Officially, June is Audiobook Month, but we’ve decided that our new audiobook display just couldn’t wait until then. In preparation for next week’s 2011 Audie Awards, we’re highlighting the 2011 audiobook nominees that we have in our collection (listed below). And with Memorial Day just around the corner, we thought this would be the perfect time to promote our most recent audio acquisitions. Being stalled on the highway in long-weekend traffic is no fun, but a captivating audiobook can help make the time fly! Stop by and take a look at our selections. Keep checking back, new titles are being added as they are received!
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2011 Audie Award nominees available at the Bentley Library:
AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR
- LIFE by Keith Richards / read by Keith Richards, Johnny Depp & Joe Hurley [check availability]
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- ABIGAIL ADAMS: A LIFE by Woody Holton / read by Cassandra Campbell [check availability]
BUSINESS/EDUCATIONAL
- BUY-IN: SAVING YOUR GOOD IDEA FROM GETTING SHOT DOWN by John Kotter / read by Tim Wheeler [check availability]
- DELIVERING HAPPINESS: A PATH TO PROFITS, PASSION AND PURPOSE by Tony Hsieh / read by Tony Hsieh [check availability]
- THE 4-HOUR WORK WEEK: ESCAPE 9-5, LIVE ANYWHERE, AND JOIN THE NEW RICH by Timothy Ferriss / read by Ray Porter [check availability]
CLASSIC
- WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams / read by Ralph Cosham [check availability]
FICTION:
- EVERY LAST ONE by Anna Quindlen / read by Hope Davis [check availability]
- FALL OF GIANTS by Ken Follett / read by John Lee [check availability]
- THE POSTMISTRESS by Sarah Blake / read by Orlagh Cassidy [check availability]
HUMOR
- EARTH (THE AUDIOBOOK): A VISITOR’S GUIDE TO THE HUMAN RACE by Jon Stewart / read by Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, et al. [check availability]
- SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK: A MODEST BESTIARY by David Sedaris / read by David Sedaris, Elaine Stritch, Dylan Baker & Sian Phillips [check availability]
LITERARY FICTION
- BEAUTIFUL MARIA OF MY SOUL by Oscar Hijuelos / read by Armando Durán [check availability]
- FREEDOM: A NOVEL by Jonathan Franzen / read by David Ledoux [check availability]
MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE
- ROOM: A NOVEL by Emma Donoghue / read by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff & Suzanne Toren [check availability]
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
- OUR KIND OF TRAITOR by John La Carre / read by Robin Sachs [check availability]
- THE REVERSAL by Michael Connelly / read by Peter Giles [check availability]
NARRATION BY THE AUTHOR
- A CHRISTMAS BLIZZARD by Garrison Keillor / read by Garrison Keillor [check availability]
NONFICTION
- THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot / read by Cassandra Campbell & Bahni Turpin [check availability]
SHORT STORIES/COLLECTIONS
- FORD COUNTY by John Grisham / read by John Grisham [check availability]
SPOKEN NARRATION/ FEMALE
- SPOKEN FROM THE HEART by Laura Bush / read by Laura Bush [check availability]
SPOKEN NARRATION/MALE
- INNOCENT by Scott Turow / read by Edward Herrmann & Orlagh Cassidy [check availability]
THRILLER/SUSPENSE
- THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST by Stieg Larsson / read by Simon Vance [check availability]
