[Missouri-l] Fw: September 2009 -- Another Digital Book Sampler

[cory McMahon]

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Subject: September 2009 -- Another Digital Book Sampler


Wolfner Library has duplicated from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site digital books (DB) onto cartridges for patrons to use with the new digital player. Wolfner Reader Advisors lists some of the popular digital books now available to Wolfner Library digital readers. To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. You may also request these titles online through our OPAC. Happy Reading!

 

All are available for download over the Internet via the NLS BARD site. In addition, Wolfner library now has blank cartridges and cables for you to use with your new player for those wanting to download from BARD.

 

Call your Reader Advisor for additional information on how to download from BARD.

 

 

WOLFNER LIBRARY 

PRESENTS 

ANOTHER DIGITAL BOOK SAMPLER

SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Fiction

 

Being Elizabeth by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Read by Martha Harmon Pardee

Reading time 12 hours 44 minutes
Family
At twenty-five, upon her hateful half sister's death, Elizabeth Turner inherits Deravenels, the generations-old family business. Trusted advisor Cecil and Elizabeth's childhood friend Robert help her deal with power struggles and money problems at Deravenels over the next ten years. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008. Download Being Elizabeth, DB67493 

 

The Best Christian Short Stories by Bret Lott

Read by Robert Sams

Reading time 8 hours 1 minute
Short Stories 
Eleven stories by Christian writers, published between 1989 and 2006, about characters experiencing divine grace. Includes Homer Hickam's "Dosie, of Killakeet Island," the editor's "An Evening on the Cusp of the Apocalypse," and Larry Woiwode's "Firstborn," in which a young couple confronts the trials of childbirth. 2006. Download The Best Christian Short Stories, DB63803 

 

The Best Western Stories of John Jakes by John Jakes

Read by Bob Askey

Reading time 11 hours 41 minutes
Westerns 
Known primarily as a historical novelist, Jakes is also a prolific writer of western stories. Included in this collection are recent efforts as well as entries first published in western pulp magazines in the 1950s. The subject matter varies, ranging from the romance between two middle-aged gamblers to a small town's hatred for a German- American family. Some strong language. Download The Best Western Stories of John Jakes, DB33778 

 

Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell

Read by Mary Kane

Reading time 10 hours 8 minutes
Romance, Suspense
Arizona river guide Jill Breck receives a death threat shortly after her great-aunt leaves her a dozen unsigned paintings that once belonged to Jill's grandmother. Jill asks security expert Zach Balfour to investigate the origins of the paintings. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008. Download Blue Smoke and Murder, DB66937

 

Bright Starry Banner: A Novel of the Civil War by Alden R. Carter

Read by Jim Zeiger

Reading time 22 hours 10 minutes
War Fiction
Fictional account of the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where Union troops under Major General William Starke Rosecrans confronted Confederate troops led by General Braxton Bragg from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Portrays soldiers on both sides. Violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003. Download Bright Starry Banner: A Novel of the Civil War, DB67464

 

 

 

The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver

Read by Jim Zeiger

Reading time 16 hours
Mystery and Detective
When his cousin Arthur is accused of murder, quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme suspects Arthur was framed. As Lincoln and New York detective Amelia Sachs investigate, they connect the crime to a killer who uses computer data-mining software to pick his victims. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008. Download The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, DB68762

 

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg

Read by Jill Ferris

Reading time 10 hours 20 minutes
Humor 
Elmwood Springs, Missouri. After octogenarian Elner Shimfissle falls off her ladder and dies, the townsfolk reminisce about her. When Elner meets her late sister Ida in heaven, Ida is still fuming over her bad-hair day at her funeral--then a miracle happens. Includes recipes. Bestseller. 2006. Download Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, DB62789 

 

Charleston by Alexandra Ripley

Read by Mitzi Friedlander
Historical Fiction
This historical novel portrays the city of Charleston and its inhabitants from 1863 to 1898. Elizabeth Tradd was five years old when the Civil War ended. Born into the elegant world of the aristocracy, she was not prepared for the harsh reality of life after the war nor for the devastation of the l886 earthquake. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Download Charleston, DB29382 

 

 

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Read by Robert Sams

Reading time 22 hours 48 minutes
Historical Fiction
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. Download Cold Mountain, DB44762 

 

Forever After by Catherine Anderson

Read by Gabriella Cavallero

Reading time 16 hours 22 minutes
Romance
Meredith's abusive, mob-connected husband is dead, but Glenn, his father, wants custody of her four-year-old daughter, Sammy. Keeping one step ahead of Glenn leads Meredith to a small Oregon town. There she meets Sheriff Heath Masters and his "retired" police dog Goliath, who help her and Sammy heal. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Download Forever After, DB47178 

 

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

Read by Nick Sullivan

Reading time 25 hours 42 minutes
Suspense
Boston, early twentieth century. Policeman Danny Coughlin goes undercover to infiltrate Bolsheviks and anarchists who are recruiting immigrants and workers to cause civil strife. Soon Danny sympathizes with their plight, befriending his family's Irish maid and an African American fugitive. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008. Download The Given Day, DB68066

 

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Read by Corrie James

Reading time 8 hours 2 minutes

War Fiction

London, 1946. Writer Juliet Ashton corresponds with Dawsey Adams and other members of a literary society created as a front during the Nazi occupation of the British channel island Guernsey. Through letters, Juliet learns about their wartime experiences. Intrigued, Juliet sails to Guernsey, where she finds new inspiration. Bestseller. 2008. Download The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, DB67526 

 

Hammerheads by Dale Brown

Read by Bob Askey

Reading time 21 hours 40 minutes
Adventure 
The "hammerheads" was the nickname earned by an elite Coast Guard unit charged with intercepting contraband liquor during Prohibition. Admiral Ian Hardcastle is given the task of stopping the influx of illegal drugs into the United States. His strategy is to disband existing forces and resurrect the "hammerheads." Their weapon is a hybrid helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. Strong language. Bestseller. Download Hammerheads, DB32048

 

Hellfire Canyon by Max McCoy

Read by Erik Synnestvedt

Reading time 5 hours 15 minutes
Westerns
Missouri. Female reporter Frankie Donovan interviews Jacob Gamble, an old man known as the outlaw fiddler, who as a boy knew the notorious murderer Alf Bolin. Gamble recounts a tale of being forced by circumstances to join Bolin's gang--but he may not be telling the complete truth. Violence. 2007. 
Download Hellfire Canyon, DB68047 

The Husband by Dean Koontz

Read by Holter Graham

Reading time 9 hours 32 minutes
Suspense 
When Mitchell Rafferty's wife is kidnapped, he must come up with two million dollars in ransom money in order to get her back. Mitchell, an ordinary working stiff, is frantic and will do anything to obtain the sum. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2006. Download The Husband, DB61736 

 

Perry Mason--Seven Complete Novels: The Case of the Glamorous Ghost; ...the Terrified Typist; ...the Lucky Loser; ...the Screaming Woman; ...the Long-Legged Models; ...the Foot-Loose Doll; ...the Waylaid Wolf by Erle Stanley Gardner

Read by John Polk

Reading time 44 hours 58 minutes
Mystery
Seven mysteries featuring attorney Perry Mason. In The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958), a stenographer impersonating a dead hitchhiker faces a murder rap. In The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955), amnesia, blackmail, and jewel-smuggling lead to murder. 1979. Download Perry Mason--Seven Complete Novels: The Case of the Glamorous Ghost; ...the Terrified Typist; ...the Lucky Loser; ...the Screaming Woman; ...the Long-Legged Models; ...the Foot-Loose Doll; ...the Waylaid Wolf, DB67701

 

Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich

Read by Fred Major

Reading time 13 hours 25 minutes
Spies and Espionage
After his wife Emma is killed while skiing in the Alps, Doctors Without Borders surgeon Jonathan Ransom receives two Swiss baggage-claim tickets in her name. But when Jonathan picks up the bags, he comes under attack--and discovers that his wife was an undercover agent. Violence and strong language. 2008. Download Rules of Deception, DB67850 

 

The Rustler: A Stone Creek Novel by Linda Lael Miller

Read by Erin Jones

Reading time 8 hours 59 minutes
Westerns
Arizona territory, 1907. Ex-con Wyatt Yarbro joins his lawman brother Rowdy in Stone Creek. Wyatt falls in love with Sarah Tamlin, a career woman who runs a bank for her ailing father while hiding her previous indiscretions. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008. Download The Rustler: A Stone Creek Novel, DB67890 

 

Scandal Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee

Read by Patricia Kilgarriff

Reading time 13 hours 59 minutes
Romance
England, 1804. Heiress Nell Anslowe has recurring nightmares. When Nell escapes from a kidnapping she takes refuge in an abandoned building where Julian Weston, the earl of Wyndham, is also sheltering. Marrying, the two fall in love and seek a reason for Nell's bad dreams. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2007. Download Scandal Becomes Her, DB68111

 

Secrets by Jude Deveraux

Read by Erin Jones

Reading time 8 hours 59 minutes
Romance 
Cassie Madden works as a nanny for widower Jeff Ames--a man Cassie has had a crush on since she was twelve. When Jeff begins dating spoiled Skylar, heartbroken Cassie befriends a retired actress and accidentally uncovers a long-forgotten mystery and secrets involving Jeff. 2008. Download Secrets, DB66866 

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Read by Annie Wauters

Reading time 17 hours 31 minutes
Romance 
Librarian Henry DeTamble first meets his future wife, Clare, when he is twenty-eight and Clare is twenty--but Clare has actually known Henry since she was six. Henry suffers from Chrono-Impairment, a disorder that catapults him sporadically through time, complicating the couple's enduring love. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003. 
Download The Time Traveler's Wife, DB57102

 

Together: A Novel of Shared Vision by Tom Sullivan

Read by Kevin Collins

Reading time 6 hours 4 minutes
Disability Fiction
Colorado. Twenty-five-year-old Brenden McCarthy is a first-year medical resident and an avid mountain climber until a climbing accident blinds him. Now Brenden's widowed mother wants to care for him and his fiancée considers leaving him, while Brenden enters rehabilitation and gets a guide dog--thrice-rejected black Labrador Nelson. 2008. Download Together: A Novel of Shared Vision, DB67040 

 

Twisted Creek by Jodi Thomas

Read by Kristin Allison

Reading time 7 hours 25 minutes
Suspense 
College dropout Allie Daniels inherits a lake property outside Lubbock, Texas, from her previously unknown uncle Jefferson. Allie and her Nana arrive, reopen Jefferson's country store, and meet the neighbors. Meanwhile ATF agent Luke Morgan investigates Jefferson's suspicious death--and falls in love with Allie. Some violence. 2008. Download Twisted Creek,DB68799 

 

 

Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein

Read by John Polk

Reading time 14 hours
Science Fiction
Earth, 2286. Struggling would-be composer Joel Johnston discovers that his fiancée, Jinny Hamilton, is really Jinny Conrad, heiress to the Conrad industrial empire. Instead of joining one of the universe's richest dynasties, Joel hops a starship for far-off adventures filled with romantic intrigue and unexpected calamities. Some strong language. 2006. 
Download Variable Star, DB63640 

 

Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark

Read by Catherine Byers

Reading time 8 hours 44 minutes
Mystery
When she was sixteen, Carolyn MacKenzie's brother Mack disappeared but each Mother's Day Mack makes a brief call home. Ten years later Carolyn, now an attorney, interrupts the call to tell Mack that she will find him. Despite a warning from Mack, Carolyn persists--and finds herself in danger. Bestseller. 2008. Download Where Are You Now?, DB65809 

 

Non-Fiction

 

A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O'Reilly

Read by Roy Avers

Reading time 8 hours 38 minutes
Biography
Emmy Award-winning television commentator's autobiography, its title inspired by his third-grade teacher, a nun, who summed him up with the phrase. O'Reilly reminisces about his postwar working-class upbringing in Long Island, a Catholic-school education, his two years as a teacher, and his journalism career's start in 1970s Boston. Bestseller. 2008. Download A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity, DB67658 

 

Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: Ninety Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential by Joel Osteen

Read by Richard Hauenstein

Reading time 8 hours 24 minutes
Religion
Christian pastor offers a devotional as a companion to his bestselling Your Best Life Now (RC 59330, BR 16228). Presents ninety days of motivational and inspirational messages and scripture intended to strengthen belief in God. 2005. Download Daily Readings From Your Best Life Now: Ninety Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential, DB63057 

 

Happy for No Reason: Seven Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out by Marci Shimoff

Read by Carol Dines

Reading time 12 hours 9 minutes
Self-Help, Inspirational
Author presents a holistic approach to finding lasting happiness. Describes a seven-step program corresponding to personal power, mind, heart, body, soul, purpose, and relationships--as well as twenty-one associated "happiness habits" and exercises. Includes inspirational accounts and tips on applying principles to daily life. Foreword by Jack Canfield. 2008. Download Happy for No Reason: Seven Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, DB66372 

 

In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing by Lee Woodruff

Read by Catherine Byers

Reading time 11 hours 25 minutes
Biography, Journalists
Account of ABC World News Tonight coanchor Bob Woodruff being seriously wounded by a roadside bomb while he was reporting from Iraq in January 2006. Woodruff and his wife, Lee, describe his traumatic brain injury, his rehabilitation, and the incident's effect on their four children. Some violence. Bestseller. 2007. Download In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing, DB64021 

 

Love Your Life: Living Happy, Healthy, and Whole by Victoria Osteen

Read by Gabriella Cavallero

Reading time 6 hours 6 minutes
Inspiration
Copastor of Houston's Lakewood Church offers a spiritual guide to coping with the modern world. Uses examples from her parishioners' lives and her personal experiences to suggest ways of finding strength in God. 2008. Download Love Your Life: Living Happy, Healthy, and Whole, DB67932

 

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

Read by Gregory Gorton

Reading time 9 hours 22 minutes
Dogs

A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer reminisces about the untrainable Labrador retriever that he and his wife acquired as Florida newlyweds. Recalls Marley's hilarious escapades and his capacity for love as the Grogans become the parents of three kids. Bestseller. 2005. Download Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, DB61561

 

Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music by 
Dana Jennings

Read by Jeremy Gage

Reading time 9 hours 28 minutes
Music, Country and Western

New York Times editor explains the ways the classic country music of the 1950s to 1970s resonated with the rural, working-class lives of his New Hampshire family and neighbors. Discusses legendary musicians like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and Loretta Lynn and their effect on audiences. Strong language. 2008. Download Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music, DB68110 

 

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez

Read by Gary Tipton

Reading time 7 hours 43 minutes
Biography

Los Angeles Times columnist describes his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a former student at Juilliard, who became homeless after succumbing to paranoid schizophrenia. Lopez discusses his and his readers' efforts to expose callous treatment of Ayers and relates Ayers's attempts at recovery. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008. 
Download The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music, DB66602

 

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy inside the Mind of a Manager by Buzz Bissinger

Read by Ray Foushee

Reading time 9 hours 54 minutes
Sports and Recreation
The author of Friday Night Lights (RC 32152) shadows St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa during the 2003 baseball season. Observations culminate in an insider's view of a three-game series with archrival Chicago Cubs. Describes the changes in the game over previous decades. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005. Download Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy inside the Mind of a Manager, DB60409 

 

 

Thunder along the Mississippi: The River Battles That Split the Confederacy by Jack D. Coombe

Read by Derald Breneman

Reading time 11 hours 31 minutes
American Civil War
Explains how inland Civil War naval battles on the Mississippi River led to the North's victory. Describes the development of ironclads and the creation of a modern navy. Discusses the effects of the halt of western commerce and the seizure of southern ports on the eastern campaigns. 1996. Download Thunder along the Mississippi: The River Battles That Split the Confederacy, DB63659 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Richard J. Smith, Director

Wolfner Library

Missouri State Library 
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