rev. 7/06
		AUDIO BOOK
TITLE		BRIEF DESCRIPTION		CALL #
Age of Gold; the California gold rush & the new American dream		When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on the American River, it completely transformed the territory of California. The Gold Rush forever changed California and America		AB 33
Amateur marriage		The story of two people struggling in a marriage that never should have been. As they become the guardians of their grandson, their deep-rooted differences become unbearable		AB 25 pt 1 & 2
Arabic complete course; the basics		Language course		AB 53
Black and blue		Fran Benedetto fell in love with Bobby Benedetto at 19, but their passionate marriage became a nightmare. In this captivating fiction, Fran tells the story of why she stayed and how she finally mustered the courage to run away with her son and start a new life under a new name		AB 24
Buddha da		Anne Marie's dad, a Glaswegian painter and decorator, has always been game for a laugh. So when he first takes up meditation at the Buddhist Center, no one takes him seriously.		AB 30
Cay		When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion		AB 27
Dark nights of the soul; a guide to finding your way through life's ordeals		Healing power of melancholy; the sexual dark night and the mysteries of matrimony; finding solace during illness and in aging; anxiety, anger and temporary insanities; linking creativity, spirituality and emotional struggles		AB 11
Dean & me; a love story		A memoir by turns moving, tragic and hilarious, Jerry Lewis recounts with crystal clarity every step of a fifty-year friendship.		AB 12
Eating well for optimum health		Diet & nutrition guide		AB 13
Endurance; Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition		In August 1914, days before the outbreak of WWI, Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent.		AB 26
Essential 55: an award winning educator's rules for discovering the successful student in every child		Covering all aspects of life, from the classroom to the world, from human interactions to the most frightening of all - cafeteria and bathroom manners.		AB 9
Experanza Rising		Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. Cassette tape format.		AB 3
Fine balance		Magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism of India in 1975. Cassette tape format.		AB 4
Gnostic Gospels		Elaine Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas the  Gospel of Mary Magdalene		AB 16
Golden compass; his dark materials - Book 1		Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.  CD format.		AB 1
Great deliverance		British murder mystery set in historic Yorkshire village. Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers have been sent to solve savage murder in which a father is killed and all evidence points to his daughter.  Cassette tape format.		AB 5
Great influenza		A ultimate tale of triumph amid tragedy, this book depicts the 1918 influenza epidemic which killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. "This crisis provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon."		AB 8
Hallowed ground; a walk at Gettysburg		James McPherson reflects on the meaning of the battle, describes the events of those terrible three days in July 1863 and places the struggle in the greater context of American and world history.		AB 18
Homeless bird		When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.  Cassette tape format.		AB 2
How to think like Leonardo daVinci		Seven steps to genius every day		AB 21
In cold blood		On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun for no apparent motive.		AB 29
In the heart of the sea; the tragedy of the wale ship Essex		This is the incredible story of the wreck of the whale ship Essex, the inspiration for Melville's great classic, Moby Dick. In 1820, the Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage for whales. Fifteen months later, in the farthest reaches of the South Pacific, it was rammed and sunk by an eighty-ton bull sperm whale		AB 41
Into thin air		Mount Everest expedition and the accidents that occurred there		AB 19
Journey; how to live by faith in an uncertain world		In this culminating work of a lifetime, Billy Graham invites you to join him in discovering God's plan for this exciting jouirney called life.		AB 43
Lance Armstrong; every second counts		This abridgment has been approved by the author		AB 17
Lois Armstrong; an extravagant life		The author traces Armstrong's rich and varied life --from poverty and obscurity to fame		AB 39
Long way gone memoirs of a boy soldier		Ishamel Beah tells of his life being a child soldier		AB 49
Making of the atomic bomb		Few great discoveries have evolved so quickly. What began as a speculative problem in physics grew into the Manhattan project and then into the first atomic bomb with frightening rapidity		AB 34  pt.1& 2
Mandarin Chinese; the basics		Language course		AB 51
Marie Antoinette; the journey		Narue /abtiubette, queen consort of Louis XVI, King of France		AB 46 disc 1-9
Marie Antoinette; the journey		Narue /abtiubette, queen consort of Louis XVI, King of France		AB 46 disc 10-17
Martin Luther King, Jr.		This succinct biography ties this monumental life together		AB 40
Me; stories of my life		Stories read by the author - Katharine Hepburn		AB 44
Mother tongue; English and how it got that way		Bryson covers the entire history of language, from the first crude uttering of Neanderthal man to the explosion of English as a global language in this century.		AB 42
Murder on the iditarod trail		Someone is systematically killing the top competitors in the Iditarod, Alaska's famous 1100-mile dogsled race. As the "mushers" thread their way along the trail, Sergeant Alex Jensen races to find the murderer		AB 45
Present; the gift that makes you happy and successful at work and in life		From the author of "Who moved my cheese?" a book on happiness and success in business		AB 20
River running west		Life of John Wesley Powell who led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world.		AB 35 pt. 1 & 2
Rosa Parks		Historian Douglas Brinkley brings mid twentieth century America alive in this brilliant examination of a celebrated heroine in the context of her life and tumultuous times.		AB 31
Runaway jury		In a landmark tobacco trial the jury starts to behave strangely. Are they being manipulated or even controlled?		AB 22
Short history of nearly everything		In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey-into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer.		AB 6
Skinny dip		When Chaz Perron's wife discovers that he is running a scam- posing as a marine biologist to doctor water samples so that an agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the Everglades--, he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner.		AB 28
Song flung up to heaven		Read by the author Maya Angelou		AB 7
Spanish; the basics		Language course		AB 52
Sun in the morning		Autobiography of M.M. Kaye recounts her first eighteen years in India and England.		AB 36
Teller of tales; the life of Arthur Conan Doyle		A biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, the 19th century physician, portraying him as more than the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote historical novels, he ran for parliament, he served as a medical officer in the Boer War and he crusaded for spiritualism		AB 32
Thief Lord		Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children		AB 14
To kill a mockingbird		Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him		AB 50
Total money makeover		Presents strategies for personal financial growth and the elimination of debt.		AB 48
Undaunted courage; Meriwether, Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West.		Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and saw incredible sights. Lewis is supported by a rich variety of colorful characters		AB 10
Up from slavery		Book by Booker T. Washington		AB 15
Watsons go to Birmingham--1963		The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963		AB 23
World lit only by fire; the medieval mind and the Renaissance		An account of the European Renaissance and Reformation		AB 37
Zero at the bone		When a detective investigates her father's death, she unearths her family's hidden past		AB 38