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The world's religions [our great wisdom traditions]
Smith, Huston.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
CDB 200 SMI
Huston Smith's masterpiece explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the native traditions of Australia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Emphasizing the inner--rather than the institutional--dimension of these religions, Smith devotes special attention to Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, and the teachings of Jesus. He convincingly conveys the unique appeal and gifts of each of the traditions and reveals their hold on the human heart and imagination.

Journey to Ixtlan the lessons of Don Juan
Castaneda, Carlos, 1931-1998.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
CDB 299.7 CAS
Castanada relays his experiences being challenged by his mentor on his perception of the world and all living things in it.

Twilight at the world of tomorrow [genius, madness, murder, and the 1939World's Fair on the brink of war]
Mauro, James.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
CDB 907.4747 MAU
The story of the 1939 World's Fair during which four men--Albert Einstein, Grover Whalen, the president of the Fair, and two New York City police detectives, Joe Lynch and Freddy Socha--would struggle against the coming violence of World War II.

The rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Morris, Edmund.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
CDB B ROOSEVELT
A study of Roosevelt's pre-presidential years from 1858 to 1901, the first volume of a trilogy. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Sward in 1980.

My name is memory [a novel]
Brashares, Ann.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2010.
CDB BRASHARES

The cat who ate Danish modern
Braun, Lilian Jackson.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1990.
CDB BRAUN
The assignment from his editor is to produce a special Sunday supplement on interior decorating. For Qwilleran and his Siamese investigative cat, even interior decoration has its interesting side, murder for instance.

Jane Eyre
Bront{232}e, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p2000, 2010.
CDB BRONTE
The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.

The spy
Cussler, Clive.
New York, NY. : Books on Tape, p2010.
CDB CUSSLER
It is 1908 when an American battleship-gun designer dies in an apparent suicide and his grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency. Detective Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point to murder and a top-secret project called Hull 44.

The burning wire
Deaver, Jeffery.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2010], p2010.
CDB DEAVER
A mysterious killer has seized control of New York City's power grid to create violent, deadly electrical attacks that turn everyday objects into weapons of mass destruction. And as the suspected terrorist begins making outrageous demands, Lincoln Rhyme and his team know the time to stop him is running short.

The Lion
Demille, Nelson.
New York, N.Y.: Hachette Audio, 2010.
CDB DEMILLE
Years have passed since anti-terrorist agent John Corey battled Asad Khalil, a deadly Libyan terrorist known as The Lion. Now, Khalil has returned to once again terrorize America and to get revenge on Corey. However, Corey is willing to risk everything to eliminate his longtime nemesis.

David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, c2010.
CDB DICKENS Part 2
After young David's mother remarries, he is sent away to receive his education at Salem House, under the rule of the ruthless Mr. Creakle. But when David's mother falls ill and dies, he must return home and face the hard hand of his tyrannical stepfather. Now David is determined to escape.

David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, c2010.
CDB DICKENS Part 1
After young David's mother remarries, he is sent away to receive his education at Salem House, under the rule of the ruthless Mr. Creakle. But when David's mother falls ill and dies, he must return home and face the hard hand of his tyrannical stepfather. Now David is determined to escape.

Middlemarch
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p1994, 2010.
CDB ELIOT
A sensitive young woman marries a bitter, despotic scholar 30 years her senior, who lives just long enough to blight her spirit. She inherits his fortune, only to learn she will forfeit it if she marries her husband's young cousin, whom she loves. Blackmail soon complicates the plot in this timeless work which explores marriage, death, vocation, and the power of circumstances to alter the fates of those who struggle to find fulfillment within the confines of 19th century society.

Sizzling sixteen
Evanovich, Janet.
North Kingstown, RI : BBC Audiobooks America, c2010.
CDB EVANOVICH
When bounty hunter Stephanie Plum inherits a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip, she's a bit confused. Her uncle Pip never clarified whether the bottle brings good luck or bad luck.

Anthropology of an American girl
Hamann, H. T. (Hilary Thayer).
Westminster, MD : Books on Tape, p2010.
CDB HAMANN
A moving depiction of the transformative power of first love, Eveline Auerbach from her high school years in East Hampton, New York, in the 1970s through her early adulthood in the moneyed, high-pressured Manhattan of the 1980s.

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne objective [a new Jason Bourne novel]
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New York, N.Y. : Hachette Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, p2010.
CDB LUSTBADER
Adversaries Jason Bourne and Leonid Arkadin brandish their superhuman combat skills in a lethal game of cat and mouse as an evil cabal covets Bourne's ring--with its clues to ancient gold.

Supreme justice
Margolin, Phillip.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, c2010.
CDB MARGOLIN
Attorney Brad Miller, FBI agent Keith Evans, and private investigator Dana Cutler untangle a five-year-old murder case involving a ghost ship and the President's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The rule of nine a Paul Madriani novel
Martini, Steve, 1946-
[New York, N.Y.] : HarperCollins ; North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, cp2010.
CDB MARTINI
To end his terrorist career, the Old Weatherman is bankrolling the most devastating terrorist plot ever conceived. Meanwhile, defense attorney Paul Madriani teams up with weapons expert Joselyn Cole when she reveals that America may be the target of a future nuclear terrorist attack. However, with Madriani being monitored by the government due to his latest exploits, going public with Cole's intel might prove to be a costly move.

The Thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet
Mitchell, David (David Stephen).
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2010.
CDB MITCHELL
In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan's outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves.

The Collected works of Billy the Kid
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Audio Inc 2009.
CDB ONDAATJE
Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels, and his own empathy and imagination, the author traces Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880 New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country.

The chosen
Potok, Chaim.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2003.
CDB POTOK
Though they've lived their entire lives less than five blocks from each other, 15-year olds Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders exist in different worlds. Reuven blends into both his secular Jewish faith and his typical American teen life, while Danny's conservative Hasidic clothes and appearance make him stick out. When Danny almost blinds Reuven with a vicious line drive in a tumultuous softball game, the two boys are brought together and develop an improbable friendship.

Within a budding grove
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.
North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, [2010], p1999, 2010.
CDB PROUST
In this work, the narrator emerges as an actor in the drama of his own life. Swann has now dwindled into a husband for his former mistress Odette, and their daughter Gilberte becomes the adolescent narrator's playmate and tantalizing love-object.

The burning wire
Deaver, Jeffery.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2010], p2010.
MP3 CDB DEAVER
A mysterious killer has seized control of New York City's power grid to create violent, deadly electrical attacks that turn everyday objects into weapons of mass destruction. And as the suspected terrorist begins making outrageous demands, Lincoln Rhyme and his team know the time to stop him is running short.

The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet
Mitchell, David (David Stephen).
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, cp2010.
MP3 CDB MITCHELL
In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan's outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves.

The midnight house
Berenson, Alex.
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2010.
PLAY BERENSON
CIA agent John Wells is called in when a former agent and an army vet are gunned down. Tied to an interrogation squad that targeted the world's most dangerous jihadists, the victims prove just the tip of the iceberg in a deadly case of global intrigue.

Remarkable creatures
Chevalier, Tracy.
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2010.
PLAY CHEVALIER
After Mary is struck by lightning, she is gifted with the ability to see hidden fossils. But when she finds a skeleton, she soon faces the trials of a male-dominated scientific society.

The burning land
Cornwell, Bernard.
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2010.
PLAY CORNWELL
As King Alfred of Wessex experiences failing health, the Vikings smell opportunity. Harald Bloodhair launches a new campaign to destroy Alfred once and for all, but Alfred still has his brilliant, battle-tested warlord Uhtred by his side.

Hell gate
Fairstein, Linda A.
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2010.
PLAY FAIRSTEIN
Sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper has seen the worst New York City has to offer, and yet each case still casts a sickening new light on the darker side of humanity. Juggling two investigations--one involving the wreck of a ship transporting human cargo and one involving a congressman caught up in a sex scandal--Alex finds an irrefutable link between the cases. Uncovering the truth, however, pots her against powerful factions that won't think twice about putting her investigation--and Alex herself--on ice.

Thereby hangs a tail
Quinn, Spencer.
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed exclusively by] Recorded Books, LLC : [Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC, [2010], p2010.
PLAY QUINN
While hapless private investigator Bernie continues his struggle to pay the bills, his four-legged partner Chet, a K-9 school dropout--with his sharp nose and even sharper teeth--keeps bringing down the perps.