Birdy
Wharton, William.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Williamstown General - CD Wharton S.W
A clockwork orange
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Shocking, radical, and undeniably thought-provoking, A Clockwork Orange remains the most enduring novel by Anthony Burgess--a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society of Literature. With the tone of a nightmarish comedy, Burgess satirically envisions a warped future in which gangs of sadistic youths rule the streets after dark. Meet Alex, a 15-year-old boy who enjoys rape, ultraviolence, and Beethoven.
Williamstown General - CD Burgess S.W
The eye of jade a Mei Wang mystery
Liang, Diane Wei, 1966-
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
Modern, independent Mei Wang runs her own PI business in Beijing; she even has that most modern of commodities, a male secretary. When a family friend asks her to locate a Han dynasty jade of great value that was taken from its museum during the years of the Cultural Revolution when Red Guards seized many relics, her investigation reveals a story that has more to do with the past and her own family history than she ever expected. To solve the case, Mei must delve into that dark, brutal part of China's history, Mao's labor camps, and the countless deaths for which no one was ever held responsible. It exposes the agonizing choices made during the Revolution, to kill or be killed, to love or to live.
Williamstown General - CD Liang S.W
The fire next time
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with his eloquent manifesto.
Williamstown General - CD 305.89 Bal S.W
The good rat a true story
Breslin, Jimmy.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York.
Williamstown General - CD 364.106 Bre
Into the woods
Gardner, Lyn.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2007.
Pursued by the sinister Dr.DeWilde and his ravenous wolves, three sisters, Storm, the inheritor of a special musical pipe, the elder Aurora, and the baby Any, flee into the woods and begin a treacherous journey filled with many dangers as they try to find a way to defeat their pursuer and keep him from taking the pipe and control of the entire land.
Williamstown Juvenile - J CD Gardner S.W
Killer heat
Fairstein, Linda A.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
The body of a young woman has been found in an abandoned building. The brutality of the murder is disturbing enough, but when a second body, beaten and disposed of in exactly the same manner, the city's top brass want the killer found fast. It becomes clear to Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper and her team that time is not on their side.
Williamstown General - CD Fairstein S.W
Love overboard
Evanovich, Janet.
[New York] : Harper Audio, p2005.
"Stephanie Lowe decides Maine schooner captain and pirate descendant Ivan Rasmussen deserves to be called Ivan the Terrible. The house she just bought from him is falling apart and possibly haunted. He complains about her fish-eye stew and burnt chocolate chip cookies. he makes fun of her hair after she's had to comb it while using a toaster as a mirror. And on top of that, he has the nerve to be charming, handsome and overboard in love with her. This is one pirate captain who is determined to acquire the treasure of a lifetime -- Container.
Williamstown General - CD Evanovich S.W
Madame Bovary
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [p2008].
A bored and unhappy middle-class wife, Emma is married to a clumsy country doctor. She revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous desires, multiple affairs, and self -delusions lead to suffering, corruption, and downfall.
Williamstown General - CD Flaubert S.W
The mysterious affair at Styles a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
North Kingstown, RI : BBC Audiobooks America, [2008], c1996.
In Agatha Christie's first book, Hercule Poirot solves a baffling murder at an English country home.
Williamstown General - CD Christie S.W
O pioneers!
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1989.
Cather presents the story of the Nebraska prairie. Alexandra Bergson, daughter of Swedish immigrant farmers, is devoted to the land and suffers the hardships of prairie life.
Williamstown General - CD Cather S.W
Poirot investigates 11 Hercule Poitrot mysteries
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [p2008].
David Suchet, recognized as the definitive Poirot, gives us a brilliant performance of 11 complete Hercule Poirot mysteries.
Williamstown General - CD Christie S.W
Prepared for rage
Stabenow, Dana.
[New York] : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : Distributed by BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
A terrorist filled with resentment, an FBI analyst challenged to be three steps ahead of the intelligence, a Coast Guard captain assigned to keep watch on that very American of symbols from the water, an astronaut who takes her job very seriously--the paths of all of these characters converge on one clear morning in Florida. NASA is preparing to launch the space shuttle, this time with a high-paying visitor on board as a guest, and the FBI and the Coast Guard are doing everything they can to help the launch go off without a hitch. But one Pakistani man with a bottomless personal grudge and the commitment of many zealous men behind him is determined to strike back at the most visible target he can find.
Williamstown General - CD Stabenow S.W
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1992.
When a mulatto slave woman switches her own infant with the look-alike son of a wealthy merchant, it takes Pudd'nhead Wilson, the town eccentric, to put things right again.
Williamstown General - CD Twain
Remember me?
Kinsella, Sophie.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it's 3 years earlier and she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, her teeth are straight, she's the boss of her department and she's married to a good-looking millionaire!
Williamstown General - CD Kensella S.W
Salt a world history
Kurlansky, Mark.
Beverly Hills, CA : New Millennium Audio, p2002.
So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it. The fine balance of nature, the trade of salt as currency of many nations and empires, the theme of a popular Shakespearean play ... Salt is bestselling author Mark Kurlansky's story of the only rock we eat. From its single origin, to the other discoveries made because of it, fascinating tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages are interwoven here. Fifteen recipes are included that will meet with every taste. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidescope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.
Williamstown General - CD 553.6 Kur S.W
The secret adversary a Tommy & Tuppence mystery
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
North Kingstown, RI : BBC Audiobooks America. [2008], c1993.
Undercover investigators Tommy and Tuppence Beresford know that Jane Finn, a woman missing for five years, was carrying top secret documents, the retrieval of which will affect the economic recovery of post-WW I England. They know the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. What they don't know is that a beautiful but sinister older woman knows all about Jane -- and therefore must die.
Williamstown General - CD Christie S.W
The secret of chimneys
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [p2008].
Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand to deliver a manuscript on behalf of a friend would drop him right in the middle of an international conspiracy. Why were Count Stylptich's memoirs so important? And what was "King Victor" really after? Murder, blackmail, stolen letters, and a fabulous missing jewel--all threads lead to Chimneys, one of England's historic country house estates, and a startling denouement under the not always cooperative eyes of Scotland Yard and the Sûreté.
Williamstown General - CD Christie S.W
Sharp sheep
French, Vivian.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2007.
Josh loves to terrify his brother Paul with scary stories. So when the three are sent to Wales to stay with their grandparents, Josh starts to spin a spooky yarn about the strange Balwen Black Mountain sheep that live around Grampy's farmhouse. He says that Rhys the Fleece--a legendary, devilish shepherd --guards them, and will grant a magic wish to anyone brave enough to stay out in the valley all night long and survive. So when a ruthless local developer threatens to build on Grampy's land, Paul decides to put the magic wish to the test!
Williamstown Juvenile - J CD French S.W
Thai
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : distributed by Recorded Books, p2006.
Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Thai in progressive steps.
Williamstown General - CD 495.9 Tha S.W
Thai. Part A the complete course I
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio ; Prince Frederick, Md. :
distributed by Recorded Books, p2006.
Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Thai in progressive steps.
Williamstown General - CD 495.9 Tha S.W V.1/PT A
Thai. Part B the complete course I
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio ; Prince Frederick, Md. :
distributed by Recorded Books, p2006.
Presents a beginning language learning program designed to teach the listener Thai in progressive steps.
Williamstown General - 495.9 Tha S.W V. 1/Pt. B
The whole world over
Glass, Julia, 1956-
New York : Random House Audio, p2006.
Greenie Duquette, along with her young son, moves to New Mexico to become the pastry chef for the governor and take a break from her marriage to
psychiatrist Alan Glazier. Their lives intersect with Fenno McLeod, a gay
bookseller who recommended Greenie for the job, and Saga who suffers from
memory loss from an accident and works at the animal shelter and persuades Alan
to adopt a puppy, and Saga's Uncle Marsden, a Yale ecologist who takes care of
her.
Williamstown General - CD Glass S.W
Worm songs
Coburn, Ann.
Bath, [England] : BBC Audiobooks, p2007.
Williamstown Juvenile - J CD Coburn S.W
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