The cassette books listed here were locally-produced at WTBBL and may be ordered by using the Online Catalog (OPAC) or by contacting the Library at the mailing address, e-mail address, or any of the phone numbers given below.
Books Produced in 2003
CBA 07593 Sail's Best Little Learn To Sail Book Ever by Brad Dellenbaugh. US Naval Academy offshore sailing coach Brad Dellenbaugh outlines the parts of a sailboat, how a sailboat works, and how to pilot a boat under diverse conditions without stalling or capsizing. Words and illustrations by the author; book sponsored by the American Sailing Association. Narrated by Kate Lin.
CBA 07587 Blepharospasm. 10 informational pamphlets on Blepharspasm. Narrated by Shelley McIntyre.
CBA 07576 Sam The Cat And Other Stories by Matthew Klam. An O. Henry Award winner presents seven short stories previously published in the "New Yorker." In the title entry a young womanizer ruminates on his lifestyle. In "Not This" a man relishes the prospect of donating sperm to his sister-in-law. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Narrated by John Nadeau.
CBA 07574 Madame La Gimp by Damon Runyon. Visit the world of 1920s and 1930s New York City gamblers, showgirls, small-time hustlers, and gangsters in this story from the book The Bloodhounds of Broadway. Narrated by Tim Clifford.
CBA 07563 The Restless Northwest: A Geological Story by Hill Williams. A former Seattle Times science writer provides a brief, easy-to-follow overview of the geologic process that shaped the Northwest. Narrated by John Nadeau.
CBA 07523 The Ghost and Lady Alice by Marion Chesney. While gazing into the portrait of the handsome but long-deceased Eighth Duke of Haversham, Alice Lovesey calls upon someone to save her from the cruel Tenth Duke, and meets a ghostly lover. Narrated by Lynn Rodgers.
CBA 07519 Do Americans Shop Too Much? by Juliet Schor. Juliet Schor breaks a taboo by exposing Americans' shopping habits to moral society. Schor disapproves of unfettered private consumption, not only because we already use up so much, but also because overspending to bolster a sense of self does not lead to happiness. Along with her critique, Schor suggests intriguing ideas for making 'status' goods accessible for all--for example, imposing high taxes on expensive items to subsidize lines of affordable 'luxury' goods. A firestorm of responses follow from economist Robert Frank and others. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07517 The 15-Minute Miracle Revealed by Jacquelyn Aldana. Simple shortcuts to attracting Miracles. The author's husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer, but is now healthy and is convinced that The 15-Minute Miracle saved his life. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07516 Different Seasons: Twelve Months Of Wisdom And Inspiration by Dale Turner. Seattle Times religious columnist Dale Turner shares a selection of inspirational articles from his fifteen years as a journalist and fifty years as a Congregational minister. Narrated by Tim Clifford.
CBA 07509 Meeting Jesus Again For The First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus Borg. By examining historical depictions of Jesus and his own journey of faith, New Testament scholar Marcus Borg explores the effects of popular culture on the relationships people form with God. Narrated by June Barnes.
CBA 07507 The Story Of Annie Sullivan by Bernice Selden. A biography of the woman who taught a deaf-blind girl, Helen Keller, how to communicate with others. Narrated by Ann Lewis.
CBA 07504 Yakima Washington by Elizabeth Gibson. The history of Yakima, from the Indian troubles of the 1850s that led to the establishment of the Reservation south of the city, through the life and times of the early settlers, the arrival of the railroad, the development of the orchard industry, and the expansion of the city. Narrated by Tim Clifford.
CBA 07501 Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend Of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis. A tale of betrayal, courage, and survival based on an Athabascan Indian legend told in a blend of contemporary and traditional styles by a new Native American writer. Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07500 In Sunlight, In A Beautiful Garden by Kathleen Cambor. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1889. Frank Fallon, a Civil War veteran and mill worker, prepares to march in the Memorial Day parade. Wealthy lawyer James Talbot arrives at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club on the man-made lake above the dam. Their children are secretly in love. Then the dam breaks – killing thousands. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy.
CBA 07499 Rodeo Queens and the American Dream by Joan Burbick. A bittersweet journey into the lives of women who have worked the rodeo circuit from the 1930s to today, written by a Washington State University professor. Narrated by Chris Galloway.
CBA 07498 A Gesture Life Toolbox by Center For The Book, Seattle Public Library. A companion guide to the book, A Gesture Life, chosen as the Seattle Reads book for 2003, this pamphlet features reading group questions and food for thought. Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07491 The Deer On A Bicycle by Patrick F. McManus. Excursions Into the Writing of Humor. Excerpts from the author's books with commentary and some guidance for would-be humor writers. Narrated by John Nadeau.
CBA 07489 The Rainy City by Earl W. Emerson. Mystery set in Seattle featuring private detective Thomas Black. When a pretty woman disappears, he gets soaked in sex and scandal – with murder in the forecast. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07484 Passage To Juneau: A Sea And Its Meanings by Jonathan Raban. Raban chronicles his 1990s trip up the Inside Passage from Seattle, Washington, to Juneau, Alaska, in a ketch (the boat's main attraction was its built-in bookcases). He had set out to retrace George Vancouver's 1792 route and to meditate on the lure of the sea, but instead his journey became one of personal introspection. Narrated by Carter Bentley.
CBA 07481 Tales From Rhapsody Home by John Gould. Or, What They Don't Tell You about Senior Living. Anecdotes from a ninety-two-year-old retirement home resident. Narrated by Lynn Rodgers.
CBA 07480 The Light On The Island by Helene Glidden. Reminiscence about the author's girlhood on Patos Island, in the San Juan Archipelago of Washington State, with her parents and twelve siblings. Her father was the lighthouse keeper. Some strong language. Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07477 Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton. Fictional reconstruction of a celebrated Victorian crime: the theft of gold bullion from a heavily guarded safe aboard a London train by an organized gang. Narrated by John Nadeau.
CBA 07476 Miss Zukas Shelves The Evidence by Jo Dereske. When the police chief of Bellehaven , Washington , is helped to a near fatal fall, a potentially incriminating library book is found within reach. The police demand the library to turn over the borrower's name. But librarian Helma Zukas is determined to uphold the privacy rights of library patrons and deletes the information from library records, but not before she takes note of it. Narrated by Lynn Rodgers.
CBA 07475 Sharing A Robin's Life by Linda Johns. Nova Scotia artist and naturalist Linda Johns, whose intimate friends include pigeons, ducks, roosters, and starlings, has a special affection for County, a spirited robin that shared her home for several years, and inspired her life and her paintings. Narrated by Laurie Bialik.
CBA 07468 How It Was In Hawk Creek Canyon by Mollie Elizabeth Nicholson. The author describes her life on a family farm in a canyon of Lincoln County, Eastern Washington, in the 1920s. The child of a Welsh mother and a North Carolinian father, she characterizes her childhood home as a crosswalk of inherited backgrounds. Narrated by June Barnes.
CBA 07466 Healing Conversations by Nance Guilmartin. What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say. How to talk to people in grief. Narrated by Mary Schlosser.
CBA 07465 What The Ice Gets by Melinda Mueller. The story of Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition told in verse. Chapters in blank verse alternate with monologues from the crew members. Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07462 2182 kHz: a Novel by David Masiel. Gripping, darkly humorous arctic adventure about a stubborn seaman plagued by bad luck. Narrated by Steven Crozier.
CBA 07461 The Holy Man by Susan Trott. A series of short tales about various seekers of wisdom or relief and their encounters with an alleged holy man who lives in a remote hermitage on a mountain. As the pilgrims' stories unfold, we discover a man who successfully ministers to wounded egos, bad tempers, impatience, and other imperfections. Narrated by Lynn Rodgers.
CBA 07458 Alpine Nemesis by Mary Daheim. When Emma Lord, publisher of the Alpine Advocate, races to scoop the story of a family feud, she uncovers a shocking town conspiracy. Narrated by Cathy Kaufmann.
CBA 07457 The Alpine Obituary by Mary Daheim. Emma Lord, publisher of the Alpine Advocate, the newspaper in a small Washington town, investigates the death of octogenarian Jack Froland, whom his wife insists was murdered. The local judge, a beautiful blonde, has received a blackmail letter, and there is also a possible arson to look into. Narrated by Alis Parris.
CBA 07456 The Alpine Betrayal by Mary Daheim. Dani Marsh, now a Hollywood star, returns home to Alpine, Washington, to shoot a movie. Cody Graff, her ex-husband, goes crazy with an ax at the local Loggerama, then is found dead. Alpine Advocate newspaper publisher Emma Lord investigates. Narrated by Kate Fleming.
CBA 07454 The Alpine Christmas by Mary Daheim. Newspaper publisher Emma Lord tries to solve the case of young women found dead in the lake at the Northwest town of Alpine. Narrated by Alis Parris.
CBA 07452 Until Proven Guilty by Judith A. Jance. #1 in J.P. Beaumont Myestery Series. The beautiful woman who came to the little girl's funeral was irresistible to detective J. P. Beaumont. Beau won't rest until he finds out who killed the little girl and what is going on at the religious cult in Ballard. Narrated by Carter Bentley.
CBA 07450 Trial By Fury by Judith A. Jance. #3 in the J.P. Beaumont Mystery series. Seattle writer J.A. Jance offers another entrancing J.P. Beaumont mystery. When the naked body of an unidentified black man is found in a dumpster, detective Beaumont must discover who he is and who could be his killer. Narrated by Carter Bentley.
CBA 07443 The Art Of Getting Well by David Spero. A Five-Step Plan for Maximizing Health When You Have A Chronic Illness. By a nurse, journalist, and health educator who has had multiple sclerosis for twelve years. Narrated by Jackie Friedman.
CBA 07442 Major Vices by Mary Daheim. A Bed and Breakfast Mystery. Judith and Renie cater a seventy-fifth birthday bash for Uncle Boo Major, but he is blown away behind the locked den door. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy.
CBA 07440 Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young by Gary Small. A neuroscientist gives middle-aged people prescriptive tips for 'brain fitness.' Narrated by Shelley McIntyre.
CBA 07434 Fateful Days by Gwen Austin. Fateful Days follows several characters throughout a year of their lives and considers how much fate affects what happens. Samson, living in western Washington, is dealt a devastating blow that changes the focus of his life. He learns about community resources, friends, love, and his own inner strength. Devorah Zehavah, a visitor from Israel , comes into his life. Andi Lane, the central character in Gwen Austin's previous book, Twilight Manor, must make an important medical decision for herself. She takes time away from her duties as Activity Director at Twilight Manor, a nursing home in Sumter, South Carolina , and travels to the Hawaiian Islands. Upon her return, she makes that medical decision and eventually visits her step-brother. Joy Elton and Mike Boyle, landlords for and friends of Dan Samson, interact with Dan Samson and each other. The latter is often a rocky relationship. A seemingly simple kayak trip changes their lives. Narrated by Kathleen Howe.
CBA 07433 The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss. Novel about the lives of Lydia Sanderson and other pioneers in the high mountain country of Oregon in the depression year of 1895. Narrated by Camille Blanchette.
CBA 07432 Proverbs Of Ashes by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker. Violence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us. An exploration of the Christian doctrine of atonement, drawing on the Bible, the Confessions of St Augustine, and a wide array of intimate stories about family violence, sexual abuse of children, racism, homophobia, and war. Narrated by Shelley McIntyre.
CBA 07430 Artemisia: A Novel by Alexandra Lapierre. Sweeping historical novel about seventeenth-century artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Apprenticed to her father, at age seventeen she was raped by her father's best friend and partner. For eight months all Rome was riveted as she pleaded and finally won her case in court, but was then ostracized from Rome and her father. Narrated by Laurie Bialik.
CBA 07429 The Pledge by Jane Peart. #2 American Quilt Series. Jo-Beth, her brother, and her widowed mother, Johanna, move in with relatives. Jo-Beth forms an attachment to Wesley Rutherford strong enough to endure while he studies in Philadelphia . Can their love also survive the Civil War? The patchwork events of her life fit into God's Pattern. Sequel to The Pattern. Narrated by Andrea Lewis.
CBA 07425 Cedarhaven; A Novel Of The Early Northwest by Patricia Campbell. Washington Territory, during and after the Civil War, is the setting for this novel of an incompetent widowed father and his three daughters, the oldest of whom manages the family from an early age. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07424 Erasure by Percival Everett. A novel of family, race, and publishing in America. African American novelist, college professor, woodworker, and fly fisherman Thelonious (Monk) Ellison is rankled by the success of an exploitative novel about a black woman, and writes a parody of it under the pseudonym Stagg R Leigh. His parody is taken seriously and he is offered money, fame, and success beyond anything he has known. Violence and strong language. Narrated by Will Rose.
CBA 07422 Bound Feet And Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang. The author tells the story of her great aunt, whose life combined traditional Chinese and Western cultures. Born near Shanghai in 1900, Chang Yu-I rebelled against having her feet bound, but entered an arranged marriage at fiftenn. Although she bore him two sons, Yu-I's husband, poet Hsu Chih-Mo, divorced her. In China , where "a woman is nothing", Yu-I managed to become a successful banker. Narrated by Andrea Lewis.
CBA 07421 What Went Wrong? Western Impact And Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis. A concise study of the rise and decline of the Islamic world and its reaction to Western cultural dominance between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Discusses Muslim disposition to govern by religious law, reluctance to recognize women's rights, and intolerance of intellectual freedom. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07420 Back To The Damn Soil by Mary Gubser. Humorous tale of the prairie homefront during World War II, as the women try to cope with farm life while the men are gone to war. Narrated by Alis Parris.
CBA 07417 Rat City by Curt Colbert. Jake Rossiter, a Sam Spade-like private detective, and his able-bodied girl Friday, Miss Jenkins, dig through layers of vice and violence in Seattle 's seamy underbelly to uncover a case of corruption and prejudice. Explicit sex, violence, and strong language. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07415 Once Upon A Time In Seattle by Emmett Watson. Seattle Times columnist tells of his fifty years in journalism and of his meanderings with his miniature poodle, Tiger. Many anecdotes about the city of Seattle. Narrated by John Nadeau.
CBA 07413 Atomic Farmgirl by Teri Hein. A family's story of belief and betrayal and the costs of Hanford 's toxic waste on the banks of the Columbia River . Narrated by Chris Galloway.
CBA 07408 Healing Lazarus by Lewis Richmond. A Buddhist's Journey From Near Death to New Life. How the author, a Zen teacher, recovered from a debilitating brain injury. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07403 Urban Walks by Joan Burton and Duse Mclean. 23 walks through Seattle 's Parks and Neighborhoods. Narrated by Kathleen Howe.
CBA 07402 Homestead by Rosina Lippi. Nestled in the Austrian alpine village of Rosenau, five generations of women of the Bengat, Bent Elbow, and Wainwright clans experience daily life and the impacts of two world wars. In one of the twelve vignettes, the delivery of a postcard to Anna Fink depends on knowing the town's history rather than the address. Narrated by Andrea Lewis.
CBA 07401 Technogenesis by Syne Mitchell. Set in Seattle. In a future society where everyone is connected to the internet by nerve-induction jewelry, data miner Jasmine Reese becomes disconnected and is thrust into the world of the homeless and unemployed. Then she receives a cryptic warning: "The Beast is watching you". Some explicit sex and strong language. Narrated by Lynn Rodgers.
CBA 07399 Picture Postcard by Frederick D. Huebner. Seattle lawyer Matt Riordan investigates the case of a picture postcard of a painting by a Northwest artist who has been dead ten years, which leads him to a fifty-year-old murder case. Narrated by Ed Kennedy.
CBA 07396 Older But Wilder by Effie Leland Wilder. More Notes From the Pasture: Another Short Novel. Hattie McNair and her friends from the FairAcres Retirement Home involve themselves in a moneymaking scheme in order to build a swimming pool, a sour-looking portrait of the home's founder disappears, and Hattie lends a hand to her young friend Amanda. Narrated by Eileen G ruhn.
CBA 07393 The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan. Historical novel of seventeenth-century India . Mehrunnisa, the daughter of Persian refugees, sets out to marry Prince Salim, the son of Emperor Akbar. Narrated by Sneha Mathan.
CBA 07392 A Groom With A View by Jill C hurchill. Jane Jeffry is planning a wedding for a client; they plan to usea remote hunting lodge. A violent storm arrives on wedding day and someone takes a slippery slide to death. Suddenly Jane finds herself investigating a murder. Narrated by Linda Meier.
CBA 07390 Spirited Waters by Jennifer Hahn. The author paddles her kayak from Ketchikan to Bellingham and describes her experiences in the language of a poet and naturalist. Narrated by Kate Fleming.
CBA 07387 Aftermath: Violence And The Remaking Of Self by Susan Brison. In 1990, while on her morning walk in Southern France, the author was attacked from behind, severely beaten, raped, strangled, and left for dead. Her book examines the remaking of a self in the aftermath of violence and explores, from an interdisciplinary perspective, memory and truth, identity and self, autonomy and community. The author is a philosopher. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07384 How to Learn Any Language by Barry Farber. This author, who can speak 25 different languages, gives simple techniques to learn to speak, write, and read any foreign language you want to learn in a short amount of time. Narrated by Ann Lewis.
CBA 07381 Caught Up In The Rapture by Sheneska Jackson. Jazmine, a 26 year old college student from a strict family with a beautiful singing voice, finds a passionate connnection with Xavier (known as X-man), a talented street musician who hopes to rap his way out of the hood. Dreams, drug abuse, and violence riddle the lives of the two artists as they strive to reconcile differences and balance love and career in the face of all challenges. Narrated by Phyllis Fletcher.
CBA 07379 Renegades Of The Empire by Michael Drummond. How three software warriors started a revolution: behind the walls of fortress Microsoft. The story of Craig Eisler, Eric Engstrom, and Alex St. John, often called "the Beastie Boys", three software engineers. Narrated by June Barnes.
CBA 07378 In Brief: Short Takes On The Personal by Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones. From Harriet Doerr's recollection of a halcyon time to Josephine Jacobsen's reverie on memory, this book offers glimpses into the ways experience can be shaped in language that is fresh and inventive. The seventy-three authors in this book include the known - John McPhee, Cynthia Ozick, James Salter - as well as remarkable new writers. Essays (all under 2000 words) range from Frank McCourt's search for his father in the pubs of Limerick to William Maxwell's thoughts about growing old. Narrated by Camille Blanchette.
CBA 07375 My Life In Print by Emmett Watson. Seattle newspaper columnist Emmett Watson chronicles his life as a writer from his first (misspelled) byline in 1944 to his 1989 Lesser Seattle campaign to fight off mindless growth. Narrated by Tim Clifford.
CBA 07372 Unlocking The Clubhouse: Women In Computing by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. Margolis and Fisher document the astonishing gender gap in the field of computing by answering the question of why female interest in technology begins to wane in middle school and all but dies in high school. The authors argue that male dominance in information technology can be traced directly back to cultural, social, and educational patterns established in early childhood. Women, therefore, are vastly underrepresented. Narrated by Mary Schlosser.
CBA 07370 Kiss Of The Bees by Judith A. Jance. Sequel to Hour of the Hunter. Diane Ladd Walker and her family are again pursued by a vicious killer, tutored by the villain in the previous book, as the story alternates between the past, the present, and tales of Arizona Indians. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07369 Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. A detective novel set in ancient Rome . The pigs in the title refer to silver ingots. An ancient Roman ‘Phillip Marlow' aids a damsel in distress. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07368 Covering Islam by Edward W. Said. How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World. Narrated by George Oliver.
CBA 07364 The Keepers Of Truth by Michael Collins. Literary novel about Bill, the last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying American industrial town, who lives alone in the family mansion and works for The Truth, the moribund local paper. Then violent death breathes new life into the town. By an Irish-born author who lives in Seattle . Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07362 Dante by R. W. B. Lewis. A short biography of the medieval Italian poet, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Explores the connection between Dante's experiences and his writing, from his youthful infatuation with Beatrice and his love poems, to exile from his beloved Florence and his political treatises. Discusses his major work, The Divine Comedy. Narrated by Ed Kennedy.
CBA 07358 The Essentials Of Yoga by Dinabanhu Sarley and Ila Sarley. Introduction to different schools of yoga, postures, routines, and uses. Narrated by Rekha Sood.
CBA 07356 Undying Glory: The Story Of The Massachusetts 54th Regiment by Clinton Cox. Describes the formation of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment and its valiant battle history from 1863 to 1865. No narrator listed.
CBA 07355 At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald. London, 1963. Two new Irish teachers, Hannah Graves and Pierce Carroll, arrive to tutor the child actors at the Temple Stage School . Freddie Wentworth has been running the school for decades – always on the verge of bankruptcy. Pierce becomes smitten with Hannah, but there is romantic competition. Narrated by Laurie Bialik.
CBA 07353 Wild Life by Molly Gloss. In 1905 when Charlotte Drummond joined the search for a child who disappeared in the deep forest of SouthWest Washington State, she was accounted a fiercely independent freethinking woman. When she gets lost herself in the mysterious deepwood wilderness her entire concept of reality is challenged. Narrated by Camille Blanchette.
CBA 07350 Simon's Family: A Novel Of Mothers And Sons by Marianne Fredriksson. Ever since childhood, Simon Larsson has struggled with feelings that something from the past is not quite right. Despite his parents simple lives, history forces them to conceal a shattering secret from Simon – one that, if ever revealed, threatens to destroy them all. As the shadow of World War II falls over Europe, Simon forms a friendship with a Jewish classmate. It is a relationship that will forever change both their lives, as the Larssons and the Lentovs are irrevocably drawn together. Sex and strong language. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy.
CBA 07349 Best Friends, Worst Enemies by Michael Thompson. Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Analysis of childhood friendship and healthy development in this area, with perspectives from therapists, educators, and parents. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07348 Afghanistan News Articles from the Seattle Times. Six articles from the October 7, 2001, Seattle Times. "Facing Down Terrorism" gives information on six terrorist groups and some primary issues. "A Region Rich In History and Rife With Conflict" gives basic information on the region. "Key Players" profiles prominent leaders in the conflict. Also: "The Influence of Islam", "Adherents to a Strict Form of Islam", "Special Forces In Mission Mode", "Afghanistan's Geography". Narrated by Sneha Mathan.
CBA 07346 The Words Of Bernfrieda by Gabriella Brooke. A Chronicle of Hauteville. The chronicle of the life of Fredesenda the wife of Tancred of Hauteville and mother of Robert Guiscard. A novel based on the accounts and histories of the Normans in France and Italy . Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07343 Paradise Lost by Judith A. Jance. Arizona Sheriff Joanna Brady and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Jenny, are on a Girl Scout campout when they find a murdered Phoenix woman. Joanna is trying to help Jenny to recover from this trauma when another body turns up. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07340 For Rabbit, With Love And Squalor by Anne Roiphe. The author of Up the Sandbox! and numerous magazine articles describes her love for many of the famous male characters of American literary fiction, including Holden Caulfield, Robert Jordan, Dick Diver, Rabbit, Nathan Zuckerman, and others. Explicit sex and strong language. Narrated by Alita Kiaer.
CBA 07338 The Mindbody Prescription by John Sarno. Healing the Body, Healing the Pain. Addresses many painful conditions, including neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises, and prescribes treatments for underlying emotional problems. Uses meditation, psychoanalysis, and behavior modification. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07337 The Iguana, An Owner's Guide To A Happy Healthy Pet by Karen Rosenthal. How to feed, house, groom, and keep your pet iguana healthy, written by a veterinarian who specializes in exotic pets. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07336 The Cheshire Moon by Robert Ferrigno. When Quinn's career as an invesitgative journalist came screeching to a halt after he was blamed for setting a killer free, it was Quinn's flaky friend Andy who came to his rescue. Now it's payback time; Andy witnessed a murder and the huge assassin with a crewcut is after him. Quinn frantically untangles the murderer's blackmail motives but not in time to save Andy. And now the hulk is after Quinn. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. Narrated by Ed Kennedy.
CBA 07332 American Women In World War I by Lettie Gavin. An overview of American women's roles in World War I, including their duty in the Navy, Marines, Signal Corps, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Army Nurses, Reconstruction Aides, women of the YMCA, and as women physicians. Narrated by Lynda Emel.
CBA 07320 No More Bad-Hair Days by Susan Sturges Hyde. A Woman's Journey Through Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Coping. A book of aphorisms to provide comfort to women with cancer. Narrated by Laurie Bialik.
CBA 07319 The Menopause Manager by Mary Ann Mayo and Joseph Mayo. A Safe Path for a Natural Change. How to manage menopause through medical expertise and alternative health care. By a doctor and a marriage counselor. Narrated by Gloria Valone.
CBA 07317 Goneboy: A Walkabout by Gregory Gibson. This sad tale of murder on a college campus in Massachusetts recounts a father's search for meaning in the death of his son and every aspect surrounding the event. Lewis's unemotional reading creates a suitable distance between the father's journey and the fateful actions of his son. While the story is full of fastidious details and minute facts agonizingly repeated by the author, Lewis's narration never loses heart or flags in its attention to the unfolding events and discoveries. Narrated by Steven Crozier.
C BA 07312 Colored Sand by Nadia Reimer. Novel about Jim, an American archeologist, who, together with Raji or Lizard Boy, searches the Jordanian desert for a special cave and finds great wealth. The author has worked on archeological digs and is from Ritzville, Washington . Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07311 Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey. Phedre no Delaunay, a woman who was sold into servitude as a child, purchased later by a nobleman and trained in history, theology, politics, languages and the arts of pleasure, stumbles on a plot that threatens her homeland. She is betrayed into captivity, makes a harrowing escape and a more harrowing journey to take a message to her people of the impending invasion of their land. She is the very woman who holds the key to her realm's secrets and whose courage will determine the future of her world. Narrated by Colm Delaney.
CBA 07305 The Wounded Male by Steven Farmer. The First Practical Hands-On Guide Designed To Help Men Heal Their Lives. Has exercises to help men participate in their own healing. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07303 Raising Children Who Think For Themselves by Elisa Medhus. Real-life examples, anecdotes, and interviews with parents, teachers, and children help identify five essential qualities of self-directed children, seven strategies for parents, and one hundred child-raising challenges. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07301 Einstein's Unfinished Symphony by Marcia Bartusiak. What if we could hear the heavens? What if the cosmic display above us has a sound track? In this book, we are introduced to the science of gravity waves - or vibrations in space-time. We learn about the new generation of observatories, now being completed worldwide, that will give astronomers a whole new sense with which to explore and experience the cosmos. Instead of collecting light waves or radio waves, these novel instruments will allow scientists to place their hands upon the fabric of space-time itself. Narrated by Colm Delaney.
CBA 07300 Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker. #6 of the Spenser Novels. Rachel Wallace is a lesbian feminist. The publication of her newest book brings death threats, and her publisher hires detective Spenser to protect her on the book tour. She is as tough and proud as he is, and their clash of styles is inevitable. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07295 Pilgrimage Through Universities by Charles Odegaard. The former President of the University of Washington describes his development as a scholar and university administrator. Narrated by Tim Clifford.
CBA 07288 The Protocol by April Christofferson. A nerve-jangling medical thriller. Attorney Jennifer Rockhill is hired by a Seattle biotech firm, allowing her to get close to Dr Sherwood Fielding, the man who killed her husband. Narrated by Steven Crozier.
CBA 07287 Alaska Bear Tales by Larry Kaniut. A collection of stories about bears in Alaska . Graphic descriptions of bear maulings. The sources of the stories claim they are true, but the author cannot vouch for this. Narraed by Linda Meier.
CBA 07286 The Times We Had: Life With William Randolph Hearst by Marion Davies. Taped reminiscences of the movie star's exotic and quirky life as the mistress of the wealthy publisher during Hollywood 's hey-day. Includes glimpses of glittering and talented celebrities from around the globe. Narrated by Kate F leming.
CBA 07285 Faithful Travelers by James Dodson. The author, a sports columnist, takes his precocious seven-year-old daughter on a fly-fishing tour of wilderness America, from the Adirondacks to Yellowstone, as a path of recovery from his recent divorce. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07282 Irish America Coming Into Clover by Maureen Dezell. The Evolution of a People and a Culture. The author traces the history and the changing makeup of the Irish population in the United States . Narrated by Jess Ramaker.
CBA 07281 Light Action In The Caribbean by Barry Lopez. Collection of short stories, set in Peru, China, the Caribbean, and America. Contents: Remembering Orchards; Stolen Horses; Thomas Lowdermilk's Generosity; In the Garden of the Lords of War; Emory Bear Hands' Birds; In the Great Bend of the Souris River; Deaf Girl; Ruben Mendoza...; Letters of Heaven; Mornings in Quarain; Construction of the Rachel; Light Action in the Caribbean; Mappist. Narrated by Andrea Lewis.
CBA 07274 Cohassett Beach Chronicles by Kathy Hogan. World War II in the Pacific Northwest . A collection of wartime newspaper columns originally published in the Grays Harbor Post, and chronicling life in Cohasset Beach, near Aberdeen, Washington. Narrated by June Barnes.
CBA 07269 Inside The Sky by William Langewiesche. A Meditation On Flight. The author, the son of a test pilot, shares his pilots-eye view of flight, describing what the pilot sees, thinks, and feels, as well as how our vision has been altered by our liberation from the ground. Narrated by Carter Bentley.
CBA 07268 Pack Of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People And Dogs by Caroline Knapp. After losing her parents and giving up drinking, the author found solace in the company of an eight-week-old puppy, who she found at an animal shelter and named Lucille. Narrated by Camille Blanchette.
CBA 07265 Small Victories: Conversations About Prematurity, Disability, Vision Loss and Success by Mary Lou Dickerson. A collection of inspirational stories and interviews with individuals and families who have lived through the experience of premature birth. The author was born prematurely and is the mother of a daughter born prematurely. She is also a member of the Washington State House of Representatives. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07264 A Light In The Dark: The Life Of Samuel Gridley Howe by Milton Meltzer. The life of a 19th-century philanthropist who pioneered in the education of the blind, was a crusader for prison reforms and for changes in the treatment of the mentally ill, and a supporter of abolition. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07260 Mind Prey by John Sandford. This very modern American psycho thriller begins with the brutal kidnapping of psychiatrist Andi Manette and her two daughters, and follows their nightmare in captivity as Manette uses all her strength and professional skill to battle a viciously obsessed man. Set in New England, this novel contains brutal voilence, explicit sex and very strong language. No narrator listed.
CBA 07259 12 Things You Must Know About Diabetes Right Now! by Irl Hirsch. Information on how to care for your diabetes by the medical director of the Diabetes Care Center at the University of Washington . What checkups and tests you need, what the results mean, and the latest research results. Revised edition of How To Get Great Diabetes Care. Narrated by Rekha Sood.
CBA 07257 Men Of Honor by David Robbins. Based on the movie. Sharecropper's son Carl Brashear wished to become the first African-American Master Chief Navy Diver. He overcame racism and a tragic accident to make his dream come true. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy.
CBA 07255 Where God Lives by Melvin Morse. The Science of the Paranormal and How Our Brains Are Linked to the Universe. Based on his research on near-death experiences, Dr. Morse explains how to stimulate "the God Spot" in our brains and connect ourselves to the universe. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07254 Skunk Works by Ben Rich and Leo Janos. This true story of America's most secret and successful aeorspace operation is filled with portraits of the scientists and engineers who made Skunk Works so reknowned. The story of Lockheed's Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations, Gulf War combat and extraordinary engineering and human achievements. Narrated by Floyd Hutton.
CBA 07253 Mrs Craddock by W. Somerset Maugham (William Somerset). At the end of the 19th century, Bertha Ley marries gentleman farmer Edward Craddock, but misses passion and ardor in her good-humoured, placid husband. Narrated by Laurie Bialik.
CBA 07252 Today I Am A Boy by David Hays. The Bar Mitzvah Journey of a Grown Man. At the age of sixty-six, Hays joined a synagogue, borrowed a Hebrew primer from his grandson, and joined a class of twelve-year-olds studying to become a bar mitzvah. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy.
CBA 07251 Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. This play takes us back and forth between 1809 and the present at a large country house in Derbyshire, exploring the nature of truth, time, and love as Bernard Nightingale tries to uncover the family scandal resulting from Lord Byron's visit to the estate. Narrated by Laurie B ialik.
CBA 07248 Spirited Americans by A. E. Jeffcoat. A Commentary On America 's Optimists – From the Puritans to the Cyber-Century. Throws light on the Clinton era and the issues of the 2000 presidential campaign through examples from American History. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07246 The Homing by John Saul. Thriller about insects takes place in central California , where a teenage runaway calling herself Dawn Morningstar accepts a ride with entomologist Carl Henderson, an evil genius who, before her dreadful death, uses Dawn for his experiments with bees, scorpions, and ants. Narrated by Eileen Gruhn.
CBA 07245 Operation Hebron by Eric Jordan. In an election year, a foreign intelligence service is trying to get its top agent, a U.S. Senator, elected President, while the Iranians and Iraqis are suspected of murdering the womanizing American Ambassador to the European Union. Brenda Straus and Jackie Markovic, an FBI Special Agent and a lethally-seductive assassin, battle it out in a geo-political chess game that may change the balance of world power. Sex, violence, and strong language. Narrated by Richard Staudt.
CBA 07244 Success Is The Quality Of Your Journey by Jennifer James. New edition of a collection of short essays originally published in 1983. Psychologist, columnist, and Seattle media personality Jennifer James shares insights about the experiences, feelings, and events of our lives. Each essay is just one page. Narrated by Jacky Kennedy
CBA 07243 Way Of A Fighter by Claire Lee Chennault. Autobiography of the fighter pilot famous for commanding the Flying Tigers, who fought for China against the Japanese in World War II. Narrated by Floyd Hutton.
CBA 07242 Zen Sex by Philip Toshio Sudo. The Way of Making Love. Using Zen koans, parables, and meditations, Sudo shows us the way to making love passionately. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
CBA 07240 Petroglyphs: Ancient Language/Sacred Art by Sabra Moore . Describes ancient native art from all regions of the North American continent, providing information on the location, the culture, and what is known of the meaning. Narrated by George Oliver.
CBA 07239 Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution Of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond. This speculative work examines human sexuality as it is today, relating its evolution to forces inherent in the animal world, e.g. why human body signals - men's body muscles, and women's body fat (hips and breasts) - can be said to carry deeper messages. Narrated by Debbie Tully.
CBA 07237 Nowle's Passing by Edith Forbes. After her father's supposed suicide, Vincie returns to her small hometown in New England to come to terms with her exacting family legacy and discover her own life. Narrated by Andrea Lewis.
CBA 07234 Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique by Michael J. Gelb. The late F.Matthias Alexander was a specialist in healing by means of postural re-education. The Alexander Technique is based on teaching patients to relax their muscles, particularly those in the neck and shoulders, and in encouraging them to make a habit of using less stressful postures and better balanced movements. The Technique is now widely recognized as a method not only of putting us in touch with our bodies but of deepening our perceptions and well-being in general. Narrated by Steve Hunziker.
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