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Lisa Scottoline - Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audiobook

No one does love and guilt like mothers and daughters - especially when they're Italian.  Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories. Romantic relationships-or the lack thereof-are a common topic, along with aging, pets,...
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In a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson
Format: Audiobook

Unlike many of his peers, who focus on typical destinations or touristy experiences, Bryson seeks out the odd, the little known, the one-of-a-kind, and the just plain weird. In his latest offering, which chronicles his exploration of Australia, he introduces us to a town that went without...
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown - Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audiobook

For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics. Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their...
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Jurassic Park: A Novel

Michael Crichton - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind's most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them -- for a price.Until...
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Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood
Format: Audiobook

Margaret Atwood's classic novel, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, is about the future. Now, in ORYX AND CRAKE, the future has changed. It's much worse. And we're well on the road to it now. The narrator of Margaret Atwood's riveting new novel is Snowman, self-named though not self-created....
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete BBC Radio Series

Douglas Adams - BBC Audiobooks America
Format: Audiobook

This really is the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything -- all five radio series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy collected together for the first time. From the original Primary and Secondary Phases through to the more recent Tertiary, Quandary, and Quintessential...
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

Mma "Precious" Ramotswe sets up a detective agency in Botswana on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, making her the only female detective in the country. At first, cases are hard to come by. But eventually, troubled people come to Precious with a variety of concerns. Potentially...
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Great Cake Mystery

Alexander McCall Smith - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Have you ever said to yourself, "Wouldn’t it be nice to be a detective?" This is the story of an eight-year-old African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious. When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young boy is tagged as the culprit....
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H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination

Christopher Myers - EgmontUSA
Format: Audiobook

It’s not often that a recorded version of a picture book is as much fun to listen to without the book as it is when following along page by page. Here’s one that fits that description, and then some. One day at the basketball court, two kids, a familiar challenge--H.O.R.S.E.?...
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Diary of a wimpy kid: The long haul

Jeff Kinney - Recorded Books, 2014.
Format: Audiobook

The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

When 10-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect -- least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met.Right away, Opal knows she can tell Winn-Dixie anything -- like the fact that...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J K Rowling - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable muggle aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's a wizard, just as his parents were.

But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous...
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Point Blank

Anthony Horowitz - Recorded Books, LLC
Format: Audiobook

MI6, England's spy network, once again calls upon 14-year-old Alex Rider to infiltrate Point Blanc, a private school in the French Alps for out-of-control, wealthy teens. Armed only with his wits and some 007-type devices, he stumbles upon an evil mad scientist's plot to take over...
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The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer L. Holm - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Believe in the possible . . . with this warm, witty, and wise New York Times bestselling novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked...
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Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm - Listening Library (Audio)
Format: Audiobook

Read by a cast of award-winning narrators, this collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.The Brothers Grimm collected the original fairy tales that Americans are most familiar with today. Lyrically translated and beautifully...
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The One and Only Ivan

Patricia Castelao - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

"Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about...
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