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_Books for Adults_
Books listed in this issue of _Talking Book Topics_ were
recently sent to cooperating libraries.  The complete
collection contains books by many authors on fiction and
nonfiction subjects, including biographies, classics,
gothics, mysteries, romances, and others.  Contact your
cooperating library to learn more about the wide range of
books available in the collection.Cassette books are labeled
with the code RC and play at 15/16 ips.  To order books,
contact your cooperating library.
     _Note:_  For the information of the reader, a notice
may appear immediately following the book description to
indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit
descriptions of sex, or violence.  The word "some" before
any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent
occurrence, as in "some strong language."

_Cassettes Fiction_

The Rest of Life: Three Novellas.
RC 40704.
by Mary Gordon.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
2 cassettes.
Stories that relate ways women's lives are altered by love.
In "Immaculate Man," a middle-aged woman tells of her
passion for a Catholic priest and her feelings of guilt when
he breaks his vow of celibacy. "Living at Home" details a
psychiatrist's love for a war correspondent who prefers the
world's hot spots. And in "The Rest of Life," an elderly
woman returns to her homeland after years in exile. Strong
language and some descriptions of sex. 1993.
RC 40704.
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One True Thing.
RC 40750.
by Anna Quindlen.
read by Susan McInerney.
2 cassettes.
Ellen's father demands her return from a fledgling
journalism career to care for her terminally ill mother. Her
two brothers are in college, and no one else will do. During
the months that follow, Ellen turns into nurse and
housekeeper, recognizes her mother as the "one true thing,"
and slowly becomes aware of her father's shortcomings. When
the end comes, Ellen is accused of mercy killing and fights
the charge. Strong language. 1994.
RC 40750.
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Shadow Queen.
RC 40841.
by Tony Gibbs.
read by Jennifer Mendenhall.
2 cassettes.
An elderly librarian contacts a historical-romance writer,
claiming to have the long-missing Casket Letters supposedly
written by Mary Stuart. The librarian also has a family
Bible that proves her reclusive daughter, Marie, is the
rightful heir of the Scottish queen. While the writer's New
York publishing firm frantically tries to authenticate the
letters, an Irish terrorist plots to make this discovery
work for his cause. Strong language. 1992.
RC 40841.
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Snow Angels.
RC 40845.
by Stewart O'Nan.
read by John Lescault.
2 cassettes.
Annie Marchand, who always had a difficult life, was at one
time Arthur Parkinson's baby-sitter. Their lives were
complicated by the death of her small daughter, Tara, whose
body was found by Arthur. When Arthur was fifteen, Annie's
husband murdered her. Each year as Arthur returns to Butler,
Pennsylvania, for Christmas, he relives the events of 1974,
hoping to finally comprehend what happened but knowing he
never will. Strong language. 1994.
RC 40845.
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The Stranger.
RC 40902.
by Albert Camus.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
1 cassette.
An existential novel originally published in 1942, set in
Algiers, about a man who resists any commitment, rendering
his life meaningless. He does not react to his mother's
death nor to a killing he commits, and he becomes a placid
prisoner convicted of murder. His own impending death,
however, leads him to some realizations. 1988.
RC 40902.
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The Last Unicorn.
RC 40903.
by Peter S. Beagle.
read by Mimi Bederman.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A beautiful white unicorn worries that she is the last of
her species, and so sets out in search of any surviving
relatives. Accompanied by a second-rate magician and a sad,
thin woman, the unicorn has fairy-tale adventures and finds
her family enslaved by a wicked king. 1968.
RC 40903.
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_The __Fifth Column_ and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil
War.
RC 40905.
by Ernest Hemingway.
read by Graci Ragsdale.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Contains the author's only full-length play, which conveys
the feverish life in Madrid under siege. The accompanying
stories grew from Hemingway's experience as a foreign
correspondent. Some strong language and some violence. 1938.
RC 40905.
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The Babysitter III.
RC 40912.
by R.L. Stine.
read by June Carter.
1 cassette.
In the sequel to _Babysitter II (RC 36925)_, Jenny Jeffers
is still terribly upset about her experience babysitting
Donny Hagen. Donny's father had threatened Jenny by phone
and then died while trying to kill her. Jenny, spending the
summer with her cousin Debra, is not surprised when Debra
begins receiving calls from Mr. Hagen while she babysits.
Jenny knew he would come back from the grave. For junior and
senior high readers. 1993.
RC 40912.
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The Prairieton Raid.
RC 40915.
by Lauran Paine.
read by Don Emmick.
1 cassette.
Three men plan to rob the bank in Prairieton. They ride in
separately and take jobs: Henry at the blacksmith's, Buff at
the stable, and Boice as a stage driver. But before they can
pull off the heist, the stage carrying a large deposit is
robbed and driver Boice is injured. Buff and Henry join a
posse to help the bank recover the money, so they can go
ahead with their original scheme. Strong language and some
violence. 1994.
RC 40915.
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Happy Policeman.
RC 40920.
by Patricia Anthony.
read by Anne Mullen.
2 cassettes.
Six years ago aliens came to the small Texas town of Coomey
and sealed it off from whatever might remain of the rest of
the world. The aliens are mysterious but apparently
harmless, and the townsfolk have resumed their normal lives
as much as possible. But when one of the citizens is found
dead, police chief DeWitt Dawson faces a mystery with
consequences far greater than simple murder. Strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 40920.
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Sydney, Invincible.
RC 40921.
by Colby Rodowsky.
read by June Carter.
1 cassette.
In this sequel to _Sydney, Herself (RC 31872)_, Sydney
dreads having her mother as her history teacher and looks
forward to classes with the new writing instructor. Then
Sydney is hit with big news. She is to be the editor of the
school paper--and her mother, who married Sydney's last
writing teacher, is pregnant. Sydney finds support from
boyfriend Wally, but he is dealing with his own problems.
For junior and senior high readers. 1995.
RC 40921.
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Gold Unicorn.
RC 40922.
by Tanith Lee.
read by June Carter.
1 cassette.
Sixteen-year-old Tanaquil is taken captive by the conquering
army of Empress Veriam, who turns out to be her half sister,
Lizra. Lizra has constructed a huge, mechanical, gold-plated
unicorn as a symbol of her power, but only Tanaquil's
talents can make it work. And Tanaquil finds the unicorn is
much more than a machine of war. Sequel to _Black Unicorn
(RC 37074)_. For junior and senior high and older readers.
1994.
RC 40922.
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Swamp.
RC 40925.
by Peter Tremayne.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
2 cassettes.
Two amateur hunters plan to illegally shoot a manatee in the
Florida Everglades National Park. Instead they kill a
monstrous-looking biped that was swimming in the swamp.
Immediately an even larger monster emerges from the water
and attacks them. Meanwhile two fugitives and their hostage
make their way to the same swamp, ironically thinking it a
safe place. Strong language and violence. 1985.
RC 40925.
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Send No Blessings.
RC 40998.
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
read by June Carter.
2 cassettes.
Beth Herndon, fifteen, lives in a trailer with her parents
and eight brothers and sisters. Beth longs for a better life
than her parents have and hopes her typing ability will be
the key to a better future away from West Virginia. But her
father wants Beth to quit school when she turns sixteen and
to marry twenty-two-year-old Harless. For junior and senior
high readers. 1990.
RC 40998.
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His Father's House.
RC 41115.
by D.J. Meador.
read by Michael Kramer.
3 cassettes.
When his father dies in 1973, Robert Trepnitz Kirkman finds
among his father's papers a letter, a photograph, and an
account of an event that took place during World War I.
Kirkman's compulsion to find the woman to whom the letter
was addressed takes him on an odyssey through East and West
Germany and into the lives of a German family. He compares
the divided Germany to the American South after the Civil
War. 1994.
RC 41115.
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Theory of War.
RC 41117.
by Joan Brady.
read by Kimberly Schraf.
2 cassettes.
Brady draws on her grandfather's experience to tell of a
white boy sold into slavery after the Civil War.
Four-year-old Jonathan Carrick begins a life few animals
could endure. But he makes his way with the help of the
railroad, a friend, a preacher, and some education. Later,
years of adversity tell on Carrick and produce serious
consequences within his family. Winner of Britain's
Whitbread Award. Strong language and some violence. 1993.
RC 41117.
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We Are Eternal.
RC 41244.
by Pierrette Fleutiaux.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
5 cassettes.
Contemporary gothic novel set in France after World War II.
Estelle Helleur is the sole living member of her family.
Burdened by secrets, she recounts her tragic, incestuous
family history to a mythical "madame." It is a foreboding
and passionate tale, centering around her younger brother
Dan, the love of her life and a dancer like their mother.
Estelle begs madame to use her story to create a dramatic
opera. Some strong language. 1990.
RC 41244.
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_Pudd'nhead Wilson_ and _Those_ _Extraordinary Twins_.
RC 41298.
by Mark Twain.
read by Chuck Young.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Two novels by the American humorist. In _Pudd'nhead Wilson_
Twain provides a complex, ironic, and morally disturbing
account of human nature under slavery as a brilliant and
inventive nineteenth-century lawyer attempts to prove his
case by using the newfangled science of fingerprinting.
_Those Extraordinary Twins_ is about Siamese twins who share
many amusing problems. 1894.
RC 41298.
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The Hills of Homicide.
RC 41471.
by Louis L'Amour.
read by Gary Telles.
2 cassettes.
The noted western writer presents eight of his "hard-boiled"
detective stories. In the title story, a private eye is sent
to the small western town of Ranagat to clear Blacky Caronna
of wealthy Jack Bitner's murder. Three other stories feature
Kip Morgan, a prize-fighter turned private investigator.
L'Amour includes an author's note with most of the stories.
Some strong language and some violence. 1983.
RC 41471.
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Walkabout.
RC 41555.
by James Vance Marshall.
read by Susan McInerney.
1 cassette (Reissue).
An Aboriginal boy, who is on his ritual walkabout in
Australia's remote Northern Territory, encounters a brother
and sister from South Carolina who have just survived a
plane crash. Although the Aborigine is supposed to complete
his walkabout alone, he realizes he must save the children.
But when the girl looks at him in fear, he thinks she has
seen the spirit of death and that he will soon die. For
junior and senior high readers. 1959.
RC 41555.
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A Visit to Highbury.
RC 41557.
by Joan Austen-Leigh.
read by Jennifer Mendenhall.
1 cassette.
The great-great-grand-niece of Jane Austen has taken some of
the minor characters from Austen's _Emma (RC 23490)_ and
allowed them to come into the spotlight. Letters between
Mrs. Goddard, the school headmistress in Highbury, and her
recently remarried sister, Mrs. Pinkney, in London speculate
on events in the lives of residents of both
locations--especially a few romances. 1993.
RC 41557.
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Out to Pasture (but Not over the Hill).
RC 41559.
by Effie Leland Wilder.
read by Mimi Bederman.
1 cassette.
Like herself, eighty-five-year-old Wilder's protagonist,
Hattie, is in a home for the elderly. After fourteen months
there, Hattie is compelled to jot down the often amusing and
sometimes sad situations she and her neighbors get into. She
uses these notes to help convince an old college friend,
whose name is almost to "the top of the list," that the home
is a good place to live. 1995.
RC 41559.
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A Marriage Made at Woodstock.
RC 41563.
by Cathie Pelletier.
read by June Carter.
3 cassettes.
Woodstock. For Fred and Lorraine it was a way of life as
well as a part of the landscape. But now, twenty-one years
later, the love that blossomed there is strained. Fred,
onetime poetry-loving hippie, has turned into a compulsive
yuppie, while Lorraine, now known as Chandra, continues to
fight for the betterment of humanity. Still, Chandra's
decision to call the marriage quits shocks Fred. Strong
language. 1994.
RC 41563.
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The Wisest Man in America.
RC 41568.
by W.D. Wetherell.
read by Phil Regensdorf.
2 cassettes.
New Hampshire native Ferris and columnist Max Thomas have
known each other since 1952. It was back then, as the two
men spent a day talking, that Thomas realized Ferris
understood the way America was moving and asked him to
predict the election results. Ferris was correct then, and
has been correct ever since. Now in 1996, Thomas is back for
the latest forecast. As they talk, they uncover interesting
facts about each other. 1995.
RC 41568.
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_Georgia on My Mind_ and Other Places.
RC 41666.
by Charles Sheffield.
read by Gary Telles.
3 cassettes.
Collection of fourteen science fiction stories covering a
wide range of topics and settings. The title piece is the
1993 Nebula Award-winning novelette about Charles Babbage's
analytical engine of 1850, the forerunner of the modern
computer. Other stories include "Beyond the Golden Road,"
"Humanity Test," "Destroyer of Worlds," "Millennium," "The
Fifteenth Station of the Cross," and "Health Care System."
1995.
RC 41666.
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Anything for Love.
RC 42575.
by Janelle Taylor.
read by Ann Hodapp.
2 cassettes.
Rachel Gaines has been a widow for fifteen years and, at
forty-seven, is tired of doing charity work and attending
ladies' luncheons. Her chance for a change of pace comes at
a class reunion. There she again meets Quentin Rawls, whom
she cut out of her life more than twelve years earlier. Some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 42575.
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Hostile Witness.
RC 42592.
by William Lashner.
read by Ray Foushee.
4 cassettes.
Fresh out of law school, Victor Carl joined with two friends
to form their own firm. But after six years, their future is
bleak. Then well-known Philadelphia lawyer William Prescott
offers Carl the opportunity of a lifetime. It sounds too
good to be true--and it is. Explicit descriptions of sex,
strong language, and some violence. 1995.
RC 42592.
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Come in from the Cold.
RC 43049.
by Marsha Qualey.
read by Gary Tipton.
1 cassette.
In 1969, Maud is seventeen and her older antiwar activist
sister has just been killed in a bomb blast. Meanwhile in
another Minnesota town, seventeen-year-old Jeff steps up his
own protests against the Vietnam War after his brother is
killed in battle. The two meet and find solace in each
other. Some descriptions of sex. For junior and senior high
readers. 1994.
RC 43049.
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Keeper of the House.
RC 43104.
by Rebecca T. Godwin.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
A maid's forty-year chronicle of life in an infamous South
Carolina brothel. Sent there in 1929 to work as a
housekeeper at age fourteen, Minyon Manigault tells of the
powerful clients, the prostitutes, and the white madam, whom
Minyon eventually succeeds as "keeper of the house." Strong
language and descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 43104.
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Death and the Maiden.
RC 43222.
by P.N. Elrod.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Set just before the Revolutionary War, this sequel to _Red
Death (RC 43221)_ finds British colonist Jonathan Barrett
trying to live a normal life with his family as he adjusts
to his vampire needs and abilities. When the growing
tensions of the coming conflict threaten his sanctuary and
loved ones, Jonathan is forced to call up the powers of the
undead. 1994.
RC 43222.
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A Fisherman of the Inland Sea: Science Fiction Stories.
RC 43403.
by Ursula K. Le Guin.
read by Ted Stoddard.
2 cassettes.
Eight tales that delve into the relationship between
perception and reality, and explore the "churten" effect, a
way of moving objects and people between distant worlds at
the speed of light. In the title story, a churten researcher
is flung backward in time to face a choice of alternative
futures. Some strong language. 1994.
RC 43403.
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Cosette: The Sequel to _Les Mis‚rables_.
RC 43461.
by Laura Kalpakian.
read by George Holmes.
5 cassettes.
Cosette, Jean Valjean's adopted daughter, and Marius, a
freedom fighter rescued by Valjean, continue the struggle
begun in Victor Hugo's _Les Mis‚rables (RC 35363)_. They
rear their two children and publish a revolutionary
newspaper as a brief, disappointing French Republic gives
way to the Second Empire. Strong language, violence, and
descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 43461.
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Five Hundred Years After.
RC 43533.
by Steven Brust.
read by Erik Sandvold.
4 cassettes.
Phoenix guard Khaavren and his swashbuckling companions
Aerich, Tazendra, and Pel again come to the aid of the aging
Emperor Tortaalik. They face Dragonlord Adron, who schemes
to claim the throne of Dragaera for himself. But Adron's
beautiful and ambitious daughter Aliera has plans of her
own. Sequel to _The Phoenix Guards (RC 43532)_. 1994.
RC 43533.
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Malice Prepense.
RC 43593.
by Kate Wilhelm.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to _The Best Defense (RC 39424)_, lawyer
Barbara Halloway defends Teddy Wendover, who has mental
retardation, in a murder charge. When the evidence clears
Teddy, suspicion shifts to his father, who has a motive. In
a tense courtroom contest, Halloway uncovers several other
links. 1996.
RC 43593.
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Footsteps.
RC 43597.
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
3 cassettes.
This sequel to _Child of All Nations (RC 44104)_ is set in
the early-twentieth-century Dutch East Indies, later
Indonesia. Minke leaves his medical studies to become a
crusading journalist and political activist in the struggle
against Dutch rule. 1990.
RC 43597.
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Everyone's Gone to the Moon.
RC 43609.
by Philip Norman.
read by Steven Crossley.
4 cassettes.
Louis Brennan writes for a hip magazine in "Mod London" at
the height of the "swinging sixties." He and his married
editor, Jack Shildrick, are both having an affair with the
same secretary. Brennan is torn between his loyalty to the
older, stodgier Shildrick and his desire to gain acceptance
from his younger, talented colleagues. Some strong language.
1995.
RC 43609.
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The Wood Beyond.
RC 43624.
by Reginald Hill.
read by George Holmes.
3 cassettes.
While picketing a drug-research lab, animal-rights
demonstrators stumble upon a generations-old corpse. In the
course of the investigation, Inspector Peter Pascoe links
the unearthed remains to his grandfather's shameful court
martial in World War I. Strong language. 1996.
RC 43624.
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The Gulf.
RC 43633.
by David Poyer.
read by L.J. Ganser.
3 cassettes.
While deployed in the Persian Gulf, the guided-missile
frigate USS _Turner Van Zandt_ is ordered to lead a convoy
of supertankers through mined waters. When hostile fire
sinks a navy destroyer, the _Van Zandt_'s commanding officer
sees the opportunity to avenge past wrongs. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1990.
RC 43633.
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Variations on Night and Day.
RC 43634.
by 'Abd al-Rahman Munif.
read by Robert Blumenfeld.
3 cassettes.
In the final novel of the Cities of Salt trilogy, Sultan
Khureybit rises to power in the Persian Gulf nation-state of
Mooran in the 1930s. During his reign, Khureybit--who is
aided by the underhanded British--battles rival clans and
squelches internal opposition using bribery and brutality.
Sequel to _The Trench (RC 35743)_. 1989.
RC 43634.
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The Wandering Arm.
RC 43642.
by Sharan Newman.
read by Robert Blumenfeld.
2 cassettes.
Medieval France. When the theft of a reliquary is linked to
some of their friends and family, a former nun and her
husband launch a discreet search. Upon the murder of one
suspect, a Jewish merchant, the case becomes even more
complex and their investigation increasingly perilous. 1995.
RC 43642.
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Tiger's Tail.
RC 43644.
by Gus Lee.
read by Ed Blake.
3 cassettes.
In 1974, Chinese American Captain Jackson Kan is ordered to
the Korean demilitarized zone to find a missing army
prosecutor. Kan liberates a hell-hole prison, deposes the
power-mad commander, and defuses a plot to incite a war, all
while dealing with his own problems as a Vietnam veteran and
as a Chinese son. Strong language and violence. 1996.
RC 43644.
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Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories.
RC 43699.
by Gina Berriault.
read by Annie Wauters.
3 cassettes.
Short stories that depict the human condition through a
variety of characters in real-life situations. In one story,
a librarian becomes suspicious of a homeless man who wants
him to interpret a poem. The librarian later realizes that
the man was simply seeking guidance for his life. 1996.
RC 43699.
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Pope Joan.
RC 43715.
by Donna Woolfolk Cross.
read by Nanette Savard.
4 cassettes.
Born in ninth-century Europe, Joan aspires to an education,
a privilege then denied to girls. When her brother is killed
in a Viking raid, she assumes his identity as a male, enters
a monastery, and rises through the ranks of the church to
the Throne of Saint Peter itself. 1996.
RC 43715.
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In Heaven as on Earth: A Vision of the Afterlife.
RC 43744.
by M. Scott Peck.
read by Gregory Gorton.
1 cassette.
The tale of a man's journey into the afterlife. Upon dying,
he finds himself in a small room where "greeters" introduce
him to his new life. He is reunited with departed loved ones
and has an encounter with Satan in the form of an enticing
young woman. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 43744.
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The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant.
RC 43750.
by Mavis Gallant.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
8 cassettes.
Selected stories on such themes as life crises,
disillusionment, and the ability to adjust and go on living
under a new set of personal myths. In "The Other Paris," a
woman who enters a doomed marriage on romantic impulse later
"reminisces" about a joyful past that never happened. 1996.
RC 43750.
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Brothers.
RC 43809.
by Ben Bova.
read by Andy Chappell.
3 cassettes.
Dr. Arthur Marshak makes a biomedical discovery that enables
the body to regenerate injured or diseased organs. Some
extol it as a great scientific breakthrough; others see it
as blasphemy. When a scientific court convenes to weigh the
merits of his work, Marshak is pitted against his brother,
Jesse, a humanitarian physician. Some strong language. 1996.
RC 43809.
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The Passage.
RC 43815.
by David Poyer.
read by Fred Major.
4 cassettes.
Lieutenant Dan Lenson boards a destroyer for its shakedown
cruise in the Caribbean. As he works to correct the ship's
advanced electronic systems, he finds that greater problems
plague his new command. Lenson's limits are tested as he
rescues Cuban refugees from a stormy sea and confronts a
mutinous crew. Strong language and descriptions of sex.
1995.
RC 43815.
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The Rag Nymph.
RC 43818.
by Catherine Cookson.
read by Carol Dines.
2 cassettes.
At the age of seven, Millie Forester finds herself alone in
the world. Her mother has committed suicide, and her father
disappeared long ago. She is taken in by Raggie Aggie
Winkowski and Ben, a young man Aggie opened her home to
years before. Millie is free-spirited and often finds
herself in difficult situations--especially with men. Ben
quietly stays in the background and rescues her when the
need arises. 1991.
RC 43818.
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The Emerald Flame: Land of the Far Horizon, Book 3.
RC 43828.
by Patricia Hickman.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
In 1800 twelve-year-old Kelsey McBride is torn from her
beloved Ireland and sent to Australia with her mother, a
convicted dissident. Kelsey wants to return to Ireland, but
the love of the Prentice family changes her mind. And Rachel
Langley finally returns to Sydney Cove, where surprises
await her. Sequel to _Angel of the Outback (RC 43827)_.
1996.
RC 43828.
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Grand Jury.
RC 43847.
by Philip Friedman.
read by John Stratton.
5 cassettes.
In this sequel to _Inadmissable Evidence (RC 36253)_, grand
juror Susan Linwood senses something odd about the
government's drug case against an elderly Chinese couple.
Herself of Chinese descent, Linwood enlists the help of
another juror to probe the matter privately. What they
uncover imperils their very lives. Descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 1996.
RC 43847.
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Mason's Retreat.
RC 43854.
by Christopher Tilghman.
read by Christopher Hurt.
2 cassettes.
Faced with declining fortunes in England, Edward Mason moves
his family to Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1936. As war
threatens and Edward returns to England on business, family
conflicts and betrayals lead to tragedy and loss of
birthright. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 43854.
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Prayers for the Dead: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel.
RC 43860.
by Faye Kellerman.
read by Richard Davidson.
3 cassettes.
When renowned Dr. Azor Sparks is found brutally murdered in
an alley, LAPD detective Peter Decker gets the case.
Decker's probe reveals that Sparks's secret life belied his
upright image and made him some powerful and dangerous
enemies. The trail of clues leads to Decker's own family.
Strong language and violence. 1996.
RC 43860.
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Warrior Scarlet.
RC 43867.
by Rosemary Sutcliff.
read by Tom Martin.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A tale set in England during the Bronze Age. A boy aspires
to wear the warrior's scarlet, the sign of manhood in his
tribe. To do so, he must first slay a wolf. But with a
withered spear arm, he faces a formidable challenge. For
junior and senior high readers. Violence. 1958.
RC 43867.
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Crisis on Doona.
RC 43872.
by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye.
read by Mary Woods.
2 cassettes.
For twenty-five years, humans and the catlike Hrrubans have
lived in harmony on the planet Doona. Human diplomat Todd
Reeve and his inseparable Hrruban friend, Hrriss, symbolize
the peaceful relationship between the two races. But
xenophobic politicians, who want to disrupt the peace,
target Todd and Hrriss with trumped-up charges of theft and
treason. Sequel to _Decision at Doona (RC 43871)_. 1992.
RC 43872.
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Death in the Andes.
RC 43874.
by Mario Vargas Llosa.
read by Peter Gil.
2 cassettes.
When three men vanish from a remote mountain village, two
Peruvian soldiers are sent to search. In their efforts to
solve the disappearances, the troopers encounter the horrors
of human sacrifice, cannibalism, and guerrilla violence.
Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 43874.
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Selected Stories.
RC 43878.
by Alice Munro.
read by Mary Kane.
5 cassettes.
Twenty-eight short stories first published from 1961 through
1994 by the renowned Canadian writer. Lake Huron's small
towns and farms provide the setting for stories that feature
elaborate personalities in seemingly ordinary circumstances.
Includes "Dance of the Happy Shades," "The Beggar Maid,"
"The Progress of Love," and "Vandals." 1996.
RC 43878.
##

Sandra Nichols Found Dead.
RC 43885.
by George V. Higgins.
read by Gregory Gorton.
2 cassettes.
When Sandra Nichols is found murdered, her ex-husband is
charged with wrongful death, and attorney Jerry Kennedy
agrees to try the case. Kennedy becomes guardian for the
orphaned children, sedulously gathers the needed evidence,
and assails the ex-husband's alibi. Strong language. 1996.
RC 43885.
##

To Kill the Leopard.
RC 43886.
by Theodore Taylor.
read by Gregory Gorton.
2 cassettes.
In March 1941, American merchant marine officer Sully Jordan
survives the sinking of his oil tanker by a German U-boat.
After the same U-boat torpedoes another tanker from under
him one year later, Jordan takes command of an armed decoy
Q-ship, hoping to settle the score. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. For senior high and older
readers. 1993.
RC 43886.
##

Best Kept Secrets.
RC 43890.
by Sandra Brown.
read by Laura Giannarelli.
3 cassettes.
Alexandra Gaither has convinced her district attorney boss
to let her reopen a twenty-five-year-old murder case in
Purcell, Texas. The victim was Alexandra's mother, Celina,
and the suspects are wealthy rancher Angus Minton and
Celina's close friends Junior and Reede Lambert. Strong
language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1989.
RC 43890.
##

The King's Bishop: An Owen Archer Mystery.
RC 43893.
by Candace Robb.
read by Vanessa Maroney.
3 cassettes.
In 1367 King Edward III dispatches Owen Archer on a covert
mission to persuade two major abbeys to support the king's
choice for bishop of Winchester. When his mission is
interrupted by murder and his friend stands accused, Archer
follows a path of clues that leads him back to the royal
court. Violence. 1996.
RC 43893.
##

The Nun's Tale: An Owen Archer Mystery.
RC 43894.
by Candace M. Robb.
read by Vanessa Maroney.
3 cassettes.
In fourteenth-century England, a woman who claims the
identity of a deceased nun is trading in stolen relics and
miracles. When she is linked to a series of deaths and
treason against the crown, Owen Archer is called to
investigate. Violence. 1995.
RC 43894.
##

Snow Wolf.
RC 43906.
by Glenn Meade.
read by Chuck Benson.
4 cassettes.
In 1953 President Eisenhower receives alarming reports of
Joseph Stalin's deteriorating mental health and of a
heightened risk of war. Ike authorizes the CIA to kill
Stalin, and two agents are dropped in Moscow. When the plot
goes awry, the agents come under threat from both sides and
find an unlikely ally. Violence, strong language, and
descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 43906.
##

Mount Dragon.
RC 43919.
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
read by Jim Zeiger.
3 cassettes.
Genetic scientist Guy Carson's assignment at the elite Mount
Dragon biomedical lab in New Mexico is to find a permanent
cure for the flu by altering human DNA. But his discoveries
take a tragic turn, putting the whole world at horrifying
risk. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 43919.
##

Written in Blood: A Chief Inspector Barnaby Mystery.
RC 43927.
by Caroline Graham.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
3 cassettes.
The eccentrics in a writers' group are pleased to get author
Max Jennings as a guest speaker--except for the reclusive
host, who begs not to be left alone with him. As everyone is
leaving, Jennings rushes back inside and bars the door.
Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 43927.
##

Ebola: A Documentary Novel of Its First Explosion.
RC 43938.
by William T. Close.
read by Jim Zeiger.
3 cassettes.
Fictional account of the devastating effects of the ebola
virus at the Catholic Mission of Yambuku in Africa. Dr.
Close spent sixteen years in the Republic of Zaire and
worked closely with the Flemish nuns and others who dealt
with the disease, which struck the country in 1976. He
recounts the story of a local teacher who arrived at the
clinic with a raging fever and the tragic results of his
visit. Bestseller 1995.
RC 43938.
##

Eyes of Eagles.
RC 44011.
by William W. Johnstone.
read by Jack Fox.
3 cassettes.
In this prequel to _Dreams of Eagles (RC 44012)_, Jamie
MacCallister is captured by Indians at age seven and later
escapes to a Kentucky settlement, where he soon finds
himself charged with murder. Fleeing westward, he joins with
Jim Bowie, Sam Houston, and other Texans at the beleaguered
Alamo. Strong language. 1993.
RC 44011.
##

The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams.
RC 44040.
by William Carlos Williams.
read by David Palmer.
3 cassettes.
Insightful short stories by a physician-writer, often on
medical themes, about the lives of immigrant and
working-class people. In one vignette, "The Use of Force," a
doctor is driven to coercive measures as he diagnoses a
violently resistant child whose life is at risk. Some strong
language. 1996.
RC 44040.
##

Shades of Twilight.
RC 44045.
by Linda Howard.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
3 cassettes.
When her parents and aunt die in an accident, Roanna
Davenport and her conniving, illegitimate cousin, Jessie,
move to their grandmother Lucinda's Alabama estate.
Lucinda's great-nephew and heir, Webb, marries Jessie, much
to Roanna's secret sorrow. Then Jessie's past rips the
family apart. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex,
and some violence. Bestseller 1996.
RC 44045.
##

The Mulching of America.
RC 44051.
by Harry Crews.
read by Roy Avers.
2 cassettes.
Traveling soap salesman Hickum Looney wins the annual sales
contest that his tyrannical boss has dominated for
twenty-five years. As his reward, Looney is degraded and
ejected near-naked into the parking lot, where his life
takes a bizarre turn for the better. Strong language,
violence, and descriptions of sex. 1995.
RC 44051.
##

Black Lightning.
RC 44052.
by John Saul.
read by Ray Foushee.
3 cassettes.
Journalist Anne Jeffers is partially responsible for serial
killer Richard Kraven's execution. When Kraven dies,
Jeffers's husband has a near-fatal heart attack and then
begins acting oddly. Meanwhile a copycat killer tries to
gain the same notoriety as Kraven. Strong language,
violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1995.
RC 44052.
##

Gideon's Torch.
RC 44053.
by Charles Colson and Ellen Vaughn.
read by John Polk.
4 cassettes.
When an abortion-clinic doctor is murdered, a federal
crackdown is mounted to find the killer. Then a protest
group gets a shocking abortion video on the evening news,
terrorists bomb a fetal research center, and the president
declares martial law. Violence. 1995.
RC 44053.
##

War Drums.
RC 44058.
by John Vornholt.
read by Gary Tipton.
2 cassettes.
On the colony world of Selva, a small band of Klingons,
survivors of a long-ago space wreck, have reverted to a
savage state and are attacking the human settlement.
Lieutenant Worf of the starship _Enterprise_ leads a landing
party to contact the Klingons. An all-out war between the
Klingons and the human colonists appears to be inevitable.
In addition, Worf learns that a more deadly force is at work
on the planet. A Star Trek: The Next Generation novel. 1992.
RC 44058.
##

The Book of Mercy.
RC 44065.
by Kathleen Cambor.
read by Ann Hodapp.
2 cassettes.
Retired fireman Edmund Mueller's lonely life is haunted by
melancholy memories of his runaway wife and estranged
children. Mueller practices alchemy, hoping to restore his
lost past. His psychiatrist daughter uncovers the secret of
her father's obsession and realizes that her own life is
also a futile quest for happiness. Strong language and
descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 44065.
##

The Ringworld Throne.
RC 44067.
by Larry Niven.
read by James DeLotel.
3 cassettes.
This sequel to _The Ringworld Engineers (RC 17471)_ begins
with a tour of the habitat of six hundred trillion square
miles that rings a distant sun. When explorer Louis Wu
returns to save Ringworld from colliding with its sun, he
finds a society beset by violence. Violence. 1996.
RC 44067.
##

Roanoke: The Lost Colony; Keepers of the Ring, Volume 1.
RC 44069.
by Angela Elwell Hunt.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
3 cassettes.
Using John White's 1587 voyage to America, Hunt creates a
fictional account of the founding of Roanoke colony. Jocelyn
White is reluctant to join her uncle's expedition, but he
and Jocelyn's father insist she accompany her cousin,
Eleanor, recently married and pregnant. John also makes sure
a future husband for Jocelyn is aboard. 1996.
RC 44069.
##

The Crying Child.
RC 44073.
by Barbara Michaels.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
2 cassettes.
Mary Fraser's grief after losing yet another child through
miscarriage has brought her to the brink of madness. Mary's
husband begs her sister, Joanne, to join them on the tiny
Maine island of his ancestors and try to help Mary, who
claims to hear a child crying. Joanne truly fears her sister
is losing her mind--until she also hears a cry in the night.
1971.
RC 44073.
##

The Wedding.
RC 44078.
by Julie Garwood.
read by Ann Hodapp.
3 cassettes.
In twelfth-century Scotland, Lady Brenna is on her way to an
arranged marriage with Laird MacNare when her party is
attacked by Laird MacAlister. MacAlister, to whom she
proposed when she was just a child, forces Lady Brenna to
marry him. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong
language, and some violence. Bestseller 1996.
RC 44078.
##

The Bookmakers.
RC 44085.
by Zev Chafets.
read by Randy Wieck.
2 cassettes.
When Mack Green brazenly foils an attempted holdup, the
burned-out writer realizes he wants to die. So he proposes
writing a suicide diary of his final year, his agent likes
the idea, and Mack's offbeat project begins. But Mack finds
love and a reason to live, and the scheme goes awry. Strong
language. 1995.
RC 44085.
##

Wish List.
RC 44087.
by Fern Michaels.
read by Sharon Murray.
2 cassettes.
Ariel Hart is approaching the big Five-O, and two husbands
and a brilliant acting career have not made her happy. Now
she is on the skids, and her "wish list" is growing. If only
she could recapture the way she felt at sixteen when she and
Felix Sanchez were secretly married in Tijuana. Perhaps if
she returns to her childhood home of Chula Vista, life will
improve. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of
sex. Bestseller 1996.
RC 44087.
##

Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science
Fiction and Fantasy of the Year.
RC 44096.
edited by Pamela Sargent.
read by Roy Avers.
3 cassettes.
Includes the 1993 choices of the Science Fiction and Fantasy
Writers of America for best novel, novella, novelette, and
short story. Nonfiction entries include the Rhysling Awards
for poetry, essays on new science fiction and fantasy works,
memorials to deceased authors, and a survey of 1993 movies.
Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex.
1995.
RC 44096.
##

Burr.
RC 44097.
by Gore Vidal.
read by Roy Avers.
4 cassettes (Reissue).
A fictional memoir of Aaron Burr, a hero of the American
Revolution, which describes the struggles and endless
intrigues of the new United States. Washington, Jefferson,
and Hamilton emerge as questionable politicians. Bestseller
1973.
RC 44097.
##

Tapes of the River Delta.
RC 44108.
by Peter Cunningham.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
2 cassettes.
Theo Shortcourse escapes from the mental hospital where he
is held after committing murder. He hides out in the river
delta, where he long ago swam with boyhood friends, one of
whom is now Ireland's prime minister. Theo reveals the
chilling story of his tragic life by talking into a tape
recorder. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of
sex. 1995.
RC 44108.
##

Last Orders.
RC 44117.
by Graham Swift.
read by Graeme Malcolm.
2 cassettes.
Three British World War II veterans and drinking mates set
out to fulfill a friend's dying request: that his ashes be
scattered into the sea at Margate. En route, the men reflect
on love, war, marriage, and business, as they reveal the
failed hopes of their own lives. Strong language. 1996.
RC 44117.
##

Halo.
RC 44122.
by John Loveday.
read by John Stratton.
2 cassettes.
A boy comes of age while en route to Oregon on a wagon train
in the mid 1800s. He chronicles the daily routine, his
discovery of art, and his sexual awakening with a mother and
daughter. The blissful peace of the trail is lost when the
party reaches Halo, a raucous frontier town. Strong language
and descriptions of sex. 1992.
RC 44122.
##

Winter Games.
RC 44128.
by John Feinstein.
read by Christopher Hurt.
2 cassettes.
Rytis Buzelis, a Lithuanian-born basketball star, is wooed
by college coaches across the country. When journalist Bobby
Kelleher finds the body of an old friend and coach who had
been vying to sign Buzelis, Kelleher ventures into the
sinister world of big-money sports to find the killer.
Strong language. 1995.
RC 44128.
##

Her Majesty's Wizard.
RC 44132.
by Christopher Stasheff.
read by Erik Sandvold.
3 cassettes.
When postgraduate student Matthew Mantrell deciphers the
runes on an ancient parchment that he finds in the
university library, he is transported to a medieval-like
world where reciting verses can work magic. Matt is good at
reciting verses, so he takes on the job of wizard and
attempts to rescue a princess from an evil sorcerer. 1986.
RC 44132.
##

Vegas Rich.
RC 44137.
by Fern Michaels.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
4 cassettes.
In this spinoff from Michaels's Texas trilogy, Sallie
Coleman comes to Las Vegas and, because she is kind to an
old man, suddenly finds herself very rich. The story
continues with accounts of Sallie's grandchildren. Prequel
to _Vegas Heat (RC 44138)_. Some strong language and some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1996.
RC 44137.
##

_A_ _Man of Mystery_ and Other Stories.
RC 44149.
by Shiva Naipaul.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
Eight variously humorous and tragic tales that comment on
the human condition. The title story describes the simple
lives of a shoemaker and his wife until she has their house
torn down and builds another and he lives in his shop and
the neighborhood bar. 1984.
RC 44149.
##

Le Divorce.
RC 44152.
by Diane Johnson.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
Isabel Walker is in Paris to help her pregnant stepsister,
Roxy, whose French husband has left her for another woman.
The two sisters, their family, and Roxy's in-laws attempt to
work things out, hampered by vast differences in attitudes.
The ownership of a valuable painting that Roxy gave to her
husband as a wedding present further complicates matters.
Some strong language. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44152.
##

Tristessa.
RC 44155.
by Jack Kerouac.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
1 cassette.
A rambling story relating an American's stuporous escapades
in the slums of Mexico City in 1952. This
stream-of-consciousness tale interweaves observations of a
rooster, a cat, a chihuahua dog, and a ravished drug addict
in homes, shops, and on the streets of the city. 1960.
RC 44155.
##

Holding the Dream.
RC 44156.
by Nora Roberts.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
In this sequel to _Daring to Dream (RC 42829)_, accountant
Kate Powell is stunned to be accused of skimming money from
her clients. Suspended and working in the shop she co-owns
with her cousin and friend, Kate's anxiety leads to illness.
Her unlikely savior is suave Byron De Witt, a manager in
Kate's uncle's hotel chain. Strong language and explicit
descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 44156.
##

The Outside Man.
RC 44157.
by Richard North Patterson.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Ever since attorney Adam Shaw migrated from the North to his
new southern home, he has felt like a stranger. Then his
best friend disappears, and the friend's wife is found dead.
Shaw aims to solve the crime and risks everything to
penetrate the social facade that conceals the mystery.
Strong language and violence. 1981.
RC 44157.
##

To Love Again.
RC 44158.
by Bertrice Small.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
3 cassettes.
Britain, A.D. 453. Cailin Drusus is a young woman when her
family is destroyed and she must flee to her maternal
grandfather. Forced to spend the night with Wulf Ironfist, a
guest of her grandfather's, Cailin, with Wulf's help,
develops a plan to regain her lost lands. But soon
afterwards, Cailin is drugged and sold into slavery.
Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1993.
RC 44158.
##

The Black Tower.
RC 44163.
by P.D. James.
read by David Hartley-Margolin.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Mystery set in England about convalescent Adam Dalgliesh,
who goes to Dorset and discovers that the priest who had
summoned him is dead. Adam becomes involved in intrigue and
murder when more deaths occur at a nearby home for disabled
people. 1975.
RC 44163.
##

Captive Bride.
RC 44168.
by Johanna Lindsey.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
Seventeen-year-old Christina Wakefield's first London season
in 1883 is ruined by the arrogant Philip Caxton. Soon
afterwards her brother is ordered to Cairo, and Christina
travels with him. On her first night there, Christina is
abducted by Sheik Abu, a.k.a. Philip Caxton. Explicit
descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some
violence. 1977.
RC 44168.
##

No Survivors.
RC 44175.
by Will Henry.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
A fictionalized account of the 1876 Battle of the Little
Bighorn, as recorded in the journal of its sole survivor,
Colonel John Clayton. Clayton, who is captured and adopted
by the Sioux, faces a crisis of identity when his tribe
rides against the army in which he once served. Violence.
1950.
RC 44175.
##

Go Ask Alice.
RC 44179.
by  Anonymous.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Based on the diary of a fifteen-year-old girl who turned to
drugs because of her feelings of loneliness and rebellion
against the world. Though she tries to stop, she dies of an
overdose three weeks after her seventeenth birthday. Strong
language. For junior and senior high readers. 1971.
RC 44179.
##

The Fearful Summons.
RC 44180.
by Denny Martin Flinn.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
The Thraxians, a little-known race on the galactic frontier,
kidnap the crew of the Federation starship _Excelsior_ and
demand powerful weapons in exchange for the release of the
hostages. Captain Kirk and the former officers of the
starship _Enterprise_ reunite to undertake a rescue mission.
A Star Trek novel. 1995.
RC 44180.
##

Shameless.
RC 44184.
by Jennifer Blake.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
Camilla Greenley Hutton's divorce is almost final when her
husband, Keith, decides he doesn't want to let her go. It
seems Cammie may be heiress to the town's paper mill
(currently owned by Reid Sayers), because of an old feud
between two Louisiana families. Then Keith is found murdered
and Cammie and Reid become suspects. Some strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 44184.
##

So Big.
RC 44189.
by Edna Ferber.
read by Jill Ferris.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A farm woman's indomitable spirit and quick response to
beauty are unquenched by years of hardship--all for the sake
of her son. Pulitzer Prize. Originally published in 1924.
1995.
RC 44189.
##

Independence Day.
RC 44192.
by Richard Ford.
read by Jamie Horton.
4 cassettes.
Seven years ago Frank Bascombe, of _Sportswriter (RC
37166)_, got divorced, yet he is still in his "existence
period." Perhaps things will change this Fourth of July
weekend. After a brief trip to see his longtime girlfriend,
who may take him into a "permanent period," Frank plans to
take his son, Paul, fifteen and recently arrested for
shoplifting, to visit several sports halls of fame. But fate
steps in along the way. Strong language. Bestseller 1995.
RC 44192.
##

Ticktock.
RC 44204.
by Dean Koontz.
read by James DeLotel.
2 cassettes.
Thirty-year-old novelist Tommy Phan arrives home one day to
find a mysterious rag doll at his front door. That night
Tommy hears strange noises coming from the doll, which
springs to life and turns its diabolical powers on him.
Tommy flees in desperation to escape the fiend's clutches.
Bestseller 1996.
RC 44204.
##

A Thin Dark Line.
RC 44208.
by Tami Hoag.
read by Mitzi Friedlander.
4 cassettes.
When a murder prosecution is vitiated by an officer's
failure to list key evidence on a search warrant, an irate
detective decides to take the law into his own hands. Deputy
Annie Broussard joins forces with the rogue detective in
tracking the elusive killer. Strong language, violence, and
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44208.
##

Karma.
RC 44214.
by Mitchell Smith.
read by Fred Major.
3 cassettes.
When architect Evan Scott watches a female construction
worker plunge seventy stories from a skyscraper frame, he
realizes it was no accident. His investigation threatens
powerful interests on both sides of the law and leads him on
a perilous mission of vengeance. Strong language, violence,
and descriptions of sex. 1994.
RC 44214.
##

True Grit.
RC 44219.
by Charles Portis.
read by Terry Hayes Sales.
1 cassette (Reissue).
Fifty years afterward, a woman tells how, as a girl of
fourteen, she, a federal marshal, and a Texas Ranger tracked
her father's murderer from Arkansas into Indian territory.
Some violence. 1968.
RC 44219.
##

Lost Island.
RC 44220.
by Phyllis A. Whitney.
read by Carole Jordan Stewart.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
Lacey Ames returns to Hampton, an island off the coast of
Georgia, where she spent her childhood and where her
youthful romance with Giles Severn ended in disappointment.
Unable to forget Giles, Lacey hopes to exorcise the spell of
the island and of Giles. 1970.
RC 44220.
##

Infernal Affairs.
RC 44285.
by Jane Heller.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
The night her husband leaves her, overweight, graying, real
estate agent Barbara Chessner unknowingly makes a deal with
the devil. The next morning she wakes up blond and shapely,
and she even makes an impossible sale to a gorgeous man. But
when Barbara learns she's a darksider, she wants her old
life back. Some strong language and some descriptions of
sex. 1996.
RC 44285.
##

Evening Class.
RC 44308.
by Maeve Binchy.
read by Anne Flosnik.
3 cassettes.
For many people in Dublin, life is the same day after day,
but that changes dramatically for forty-eight-year old Aidan
Dunne, when he is passed over for a school principal
position. He and Nora O'Donoghue, just returned from
twenty-six years in Italy, begin teaching Italian in a
series of evening classes. Together, they help many other
Dubliners make transitions, too. Some strong language. 1996.
RC 44308.
##

Small Vices.
RC 44310.
by Robert B. Parker.
read by Ray Foushee.
2 cassettes.
As a district attorney, Rita Fiore won a murder conviction
for convicted sex offender Ellis Alves. Two years later, now
as part of a major law firm, Fiore has doubts about Alves's
guilt, and convinces her firm to hire Spenser to investigate
his claims of innocence. But soon after Spenser begins work,
a "man in gray" takes him down with three shots. Strong
language and some violence. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44310.
##

The Night Crew.
RC 44311.
by John Sandford.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
2 cassettes.
As Anna Batory and her TV camera crew patrol the nocturnal
streets of Los Angeles, the night turns deadly. Following
the filming of a drugged teen's suicide and the mysterious
death of her cameraman, Anna realizes that she is the next
target of a psychotic killer. Strong language, violence, and
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44311.
##

3001: The Final Odyssey.
RC 44314.
by Arthur C. Clarke.
read by John Stratton.
2 cassettes.
After being killed and abandoned in space,
twenty-first-century astronaut Frank Poole is revived a
thousand years in the future. He finds that humanity has
spread throughout the solar system and lives in a state of
near utopia. But all is not well in the third millenium. The
mysterious black monoliths are still present and may now
pose a threat. Sequel to _2061: Odyssey Three (RC 26047)_.
1997.
RC 44314.
##

Crooked Little Heart.
RC 44316.
by Anne Lamott.
read by Suzanne Toren.
3 cassettes.
In this sequel to _Rosie (RC 20356)_, young tennis star
Rosie Ferguson is beset by the anxieties of early
adolescence and the unwanted attentions of a menacing,
middle-aged, court-side spectator. When tragedy strikes
close to her family, Rosie rises to confront her fears.
Strong language and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44316.
##

Nothing but You: Love Stories from the _New Yorker_.
RC 44363.
edited by Roger Angell.
read by Faith Potts.
4 cassettes.
An anthology of romantic stories by postmodernists,
ironists, and other authors recounting their personal
encounters with love. In "The Diver," a young man
accidentally falls into the river. A kindly Parisian
seamstress seduces the hapless fellow as she helps him
change his wet clothes. Descriptions of sex. 1997.
RC 44363.
##

The Tin Can Tree.
RC 44373.
by Anne Tyler.
read by Mary Kane.
2 cassettes (Reissue).
A novel following the few days after the death of a little
girl, exploring the effects on her older brother, on her
mother who neglects the boy in her grief, and on their
neighbors. 1965.
RC 44373.
##

High Rising.
RC 44375.
by Angela Thirkell.
read by Anne Flosnik.
2 cassettes.
Now that her three older sons are self-supporting,
forty-five-year-old widowed novelist Laura Morland need only
worry about young Tony, who "has a splendid natural
resistance to learning in any form." But money complications
make way for social ones as almost everyone in Laura's
circle of acquaintances--from her publisher to her
secretary--becomes involved in convoluted romances fraught
with misunderstandings. 1933.
RC 44375.
##

The Blue Wall.
RC 44448.
by Kenneth Abel.
read by Christopher Walker.
2 cassettes.
Already reeling from a broken marriage, NYPD detective Dave
Moser probes a brutal murder involving a crime family. As he
presses the case, Moser runs afoul of the mob, the
department, and a federal sting of city police corruption.
Strong language and violence. 1996.
RC 44448.
##

Pretend You Don't See Her.
RC 44529.
by Mary Higgins Clark.
read by Carol Dines.
2 cassettes.
Lacey Farrell, a Manhattan real estate agent, is forced to
assume a new identity when she accidentally witnesses the
murder of a woman whose daughter had recently died in an
apparent accident. The woman's dying act is to give Lacey
her daughter's journal--which she photocopies before giving
it to the police. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44529.
##

Deep Waters.
RC 44530.
by Jayne Ann Krentz.
read by Ann Hodapp.
2 cassettes.
Charity Truitt, twenty-nine, walks out on her engagement
party and escapes to Whispering Waters Cove, Washington.
Although their marriage meant a merger between two large
Seattle firms, her fianc‚ was just too big a man for
Charity. In her new life, Charity meets Elias Winters, a man
who seems to be just the right size. Some strong language
and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1996.
RC 44530.
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Plum Island.
RC 44551.
by Nelson DeMille.
read by Fred Major.
4 cassettes.
While NYPD detective John Corey is recuperating from wounds
on Long Island, two research biologists are found shot on
nearby Plum Island. Corey joins the case and finds himself
in a perilous world of germ warfare, buried treasure,
avarice, and murder. Strong language, violence, and
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44551.
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Before the Storm: The Black Fleet Crisis, Book 1.
RC 44589.
by Michael P. Kube-McDowell.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
Since the Empire has been vanquished, the New Republic has
entered an era of tranquil harmony under the leadership of
the Jedi Knights. Then a series of events disrupts the
peace: Luke ventures off on a perilous rescue mission to his
mother's homeworld, Lando confronts a menacing spacecraft,
and Leia attempts to avert a war. Prequel to _Shield of Lies
(RC 44590)_. 1996.
RC 44589.
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Shield of Lies: The Black Fleet Crisis, Book 2.
RC 44590.
by Michael P. Kube-McDowell.
read by Jim Zeiger.
2 cassettes.
In this sequel to _Before the Storm (RC 44589)_, Lando is
abducted aboard an unidentified spacecraft, while Leia
contends with a threat to the stability of the New Republic.
Han departs on a deep-space voyage, where he engages a fleet
of warships in a battle that could doom civilization.
Bestseller 1996.
RC 44590.
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The Folly: Being the Fourth Volume of the Daughters of
Mannerling.
RC 44591.
by Marion Chesney.
read by Jill Ferris.
1 cassette.
Rachel Beverley, the next sister in line to try to regain
the lost family home, Mannerling, hopes to make a good
impression on the latest owner, Charles Blackwood. But
Rachel gets off to a bad start when she reprimands him for
leaving his children in the charge of a spiteful governess.
Sequel to _The Deception (RC 42439)_. 1996.
RC 44591.
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McNally's Gamble.
RC 44593.
by Lawrence Sanders.
read by Chuck Benson.
2 cassettes.
As chief of discreet inquiries in his father's law firm,
Archy McNally investigates the validity of a Faberg‚
Imperial egg. Client Edythe Westmore wants to buy the egg as
an investment, but her children are strongly opposed.
McNally uncovers greed, passion, and murder amidst the
residents of Palm Beach. Some strong language. Bestseller
1997.
RC 44593.
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Cow Country.
RC 44594.
by Will James.
read by Jim Zeiger.
1 cassette.
Eight short stories that capture the hardships, adventures,
and spirit of the American cowboy. The selections tell of
wild mustangs, ornery steers, lonesome drifters, and fancy
dudes of the West in the early 1900s. 1995.
RC 44594.
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The Waiting Time.
RC 44609.
by Eugenia Price.
read by Gabriella Cavallero.
2 cassettes.
Coastal Georgia, late 1850s. When Abigail Banes of Boston
marries plantation-owner Eli Allyn, she doesn't mind Eli's
owning slaves because she knows he will treat them well. But
then Eli drowns, and Abby is left to run the plantation. As
Abby and her overseer, Thaddeus Green, become abolitionists,
Thad becomes Abby's helpmate. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44609.
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Chasing C‚zanne.
RC 44634.
by Peter Mayle.
read by Fred Major.
2 cassettes.
Andre Kelly, a freelance photographer for _DQ_ magazine, is
in France to photograph a Russian woman's icons. While there
he decides to visit an old friend. He arrives and discovers
his friend is not at home, but the hired man seems to be
removing a C‚zanne painting. Kelly follows and finds himself
involved in an art-forgery scam. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44634.
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The Actual.
RC 44636.
by Saul Bellow.
read by James DeLotel.
1 cassette.
Semiretired Harry Trellman, a man alienated from life and
love, is abruptly hired to join the "brain trust" of a
billionaire. There Harry reencounters the flame of his
youth, who is now divorced and widowed. In a testimonial of
hope, Harry seeks to reclaim his lost love. Strong language
and descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1997.
RC 44636.
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Princess Charming.
RC 44680.
by Jane Heller.
read by Martha Harmon Pardee.
2 cassettes.
Since her divorce, Elaine Zimmerman mistrusts men and has no
interest in romance. So she is not thrilled when her two
friends drag her on a Caribbean cruise. Her qualms disappear
when she meets appealing tablemate Sam Peck, but return when
she learns that either she or one of her friends has been
targeted for murder by an ex-husband. Some strong language.
1997.
RC 44680.
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Then Came Heaven.
RC 45146.
by LaVyrle Spencer.
read by Annie Wauters.
2 cassettes.
In 1950s Browerville, Minnesota, Eddie Olczak, devastated by
the death of his wife, and Sister Regina, his children's
teacher, come to terms with the special feelings they have
for each other. Some strong language. Bestseller 1997.
RC 45146.
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The Best Revenge.
RC 45147.
by Stella Cameron.
read by Madelyn Buzzard.
3 cassettes.
Rae Faith flees her abusive childhood home and, for ten
years, leads a decent life, marrying a salesman. Then one
day her husband doesn't return home, and his brother-in-law,
Dallas Calhoun, accuses them both of embezzlement. Hoping to
clear her own name, Rae follows Dallas--and falls in love.
Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex.
Bestseller 1998.
RC 45147.
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