The accidental billionaires the founding of Facebook, a tale of sex, money, genius and betrayal
Mezrich, Ben, 1969-
New York : Random House Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by Recorded Books, p2009.
Mezrich tells the story of how Eduardo Saverine and Mark Zuckerberg-- Harvard undergraduates and social misfits--created the popular social networking site Facebook. After nearly getting expelled and crashing the university's servers by trying to create a database of the university's female population Mark discovered the basis for a social networking site. Together the two friends created Facebook. But things can only be so good for so long and soon their friendship becomes a casualty of success.
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Arguing with idiots how to stop small minds and big government
Beck, Glenn.
New York : Simon and Schuster Audio, p2009.
Radio and television personality Glenn Beck reveals how to effectively gain the upper hand in political discussions.
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Conquering fear living boldly in an uncertain world
Kushner, Harold S.
[New York, N.Y.] : Random House Audio, p2009.
Drawing on various religious texts as well as passages from classical literature, Harold S. Kushner presents an archetypal guide to overcoming fears. Here, listeners will discover how to overcome anything that may frighten them, including unemployment, aging, illness, and terrorism, through a variety of proven techniques.
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Culture of corruption Obama and his team of tax cheats, crooks, and cronies
Malkin, Michelle.
[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, p2009.
Michelle Malkin digs deep into the records of President Obama's staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration. Here, she delivers a powerful, damaging view of the Obama administration's seamy underside that the liberal media would rather keep hidden.
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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Kelly, Jacqueline.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Dahl, Roald.
New York : HarperChildren's Audio, p2005.
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.
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Going rogue an American life
Palin, Sarah, 1964-
[New York] : Harperaudio, 2009.
Sarah Palin, the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate, recounts her political experiences, her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign, and the personal challenges she's faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recognizing the war's impact with her son serving combat in Iraq, having a child with a disability, and supporting her teenage daughter with an unplanned pregnancy.
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Highest duty my search for what really matters
Sullenberger, Chesley, 1951-
New York, NY : HarperAudio, p2009.
Airline pilot Captain Chesley Sullenberger presents his autobiography. In 2009, Sullenberger safely landed a crippled passenger jet on the Hudson River, garnishing overnight fame and kudos.
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Invisible
Auster, Paul, 1947-
New York : Macmillan Audio, p2009.
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Kindred in death
Robb, J. D., 1950-
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
The NYPSD's recently promoted captain returns home from a much-needed holiday only to discover his daughter, Deena, has been brutally murdered. The crime scene is so horrific that even New York's toughest cop, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, struggles to stomach the carnage. Determined to bring Deena's killer to justice, Dallas takes to the streets, only to find that the culprit is unmatchably clever.
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Knit the season
Jacobs, Kate, 1973-
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Audio, p2009.
In the third installment of Kate Jacobs' Knitting Club series, the Walker family revisits a slew of old memories during a Christmas reunion in Scotland. Meanwhile, Dakota, still reeling from the death of her mother, embraces her own sense of motherhood when she delivers a healthy baby.
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The lacuna a novel
Kingsolver, Barbara.
[New York] : Harper Audio, p2009.
The story of American Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds -- Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s -- whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the twentieth century's most tumultuous events. Growing up in 1930's Mexico, Shepherd quickly learns that his mother is more concerned with social aspirations than his well-being. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, he discovers a passion for Aztec history and meets the exotic, imperious artist Frida Kahlo, who will become his lifelong friend. His mother's knack for selecting men who fall on the losing side of Mexico's political battles, leads Harrison to take a withdrawn approach to life. Later, forced to flee to Mexico, he ventures back to the U.S., which is in the midst of World War II. As political winds continue to toss him north and south Shepherd tells his remarkable story through a series of letters and diary entries.
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Last night in Twisted River a novel
Irving, John, 1942-
New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, p2009.
In 1954 New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old accidentally insults the local constable's girlfriend. Consequently, the boy and his father are forced to flee and essentially become fugitives from the law. Forced to hide throughout the northeastern United States before finally escaping to Toronto, the outcasts befriend a fiercely protective logger who shelters them from their pursuers.
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The museum of innocence [a novel]
Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-
New York : Random House Audio, p2009.
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects, a museum of one man's broken heart, that chronicles Kemal's lovelorn progress and his afflicted heart's reactions.
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No less than victory a novel of World War II
Shaara, Jeff, 1952-
[New York, N.Y.] : Random House Audio, cp2009.
After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest. As American commanders respond to the stunning challenge, the German spear is finally blunted.
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NPR favorite driveway moments radio stories that won't let you go
[St. Paul, Minn.] : Highbridge, p2009.
According to NPR, a 'driveway moment' is when a listener is so riveted by a radio piece that he or she will stay in their idling car to hear the show all the way through. Drawn from award-winning NPR programs such as All Things Considered and Morning Edition, National Public Radio hosts and listeners present their favorite driveway moments.
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Our choice a plan to solve the climate crisis
Gore, Albert, 1948-
New York, NY : Audioworks/Simon & Schuster Audio, p2009.
Former Vice President Al Gore, an expert on global warming phenomenon, presents an eye-opening expose on the ongoing climate crisis. Explaining the importance of a swift, resolute, and united response to global warming, Gore presents a variety of plans to negate halt the climate's drastic changes.
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Pirate latitudes
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.
[S.l.] : HarperCollins Audio, p2009.
Published posthumously, Michael Crichton's historical novel concerns the exploits of a pirate named Hunter who teams up with Jamaican authorities in a plot to plunder a Spanish treasure ship.
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Reinventing the body, resurrecting the soul [how to create a new self]
Chopra, Deepak.
[New York, N.Y.] : Random House Audio, p2009.
Renowned professor and physician Dr. Deepak Chopra suggests alternative health treatments and explains the dependency link between a sound body and a sound mind.
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A season of gifts
Peck, Richard, 1934-
[New York, N.Y.] : Listening Library, [2009].
Richard Peck returns with a third tale starring his beloved and charming character, Grandma Dowdel. In 1958, a new family moves in next door to Grandma. As they get to know each other, Grandma becomes an essential part of this Methodist family. As the holiday season rolls in, they find comfort in each other and receive memorable gifts.
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Sherlock Holmes a Baker Street dozen
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
Minneapolis, Minn. : Highbridge, [2006], 1996.
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Stones into schools promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Mortenson, Greg.
New York, NY : Penguin Audio, p2009.
In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
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Sunday puzzles
Shortz, Will, 1952-
[S.l.] : Highbridge Co. ; Holland, Ohio : Midwest Tape, distributor, c2009.
NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz sits down with NPR host Liane Hansen to discuss an assortment of Shortz's most popular puzzles, guiding listeners through each puzzle to their individual solutions.
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Super freakonomics
Levitt, Steven D.
[New York] : HarperAudio, p2009.
Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling to show how people respond to incentives.
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U is for undertow
Grafton, Sue.
[New York, N.Y.] : Random House Audio, p2009.
After a recent reference to a kidnapping triggers a flood of memories, unemployed college dropout Michael Sutton hires Kinsey Millhone to locate a four -year-old girl's remains and find the men who killed her.
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Under the dome
King, Stephen, 1947-
[New York, N.Y.] Simon & Schuster Audio, p2009.
The small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a big dilemma when it is mysteriously sealed off by an invisible and completely impenetrable force field. With cars and airplanes exploding on contact, the force field has completely isolated the townspeople from the outside world. Now, Iraq war vet Dale Barbara and a group of the town's more sensible citizens must overcome the tyrannical rule of Big Jim Rennie, a politician bent on controlling everything within the Dome.
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The unfinished angel
Creech, Sharon.
[London] : HarperChildren's Audio, 2009.
In a tiny village in the Swiss Alps, an angel meets an American girl named Zola who has come with her father to open a school, and together Zola and the angel rescue a group of homeless orphans, who gradually change everything.
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Unseen academicals
Pratchett, Terry.
[New York, N.Y.] : Harper Audio, p2009.
The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed forever.
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The vintage caper a novel
Mayle, Peter.
[New York, N.Y.] : Random House Audio, p2009.
Danny Roth, a Los Angeles entertainment lawyer, is preparing to show off his impressive home and even more impressive wine collection. However, when the Los Angeles Times expresses interest in profiling Roth's liquid assets, several rare bottles are inexplicably purloined. Consequently, Sam Levitt, a wine connoisseur and part-time sleuth, is called to uncover the identity of the thief and soon finds himself in France, taking on an unconventional billionaire who coincidentally collects wine.
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What I saw and how I lied
Blundell, Judy.
New York : Scholastic Audiobooks, p2009.
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenaged Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome changes her life and that of her family forever.
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What the dog saw
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
New York : Hachette Audio, p2009.
Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.
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The white queen
Gregory, Philippa.
New York : Simon & Schuster, p2009.
In this account of the wars of the Plantagenets, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, Elizabeth Woodville, catches the eye of the newly crowned boy king, marries him in secret and ascends to royalty. While Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for the success of her family, her two sons become central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the missing princes in the Tower of London whose fate is still unknown.
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Witch & wizard
Patterson, James, 1947-
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2009], p2009.
"You are holding an urgent and vital narrative that reveals the forbidden truth about these perilous times." This is the astonishing testimonial of Wisty and Whit Allgood, a sister and brother who were torn from their family in the middle of the night, slammed into prison, and accused of being a witch and wizard. Most copies of this story have already been seized, shredded, or burned. Listen to this rare, surviving edition and pass it along with care--before it's too late.
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You better not cry stories for Christmas
Burroughs, Augusten.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2009], p2009.
With his signature poignancy and no-holds-barred honesty, Augusten Burroughs recounts tales of his best and worst Christmas holiday memories.
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