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A Reliable Wife By Goolrick, Robert 2009-03 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565125964 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In rural Wisconsin in 1909, Ralph Truitt stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. …More

Spanish By Pimsleur Manufactured by Simon & Schuster Audio 2000-10 - Pimsleur 0743517717 Check Our Catalog Dr. Paul Pimsleur's original and unique method enables listeners to learn a new language as effortlessly as children absorb their native tongue. The program facilitates success by making it easy to learn vocabulary and grammar correctly in conversational settings without mindless repetition. Eight 30-minute lessons on 4 CDs. …More

Say You're One of Them By Akpan, Uwem Read by Miles, Robin Read by Graham, Dion 2009-10 - Hachette Audio 9781607883418 Check Our Catalog Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees-a microcosm of today's Africa-a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear. …More

Last Man Standing By Baldacci, David Read by McLarty, Ron 2005-10 - Time Warner AudioBooks 9781594830808 Check Our Catalog An FBI agent haunted by the slaughter of his team must confront his demons in this eagerly awaited audiobook from master storyteller David Baldacci. Abridged. 10 CDs. …More

Duma Key By King, Stephen Read by Slattery, John 2008-01 - Simon & Schuster Audio 0743569741 Check Our Catalog 2009 Audie Audio Book of the Year The #1 bestselling author delivers an audiobook about a man whose near-fatal accident gives him access to vast powers of creativity--and destruction. Unabridged. 16 CDs. …More

Blessings By Quindlen, Anna Read by Allen, Joan 2002-09 - Random House Audio 0739301047 Check Our Catalog This powerful new novel by the bestselling author of Black and Blue, One True Thing, Object Lessons, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life begins when a teenage couple drives up, late at night, headlights out, to Blessings, the estate owned by Lydia Blessing. They leave a box and drive away, and in this instant, the world of Blessings is changed forever. Richly written, deeply moving, beautifully crafted, Blessings tells the story of Skip Cuddy, caretaker of the estate, who finds a baby asleep in that box and decides he wants to keep her, and of matriarch Lydia Blessing, who, for her own reasons, decides to help him. The secrets of the past, how they affect the decisions and lives of people in the present; what makes a person, a life, legitimate or illegitimate, and who decides; the unique resources people find in themselves and in a community--these are at the center of this wonderful novel of love, redemption, and personal change by the writer about whom "The Washington Post Book World said, "Quindlen knows that all the things we ever will be can be found in some forgotten fragment of family." "From the Hardcover edition. …More

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts By Chapman, Gary Narrated by Chapman, Gary Read by Chapman, Gary 2005-02 - Oasis Audio 1589269063 Check Our Catalog Dr. Chapman identifies five basic languages of love and then guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. …More