spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
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HEATHER WELLS<br />
MYSTERIES<br />
BY MEG CABOT<br />
SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT<br />
read by Justine Eyre<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-4548-3 • $110.00<br />
10 hrs. 7 mins.<br />
SIZE 14 IS NOT<br />
FAT EITHER<br />
read by Kirsten Kairos<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3748-8 • $80.00<br />
9 hrs. 9 mins. • Download not available<br />
BIG BONED<br />
read by Justine Eyre<br />
7 CDs • 978-1-4159-4502-5 • $90.00<br />
7 hrs. 59 mins.<br />
HEART-SHAPED BOX<br />
by Joe Hill<br />
read by Stephen Lang<br />
Author Joe Hill (son of Stephen King)<br />
immediately vaults to the top with a bloodchilling<br />
roller-coaster ride of a novel about<br />
a <strong>middle</strong>-aged rock star’s ghostly encounter.<br />
“The behind-the-scenes look at stardom<br />
alongside the frightening pyrotechnics of<br />
McDermott’s ghost will draw in teens who<br />
really enjoy a good scare.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
9 CDs • 978-1-4159-3755-6 • $100.00<br />
11 hrs. 3 mins. • Download not available<br />
Young fans of suspense will<br />
be completely engaged by<br />
this Koontz trilogy.<br />
read by David Aaron Baker<br />
ODD THOMAS<br />
9 CDs • 978-0-7366-9682-1 • $99.00<br />
10 hrs. 48 mins.<br />
FOREVER ODD<br />
7 CDs • 978-1-4159-2492-1 • $90.00<br />
8 hrs. 30 mins.<br />
BROTHER ODD<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3246-9 • $90.00<br />
9 hrs. 27 mins.<br />
FORTUNATE SON<br />
by Walter Mosley<br />
read by Lorraine Toussaint<br />
“Mosley’s FORTUNATE SON explores<br />
America’s racial divide, but it does so in<br />
a fairy tale or parable.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
★“Toussaint’s honeyed voice…is lovely<br />
but forbidding, the sound of effortless<br />
social grace underscored by the threat<br />
of steely authority...”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Publishers Weekly, starred review<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3001-4 • $81.00<br />
9 hrs. 26 mins. • Download not available<br />
See page 6 for 47.<br />
POWERHOUSE<br />
FEMALE AUTHORS<br />
INES OF MY SOUL<br />
by Isabel Allende; read by Blair Brown<br />
★“Allende's novel broadens and deepens<br />
into a richly drawn depiction of the<br />
harshness of New World colonial life.<br />
She is an exquisite handler of historical<br />
detail.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
10 CDs • 978-1-4159-3602-3 • $100.00<br />
12 hrs. 42 mins. • Download not available<br />
The Remarkable<br />
Maya Angelou<br />
read by the Author<br />
CELEBRATIONS<br />
GRAMMY<br />
®<br />
NOMINEE:<br />
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM<br />
“These are poems that are meant to<br />
be read aloud, and who better than the<br />
author?”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
1 CD • 978-1-4159-3256-8 • $18.00<br />
43 mins.<br />
LETTER TO MY<br />
DAUGHTER<br />
“If you don’t know [Maya Angelou] yet,<br />
now is as good a time as any to jump in<br />
and partake of her bounteous wisdom.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>The Los Angeles Times<br />
4 CDs • 978-1-4159-5725-7 • $40.00<br />
2 hrs. 30 mins.<br />
A SONG FLUNG<br />
UP TO HEAVEN<br />
GRAMMY<br />
®<br />
AWARD<br />
“She’s telling YOU her story...Listeners<br />
are treated to a unique experience and<br />
can revel in what audio does best.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
4 CDs • 978-0-7366-8606-8 • $36.00<br />
4 hrs. 42 mins.<br />
LOOSE WOMAN,<br />
WOMAN HOLLERING<br />
CREEK, AND THE HOUSE<br />
ON MANGO STREET<br />
by Sandra Cisneros<br />
read by the Author<br />
An exclusive audiobook edition from<br />
BOT featuring introspective poems, a<br />
collection of acclaimed Mexican-American<br />
stories, and Cisneros’ bestselling novel.<br />
9 CDs • 978-1-4159-2414-3 • $81.00<br />
10 hrs. 8 mins.<br />
LIKE WATER FOR<br />
CHOCOLATE<br />
by Laura Esquival<br />
read by Kate Reading<br />
A romantic and poignant tale of family<br />
life and cultural traditions in turn-of-thecentury<br />
Mexico.<br />
5 CDs • 978-1-4159-3610-8 • $54.00<br />
5 hrs. 54 mins. • Download not available<br />
The Sensational Sapphire<br />
THE KID<br />
New!<br />
reader to be announced<br />
In THE KID, New York Times bestselling<br />
author Sapphire tells the electrifying<br />
story of artist Abdul Jones, the son of the<br />
unforgettable heroine, Precious.<br />
10 CDs • 978-0-3079-3997-5 • $39.95<br />
Approx. 12 hrs.<br />
PRECIOUS<br />
New!<br />
read by Bahni Turpin<br />
When Precious Jones, 16 years old and<br />
pregnant by her father, meets a determined<br />
and radical teacher, listeners follow her on<br />
a journey of education and enlightenment.<br />
“[An] outstanding performance given by<br />
narrator Bahni Turpin...”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
4 CDs • 978-1-4159-6717-1 • $30.00<br />
5 hrs. 5 mins.<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobook<br />
The Incomparable<br />
Toni Morrison<br />
read by the Author<br />
New!<br />
THE BLUEST EYE<br />
THE BLUEST EYE, the remarkable<br />
first novel fromToni Morrison, is a powerful<br />
examination of our obsession with<br />
beauty and conformity.<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-3079-4113-8 • $45.00<br />
Approx. 8 hrs.<br />
1ST TIME ON AUDIO<br />
A MERCY<br />
A powerful tragedy distilled into a small<br />
masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning<br />
author of Beloved, set two centuries earlier.<br />
5 CDs • 978-1-4159-5681-6 • $40.00<br />
6 hrs. 38 mins.<br />
BELOVED<br />
PULITZER PRIZE<br />
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a spellbinding<br />
and dazzlingly innovative portrait<br />
of an ex-slave haunted by the past.<br />
10 CDs • 978-1-4159-3535-4 • $99.00<br />
12 hrs. 4 mins.<br />
LOVE<br />
The profound exploration of the nature<br />
of love among six women who are obsessed<br />
with the same man.<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-7366-9620-3 • $56.00<br />
8 hrs. 24 mins.<br />
SULA<br />
At the heart of SULA is a bond between<br />
two women, a friendship whose intensity<br />
first sustains, then injures.<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
5 CDs • 978-0-7366-8731-7 • $45.00<br />
6 hrs.<br />
SPORTS<br />
THE LAST HERO<br />
A Life of Henry Aaron<br />
by Howard Bryant<br />
read by Dominic Hoffman<br />
“Bryant evokes the apparently distant<br />
world marked by cruel segregation,<br />
racism, and poverty of the soul, as well<br />
as reliving some of the greatest moments<br />
of baseball. A most welcome book, most<br />
highly recommended.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Library Journal<br />
17 CDs • 978-0-3077-3690-1 • $50.00<br />
21 hrs. 50 mins.<br />
THE BLIND SIDE<br />
Evolution of a Game<br />
by Michael Lewis<br />
read by Stephen Hoye<br />
ALEX AWARD<br />
In football, as in life, the value we place<br />
on people changes with the rules of the<br />
games they play.<br />
“…a moving portrait of the positive<br />
effect love, family, and education can<br />
have in reversing the path of a life that<br />
was destined to be lived unhappily.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
A Major Motion Picture<br />
10 CDs • 978-1-4159-3304-6 • $81.00<br />
11 hrs. 47 mins.<br />
RUNNING THE TABLE<br />
by Jon L.Wertheim<br />
read by Butch Engle<br />
A high-stakes story about the most unlikely<br />
of phenoms: a heavyset, bipolar, and<br />
endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid<br />
Delicious, the last of great pool hall legends.<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-4260-4 • $80.00<br />
9 hrs. 48 mins.<br />
OUTER SPACE & SCI-FI<br />
THE HITCHHIKER'S<br />
GUIDE TO THE GALAXY<br />
by Douglas Adams<br />
read by Stephen Fry<br />
5 CDs • 978-1-4159-2255-2 • $45.00<br />
5 hrs. 52 mins.<br />
THE RESTAURANT<br />
AT THE END OF<br />
THE UNIVERSE<br />
read by Martin Freeman<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3050-2 • $63.00<br />
5 hrs. 48 mins.<br />
LIFE, THE UNIVERSE<br />
AND EVERYTHING<br />
read by Martin Freeman<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3052-6 • $72.00<br />
5 hrs. 49 mins.<br />
MOSTLY HARMLESS<br />
read by Martin Freeman<br />
8 CDs • 978-1-4159-3318-3 • $72.00<br />
6 hrs. 37 mins.<br />
SO LONG AND THANKS<br />
FOR ALL THE FISH<br />
read by Martin Freeman<br />
4 CDs • 978-1-4159-3322-0 • $48.00<br />
4 hrs. 39 mins.<br />
MAKERS<br />
by Cory Doctorow<br />
read by Bernadette Dunne<br />
MAKERS tells the story of a group of<br />
hardware hackers who reinvent the American<br />
economy. Along the way, they find<br />
themselves swimming with sharks, and<br />
leading a band of technorevolutionaries.<br />
★ “…one of the most brilliant reimaginings<br />
of the near future.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Publishers Weekly, starred review<br />
15 CDs • 978-0-3077-1453-4 • $100.00<br />
18 hrs. 30 mins.<br />
See pages 70 & 73 for more Doctorow.<br />
MAX: A MAXIMUM<br />
RIDE NOVEL<br />
by James Patterson<br />
read by Jill Apple<br />
While Max and her team are exploring<br />
the depths of the ocean, their every move is<br />
being carefully tracked by Mr. Chu<strong>—</strong>a<br />
criminal mastermind with his own plans<br />
for the flock.<br />
5 CDs • 978-1-4159-6109-4 • $50.00<br />
5 hrs. 45 mins.<br />
THE FINAL WARNING<br />
A Maximum Ride Novel<br />
by James Patterson<br />
read by Justine Eyre<br />
“Patterson, an accomplished storyteller,<br />
once again demonstrates his ability to<br />
write page-turning action scenes...”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
5 CDs • 978-1-4159-5417-1 • $80.00<br />
5 hrs. 25 mins.<br />
ROBOPOCALYPSE New!<br />
by Daniel H.Wilson<br />
read by Mike Chamberlain<br />
Through a series of narratives, video<br />
feeds, interrogations and reports, Daniel<br />
H. Wilson vividly creates the complex<br />
and unforgettable epic struggle against the<br />
machines. ROBOPOCALYPSE will be the<br />
most creative, exciting, and talked about<br />
breakout hit of <strong>2011</strong>. Steven Spielberg to<br />
direct film, opens in 2013!<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-3079-1392-0 • $35.00<br />
Approx. 8 hrs.<br />
All titles listed above are available at a 10% discount<strong>—</strong>Standing Order Plan discounts do not apply.<br />
Adult Crossover Audiobooks<br />
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