridged
A worldly man interrupts the calm, melancholy life of romantic novelist Edith Hope with a “quaintly treacherous proposal of marriage”.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 36

Hotel Pastis / by Peter Mayle. Published 1994.
9 sound cassettes (12.25 hrs.): unabridged
This is a merry tale of escape, romance and adventure played against the French countryside.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 37

How the Irish Saved Civilization / by Thomas Cahill. Published 1996.
6 sound cassettes (8 hrs.) : unabridged
A history of the Dark Ages, showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline,Ireland became a haven for scholarship.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 38

Jazz / by Toni Morrison. Published 1993.
6 sound cassettes (7 hrs., 45 min.) : unabridged
There are murder, sex, backbiting neighbors, suppressed passion, jealous rages, and quite a bit more in this portrait of black urban life during the Jazz Age in Harlem .
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 39

Joseph Conrad Cassette Library / by Joseph Conrad.
6 sound cassettes
CONTENTS: Heart of Darkness / Lord Jim / The Secret Sharer / The Lagoon / Youth / Typhoon
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 40

The Kalahari Typing School for Men / by Alexander McCall Smith. Published 2003.
6 sound discs (7.25 hrs.) : unabridged
Sleuth “Precious” Ramotswe is asked to locate two women, her assistant starts a typing school for men, and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency gets a competitor when a new agency opens.
COMPACT DISC RBK 41

The Kennedy’s at War / by Edward Renehan.  Published 2004.  
11 sound cassettes (14 hr., 30 min.):  unabridged
            Renehan shows how family patriarch Joseph was an ambitious but occasionally embarrassing diplomat, while wartime disaster elevated second son John to great heights.  Sisters Kathleen and Rosemary also emerge as strong individuals in this compelling glimpse at the great American dynasty.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 121

Last Citadel / by David L. Robbins.  Published 2004.
12 sound cassettes (17.25 hr.):  unabridged
            In 1943, Hitler attempts one final offensive to conquer Russia.  With their fearsome new Tiger tanks, the Germans throw everything against the Red Army.  But the Russians are determined to defend the motherland no matter what the cost.  As two million soldiers clash, the fate of the world is on the line.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 122

The Last stand of the tin can sailors / by James D. Hornfischer.  Published 2004.
4 sound cassettes (6 hr.): abridged
            This program contains excerpts of exclusive interviews with Navy veterans conducted by the author.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 117

Leading with the Heart / by Mike Krzyzewski with Donald T. Phillips. Published 2001.
6 sound cassettes (7 hrs., 45 min.) : unabridged
Duke University 's Coach Mike Krzyzewski, “Coach K”, reveals his personal principles for leadership, from dealing with adversity in life or on the basketball court, to taking responsibility for your actions and learning how to trust your heartfelt instincts in times of trouble.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 42

Lessons of a lowcountry summer / by Rochelle Alers.  Published 2004.
8 sound cassettes (11 hr.): unabridged
            Sultry, secluded McKinnon Island, SC, offers rich Gullah traditions and gorgeous, sandy beaches.  Three desperate people (a successful doctor who discovers her lover’s secret double life, a dissatisfied stay-at-home mom, and a new young guardian of three teenagers) find romance, each other, and the courage to make life-altering decisions.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 114

The Lexus and the Olive Tree [Understanding Globalization] / by Thomas Friedman. Published 1999.
2 sound cassettes (3 hrs.): abridged
Read by the author.  Friedman, the well-traveled New York Times foreign-affairs columnist, peppers The Lexus and the Olive Tree with stories that illustrate his central theme: that globalization--the Lexus--is the central organizing principle of the post-cold war world, even though many individuals and nations resist by holding onto what has traditionally mattered to them--the olive tree.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 43

Life is a series of presentations / by Tony Jeary.  Published 2004.
8 sound discs (9 hr., 15 min.): unabridged
            Your success in life depends upon how you approach the millions of opportunities before you.  In the insightful and compelling book, jeary reveals the eight simple secrets that you can put to work immediately to achieve dramatic results.
COMPACT DISC RBK 106

Like No Other Time / by Thomas Daschle. Published 2003.
8 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
The 107 th Congress faced a time unlike any other in American history – the contested Presidential election, 9/11, the anthrax attacks, corporate scandals, and the predetermined moves towards war with Iraq .
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 99

A Lincoln Album / by Carl Sandburg. Published 1990.
2 sound cassettes.
Readings by Carl Sandburg from his studies of Abraham Lincoln: the prairie years and the war years.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 44

London: a history / by A. N. Wilson. Published 2004.
5 sound discs (5 hr., 45 min.): unabridged
            This provides a concise history of one of the world’s previere cities.  Acclained author A. N. Wilson starts at the beginning, when London was founded by the Romans, and continues to contemporary times, hitting all the historical highlights along the way.
COMPACT DISC RBK 109

Lone Star Nation / by H. W. Brands. Published 2004.
12 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
This presents the gripping, true story about Texas ' turbulent journey to statehood. It is filled with a colorful cast of characters, as well as the slaves, squatters, women and children all unmentioned in the traditional histories.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 100

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published 2000.
16 sound discs (20.5 hrs.): unabridged
The first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One ring. All the members of the fellowship – hobbits, elves and wizards, are plunged into a clash between good and evil.
COMPACT DISC RBK 45

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King / by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published 2000.
16 sound discs (18 hrs., 30 min.): unabridged
The little hobbit and his trusty companion make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the poser of Sauron.
COMPACT DISC RBK 47

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published 2000.
14 sound discs (17 hrs.): unabridged
In the second volume of the trilogy, the fellowship has been forced to split up in order to destroy the ring and fight the first battle of the War of the ring.
COMPACT DISC RBK 46

Love Her Madly / by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith. Published 2001.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs.): abridged
FBI investigator Poppy Rice watches a tape of the CBS Evening News. DanRather is interviewing convicted as-murderer Rona Leigh Glueck who in ten days will be the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War. Poppy re-opens the investigation to find out if Rona Leigh deserves the death sentence.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 48

The Man in the High Castle / by Philip K. Dick. Published 1997.
7 sound cassettes (6.25 hrs.) : unabridged
The author rewrites history, creating a harrowing nightmare of the way things could have been. It is 1962, World War II victors Japan and Germany are occupying a sinister America where terror and deceit are everyday events.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 49

The Man Who Would Be King / by Rudyard Kipling. Published 1989.
4 sound discs (3 ½ hrs.) : unabridged
At the turn of the 19 th century, Rudyard Kipling's works introduced Europeans to the landscapes, customs, and peoples of exotic India . At the same time, he offered wry comments on the foibles of the British Empire .
COMPACT DISC RBK 50

A Marriage Made in Heaven – or, Too Tired For an Affair / by Erma Bombeck. Published 1996.
4 sound cassettes (5 hrs., 15 min.): unabridged
A timeless tale of laughter and love in marriage.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 51

The Martian Chronicles / by Ray Bradbury. Published 1977.
6 sound cassettes.
Complete text read by Ray Bradbury.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 52

Martin Luther / by Martin E. Marty. Published 2004.
4 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
This work by a theologian takes you through the mind and times of Europe 's firebrand, Martin Luther.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 101

The Matisse Stories / by A.S. Byatt. Published 1997.
3 sound cassettes (3 hrs.): unabridged
Three stories, each touched in a different way by the paintings of Matisse. CONTENTS: Medusa's ankles / Art Work / The Chinese Lobster.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 53

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Published 1980.
7 sound cassettes (10.5 hrs.): unabridged
Eleven adventures, including The Musgrave Ritual , The Reigate Squires , and The Final Solution .
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 54

Metro Girl / by Janet Evanovich.  Published 2004.
6 sound cassettes (9 hr.): unabridged
            When her not-so-bright brother Wild Bill, a boat captain, goes missing in Florida, Barney takes up the search.  Apart from the sunburn and humidity-induced bad hair, Barney also has to deal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker, whose missing boat might lead to Wild Bill.
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling / by Ross King. Published 2003.
6 sound cassettes (7 hrs., 20 min.) : abridged
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome . The author presents a magnificent tapestry of day-to-day life for the artist, the upheaval of early 16 th century Italy , as well as uncommon insight into the intersection of art and history.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 55

A Morbid Taste For Bones / by Ellis Peters. Published 1991.
6 sound cassettes (9 hrs.) : unabridged
Murder occurs when a 12 th century Benedictine monastery determines to acquire the bones of a saint, and Brother Cadfael, the herbalist with a very worldly past, is called upon to play detective.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 56

Mr. Majestyk / by Elmore Leonard. Published 1995.
3 sound cassettes (4.5 hrs.): unabridged
Vince Majestyk had had enough of killing, as an army ranger in war-torn Laos. When he headed for the peaceful melon fields of the Arizona countryside, no one knew about his past. That's why a cheap crook, a hard-nosed cop, and a high-priced hitman figure he is just another local yokel to push around.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 57

Mr. Murder / by Dean Koontz. Published 1993.
10 sound cassettes (15 hrs.): unabridged.
A blisteringly paced tale of one family's struggle to stay together in the face of the most terrifying psychotic killer to haunt a novel in some time.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 58

My Country Versus Me: [The First-hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy] / by Wen Ho Lee; with Helen Zia. Published 2001.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
The author's narrative of his experiences before, during and after his imprisonment for espionage at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 59

My Invented Country / by Isabel Allende. Published 2004.
5 sound cassettes (7 hrs.): unabridged
In this autobiography, Allende explores the landscapes of Chile , from the lush forests to the dry “salt lands”, while introducing the men and women who made an impact on her life.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 60

My Life / by Bill Clinton.  Published 2004.
6 sound discs (6.5 hrs.)
            Read by the author, the former president looks back on his life and career, discussing his youth and education, his early public service, his years as governor of Arkansas, and his accomplishments during two terms in the White House.
COMPACT DISC RBK 107

Naked Once More / by Elizabeth Peters. Published 1997.
12 sound cassettes (13 hrs., 30 min.) : unabridged
A best-selling author gets the chance to write the sequel to a blockbuster mystery only to find that it may be her death that she is writing.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 61

Narcissus in Chains / by Laurell K. Hamilton. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): unabridged
Vampire hunter, Anita Blake survived a supernatural onslaught unlike any she had ever faced before. Now her body carries the marks of both vampire and werewolf. When a kidnapper targets innocents that Anita has sworn to protect, she needs all the help she can get. She, the vampire and the werewolf merge into one another and Anita can harness both the supernatural powers.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 62

A National Party No More: the conscience of a conservative democrat / by Zell Miller.  Published 2003.
8 sound discs (9 hrs.): unabridged
            A longtime Democrat who steadfastly refuses to join the Republicans, Senator Zell Miller nevertheless believes his party has lost touch with the majority of Americans.
COMPACT DISC RBK 105

The Natural: the Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton / by Joe Klein. Published 2002.
5 sound cassettes (7.5 hrs.) : unabridged
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joe Klein takes readers behind the scenes of Bill Clinton's presidency. Both sides of Clinton 's two terms are revealed and examined as Klein recounts the former president's very public personal failures and often overlooked political successes.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 63

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / by Alexander McCall Smith. Published 2003.
7 sound discs (8.25 hrs.) : unabridged
In contemporary Botswana , sleuth “Precious” Ramotswe decides to go against tradition and start her own business – a detective agency. Soon she is in the thick of several perplexing cases.
COMPACT DISC RBK 64

The Oath: a Novel / by John Lescroart. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
When the head of a San Francisco HMO dies in his own hospital nobody doubts that a hit-and-run car accident was the cause, until the autopsy shows an overdose of potassium. Defense attorney Dismas Hardy and the police get involved and discover a trail of homicide in the hospital.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 65

On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft / by Stephen King. Published 2000.
6 sound cassettes (8 hrs.) : unabridged
This shines with Stephen King's enthusiasm for his craft and provides insightful lessons for writers.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 66

Our Man in Havana / by Graham Greene. Published 1991.
5 sound cassettes (6 hrs., 45 min.) : unabridged
Into an ordinary vacuum cleaner salesman's life slithers the Secret Service with a not-so-ordinary proposition, and Wormold, low on cash, accepts the offer: a $300 a month assignment as England 's new “man” in Havana . He fabricates non-existent agents, expense accounts, and even a phony weapons conspiracy, but the stakes change when people start turning up murdered.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 67

Pagan Babies / by Elmore Leonard. Published 2000.
6 sound cassettes (7 hrs., 30 min.) : unabridged
Is Terry Dunn really a priest? He doesn't always appear to act like one. He comes home to Detroit , after witnessing a tragedy in Rwanda , and runs into Debbie who's doing standup at a comedy club. Terry and Debbie hit it off; they have the same sense of humor and similar goals in that both are out to raise money.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 68

The Pelican Brief / by John Grisham. Published 1992.
4 sound cassettes (340 min.): abridged
A legal thriller that begins with the assassination of two Supreme Court justices…and uncovers the biggest cover-up since Watergate.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 69

Pen Pals / by Olivia Goldsmith. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (360 min.): abridged
A major player on Wall Street, Jennifer agrees to take the fall when her boss is caught playing fast and loose with the SEC. After all, her fiancé is a lawyer with the connections to get her off. Instead, she ends up in a correctional facility for women, a world a whole lot tougher than Wall Street.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 70

Personal Injuries / by Scott Turow. Published 1999.
9 sound cassettes (15 hrs.): unabridged
Robbie Feaver is a successful personal injury lawyer with a burgeoning practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife dying of an irreversible illness. He also has a secret bank account where he occasionally deposits funds to pay off the judges who decide his cases.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 71

Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca : [excerpts] / by Sir Richard Francis Burton. Published 1992.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs., 30 min.) : excerpts
In the 1840s, Sir Richard Burton became fluent in Arabic dialects and religion. This ease enabled him, incognito, to join the hajj – the Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca – and he became the first Englishman to enter Mecca .
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 72

The Pursuit / by Johanna Lindsey. Published 2002.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs.): abridged
How can a lovely young sprite outwit a houseful of protective males to enjoy the charms of a handsome suitor? And as a lifelong feud rages, will two passionate souls be able to withstand its devastating fire?
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 73

Reading Lolita in Tehran / by Azar Nafisi.  Published 2004.
13 sound cassettes (18.5 hrs.): unabridged
            From 1995-97 in Iran, Azar Nafisi gathered with seven of her former students, all young women, to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.  Reserved at first, the women soon learned to speak their minds and share their repressed dreams.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 116

The Republican Noise Machine / by David Brock. Published 2004.
10 sound cassettes (90 min. each): unabridged
A former right-wing journalist, the author uses his understanding and experience to show how a conservative media has skewed American politics noticeably to the right.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 103

Rich Dad, Poor Dad / by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter. Published 2001.
5 sound cassettes (7 hrs.) : unabridged
Kuyosaki lays out his philosophy by: exploding the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich; challenging the belief that your house is an asset; showing parents why they can't rely on schools to reach their children about money; defining once and for all an asset versus a liability; and explaining what to teach your children about money for their future financial success.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 74

Saucer: [A Relic From the Past, a Bridge to the Future] / by Stephen Coonts.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs.): abridged
When Rip Cantrell, a seismic survey worker in the Sahara , spots a glint of reflected light in the distance he investigates and finds a piece of metal apparently entombed in the sandstone. Before long, Rip and his colleagues uncover a flying saucer that has been resting there for 140,000 years. With some help, Rip flies the saucer away, embarking on a fantastic journey into space and around the world, keeping just ahead of those who want the saucer for themselves.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 75

Savannah Blues / by Mary Kay Andrews. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
This is a delicious mystery involving dirty deals, sinful secrets and murder in Savannah 's historic district.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 76

The Shipping News / by E. Annie Proulx. Published 1995.
9 sound cassettes (13 hrs.) : unabridged
Quoyle is a timid New York newspaperman, who retreats to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland after his wife leaves him. With the help of a colorful collection of local characters, he begins to see that love can exist without pain and misery.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 77

Shopgirl / by Steve Martin. Published 2000.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs.) : unabridged
A slightly lost, slightly off-kilter, very shy shopgirl captures the attention of a wealthy businessman, nearly twice her age. They both struggle to build a relationship.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 78

The Sign of Four / by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published 1986.
3 sound cassettes (270 min.) : unabridged
At the farthest reaches of the British Empire , four men swear an oath to keep a terrible secret, drenched in blood, which is the key to immense wealth. Holmes & Watson accompany a beautiful young woman through London to a one-legged man, a mysterious and terrifying creature and greed and revenge, in order to unlock the secret.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 79

Smoker / by Greg Rucka. Published 2000.
8 sound cassettes (11 hrs., 45 min.) : unabridged
A thriller on two bodyguards protecting a witness in an anti-tobacco case. The witness is an executive who will testify his company planted additives to make cigarettes more addictive. The tobacco company has hired an assassin to eliminate him.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 80

Stone Work [Reflections on Serious Play & Other Aspects of Country Life] / by John Jerome. Published 1997.
5 sound cassettes (7.25 hrs.) : unabridged
The author describes the back-breaking but soul-strengthening task of building stone wall on his New England farm. While working with the stones, he grasps the gifts of the seasons and the complexities of being a middle-aged male.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 81

Stranger in the Forest / by Eric Hansen. Published 1990.
7 sound cassettes (570 min.): unabridged
Borneo's rainforest is one of the last places on earth still untouched by civilization.Eric Hansen walked into this forest in 1982, meeting tribes whose huts were still decorated with the headhunting swords of their ancestors, but whose idea of a serious crime was not sharing with others.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 82

The summer I dared / by Barbara Delinsky.  Published 2004.
11 sound cassettes (15 hrs.): unabridged
            What comes after the moment that forever changes your life?  This question haunts Julia Bechtel, Noah Prine, and Kim Collela, the only survivors of a terrible boating accident that claims the lives of none other people off the coast of Maine.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 118

Three Fates / by Nora Roberts. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
A quest for a family treasure will take two brothers and a sister from their home in Ireland to Helsinki , Prague , and New York and introduce them to a formidable female professor of Greek mythology, a daring exotic dancer, and a seductive security expert. The quest will pit them in a suspenseful fight against an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 83

A Thousand Acres / by Jane Smiley. Published 1996.
11 sound cassettes (15 hrs.): unabridged
This is a powerful story of an American farm family and the land that both nourishes and consumes its members.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 84

Tides of War: a Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War / by Steven
Pressfield. Published 2001.
13 sound cassettes (17 hrs., 45 min.) : unabridged
Pressfield weaves Homeric passages with gritty battlefield scenes and colorful dialogue, never allowing for a moment's breath in this action-packed tale of the Peloponnesian War in ancient Greece .
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 85

Trump / by Donald J. Trump with Meredith McIver.  Published 2004.
5 sound discs (6 hr.): unabridged
            As Donald Trump proves, getting rich is easy.  Staying rich is harder.  Your chances are better, and you’ll have more fun, if you think like a billionaire. 
COMPACT DISC RBK 111

The Tutor / by Peter Abrahams. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
When Scott and Linda Gardner hire Julian Sawyer to tutor their troubled teenage son Brandon, he seems like the answer to a prayer. He's bright, courteous, refined, and connects with Brandon in a way neither of his parents can. Only Ruby, the Gardner 's eleven-year-old daughter, senses that Julian might not be what he seems and sets out to combat his seductive evil.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 86

Unfit to Practice / by Perri O'Shaughnessy. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): unabridged
South Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly has been plunged into her worst nightmare – a disciplinary hearing before the State Bar Court , facing disbarment. Someone stole client files from her car and is now bent on revealing her clients' darkest secrets, and, in the process, on destroying Nina herself.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 87

Unnatural Exposure / by Patricia Cornwell. Published 2003.
8 sound cassettes (11.5 hrs.) : unabridged
Dublin , Ireland and Richmond , Virginia share a gruesome similarity. Five dismembered, beheaded bodies were found a decade ago in Ireland , and now four similar victims have surfaced in Virginia . It is up to Dr. Kay Scarpetta to find the connection.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 88

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / by P. D. James. Published 1992.
6 sound cassettes (8.75 hrs.): unabridged
Fledgling detective Cordelia Gray's first case involves solving the murder of a likeable Cambridge student.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 89

The Virgin's Knot / by Holly Payne. Published 2002.
3 sound cassettes (4 hrs.): abridged
An extraordinary series of events drives Nur dan e, the famed rug weaver from a remote mountain village in southwestern Turkey , to question the limitations of her faith and culture. She is caught between the cost of remaining pure in body and spirit, or risking everything for the chance to live a loving life.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 90

A Walk in the Woods / by Bill Bryson. Published 1998.
7 sound cassettes (10.5 hrs.): unabridged
A humorous account of hiking along the Appalachian Trail.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 91

Warning Signs / by Stephen White. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
The brutal slaying of Boulder 's controversial District Attorney strikes deep in the heart of everything clinical psychologist Alan Gregory holds dear, particularly since his wife, Lauren, worked for the dead man. But the bloodied body is just the first in a series of high-voltage incidents.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 92

Without Fail / by Lee Child. Published 2002.
4 sound cassettes (6 hrs.): abridged
Jack Reacher is hired to attempt to assassinate the Vice President of the United States to ensure that his security team is up to scratch. In the meantime there is a very real and deadly team of assassins that has just put the VP in their sights.
AUDIO CASSETTE RBK 93