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Audio - North Central Regional Library
Recent additions to your Mail Order Library Paperback Book Catalog Ordering Info................... 2 Young People.................... 3 Young Adults.................... 6 Storytime for Kids............ 8 Fiction............................ 10 Romance....................... 17 Science Fiction............... 22 Info. & Entertainment..... 24 Western.......................... 28 Mystery.......................... 30 Audio & Video Catalog Audio Books on Cassette... 33 Playaway Digital Audio...34 Audio Language............. 39 Audio Books on CD........ 40 Video DVD Discs............ 62 Local Library Listing..... 71 North Central Regional Library WELCOME! This is a new edition of the North Central Regional Library Mail Order Catalog... a library in your mailbox! To place an order, follow these easy instructions: IN THE SHADOW OF GOLL Library Card No. 2 by Tony Abbott. It’s a dangerous time in Droon. Ko and Gethwing are about to wage war. Young Sparr is on a risky undercover mission to try to defeat the evil emperor from within. And a wicked ancient sorcerer named Shadowface is vowing to wake the infamous Warriors of the Skorth to aid Ko’s army of beasts. It’s up to Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah to stop him—no matter what the cost. • Order # J3493 Name 9030 00027970 7* Date July Molly Millions Mailing Address 310 Paton Street City Cashmere Zip 98815 30, 2007 Tel. 782-0000 Please send the following: (list by catalog number only) No. J3493 No. Please: No. No. No. No. No. No. Back Order Do Not Back Order any of the above that cannot be sent the day this order is filled. 1 Select the items that you wish to order. 2 List the catalog number for each selection on one If you are interested in something that is not listed in this catalog, just write it on your order card and we will try to get it for you. Orders for information on a specific subject are also welcomed. 3 Mail the card, phone us with your selections at The items you order will be mailed in a bag that can be used to return them. Simply turn over the address label and mail. No postage is necessary. of the enclosed order cards. 1-800-426-READ (or locally in the Wenatchee Valley at 663-1117), or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Phone Services are available Monday-Friday, 8-4. 4 You may also place your order on-line from our web site, www.ncrl.org. Search by author, title, or on the Advanced Search page, by catalog number. Click on Request Title, select Mail Order Library as your pickup location, and confirm your selection by clicking once more on Request. When you are finished with this book, please recycle or pass it along to a friend. 2 Books are loaned for a period of approximately one month, audio and video recordings for shorter periods. A receipt taped to each item will give the date that it is to be returned. If you wish to have the due date extended, please call us. (Videos are not renewable.) * All NCRL patrons now need library cards. If you do not already have a library card, you may apply at any North Central Regional Library branch or Mail Order can issue your card, call 663-1117 or email us at [email protected]. Audio: Cassettes Administered by Seattle Public Library • Those eligible for this service are children and adults who are residents of Washington state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually impaired (cannot easily read conventional size print), physically disabled (cannot comfortably hold books or turn pages), or learning disabled due to organic dysfunction. • All equipment and services, including the mailing of materials, are free to eligible users. The Federal Government’s Library of Congress supplies materials and equipment. Basic operating costs are provided by the State of Washington. • Applications are available at your local public library or by calling toll free 1-800-426-7323 or online at www.wtbbl.org. LEIGH by Lyn Cote. At eighteen, Linda Leigh Sinclair watches the powers that be collide with the radical causes of the 1960s. Choosing the dangerous path of a journalist, she witnesses and writes about the protests and riots against segregation and the war in Vietnam. Can she become the strong and capable woman that her family—and the world—needs? Unabridged. 540 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1534 THE RECKONING by Beverly Lewis. Unknown to Katherine Mayfield, her long-lost love, Daniel Fisher, is desperate to locate his “sweetheart girl,” only to be frustrated at nearly every turn. Once again, Katherine is compelled to face the heritage of her past and recognize that God’s love is always present. Unabridged. 420 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1532 CARLY by Lyn Cote. Carly Leigh Sinclair grew up in the last decades of the twentieth century in the home of her independent, ambitious mother Leigh. Scarred by a childhood trauma, Carly finds that hiding her fears from her mother only causes them to mount. In an attempt to face them head on, Carly decides to join the army. Prairie Legacy #3. Unabridged. 450 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1589 A QUIET STRENGTH by Janette Oke. Virginia Simpson knows that when God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better. The long-awaited return of Jonathan and their renewed courtship, with a wedding soon to follow, are proof of God’s loving ways. But the inner strength that God has been forming in Virginia’s life through trials and disappointments is far from completion. Heritage of Lancaster Co. #3. Unabridged. 420 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1533 A SEARCHING HEART by Janette Oke. Recently graduated from high school, Virginia Simpson thought she would feel differently— like an adult, with an inner knowledge that she is on the edge of the nest, ready to try her own wings. And then circumstances begin swirling around her making her rethink her plans and reevaluate her priorities. Prairie Legacy #2. Unabridged. 750 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1536 THE SHUNNING by Beverly Lewis. In the quiet Amish community of Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, time has stood still while cherished traditions and heartfelt beliefs have flourished. But a secret lies buried that could shatter the tranquility its inhabitants have grown to love. Heritage of Lancaster Co. #1. Unabridged. 750 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1530 LIKE GOLD REFINED by Janette Oke. Virginia loves her life, living on the farm with her beloved Jonathan and their children, not far from her parents and her grandparents. But a change that is tearing at her heart is the gradual but steady physical decline in Grandma Marty and Grandpa Clark. She cannot imagine their familiar farm home without their welcoming smiles and words of wisdom that arise from decades of life experiences and a solid faith in God. Prairie Legacy #4. Unabridged. 540 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1531 THE CONFESSION by Beverly Lewis. Katie Lapp’s identity has been shattered ever since she was painfully torn from her close-knit community in the frightening ordeal called the shunning. Katie—now Katherine Mayfield— sets out to find the ailing birth mother she has never known. Heritage of Lancaster Co. #2. Unabridged. 750 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1535 THE TENDER YEARS by Janette Oke. Caught in that difficult period between childhood and adulthood, Virginia struggles against what she considers to be unreasonable restrictions and expectations. A lively new girl arrives at school, and Jenny seems to represent everything that Virginia is longing for—her looks, her daring, and her alluring freedom from constraints. But then comes the day neither girl will ever forget. Prairie Legacy #1. Unabridged. 750 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1529 BETTE by Lyn Cote. Lyn Cote weaves a powerful story of love, secrets, betrayal, and passion during the tumultuous years of World War II. Unabridged. 480 min. (Cassette) • Order # T1537 www.ncrl.org 33 Audio/Video Catalog Additional services may be available from Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Audio/Video Catalog Audio: Digital NEW! PLAYAWAY PRE-LOADED DIGITAL AUDIO BOOKS Playaway is the simplest way to listen to an audio book on the go. It comes with the book already on it and a battery to make it play. Simply plug in your earphones and enjoy. No cassettes or CDs. No downloads. There’s nothing left to do but listen! CRISS CROSS by Lynne Rae Perkins. Fourteen-year-old Debbie wishes on her necklace that something exciting will happen to her. In another area of town Hector wonders about his potential. And the two, along with their close friends, feel the subtle push and pull of blooming love, new opportunities and changes in the order of the universe as the necklace tries to work its magic. Unabridged. 330 min. (Digital) • Order # T1651 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O’Dell. Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life. Unabridged. 270 min. (Digital) • Order # T1777 MOSSFLOWER by Brian Jacques. In the land of Mossflower, Tsarmina, a cruel wildcat queen demands obedience and offers the castle’s dungeon to those who defy her. Enter the heroic mouse Martin, a warrior who arrives n the forest bearing only his courage and broken sword. Will he find a weapon mighty enough to help him conquer the wicked queen and her minions? Unabridged. 705 min. (Digital) • Order # T1549 34 Kids THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George Selden. When Chester Cricket falls asleep in a picnic basket, he awakens to find himself in the middle of the Times Square subway station in New York City. Making some unlikely friends, Chester discovers a talent hidden deep inside him. Unabridged. 195 min. (Digital) • Order # T1760 CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD by Avi. In the small, 14th-century English village a boy has grown up with no name of his own. But when his mother dies, the boy learns from the village priest that long ago he was baptized as Crispin. The priest gives Crispin a lead cross inscribed with a secret he can neither read nor understand—a secret that soon has him fleeing for his life. Unabridged. 375 min. (Digital) • Order # T1650 MAXIMUM RIDE: SCHOOL’S OUT—FOREVER by James Patterson. Bird-girl Max is back and so is her flock of flying friends, heading south on a journey to reunite with their families. So far, the children have evaded the deadly maws of the wolf-like Erasers who hunt them. But now they have a new problem: an FBI agent discovers them and sends them back to school. There, Max learns she has a dangerous clone who must be stopped at all cost. Unabridged. 630 min. (Digital) • Order # T1646 THE OUTSIDERS by S. E. Hinton. Even though his parents died in a car accident, Ponyboy gets to live with his brothers—as long as they behave. Sometimes Ponyboy wishes he lived someplace where he didn’t have to worry about walking alone at night, or that the Socs might jump him. Would he always be looking over his shoulder, always afraid, always an outsider? Unabridged. 330 min. (Digital) • Order # T1773 1-800-426-READ SHADOWLAND by Meg Cabot. Sixteen-year-old Susannah Simon is a mediator who can see and speak with ghosts. As a bridge between the living and the dead, she gets called on to help troubled ghosts take care of unfinished business. Soon after she and her mother move from New York City to sunny California, Suze meets the sexiest boy she’s ever seen. But there are two problems: he’s a ghost, and he’s haunting her room. Unabridged. 360 min. (Digital) • Order # T1649 AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan leaves behind his friends in San Francisco so that his sister has the chance to get into a special school. Moose’s sister Natalie, has autism. Because of this, he has to give up much of his childhood to take care of her. But after all of his sacrifices, Natalie is rejected by her new school. Now, Moose feels it’s up to him to get her accepted. Unabridged. 345 min. (Digital) • Order # T1648 JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen. Her sister suffers from anorexia, her mom struggles with depression, and Annabel is a social outcast hiding behind a cheerful facade. And then she meets eccentric Owen Armstrong. Can this music-obsessed youth with his fervent commitment to truth convince Annabel to reveal a dark secret and bravely confront reality? Unabridged. 720 min. (Digital) • Order # T1774 PREP by Curtis Sittenfeld. Fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves Indiana to enroll at the prestigious Ault School of Massachusetts. Surrounded by beautiful and wealthy students, Lee immediately feels like an outsider. Both repulsed and captivated by her classmates, she carves out a niche for herself. But everything falls apart when Lee’s private thoughts become public information—leading to her ostracism. Unabridged. 1065 min. (Digital) • Order # T1776 Fiction by Robin Cook. Two young, healthy people have died after minor surgical procedures at the same hospital. As the body count rises, New York City medical examiners Laurie and Jack’s investigation places them directly in peril. Unabridged. 975 min. (Digital) • Order # T1645 RAVEN’S GATE by Anthony Horowitz. Punished for a crime he didn’t commit, Matt is sent to a sinister town where he can sense the wickedness surrounding him. Long ago, a great evil was banished from the town by the power of five children. Now that vile people are trying to let the evil back in, Matt must summon his own courage to fight the growing menace—before it’s too late. Unabridged. 435 min. (Digital) • Order # T1627 TEN BIG ONES by Janet Evanovich. Indulging her nachos jones at a local deli when it’s robbed by the notorious Red Devils, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is the eye witness who could put the gang leader, known as the Junkman, behind bars... if he just lets her live long enough. Unabridged. 585 min. (Digital) • Order # T1647 THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult. With The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult crafts the tale of a brokenhearted teenage girl and the father who will do anything to protect her. Unabridged. 810 min. (Digital) • Order # T1656 HARD TRUTH by Nevada Barr. Anna Davidson’s mettle is immediately tested as the new district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park. Three young girls have gone missing, and when only two return a month later—wearing filthy undergarments and bearing deep psychological scars—the signs point to a mysterious religious organization that guards its secrets closely. Unabridged. 805 min. (Digital) • Order # T1659 ANGELS & DEMONS by Dan Brown. Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Unabridged. 1110 min. (Digital) • Order # T1660 EVERYMAN by Philip Roth. The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. He cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband of three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. Unabridged. 255 min. (Digital) • Order # T1657 www.ncrl.org HANNIBAL RISING by Thomas Harris. Hannibal Lecter’s uncle finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife. But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy. Unabridged. 420 min. (Digital) • Order # T1744 THE ULTIMATE GIFT by Jim Stoval. The narrative comes from an eighty-year old attorney who is reading the will of a very successful long-term client who had become a close, dear friend. As part of the inheritance, the old man’s grand-nephew, a spoiled brat sort of young man, is given a special bequest. Each month he is to return to the attorney’s office for a learning assignment. If he stays with the program successfully, meeting the approval of the attorney, he gains the Ultimate Gift. If he quits or doesn’t meet the grade at any time, he loses his opportunity for the Ultimate Gift. Unabridged. 150 min. (Digital) • Order # T1741 35 Audio/Video Catalog MARKER Audio: Digital Audio/Video Catalog Audio: Digital THE PHOTOGRAPH by Penelope Lively. Glyn Peters, a famous British archeologist, discovers a compromising photograph of his wife, Katherine Targett, sealed in an envelope in a closet at home. The envelope is marked “DON’T OPEN—DESTROY.” But Kath’s husband does not heed the warning. The mystery of the photograph, and of Kath herself and her recent death, propels him on a journey of discovery. Unabridged. 435 min. (Digital) • Order # T1742 CROSS by James Patterson. Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Years later, a new case triggers a connection to Maria’s death, giving Alex a chance to catch his wife’s murderer. Is this a chance for justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession? Unabridged. 435 min. (Digital) • Order # T1740 WICKED by Gregory Maguire. Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch’s point of view. Unabridged. 1185 min. (Digital) • Order # T1758 36 Fiction BROTHER ODD by Dean Koontz. Having lost his soul mate, Odd Thomas leaves the little desert town of Pico Mundo to embrace the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery high in the western mountains as he tries to find a way to live fully again. But a killer is stalking the ancient holy halls, and Odd is about to encounter an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered. Unabridged. 720 min. (Digital) • Order # T1739 FINGERSMITH by Sarah Waters. Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, “mother” to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt for the food and boarding, the now 17-year-old girl joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritance. But the two women form an unanticipated bond, which leads to the exposure of Gentleman’s actual motives. Unabridged. 1410 min. (Digital) • Order # T1780 WINTER HOUSE by Carol O’Connell. Never has Mallory faced as many surprises as in the case before her now. It seems cut-anddried at first: a burglar has been caught in the act and killed by an ice pick-wielding homeowner. Except that the home owner turns out to be the most famous lost child in NYPD history, missing for almost sixty years, thought to have been kidnapped following the massacre of her family. Nearly the entire household wiped out...with an ice pick. Unabridged. 720 min. (Digital) • Order # T1735 1-800-426-READ RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Zane Grey. Lassiter has been hired on to Jane Withersteen’s ranch. Through battles with gun slinging cattle-rustlers, cut-throats and the calculating Mormans, Lassiter unveils his tale of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago. Grey unfolds his story of seduction, secrecy, captivity and escape on the dust swept purple plains. Unabridged. 675 min. (Digital) • Order # T1737 WILD FIRE byNelson DeMille. Custer Hill Club is a men’s club set in an Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America’s most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. It is a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club’s Executive Board gathers to talk about 9/11— and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its code name: WILD FIRE. Unabridged. 1110 min. (Digital) • Order # T1738 THE BIG BAMBOO by Tim Dorsey. Before Tinseltown knows what’s hit it, Serge A. Storms has already made an unforgettable foray to the Playboy Mansion, faceddown Japanese Yakuza, and eaten a delicious lunch. And then things start to get serious. Serge feels that movie-makers have been slack in their treatment of his native Florida—and he wants to deliver his critique personally. Unabridged. 630 min. (Digital) • Order # T1765 Fiction by Robert Penn Warren. The fictionalized account of Louisiana’s colorful—and notorious— governor Huey Pierce Long, follows the startling rise and fall of Willie Stark, a country lawyer in the Deep South of the 1930s. Beset by political enemies, Stark seeks aid from his right-hand man Jack Burden, who will bear witness to the cataclysmic unfolding of this very American tragedy. Unabridged. 1260 min. (Digital) • Order # T1766 CRISIS by Robin Cook. Talented physician Craig Bowman enjoys a successful practice providing “concierge” medicine for patrons wealthy enough to afford this exclusive service. But when a hypochondriac patient dies and a malpractice suit is launched, the good doctor’s life is sent into a tailspin. Startling evidence comes to light—and there are those who will stop at nothing to keep this information buried. Unabridged. 855 min. (Digital) • Order # T1767 ATONEMENT by Iam McEwan. In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis wildly misinterprets the relationship between her sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, childhood friends home from Cambridge. So when her young cousin is assaulted, Briony gives in to her hyperactive imagination and blames the atrocity on Robbie. It is a terrible decision that alters lives and fills Briony with an everlasting sense of guilt. Unabridged. 855 min. (Digital) • Order # T1771 THE MYSTERIOUS FLAME OF QUEEN LOANA by Umberto Eco. When book dealer Yambo suffers amnesia, he loses all sense of who he is, but retains memories of all the books, poems, songs and movies he has ever experienced. To reclaim his identity, he retreats to the family home and rummages through the old letters, photographs and mementos stored in the attic. Yambo’s mind swirls with thoughts, and he struggles to retrieve the one memory that may be most sacred—his first love. Unabridged. 900 min. (Digital) • Order # T1761 ONE FOR THE MONEY by Janet Evanovich. You’ve lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car’s been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month’s rent. Now the rent is due again and you live in New Jersey. What do you do? If you’re Stephanie Plum, you become a bounty hunter. Unabridged. 510 min. (Digital) • Order # T1764 www.ncrl.org TOMB OF THE GOLDEN BIRD by Elizabeth Peters. Amelia Peabody and her husband Emerson are on the brink of one of the greatest archaeological finds in history—the tomb of King Tut. But the path to discovery is strewn with dangers. Lured into a perilous trap, Emerson and his son Ramses manage to escape unharmed. But Emerson begins to suspect his charming half brother Sethos might be more involved than he admits. Unabridged. 825 min. (Digital) • Order # T1653 DAY OF TEARS by Julius Lester. As did his father before him, Pierce Butler treats his plantation slaves like family. But massive gambling debts force him to sell 429 “family” members. Based on the largest slave auction in U.S. history, this poignant montage is the fictionalized account of that 1859 Georgia tragedy. Unabridged. 180 min. (Digital) • Order # T1655 37 Audio/Video Catalog ALL THE KING’S MEN Audio: Digital Audio/Video Catalog Audio: Digital Non-Fiction THE INNOCENT MAN 1776 by John Grisham. If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this audiobook will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this audiobook will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this audiobook will infuriate you. Unabridged. 750 min. (Digital) • Order # T1743 by David McCullough. McCullough heavily researched both American and British archives to craft the full story of 1776. The result is a brisk and thrilling narrative history, read by the author himself, that tells all the stories of that fateful year—from the colonial farmer to the British commander. Unabridged. 705 min. (Digital) • Order # T1654 MAYFLOWER by Nathaniel Philbrick. Nathaniel Philbrick delivers a fresh, riveting narrative of Pilgrims and Indians struggling for peaceful co-existence. Unabridged. 765 min. (Digital) • Order # T1661 THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls. Jeannette Walls’ father was a charismatic but alcoholic man who greatly preferred poker to gainful employment and wasn’t above stealing the family grocery money to purchase liquor. His wife could barely be bothered to raise her children. So Walls and her siblings had to fend for themselves, providing their own food, shelter and clothing—even if it meant picking through dumpsters. Unabridged. 675 min. (Digital) • Order # T1782 WINNING by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch. Best-selling author and legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch is an internationally recognized expert on corporate management. He and his wife Suzy, former editor of Hanvard Business Review, have crafted a book Bill Gates hails as “a candid and comprehensive look at how to succeed in business.” Unabridged. 690 min. (Digital) • Order # T1658 38 NIGHT by Elie Wiesel. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Gold Medal, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel offers an unforgettable account of Hitler’s horrific reign of terror in Night. Unabridged. 240 min. (Digital) • Order # T1652 HALSEY’S TYPHOON by Bob Drury & Ton Clavin. December 1944, The Pacific Theater. General Douglas MacArthur has vowed to return to the Philippines. He will need the help of Admiral William “Bull” Halsey’s Pacific Fleet. But at the height of the invasion, Halsey’s ships are blindsided by a typhoon of unprecedented strength and scope. Unabridged. 645 min. (Digital) • Order # T1736 CODEPENDENT NO MORE by Melody Beattie. Whether you feel controlled by your spouse or child, feel responsible for a parent, or feel anything else that prevents you from caring about yourself, Beattie’s indispensable guide to breaking the codependency cycle will help you get your life back on track. Unabridged. 510 min. (Digital) • Order # T1775 THE PLACES IN BETWEEN by Rory Stewart. Setting off in 2000, Rory Stewart began walking the Muslim world, traveling through Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal. In the course of his travels, he met colorful characters from all walks of life, including rebels, thieves, soldiers and tribal elders. Unabridged. 540 min. (Digital) • Order # T1778 1-800-426-READ RICH DAD’S GUIDE TO INVESTING by Robert T. Kiyosaki & Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A. Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter presents useful strategies for getting rich and living well. An extraordinary resource for investors, Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing teaches everything you need to know about investing in stocks, properties, and businesses. Unabridged. 960 min. (Digital) • Order # T1756 FOUNDING BROTHERS by Joseph J. Ellis. The Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, Joseph J. Ellis draws on his expertise to craft an engaging portrait of the men who shaped democracy. Unabridged. 810 min. (Digital) • Order # T1779 ANGELA’S ASHES by Frank McCourt. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and nominated for the PEN/Faulkner award, Angela’s Ashes is an unflinching vision of life on the dole in Ireland. It is also a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Unabridged. 900 min. (Digital) • Order # T1784 HIS EXCELLENCY by Joseph J. Ellis. From the French and Indian War to Mount Vernon, from the American Revolution to the presidency, Ellis delivers what will stand the test of time as the definitive biography of George Washington, the greatest American icon. Unabridged. 885 min. (Digital) • Order # T1769 Audio: Language LEARN A LANGUAGE CASSETTES The first pre-loaded digital audio book. Simply plug in your earphones and enjoy. No cassettes or CDs. Master all the phrases for civilized travel, quickly and easily, before you ever leave home. These cassettes provide you with the authentic pronunciation as well as everyday phrases for the most common travel situations. Programs include cassette and phrase book. # T0062 T0061 T0060 T0059 T0058 TITLE FRENCH (Pimsleur) GERMAN (Pimsleur) ITALIAN (Pimsleur) JAPANESE (Pimsleur) SPANISH (Pimsleur) SPANISH CASSETTES T0011 T0012 T0036 T0018 T0019 T0024 T0028 T0010 T0044 T0043 T0046 T0009 T0013 BEGINNERS SPANISH, SERIES 1 BEGINNERS SPANISH, SERIES 2 BREAKTHROUGH SPANISH ESSENTIAL SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE ESSENTIAL SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH, ADVANCED JUST LISTEN ‘N LEARN SPANISH LYRIC LANGUAGE MORE SPANISH LYRIC LANGUAGE SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH FOR GRINGOS, LEVEL ONE SPANISH FOR GRINGOS, LEVEL TWO T0045 TEACH ME EVEN MORE SPANISH ENGLISH CASSETTES FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS T0042 CÓMO PRONUNCIAR INGLÉS CORRECTAMENTE T0037 INGLES PARA LATINOS T0026 INSTANT IMMERSION INGLES LANGUAGE 30 CASSETTES The following Language/30 tapes are designed for rapid learning, stressing conversationally useful words and phrases. 90 minutes of guided practice in greetings, introductions, requests and general conversation at hotels, restaurants and places of business and entertainment. T0008 ARABIC T0005 GERMAN T0007 HEBREW T0034 HINDI T0032 TURKISH T0004 JAPANESE T0006 LATIN T0041 T0015 T0033 T0017 T0002 T0038 T0016 T0001 T0003 T0035 ALBANIAN (Pimsleur) CANTONESE ENGLISH FOR RUSSIAN SPEAKERS (Pimsleur) FAST & EASY MANDARIN FRENCH (Pimsleur) HAITIAN CREOLE (Pimsleur) KOREAN QUICK & SIMPLE ITALIAN (Pimsleur) RUSSIAN (Pimsleur) TEACH ME MANDARIN CHINESE (ages 2-12) COMPACT DISC. T0039 T0040 T0049 T0047 T0048 T0050 T0023 T0022 T0027 T0021 T0020 T0051 T0025 T0029 T0056 T0054 T0052 T0053 T0055 T0030 T0031 www.ncrl.org DR. BLAIR’S FRENCH IN NO TIME DR. BLAIR’S SPANISH IN NO TIME FRENCH FRENCH (Pimsleur) FRENCH IN 30 DAYS FRENCH WITH MICHEL THOMAS INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN INSTANT IMMERSION INGLES INSTANT IMMERSION ITALIAN INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE (2 CDs with Talk Now CD-ROM) INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH, ADVANCED SING AND LEARN ENGLISH! SING AND LEARN FRENCH! SING AND LEARN GERMAN! SING AND LEARN ITALIAN! SING AND LEARN JAPANESE! SPANISH WITH MICHEL THOMAS TEACH YOURSELF INSTANT SPANISH 39 Audio/Video Catalog NEW! PLAYAWAY AUDIO BOOKS Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD THINGS HOPED FOR by Andrew Clements. When Gwen’s grandfather disappears from their New York City home, he leaves Gwen a message telling her not to worry. But Gwen is already nervous about her upcoming violin auditions at Julliard. Being accepted there would be a dream come true. How can she do it without her grandfather’s support? Unabridged. 285 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1446 CURSE OF THE BANE by Joseph Delaney. Thirteen-year-old Tom Ward has developed a talent for ridding the countryside of witches and other dark creatures. But the line between light and dark blurs when it comes to Tom’s friend Alice, who’s a witch herself. Alice releases the evil Bane in order to save innocent people from the clutches of the Quisitor. But in the process, she becomes bound to the Bane. Can Tom find a way to destroy the Bane before it reaches its full power and takes complete control of Alice? Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1445 THE END by Lemony Snicket. This farewell installment to the ridiculously (and deservedly!) popular A Series of Unfortunate Events places Violet, Klaus, and Sunny right where we last left them: on a large, wooden boat in the middle of the ocean, trapped with their nemesis Count Olaf, who has armed himself with a helmet-full of deadly Medusoid Mycelium. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1447 Kids ESCAPE FROM CASTLE CANT by K. P. Bath. In their land, a war rages over chewing gum. The nobles enjoy it, and the revolutionaries want to destroy it. With bounty hunters all around, Pauline and Lucy must be careful if they want to reach the Outlands in time to stop the corrupt gum trade. But hot on their heels is Lucy’s arch nemesis—the dreadful Vladimir Orloff. Unabridged. 525 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1450 THE BEASTS OF CLAWSTONE CASTLE by Eva Ibbotson. Madlyn and Rollo are staying with their GreatAunt and Uncle at Clawstone Castle, famous for its mysterious herd of wild white cattle. But it seems that the fancy castle down the road is getting all the attention from tourists, and now Clawstone may not survive. To liven up the castle tours, Madlyn and Rollo invite some gruesome ghosts. Things are great— until someone kidnaps the entire herd! Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1444 PETER PAN IN SCARLET by Geraldine McCaughrean. After twenty years, Wendy and the Lost Boys return to Neverland and find Peter Pan as youthful and rascally as ever. Now that they’ve arrived, Peter tells them about all the fun they’re going to have. And so, the old friends get into all sorts of exciting swashbuckling mischief while encountering scores of new characters, including the mysterious Mr. Ravello and his circus. Unabridged. 435 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1448 THE KING OF ATTOLIA by Megan Whalen Turner. Told from a soldier’s perspective, The King of Attolia explores the palace intrigue that swirls around the enigmatic stranger who’s won the hand of the queen but not the heart of her subjects. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1478 40 COPPER SUN by Sharon M. Draper. Fifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. She struggles through endless days of backbreaking work and daily degradation on a plantation. But Amari’s hopes and dreams survive because there are moments of kindness from an indentured white girl, Polly, and the gentle wife of the plantation owner. Amari and Polly find that by working together, freedom could be possible. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1470 PRETTIES by Scott Westerfeld. Tally Youngblood has never felt like the other Pretties—she almost didn’t become one. Then Tally meets Zane and things start to make sense. After they uncover sinister clues about the Pretty surgery, they stumble upon a possible cure for the Pretty-mindedness and a possible escape from the City. But that cure could have deadly consequences. Unabridged. 675 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1471 MY HAUNTED HOUSE by Angie Sage. Araminta Spookie (Minty) lives in a haunted house with her aunt and uncle. Minty loves the creepy place, but her aunt wants to move. Minty won’t give up her home without a fight. All she needs is a little help from a haunted suit of armor and a ghost named Edmund. Unabridged. 105 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1449 WHITE FANG AND THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London. Jack London’s adventurous nature, intuitive feeling for animal life, and superb storytelling skills give his tales a striking vitality and force. Thrilling action and a sense of justice characterize the classic stories in this collection. Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1564 1-800-426-READ Kids by Alisa ValesRodriguez. Comic book artist Rudolfo Archuleta just got his big break—a major production company wants to turn his creation into a feature film. This means big changes for his daughter Paski. Soon, the two are moving to glamorous Los Angeles. There, Paski has to adapt to a new school and hopefully new friends. She must trust her intuition to navigate the hallways in a school filled with nothing but haters. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1474 DEAD CONNECTION by Charlie Price. Teenager Murray Keifer’s only friends are “Dearly” and “Beloved”—dead people buried in the local cemetery. But Murray’s peaceful and unusual world is torn asunder when she hears the voice of missing teen Nikki Parker, buried in someone else’s grave. Murray’s one living friend, Pearl believes in his special gift and is determined to give Nikki justice. Meanwhile Deputy Roman Gates draws closer to solving the mystery behind Nikki’s disappearance. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1472 VAMPIRATES by Justin Somper. It’s the year 2505 and the world’s oceans have risen dramatically. In this new age, the vile practice of piracy is gaining ground, threatening seafarers of all types. During a mighty storm, twins Connor and Grace are separated when their boat is smashed. Each is rescued by a different ship. Connor is captured by a notorious band of pirates and forced to become one of them. Facing a different fate, Grace winds up on a ship of dark mysteries, imprisoned by its captain. Unabridged. 435 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1473 GINGERBREAD by Rachel Cohn. After being expelled from her stuffy boarding school, teenager Cyd Charisse is coping with her new circumstances as best she can in San Francisco. But Cyd’s mom, disturbed by Cyd’s rebellious attitude and choice of friends, sends Cyd back east to live with her real dad in New York who she met only once. How will Cyd adjust to a new life and new family? Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1475 VOICES by Ursula K. Le Guin. A brutish people, the Alds believe that reading and writing are evil and go to great lengths to eliminate all literature. But the people of Ansul have not lost all hope. They stash books in the Oracle House, which also becomes a refuge for a young girl named Memer. And then one day the poet Orrec and his wife arrive in the city. Together they inspire a new courage within Memer, her family and the other citizens of Ansul to rise up against the Alds. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1479 ENTHUSIASM by Polly Shulman. Julie and her best friend Ashleigh’s favorite book is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Before Julie knows what hit her, she and Ash are decked-out in 19th-century garb, smelling like mothballs, and crashing the local all-boys prep school formal dance. Their mission is to find their personal Misters Darcy. Unabridged. 405 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1477 www.ncrl.org DRAWING LESSONS by Tracy Mack. Twelve-year-old Rory is an artist like her father. Together they plan to paint a beautiful mural for Rory’s mother. When Rory finds her father kissing his model, she is devastated and stops painting altogether. Finally, she realizes that she has to talk to her father. Unabridged. 150 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1575 AFTER THE WRECK, I PICKED MYSELF UP, SPREAD MY WINGS, AND FLEW AWAY by Joyce Carol Oates. After the car wreck on the bridge that killed her mother, Jenna slips deep inside herself, because outside the pain and guilt tear at her until there’s almost nothing left. Then she meets a boy named Crow—he’s different, a mystery. She can tell him things she’d never tell anyone else. And she finds herself coming closer to the moment she can face her emotions again. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1476 HANS BRINKER, OR THE SILVER SKATES by Mary Mapes Dodge. Set in The Netherlands, young Hans and Gretel work toward two goals: finding the doctor who can restore their father’s memory, and winning the competition for the silver skates. Their good deeds help to bring about good fortune for their whole family. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1588 41 Audio/Video Catalog HATERS Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction THE RETURN OF TARZAN DOLLAR DAZE FIRESTORM by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan is sent on special assignment to North Africa. While escaping a new Russian enemy he discovers Opar, the city of gold, buried in the midst of his Jungle. But beneath the tranquil facade, he encounters brutal men, savage women and a blood stained altar of sacrifice. Tarzan must lead a tribe of primitive warriors through the ancient crypts to escape the evils of Opar! 532 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1336 by Karin Gillespie. Traveling love’s rocky road keeps the Bottom Dollar Girls busy, and these best friends discover the joys and heartbreak of romance through laughter and tears. 510 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1376 by Nevada Barr. As a raging forest fire dwindles and the camp demobilizes, park ranger Anna Pigeon stays behind with a small crew to rescue an injured man. Suddenly a thunderstorm whips the remaining embers into a deadly firestorm. After the inferno passes, Anna discovers a crew member didn’t make it—but a knife, not the fire, killed him. 555 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1391 THE NEXT MRS. BLACKTHORNE by Joan Johnston. This summer, Clay Blackthorne and Jocelyn Montrose will be married. Before walking down the aisle, however, Jocelyn learns that her betrothed’s bitter rival, North Grayhawk, is planning a hostile takeover of the Blackthorne family business. So she offers her body to North—if he’ll call off his plans. But Jocelyn’s actions and the emergence of an old flame confuse Clay and cast doubt on who will be the next Mrs. Blackthorne. 660 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1372 BONES OF THE BARBARY COAST by Daniel Hecht. A friend and homicide inspector asks Cree Black to help investigate a human skeleton recently unearthed in the foundation of a fine Victorian home, apparently the bones of a victim of the 1906 earthquake. The bones have intrigued the forensic anthropology team at UC Berkeley with their peculiar anatomical deformities. They call the skeleton Wolfman. Who was the Wolfman? 870 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1374 THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM by Adam Hall. Quiller is the hero of an extraordinary novel that shows how a spy works, how messages are coded and decoded, how contacts are made, how a man reacts under the influence of truth drugs, and that traces the story of a vastly complex, entertaining, convincing, and sinister plot. 450 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1380 42 THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy. America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated. 405 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1393 RICOCHET by Sandra Brown. There’s no love lost between Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher and Judge Cato Laird after the judge orders a mistrial for a hardened criminal Hatcher has spent months trying to put away. Resentment still boiling in his veins, Hatcher investigates the shooting of an alleged burglar at the judge’s home—a shooting perpetrated by Laird’s wife Elise. Suspicious, and undeniably attracted to Elise, Hatcher finds himself embroiled in a case that tests his better judgment and threatens to spell his doom. 780 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1392 THE ROGUE’S RETURN by Jo Beverley. This tale follows Simon St. Bride and his new wife as a forced marriage turns into one hot with passion. 690 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1368 1-800-426-READ CAT ON THE SCENT by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown. A Civil War re-enactment has Crozet all abuzz. Muskets are loaded and uniforms abound. Meanwhile, a popular local businessman and his private plane disappear. Before the staged battle is over, real bullets fell one of the “soldiers,” and Mrs. Murphy discovers an aerial map that could change Crozet’s future. It will take careful paws to find the clues that tie these seemingly unrelated events together. 525 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1390 THE SHAPE OF WATER by Andrea Camilleri. Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigàta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a rough part of town frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers. Inspector Salvo Montalbano goes into battle against the powerful and the corrupt who are determined to block his path to the real killer. 240 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1377 Fiction by Tabitha King & Michael McDowell. Seven-year-old Calley Dakin is daddy’s little girl, but her well-born mother persists in her contempt for the Dakin name. When her daddy is tortured and murdered by two women with no discernible motivation, Calley and her mother find themselves caught up in inexplicable events that exile them to Pensacola Beach. There another woman awaits their presence, a woman who knows what Calley is and who seeks to control her. 960 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1388 REMEMBER ME by Mary Higgins Clark. In the hopes of saving their failing marriage, Menley and her attorney husband Adam rent a home known as Remember House on the Cape Cod shore. After the tragic loss of their first son, their newborn daughter is revitalizing their relationship. Then Adam takes on a client charged with murder, who can’t seem to remember the details of that tragic day. Does Remember House somehow connect them all? 630 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1389 NUTMEG OF CONSOLATION by Patrick O’Brian. Shipwrecked on a remote island, Captain Jack Aubrey and the crew of the Diane fashion a schooner from the wreck, only to have their makeshift vessel burned in an attack by Malay pirates. Their escape from this predicament is one that only the ingenuity of Patrick O’Brian or Stephen Maturin could devise. 660 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1386 THE LAST REFUGE by Chris Knopf. Sam Acquillo is a middle-aged corporate dropout living in a ramshackle cottage in Southampton’s North Sea. Sam has abandoned friends, family, and a big-time career to sit on his porch, drink vodka, and stare at the Little Peconic Bay. But then the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub, and it seems that Sam is the only one who wonders why. Despite himself, Sam finds himself uncovering secrets no one could have imagined. 660 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1384 TORPEDO by Jeff Edwards. An accident at a German nuclear plant, an illegal arms deal, and a biological warfare attack on the British Embassy in Washington, D. C., combine to ignite an international crisis that threatens to draw Western Europe, the Middle East, and the United States into all-out war. 780 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1383 OUTSIDE CHANCE by Lyndon Stacey. Ben Copperfield is a freelance journalist who specializes in all things unique, so when he is called with the news that the hot favorite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup has been kidnapped, just a few weeks before the race, he wastes no time in following the story up. Where could a valuable racehorse be hidden for so long? And what is the secret from the owner’s past that he is keeping from the police? 705 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1398 THE GAMBLER by Colin Bateman. No sooner does Dan Starkey move into his new Belfast home, than his best friend Mouse is murdered—leaving him to catch a killer, become editor of the obscenely successful scandal magazine Belfast Confidential, and compile the much-coveted Power List. 750 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1394 by Fyodor Dostoevsky. At the casino in Roulettenburg, Germany, a Russian family awaits news that a wealthy relative from Petersburg has died. But to their dismay, Granny (far from dead) arrives and begins gambling away their inheritance at an alarming rate. Meanwhile Alexey Ivanovitch, a notorious gambler, longs for a member of the family, Polina Alexandrovna—but fate seems determined to keep them apart. 360 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1396 PRAYERS FOR THE ASSASSIN ISLANDS IN THE STREAM BELFAST CONFIDENTIAL by Robert Ferrigno. In the year 2040 everyone believes that the United States was split (Islamic Republic in the north and a Christian Republic in the south) after a Zionist conspiracy detonated two nuclear bombs in New York City and Washington, DC. When historian Sarah Dougan makes an important discovery that reveals the true architects of the attack, she knows that it could shake the foundations of both countries. 990 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1395 www.ncrl.org by Ernest Hemingway. Thomas Hudson’s life is one of shifting fortunes. We first meet him in the 1930s as an artist living on the island of Bimini, where he and his sons share an important rite of passage. Shortly after, tragedy strikes, and Thomas takes to drowning his sorrows in the Cuban bar. But the reality of World War II cannot be avoided, and soon Thomas is serving as an unofficial patrolman aboard his private yacht. 810 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1397 43 Audio/Video Catalog CANDLES BURNING Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD A MOVEABLE FEAST by Ernest Hemingway. This 2006 recording is the closest we can get to time-traveling back to Paris in the 1920s, a place where great art, beautiful women, and literary lions like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound compete for the attention of an ambitious young Hemingway. 270 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1399 A MAN CALLED TRENT by Louis L’Amour. Dick Moffitt lies dead where he was killed by King Bill Hale’s riders. His son Jack and adopted daughter Sally, who witnessed the murder, go for safety to a cabin owned by a man called “Trent,” an alias for Kilkenny, who is seeking to escape his reputation as a gunfighter. 300 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1385 COMPANY by Max Barry. Nestled among Seattle’s skyscrapers, The Zephyr Holdings Building gives no hint of Zephyr’s business. No one has ever seen the CEO or glimpsed his office. A young recruit, Stephen Jones does his best to fit in with his fellow workers but he is nagged by a feeling that the company is hiding something. Something that explains why nobody in the company knows what it does. 630 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1409 THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU by H. G. Wells. Montgomery, a brilliant but twisted biologist, is delivering exotic animals to his private island, when he rescues a shipwrecked man. An act of compassion or another addition to his collection? 240 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1406 44 Fiction THE TWILIGHT ZONE, COLLECTION 1 w/Stacy Keach. These exciting multi-cast stereo productions, complete with music and ambient sound effects, take the art of audio drama to the next level. They will transport you to a fifth dimension beyond which is known to man to an area which we call... The Twilight Zone! 240 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1411 FEAR by Jeff Abbott. What creates a nightmare? For federal witness Miles Kendrick it is the crippling memory of killing his best friend. For teenager Amanda Groote it is the terror of being trapped in a car wreck next to her mother’s mangled body. They are both patients of psychiatrist Dr. Alison Vance, who is testing an experimental drug that may erase their fears. But when Dr. Vance is murdered, Miles must leave the witness protection program to track down someone who would sacrifice anything to acquire the drug. 705 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1400 THE NOSY NEIGHBOR by Fern Michaels. Fed up with her job as a prominent trial attorney, Lucy Baker left New York, and now spends much of her time gardening. Then something happens that shocks Lucy to her core—the FBI reveals that her fiance, Jonathan St. Clair, is leading a double life! Reeling over the betrayal, Lucy finds solace in an unexpected place—the arms of Wylie Wilson, the handsome man next door. 645 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1370 VILLETTE by Charlotte Brontë. Left with no family and no money, Lucy Snowe goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. It is Lucy’s task to do more than just teach young girls English. She must steel herself to their attempts at manipulation, all the while knowing that Madame Beck is watching closely. 525 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1401 1-800-426-READ THE TWILIGHT ZONE: COLLECTION 2 w/Stacy Keach. These exciting multicast stereo productions, complete with music and ambient sound effects, take the art of audio drama to the next level. They will transport you to a fifth dimension beyond which is know to man to an area which we call...The Twilight Zone. 240 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1412 MUCH ADO ABOUT MAGIC by Patricia Rice. Because Lady Lucinda Pemroke’s paintings have a reputation for being prophetic, her picture of a handsome man laughing as a ship sinks causes widespread gossip. Londoners are sure it must by Sir Trevelyan Rochester, gloating as his wealthy cousin drowns. Lucinda hides from the gossip at a remote cottage—only to encounter Rochester there. She begins another painting, hoping to repair his reputation. But Rochester’s nearness creates colorful waves of desire. 645 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1367 DARK SECRET by Christine Feehan. Carpathian vampire hunter Rafael De La Cruz must win the heart and soul of willful rancher Colby Jansen before it’s too late. 900 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1369 CHAPTER AND HEARSE by Catherine Aird. This collection of mysteries contain the following short stories: A Change of Heart; Due Diligence; Time, Gentlemen, Please; Cold Comfort; Chapter and Hearse; The Widow’s Might; Handsel Monday; Preyed in Aid; A Different Cast of Mind; Examination Results; Child’s Play; Like to Die; Dead Letters; Gold, Frankincense and Murder; The Trouble and Strife; Losing the Plot; A Soldier of the Queen; Touch Not the Cat; Exit Strategy; The Wild Card; Coup de Grâce and Dummy Run. 513 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1405 Fiction Audio: CD THE CEMETERY YEW TWO TIME by Steve Hockensmith. Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer have signed on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar VR cattle spread. When the boys come across a dead body that looks a whole lot like the leftovers of an unfortunate encounter with a cattle stampede, Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to employ his Sherlock Holmes detective skills. Putting his ranch work squarely on the back burner, he sets out to solve the case. 570 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1408 by Cynthia Riggs. Victoria Trumbull may be ninety-two, but she is as sharp and as sharp-eyed as the proverbial tack. So when Victoria is the only one who spots something amiss among the gravestones of the West Tisbury cemetery, it’s no surprise that the police chief listens. 450 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1426 by Chris Knopf. Set against the backdrop of Southampton, Long Island, Two Time is full of moody sunsets, beach front properties, and beautiful people with an extraordinary amount of money and very dangerous secrets. 600 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1423 MARCH TO THE STARS by David Weber & John Ringo. Ever since an attempt on his life marooned him with his bodyguards on the hostile planet Marduk, with its unending series of threats, obstacles, and adventures, Prince Roger McClintock has evolved from a spoiled, petulant heir into a true leader of humans and aliens alike. As Rober comes nearer to making his way home, he learns that his assassination was part of a larger plot. 630 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1425 ABIDING DARKNESS: THE BLACK OR WHITE CHRONICLES by John Aubrey Anderson. It is 1945 in Mississippi’s cotton country, and Missy Parker is seven years old. Her best friend, Junior Washington and her big brother Bobby, are inseparable. However, the Parkers and the Washingtons are of differing faiths and different races. An enthralling struggle between good and evil emerges when a demon targets Missy and creates havoc throughout her family and community. 690 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1421 ANONYMOUS LAWYER by Jeremy Blachman. Meet Anonymous Lawyer: with a billable rate of $675 an hour. He’s also got a few problems that require attention. There’s The Jerk, his rival at the firm. There’s Anonymous Wife, spending money as fast as he can make it. And there’s the secret blog he’s writing, which is fun until someone inside the firm discovers he’s the author. 420 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1424 THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER & OTHER STORIES by Mark Twain. Twain’s last novel took twelve years to finish and is unlike anything else he wrote. This dark story, set in medieval Austria, hinges on unearthly and hidden mental powers. It also gives an insight to the author’s psyche during his final days. 420 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1404 PARIS STORIES by Mavis Gallant. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. They comprise a secret history, both intimate and panoramic, of modern times, offering a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris. 1020 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1422 THE TWILIGHT ZONE: VOLUME 1 w/Stacy Keach. Experience one of television’s greatest sciencefiction series, The Twilight Zone-fully dramatized for audio. This collection features 10 stereo recordings. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1431 www.ncrl.org THE TWILIGHT ZONE: VOLUME 2 w/Stacy Keach. Experience one of television’s greatest sciencefiction series, The Twilight Zone-fully dramatized for audio. This collection features 10 stereo recordings. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1432 THE TWILIGHT ZONE: VOLUME 3 w/Stacy Keach. Experience one of television’s greatest sciencefiction series, The Twilight Zone-fully dramatized for audio. This collection features 10 stereo recordings. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1433 THE TWILIGHT ZONE: VOLUME 4 w/Stacy Keach. Experience one of television’s greatest sciencefiction series, The Twilight Zone-fully dramatized for audio. This collection features 10 stereo recordings. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1434 THE TWILIGHT ZONE: VOLUME 5 w/Stacy Keach. Experience one of television’s greatest sciencefiction series, The Twilight Zone-fully dramatized for audio. This collection features 10 stereo recordings. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1435 45 Audio/Video Catalog HOLMES ON THE RANGE Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD RIDERS OF THE DAWN by Louis L’Amour. A young gunslinger is changed for the better by a meeting with a beautiful woman. A classic range-war western, this novel features that powerful, romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American West for which L’Amor’s fiction is known. 480 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1430 THE SPLENDOR OF SILENCE by Indu Sundaresan. From internationally best-selling author Indu Sundaresan comes a heart rendering tale of tragic love and clashing cultures in World War II India. 960 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1429 THE TRUELOVE by Patrick O’Brian. A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Sandwich Islands at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict. Only Aubrey’s friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Clarissa Harvill’s secrets. 540 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1437 THE PAINTED VEIL by W. Somerset Maugham. First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic. 480 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1428 46 Fiction THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel’s life is thrown for a few loops when her cousin Mimi arrives from Dallas with her husband Joe. Though Mimi and Joe, Isabel meets Texas hotshot Tom Bruce, who is about to marry someone Isabel suspects of gold-digging. Further complicating matters, Tom seems to have an unusual level of interest in Isabel. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1461 RELATIVE DANGER by Charles Benoit. Young Doug Pearce, just fired from his steady job in the brewery, has never strayed far from home. But he’s always been fascinated by stories of his dead Uncle Russ, the family black sheep. So when an old friend of his uncle invites him up to Toronto, he accepts. On arrival, he learns that wealthy and glamorous Edna has an agenda: she has assembled enough clues to solve the murder of Russell Pearce and to recover a legendary red diamond he was thought to be smuggling. 490 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1438 LISEY’S STORY by Stephen King. The bittersweet story of a tormented widow’s journey through her deceased husband’s imaginary world, Lisey’s Story is a parable of enduring love. Unabridged. 1140 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1464 THE BOOK OF FATE by Brad Meltzer. Wes Holloway once worked for the president of the United States. While at a campaign event, an assassin fired off three rounds, wounding Wes and killing Ron Boyle, a friend of the president. Eight years later, at a speaking event in Malaysia, Wes has a chance encounter with a man who he recognizes as Boyle, risen from the dead. Shocked, Wes begins searching for answers and soon uncovers a 200-year-old mystery that involves the Freemasons and a plot to control the fates of millions. Unabridged. 1095 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1465 1-800-426-READ UNDER ORDERS by Dick Francis. Jockeys didn’t usually reach the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest. Just moments before the gruesome discovery, former champion jockey Sid Halley had been called on by Lord Enstone to make discreet inquiries into why his horses appeared to be on a permanent losing streak. Are races being fixed? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game, with stakes far higher than they realize? Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1455 THE COLLECTORS by David Baldacci. A murder at the Library of Congress marks the beginning of the Camel Club’s focus on rogue CIA agent Roger Seagraves, who is selling classified political information to the highest bidder. Caleb Shaw, an ex-CIA assassin, and the other members of the Club must stop Seagraves before his deals demolish the foundation of national security for good. Unabridged. 765 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1463 THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER by Jed Rubenfeld. A sadist is preying on young women in New York City. As a young American psychologist enlists Sigmund Freud’s aid in recovering the memory of one victim, the madman continues his grisly crusade. It will take a delicate combination of psychoanalysis and ruthlessness to nab this villain. Unabridged. 870 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1457 FEAR OF THE DARK by Walter Mosely. Fearless Jones and Paris Minton, stars of the bestsellers Fearless Jones and Fear Itself, return in a high-velocity, larger-than-life thriller about family, betrayal, and revenge. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1454 Fiction by Gillian Flynn. Camille Preaker has managed to leave her damaged past behind and now works for a third-rate Chicago newspaper. When she is sent back to her small Missouri home town to get a humaninterest story about a murder, Camille begins to uncover sinister forces at work in the town. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1456 ROMEO & JULIET by William Shakespeare. In this timeless tragedy, two young lovers from warring families defy fate to be together. Juliet is a Capulet, Romeo a Montague, but the two star-crossed lovers nevertheless swear eternal devotion to each other. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1466 SKELETON COAST by Clive Cussler. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving Sloane Macintyre. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry. Unabridged. 930 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1453 HENRY V by William Shakespeare. “Prince Hal” has ascended to the throne of England. After a land dispute, Henry decides to invade France, leading inevitably to the bloody Battle of Agincourt—and providing a stage for Shakespeare to comment on the human condition. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1462 SILVER SPRINGS by Carolyn Lampman. Though Alexis and Angelica Brady are identical twins, they are complete opposites. So when Alexis begs for her sister’s help in avoiding an arranged marriage, Angelica reluctantly agrees to switch places, and drive the unwanted suitor away. Disguised as Alexis, Angelica is shocked to discover the prospective bridegroom is none other than Ox Bruford, the only male who has ever touched her heart. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1488 MORAL DISORDER by Margaret Atwood. In ten interrelated stories, Margaret Atwood follows one Canadian family through 60 years. The opening story centers on Nell and Gilbert, a couple facing growing uncertainties and insecurities in their old age. Succeeding tales move back in time to Nell’s childhood, adolescence, and earlier life with Gilbert. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1451 SMALL TOWN GIRL by LaVyrle Spencer. Tess “Mac” McPhail returns to Wintergreen, Missouri, after 20 years away finding fortune and fame as a country music superstar. Home again, she discovers her family wounded by her long absence. Even the townsfolk—especially Kenny Kroneck, whom she taunted when they were children—seem indifferent to her presence. But when she discovers that Kenny’s daughter is a budding country music talent, Tess assumes the role of mentor and things being to change for her in some very special ways. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1373 www.ncrl.org THE MEPHISTO CLUB by Tess Gerritsen. A young woman’s body is discovered in her apartment on Christmas morning. Severed limbs, candles, bloody inscriptions—all point to some unholy ritual perpetrated by a madman. But when Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles discover the Mephisto Club, their search for the killer takes an unexpected metaphysical turn. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1452 DARK PRINCE by Christine Feehan. Mikhail Dubrinsky is the prince of his people, the Carpathians. But the only thing that can add light to Mikhail’s life, can relieve the terrible haunting loneliness, is to find a life mate. As the beast rages inside, threatening to consume him, he vents his centuries-old despair in an anguished cry that fills the waning night...and then, incredulously, a life saving voice answers him. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1487 THE EXPEDITION by Loren Robinson. Astronauts James Parker and Michael Murphy, aboard the space shuttle Charger II, were wrapping up a routine mission. Just prior to re-entry, they encountered a mysterious cloudbank in space and were never heard from again. Two years later, a metal box was unearthed at a construction site in St. Louis. In it was an authentic journal of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition—written by astronaut James Parker. Did Parker and Murphy alter history, or did they save it? Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1486 47 Audio/Video Catalog SHARP OBJECTS Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction THE THIRTEENTH TALE ON AGATE HILL SEARCH AND WAR by Diane Setterfield. Vida Winter has always been reclusive, publishing popular “autobiographies” that are anything but the truth. Now, Vida is nearing death, and she wants to tell her last tale. Struck by curious parallels to her own life story, Margaret Lea agrees to help Vida and reveal the truth. Travelling to an aging an haunted estate, Margaret is unprepared for the heartache that will accompany Vida’s deepest secrets—and what they will reveal about her own past. Unabridged. 945 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1468 by Lee Smith. In this rich and bittersweet tale, award-winning author Lee Smith follows the shifting fortunes of a young North Carolina girl whose life is shattered by the Civil War. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1467 by Loren Robinson. When time-warped, astronaut Jim Parker found another astronaut’s flight jacket on a Comanche brave in 1860, he knew he was not the only one who had been thrown back in time. If the astronaut was live, Jim had to find him. But another event was about to interrupt his search -- the Civil War. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1480 MOTOR MOUTH by Janet Evanovich. Racing spotter Alexandra “Barney” Barnaby figures her hunky NASCAR driver and sometimes love Sam Hooker should have grabbed the checkered flag at his latest race. But Sam took second, and Barney smells a cheater on the circuit. She needs a peek under the hood of the winning car so she and Sam steal the 18-wheeler carrying the suspect vehicle. But their hot hauler holds an unexpected bit of cargo, too— a dead body. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1469 WINDS OF TEXAS by Loren Robinson. Jim Parker had been an United States astronaut until a space fog threw him back in time over two hundred years. Now he lives in a time period where only he knows the future. Not only that, the space cloud had changed his DNA, and he can’t age. He will be 35 forever, never able to stay in one place without raising suspicion, never able to get close to anyone again. Then he meets Sam Houston, and a cause to live for. Unabridged. 440 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1483 48 MEADOWLARK by Carolyn Lampman. Becky White was at the end of her rope, with no home, no money, and no father for her unborn baby. Then, like some gruff angel from heaven, Garrick Swenson came to her aid, offering the protection of his name, no strings attached. But the more time she spent with Garrick, the more Becky found herself craving a true marriage in every sense of the word. Unabridged. 530 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1485 I WENT TO VASSAR...FOR THIS? by Naomi Neale. When modern-day Cathy Voorhees is transported to 1959, she’s appalled at the shocking conditions--the sexual harassment, the cramped living quarters, and the granny panties she finds herself forced to wear. With the aid of only her contemporary wits and the handsome comic-book illustrator from downstairs, can she find her way back to the future? Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1484 CHILDREN OF THE LENS by E. E. “Doc” Smith. Kimball Kinnison and his wife Clarrissa have been born five children. These are the ‘Children of the Lens’ the offspring of uncounted generations of selected matings. The most capable, the most brilliant minds in the universe. Their job is the conclusion of the Boskonian war. Unabridged. 665 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1482 THE MAN WHO SMILED by Henning Mankell. A disillusioned Inspector Kurt Wallander is thrown back into the fray as both hunter and hunted in this new adventure from Sweden’s master of crime and mystery. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1513 1-800-426-READ THE SKIRT MAN by Shelly Reuben. Every small town has an eccentric or two, and Killdeer, New York, is no exception. Morgan Mason attracts more than a few stares and local resentments when he drives through town on his tractor wearing a skirt. But minor smalltown annoyances become more serious when the Skirt Man is killed in a tragic house fire in what some say is a case of spontaneous human combustion. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1507 THE FUGITIVE HEART by Jane Orcutt. Growing up on the Kansas prairie, Samantha Martin cherished two desires: to love god and marry her childhood sweetheart. But the War between the States took nearly everything, including Nathan, her love. When he returns six years later, she is shocked to discover he’s no longer the gentle boy she’s always adored. Instead, he is a scarred man on the run, dodging charges of theft...and murder. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1481 Fiction by Diane Noble. Since childhood, Juliet Rose Dearbourne has planned to leave the dull land of her ancestors. But when her mother is killed in an accident, Juliet must bear the burden of caring for her younger sisters. But that doesn’t thwart her desire to run away to be a star on the stage. Taking her sisters, she heads to New York where her journey to stardom is swift, but the price of fame is dear. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1493 DARK GUARDIAN by Christine Feehan. For centuries, Lucian Daratrazanoff has been the dark guardian of his people, living a bleak existence of violence and horror. But now his kind, the Carpathians, are dying out or falling prey to the souless life of vampires. Only by finding and claiming his destined life mate can Lucien stave off the ever present lure of the souless evil. Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1496 DARK DESIRE by Chrintine Feehan. Drawn to the Carpathian mountains, surgeon She O’Halloran found a ravaged, raging man, a being like no other. In his burning eyes, his icy heart, she recognized the beloved stranger who’d already become a part of her. This imperious Carpathian male had compelled Shea to his side. But was she to be his healer...or his prey? His victim...or his mate? Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1495 DARK MAGIC by Christine Feehan. Young Savannah Dubrinsky was a mistress of illusion, a world-famous magician capable of mesmerizing millions. But there was one-Gregori, the Dark One-who held her in terrifying thrall. Whose cold silver eyes and heated sensuality sent shivers of danger, of desire, down her slender spine. Unabridged. 735 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1494 BOO WHO by Rene Gutteridge. It appears that everyone in Skary, Indiana, is having an identity crisis of epic proportions, including the town itself. Once known as the haunt of the world’s most popular horror writer, Wolfe “Boo” Boone, Skary started losing tourist business after Boo abruptly abandoned his career. Now the little town with the big marketing hook is up a creek...and on the brink of bankruptcy. Unabridged. 705 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1492 THE RIVER KILLINGS by Merry Jones. On summer vacation from her job, Zoe takes a sculling class with her best friend, Susan. One evening, while her daughter waits with Susan’s children at the boathouse on the banks of the Schuylkill River, the two mothers row off to practice for an upcoming regatta. But when their boat capsizes, Zoe and Susan find themselves flailing about amongst a throng of floating corpses. Someone along Boathouse Row is a murderer. But who? Unabridged. 590 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1503 www.ncrl.org RUMPOLE’S LAST CASE by John Mortimer. These seven irresistible stories run the gamut from simple thievery to murder and espionage. Rumpole recalls three delightful battles with his arch-enemy, the Mad Bull; indulges his knowledge of bloodstains and typewriters; and uses the refined taste of a garage mechanic to discover the reasons for the robbery of a case of wine. Unabridged. 370 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1498 WHEN THE FAR HILLS BLOOM by Diane Noble. Aislin Byrne harbors a powerful love for the wild, untamed lands of Rancho La Paloma. The threat of its financial ruin only strengthens her feelings and seals her resolve to save her home. But the fight to rescue the rancho will draw her into a drama rife with conflict and secret sorrow, and send her on a desperate journey that will test her mettle, and change her life forever. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1491 THE BLOSSOM AND THE NETTLE by Diane Noble. Emmeline Amity Callahan is a feisty charmer with a needy heart. Emmeline’s an ugly duckling. At least that’s what she thinks, that is until she receives a gift that leads her to California’s Big Valley where she makes a surprising discovery. Unabridged. 760 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1490 PARADISE LOST by John Milton. Often considered the greatest epic in any modern language, Paradise Lost tells the story of the revolt of Satan, his banishment from Heaven, and the ensuing fall of man and his expulsion from Eden. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1501 49 Audio/Video Catalog AT PLAY IN THE PROMISED LAND Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? STRIPPED by Zoë Heller. Barbara Covett is a schoolteacher at St. George’s school. She has recently befriended a new pottery teacher named Sheba Hart. But Barbara is unprepared for the secret she will learn: that Sheba has begun a passionate affair with an underage male student. Barbara’s confusion, disapproval, and jealousy are helpless to prevent the coming disaster. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1506 by Brian Freeman. Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are both investigating high-profile murders in Las Vegas. When the cases converge, Jonathan and Serena find themselves racing the clock against a determined serial killer and searching for a connection to the unsolved murder of a show girl years earlier. Unabridged. 810 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1505 THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE by Rene Gutteridge. When a soccer field complex springs to life seemingly overnight in the sleepy community of Skary, Indiana, and the local coffee shop begins offering computer access along with its suddenly overpriced beverages; nerves start getting edgy all over town. Is it possible new comer, soccer mom, Katelyn Downey is hatching a diabolic plot to turn their town into a den of hip suburban iniquity, or might this be the perfect solution to the community’s financial woes? Unabridged. 580 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1497 by Don Winslow. Frank Machianno is a retired hit man. Years ago, Frank consigned his Mob ties to the past, which is where he wants them to stay. But a favor being called in now by the local boss is one Frank can’t refuse, and soon he’s sucked back into the treacherous currents of his former life. Someone from the past wants him dead. He has to figure out who, and why, and he has to do it fast. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1504 THE PRESTIGE by Christopher Priest. In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers—but with terrible consequences. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1511 THE TAILOR’S DAUGHTER by Janice Graham. The Tailor’s Daughter is a richly detailed historical novel of an unconventional tailor’s daughter who is swept up in a suspenseful drama of passion and intrigue. Unabridged. 900 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1499 50 BOO HISS THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE by Max Lucado. Every twenty-five Christmases, an angel has visited Edward Haddington’s home and touched one of his candles, and every person who has received this candle has experienced a miracle in their lives. Twenty-four years have passed since the angel last came, and Edward and his wife, Bea, wonder if the angel will come again. If the angel does visit, to whom should they give the candle? Many people in their village could use a miracle—including Edward and Bea themselves. Unabridged. 90 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1512 THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving. Schoolmaster Ichobod Crane arrives in Tarrytown, New York, a region of shadows that is better known as Sleepy Hollow. Local superstitions abound with tales of the Woman in White, Major Andre’s Ghost, and the most fearsome of all, the Headless Horseman. Ichabod sets out for the Harvest Frolic being held at the Van Tassels, but encounters a huge misshapen figure on a large black horse, gigantic...and headless. Unabridged. 90 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1515 1-800-426-READ THE HOUNDS AND THE FURY by Rita Mae Brown. “Sister” Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, must contend with unruly Crawford Howard, who purchases his own pack of hounds and establishes a rival club. Then, things really get interesting. During the audit of a local company, millions of dollars are reported missing. It’s not long before there’s a body count connected to the missing money, and the violence hits a little too close to home for Sister’s liking. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1540 MORNING SPY, EVENING SPY by Colin Mackinnon. An Afghan resistance fighter of the 1930s, once on the CIA payroll, has come back to haunt the agency. Kareem has become an enemy working with al-Qaeda and the Taliban. CIA officer Paul Patterson, who had run Kareem as an agent during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, sets out to track him down. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1510 THE GODS OF NEWPORT by Jon Jakes. Railroad mogul and former robber baron Sam Driver wants to make his mark on Newport, Rhode Island—the highest of high society and playground for the fabulously wealthy. He’s also determined to find a prestigious husband for is beautiful daughter Jenny. But the old-money folks who rule Newport have little respect for the nouveau riche. And when Jenny loses her heart to a charming, lower-class Irishman, it seems all Sam’s hopes and ambitions will come to nothing. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1525 Audio: CD Fiction THE INNOCENT MAN by Bernard Cornwell. In this 21st installment of the action-packed Sharpe series, Captain Richard Sharpe and his men help defend the last bastion of Spanish independence from Napoleon’s siege. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1524 by John Grisham. When Ron Williamson returns to his small hometown after a soured baseball career, he is aimless and disturbed. The rape and murder of a young cocktail waitress has been an open case for five years until, with no evidence the flimsiest of testimonies, Williamson is convicted of the crimes and sent to death row. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1520 THIRTEEN MOONS by Charles Frazier. Will Cooper, a 12-year-old boy, has been installed as a “hound boy” at a remote trading post at the edge of the Cherokee Nation. There, he will find his fortune—and a woman whose fate will be intertwined with his for the rest of his life. Unabridged. 960 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1522 STOLEN MAGIC by M. J. Putney. Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer and chief enforcer of the Guardians, must confront Lord Drayton, a rogue Guardian. But the diabolical lord gains the upper hand, using his evil magic to transform Simon into a unicorn. Saved by Lord Drayton’s servant Meg, Simon returns the favor by releasing Meg from the spell she is under. Together, they vow to bring Lord Drayton down before his wicked plans turn disastrous. Unabridged. 765 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1551 STARDUST by Neil Gaiman. Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. But beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie— where nothing, not even a fallen star, is what he imagined. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1521 THE SHAPE SHIFTER by Mitch Albom. For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Unabridged. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1519 by Tony Hillerman. In 1965, fugitive Ray Shawnack was supposed to have died in a blaze that consumed a trading post. But many hears later, Lt. Joe Leaphorn is sent a picture of a tribal rug that was also thought to have burned in the fire. If the rug survived, could the supposedly dead Shawnack have escaped the conflagration as well? Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1526 ECHO PARK MACBETH FOR ONE MORE DAY by Michael Connelly. It’s been thirteen years since Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Thirteen years later LAPD detective Harry Bosch learns that he and his partner missed a clue that could have led them to Gesto’s killer—and that would have prevented all the murders that followed. Now his whole being as a cop begins to crack. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1518 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID by Bill Bryson. Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the 20th century in Iowa into a middle-class family. From that solid perch, Bryson recounts his childhood. Capturing an America that is as mythic as it is familiar, Bryson adds his humorous touch to this unforgettable memoir. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1523 CULTURE WARRIOR by Bill O’Reilly. Watched by millions of viewers on Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly is a staunch defender of traditional values. In Culture Warrior, he warns against the secular-progressive movement that threatens to erode these values. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1517 www.ncrl.org by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s bloody tale opens with the famous “Weird Sisters” and proceeds to tell the story of Macbeth’s violent path to kingship. Indeed, the title character proves to be the most memorable of all of literature. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1516 COPPER RIVER by William Kent Krueger. Part Irish, part Native-American, Sheriff Cork O’Connor serves the remote territory of Tamarack County, Minnesota. But big trouble is brewing: a powerful man believes O’Connor killed his son. Now there’s a price on the sheriff’s head, and a bullet in his leg. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1544 THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE by Philippa Gregory. After her damning testimony results in the execution of both her husband and her sisterin-law, Anne Boleyn, Jane continues her ruthless scheming as she serves as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII’s reviled Bavarianborn fourth wife, and naive, doomed sixth wife, Catherine Howard. Unabridged. 1080 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1542 51 Audio/Video Catalog SHARPE’S FURY Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction PRETTY WOMAN LET IT BE LOVE by Fern Michaels. A story of self-discovery and personal triumph, Pretty Woman introduces a remarkable heroine who finds her life in need of a drastic turnaround. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1543 by Victoria Alexander. Jonathon Effington, Marquess of Helmsley, beds one woman on the eve of each family Christmas celebration. But when Jonathon goes off to meet the woman he has chosen for this secret tryst, he instead finds Fiona Fairchild. Fiona has stepped in for the would-be lover in order to offer a marriage proposal. But Jonathon isn’t quite ready to settle down yet. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1552 HALF MOON STREET by Anne Perry. As the misty fog curls off the Thames, Inspector Thomas Pitt looks upon a murder victim unlike any other. The man’s arms and legs are chained to the punt he was found drifting in— and that’s not the strangest element. Striking a curiously feminine pose, the victim wears the tattered remains of a green dress. Pitt will have to plunge deep into the bohemian subculture to launch his most delicate investigation yet. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1538 CITIZEN VINCE by Jess Walter. Citizen Vince is a witty social satire about a man conflicted by love, politics, and his past set against the backdrop of the 1980 presidential election. Unabridged. 555 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1541 ACT OF TREASON by Vince Flynn. In Act of Treason, Vince Flynn shows readers the underside of political power, where mercenaries are born and thrive and betrayal is business as usual. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1528 THE PRICE by Joan Johnston. Instead of running his family’s ranch, Luke Creed is an attorney at Houston’s most prestigious law firm. The demands of his job have cost him his marriage and family, but he is determined to succeed. Taking on the defense of a pharmaceutical company in a controversial case, he is stunned when he discovers that the opposing attorney is Amy Nash, his first love. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1553 52 WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? by Mary Higgins Clark. Years ago, Nancy Harmon faced a firestorm of allegations after the grisly deaths of her two children. Now remarried and living in Cape Cod with her new family, Nancy has changed everything in her life, including the color of her hair. But then one morning, her little boy and girl disappear from her back yard. The nightmare has returned, and this time, Nancy may not be able to survive the terror that is revisited upon her. Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1550 HARDLY A HUSBAND by Rebecca Hagan Lee. Sarah Eckersley, the daughter of the late rector in Bedsforshire, has lost her father, been forced to move from her home, and is doggedly pursued by the loathsome Lord Dunbridge. Her only course of action is to become a renowned courtesan. And Jarrod Shepherdston is just the man to become Sarah’s first lover. For Jarrod, who’s taken great pains to avoid marriage his entire life, the offer is quite tempting. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1548 1-800-426-READ THE RABBIT FACTORY by Marshall Karp. Dean Lamaar is the architect of an entertainment empire and the creator of iconic characters like Rambunctious Rabbit and McGreedy the Moose. His new amusement park is opening in Las Vegas called Familyland. But mere days before the grand opening, an actor playing Rambunctious Rabbit is found dead on the park grounds and everyone senses foul play. Unabridged. 900 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1547 WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME by Andrea Kane. Sally Montgomery works for the Pierson business empire. When Frederick Pierson takes Sally to his cabin for the weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But returning from an early walk the next morning, she finds Frederick’s battered body. Sally calls her ex-husband Pete for help. Pete investigates the Piersons. The deeper he digs, the more he suspects they harbor deadly secrets tied to the magnificent show horses they breed. Unabridged. 705 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1546 OBLIVION by Peter Abrahams. Oblivion is the deftly plotted tale of a man thrust into a desperate situation while beset with memory loss. Unabridged. 675 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1545 THREAT by David Poyer. Working with a team to analyze and defeat external threats to U.S. security, Navy commander Dan Lenson must deal with a terrorist plot to smuggle in dirty-bomb material using the established drug-cartel methods. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1562 Fiction by Stephen R. Lawhead. For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated the Western imagination. Now the familiar tale takes on new life, fresh meaning, and an unexpected setting. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1561 QUILLER SALAMANDER by Adam Hall. Quiller is sent on a rogue mission to Cambodia, where chaos abounds as the deadline approaches for the United Nations-supervised elections. There is fear that Pol Pot, creator of the infamous “killing fields,” will fight to return to power the murderous Communist party, known as the Khmer Rouge. Quiller’s only ally is Gabrielle Bouchard, a sexy photojournalist who is waging her own personal war against the Khmer Rouge. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1560 BLISS by O. Z. Livaneli. Told from the alternating viewpoints of these three travelers, who change each other, this novel by an eminent Turkish writer and member of Parliament tells a gripping contemporary story that gets behind stereotypes of exotic Islam to reveal the diversity in individual people and the secrets and lies, cruelty and love, in family, friendship, and public life. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1556 THE TWENTIETH WIFE by Indu Sundaresan. An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India’s most controversial empresses, a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal Empire. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1558 LIBERATION MOVEMENTS by Olen Steinhauer. In 1975, a People’s Militia homicide investigator is on a plane for Istanbul when it is hijacked and blown up by Armenian terrorists. Two investigators, are assigned to the case. Both believed that their superiors are keeping them in the dark, but they can‘t figure out why...until they begin to realize that everything is connected to a seven-year-old murder with far-reaching consequences. Unabridged. 390 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1557 FACELESS KILLERS by Henning Mankell. It was a crime of senseless violence. On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer was bludgeoned to death, his wife left to die. The dying woman’s last word, Ystad police inspector Kurt Wallander’s only tangible clue, was “foreign.” If publicized, it could be the match that would inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1554 SYRUP by Maxx Barry. When Scat comes up with the idea for the hottest new soda ever, he’s sure he’ll retire as the next savvy marketing success story. But in the treacherous waters of corporate America, there are no sure things. Suddenly Scat finds himself scrambling to save not only his idea, but his yetto-be-realized career. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1571 THE SECRET LOVERS by Charles McCarry. Early one morning in West Berlin, a nervous courier delivers the handwritten manuscript of a dissident Russian novel to Paul Christopher. Minutes after the handoff, the courier is killed. As Paul secretly arranges the publication of a novel that could bring the Soviet system to its knees, he races to identify the leak that compromised his messenger—and possibly the entire mission. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1570 www.ncrl.org SOUTH BEACH SHAKEDOWN by Don Bruns. Someone is about to make a killing in the music industry. Why would song writing legend Gideon Pike disappear just z as his 30-year career turns a multimilliondollar profit? Music columnist Mick Sever goes looking for his missing friend Gideon Pike in the gritty back rooms of Miami’s nightclubs, dodging suicide speedboats and running from sniper fire. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1567 HONOR & GLORY by Kim Murphy. In this second novel in Kim Murphy’s Civil War trilogy, sisters Amanda and Alice struggle to reconcile political and family loyalties. Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1569 A CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS by Charles Dickens. This dramatization by The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents four classic holiday tales by the great Charles Dickens, complete with a full cast, music, and sound effects. Unabridged. 270 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1566 SLEIGHT OF HAND by Kate Wilhelm. When a seemingly simple case turns complicated, respected attorney Barbara Holloway must rethink her game plan. Gregarious Las Vegas entertainer and ex-con Wally Lederer claims he’s turned his life around. But when a murder takes place and the police name Wally as their prime suspect, Barbara knows he is in serious trouble. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1563 53 Audio/Video Catalog HOOD Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction THE AENEID THE GARDEN OF EDEN by Virgil. Following the Greeks’ triumphant siege of Troy, the glorious city is a smoldering ruin. Aeneas flees the devastation and makes his way to Carthage, where he begins a love affair with Queen Dido. Eventually, Aeneas abandons the queen, sparking her wrath. He visits the underworld and encounters the ghost of his father, Anchises, before settling in Italy, where success in battle allows him to found the settlements that will become Rome. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1580 by Ernest Hemingway. Young author David Bourne and his new wife Catherine are blissfully honeymooning in the 1920s Cote d’Azur. Jealous of David’s writing, Catherine hopes the trip will awaken new passions in her husband. But as the two Americans abroad enjoy carefully prepared Tom Collinses, David struggles to reclaim his manhood. Unabridged. 390 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1578 A SIN AND A SHAME PÉRE GORIOT by Honoré de Balzac. One of renowned French author Honoré de Balzac’s finest works, Pére Goriot provides a fascinating glimpse into Parisian life of the early 19th century. The rich character studies and themes of class, personal ambition, and materiality make this insightful novel as compelling today as when it was first published. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1579 THE BEST REVENGE by Sol Stein. The Best Revenge takes us on a vastly entertaining excursion behind the scenes of the Great White Way, where the drama is often more suspenseful than anything that happens onstage and where the best revenge is, of course, success. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1574 THE WINE-DARK SEA by Patrick O’Brian. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Maturin’s mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1573 54 by Victoria Christopher Murray. Living in the Big Apple, Jasmine has shed twenty-five pounds and filled her expensive apartment with designer clothes, all to begin her man-finding mission. She quickly meets her dream mate, a preacher, who falls head over heels in love with her. Surely, God is good! But things start slipping when another man from Jasmine’s past refuses to stay there and an unexpected pregnancy threatens to sabotage all of her dreams. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1577 THE DRACO TAVERN by Larry Niven. Aliens have set up a permanent spaceport in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann, established a tavern catering to all the various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1576 SONGMASTER by Orson Scott Card. Kidnapped at an early age, Ansset has been raised in isolation at a mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life is filled with music, and having only songs for companions, he develops a voice that is unlike any other. But Ansset’s voice is both a blessing and a curse—for it reflects all the hopes and fears of his audience, and, by magnifying their emotions, can be used either to heal or to destroy. Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1572 1-800-426-READ WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG by Kate Wilhelm. When the first warm breeze of Doomsday came wafting over the Shenandoah Valley, the Sumners were ready. The family had forged an isolated post holocaust citadel. But the family was soon plagued by sterility, and the creation of clones offered the only answer. And that final pocket of human civilization lost the very human spirit it was meant to preserve as man and mannequin turned on one another. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1597 THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway. Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley are among the American and English ex-patriots living in Paris following the devastation of World War I. Suffering from a war wound that renders him impotent, Jake is nonetheless caught up in an unusual relationship with Brett, who is engaged to the affluent Mike Campbell. As Jake and his traveling companions head to Pamplona, Spain, to fish and take in the bullfighting scene, amateur boxer Robert Cohn and bullfighter Pedro Romero also find themselves falling for the enigmatic Brett. Unabridged. 495 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1581 PROPHECY BE DAMNED by Patricia Lucas White. Long ago, the youngest of the gods fell into the clutches of an ambitious mortal, a vain usurper who almost destroyed the world. The Elderkin, the old gods, imprisoned the mortal in the heart of a mountain and took away the young god’s beauty, name, and tears. Then they fled the earth, leaving man godless. But they left a prophecy behind: that if the Nameless God’s birthright is returned to him before the mortal breaks free, the Elderkin will return. Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1595 Audio: CD Fiction by Thomas Perry. Thirteen bodies are found in a Louisville restaurant. When the police can find no suspect or motive, the family of one of the victims seeks the services of the enigmatic and solitary specialist Roy Prescott, known for his ability to find people who don’t want to be found. Unabridged. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1594 THE WHITE MONKEY by John Galsworthy. Fleur and Michael Mont begin to question their marriage when their good friend, author Wilfred Deset, can no longer contain his passion for Fleur. Meanwhile, Soames Forsyte must root out the rumored indiscretions of a manager’s dubious dealings with the Germans. The whole while, he is haunted by a painting of a white monkey with rinds of crushed fruit flung about it and eyes searching for something more. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1593 THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND by Giles Foden. Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan is called to the scene of a car accident involving Idi Amin. When Garrigan tends to Amin, the dictator appoints him as his personal physician. So begins a fateful dalliance with the African leader whose Emperor Jones-style autocracy would transform into a reign of terror. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1592 THE BELOVED LAND by Janette Oke & T. Davis Bunn. The American Revolution has created turmoil on two continents, dividing nations, people, and sometimes even families. Anne in England and Nicole in the New World have little hope of seeing one another again in the foreseeable future. Then a letter finds its way to both sisters with news that sends them on a frantic and harrowing journey to the Beloved Land. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1607 IT’S SUPERMAN! by Tom De Haven. It’s Superman! follows Clark Kent from rural 1930s Kansas across America to Hollywood in its golden age and then to New York City. He meets a worldly Lois Lane and conniving political boss Lex Luthor and begins his battles against criminal masterminds, mad scientists, and super villains. Unabridged. 990 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1591 THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD by Howard Pyle. Here are the beloved adventures of the mischievous hero Robin Hood and his brave and merry band of outlaws, who forged a chivalrous code to protect the oppressed and despoil the oppressors. Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1590 CHLOE by Lyn Cote. Becoming a young woman, Chloe Lorraine Kimball still lacks the one thing she wants above all else: unconditional love from her parents. With the help of friends, Chloe strikes out on her own, determined to stand apart from her family. She embraces marriage and a career, but not even motherhood brings her what she longs for. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1606 www.ncrl.org THE COMMODORE by Patrick O’Brian. Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are sent on a mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade, but their ultimate destination is Ireland. There the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey’s seamanship and Maturin’s resourcefulness. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1604 CARLY by Lyn Cote. Scarred by a childhood trauma, Carly Leigh Sinclair finds that hiding her fears from her mother only causes them to mount. In an attempt to face them head on, Carly decides to join the Army. Although military life is a shocking change for Carly, she begins to dismantle her self-doubt. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1603 GALACTIC PATROL by E. E. “Doc” Smith. The Galactic Patrol’s Lensmen are the most feared peacekeepers in the Galaxy. The “Lens”, a telepathic jewel matched to the ego if its wearer, is the ultimate weapon in the war against the merciless pirate Boskone and his forces of lawlessness. The only problem is the Galactic Patrol isn’t sure how to capitalize on the Lens’ incredible powers, but new graduate Kimball Kinnison is determined to learn. The Lensman, Book 3. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1627 THE DOGS OF RIGA by Henning Mankell. On the Swedish coastline, two bodies, victims of grisly torture and cold execution, are discovered in a life raft. With no witnesses, no motives, no crime scene, Detective Kurt Wallander is frustrated and uncertain he has the ability to solve a case as mysterious as it is heinous. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1599 55 Audio/Video Catalog PURSUIT Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction TYRANNY’S PRISONER CATEGORY FIVE by J. A. Wildkins & R.R. Draude. Outlaw privateer Amanda Callin craves power and revenge. Revenge for the life she believes others have forced her to live, and the power to control the colonies of Earth. Everything falls within her grasp when she kidnaps Alex Ballard, the colonies’ foremost computer developer. Unabridged. 500 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1617 by Philip S. Donlay. In the Atlantic Ocean, hurricane Helena is gathering strength, becoming the most powerful storm in recorded history. In a bold attempt to diffuse the power of the hurricane, Eco-Watch is called upon to conduct a final flight above the massive fury, where the jet suffers a catastrophic engine failure. Now the only option is to maneuver the crippled airplane into the calm of Helena’s eye. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1611 A KILLING IN QUAIL COUNTY by Jameson Cole. With the help of two of his friends, fifteenyear-old Mark Stoddard is determined to win the respect of his older brother Jess, the local deputy sheriff, by catching a local bootlegger. When a man is murdered, and Jess looks like a suspect, Mark must catch the real killer and clear his brother’s name. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1616 DIRE STRAITS by Cliff Garnett. A ruthless extremist dedicated to turning Turkey from the West has declared war against all who dare oppose him, and threatens to ignite nuclear war. While the country teeters on the edge of anarchy, TALON Force is called in to find the madman and his fanatical organization and stop his doomsday plans. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1614 THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS by Harold Bell Wright. Strangers aren’t well received in the Mutton Hollow neighborhood of the Ozarks. But there was something different about this old gentleman. He carried himself with the unconscious air of one long used to power and influence. No one knew his past, or why he came to the hollow. But his quiet presence was soon to be felt by every family in Mutton Hollow. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1613 56 SEA FIRE by Cliff Garnett. A Russian nuclear sub has been hijacked by an ultra-radical wing of the IRA that wants to continue the fight with Britain. With London under the threat of nuclear destruction and a political powder keg ready to blow, TALON Force is called in to re-take the sub, disarm the nuclear payload, and deal with the extremists the only was they know how. Unabridged. 370 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1605 BETTE by Lyn Cote. Married life is not the happy dream Bette imagined. Sent overseas, her husband, Curt, falls in love with a young Frenchwoman and leaves Bette alone and pregnant. When Curt finally returns to beg for reconciliation, Bette must decide whether or not she can trust him again, and if marriage to him is truly what is right for her and her daughter. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1609 THE DARK DOOR by Kate Wilhelm. Private investigator Charlie Meiklejohn is called in by insurance companies to follow the trail of a suspected serial arsonist. Meiklejohn begins following the criminal trail, but finds himself teaming up with his quarry to face the source of these strange outbreaks: a malfunctioning alien space probe. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1608 1-800-426-READ SPIRIT FLIGHT by P. R. Fittante. Frank Farago, steelyeyed test pilot, was always in control, until he lost control of a two billion dollar B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. His search for the cause reveals conspiracy, cover-up, and a past he had long forgotten. Unabridged. 370 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1625 NIGHTMARE HOUSE by Douglas Clegg. Psychic manifestations, poltergeist activity, hallucinations, and other residue of terror have all been documented in Harrow. It has been called Nightmare House. It is a nest for the restless spirits of the dead. When Ethan Gravesend arrives to inherit Nightmare House, he does not suspect the horror that awaits him—the nightmare of the woman trapped within the walls of the house, or the endless crying of an unseen child. Unabridged. 330 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1626 THE MAN FROM THE BRAZOS by Ermal Walden Williamson. When Matt Jorgensen learns that the man who helped him hone his deadly skills with a pistol is gunned down, he vows to bring the killer to justice. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1624 HAVEN by Irene Bennett Brown. Life in Venture is anything but boring. Laila Mitchell is faced with the hardships of frontier life, guardianship of an abandoned child, and a reluctant attraction to Ash Corbett, the owner of a peach ranch, who is currently engaged to a beautiful socialite. But, Ash finds himself drawn to Laila as well, and battles his conflicting emotions and questions his future. Unabridged. 430 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1623 Fiction BREED by Geoffrey Huntington. Long before the days of Madman Jackson Muir, a witch named Isobel the Apostate made war upon her fellow sorcerers, the noble order of the Nightwing. Burned at the stake for her crimes, Isobel vowed to return to conquer the world. Now, she is back, and the only person who can prevent hell on earth is fourteen-year-old Devon March. Unabridged. 610 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1621 by Owl Goingback. An ancient evil is awaken in the Tolomato Cemetery, and is intent on stalking and destroying the citizens of the town. The evil creature, a Shiru, was believed to be a mythical beast from ancient Indian legend. Now the Shiru is determined to get revenge on the human race, and to breed with a strong woman with an ancient blood line. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1618 FIRST LENSMAN by E. E. “Doc” Smith. As the first Lensman, Virgil Samms helps to form the Galactic Patrol, a battalion of Lensmen who are larger-than-life heroes. These soldiers are the best of the best, with incredible skill, stealth and drive. They are dedicated and incorruptible fighters who are willing to die to protect the universe from the most horrific threat it has ever known. Lensman Series, Vol. 2. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1620 ASHES TO ASHES by Don Pendleton. Ashton Ford has powers. Sometimes, he can see the future. He uses these powers to either make people’s lives a lot easier-or a whole lot harder. Now Ford’s been hired by a beautiful and vulnerable woman desperate for a cure for her erotic failures. Ford can’t resist the chance to aid her, and invite untold danger. Unabridged. 275 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1622 COME SPRING by Charlotte Hinger. A powerful drama about the conflict between the homesteaders hewing a perilous existence from the stubborn sod and the ambitious and often unscrupulous town builders with their secret ties to the burgeoning railroads. Unabridged. 760 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1619 ANNE OF THE ISLAND by L. M. Montgomery. Anne is growing up and leaving the Island to spend four years of her life at Redmond College. She meets a wonderful new friend in Philippa Gordon, offspring to an old and exclusive “bluenose” family. Phil’s family ties, combined with her beauty and charm, open the gates of all the social cliques and clubs at Redmond. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1634 THE OUTCAST BRIGADE by Jason Elder. A former Apache scout shunned by his tribe, an ex-Union Army major, a former Confederate captain, and two army deserters, are all forced to band together to stay alive. That is, as long as they could avoid killing each other. But could they bury their anger and work together long enough to do what they had to do? Unabridged. 300 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1633 MOJAVE SHOWDOWN by Larry Jay Martin. The Mojave was out of Sheriff Ned Cody’s jurisdiction. But his two best friends were being toted face down across a couple of Mangas Saragosa’s mules-still breathing, but just barely—and Cody was willing to take on the Devil himself to set them free. Unabridged. 760 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1632 TRIPLANETARY by E. E. “Doc” Smith. From the atomic age in Atlantis to a world remote in space and time, two incredible ancient races, the Arisians and the Eddorians, are in the midst of an interstellar war—with Earth as the prize. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1629 www.ncrl.org TIN ANGEL by Kat Martin. Jessica Taggart had come West seeking adventure, and no hard-drinking, easy-living rogue like Jake Weston was going to stop her from finding it--even if it meant being his partner in the Tin Angel, the most notorious brothel on the Barbary coast. Even if she had to resist his sensual seduction. Unabridged. 610 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1635 BLACKFOOT MASSACRE by David Thompson. Life in the savage Rockies was not easy on Nathaniel King. With all the dangers, Nate never expected any trouble from a missionary bent on converting the hostile tribesmen. But when the Reverend John Burke was trapped in perilous Blackfoot territory, Nate had to save the man, or he’d bear the brand of a coward until the day he died. Unabridged. 310 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1631 CRIMSON CITY by Liz Maverick. From the extravagant appetites of the vampire world above, to the gritty defiance of the werewolves below, the specter of darkness lives around every corner, the hope of paradise in every heart. All walk freely with humans in a tentative peace, but to live in Los Angeles is to balance on the edge of a knife. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1630 THE THUNDERING HERD by Zane Grey. Mile upon mile of prairie covered by great buffalo herds; reckless, hard riding plainsmen, buffalo hunters, Indians, bandits—the whole colorful epoch of the pioneer, in a story which centers around the destruction of the thundering herds of buffalo. Unabridged. 700 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1628 57 Audio/Video Catalog DEMON WITCH Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD KINGFISH by Richard D. White, Jr.. From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. And het, as governor and later as senator, Huey did more good for the state’s poor and uneducated than any politician before or since. 690 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1387 MARIE ANTOINETTE by Evelyne Lever. Drawing upon her diaries, letters, court records, and memoirs, Evelyne Lever paints a vivid portrait of Marie Antoinette, her inner circle, and the lavish court life at Versailles. What emerges is a surprisingly average woman thrust into a position for which she was wholly unprepared, a combination that proved disastrous both for her and for France. 870 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1381 PACO’S STORY by Larry Heinemann. The only man in alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Vietcong attack, Paco Sullivan is sent back to the U.S. with his legs full of pins, daily rations of Librium and Valium, and no sense of what to next. Paco’s Story plunges the reader into the violence and casual cruelty of the Vietnam War, and the ghostly aftermath that often dealt the harshest blows. 420 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1382 HEALTHY AT 100 Non-Fiction DOCTOR YOURSELF by Andrew Saul, Ph.D. Dr. Saul explodes the myth that an army of medical specialists and pharmaceutical drugs are necessary to maintain our health. Using the protocols laid out in Doctor Yourself, you not only can prevent disease from getting a foothold in the first place, you can also cure yourself of illness already in progress, without resorting to drugs or surgery. 510 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1379 JAMES HERRIOT’’S CAT STORIES by James Herriot. This warm and joyful volume of stories collects some of the Yorkshire vet’s favorite tales about one of his favorite animals— each account as memorable and heartwarming as the last. 180 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1353 THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENT MAYA by John S. Henderson. John Henderson explores the entire Maya cultural tradition, from the earliest traces of settlement through the period of the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century. His wideranging account treats diverse aspects of the Maya world, from religion and philosophy to the environments of the various Maya peoples, using deciphered Maya texts to reconstruct the ancient societies. 630 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1378 by John Robbins. Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy? In this revolutionary book, best-selling author John Robbins present us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. 450 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1439 58 1-800-426-READ AIDA by Giuseppe Verdi. Aida is the opera that has it all. The story is exciting. The music is splendid and, from start to finish, memorably melodic. But the ultimate grandeur in Aida is the supreme genius of Verdi, experienced here in peak form. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1415 THE SOCIOPATH NEXT DOOR by Martha Stout, Ph.D. We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4% of ordinary people—one in twenty-five—have an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that the person possesses no conscience—no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse—and is secretly a sociopath. 450 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1403 THE SHANGRI-LA DIET by Seth Roberts, Ph.D. Imagine a diet that’s as easy as “a spoonful of sugar” (or extra-light olive oil) twice a day. A diet that actually reduces your appetite and cravings, and puts you at peace with food. A diet that’s based on a wealth of scientific findings but is simple enough for anyone to stick to. 240 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1407 CARMEN by Georges Bizet. The Black Dog Opera Library presents the world’s most beloved operas written by the most respected composers and performed by the most talented vocalists, conductors, choirs, orchestras and philharmonics. Everybody knows Carmen—the great melodies from Georges Bizet’s score are among the most recognized melodies in all of music. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1413 Non-Fiction by Giacomo Puccini. Madama Butterfly is a tragic story of love, misunderstanding, cultural mismatching, honor, and dishonor. A seemingly simple tale about a careless young Japanese girl and her love for an American soldier, Madama Butterfly is brought to life by Puccini’s powerfully heartbreaking music. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1417 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Marriage of Figaro is the result of one of the greatest creative collaborations in history. Mozart’s musical genius, da Ponte’s skillful realism and Beaumarchais’ courageously honest subject matter combine to create perhaps the most successful opera buffs of all time. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1416 LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini. There is no better place to begin exploring opera than with La Bohème. It tells an irresistible story that is charming, sexy, and, ultimately, heartrending. It is an experience to cherish, to relive again and again. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1414 THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM by Patrick Lencioni. Lencioni begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit instructions for overcoming the human behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results). 225 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1436 IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi. Gypsies and troubadours, love and revenge are all characters in Il Trovatore‚one of the most memorable of Verdi’s masterworks Brooding reminiscences and thundering orchestration surround the famous Anvil Chorus in this opera which came right at the midpoint of Verdi’s career. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1420 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Gioacchino Rossini. An opera in the classic sense, The Barber of Seville is dynamic without being confusing, funny without being preposterous, touching without being melodramatic and full of some of the most fantastic music in 19th-century opera. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1418 THE SIX-DAY FINANCIAL MAKEOVER by Robert Pagliarini. Are you treading water financially? Or worse, are you sinking? Do creditcard interest, loan payments, and the cost of living take too big a bite out of your income? Let professional financial planner Robert Pagliarini give you the six-day financial makeover. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1502 LA TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi achieved a magical and delicate balance between a tragic love story, a socially and politically courageous plot and some of the most powerful and heartbreaking music ever written. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1419 www.ncrl.org BEATING BACK THE DEVIL by Maryn McKenna. In this riveting narrative, Maryn McKenna follows the first class of disease detectives to come to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) after 9/11. She goes on scene with these talented young researchers, who trade two years of low pay and extremely long hours for the chance to be part of the group who heroically tries to stop epidemics - before they stop us. 630 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1410 THE NEW RULES OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS edited by Stephen Kramer & Michael London. Getting into and paying for college has never been harder. Now America’s number one educational consulting company offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to find, apply, get accepted to, and pay for college. 480 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1440 SONGS ON BRONZE by Nigel Spivey. Songs on Bronze is the first major retelling of Greek mythology in half a century; a set of lively, racy, dramatic versions of the great myths, which, in a multicultural society, are recognized more than ever as stories without equal. 510 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1427 BOLD SPIRIT by Linda Lawrence Hunt. Desperate. Determined. Unwaveringly confident. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby dares to cross 3500 miles of the American continent to win a $10,000 wage. On foot. Unabridged. 370 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1489 59 Audio/Video Catalog MADAMA BUTTERFLY Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Non-Fiction ZODIAC by Robert Graysmith. Since 1968, Zodiac has terrified the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area with a string of brutal killings. Zodiac, in taunting letters sent to the newspapers, has hidden clues to his identity by using cunning ciphers that have defied the greatest code breaking minds of the CIA, the FBI, and NSA. This is the shocking true story of the nation’s most bizarre mass murderer. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1500 OPERATION HOMECOMING by Andrew Carroll. To encourage U.S. troops and their families to record their experiences and reflections on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the National Endowment for the Arts organized a series of writing workshops in the summer of 2004 led by prominent authors. The result is this extraordinary volume of first-hand letters, poems, journals, memoirs, and e-mails from the men and women directly involved in battle and their families back home. Unabridged. 1020 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1509 THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES by Gary Chapman. Dr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages of love: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Learn to speak and understand your mate’s love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Unabridged. 300 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1514 60 AMERICA ALONE by Mark Steyn. In America Alone Steyn’s acerbic wit and relentless pursuit of politically incorrect truths show how Islam is gradually conquering the West by reverse assimilation, aided and abetted by global-warming ecochondriacs, craven multiculturalist, and self-detonating Islamists of the Muslim baby boom. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1559 ROBERT KENNEDY: HIS LIFE by Evan Thomas. In a clear and fast-paced narrative, Evan Thomas cuts through the mythology to reveal a character who, though he died young just as he was reaching for ultimate power, remains one of the century’s most fascinating men. Unabridged. 1230 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1508 BASEBALL by George Vecsey. Growing from a sport played in open fields and in big-city streets, baseball has seen its share of innovators and detractors, heroes and villains. Vecsey details them all, from the scandalous Black Sox of 1919 and modern steroid abusers to icons like Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and the countless underdogs that came out of nowhere to capture the imaginations of fans everywhere. Unabridged. 435 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1539 POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION by Gore Vidal. Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, New York Times best-selling author Gore Vidal is one of the true masters of American letters. In this extraordinary memoir, Vidal recalls his accomplishments and defeats, discusses the friends and enemies he has made, and contemplates the nature of mortality. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1527 1-800-426-READ EISENHOWER by John Wukovits. John Wukovits skillfully demonstrates how Dwight D. Eisenhower’s evolution as a commander, his military doctrine, and his diplomatic skills are crucial to the understanding of modern warfare. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1555 11 DAYS IN DECEMBER by Stanley Weintraub. 11 Days in December tells the unforgettable story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its Christmas Eve turn toward victory. Unabridged. 330 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1565 AFTER FIDEL by Brian Latell. In this compelling, behind-the-scenes account, former top CA officer and Cuba expert Brian Latell examines the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel’s younger brother, Raul. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1568 THE GREAT FORMULA by Mark Joyner. The Great Formula has been used by every great business success in history. It works because it stresses simplicity and focuses only on those actions that get results. It’s real-world, downto-earth selling advice that’s so straight- forward even the smartest people often overlook it...but great businesses, whether they know it or not, use this formula everyday. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1582 Audio: CD Non-Fiction THE BARON SON by Vicky Therese Davis. Investigating a legend from centuries past, set in the desert region Mh’ki, three students seek to unravel the mysteries of the most prosperous man the world had come to know. Their pursuit reveals the core principles necessary for personal and business achievement. 330 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1586 by Lee H. Whittlesey. In September 1870, Truman Everts was separated from one of the first exploratory parties in what is now Yellowstone National Park. With little food, equipment, or cold-weather clothing Everts spent more than a month wandering the wilderness before two mountaineers found him alive. Unabridged. 120 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1610 by Nido Qubein. Boost your selling power. Polish your selling savvy. Propel your career to better productivity, performance, and profitability. This complete course is for the pro and novice alike. 210 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1587 THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS OF PROSPERITY THE TRUTH ABOUT MUHAMMAD by Edwene Gaines. Edwene Gaines shares with you the secrets for acquiring wealth and living abundantly, and guarantees that following these principles will change your life from one of deprivation and want into one of abundance and freedom. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1584 THE PASSION TEST by Janet Bray Attwood & Chris Attwood. Chris and Janet Attwood wrap fascinating stories of the ups, downs, twists and turns of living passionately around fun and practical exercises that will have you living your own passionate life by the time you finish this audio program. 360 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1583 THINKING FOR A LIVING by Thomas H. Davenport. Knowledge workers are the innovators, designers and marketers of your company’s products and services. They are the highly paid strategists, executives, and IT specialists whose ideas and expertise fuel your success. But are they delivering their best performance? 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1585 CLOSE LIKE A PRO by Robert Spencer. Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam, unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammad’s life that continue to affect our world today. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1596 FULL THROTTLE: THE LIFE AND FAST TIMES OF NASCAR LEGEND CURTIS TURNER EPICENTER by Joel C. Rosenberg. In a riveting book about the dramatic changes that will transform the world as we know it, Rosenberg explains the enormous political, economic, and spiritual changes that are underway in the world’s most important countries. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1600 BLOOD DIAMONDS by Greg Campbell. Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry—institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel—have allowed it to happen. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1602 HIMALAYA by Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, Michael Palin took on the full length of the Himalaya, including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and Everest. This book, compiled from his diaries, records the pleasure and pain of an extraordinary journey. 692 min. Unabridged. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1402 by Robert Edelstein. Edelstein’s gripping biography thrillingly recreates the life of this American legend, from his days as a teenage moonshine runner in Virginia, through millions earned (and just as quickly spent) in fearless finance deals, to his incredible comeback after for years of being banned from the NASCAR circuit. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T1601 www.ncrl.org 61 Audio/Video Catalog LOST IN THE YELLOWSTONE Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD ROBIN HOOD, MOST WANTED EDITION Heroic Robin Hood—along with his trusted companion Little John and his devoted band of merry men—conjures up one famously funny and daring deed after another to outfox greedy Prince John and bring happiness to the residents of Sherwood Forest. A Disney animated video. (2006) G. 83 min. • Order # V4028 THE WILD When a band of furry friends escape from the city zoo, they discover that New York City is the biggest, craziest jungle of all. A Disney animated video. (2006) G. 82 min. • Order # V4030 BARNYARD This laugh-filled adventure stars Otis, a carefree cow who spends his days singing, dancing and playing tricks on humans....much to the dismay of his father, Ben. Animated. (2006) PG. 89 min. • Order # V4078 AIR BUDDIES w/Michael Clarke Duncan, Richard Karn, Don Knotts. Air Bud is now the proud father of five adorable puppies with an unbelievable secret: they can talk! And the hilarious, hair-raising exploits of these barking, talking, ballplaying pups will have you cheering as they run off on a daring rescue mission to save their parents! A Disney video. (2006) PG. 80 min. • Order # V4036 62 Kids HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS w/James Rebhorn, Kimberly WilliamsPaisley, Tom Cavanagh. On his first day at a new school, 11-year-old Billy has a run-in with the class bully. Determined to stand up for himself, Billy accepts a gross-out dare...EAT 10 WORMS IN ONE DAY! (2006) PG. 74 min. • Order # V4066 THE ANT BULLY w/Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti When young Lucas aims his water pistol at some hapless ants, they retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks “the Destroyer” to their size...and turns an anthill into a mountain of thrills, action and laughs! Animated. (2006) PG. 89 min. • Order # V4055 DRAGON HUNTERS: UNWELCOME GUESTS Gwizdo, Lian-Chu and Hector are about to lose their cushy quarters at Jennyline’s Inn when wealthy Otis Criblecrocker shows up. When Gwizdo’s plan to scare him away causes the Inn to be infested by shape-changing dragons, nothing is a it seems! Animated. (2005) Ages 7 & up. 75 min. • Order # V4094 DRAGON HUNTERS: DON’T LOOK NOW When a bizarre chameleon dragon attacks, there’s little chance for the depressed Gwizdo to ponder his future, even with Lian-Chu and Hector picking up the slack and the contract negotiations. And after everyone at the tavern is turned to stone by a rare dragon, it’s Lian-Chu who realizes that sometimes to win, all you need to do is make the enemy look at itself. (2005) Ages 7 & up. 75 min. • Order # V4093 1-800-426-READ CINDERELLA III: A TWIST IN TIME When her evil stepmother gets hold of Fairy godmother’s magic wand and turns back the hands of time, Cinderella must try to find Prince Charming and break through the new spell. A Walt Disney animated video. (2006) G. 74 min. • Order # V4099 PETER PAN Fantastic adventures await Wendy and her brothers when Peter Pan, the hero of their stories, whisks them away to the magical world of Never Land. A Walt Disney animated video. (2007) G. 77 min. • Order # V4101 JUMBO BOX OF STORYBOOK CLASSICS 2 Magical songs, captivating animation, award winning authors, and hours of classic children’s stories in one Jumbo Box. Stories included are: Curious George Rides a Bike; The Wheels on the Bus; Good Night, Gorilla; Corduroy; How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and Tikki Tikki Tembo. Not Rated. 318 min. • Order # V4102 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET In more than 120 countries all over the globe, Sesame Workshop and an international team of Muppets tackle the world’s most challenging issues for 3 to 5 year olds including: HIV/AIDS in South Africa, post conflict resolution in a divided Kosovo, school and play for kids in Bangladesh where kids start working at 5 years old. (2006) Not Rated. 99 min. • Order # V4062 Kids Describing and sorting common threedimensional shape according to the properties. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4040 THE NUMBER CREW: COUNTING OBJECTS Counting at least 20 objects and understanding that if the objects are rearranged the number stays the same. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4041 THE FOX AND THE HOUND 2 Tod and Copper still go together like an itch and a scratch, but when Copper gets a shot at the big time with a nutty group of hound dog howlers, their purebred friendship is put to the test. A Disney animated video. (2006) G. 69 min. • Order # V4035 THE NUMBER CREW: HALVES AND QUARTERS Finding one half and one-quarter of shapes and small numbers of object. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4042 THE NUMBER CREW: READING AND WRITING NUMBERS ZOOM: ACADEMY FOR SUPERHEROES w/Tim Allen. Buckle up and prepare for a ride that’s out of this world! When Earth is threatened with imminent destruction, an out-of-shape, out-of-work and over-the-hill former superhero is called back into action to save the day. (2006) PG. 88 min. • Order # V4097 THE NUMBER CREW: RECOGNIZING TW0DIMENSIONAL SHAPES Describing and sorting common twodimensional shapes according to their properties. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4044 THE NUMBER CREW: UNITS OF TIME Understanding and using vocabulary related to time and units of time. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4045 THE NUMBER CREW: RECOGNIZING THREEDIMENSIONAL SHAPES Describing and sorting common threedimensional shapes according to their properties. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4058 Reading and writing the numbers up to 20. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4043 www.ncrl.org THE NUMBER CREW: SOLVING NUMBER PROBLEMS Solving numerical problems; recognizing simple patterns or relationships; generalizing and making predictions. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4059 THE NUMBER CREW: TELLING TIME TO THE HOUR, HALF HOUR AND QUARTER HOUR Reading the time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour on both analog and digital clocks. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for Kindergarten and First Grade. (2006) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4060 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Based on the hit song by Peter, Paul, and Mary. A shy boy, Jackie Draper, learns the value of courage from his beloved companion, Puff the Magic Dragon. Also included: Puff in the Land of Living Lies; and Puff and Z the Incredible Mr. Nobody. Animated. (1978) Not Rated. 71 min. • Order # V4104 OPEN SEASON Boog, a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect world turned upside down when he meets Elliot, a scrawny, fast-talking mule deer. They join forces to unite the woodland creatures and take the forest back into nature’s control! Animated. (2006) PG. 86 min. • Order # V4123 63 Audio/Video Catalog THE NUMBER CREW: SHAPE SORTING Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD DRAGON HUNTERS: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME! Gwizdo’s bar tab is growing and Jennyline’s patience is growing short! She kicks him out of the tavern and he vows not to come back until he is rich—even if he, Lian-Chu and Hector freeze to death battling a rare and dangerous dragon—the snow salamander! Then, an old friend shows up the a tough problem...his fiancée’s village is being attacked. However, the Dragon Hunters discover the surprising truth about the dragon’s identity! Animated. (2004) Ages 7 & up. 75 min. • Order # V4113 HAPPY FEET Kids FLUSHED AWAY Pampered pet mouse Roddy St. James thinks he’s got it made...until he’s literally flushed away to a bustling underground world of ninja frogs, hench-rats and singing slugs. Animated. (2006) PG. 84 min. • Order # V4122 Emperor penguins are born to sing. All except young Mumble, who was born to dance...tap dance. Such un-penguin-like behavior eventually gets Mumble kicked out of Emperor Land and into the big, cold world. Mumble embarks on an epic journey and ultimately proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world! Animated. (2006) PG. 108 min. • Order # V4117 CHARLOTTE’S WEB THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG THE NUMBER CREW: HALVES AND QUARTERS AS PARTS OF A WHOLE The Cave of the Yellow Dog is a thoughtprovoking mix of documentary and drama that tells the story of the age-old bond between man and dog, a bond which experiences a new twist through the eternal cycle of reincarnation in Mongolia. (2006) G. 93 min. • Order # V4141 64 Share the magic as a tiny spider spins a great tale of friendship and adventure in this dazzling film version of E.B. White’s beloved children’s book. (2006) G. 96 min. • Order # V4121 LET’S EXPLORE AUTUMN AND WINTER This video teaches your child or student about the different aspects of two of our most impressive seasons. This playful and informative look at the world around us through video, photos, animation and unique music created just for One Smart Cookie makes learning fun. (2005) Not Rated. • Order # V4103 Beginning to recognize that two halves or four quarters make a whole, and that two quarters and one-half are equialent. A multimedia standards-based math curriculum for kindergarten and first grade, the Number Crew introduces students to the concepts of number, place value, shapes and patterns. (2005) Not Rated. 10 min. • Order # V4149 1-800-426-READ LET’S EXPLORE SPRING AND SUMMER Let’s Explore Spring and Summer contains the following sections: Spring Weather, Animals in Spring, Spring Plants and Trees, Summer Weather, Seasonal Foods, Recreation, Danger, and Insects. (2006) Not Rated. • Order # V4109 DRAGON HUNTERS: DEAD DRAGON WALKING Dragon hunting isn’t for everyone. When Zaza decides to chase the rewards of dragon slaying, she ends up being captured and it’s up to Lian-Chu, Gwizdo, and Hector to save her! But is the dragon the enemy or is it the greedy farmer? Animated. (2004) Ages 7 & up. 100 min. • Order # V4111 CHESTNUT, HERO OF CENTRAL PARK w/Abigail Breslin. Orphaned young sisters Sal and Rae think their dreams have come true when they find an adorable, abandoned Great Dane puppy and, on the same day, learn that they’ve been adopted. But, when the girls arrive at their posh new Manhattan apartment, they discover the building has one strict rule: NO DOGS ALLOWED! (2006) G. 87 min. • Order # V4096 Fiction w/Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker. Tripp is 35-years-old and still living with his parents. Desperate to get him out of the house, his parents hire a gorgeous woman, Paula, to give him a little...push. They just didn’t expect Tripp would push back! (2006) PG-13. 96 min. • Order # V4009 AMERICAN DREAMZ w/Hugh Grant Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe. The TV show “American Dreamz” is sweeping the ratings, and everyone wants to be a “Dreamer.” But when two scheming, hopeful contestants face off in the final showdown, the audience gets an eyeful of on-air fireworks. (2006) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V4008 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION w/Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin. Go backstage with A Prairie Home Companion in this magical, fictional account of the legendary show’s final radio broadcast. As cast and crew assemble one last time to sing, tell stories and reminisce, the result is an unforgettable homage to a beloved American treasure. (2006) PG-13. 106 min. • Order # V4013 THE SENTINEL w/Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Kim Basinger. There’s never been a traitor in the United States Secret Service...until now. And the evidence points to Pete Garrison, one of the most trusted agents on the force. Now on the run, with two relentless federal investigators hot on his heels. Garrison must fight to clear his name and thwart an attempt on the President’s life before it’s too late! (2006) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V4016 THE BREAK-UP w/Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston. After two years together, Gary and Brooke’s relationship seems to have taken a comical wrong turn on the way to happily after. Now the break-up is on, the lines have been drawn, and their honest feelings for each other are coming out. (2006) PG-13. 107 min. • Order # V4011 POSEIDON w/Josh Lucas, Kurt Russel, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum. It’s New Year’s Eve on the Poseidon. Partying voyagers lift glasses to toast the future. The future comes in a rush: a 150-foot rogue wave flips the cruise ship over...and a desperate struggle to survive begins. (2006) PG-13. 98 min. • Order # V4014 CLICK w/Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken. A harried workaholic, Michael Newman doesn’t have time for his wife and children. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life’s little distractions with increasingly hysterical results. (2006) PG-13. 107 min. • Order # V4012 HIDDEN PLACES w/Sydney Penny, Jason Gedrick, Shirley Jones. Widowed with two children and beginning to lose her faith, Eliza Wyatt must bring in the harvest before the bank forecloses on her family’s home. Just when things can’t get any worse, fate brings along hope in the form of Gabe Harper. Together Eliza and Gabe overcome the odds to save Wyatt Orchard with the help of stubborn but lovable Aunt Batty and a few generous townfolk. (2006) Not Rated. 86 min. • Order # V4023 www.ncrl.org THE LAKE HOUSE w/Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock Dr. Kate Forster has finally found romance. Trouble is, it’s a longdistance relationship. She’s in downtown Chicago. He’s in a remote lakeside suburb. And there’s more: She’s in 2006. He’s in 2004. Can they ever meet? What would happen if they tried? (2006) PG. 98 min. • Order # V4007 AN AMERICAN HAUNTING w/Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D’Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood Based on a true story of The Bell Witch of Tennessee, An American Haunting is the story of a spirit who brutally attacked the Bell family causing the death of one of its members. Years later, we are taken back to the most horrific of nights to find out the truth of the spirit’s nature and origin...the night it was born. (2005) PG-13. 83 min. • Order # V4015 X-MEN: THE LAST STAND w/Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen. After a controversial “cure” is discovered, mutants can choose to retain their superhuman abilities or give up their unique gifts and become “normal.” When peaceful mutant leader Charles Xavier clashes with his militant counterpart, Magneto, the battle lines are drawn for the war to end all wars. (2006) PG-13. 104 min. • Order # V4017 JUST MY LUCK w/Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine. Ashley is the luckiest girl in Manhattan. But little does she know, her good fortune is about to change. When Ashley shares a kiss at a party with Jake, a bad luck magnet, they miraculously switch paths. Suddenly Ashley is plagued by one hilarious disaster after another, and Jake is headed for fame instead of failure. (2006) G. 103 min. • Order # V4027 65 Audio/Video Catalog FAILURE TO LAUNCH Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD BANDIDAS w/Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz. Determined to avenge the deaths of their fathers, Sara Sandoval and Maria Alvarez vow to seize the ill-gotten gains of robber baron Tyler Jackson. So, with the help from a retired bank robber and a jittery criminologist, these two beauties become unlikely outlaws, blazing a trail of larceny and laughter across Mexico! (2006) PG-13. 92 min. • Order # V4131 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST w/Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley. Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a debt to pay—he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghostly Ruler of the Ocean Depths...but evercrafty Jack isn’t about to go down without a fight. (2006) PG-13 150 min. • Order # V4033 MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND w/Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson. Matt Saunders thinks he’s found the perfect girlfriend in Jenny Johnson, who just happens to be smart, sexy...and a superhero. But when Jenny turns out to be a needy, neurotic mess, Matt wants to call it quits. Jenny is crushed by the news and will stop at nothing to exact sweet revenge. (2006) PG-13 96 min. • Order # V4038 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL w/Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando loom, Keira Knightley. Captain Jack Sparrow’s idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor’s daughter Elizabeth. (2006) PG-13 143 min. • Order # V4034 66 Fiction THE GUARDIAN w/Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher. Reeling with grief in the wake of a mission gone tragically wrong, legendary Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall is given a mission he doesn’t want—training raw recruits. Once there, he knocks heads with cocky Jake Fischer, a swimming champ driven by a painful secret, who’s more interested in breaking Ben’s records than saving lives. (2006) PG-13. 139 min. • Order # V4048 COVERT ONE: THE HADES FACTOR w/Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino. When an unknown deadly virus begins to surface, disease specialist and former secret agent for Covert One, Colonel Jonathan Smith is called into action to find and isolate the source before the outbreak endangers millions of lives. (2006) Not Rated. 165 min. • Order # V4063 THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON’S MINES w/ Noah Wyle. You know how riled a librarian gets when Treasure Island is two days overdue? Imagine what happens when villains nab the Librarian’s Map to King Soloman’s mines, the hiding place of fabulous ancient treasures! (2006) Not Rated. 92 min. • Order # V4037 LADY IN THE WATER w/Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard. An apartment manager who finds an otherworld water nymph named Story in the pool, then sets out to help her return to her home, The Blue World. It’s a dangerous mission because fierce Blue World monsters prowl nearby, determined to destroy Story and anyone who aids her. (2006) PG-13. 1099 min. • Order # V4056 1-800-426-READ PULSE w/Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian. When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cell-phones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction. (2006) PG-13 87 min. • Order # V4032 INVINCIBLE w/Mark Wahlberg. Vince Papale has seen better days. But then the Philadelphia Eagles’ new coach Dick Vermeil calls an unprecedented open tryout, and the 30-year-old bartender who never played college ball makes the cut. Now Vince needs every bit of his gritty attitude and enormous heart to survive in the high-stakes world of professional football. A Walt Disney video. (2006) PG. 104 min. • Order # V4047 STEP UP w/Channing Tatum. When Tyler Gage finds himself doing community service at a school for the performing arts, he also finds Nora, a beautiful and privileged classically trained dancer who’s searching for a temporary replacement for her injured dance partner. Spying Tyler’s smooth moves, Nora decides to take a chance on him. But as they begin training, tension builds, tempers flare and the differences in their backgrounds explode. (2006) PG-13 103 min. • Order # V4050 THE ILLUSIONIST w/ Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel. The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the Crown Prince Leopold. But when Leopold’s new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince’s interest evolves into obsession...and suddenly the city’s chief inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. (2006) PG-13 97 min. • Order # V4053 Fiction w/Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway. As assistant to impossibly demanding New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, young Andy Sachs has landed a job that “a million girls would die for.” Unfortunately, her heaven-sent appointment as Miranda’s personal shipping girl just might be the death of her! (2006) PG-13. 109 min. • Order # V4057 JET LI’S FEARLESS w/Jet Li. When an ill-advised fight destroys the reputation of a renowned martial arts champion and his family, his difficult path to redemption will bring him face-to-face with the most ferocious fighters in the world. (2006) Not Rated. 104 min. • Order # V4049 TALLADEGA NIGHTS w/Will Ferrell. Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. But Ricky’s turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he’s bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck. Losing his wife and job to best bud and fellow fool, Cal Naughton, Jr., Ricky must kick some serious asphalt if he’s to get his career back on the track. (2006) PG-13 108 min. • Order # V4051 THE COVENANT w/ Steven Strait, Laura Ramsey, Sebastian Stan, and Taylor Kitsch. To the students of the Spenser Academy, the Sons of Ipswich are the baddest boys on campus. The four friends also share a 300year-old secret; they’re warlocks, the teenage descendants of a 17th-century coven of witches. So when the long-banished fifth son suddenly appears and threatens to kill their loved ones, they realize they must face their enemy in order to prevent him from stealing their powers and shattering the Covenant forever. (2006) PG-13 97 min. • Order # V4052 GRIDIRON GANG w/Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in this gritty and inspirational movie based on a true story about a group of teenage delinquents given a second chance to redeem themselves by playing football. (2006) PG-13 125 min. • Order # V4054 MATERIAL GIRLS w/Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston. Sisters Tanzie and Ava’s life has been one big party since inheriting their dad’s cosmetic company...but the party ends when a product scandal leaves the celebutantes without a penny to their name. It’s a hilarious riches-to-rags tale as the girls go from maximum fun to minimum wage. (2006) PG. 98 min. • Order # V4055 ROCKY w/Sylvester Stallone. Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in a ring with the world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it’s his one shot at the big time. (1976) PG. 120 min. • Order # V4061 SCOOP w/Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane. When an inquisitive college journalist stumbles upon new clues to a string of murders, her investigation leads directly to a handsome businessman who draws her in with his mysterious charm. Could a whirlwind romance with the subject of her search also become the most dangerous scoop of a lifetime? (2006) PG-13. 96 min. • Order # V4067 ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING w/Peter O’Toole, Tiffany DuPont, Luke Goss, Omar Sharif. One Night With the King is a sweeping epic about Hadassah, the young Jewish orphan who becomes the biblical Esther, Queen of Persia. (2006) PG. 124 min. • Order # V4071 JOYEUX NOEL THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE w/Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Daniel Bruhl. Joyeux Noel tells the true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies leave their weapons behind for one night as they band together in brotherhood and forget about the brutalities of war. (2006) PG-13. 116 min. • Order # V4068 w/Steve Irwin. To save a very large crocodile from poachers, Steve and his wife Terri set out on a deathdefying journey through the outback to nab the big fella and relocate him to a safe river. But what they don’t know is that the angry reptile has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon, making them all targets of American special agents! (2002) PG. 89 min. • Order # V4024 FACING THE GIANTS SAVANNAH SMILES w/Michael C. Catt, Jim McBride, Terry Hemmings. In his six years of high school football, coach Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. When faced with seemingly insurmountable professional and personal crises, the idea of giving up has never come easier. It’s only after an unexpected visitor challenges him to trust in the power of faith that he discovers the strength to persevere. (2006) PG. 111 min. • Order # V4070 www.ncrl.org w/Mark Miller, Donovan Scott, Bridgette Andersen. Alvie and Boots are a pair of bumbling felons searching for the ultimate score after a daring prison escape. But when six-year-old Savannah runs away from home and hides in Boots and Alvie’s getaway car, the small-time crooks are suddenly mistaken for big-time kidnappers! Can they find a foolproof way to collect the $100,000 ransom? (1982) PG. 100 min. • Order # V4081 67 Audio/Video Catalog THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD FLYBOYS w/James Franco. Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. (2006) PG-13. 139 min. • Order # V4072 GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS w/Kuno Becker. Santiago Munez, a young immigrant living in the barrios of Los Angeles, ha an impossible dream—playing soccer for a world-class team. Unexpectedly getting a tryout with one of England’s premier soccer club, Santiago finds himself totally alone in a world where soccer is a religion and the players are gods. (2006) PG-13. 118 min. • Order # V4073 LOVE’S ENDURING PROMISE w/January Jones, Mackenzie Astin, Logan Bartholomew. Missie Davis is devoted equally to teaching school and doing her fair share on the farm. When a handsome railroad heir starts to woo her, Missie is nearly swept off her feet. That is, until a mysterious stranger with a troubled past shows up. (2004) Not Rated. 87 min. • Order # V4074 LOVE’S LONG JOURNEY w/Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew, John Savage, Dale Midkiff. Missie and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie’s parents. Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards of her new homestead. (2005) Not Rated. 85 min. • Order # V4077 THE SONG OF THE LARK w/Alison Elliott. A young woman escapes from rural Colorado to become a world-famous opera singer in Willa Cather’s powerful tale of an artist’s selfdiscovery. (1999) Not Rated. 120 min. • Order # V4090 68 Fiction THE KING AND I w/Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s regal classic is based on the true story of Anna Leonowens, an English widow who comes to Bangkok in the 1860s to serve as governess to the many children of the King of Siam. (1956) G. 133 min. • Order # V4085 LOVE’S ABIDING JOY w/Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew, Dale Midkiff. Following a treacherous journey West, Missie and her husband have set up a homestead where they’ve begun to raise a family. Now that a railroad line connects the states, Missie’s father is able to visit. But when the reunion is interrupted by tragedy, the faith and love of this family is once again challenged. (2006) PG. 87 min. • Order # V4079 THE PRESTIGE w/Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie. Two young, passionate magicians are friends and partners until one fateful night when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Now the bitterest of enemies, they will stop at nothing to learn each other’s secrets. (2007) PG-13. 130 min. • Order # V4095 MISTER ROBERTS w/Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon. The USS Reluctant carries cargo along World War II’s forgotten Pacific seaways. Beyond the horizon, the real war passes its stir-crazy crew by. Mister Roberts is the classic story of men fighting to survive not war’s dangers but its indignities. (1955) Not Rated. 122 min. • Order # V4080 1-800-426-READ A STAR IS BORN w/Judy Garland, James Mason. Singer Esther Blodgett is an undeniable talent on the rise. She catches the eye of Norman Maine, an alcoholic actor in career decline. Their intense love transforms them both, but only one will survive Hollywood’s slings and arrows. (1954) PG. 176 min. • Order # V4087 THE READING ROOM w/James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy. Fulfilling his beloved wife’s dying wish, William Campbell restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. Against all odds he’s determined to give them a sense of self-respect. (2006) PG. 87 min. • Order # V4098 SERGEANT YORK w/Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie. Sergeant York tells of a religious man’s moral crisis, heroics and subsequent return to the rural life he loved, refusing to capitalize on the adulation heaped upon him. (1941) B&W. Not Rated. 134 min. • Order # V4088 SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS w/Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder. When unlucky loser Roger takes a confidencebuilding class taught by an egomaniacal teacher, the two are pitted in an outrageous battle to determine the ultimate guy’s guy. When the rivalry spirals uproariously out of control, nothing is off limits. (2006) PG-13. 101 min. • Order # V4100 WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL w/Doris Day, Brian Keith. When Abby and Jake meet, fall in love and marry, it’s a union perfectly suited for towels marked “His” and “Hers” - that is, until his and her kids bring chaos and turmoil into the house as they attempt to blend into a single family unit. (1968) G. 94 min. • Order # V4089 Fiction w/Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello. All 16-year-old Katy McLaughlin longs for is to work on her family’s mountainside horse ranch, yet her father insists she finish boarding school. So when Katy finds a mustang in the hills, she sets out to tame the horse and prove she can one day take over the struggling ranch. (2006) PG. 95 min. • Order # V4129 THE MALTESE FALCON w/Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Bette Davis, Warren William. Deluxe 3-Disc edition of one of the greatest movie mystery yarns of all time. Enjoy all 3 Warner Bros. screen versions, especially John Huston’s 1941 masterpiece that shot Humphrey Bogart to stardom, restored and digitally remastered. (1931, 1941) B&W. Not Rated. 78, 74 & 100 min. • Order # V4105 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION w/Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey. Director Christopher Guest reunites his starpacked team from A Mighty Wind, Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman for this hilarious, keen-edged comedy set in a town where “Oscar® is the backbone of an industry not known for having a backbone.” (2007) PG-13. 86 min. • Order # V4118 STRANGER THAN FICTION w/Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson. Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert, Harold discovers he’s the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters. (2007) PG-13. 113 min. • Order # V4119 A GOOD YEAR THE QUEEN w/Russell Crowe. When ruthless businessman Max Skinner inherits a vineyard in the south of France, he begins to slow down and embrace the simple—and most precious—pleasures of life. (2006) PG-13. 118 min. • Order # V4120 w/Helen Mirren. Dame Helen Mirren gives a spellbinding performance in The Queen, the provocative story behind one of the most public tragedies of our time—the sudden death of Princess Diana. (2006) PG-13. 103 min. • Order # V4142 THE GRUDGE 2 w/Amber Tamblyn, Sara Michelle Gellar. When Aubrey Davis learns her sister Karen has been hospitalized, she immediately flies to Tokyo. Once there, she learns her sister’s horrifying story and discovers that the fatal supernatural curse has been unleashed. (2007) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V4124 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL w/Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens. Troy, the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella, the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the school’s musical. (2006) TV-G. 98 min. • Order # V4125 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH w/Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard. For years Zack Bradley has been working hard at hardly working at the local Super Club. That’s until a hottie named Amy becomes the new cashier. After discovering she’s willing to date the next guy to become “Employee of the Month,” Zack takes on current titleholder to see who will win the honor, and Amy’s heart. (2006) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V4130 www.ncrl.org THE CUTTING EDGE w/D. B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly. She’s a rich and refined pairs figure skater whose prima donna attitude has her skating solo. He’s a brash, blue-collar hockey champion with a new injury and no future. With nothing in common but their dream of reaching the Olympics, Kate and Doug are each other’s last resort. (1992) PG. 102 min. • Order # V4126 MARIE ANTOINETTE w/Kirsten Dunst. Kirsten Dunst portrays the ill-fated child princess who married France’s young indifferent King Louis XVI. Feeling isolated in a royal court rife with scandal and intrigue, Marie Antoinette defied both royalty and commoner by living like a rock star, which served only to seal her fate. (2007) PG-13. 123 min. • Order # V4127 69 Audio/Video Catalog FLICKA Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD OFF TO WAR From the farms and fields of Arkansas to the deadly streets of Baghdad, Off to War tracks the citizen soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard as they come face to face with the horrors of war. (2005) Not Rated. 452 min. • Order # V4019 THOU SHALT LAUGH w/Patricia Heaton. Join seven of the country’s funniest Christian comedians blessed with the gift of humor as they share hilarious observations of everyday life. Looking for funny? Your prayers have been answered. (2006) Not Rated. 98 min. • Order # V4025 MARIE ANTOINETTE This film traces Marie Antoinette’s journey from the splendors of her childhood in the palaces of the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final hours in a squalid French prison cell. (2005) Not Rated. 120 min. • Order # V4026 WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? Narrated by Martin Sheen, Who Killed the Electric Car? is a murder mystery like no other, as it unravels the puzzling demise of a vehicle that could have saved the environment and America’s dangerous addiction to foreign oil. (2006) PG. 93 min. • Order # V4069 TALKING TO HEAVEN w/Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Ladd, Michael Moriarty, Queen Latifah, Jack Palance. In death, seven young boys have appeared before James. Each of them has ties to another boy named Eddie who first came to James many years ago in search of help. When James turns to Detective Karen Condrin to help him identify the children, they both embark on a remarkable journey toward solving the crime, and helping the lost boys continue their path toward heaven. (2001) PG-13 175 min. • Order # V4031 70 Non-Fiction WORDPLAY w/Will Shortz. Wordplay is a journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Meet Shortz’s fans—including President Bill Clinton, Senator Bob Dole, Jon Stewart, Ken Burns, the Indigo Girls, and Mike Mussina—and discover why over 50 million Americans do crosswords every week. (2006) PG. 85 min. • Order # V4029 HE CHANGED OUR WORLD: STEVE IRWIN MEMORIAL TRIBUTE He Changed Our World: The Steve Irwin Memorial Tribute DVD celebrates the incredible achievements of this inspirational Australian, highlighting his passion and dedication to his family, his work, the environment and his beloved country. (2006) Not Rated. 86 min. • Order # V4064 DARFUR DIARIES: MESSAGE FROM HOME This documentary serves not only to educate the world about the genocide being committed on a daily basis in Darfur, but also as a message that we as a global society must come together and make a difference by helping those who are suffering. (2006) Not Rated. 55 min. • Order # V4039 DRUGS: IT’S OKAY TO ASK FOR HELP Featuring Ginger Katz of the Courage to Speak Foundation, this program is an invaluable resource that promotes the establishment of open lines of communication. Viewers will learn how alcohol and other drugs can negatively impact their lives, a well as why it is important to ask for help in situations involving abuse or addiction. (2006) Not Rated. 35 min. • Order # V4082 EATING DISORDERS: RECOGNITION & PREVENTION Recognize the signs of eating disorders in teens and learn intervention strategies to prevent tragedy. Students will learn that eating disorders affect both men and women and that they are life-threatening illnesses that require patience, responsive care, and extensive rehabilitation. (1997) Not Rated. 29 min. • Order # V4083 1-800-426-READ UNDERSTANDING CATS Here television’s top feline presenter and cat expert Roger Tabor reveals why cats behave the way they do and shows us how we can learn to understand and appreciate their impact on our lives. (1997) Not Rated. 80 min. • Order # V4086 A FLEA MARKET DOCUMENTARY Flea Markets across America are extraordinary gathering spots. These amazing places attract unusual people and fascinating merchandise. And this lively documentary takes you to a few of the best, from the giant First Monday Trade Days in Texas to the parking-lot-sized Fremont Market in Seattle. (2006) Not Rated. 60 min. • Order # V4092 REDUCE SPEED: A FILM ABOUT CRYSTAL METH Expose the realities of crystal methamphetamine abuse. This hard-hitting program interviews recovering youth addicts who share their experiences with the drug: getting high, funding their addiction, and the subsequent physical and mental pain of withdrawal. Police officers and street outreach workers are also featured, giving students the grim facts about meth abuse form all perspectives. (2006) Not Rated. 23 min. • Order # V4084 BORDER WAR The combination of human and drug trafficking across the United States-Mexico border has been called “the illegal immigration invasion.” Dangers are escalating on both sides of the issue, and Border War document the lives of five individuals affected by the massive rise in illegal immigration—primarily via the porous U.S. southern border. (2006) Not Rated. 95 min. • Order # V4112 TIMELESS Timeless features breathtaking cinematography from the magnificent National Parks of North America. 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