Creator: Ellen Archer
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2005-11-01
Dewey code: 790
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Coming Home to Myself / Tantor Media:The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar. Wynonna shares what she has learned about losing weight, spending money and mending family feuds. Coming Home to Myself is the result of that emotional journey-a song of personal discovery that taught Wynonna Judd to love not just what she does, but who she is. From a truly exceptional woman comes an unexpected memoir of survival, strength, hope, and forgiveness, filled with an exultant and empowering message certain to resonate with those who have dreamed of finding themselves, and who only needed the courage and inspiration to begin their own journey.
Creator: Fred Stella
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2002-01-15
Dewey code: 539.7092
List Price: $69.25
Price: $51.64
Review My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy / CD Library Edition:Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve U. S. defense capabilities. He loved his job at Los Alamos National Laboratory and spent his leisure time fishing, cooking, gardening, and with his family. Then, suddenly, everything changed and he found himself in the spotlight, accused of espionage by members of Congress and the national media and portrayed as the most dangerous traitor since the Rosenbergs. He was even told that their fate - execution - might well be his own. Although Dr. Lee was horrified by these words, he knew he was innocent and believed that this was all a big mistake that would be cleared up quickly. But in December 1999, his worst fears were confirmed when he was manacled, shackled, brought to jail, and put in a tiny, solitary-confinement cell, where he would remain for the next nine months. His arrest sparked controversy throughout the country; it triggered concern for national security, debate about racial profiling and media distortion, and outrage over a return to McCarthy-era paranoia. [+]Throughout the ordeal, Dr. Lee steadfastly maintained his innocence. Now, at last, he is free to tell his story. In this compelling narrative, Dr. Lee chronicles his experience before, during, and after his imprisonment. He takes readers inside Los Alamos and discusses how violations of national security occur in many government agencies. He describes how the FBI infiltrated his private life - lying to him and spying on him for nearly two decades. He relates his own anti-Communist stance, the result of tragic events from his past, and tells how he assisted the FBI to help protect nuclear secrets. He explains the role that the New York Times and unsourced "leaks" played in the country's rush to judgment. He details his harsh treatment in jail and how citizens can be incarcerated solely on government allegations and without factual justification. Finally, Dr. Lee accounts for why he downloaded codes, demonstrating once and for all that he is innocent of every charge leveled against him except for one, a security violation that many others had committed. A riveting story about prejudice, fear, suspicion- and courage - My Country Versus Me offers a revelatory first-hand account of one of the major abuses of our government's power in our time.
Creator: Simon Vance
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-12-10
Dewey code: 973.927
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.43
Review Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage / Tantor Media:Drawing on interviews with those closest to them, as well as on hundreds of recently declassified private letters and telephone calls, Nicholas Wapshott depicts a complex, personal, and sometimes argumentative relationship between two unlikely political soulmates.
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2002-05-25
Dewey code: 799
Price: $25.00
Review Fox, Fin & Feather: Tales from the Field / The Derrydale Press:Fox, Fin, and Feather is the sporting memoir of one of the most amusing raconteurs in the outdoor field today. Hooker tells the stories of the seminal figures of foxhunting and other field sports with humor and reverence.
Creator: Renee Raudman
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-07-09
Dewey code: 611.00711
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.39
Review Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab / Tantor Media:This is a hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. Christine Montross brings an uncommon perspective to the emotional difficulty of the first year of medical school, and her disturbing, often entertaining anecdotes enrich this exquisitely crafted memoir, endowing an eerie beauty to the world of a doctor-in-training.
Creator: Patrick Girard Lawlor
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-06-10
Dewey code: 973.7092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.53
Review Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America / Tantor Media:In Land of Lincoln, Ferguson embarks on a curiosity-fueled coast-to-coast journey through contemporary Lincoln Nation, encountering everything from hatred to adoration to opportunism and all manner of reaction in between. Land of Lincoln is an entertaining, unexpected, and big-hearted celebration of Lincoln and his enduring influence on the country he helped create.
Publication date: 2004-11-29
Dewey code: 817
List Price: $26.85
Price: $39.48
Review Hancock, a Comedy Genius (BBC Radio Collection) / BBC Audiobooks:This two-hour release traces Hancock's early career, starting as a 17 year old in a Bristol Variety show called A La Carte for the BBC Forces Programme and charts his rise through shows such as Variety bandbox and Happy-go-Lucky (where he first read words written by Galton and Simpson). This is the story of his rise to success told from recordings, scripts and press cuttings. It is the background against which the famous performances stand out - the story of a comic actor who could never believe that he really was one of the greatest of his time. The programme is presented by Denis Norden with contributions from Paul Merton.
Creator: Patrick Lawlor
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-01-01
Dewey code: 621.39092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It / Tantor Media:The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, "iWoz" presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
Creator: Stephen Hoye
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-05-05
Dewey code: 070.4332092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.38
Review Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World / Tantor Media:Currently the NBC News bureau chief in Israel, Martin Fletcher has written both an eyewitness account of some of the most tumultuous moments in modern history and an intimate personal story of a young man's ambitious, daring, and sometimes hilarious quest for adventure.
Creator: Alan Sklar
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-09-01
Dewey code: 364
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.46
Review Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss / Tantor Media:For the first time ever, the head of a major crime family tells all to the bestselling author of The Night Stalker and The Ice Man.
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-08-14
Dewey code: 970.016092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America / Tantor Media:A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America, "Amerigo"is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians, who spins a grandnarrative full of character and story. Unabridged. 8 CDs.
Creator: Todd McLaren
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-05-15
Dewey code: 364
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.51
Review Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride / Tantor Media:Award-winning historian Michael Wallis has spent several years re-creating the rich, anecdotal saga of Billy the Kid (1859-1881), a deeply mythologized young man who became a legend in his own time and yet remains an enigma to this day. This new biography separates myth from reality and presents an unforgettable portrait of this brief and violent life.
Creator: Alan Sklar
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2006-11-01
Dewey code: 363.25092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Facing Down Evil: Life on the Edge as an FBI Hostage Negotiator / Tantor Media:No ordinary Washington memoir, Facing Down Evil is an unprecedented look behind the scenes of our nation's most powerful law enforcement agency. As the FBI's premier hostage negotiator, Clint Van Zandt worked or consulted on some of recent U. S. history's most unsettling and high-profile conflicts, including the Waco, Oklahoma City, and Unabomber cases.
Creator: Susan Ericksen
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-11-12
Dewey code: 940.5425983
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II / Tantor Media:A cinematic survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is a gripping, you-are-there journey into the remote world and forgotten heroism of the Dayaks.
Authors
- Paul Teutul
- Michael Teutul
- Paul M Teutul
- Kent Zimmerman
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2006-11-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Orange County Choppers: The Tale of the Teutuls / Tantor Media:Each week, millions of viewers tune into The Discovery Channel to watch their favorite dysfunctional American family, the Teutuls. The hit TV show American Chopper features Paul Teutul, Sr. , and his sons Paul, Jr. and Mikey, along with a supporting cast of mechanics and friends. Together, they create some of the most incredible and outrageous motorcycles in the world. Now, in Orange County Choppers, the Teutuls combine family history with a behind-the-scenes tour of their renowned motorcycle shop-and their new lives as household names. Hilarious and heartwarming, fans of the show and newcomers alike will delight in this truly authentic America success story.
Creator: Michael Prichard
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-11-19
Dewey code: 973.70922
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.26
Review House of Abraham: Lincoln & the Todds, a Family Divided by War / Tantor Media:A rising star among historians charts the fortunes of a family shattered by the Civil War-Mary Todd Lincoln's family-and their surprising impact on how Lincoln fought that war.
Authors
- Koren Zailickas
- Koren Zailckas
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2005-04-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Smashed (Library Edition): Story of a Drunken Girlhood / Tantor Media:From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual. " With the stylistic freshness of a poet and the dramatic gifts of a novelist, Zailckas describes her first sip at fourteen, alcohol poisoning at sixteen, a blacked-out sexual experience at nineteen, total disorientation after waking up in an unfamiliar New York City apartment at twenty-two, when she realized she had to stop, and all the depression, rage, troubled friendships, and sputtering romantic connections in between. Zailckas's unflinching candor and exquisite analytical eye gets to the meaning beneath the seeming banality of girls' getting drunk. She persuades us that her story is the story of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics-yet-but who use booze as a short cut to courage, a stand-in for good judgment, and a bludgeon for shyness, each of them failing to see how their emotional distress, unarticulated hostility, and depression are entangled with their socially condoned binging. Like the contemporary masterpieces The Liars' Club, Autobiography of a Face, and Jarhead, Smashed is destined to become a classic. A crucial book for any woman who has succumbed to oblivion through booze, or for anyone ready to face the more subtle repercussions of their own chronic over-drinking or of someone they love, Smashed is an eye-opening, wise, and utterly gripping achievement.
Creator: Christopher Lane
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-12
Dewey code: 070.92273
List Price: $64.00
Price: $40.32
Review Frankie's Place: Library Edition / Blackstone Audiobooks:
Creator: Johnny Heller
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-04-01
Dewey code: 326.8092
List Price: $69.99
Price: $39.56
Review Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery / Tantor Media:Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography-released simultaneously with the feature-length film of the same name-chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.
Creator: Sandra Burr
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2008-05-02
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $39.25
Price: $39.25
Review The Kennedy Women / Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed:In this searingly honest story, social historian Laurence Leamer provides an in-depth, but highly sensitive, look at the mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters who helped forge a family legacy of fortitude and political triumph. The Kennedy Women chronicles five generations of women to offer a bold, compelling account of this famous dynasty. Brimming with triumph and tragedy, courage and compliance, self-sacrifice and self-delusion, it is more an epic saga than a story of distinguished cultural history. From the slums of Boston to the Court of St. James's, from Hollywood to the White House and beyond, Leamer shows how the female influence of faith and courage can be traced every step of the way. Receiving unprecedented cooperation from family members, Leamer interviewed scores of relatives and close associates, and gained access to hundreds of personal documents to reveal the Kennedys as never before.
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Coming Home to Myself, My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage, Fox, Fin & Feather: Tales from the Field, Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab, Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America, Hancock, a Comedy Genius (BBC Radio Collection), iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting from Some of the Most Dangerous Places in the World, Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss, Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America, Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride, Facing Down Evil: Life on the Edge as an FBI Hostage Negotiator, The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II, Orange County Choppers: The Tale of the Teutuls, House of Abraham: Lincoln & the Todds, a Family Divided by War, Smashed (Library Edition): Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Frankie's Place: Library Edition, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, The Kennedy WomenTop headlines: Travis Barker sues owners over plane crash: The lawsuit names the planes owners, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and a maintenance company. 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