Sunday, May 10, 2009

Celebrate Mother's Day with Audio Books

Happy Mother's Day! Some amazing audio book gifts for Mother's Day.


Home Safe
By Elizabeth Berg

In Elizabeth Berg's new novel, Helen Ames and her 27-year-old daughter break out into a whole new life in this thoughtful audiobook about the evolution of the relationship between a mother and daughter.


Censoring an Iranian Love Story
By Shahriar Mandanipour

A dazzling debut—wholly original, thrilling, subversively funny—of a writer setting out to compose a simple yet classic tale: a love story as beautiful and moving as all great love stories should be...except that he, and his young lovers, live in today's Islamic Republic of Iran.


The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
By Alan Bradley

A corpse in the cucumber patch, a rare philatelic treasure, a bizarre Victorian chemistry lab, and a revolting recipe for custard pie...these are the ingredients for summer 2009's most delectable mystery!

Audio books by Rick Riordan

The Series

The gods of Olympus are alive and well in the 21st Century! They still fall in love with mortals and have children who are half-god, half-human like the heroes of the old Greek myths. Join the adventures of Percy Jackson and The Olympians.

Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files

Young demigods, brace yourselves for a peak inside the highly classified Demigod Files! Compiled by Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, Rick Riordan, these top secret archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures and behind-the-scenes interviews with your favorite characters--Connor and Travis, Clarisse, Annabeth, Grover, and Percy.

The Last Olympian

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of a victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows...

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Marine One MP3 Book Release

Marine One by James W. Huston. Read by Joe Barrett.
Releases on May 12, 2009

JAMES W. HUSTON is the New York Times bestselling author of six thrillers, including Balance of Power and Secret Justice. A graduate of TOPGUN, he served as a Naval flight officer on board the USS Nimitz.

Audiobook Description:
After the presidents’ helicopter, Marine One, goes down in a brutal thunderstorm, the government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter, accusing them of killing the president. Senate investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and trial attorney in civilian life, is hired to defend the company from the criminal investigations and wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the most notorious lawyer in America on behalf of the First Lady. Nolan knows that to win his case, he has to find out what really caused Marine One to crash and why the president threw caution aside to go to a meeting no one seems to know about.

Reviews:
Move over, Tom Clancy and Dale Brown—make room at the bar for James Huston.” —Stephen Coonts
An explosive novel of politics, money, and lies, Marine One expertly mixes political intrigue with courtroom drama and fast-paced action in what will be one of the most talked-about thrillers of the year.

“If you like Tom Clancy, Huston is a good step up.” — Washington Post Book World

“Bestseller Huston grabs the reader by the lapels with the opening sentence of the first chapter of this outstanding thriller….This is nonstop legal suspense at its best.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)