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Tabloid City written by Pete Hamill, read by Peter Ganim and Ellen Archer
Unabridged audiobook (CD)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (May 5, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0316020756
Back-of-the-box blurb: In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds their shocking deaths:
The [...]
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon, read by Kate Reading
Audio CD; approximately 12 hours on 10 CDs
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (May 4, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1609411084
Back-of-the-box blurb: It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School [...]
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (April 5, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1609419691
Back-of-the-box blurb: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a [...]
The Wife’s Tale written by Lori Lansens; read by Justine Eyre
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (February 10, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1441817488
Back-of-the-box blurb: On the eve of their silver anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband, Jimmy — still every inch the handsome star athlete he was in high school — to come home. [...]
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin; read by Campbell Scott
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (November 23, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1607886129
Back-of-the-box blurb: Lacey Yeager is young, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the NYC art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby’s and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men [...]
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race; read by Jon Stewart
Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (October 8, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1607886150
Back-of-the-Box blurb: Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when [...]
Room by Emma Donoghue; read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren
Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (September 13, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1607886273
Back-of-the-box blurb: To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it’s where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and [...]
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand; narrated by Denice Hicks
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (July 6, 2010); approx. 15 hrs on 13 CDs
ISBN-13: 978-1607882404
Back-of-the-box blurb: Four women – a mother, her sister, two grown daughters – head to Tuckernuck for a retreat, hoping to escape their troubles. Intead, they find only drama, secrets, and life-changing revelations.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (audiobook)
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (April 28, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0739384305
Back-of-the-box blurb: Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, [...]
A Long Stone’s Throw by Alphie McCourt (unabridged audiobook)
Publisher: Hachette Audio (December 1, 2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1600245022
Back-of-the-box blurb: Alphie McCourt was born in Limerick, Ireland, where his father’s departure left misery behind for the family. His loneliness only grew deeper and wider as each of his older brothers (Frank, Malachy and Michael) left for America; so in [...]
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