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Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth
by Unabridged Library Edition (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 1989-10-01)

The Pillars of the Earth sweeps through four decades of 12th Century England drawing the listener into the raw, flamboyant middle ages. It is a shining saga of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty. Not-so-noble knights, righteous heroes, valiant heroines and both virtuous and immoral men of God highlight this story. They manipulate, and are in turn manipulated by, the political turmoil and unrest between the reigns of Henry I and Henry II.The listener will cheer on the fates of the virtuous and hiss at the evil-doers. A truly fascinating story that the listener will never forget.

Nancy Horan
Loving Frank
by Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 2007-08-07)

Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge
by Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 2008-03-25)

At the edge of the continent, Crosby, Maine, may seem like nowhere, but seen through this brilliant writer’s eyes, it’s in essence the whole world, and the lives that are lived there are filled with all of the grand human drama - desire, despair, jealousy, hope, and love.At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life – sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless ...

Bernhard Schlink, Bernard Schlink
The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)
by Random House Audio (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 1999-03-30)

The Kite Runner
by Simon & Schuster Audio (Audio Cassette)

Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
by Books on Tape (Audio Cassette)

Gregory Maguire
Wicked [Unabridged Library Edition]
by recorded Books, LLC (Audio Cassette)

14 cassettes; 19.75 hours. Recorded Books catalog # 95950.

David McCullough
John Adams
by Simon & Schuster Audio (Audio Cassette) (Release Date: 2001-05-01)

Ayn Rand
ATLAS SHRUGGED (Highbridge Classics)
by Highbridge Audio (Audio Cassette)

"Who is John Galt?" is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world—and did. As passionate as it is profound, Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential novels of our time. In it, Rand dramatizes the main tenets of Objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity. Part mystery, part thriller, part philosophical inquiry, part volatile love affair, Atlas Shrugged is the book that confirmed Ayn Rand as one of the most popular novelist and most respected thinkers of the 20th century.

Kate Jacobs
The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Blackstone Audiobooks (Audio Cassette)

A charming and moving novel about female friendship and the experiences that knit us together-even when we least expect it. Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars, who gather once a week to work on their latest projects and to chat-and occasionally clash-over their stories of love, life, and everything in between. Georgia has her hands full, juggling the demands of running the store and raising her spunky teen daughter, Dakota, by herself. Thank goodness for Anita, her mentor and dear friend, and the rest of the members of the knitting club-who are just as varied as the skeins of yarn in the shop's bins. There's Peri, a prelaw student turned handbag designer; Darwin, a somewhat aloof feminist grad student; and Lucie, a petite, quiet woman who's harboring some secrets of her own. However, unexpected changes soon throw ...

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