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2009 Road Trip: Family Listening for Adults and Young Adults

Adult AUDIO BOOKs ~ Fiction

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The Venetian Betrayal
[Suspense]
Steve Berry
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Skeletons at the Feast
[World War II]
Chris Bohjalian
  People of the Book
[Historical adventure]
Geraldine Brooks
  The Pirate's Daughter
[Historical, Jamaica]
Margaret Cezair-Thompson
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Plague Ship
[Adventure, suspense]
Clive Cussler
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  Suddenly
[Romance]
Barbara Delinsky
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Fire and Ice
[Romance, suspense]
Julie Garwood
  Somewhat Saved
[Inspiration]
Pat G'Orge-Walker
  Late Nights on Air
[Romance, adventure]
Elizabeth Hay
  The Path of Daggers
[Fantasy]
Robert Jordan
  The Host
[Science fiction, love story]
Stephenie Meyer
  McKettrick's Pride
[Love story, Western]
Linda Lael Miller
  The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
[Science fiction]
James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
  Love in the Time of Fridges
[Dystopia]
Tim Scott
  Lady Killer
[Legal]
Lisa Scottoline
  The Lucky One
[Love story]
Nicholas Sparks

Adult AUDIO BOOKs ~ Nonfiction

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Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
Judith Orloff  
AUDIO BOOK 152.4 ORL
  Why We Make Mistakes
Joseph Hallinan  
AUDIO BOOK 153 HAL
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Get Motivated
Tamara Lowe  
AUDIO BOOK 153.8 LOW
  Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love by Understanding Your Personality Type
Helen E. Fisher  
AUDIO BOOK 155.264 FIS
  Life Is Friends: A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person
Jeanne Martinet  
AUDIO BOOK 158.25 MAR
  Spiritual Liberation: Consciously Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential
Michael Bernard Beckwith  
AUDIO BOOK 204.4 BEC
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Joyful Wisdom
Yongey Mingyur  
AUDIO BOOK 294.3444 YON
  Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell  
AUDIO BOOK 302 GLA
  Remember the Sweet Things: One List, Two Lives, and Twenty Years of Marriage
Ellen Greene  
AUDIO BOOK 306.872 GRE
  The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11
Edward H. Alden  
AUDIO BOOK 325 ALD
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Fight for Your Money: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a Fortune
David Bach  
AUDIO BOOK 332.024 BAC
  Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Thomas L. Friedman  
AUDIO BOOK 333.72 FRI
  The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley  
AUDIO BOOK 332.02401 STA
  The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers
Bryan Christy  
AUDIO BOOK 364.18 CHR
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A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green
Thomas Cahill  
AUDIO BOOK 364.66 CAH
  13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time
Michael Brooks  
AUDIO BOOK 500 BRO
  You, Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
Michael F. Roizen  
AUDIO BOOK 616 ROI
  Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
Temple Grandin  
AUDIO BOOK 636.0832 GRA
  Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance
Kim S. Cameron  
AUDIO BOOK 658.4092 CAM
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Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
R.A. Scotti  
AUDIO BOOK 759.5 SCO
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Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, An American Town
Warren St. John  
AUDIO BOOK 796.334092 STJ
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg
Kathie Lee Gifford  
AUDIO BOOK 791.45028092 GIF
  Up Till Now: The Autobiography
William Shatner  
AUDIO BOOK 791.45028092 SHA
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The Yankee Years
Joe Torre  
AUDIO BOOK 796.357092 TOR
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Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
Dara Torres  
AUDIO BOOK 797.21092 TOR
  An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
Michael Dirda  
AUDIO BOOK 809 DIR
  The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir
John Grogan  
AUDIO BOOK 818.6 GRO
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
David Grann  
AUDIO BOOK 918.11 GRA
  Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
Neal Bascomb  
AUDIO BOOK 943.086092 BAS
  Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer
Tim Moore  
AUDIO BOOK 949.12 MOO  
  Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
Malcolm MacPherson  
AUDIO BOOK 958.1047 MAC

 

Young Adult AUDIO BOOKs on CD ~ Fiction
(Available on the Mezzanine)

  Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson
Best friends Lia and Cassie compete in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie’s demons finally overpower her, Lia feels haunted by her friend's restless spirit.
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Peter Cameron
Eighteen-year-old James lives in New York City with his older sister and divorced mother and struggles desperately to find a purpose for his life.
  City of Ashes
Cassandra Clare
Sixteen-year-old Clary is attempting to sort out changing events and relationships in her life. When she becomes involved with the Shadowhunters, she uncovers frightening truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
  Attack of the Fiend
Joseph Delaney
When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom the Spook and Alice head for dangerous Pendle Hill in hopes of preventing the witch clans from bringing forth the age of darkness.
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Little Brother
Cory Doctorow
Following days of interrogation by the Department of the Homeland Security in the wake of a San Francisco terrorist attack, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released into a police state and decides to use computer hacking skills to set things right.
  In Search of Mockingbird
Loretta Ellsworth
On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Erin is presented with her deceased mother's diary, which reveals that she also cherished Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and wanted to be a writer. Thrilled by this information, Erin hastily takes the Greyhound from St. Paul, Minnesota to Monroeville, Alabama to visit the reclusive author.
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The Devil's Breath
David Gilman
When fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's environmentalist-adventurer father is discovered missing while working in Namibia, Max becomes the target of an assassination attempt at his school in England. Convinced that he alone can protect his father from certain death, Max journeys to Africa in search of him.
  Paper Towns
John Green
Dressed as an avenging ninja, Margo Roth Spiegelman summons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night. He follows her unquestioningly after a lifetime of loving and admiring Margo from afar. But Quentin’s happiness and joy are fleeting as Margo vanishes with the dawn.
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Get Well Soon
Julie Halpern
When her parents commit her to a mental hospital, an overweight teenaged girl who suffers from panic attacks, describes her experiences in a series of letters to a friend.
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Crank
Ellen Hopkins
Junior Kristina Snow is a good student, but when her drug-dealing father introduces her to crystal meth (‘crank’), Kristina assumes a drug addicted alter ego named Bree, who is bold, sexy, and fearless. Bree's insatiable need for crank involves her in dangerous situations. This free verse novel mirrors Ellen Hopkins' experience with her own daughter.
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Genius Squad
Catherine Jinks
After the Axis Institute is blown up, fifteen-year-old Cadell Piggot is forced into foster care and is constantly monitored by police to protect him from the evil Prosper. An offer to join a mysterious group called Genius Squad with his friend Sonja becomes an opportunity for both teens to destroy an evil corporation.
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Cybele's Secret
Juliet Marillier
Scholarly eighteen-year-old Paula and her merchant father travel from Transylvania to Istanbul in order to purchase an ancient pagan relic, rumored to possess sacred power. Others, however, including a handsome Portuguese pirate and a messenger from Wildwood also desire the magical treasure.
  Sunrise Over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers
Robin Perry, born and reared in Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003, as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion. Myers’ book narrates profound changes Perry experiences during his tour of duty.
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Ghost Medicine
Andrew Smith
Still mourning the death of his mother and trying to find direction for his life, seventeen-year-old Troy reveals the events of the previous summer in this tender, yet realistic coming-of-age narrative.


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