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After the funeral [sound recording] : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Agatha Christie.
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6 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Detective Hercule Poirot searches for the hatchet-wielding killer of Cora Lansquenet, who was brutally silenced after suspecting that her wealthy brother's death was not due to natural causes.
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Alphabet juice [sound recording] : [the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words and combinations thereof: their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences; with examples of their usage foul and savory]
Roy Blount Jr.
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4 sound discs (5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Roy Blount Jr. celebrates the unique sounds of letters when they blend together in this study of a less-than-conventional usage of the English language.
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Cheever [sound recording] : a life
by Blake Bailey.
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22 sound discs (28 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
A portrait of the life of John Cheever reveals a soul in conflict, describing his life as a high-school dropout, alcoholic, secret bisexual, and a man who concealed his deeply-rooted anxieties while becoming one of the most iconic literary figures of our time.
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Columbine [sound recording]
by Dave Cullen.
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11 sound discs (ca. 14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Ten years in the making and a masterpiece of reportage, "Columbine" is an award-winning journalist's definitive account of one of the most shocking massacres in American history.
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Committed [sound recording] : a skeptic makes peace with marriage
Elizabeth Gilbert.
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7 sound discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Elizabeth Gilbert presents the latest chapter of her life. Having fallen in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man living in Indonesia, Gilbert nevertheless disapproved of marriage. However, when the duo attempts to settle in America and Felipe faces possible deportation, Gilbert is forced to swallow her pride and venture forth into a life of matrimony.
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Dawn light [sound recording] : [dancing with cranes and other ways to start the day]
Diane Ackerman.
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6 sound discs (approx. 7 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalist Diane Ackerman explores a year of dawns across the seasons, from bird and animal behavior, to the light of dawn, dawn rituals across the world, and the many connotations of the word "dawn".
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Death of a Valentine [sound recording]
M.C. Beaton.
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5 sound discs (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Hamish Macbeth is to be married to Josie McSween. While the locals think Josie is quite a catch, Hamish has a case of prenuptial jitters. After all, if it weren't for the recent murder of a beautiful woman in a neighboring village, there wouldn't be a wedding at all. For it was a mysterious Valentine's Day package--delivered to the victim before her death--that initially drew Hamish and Josie together on the investigation. As they work side by side, Hamish and Josie soon discover that the woman's list of admirers was endless, confirming Hamish's suspicion that love can be blind, deaf...and deadly.
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Deeper than the dead [sound recording]
by Tami Hoag.
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11 sound discs (13 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
A California town is rocked to its core when two boys and a girl stumble upon a murder victim, drawing Special Agent Tony Mendez into a search for a psychopathic serial killer called "The See No Evil Killer," but as his probe continues, he realizes that the killer may be the father of one of the boys and enlists the aid of their teacher, Anne Navarre, to uncover the truth.
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Destination unknown [sound recording]
Agatha Christie.
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6 sound discs (6 hr., 44 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Hilary Craven is about to end her life when Jessop, a British agent, asks her help in finding several of the world's leading scientists who have recently vanished. Assuming the identity of a physicist's wife, she infiltrates a secret Moroccan laboratory and discovers a global conspiracy. The information she has could cost her her life, just when she has realized how much she wants to live.
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Doors open [sound recording]
Ian Rankin.
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8 sound discs (10 hr., 5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Envisioning a half-serious art-theft scheme after a chance encounter with a crime boss, divorced banker Allan and frustrated art professor Robert share their idea with fellow art enthusiast Mike, who encourages them to carry out their plan.
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Drive [sound recording] : the surprising truth about what motivates us
Daniel H. Pink.
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5 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Pink argues that the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
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The Duchess of death [sound recording] : the unauthorized biography of Agatha Christie
Richard Hack.
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10 sound discs (ca. 12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, the author tells how Christie's life was "as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted.
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