Come and check out these and some of the other new audiobooks (or at least new to us) added to our library collection, which come in several different formats…
Audiobooks on CD…
FICTION:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, and read by Hugh Fraser
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, and read by Lisette Lecat
Mistress Of The Art Of Death by Ariana Franklin, and read by Rosalyn Landor
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and read by Lynne Thigpen
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and read by Joanne Whalley, Martin Jarvis, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jim Ward, Rosalyn Landor, and Robin Atkin Downes
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, and read by Treat Williams, Anne Heche, Sarah Zimmerman, Erin Cottrell, and John Rafter Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and read by Sissy Spacek
Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods, and read by Tony Roberts
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, and read by J. D. Jackson
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, and read by Paul Michael Garcia
World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Max Brooks, and performed by a full cast featuring the author, Carl Reiner, Henry Rollins, Jurgen Prochnow, Alan Alda, Ron Reiner, John Turturro, Becky Ann Baker, and many others
Velocity by Dean Koontz, and read by Michael Hayden
NON-FICTION:
Sea Of Glory: America’s Voyage Of Discovery – The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838 – 1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick, and read by Dennis Boutsikaris
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, and read by the author
Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, and read by the author
Confessions Of An Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search For Extraterristrial Intelligence by Seth Shostak, and read by Patrick Lawler
Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and read by Richard Thomas
Not only is this a very interesting book, but it’s also the basis for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film about Lincoln, which stars Daniel Day Lewis as our 16th president. Check out a picture below of the actor’s look in the film:
Michelangelo And The Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King, and read by Alan Sklar
Black Boy by Richard Wright, and read by Peter Francis James
The Professor And The Madman: A Tale Of Murder, Insanity, And The Making Of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester, and read by the author
City Of The Soul: A Walk In Rome by William Murray, and read by the author
The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and read by David Chandler
The War That Made America: A Short History Of The French And Indian War by Fred Anderson, and read by Simon Vance
Game Change: Obama And The Clintons, McCain And Palin, And The Race Of A Lifetime by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, and read by Dennis Boutsikaris
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And we also have Audiobooks in the Playaway format…
If you don’t know much about the Playaway format, then we’d suggest that you come and check them out.
A Playaway is basically a single book loaded onto an MP3 player. All you have to do is plug in some headphones and press play and you’re off to the races. The Playway is small enough to fit into your pocket, and it’s great for working out or running/jogging, or even just doing something like cleaning the house. But where the CD format is really nice for listening to an audiobook in the car, you’d have to have something to transfer the sound from the Playaway to your car stereo. Perhaps if you do something like that with an iPod or a similar MP3 device then maybe that could work as well.
FICTION:
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, and read by Juliet Stevenson
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, and read by Kimberly Schraf
Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman, and read by Mia Barron
Double Cross by James Patterson, and ready by Peter J. Fernandez and Michael Stuhlbarg
The Enemy by Lee Child
The Hard Way by Lee Child
One Shot by Lee Child
All read by Dick Hill
To Die For by Linda Howard, and read by Franette Liebow
The Trial by Franz Kafka, and read by Rupert Degas
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, dramatized for audio by Yuri Rasovsky, and performed by Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, and Edward Herrman, amongst others
A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, and read by Barrett Whitener
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and read by Christopher Hurt
Atonement by Ian McEwan, and read by Josephine Baily
Deadlock by Iris Johansen, and read by Jennifer Van Dyck
NON-FICTION:
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary, and read by David Warrilow
You Had Me At Woof: How Dogs Taught Me The Secrets Of Happiness by Julie Klam, and read by Karen White
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan, and performed by Neil Patrick Harris
When Janey Comes Marching Home by Laura Browder, with photographs by Sascha Pflaeging, and read by Claudia Aleck, Cassandra Campbell, Bernadette Dunne, Tavia Gilbert, Vanessa Hart, Carrington MacDuffie, Lisa Renee Pitts, Kirsten Potter, Robynn Rodriguez, Kimberly Scott, Bahni Turpin, and Pam Ward
Chinese For Dummies by Mengjun Liu and Mike Packevicz
Living Well In A Down Economy For Dummies by Tracy L. Barr, and read by Brett Barry
The War That Killed Achilles: The Story Of Homer’s Iliad And The Trojan War by Caroline Alexander, and read by Michael Page
Most Evil: Avenger, Zodiac, And The Further Serial Murders Of Dr. George Hill Hodel by Steve Hodel and Ralph Pezzullo, and read by Malcolm Hillgartner
When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
The History Of The Classical Music by Richard Fawkes, and read by Robert Powell
How To Stop Smoking And Stay Stopped For Good – Fully Revised And Updated by Gillian Riley, and read by Jerome Pride
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We’re looking to get into MP3 CDs, so stay tuned for that, but until then…
…can you believe that we still have audiobooks on tape/cassette available for checkout? Perfect for anyone whose car has a tape player in it.
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Please note that audiobooks mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.
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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:
04/04/12.
03/29/12.
03/01/12.
02/02/11.
01/27/12.
Some reading material from around the internet:
from here.
Science would like to ruin Batman for you.
from here.
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