Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of October. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format. If you find something you want, simply hit the “Request” button to place a hold on it.
Category: audiobooks
September Acquisitions: New Books, DVDs & Audiobooks
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of September. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format. If you find something you want, simply hit the “Request” button to place a hold on it.
August Acquisitions: New Books, DVDs & Audiobooks
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of August. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format. If you find something you want, simply hit the “Request” button to place a hold on it.
July Acquisitions: New Books, DVDs & Audiobooks
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of July. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format.
June Acquisitions: New Books, DVDs & Audiobooks
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of June. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format.
May Acquisitions: New Books, DVDs & Audiobooks
Check out our book, popular reading, DVD and audiobook acquisitions for the month of May. Go to our New Books & DVDs page to browse by subject or format.
Get Caught Listening! Audiobooks Are Now On Display.
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]
Our Top 10 Most Circulated Books, DVDs & Audiobooks!
Once again, it’s time to announce the Bentley Library Top 10! Each May we query our database to find out which books, audiobooks and DVDs have circulated the most times during the academic year (excluding any items placed on reserve for a class).
So, what were this year’s trends? In non-fiction, books about the financial crisis and negotiating proved to be very popular. Financial journalist Michael Lewis scored two slots in the top 10 with books that took a revealing look at Wall Street – his 1989 bestseller Liar’s Poker and its 2010 sequel The Big Short. Over on the fiction side, two trilogies were huge hits – The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and the Millennium series (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, et al.) by Stieg Larsson. Not surprisingly, both series are bound for the big screen. Maybe next year we’ll see them on our Top 10 DVDs list?!
Below you’ll find the BENTLEY LIBRARY TOP 10 lists for academic year 2010-2011 in the categories of POPULAR READING, STACKS (regular book collection), AUDIOBOOKS and POPULAR DVDs. Drumroll, please…
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Popular Reading Collection
- OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS by Malcom Gladwell [check availability]
- THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- FREEDOM: A NOVEL by Jonathan Franzen [check availability]
- CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins [check availability]
- EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert [check availability]
- THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett [check availability]
- INNOCENT by Scott Turow [check availability]
- THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST by Stieg Larsson [check availability]
- THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson [check availability]
- PRIVATE by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Books from the Stacks (regular book collection)
- LIAR’S POKER: RISING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE ON WALL STREET by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE by R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers & F. Allen [check availability]
- THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis [check availability]
- PEOPLE SKILLS: HOW TO ASSERT YOURSELF, LISTEN TO OTHERS AND RESOLVE CONFLICTS by Robert Bolton [check availability]
- THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins [check availability]
- THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen Covey [check availability]
- BARGAINING FOR ADVANTAGE: NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES FOR REASONABLE PEOPLE by G. Richard Shell [check availability]
- THE SNOWBALL: WARREN BUFFET AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE by Alice Schroeder [check availability]
- BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell [check availability]
- GETTING TO YES: NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING IN by Roger Fisher [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Audiobooks
- WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen [check availability]
- EARTH (THE AUDIOBOOK) by Jon Stewart [check availability]
- FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven Levitt [check availability]
- NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein [check availability]
- THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK: ESCAPE 9-5, LIVE ANYWHERE, AND JOIN THE NEW RICH by Timothy Ferriss [check availability]
- THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST by Stieg Larsson [check availability]
- ROOM: A NOVEL by Emma Donoghue [check availability]
- BLACK HILLS by Nora Roberts [check availability]
- SUPERFREAKONOMICS by Steven Levitt [check availability]
- THE BIG SHORT: INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE by Michael Lewis [check availability]
Top 10 Most Circulated Popular DVDs
- THE HURT LOCKER [check availability]
- SHUTTER ISLAND [check availability]
- SHERLOCK HOLMES [check availability]
- THE BLIND SIDE [check availability]
- ALICE IN WONDERLAND [check availability]
- V FOR VENDETTA [check availability]
- (500) DAYS OF SUMMER [check availability]
- UP [check availability]
- INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS [check availability]
- THE HANGOVER [check availability]
