Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Browse through a selection of new MP3 Audiobook titles that have recently been added from publishers such as Blackstone, Tantor, Zondervan, and more!

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Tread Upon the Lion
By Gilbert Morris

As General George Washington makes a desperate attempt to forge an army that can stop the British from taking New York and defeating the Continental Army, the Bradford family is learning that serving God and serving one's country often calls for great sacrifice.

Meanwhile, Clive Gordon, son of Colonel Leslie Gordon of the British army, falls in love with Katherine Yancy, a daring young woman whose father and uncle are patriot prisoners. When Clive crosses enemy lines to attempt their rescue, will he be shot as a spy? Meanwhile, Daniel Bradford fights to save his son Matthew from his old enemy Sir Leo Rochester, but the villain stoops so low as to hire Abigail Howland of the Winslow family to lure Matthew into his evil schemes.

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Rasputin's Daughter
By Robert Alexander

From the bestselling author of The Kitchen Boy. With the same riveting historical narrative that made The Kitchen Boy a national bestseller and a book club favorite, Robert Alexander returns to revolutionary Russia for the harrowing tale of Rasputin's final days as told by his youthful and bold daughter, Maria.

Interrogated by the Provisional Government on the details of her father's death, Maria vividly recounts a politically tumultuous Russia, where Rasputin's powerful influence over the throne are unsettling to all levels of society, and the threats to his life are no secret.

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The Only Three Questions That Count
By Ken Fisher

Ken Fisher questions authority. He challenges the conventional wisdom of investing, overturns glib theories with hard facts, and blows up complacent beliefs about money and markets. But the authority he challenges most of all is his own-because challenging yourself, Fisher says, is the key to successful investing. In today's competitive market environment, the best way to achieve investment success is by knowing something that others don't. But many of us, amateurs and professionals alike, believe we don't or can't know what others don't-so we continue to make market bets based on "conventional wisdom." Here Fisher debunks the conventional market myths that many of our investment decisions are based upon, and reveals a precise methodology that will allow you to know what others don't.

The methodology-which has helped Fisher achieve success throughout his long financial career-is as easy as asking three simple questions. The first will help listeners see things the way they really are. The second will help them see things that other investors often miss. And the third will help them understand their relationship with today's markets.

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Possum Magic
By Mem Fox

An Australian possum named Hush used to think that the magic made by Grandma Poss to make her invisible was fun - until one day, Hush wants to know what she looks like. Tour Australia with these two charming possums as they sample the food that will one day make Hush's wish come true.

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Lives of the Musicians
By Kathleen Krull

From Vivaldi to Guthrie, each of these 20 composers is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncracies as well as their contributions to the history of music. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were - it's all here.

Musicians Included:

• Vivaldi
• Bach
• Mozart
• Beethoven
• Chopin
• Verdi
• Schumann
• Foster
• Brahms
• Tchaikovsky
• Joplin
• Ives
• Stravinsky
• Gershwin
• Guthrie

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Written on Silk
By Linda Lee Chaikin

A royal wedding masks the unfolding of Catherine de Medici's murderous plot against the Huguenots. Will any of the Huguenot princes survive? Life and death rest with two people ...

Rachelle Dushane-Macquinet, couturiere from a celebrated silk-making family, has come back to the Louvre Palais to create the royal wedding gown. Recruited into the evil Queen Mother's ring of women spies, she must use her wits to preserve her honor â?? and the lives of her fellow Huguenots.

Marquis Fabien de Vendome has also returned from a buccaneering venture against Spain. The Queen Mother plans to implicate him in an assassination. But Fabien has designs of his own.

A man and a woman caught up in history's deadly swirl and love's uncertainties seek to escape the venom of Madame le Serpent. Faith in Christ must uphold them, and all who stand alone, in a city gone diabolically mad.

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A Parent's Guide to Harry Potter
By Gina Burkart

Harry Potter has captivated the imagination of millions of children and caused controversy in churches and schools. What's a parent to do with the magical, mystical world of Harry and his friends? Gina Burkart chose to read the books with her own children.

In this helpful, entertaining guide, Burkart shows how Harry Potter fits into the tradition of fairy tale writing and how this type of literature aids in building a moral framework. She highlights specific situations and emotions from Harry's world that children face in their own life, such as fear, anger, bullies, and the choice of good over evil. Instead of magic words or easy answers, Burkart offers solid, practical advice for helping parents and children navigate Harry Potter's world--and our own--together.

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Storm Rising
By Gary Naiman

It is 2012 and the United States is at war in three middle-eastern countries after a second terrorist attack on our homeland. Perry Ambrose is an embedded reporter covering the Iran campaign. When Perry tries to convince WNN to go live with his video of the brutal mutiny shootout, he is rebuked after the President warns WNN to squelch the story. Six months later, Perry is a broken man who has been blackballed from media employment except for scant assignments with fringe paparazzi magazines.

After blowing an interview with Claire Minton, the nation's first legitimate third party presidential candidate, Perry becomes enthralled with the female gulf war veteran and her grass roots party, the Heartlanders. Perry is so moved by Minton's cry for revolution that he approaches her, offering to provide a smuggled video of the Tehran mutiny.

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The Third Man
By Graham Greene

The Third Man is one of the truly great post-war films. It is a thrilling story of black-marketeering set against a backdrop of Vienna in the immediate post-war era, when the city was divided into four zones amongst the major powers, Russia, Britain, France and America. Although the stars of the film, Orson Welles as Harry Lime and Joseph Cotton as Rollo Martins were American, the two main characters are quintessential Englishmen who were at the same public school. Graham Greene wrote the novella first and then adapted it for the screenplay. The story is written in the first person from the view of the British Chief of Police, the part played by Trevor Howard, who is investigating the death of Harry Lime when Rollo Martins, a writer of Westerns, arrives in Vienna to visit his old school friend, and gets inextricably involved in the mystery surrounding Harry Lime.

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Left to Tell
By Immaculee Ilibagiza

This is my story, told as I remember it . and I remember it as though it happened yesterday. It's a true story; I use my own name and the names of my family. This is the story of how I discovered God during one of history's bloodiest holocausts. I wrote this book hoping that others may benefit from my story.-Immaculee Ilibagiza

In the spring of 1994, more than one million people were murdered in the Rwandan genocide. This is the story of how Immaculee survived certain death, along with seven other women, by hiding in a very small bathroom for more than 3 months. Day after day, for months, the killers would search nearby - gleefully chanting "kill them big, kill them small, kill them, kill them, kill them all!"

With uncommon sincerity, Immaculee shares with us her soul's struggle through disbelief to anger and rage and, ultimately, forgiveness. She is living proof of the power of prayer and positive thinking.

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Realizing The Power of Now
By Eckhart Tolle

With his international bestseller The Power of Now nearing one million copies in print, the humble man known as Eckhart Tolle is fast becoming America's most popular spiritual teacher. Recognized for his unique ability to draw listeners into the awakened state he calls "presence," Tolle continues to top bestseller lists and fill auditoriums with men and women seeking a deeper sense of connection with life. Now, in a momentous publishing event, Realizing the Power of Now invites listeners to immerse themselves in a full-length audio retreat with Eckhart Tolle. Recorded at a rare five-day gathering led by Eckhart Tolle, here is a special opportunity for those familiar with his work -- or hearing it for the first time -- to transcend the finite world of fluctuating thoughts, ambitions, and fears, and touch their true essence.

This all-new program includes insights into:

• Entering the Now through the portal called "allow"
• How to use the "inner body" and sense perceptions to find a peace that exists independent of conditions.
• Expanding the space between thoughts for a deeper experience of the Now, and much more.

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