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Adventure

Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy) - RC 21513, BR 7205

The crew of Red October, a new Soviet submarine under the command of Marko Ramius, is defecting to the United States. Most of the Russian navy is sent to the U.S. Atlantic coast to find and destroy the sub. Jack Ryan, a CIA data analyst, gets the job of making contact with Ramius, and the United States mobilizes all its resources to protect our shores and the submarine. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1987. Long - 3 cassettes.

Red Rover (James F Cooper) - RC 51156

Classic maritime adventure set in the years just before the American Revolution. Disguised as a common sailor, Lieutenant Henry Ark sets out to trap an elusive pirate called the Red Rover. Following a storm and a mutiny, Ark--along with a charming young woman and her governess--is rescued by the pirate himself. 1827. Long - 4 cassetetes.

Airframe (Michael Crichton) - RC 43760

The flight of a Norton jet from Hong Kong to Denver ends badly: three dead and more than fifty others injured. Casey Singleton, Norton's quality assurance rep, must determine what caused the mid-air accident before the press crucifies the company and a huge contract is jeopardized. Strong language. Bestseller. 1996. Short - 2 cassettes.

Timeline (Michael Crichton) - RC 49277

In the twenty-first century, quantum technology for teleportation enables a group of historians to travel back to fourteenth-century France. Seeking a stranded colleague and trying to return within a tight time frame, they find survival in a feudal society more difficult than anticipated. Violence. Bestseller. 1999. Long - 3 cassettes.

Day After Tomorrow (Allan Folsom) - RC 38597

Paris, October 1994. American surgeon Paul Osborn is sitting in a cafe drinking a glass of wine when he spots the man who killed his father in 1966. Without thinking he attacks the man. It is an act that sets in motion a chain of events involving seven decapitated bodies, a massive train wreck, an international conspiracy, and people in England, Switzerland, Germany, and America. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1994. Long - 5 cassettes.

Takeover (Stephen Frey) - RC 44685

Once a partner at one of Wall Street's top investment-banking firms, Andrew Falcon takes a decidedly less lucrative job at a commercial bank after his own financial venture fails. Desperate for money, he agrees to mastermind the hostile, five-million-dollar takeover of a chemical company. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Long - 3 cassettes.

Vertical Run (Joseph Garber) - RC 42062

After jogging to work, executive vice president Dave Elliot is dressing in his office on the forty-fifth floor when the company president comes in to shoot him. Elliot escapes, only to find the building is swarming with men - all with orders to kill him. His Vietnam training keeps him alive and hidden, but unless Elliot can figure out why he has been targeted, he may not survive. Strong language and violence. 1995. Short - 2 cassettes.

Into the Wild (John Krakauer) - RC 41823

This book, which grew from an article the author wrote for Outside magazine, discusses a fatal trek by a young man named Chris McCandless. After graduating from college in 1990, McCandless abandoned his car, gave away his money, and cut off contact with his family. Exactly 112 days after he wandered intothe Alaskan wild, McCandless was found dead of starvation. The author looks to himself and other adventurers for an explanation. Bestseller. 1996.

Castaway in Paradise the Incredible Adventures of True-Life Robinson Crusoes (James C. Simmons) - RC 50673

Eight true tales about the experiences of people who were stranded in remote locations because of shipwreck, treacherous companions, or personal choice. Describes their survival strategies and their lives after rescue. Includes Alexander Selkirk, the model for Defoe's Crusoe, and Herman Melville, who sojourned in the Marquesas in the South Pacific. 1993. Short - 2 cassettes.

Irresistible Impulse (Robert Tanenbaum) - RC 46554

Butch Karp heads the homicide department in the New York district attorney's office. His wife, Marlene, runs a security agency specializing in protecting women against domestic abuse. Their home life suffers while Marlene tries to find the man stalking musician Edie Wooten and Butch prosecutes a serial killer. Some strong language and some violence. 1997. Long - 3 cassettes.

Animals and Nature

An English veterinarian writes of his work, whether on his back in a stable trying to deliver a calf during a snowstorm or comforting a lonely old man whose only companion, a dog, has died. Bestseller. Long - 3 cassettes.

• All Creatures Great and Small - RC 6096
• All Things Bright and Beautiful - RC 39611, BR 5041
• All Things Wise and Wonderful - RC 11120, BR 5779
• The Lord God Made Them All - RC 15864, BR 4945

Bestselling Non-Fiction

Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Rise and Fall of the House of Lehman (Ken Auletta) - RC 23885

A veteran journalist tells the story of the infighting and jostling for power that eventually spelled doom for the prominent Wall Street investment banking firm of Lehman Brothers. This revealing account provides full-bodied portraits of some of Wall Street's money barons and the back stabbing that seems to characterize these gentlemen at their worst. Bestseller. 1986. Short - 2 cassettes.

Sea Hunters (Clive Cussler) - RC 43934

A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins withan account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among others. 1996. Long - 3 cassettes.

Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour (John Feinstein) - RC 40694

The author spent fifteen months following seventeen players on the Professional Golf Association tour. As Feinstein observes these famous and not-so-famous golfers, he learns what drives them to play day after day, and how one week they seem to have discovered the secret to the game, and the next week they never want to golf again. But each player keeps striving to be "there" on Sunday afternoon. Bestseller. 1995. Long - 4 cassettes.

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Nathaniel Philbrick) - RC 50271

Relying mainly on the cabin boy's journal discovered in 1960, the author recounts the disastrous 1819 voyage of the whaling ship Essex. He describes the attack of an eighty-five-foot bull sperm whale, and the ensuing starvation, dehydration, and cannibalism that befell the shipwrecked survivors. Bestseller. National Book Award. 2000. Short - 2 cassettes.

Hot Zone (Richard Preston) - RC 40695

A man visits a cave in Africa, begins bleeding from his orifices, and soon dies of lethal Marburg filovirus. Later, in Reston, Virginia, a research firm's monkeys also begin to bleed. Tests show Ebola, an even more lethal virus. Scientists frantically try to contain a disease that can wipe out all of humanity. Some strong language. 1994. Short - 2 cassettes.

Biography and Autobiography

Nixon: The Education of a Politician; 1913-1962 - RC 26109

Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician; 1962-1972 - RC 31418

Nixon Volume 3: Ruin and Recovery 1973-1990 - RC 35772

Growing Up (Russell Baker) - RC 18695

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times presents a funny yet touching account of his checkered family history and his middle class upbringing in Maryland and New Jersey during the Depression. He describes his life from the Virginia mountain heritage of his ancestors on through to the beginnings of his newspaper career. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1982. Short - 2 cassettes.

Passion of Ayn Rand (Barbara Brandon) - RC 25126

Based on interviews with the philosopher-novelist and discussions with those close to her, this biography follows her life from her youth in Russia to her stint in Hollywood as a screenwriter and to her marriage. Also describes the publication of her novels and the evolution of her philosophy of individualism. Long - 5 cassettes.

The Search for Omm Sety: A Story of Eternal Love (Jonathan Cott) - RC 27066

Intriguing biography of reincarnation that shuttles like a time machine between the twentieth century and 1300 BC. It stops at the various stages in the colorful life of Dorothy Eady (later known as Omm Sety), who believed she had once been a girl named Bentreshyt in ancient Egypt. 1987. Short - 2 cassettes.

Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood (John Espey) - RC 39141

Memoirs of an early-twentieth-century boyhood in China by the son of missionaries. Previously published articles and essays are arranged chronologically to form a picture of the author and his older sister, who were educated in the American school, imbued with Chinese culture by household servants, and exposed to worldly elements outside the compound. 1994. Short - 2 cassettes.

Daddy, We Hardly Knew You (Germaine Greer) - RC 31115

Describes the quest of a leading feminist and writer to know and understand her father. Germaine Greer writes of her emotion-filled three-year journey across several continents, only to discover her father was not the man he pretended to be. His concern that Germaine would penetrate his facade kept him aloof and ultimately convinced her he was incapable of loving her. 1989. Long - 3 cassettes.

Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple (Deborah Layton) - RC 48730

The author recalls how as a young woman in 1978, she was living with her mother, brother, and hundreds of other American followers of the reverend Jim Jones in Guyana. She describes their wretched lifestyle and her decision to escape, just months before Jonestown residents were ordered to commit mass suicide. Some strong language. 1998. Long - 3 cassettes.

Spirit of St. Louis (Charles Lindbergh) - RC 42159

Personal account of the famous first solo nonstop flight to Paris. The saga begins in 1926 when Lindbergh was a pilot on the St. Louis-Chicago mail route, traces his struggle to get financial backers and to acquire the plane of his dreams, and details the historic thirty-three-and-one-half-hour flight in the "Spirit of St. Louis." 1953. Long - 4 cassettes .

Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K Massie) - RC 50621

Evokes the final years of the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia. Discusses the hemophilia of the Tsarevich Alexis as a pivotal factor in the personal and political lives of his parents, the influence of the Siberian mystagogue Rasputin, the subsequent revolution, and the courage of the Tsar's family. 1967. Long - 5 cassettes.

Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (James McBride) - RC 42713

One of twelve siblings in Brooklyn, the author was confused about his mother's race. She called herself light-skinned and refused to discuss her past. Years later she admitted to being an Orthodox rabbi's daughter whose family shunned her after her marriage to the first of her two black husbands. Some strong language. 1996. Short - 2 cassettes.

Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt) - RC 42805

Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancor. Strong language. 1996. Long - 3 cassettes.

Man-Eaters of Tsavo (J H Patterson) - RC 46487

In colonizing Africa, Lt. Col. Patterson and his comrades traveled through desert and the bush to build roads and bridges. In 1907 Patterson wrote of his encounters with man-eating lions who terrorized his work crew. A film, The Ghost and the Darkness is based on Patterson's adventures. 1907. Short - 2 cassettes.

Out of Place: A Memoir (Edward Said) - RC 50068

Reminiscences of a Palestinian American's formative years - from his birth in 1935 until 1962, when he was completing his doctorate. Describes his youth as an exile and refugee, speaking Arabic at home and English at school. Calls his memoir "an unofficial personal record of those tumultuous years in the Middle East." 1999. Short - 2 cassettes.

One L (Scott Turow) - RC 37400

Now an attorney and bestselling author of "legal" fiction, Turow was twenty-six when he gave up teaching to enter Harvard Law School in the 1970s. Always a writer, he kept a journal during the harrowing first year and wrote this account the following summer. He describes anxiety-provoking classes, the exhaustion of constant studying, and his dismay over the fierce competitiveness he discovered in himself. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1977. Short - 2 cassettes.

Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X with Alex Haley) - RC 13759, BR 4416

The black leader of the 1960s traces his development from his boyhood in Lansing, Michigan, to his street life in Harlem, conversion to the Black Muslim religion, and evolution into a powerful and articulate spokesman for black dignity, power, and separation. Violence. 1964. Long - 4 cassettes.

Business/Economics

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age (Michael Hiltzik) RC 50127

An inside view of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), renowned as a Silicon Valley hotbed of technological development. Traces the facility's evolution from its inception in 1970, describing some eccentricities of the brilliant pioneers in the field of personal computers and related breakthroughs. Alleges that the corporation failed to exploit PARC's inventions. 1999. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Mad World Of William M Gaines (Frank Jacobs) - RC 07934

Study of the eccentric millionaire publisher of Mad magazine, who was treated as an idiot by his father before he saved the failing comics business. 1972. Long - 3 cassettes.

Ashes to Ashes: American's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris (Richard Kluger) RC 44183

In this history of the American tobacco industry, Kluger documents its impact - and ill effects - on society. He points to evidence of smoking's addictive nature, its hazards to health, and the tobacco industry's active role in suppressing this information from the public. Some strong language. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1997. Long - 7 cassettes.

Ethnic Interests

ravenShadow (Win Blevins) - RC 51358

After Joseph Blue Crow plunges into a destructive midlife crisis, he rediscovers his Lakota roots through a vision quest. As his spirit journeys back one hundred years to 1890 and the massacre of his people at Wounded Knee, he regains his spiritual orientation. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999. Long - 3 cassettes.

Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda (Rosamond H Carr) - RC 50817

A former New York fashion illustrator, Carr tells of moving to east central Africa with her husband in 1949. Her marriage did not last, but her love for Rwanda and its people endures, even beyond the 1994 genocide. She recalls fifty years of experiences, including her friendship with primatologist Dian Fossey. 1999. Short - 2 cassettes.

Roots (Alex Haley) - RC 9409, BR 3234

Historical novel about the author's family from its roots in eighteenth-century Africa to slavery in Virginia. Continues with the family's resettlement in Tennessee following the Civil War. Bestseller. 1974. Long - 5 cassettes.

Family

How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn) - RC 10425, MB 2293

A novel of the Welsh mining country in which the narrator looks back to his boyhood when the mines were flourishing, and continues the family story as labor troubles come and hard times begin in the valley. Long - 3 cassettes.

Coming Home (Rosamunde Pilcher) - RC 40840

Judith Dunbar is fourteen when her world changes dramatically. Her mother and sister are off to Ceylon where her father is stationed. Judith is to attend boarding school and spend holidays with her Aunt Louise. but at St. Ursula's, Judith meets Loveday Carey-Lewis and ends up spending her holidays with Loveday's family. It is there that Judith matures into a young woman just as World War II begins, further changing her life. Bestseller. 1995. Very Long - 8 cassettes.

Historical Fiction - Foreign

Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) - RC 46882, BR 11745

An American missionary family lands in the village of Kilanga in the Congo in 1959, and the cultural confrontation begins immediately. The mother and four daughters react to their new environment, the villagers' respond to their new preacher, and the family dynamics change. All of this is intensified by the Congo's own political turmoil. Bestseller. 1998. Long - 4 cassettes.

Humor

In this compendium of human knowledge, Adams tells you everything you always wanted to know about such topics as animals, the mind and body, sex, history, politics and government, consumerism, health, music, science, food, games, language, money, television, and the phone company. 1984. Long.

• The Straight Dope - RC 28745
• More of the Straight Dope - RC 28746

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) - RC 18339

When the Earth is demolished to make room for a galactic freeway, sole earth survivor Arthur Dent is forced to take up a life of hitchhiking around the cosmos with the aid of an alien friend and a book called "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Deadpan science fiction parody. Short - 1 cassette.

Humorous expose of family and suburban life by the bestselling author and syndicated columnist.

• The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank - RC 11119, BR 03337
• Family: The Ties That Bind... and Gag! - RC 26030, BR 07152

America's Dumbest Criminals: Based on True Stories from Law (Daniel Butler) - RC 41793

Humorous true stories of criminals who were their own worst enemies but a big help to police. After coming home in a cab, a drunken man robs the driver at gunpoint. Another stickup man carefully disguises his face and vehicle but forgets to remove his maintenance uniform, which has his name and place of employment printed on it. Bestseller. 1995. Short - 1 cassette.

The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (Matt Groening) - RC 45258

Guide to the humorous animated television show The Simpsons. Includes synopses of seven years of weekly episodes, character descriptions, sample dialogs, and show highlights. Bestseller. 1997. Long - 5 cassettes.

Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends (David Holt and Bill Mooney) - RC 49805

Modern day folk tales usually attributed to a friend of a friend and believed to be true. Includes the case of the dog from Mexico that turns out to be a rat, spiders in the beehive hairdo, and alligators in the sewers. For senior high and older readers. 1999. Short - 1 cassette.

Anguished English (Richard Lederer) - RC 33613, BR 8756

Lederer - an English teacher, author of the syndicated column "Looking at Language," and language commentator on public radio - has assembled an anthology of accidental assaults upon out language. He gathers bloopers from such written sources as student papers, parents' notes, courtroom records, church bulletins, and newspapers. And he picks up slips of the tongue of the famous and infamous. 1987. Short - 1 cassette.

Outdoor humorist McManus's essays are on such subjects as filleting fish, tying flies, shooting marbles, and finding absurdities in homespun settings. In these hunting and fishing stories, McManus mirrors our common human foibles by portraying the eccentricity of country folk. Some of his cronies include Retch Sweeney, crazy Eddie Muldoon, and Rancid Crabtree, an extraordinary man. Short - 1 cassette.

• Fine and Pleasant Misery - RC 15102
• The Grasshopper Trap - RC 22976
• Never Sniff a Gift Fish - RC 20119
• The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw - RC 30975
• Real Ponies Don't Go Oink - RC 33591
• Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs - RC 26043

The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action (Northcutt, Wendy) - RC 51562

Compilation of bizare anecdotes from a popylar Internet site commemorating individuals whose actions have lethal personal consequences, thereby removing them from the gene pool. Award-winners include tourists who locked themselves out of their car in a tiger grotto and a terrorist who opened his returned letter bomb. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. Bestseller. 2000. Short - 2 cassettes.

Peanuts: A Golden Celebration; the Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip (Charles Schulz) - RC 49946

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip, Schulz offers an autobiographical sketch and tells how his own life experiences and those of people around him provided inspiration for the daily strips. Contains text of more than one thousand Peanuts cartoons. Bestseller. 1999. Short - 2 cassettes.

The authors, all of whom have a passion for collecting weird stories, tell what they feel are the most remarkable stories of the 1970s and 1980s. They note that all of the stories have appeared in mainstream news sources and have not been repudiated or withdrawn. Topics include weird undertaker stories and nude behavior. Bestseller. 1989. Short - 1 cassette

• News of the Weird - RC 31592
• Beyond News of the Weird - RC 41975

Inspirational

Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul - RC 45286

Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul - RC 43474

Chicken Soup for the Teenager's Soul - RC 44853

Literature

Islands in the Stream (Ernest Hemingway) - RC 26762, BR 1630

This posthumous novel is divided into three parts: "Bemini" explores Thomas Hudson's relationships with his two sons from previous marriages; "Cuba" sees Hudson involved with the war effort in 1942; and "At Sea" observes Hudson's pursuit of German U-boat survivors. 1970. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Jungle (Upton Sinclair) - RC 9498, BR 650

Published in 1906, this novel aroused the indignation of the American public and forced a government investigation that lead to passage of the pure food laws. Vividly depicts factory life in the meat packing industry as seen through the eyes of a young immigrant. Violence. Long - 3 cassettes.

East of Eden (John Steinbeck) - RC 17082

A saga of two California families from the turn of the century through the first World War. The Trasks, a mixture of gentleness and brutality, contrast with the Hamiltons, the author's own forebears, a well-adjusted, more tranquil family. Long - 5 cassettes.

Modern

Stillwatch (Mary Higgins Clark) - RC 21206

Pat Traymore, a young woman, discovers in the glittering world of Washington society and politics the explosive truth about her own childhood. She finds that her questions about her past unlock a secret that threatens not only the reputation of a powerful national figure but also her own life. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1984. Short - 2 cassettes.

Disclosure (Michael Crichton) - RC 37678

Tom Sanders, a manager at a high-tech company, is on the way up the corporate ladder. But Meredith Johnson, a former lover, gets the position that he expected and tries to show Tom who is boss. Spurned, Meredith accuses Tom of sexual harassment. He hires a female lawyer with expertise in sexual misconduct cases and scans the computer files for evidence of Meredith's manipulative ability. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1993. Long - 3 cassettes.

Michigan Roll (Tom Kakonis) - RC 29491

After serving seven years in prison for a crime of passion, Waverly, a college-professor-turned-gambler, goes home to Traverse City, Michigan. There Midnight, a beautiful woman with an elusive past, is trying to save her coke-stealing bother from the mob. She draws Waverly into a cat-and-mouse game with the two sociopaths out to get her brother. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988. Short - 2 cassettes.

Beloved (Toni Morrison) - RC 26026, BR 7074

Related in kaleidoscopic fashion and set in rural Ohio during the period immediately following the Civil War, this chronicle slavery and its aftermath traces the life of Sethe, a former slave. Sethe has a secret in her past so horrific that it has alienated the community, driven off her two sons, isolated her surviving daughter, and threatened her new, loving relationship with Paul D., also a former slave. Bestseller. 1987. Short - 2 cassettes.

Bailey's Cafe (Gloria Naylor) - RC 37586

Bailey's Cafe, an enigmatic little 1940s eatery, Somewhere, U.S.A. Bailey (not his real name) is the maestro who begins by telling of his love for Negro League baseball and his wife, Nadine. Then, one by one, he spins the stories of the cafe's regulars: Miriam, an ostracized Ethiopian Jew; Sadie, the wino; Iceman Jones; the recovering junkie Jesse Bell; Peacher, the nymphomaniac; and Miss Maple, a cross-dressing male. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1992. Short - 2 cassettes.

The Godfather (Mario Puzo) - RC 25677, BR 1865

The world and underworld of the Mafia is revealed in this novel of paradoxical terror and benevolence. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. 1969. Long - 3 cassettes.

Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) - RC 10370

1. RC 15182, BR 10965: Rabbit, Run
2. RC 34888, BR 10982: Rabbit Redux
3. RC 17315, BR 05051: Rabbit Is Rich -- Pulitzer Prize Winner! 1982
4. RC 31964, BR 08271: Rabbit at Rest -- Pulitzer Prize Winner! 1991

QB VII (Leon Uris) - RC 25161

A brilliant surgeon, Polish nationalist, and concentration camp survivor sues an American novelist who cited Polish claims that he performed involuntary sterilization on Jewish inmates of the camp. The libel trial takes place in a British courtroom. 1972. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Select (F. P. Wilson) - RC 39047

Quinn is applying to the prestigious Ingraham College of Medicine. Also applying are Quinn's longtime friend Matt and his college roommate Tim. Both men get in, but Quinn, who misses a crucial question on the entrance exam, doesn't. The trio devises a way to get Quinn to take Matt's place, not realizing what that missed question means: unlike her friends, Quinn cannot be brainwashed. Strong language and violence. 1994.

Mysteries

Total Control (David Baldacci) - RC 43947

Jason Archer tells his attorney wife, Sidney, he is flying to Los Angeles for a job interview when in fact he is traveling to Seattle to hand over company secrets. When the L.A. plane that Jason was supposed to be on blows up, Sidney and FBI agent Lee Sawyer try to determine what actually happened to Jason. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Long - 3 cassettes.

Done Wrong - RC 43521

See No Evil - RC 48050

Genesis Code (John Case) - RC 45547

In an Italian church, a doctor confesses a sin so detestable that the priest refuses him absolution. In Washington, D.C., an agent investigates the mysterious murder of his sister and her son. His probe uncovers a plot by a secret sect in Italy, which involves the unspeakable sin. Strong language and violence. 1997. Long - 3 cassettes.

Pretend You Don't See Her (Mary Higgins Clark) - RC 44529

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. Short - 2 cassettes.

Acceptable Risk - RC 39876, BR 9881
In 1692, Elizabeth Stewart is hung as a witch in Salem after a young girl in her care experiences hallucinations. Now, 300 years later, Elizabeth's descendant Kim Stewart, who inherited Elizabeth's house, is dating a scientist who suspects a mold on Elizabeth's rye caused the problem. His search leads to the discovery of a possible antidepressant, but his odd behavior is scaring Kim. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1994. Long - 3 cassettes.

Harmful Intent - RC 31013
Dr. Jeffrey Rhodes administers an anesthetic to a patient in preparation for delivery by Caesarean section. The patient convulses and dies. Rhodes, slapped with a lawsuit and convicted of murder, jumps bail and sets out to discover what went wrong - and who is murdering patients. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1990. Long - 3 cassettes.

Body Farm - RC 39105
Suspecting they are dealing again with serial killer Temple Gault, the FBI bring in forensic pathologist consultant Dr. Kay Scarpetta for the North Carolina murder case of eleven-year-old Emily Steiner. While puzzling over the evidence, Scarpetta learns that her niece Lucy, an FBI intern, has been framed for stealing information. Scarpetta's sleuthing turns up a surprising link between the two cases. Strong language and some violence. 1994. Short - 2 cassettes.

Cruel and Unusual - RC 35937
All of the current cases before Virginia's chief medical examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, seem to be linked to a recently executed prisoner. A young boy's corpse is mutilated in the same manner as the prisoner's victim and then the prisoner's fingerprint appears at the scene of a supposed suicide. But when Scarpetta's assistant's murder also appears related, Scarpetta is shocked to learn that she is the prime suspect. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. 1993. Short - 2 cassettes.

Plum Island (Nelson DeMille) - RC 44551

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. Long - 4 cassettes.

Mysteries of Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter and former discount lingerie buyer

One for the Money - RC 40224

Two for the Dough - RC 42474

Three to Get Deadly - RC 44434

Four to Score - RC 46927

High Five - RC 48439

Against the Wind (J. F. Freedman) - RC 34891

Santa Fe attorney, Will Alexander is hired by four motorcycle gang members who are accused of a heinous murder. Although he's convinced that his client are innocent, Will fears that their reputations may outweigh the evidence. Meanwhile, Will is battling his own problems with alcohol, angry partners, separation from his daughter, and a beautiful lawyer's advances. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1991. Long - 3 cassettes.

Takeover (Stephen Frey) - RC 44685

Once a partner at one of Wall Street's top investment-banking firms, Andrew Falcon takes a decidedly less lucrative job at a commercial bank after his own financial venture fails. Desperate for money, he agrees to mastermind the hostile, five-million-dollar takeover of a chemical company. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Long - 3 cassettes.

Testament (John Grisham) - RC 47382

Billionaire Troy Phelan surprises his legal heirs by leaving his entire estate to an illegitimate daughter, Rachel Lane. Because she is a missionary living somewhere on the Brazil-Bolivia border, lawyer Nate O'Riley's immediate problem is to find her and inform her of the inheritance. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1999. Long - 3 cassettes.

Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Mysteries

RC 45854: Ritual Bath: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 45853: Sacred and Profane: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 45852: Milk and Honey: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 36304: Day of Atonement: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 46300: False Prophet: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 39136: Grievous Sin: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 40457: Sanctuary: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

RC 43862: Justice: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel

Mortal Sin (Paul Levine) - RC 39212

Tough-talking, meat-eating, beer-drinking attorney Jake Lassiter finds himself reluctantly defending his occasional lover's husband, Miami developer Nicky Florio, against a murder charge. The victim, found frozen in Florio's wine cellar, was an environmentalist Florio had invited to his pool party to convince him to stop protesting a development project. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1994. Short - 2 cassettes.

The Tenth Justice (Brad Meltzer) - RC 44527

Ben Addison, a Supreme Court clerk, unwittingly leaks the outcome of a forthcoming Court decision and finds himself the target of blackmail. Worse, Ben and his intimate circle of friends begin to treat each other with suspicion when someone in their group appears to be leaking information to the blackmailer. Some strong language. 1997. Long - 3 cassettes.

Blanche Cleans Up (Barbara Neely) - RC 47262, BR 11910

When Blanche White reluctantly agrees to fill in as housekeeper for a vacationing friend, she encounters a family in chaos. Mr. Brindle's campaign for governor is disrupted by a murder and a suicide in his household. Some of his African American supporters are particularly scornful and suspicious of Blanche. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. 1998. Short - 2 cassettes.

Along Came a Spider - RC 35894

Cat and Mouse - RC 45155

Pop goes the Weasel - RC 48868

Roses are Red - RC 51270

When the Wind Blows - RC 47042

Certain Prey (John Sandford) - RC 48436

Clara Rinker, raped at sixteen, killed her rapist without regret and became a hit woman for the Mafia. Currently she is "working" for Carmel Loan, a Minneapolis defense attorney. When the job hits a snag, Clara and Carmel must save themselves from Minneapolis policeman Lucas Davenport. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1999. Short - 2 cassettes.

Gordianus the Finder, a first century Roman detective

RC 36648: Roman Blood

RC 46381: House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder (a collection of short stories published in a variety of sources that fill in the gap between Roman Blood and Arms of Nemesis)

RC 41404: Arms of Nemesis

RC 39565: Catalina's Riddle

RC 43363: Venus Throw

RC 47844: A Murder on the Appian Way

RC 49556: Rubicon

Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve) - RC 47832

While Kathryn Lyons is first mourning her pilot husband Jack's death in a plane explosion, she learns that he is suspected of planting the bomb. After finding out there was another woman in his life, Kathryn confronts her in London to solve the puzzle of Jack's hidden self. Bestseller. Short - 2 cassettes.

Mysteries - True Crime

Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat (Edna Buchanan) - RC 28100

Anecdotal autobiography by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter of the Miami Herald. Focuses on Buchanan's fifteen "wild" years on the police beat. Includes accounts of the many lurid stories she covered and her love for the city of Miami. Some descriptions of sex. 1987. Short - 2 cassettes.

Mind Hunt: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (John Douglas) RC 43669

Douglas, who pioneered criminal profiling, gives an inside account of the FBI's elite Investigative Support Unit. He recounts some of his most famous cases and describes various tactics used to identify and prosecute serial criminals. Violence, descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 1995. Long - 3 cassettes.

Horror

Bag of Bones - RC 46711

Christine - RC 18670, BR 11479

Dead Zone - RC 13973

Firestarter - RC 15818

It - RC 28045, BR 7678

Insomnia - RC 38879

Pet Sematary - RC 20202, BR 5422

Salem's Lot - RC 16381

The Shining - RC 10563

The Stand - RC 12942

Strange Highways (Dean Koontz) - RC 39895

A collection of suspenseful novelettes, short stories, and two novels. In the title novel, a forty-year-old alcoholic returns to his hometown for his father's funeral and is given an eerie chance to right the past. He is now twenty and on the trail of a satanic murderer. In "Chase," a returned Vietnam war hero is pursued by a different enemy, but no one will believe him. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. 1995. Long - 4 cassettes.

The List by Steve Martini - RC 44207

Lawyer-turned-novelist Abby Chandlis has penned a sure bestseller, but the market for women authors is tight. When she attributes authorship to a cute male model, things go awry and her scam turns sour - then lethal. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1997. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Oath (Frank Peretti) - RC 42541

Biologist Steve Benson arrives in rural Hyde River to investigate his brother's gruesome death, which officials attribute to a rogue bear. But when an old hermit reveals the unspeakable sin that has haunted the town for a century, Steve vows to seek out and confront the evil monster that killed his brother. 1995. Long - 3 cassettes.

Relic (Douglas Preston) - RC 42361

In September 1987, all members of an Amazon expedition were killed. A box of relics survived and has finally arrived at the New York Museum of Natural History, where the contents will be part of a new exhibit. But first the staff must deal with the brutal murders of two young boys in the museum's basement. Graduate student Margo Green thinks all the deaths are connected. Violence and strong language. 1995. Long - 3 cassettes.

The God Project (John Saul) - RC 18621

Sally Montgomery, grieving over the sudden crib death of her infant daughter, and Lucy Corliss, whose nine-year-old son has been kidnapped, begin an investigation into a rash of similar occurences. Their search uncovers a horrifying, government-backed conspiracy of genetic engineering that has backfired. Short - 2 cassettes.

Communion: A True Story (Whitley Strieber) - RC 25976

The author's account of a possible real encounter with extraterrestrials. Strieber believes that he and his family have had a series of personal contacts with intelligent nonhuman beings in his isolated cabin in Ulster County, New York. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1988. Short - 2 cassettes.

Philosophy

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig) - RC 49089 (RC 8036)

Recounts a man's cross-country motorcycle trip with his eleven-year-old son and the philosophic digressions on sanity and on living an authentic life. This 1999 twenty-fifth anniversary edition contains a new introduction by the author and his afterword to the tenth edition. 1999.An autobiography written on two levels. One deals with a cross country motorcycle trip. The second level concerns itself with a philosophic system reconciling science, religion and humanism. Bestseller, 1974. Long - 3 cassettes.

Poetry

Wouldn't Take Nothin for My Journey Now (Maya Angelou) - RC 37303

A collection of short essays in which Angelou discusses the value of charity, her faith in God, and the deaths of loved ones. She shares her thoughts on discovering an authentic personal style, the insidious effects of racism, and pregnancy as an experience shared by a woman and her mate. Angelou also includes reminiscences of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas; of being a single mother; and of dancing with Alvin Ailey Short - 1 cassette.

The nineteenth-century poet describes the world she knew - and the worlds she imagined - with a startling, fresh vision. Short - 1 cassette.

• The Poems of Emily Dickinson - RC 23534
• The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson - BR 12581

The Poetry of Robert Frost (Robert Frost) - RC 18824

Clear, simple poetry sings of rural, democratic joys and the love of nature. Writing in traditional verse forms, however, the poet creates a tension of thought and feeling. For Frost, the poem is "a momentary stay against confusion." Short - 2 cassettes.

Religion

Through the Narrow Gate (Karen Armstrong) - RC 18649, BR 5003

A young Englishwoman's search for and her eventual loss of a religious vocation in an austere Catholic order. A candid, sometimes humorous memoir of the daily life of a nun who entered the convent at the age of seventeen in 1962 and painfully withdrew from her religious vows seven years later. 1981. Long - 3 cassettes.

Seminary: A Search (Paul Hendrickson) - RC 21640

The author openly describes his adolescent years as a seminary student preparing for the Catholic priesthood. He records the compelling reasons for his leaving before his ordination and explains how this early religious training has affected his life and the lives of his classmates. 1983. Short - 2 cassettes.

The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis) - RC 18382

A whimsical parable about the divorce of good and evil. A bus ride from hell to heaven becomes a round trip for some passengers but not for others. 1946. Short - 1 cassette.

Norris has been a Benedictine oblate, or associate, for ten years and has twice spent extended periods of time at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. In diary form, she describes her immersion into this liturgical world and the benefits she derives from her time there. Bestseller. 1996. Short - 2 cassettes.

• Amazing Grace - RC 47755
• Cloister Walk - RC 42320

Religious Fiction

Gospel (Wilton Barnhardt) - RC 37225

In February of 1990, Dr. Patrick O'Hanrahan leaves the University of Chicago to search for the lost Gospel of Matthias and is not heard from again. Lucy Dantan, graduate student at the university, is sent to find him and bring him back. But Lucy also gets involved in the pursuit, and together they bounce across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The text of the Gospel is interwoven with their quest. Some strong language. 1993. Short - 2 cassettes.

Romance

French Silk (Sandra Brown) - RC 34022

Claire Laurent, plagued by a recurring nightmare, knows that unless she does something about the force behind it, her future will be ruined. She is the owner of French Silk, a mail-order lingerie firm, but now she becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a TV evangelist who is harassing her company. She is also falling in love with the man assigned to question her. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. New Orleans, Louisiana setting. Bestseller. 1992. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Looking Glass (Richard P Evans) - RC 49474

Devastated over his wife's death in childbirth, embittered minister Hunter Bell sets out for the Utah gold country and strikes it rich. But it is Bell's discovery of an abused woman in the snow outside his cottage that sets them both on the path of healing. Some violence. Bestseller. 1999. Short - 1 cassette.

With Hope - RC 48291

With Song - RC 49109

With Heart - RC 49110

The Accidental Bride: A Romantic Comedy (Janice Harayda) - RC 51193

Lily left her New York journalism career when recruited by her Ohio hometown paper and is engaged to marry wealthy attorney Mark. When Lily suddenly realizes she'd rather be single in New York, she must wait for Mark to finish a trial in California before breaking up with him. 1999. Short - 2 cassettes.

Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell) - RC 08025, RC 33082, BR 01609, BR 08519, BR 11427

A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlet O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a Pulitzer Prize. Bestseller. 1992. Long - 8 cassettes.

The Last Valentine (James N Pratt) - RC 46819

Reporter Susan Allison interviews Neil Thomas about his parents' fifty-year love story to be aired on Valentine's Day. Being a cynic about true love, Susan is skeptical while she investigates Caroline and Neil's romance but gradually falls in love herself. Some violence. 1996.

A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks) - RC 49104

Fifty-seven-year-old Landon thinks back to 1958, the year that changed his life. Pious, bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan asks seventeen-year-old Landon to costar with her in the Christmas play written by her preacher father. As they spend time together, Landon is shocked to realize he's falling in love. Bestseller. 1999. Short - 1 cassette.

Then Came Heaven (Lavyrle Spencer) - RC 45146

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. Short - 2 cassettes.

Five Days in Paris - RC 41246

Jewels - RC 34019

Lightening - RC 40617

Palomino - RC 17343

A Perfect Stranger - RC 17723

Ranch - RC 44312

Silent Honor - RC 43683

Soft and Clean

Ghost - RC 45158

Mirror Image - RC 47254

No Greater Love - RC 33938

Summer's End - RC 34825

Wanderlust - RC 23919

The Flame and the Flower - RC 11900
The passionate and largely violent romance of Heather Simmons and Captain Brandon Birmingham spans oceans and continents, from Heather's kidnapping at a squalid London wharf to the splendor of Brandon's Carolina plantation. Explicit descriptions of sex. Long - 3 cassettes.

The Elusive Flame - RC 47316
Cerynise Kendall, born in Charleston but raised in England, is suddenly orphaned and penniless. Hoping to return to Charleston, Cerynise heads for London's wharfs. She finds childhood friend Beau Birmingham, who offers to take her aboard his ship if she marries him. Sequel to The Flame and the Flower (RC 11900). Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1998. Long - 4 cassettes.

Science Fiction

Time Machines: The Greatest Time Travel Stories Ever Written (Bill Adler) - RC 47370

Anthology of twenty-two time travel short stories. Personal favorites of the editor ranging from Edgar Allan Poe's "Three Sundays in a Week" written in 1850 to Derryl Murphy's "What Goes Around" from 1997. For senior high and older readers. 1998. Long - 3 cassettes.

Turnabout (Margaret Haddix) - RC 52466

In the year 2000, nursing home centenarians Melly and Anny Beth take part in an unethical medical experiment to reverse aging. But the process can't be halted, and by 2085 they are teenagers who need to be adopted before they become children. For junior and senior high readers. 2000. Short - 1 cassette.

Marooned in Real Time (Vernor Vinge) - RC27055

The remaining survivors of humanity emerge from stasis into a far future, where the high-techs Marta and Yelen Korolev attemptto unite the conflicting factions of time travelers to begin a new civilization. Murder and sabotage threaten this plan, and it is up to Wil Brierson, a detective from the twenty-first century, to stop the murderer and protect humanity's second chance bid. Sequel to The Peace War. (RC 27055) 1986. 2000. Short - 2 cassettes.

Short Stories

One of the preeminent American short story writers and dean of the so-called minimalist school of short fiction. Dwells on the commonplace, bad fortune in the lives of very ordinary people. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988. Long - 3 cassettes

• Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose - BR 13639
• Cathedral - RC 21662
• New Path to the Waterfall - RC 31126
• What We Talk about When We Talk about Love - RC 21168
• Where I'm Calling From - RC 27987

A Curtain of Green and Other Stories (Eudora Welty) - RC 46352

Eudora Welty's first collection of published short stories. Welty writes of the common people she knew in her native Mississippi. In "A Curtain of Green," a grieving widow isolates herself in her garden, in "Why I Live at the P.O.," the postmistress flees her impossible relatives to live at work. 1941. Short - 2 cassettes.

Social Issues

The Jungle (Upton Sinclair) - RC 9498, BR 650

Published in 1906, this novel aroused the indignation of the American public and forced a government investigation that lead to passage of the pure food laws. Vividly depicts factory life in the meat packing industry as seen through the eyes of a young immigrant. Violence. Long - 3 cassettes.

A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President (Jeffrey Toobin) - RC 49966

A behind-the-scenes account of the scandals surrounding President Bill Clinton. Toobin examines the Paula Jones case, Kenneth Starr's investigations, and the president's relationship with Monica Lewinsky in detail. He concludes that "Clinton was, by comparison, the good guy in this struggle," the victim of powerful forces from the right. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1999. Long - 4 cassettes.

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (Howard Zinn) - RC 47089

Through this book, a veteran anti-war and civil rights activist responds to an angry student's critical question, "Why do you live in this country?" The author recounts experiences from thirty years on the front lines of social activism, fighting, he claims, "for the country, for the people." 1994. Short - 2 cassettes.

Travel

A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg (Tim Cahill) - RC 30272

A collection of eighteen intercontinental travel pieces in which Cahill recounts some of his adventures, showing his appetite for fun and trouble off the beaten path. The collection covers such adventures as deep-sea scuba diving, avalanche skiing, a visit to the corpse-strewn ruins of Jonestown, white-water rafting, watching a solar eclipse, and eyeballing Dian Fosset's famous mountain gorillas. 1989. Short - 2 cassettes.

War

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Mark Bowden) - RC 48028

Recreates the U.S. military operation in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 3-4, 1993, when ninety-nine American soldiers were surrounded and trapped. Describes how the planned one-hour mission turned into an overnight fight for survival. Based on journalist's interviews with the soldiers, helicopter pilots, and Somali clan leaders. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1999. Long - 3 cassettes.

Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier) - RC 44762

A wounded Confederate soldier leaves the war on an arduous trek to his mountain home and the woman he aims to marry. Meanwhile, his intended struggles to work her deceased father's hardscrabble farm. Depicts hardship, peril, and courage in the wartime South. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. 1997. Long - 4 cassettes.

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Tony Horwitz) - RC 47299

Reviving a childhood passion, journalist Tony Horwitz spends a week with a hardcore Civil War reenactor, traveling to battle sites in the south. Along the way, he learns why many people are still obsessed with the war and how views of the past are often divided along racial lines. Some strong language. Long - 3 cassettes.

Von Ryan's Express (David Westheimer) - RC 17950, MB 2574

In an Italian POW camp, the ranking officer among the American and British is a martinet named Ryan, who insists on maintaining military discipline. Under his direction the prisoners take over the entire train that is transporting them to Germany. Violence. Short - 2 cassettes.

Anecdotes that originally appeared in "Playboy" evoking a foot soldier's daily life in the rice paddies and foxholes of Vietnam .... O'Brien uses the paraphernalia that young American soldiers in Vietnam carried as a metaphor for their inner burdens - cowardice, peer pressure, self-delusion, and fear. He continues the sequence with discussions about his own decision not to flee to Canada, friends, fetishes, killing, love, and how to tell a true war story. Strong language and violence.

• If I Die in a Combat Zone - RC 8684
• The Things They Carried - RC 34768

Westerns

Lonely Men - RC 10390, BR 9572
Tell Sackett receives an urgent plea from the wife of his brother, Orrin, to rescue Orrin's son from the Apaches, Tell has no idea that the embittered woman is setting a trap for him. But by the time he and his comrades have completed their adventure in the mountainous Arizona Apache territory, Tell has devised a way to pay her back. Some strong language and some violence. 1969. Note: Book Eight of the Sackett series. Short - 1 cassette.

Mojave Crossing - RC 8839, RC 39972
Cowboy Tell Sackett agrees to rescue a beautiful woman from her pursuers and escort her across the desert to Los Angeles. 1971. Note: Book Six of the Sackett series. Short - 1 cassette.

Chronological Order (Sex, Violence and Strong Language; all Long):

Dead Man's Walk - RC 43928

Comanche Moon - RC 45001

Lonesome Dove - RC 22959, BR 6198

Streets of Lorado - RC 37323, BR 9394

Independence! Wagons West Vol. 1 - RC 16017
In 1837 a dauntless band of pioneers set out from Long Island on a mission to win the rich Oregon territory for America. It is also the tale of a fiery young widow, Claudia Humphries and the bold wagon-master, Sam Brentwood, whose destiny it was to command the first leg of the remarkable journey. Followed by Nebraska (RC 16018). 1978. Short - 2 cassettes.

Nebraska! Wagons West Vol. 2 - RC 16018
Saga of the first wagon train west toward Oregon begins in Independence, Missouri, and ends when the five hundred brave pioneers reach the great plains of Nebraska. Centers on "Whip" Holt, the ruggedly quiet leader of the caravan and Cathy van Ayl, who leaves her family behind in Missouri to travel with Whip Holt's train and perhaps win his heart. Sequel to "Independence! (RC 16017)." 1978. Long - 3 cassettes

Children's Books

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L Frank Baum) - RC 51047

When a cyclone blows Dorothy and her dog Toto from their Kansas home to the magical Land of Oz, Dorothy meets the Munchkins and witches. With her new companions the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels to the Emerald City to petition the Wizard. For grades 4-7. 1899. Short - 1 cassette.

The Gate in the Wall (Ellen Howard) - RC 50050

In Victorian England ten-year-old orphan Emma Deane has already spent three years working in a silk factory when she stumbles upon a job on a canal boat--a job that supplies her with food, fresh air, and love. For grades 4-7. 1999. Short - 1 cassette.

Iron Giant (Ted Hughes) - RC 30579

The Iron Giant was as big as a house. Where he came from, noboby knows. Hogarth, a farmer's son, was first to see him. He is terrifying the whole community by gobbling up tractors, ploughs, and other machinery. But they are even more petrified when a gigantic space-bat-angel-dragon, who eats 'living' things, lands in their midst. Will the Iron Giant be able to save the world? For grades 3-6. 1968. Short - 1 cassette.

Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food (Charlotte Jones) - RC 49276

Jones explains how dishes such as Eggs Benedict and Caesar Salad got their names. Tells how terms like "couch potato" and "spill the beans" originated, and includes interesting food facts. For grades 4-7. Short - 1 cassette.

Ghost Boy (Iain Lawrence) - RC 52513

Shortly after World War II, an unhappy albino teenager runs away to join a circus, hoping to fit into their world. Harold makes friends with the sideshow performers and trains elephants to play baseball, but mostly he learns to accept himself. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. 2000. Short - 2 cassettes.

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (C S Lewis) - RC 50083

Seven stories presented in the chronological order in which C.S. Lewis intended them to be read. The first is The Magician's Nephew, telling how the journeys between the two worlds began and how the wardrobe came to be a doorway leading into Narnia. For grades 4-7. 1998. Long - 7 cassettes.

If You Give a Moose a Muffin - RC 34764
When a small boy offers a passing moose a muffin, the moose asks for jam, more and more muffins, a trip to the store to get muffin mix, and a whole series of activities that ends, of course, with a muffin. Sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (RC 26192). For preschool-grade 2. 1991.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - RC 26192, BR 8934
When a small boy offers a passing mouse a cookie, the mouse asks for a glass of milk, then a straw, then a look in a mirror, then a haircut, and a whole series of activities that end, of course, with a cookie. For preschool-grade 2. 1985. PRINT/BRAILLE.

Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson) - RC 48732, BR 10864 (RC 12343, BR 8361)

Jess finds his biggest rival and best friend in Leslie, a girl who moves to his rural Virginia community from the city. Together they create Terabithia, a secret kingdom in the woods where they reign supreme - until tragedy strikes. A haunting story for grades 5-8. Newbery Medal. 1977. Short - 1 cassette.

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - RC 47260, BR 11879
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - RC 48437, BR 12276
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - RC 48772, BR 12390
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - RC 50228, BR 12764

• RC 52451: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• RC 52452: Quidditch Through the Ages

A Child's Garden of Verses (Robert Louis Stevenson) - RC 43675, BR 01428

A selection of musical poems about childhood first published in England in 1885 and loved by generations of children and adults. For grades K-3 and older readers. Short - 1 cassette.

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