Worcester - New Audiobooks

Worcester - New Audiobooks

The beach house
Green, Jane, 1968-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Eccentric widow Nan rents rooms for the summer in her Nantucket home when she discovers her finances are running low. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family expanding.
Worcester Main AV - CD GREEN

Black out [a novel]
Unger, Lisa, 1970-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Annie Powers' past demons are resurfacing. These are demons she can't fully recall because of a highly dissociative state that allowed her to forget the tragic and violent episodes of her earlier life as Ophelia March and to start over. She realizes that she must quickly piece things together before her past comes to claim her future and her daughter.
Worcester Main AV - CD UNGER

"Blood, toil, tears and sweat" the dire warning : Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister
Lukacs, John, 1924-
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
John Lukacs recreates the pivotal moment in world history, May 13, 1940, three days after Germany invaded France and the Low Countries, and reveals Churchill as he has rarely been seen before: as a man both unsure of himself and deeply fearful of his nation's defeat.
Worcester Main AV - CD 941 LUKACS

Ceremony
Silko, Leslie, 1948-
Prince frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Worcester Main AV - CD SILKO

Daisy Miller
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
"When Daisy Miller, a young American woman, visits Rome, she has no idea the local customs vary so much from her home. She sets tongues gossiping with her free-spirited actions, such as walking in public with men. She must be made aware of the inherent dangers that lie behind the different ways of doing things."--Container.
Worcester Main AV - CD JAMES

Days of infamy
Gingrich, Newt.
[New York] : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : distributed by BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
In this story of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the notorious gambler Admiral Yamamoto is pitted against the equally legendary American admiral Bill Halsey in a battle of wits, nerve and skill. "Days of infamy" recounts this alternative history from a multitude of view points--from President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and the two great admirals, on down to American pilots flying antiquated aircraft, bravely facing the vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.
Worcester Main AV - CD GINGRICH

Fearless fourteen a Stephanie Plum novel
Evanovich, Janet.
[New York] : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : distributed by BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and her motley companions--including Grandma Mazur, vice captain Joe Morelli, and Bob the Dog--become entangled in an adventure involving the Burg's premier funeral home and a family pot roast.
Worcester Main AV - CD EVANOVICH

The front
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano suspects a deeper agenda and becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers, in a case during which he is assisted by his intuitive grandmother.
Worcester Main AV - CD CORNWELL

The girl of his dreams a Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery
Leon, Donna.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
One cold and rainy morning, the body of a gypsy girl is found floating in a canal. Brunetti suspects she fell off a nearby roof while fleeing an apartment she had robbed--but something about the case continues to haunt him.
Worcester Main AV - CD LEON

House made of dawn
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1999.
A young American Indian returning from World War II searches for his place on his old reservation and in urban society.
Worcester Main AV - CD MOMADAY

The last lecture
Pausch, Randy.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Worcester Main AV - CD B PAUSCH

The Lincolns portrait of a marriage
Epstein, Daniel Mark.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
Spanning their mysterious and troubled courtship in 1840 through his assassination in Ford's Theatre in 1865, Daniel Mark Epstein has produced an incisive and balanced portrait of the Lincolns.
Worcester Main AV - CD B LINCOLN

Love the one you're with
Giffin, Emily.
[New York] : Macmillan Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : distributed by BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
Ellen and Andy's marriage doesn't just seem perfect, it is perfect. There is no question how deep their devotion is, and how naturally they bring out the best in each other. But one fateful afternoon, Ellen runs into Leo for the first time in eight years. Leo, the one who brought out the worst in her. Leo, the one who left her heartbroken with no explanation. Leo, the one she could never quite forget. When his reappearance ignites long-dormant emotions, Ellen begins to question whether the life she's living is the one she's meant to live.
Worcester Main AV - CD GRIFFIN

Nothing to lose
Child, Lee.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
While walking the twelve miles between Hope and Despair Colorado, Jack Reacher mets with four deputies who try to run him out of town. The ex-military cop now wants to find out what the deputies are trying to hide.
Worcester Main AV - CD CHILD

One minute to midnight [Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war]
Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Worcester Main AV - CD 972 DOBBS

Panic in level 4
Preston, Richard, 1954-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Worcester Main AV - CD 616 PRESTON

The plague of doves
Erdrich, Louise.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off- reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities for the next generation.
Worcester Main AV - CD ERDRICH

Plague ship [a novel of the Oregon files]
Cussler, Clive.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
The crew of the Oregon has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as ship captain Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate--and as perilous--as any he has ever known, and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race . . . plans he may already be too late to stop.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main AV - CD CUSSLER

Sail
Patterson, James, 1947-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Widow Anne Dunne takes her three children on sailing vacation in an effort to save her family, but when they finally start feeling like a family again something catastrophic happens.
Worcester Main AV - CD PATTERSON

The song of the lark
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Prince Fredrick, MD : Recorded Books, 2008.
Worcester Main AV - CD CATHER

Summer blowout a novel
Cook, Claire, 1955-
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2008.
After Bella's own marriage flames out spectacularly when her half-sister runs off with her husband, Bella decides she has seen enough of the damage love can do. She makes a vow: no more men. But then Bella meets a cute entrepreneur, and despite their bickering, they can't seem to stay away from each other. A small, well-tressed dog also finds her way into Bella's life, and her heart, and she decides to chance that, too. When the whole clan heads to Atlanta for a big Southern wedding, sparks fly--in a summer blowout no one will ever forget.
Worcester Main AV - CD COOK

Winning
Welch, Jack, 1935-
New York : Harper Audio, c2005.
During his forty-year career at General Electric, Welch led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits. Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of General Electric, he has traveled the world, speaking and answering questions. Now, he has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which lays out his answers. He begins with his business philosophy, exploring the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all. The core of the book looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen; outside, at the competition; and at managing your career--from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.
Worcester Main AV - CD 658 WELCH

The battle of the Labyrinth
Riordan, Rick.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2008.
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD RIORDAN

Chicken boy
Dowell, Frances O'Roark.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2005.
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place. Tobin McCauley's got a near-certifiable grandmother, a pack of juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad who's not going to win father of the year any time soon. To top it off, Tobin's only friend truly believes that the study of chickens will reveal ... the meaning of life? Getting through seventh grade isn't easy for anyone, son, but when the first day of school starts out with your granny's arrest, you know you've got real problems. Throw on a five-day suspension (for defending your English teacher's honor), a chicken that lays green eggs, and a family feud that's tearing everyone to pieces, and you're in for one heck of a ride. Best- selling author Frances O'Roark Dowell has the remarkable ability to introduce characters you wish could be a part of your life forever and ever. (And she can write about chickens like nobody's business.).
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD DOWELL

Each little bird that sings
Wiles, Debbie.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2005.
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD WILES

Epossumondas saves the day
Salley, Coleen.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2007.
In this variation on the folktale, Sody Salyraytus, each of Epossumondas's birthday guests disappears until it is finally up to him to rescue them all and bring home the "sody" for his birthday biscuits.
Worcester Main Juv AV - JJ KIT SALLEY

Gossamer
Lowry, Lois.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006.
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD LOWRY

I, Coriander
Gardner, Sally.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006.
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD GARDNER

Miracle on 49th Street
Lupica, Mike.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006.
After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD LUPICA

The mysterious Benedict Society
Stewart, Trenton Lee.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2007.
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD STEWART

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Birdsall, Jeanne.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2008.
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD BIRDSALL

Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs
Birney, Betty G.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2006.
Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD BIRNEY

Whales on stilts
Anderson, M. T.
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2005.
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
Worcester Main Juv AV - J CD ANDERSON

Abolitionists remember : antislavery autobiographies & the unfinished work of emancipation
Jeffrey, Julie Roy.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 920.73 JEFFREY

The Curt Flood story : the man behind the myth
Weiss, Stuart L.
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2007.
"Examines Curt Flood's often troubled personal life and explores his possible motives for suing Major League Baseball in 1970. For challenging baseball's reserve system, which he likened to bondage, the St. Louis Cardinals center fielder in time was lionized. But this recognition came at great personal expense"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 796.35709 FLOOD, C. WEISS

From bondage to belonging : the Worcester slave narratives
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2007.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 306.362 FROM

The health care revolution : from medical monopoly to market competition
Ameringer, Carl F.
Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2008.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 362.10425 AMERINGE

How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes
Johnson, Victoria L. (Victoria Lee).
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2008.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 331.8925097946109044 JOHNSON

A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Pastorello, Karen, 1956-
Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 331.881870973 PASTOREL

Working with Walt : interviews with Disney artists
Peri, Don.
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.
Collects revealing conversations with top animators, designers, and voice actors who worked directly with the film pioneer Walt Disney.
Worcester Main Nonfiction - 792.93 DISNEY, W. PERI

Trees : a visual guide
Rodd, Tony.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 582.16 RODD

Blue smoke and murder
Lowell, Elizabeth, 1944-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
When Jill Beck's great aunt dies in a suspicious fire, several old family paintings are found in the aftermath. Word of the find creates a stir in the secretive art world, and soon Jill is being threatened by collectors who wish to get their hands on the pieces. Jill calls friend Zach Balfour, a part-time consultant for St. Kilda, for help, hoping to discover the truth about the paintings before it's too late.
Worcester Main Spoken - CD LOWELL

The enchantress of Florence
Rushdie, Salman.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Rushdie pens the story of a European traveler and the extraordinary tale he shares with 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. The traveler claims to be the son of a Mughal princess forgotten by time. If his tale is true, what happened to the princess?
Worcester Main Spoken - CD RUSHDIE

An Introduction to The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Stone, Dan.
[Washington, DC] : National Endowment for the Arts, 2007.
Worcester Main Worc Room - WORC ROOM 028.8 S877i

The dead & the gone
Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-
New York : Random House/Listening Library, p2008.
After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.
Worcester Main YA - YA CD PFEFFER

Belong to me
De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-
New York : HarperAudio, p2008.
Cornelia Brown moves to the suburbs and finds a friend in Lake.
Worcester FPBL AV - CD DELOSSANTOS

Pardonable lies a Maisie Dobbs novel
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
New York : Audio Renaissance, p2005.
Worcester FPBL AV - CD WINSPEAR

Plum lucky
Evanovich, Janet.
New York : Macmillan Audio, p2008.
Stephanie finds herself in over her head with a caper involving thrice stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase and a bad case of hives--not to mention her grandmother playing the slots in Atlantic City using the stolen money!
Worcester FPBL AV - CD EVANOVICH

Stranger in paradise a Jesse Stone novel
Parker, Robert B., 1932-
New York, NY : Random House Audio, p2008.
Apache hit man, Wilson "Crow" Cromartie returns to Paradise after ten years to take Amber Francisco back to her father in Florida, but before returning he is suppose to kill her mother Fiona. It's up to police chief Jesse Stone to provide protection to them.
Worcester FPBL AV - CD PARKER

Diary of a wimpy kid Greg Heffley's journal
Kinney, Jeff.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Worcester FPBL Juv AV - J CD KINNEY

Encyclopedia Brown gets his man
Sobol, Donald J., 1924-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Ten brief cases in which the reader pits his wits against those of Encyclopedia Brown, an ingenious twelve-year-old detective.
Worcester FPBL Juv AV - J CD SOBOL

Good masters! Sweet Ladies! voices from a medieval village
Schlitz, Laura Amy.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
A medieval village is more than just lords and ladies. In this particular village there are also Nelly the Sniggler, Edgar the Falconer's son, Mogg-- daughter of the town villein, and the town's resident half-wit.
Worcester FPBL Juv AV - J CD 822 SCHLITZ

Hop on pop
Seuss, Dr.
New York, NY : Random House, p2003.
Describes how to raise a happy father, including what not to do when he has a bad day.
Worcester FPBL Juv AV - JJ KIT SEUSS

Miss Spitfire reaching Helen Keller
Miller, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
At age twenty-one, partially-blind, lonely but spirited Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six-year-old Helen Keller, deaf and blind since age two, self-discipline and communication skills. Includes historical notes and timeline.
Worcester FPBL Juv AV - J CD MILLER

A house for Hermit Crab
Carle, Eric.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1998.
A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.
Worcester FPBL Juv Pict - JJ CARLE

Sunrise over Fallujah
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.
Worcester FPBL YA - YA CD MYERS

Updated Mon Jul 21 16:13:05 2008