FAREWELL 2006 Another year has passed and we have had to say goodbye to some good friends who have given us many hours of reading enjoyment. This year we have included those actors and directors who have provided entertainment on Descriptive Video. Below are the names of the authors and actors or directors who have died in the last year. We have included the latest of their books or movies, although some have written many. To see all of the books and movies available, contact your Talking Book Center. Edward Albert BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE Leonard Gershe RC 56808 Play about twenty-year-old Don Baker, born blind, who moves into his own apartment in New York City. He begins a relationship with his carefree actress neighbor, nineteen-year-old divorcée Jill Tanner. When Don's overprotective mother arrives for a surprise visit, she immediately disapproves of his new friend. This book contains some strong language. Mr. Albert starred in the movie. June Allyson JUNE ALLYSON June Allyson & Frances Spatz Leighton RD 18289 The famous Hollywood star tells of her acting career, her 17-year bittersweet marriage to actor Dick Powell, the hard times after her husband's death, and her current life. R. W. Apple
APPLE'S AMERICA: THE DISCRIMINATING TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO FORTY GREAT CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA RC 60635 The well-traveled journalist offers background information on forty North American cities. The author highlights architecture, museums, ballparks, performing arts centers, and other cultural points of interest. He briefly mentions hotels and restaurants. Paul Avrich ANARCHIST PORTRAITS RC 33641 This book contains essays written over a 20-year period focusing primarily on the Soviet Union and the United States. The author describes the anarchist movement through the lives of participants, pointing out their hatred of injustice and tyranny and their warnings against concentrated power. He writes about Kropotkin, Proudhon, Mollie Steimer, and Sacco and Vanzetti, among others. Peter Benchley WHITE SHARK RC 38851 Ernst Kruger has a mission to complete for the Fuehrer, which involves the bronze box on board a submarine. When the sub has to make a sudden dive, it implodes and all is lost except for the bronze box. The bronze box has been opened. Simon Chase, of the Osprey Island Marine Institute soon knows that there is a dangerous creature out there in the sea. This book contains violence and strong language. Peter Boyle MONSTER’S BALL
DV 00421 Soon after he retires, a southern corrections officer is drawn into an unlikely relationship with a young black woman desperately in need of assistance. Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry (Oscar for best actress) star in this powerful drama of love and redemption. This movie contains violence, sex, nudity and coarse language. Richard P. Brickner MY SECOND TWENTY YEARS: AN UNEXPECTED LIFE RC 10674 This book is an honest and unsparing autobiographical account of the aftermath of an accident that left the author paralyzed. He now earns his living by teaching and writing, and has built an effective social life from a wheelchair. This book contains strong language and explicit descriptions of sex.
David Bright SAVED! THE STORY OF THE ANDREA DORIA, THE GREATEST SEA RESCUE IN HISTORY William Hoffer RC 18648 This book recreates the events of a terrifying night in naval history. When elegant passenger ship "Andrea Doria" sank off the coast of Nantucket in 1956, all but fifty-one persons were saved. This account, which is based on interviews with survivors, reveals an ordeal contrasting courage and cowardice, sensitivity and brutal indifferences. Anthony Cave Brown
TREASON IN THE BLOOD: H. ST. JOHN PHILBY, KIM PHILBY AND THE SPY CASE OF THE CENTURY RC 41258 A father and son bred in British society both reject it. St. John Philby openly opposed British policy in the Middle East and moved to Saudi Arabia, where he directed his son's life through letters home to England. Kim Philby became a notorious double agent for England and the Soviet Union, also sowing suspicion and confusion in the American CIA. James Brown I FEEL GOOD: A MEMOIR OF A LIFE OF SOUL RC 60883 This book is the autobiography of the outspoken "Godfather of Soul." Brown describes his childhood in the segregated south, personal life, legal troubles, and career in the music business. Assesses his impact on American culture during the 1960s civil rights movement. The introduction is by Marc Eliot. This book contains some strong language. Frederick Busch DON'T TELL ANYONE RC 53322 This book is a collection of short stories and a novella concerning families and betrayal. In "Heads" a widowed mother watches her daughter, a law school student who was raped fall apart. In "Still the Same Old Story," a teenage daughter suffers as a result of her parents' infidelities. This book contains explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. Octavia E. Butler PARABLE OF THE SOWER RC 39777
In 2024, most well to do families live in walled enclaves to protect themselves from the roaming drug addicts who live in squalor and are prone to stealing, rape, and murder. Lauren Olamina, eighteen, suffers from hyperempathy, which means that she feels not only her own pain but also that of others. When the addicts overrun Lauren's community, she and others are forced to seek refuge outside the walls. This book contains strong language and violence.
Bebe Moore Campbell SEVENTY-TWO-HOUR HOLD RC 60518 African American divorced mom Keri struggles to help her bipolar daughter Trina, who's heading to Brown University in the fall. After traditional treatments don't benefit Trina, Keri turns to a radical group who eschews psychiatric methods and models itself after the Underground Railroad. Strong language. 2005. Ernestine Gilbreth Carey BELLS ON THEIR TOES Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Frank Gilbreth RC 26310 This story continues the saga of the Gilbreth family in the years following Mr. Gilbreth's sudden death. Mrs. Gilbreth takes over the business and struggles to keep the family together. Her buoyant spirits see them through one crisis after another, as the children grow up, attend school, and begin families of their own. It is the sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen", RC 23282. We also have the movie Cheaper by the Dozen, DV 407.
Oleg Cassini IN MY OWN FASHION: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY RC 26609 The author says that he understood clothes, appreciated fine fabrics, and loved girls. So what else could Oleg Cassini become besides a top fashion designer and great lover? Born into the Russian aristocracy in 1913, Cassini has led a life brimming with glamour, all related here in juicy detail. The trail of dropped names includes Gene Tierney, Grace Kelly, and Jackie Kennedy. Betty Comden OFF STAGE RC 44458 Comden and her collaborator, Adolph Green, composed the music for many Broadway and movie musicals. Here she reminisces about her personal life from her Brooklyn childhood in the 1920s through her long marriage, widowhood, and the death of her son. Interspersed are essays about such topics as aging and following fashion and tributes to her friends. Nellie Connally FROM LOVE FIELD: OUR FINAL HOURS WITH PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY RC 57621 The widow of former Texas governor John Connally recalls the fateful Dallas ride in the presidential limousine on November 22, 1963, when JFK was fatally shot and the governor severely wounded. Nellie Connally describes the chaos of the scene, her husband's long recovery, and the assassination's effect on her and her three children.
Curtis Cate MY ROAD TO OPERA: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF BORIS GOLDOVSKY With BORIS GOLDOVSKY RC 15100 This book is an anecdotal memoir by the man known to American opera lovers as Mr. Opera. Goldovsky, who began his musical life as a despiser of opera, is the lively and omniscient commentator on intermission features of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Maureen Daly SEVENTEENTH SUMMER RC 25758 A woman recalls her 17th summer when she lived in a small Wisconsin town in the leisurely days before World War I and fell in love for the first time. William Diehl EUREKA RC 55258 After World War II, former LAPD detective Zeke Bannon continues to investigate the nagging case of a woman suspiciously drowned in her bathtub. Bannon follows his leads to Eureka, California, and winds up in a world of Old West shootouts and murderous political ambition. This book contains some violence and some strong language. Theodore Draper VERY THIN LINE: THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIRS RC 34336 Historian Draper pored over 50,000 pages of testimony, private depositions, reports, and personal notes of key figures to compile
his explanation of what really happened in the Iran-Contra affairs. The title refers to "the thin line that separates the legitimate exercise from the illegitimate exercise of power in our government." Mike Douglas I'LL BE RIGHT BACK: MEMORIES OF TV'S GREATEST TALK SHOW RC 51370 The host of the former long running Mike Douglas Show considers himself "the world's luckiest fan." He provides highlights from over two decades of chatting with celebrities, including Ray Charles, Princess Grace, John Wayne, Fred Astaire, and John Lennon. His only bitter note is how Westinghouse replaced him in 1981. Katherine Dunham TOUCH OF INNOCENCE: MEMOIRS OF CHILDHOOD RC 42992 This book is the third-person autobiographical account of the noted dancer and anthropologist covering only the first eighteen years of her life. Dunham describes growing up in a Midwest interracial family in the early twentieth century. She endures a difficult childhood at the hands of her angry and abusive father. Oriana Fallaci INSHALLAH RC 38484 Set in Lebanon of Fall 1983, this is a story in three acts about the civil war in Beirut. Act one: the French and American barracks are bombed, killing more than 400 men. Act two: the Italian peacekeepers await the bomb that will destroy their barracks; in the meantime, they do their best to keep order in the divided city.
Act three: a brutal battle breaks out and the Italian forces must face a group of militant fundamentalists. This book contains strong language and violence. Gerald R. Ford A TIME TO HEAL: THE AUROBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD R. FORD RC 13829 Former President Ford discusses his early years and family life, his climb to the presidency, and the import of his controversial decision to pardon Richard Nixon. Glenn Ford THE CASABLANCA EXPRESS DV 380 When Nazi commandos hijack a train carrying Winston Churchill to a secret meeting in North Africa, three Allied agents attempt a rescue. This move is a heart-hammering suspense and lethal nonstop action with Glenn Ford, Donald Pleasance, Jason Connery and Francisco Quinn. Reuven Frank OUT OF THIN AIR: THE BRIEF WONDERFUL LIFE OF NETWORK NEWS RC 34374 Frank joined NBC TV in 1950 as a writer and rose to the rank of network president not once, but twice. His history of television news uses political conventions as the framework. As Frank details how television news has changed since the networks began on May 1, 1948, he also describes his rise to the top. He includes stories about well-known news figures and TV shows. Betty Friedan
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE RC 53797 1960's feminist discusses problems of American women. Considers a distorted image of femininity to have arrested women's intellectual growth, hampered their sexual fulfillment, threatened their marriages, and become their barrier to selfrealization. Milton Friedman TWO LUCKY PEOPLE: MEMOIRS RC 47418 Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, describe their passion for economics and their involvement with presidents and other world leaders. A section by Milton Friedman explains their free-market philosophy, its eventual acceptance, and its impact on important events of the twentieth century. John Kenneth Galbraith THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH RC 54085 This book contains key selections from five decades of writing on economic topics. In introductions written in 2001, the author places the essays in historical context and comments on their continued relevance. The last entry is Galbraith's speech "The Unfinished Business of the Century," given at the London School of Economics in 1999. Clifford Geertz WORKS AND LIVES: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST AS AUTHOR RC 29773 The author addresses the problems faced by anthropologists who attempt to write authentic descriptions of their experiences and discoveries. He examines the works of such anthropologists as
Claude Levi-Strauss, Ruth Benedict, Bronislaw Malinowski, and Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard to determine if they are unable to achieve the goal of writing convincingly.
Michael Gilbert SMALLBONE DECEASED RC 44345 The elder Horniman of the firm of Horniman, Birley, and Craine, has died and his son Bob has just taken his place. Bob is now cotrusteeing with a Mr. Smallbone on one of the firm's large accounts. When Horniman is unsuccessful in contacting Smallbone to discuss the account, he opens the deed box himself and finds Mr. Smallbone's body. Gerald Green KARPOV’S BRAIN RC 19747 This book pits a vicious KGB agent against a Jewish dissident with a profound desire to join his beloved wife in Israel. With the case almost sealed, the agent begins to suffer severe epileptic seizures. Radical brain surgery at the hand of a former lover transforms the soul of the man so he is driven to save his former victim. This book contains some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Ian Hamilton IN SEARCH OF J D SALINGER RC 28385 When Hamilton first wrote an unauthorized biography of Salinger, the noted author had its publication banned. Hamilton then wrote
this new version, casting himself as a sleuth in search of information on a writer. He describes the parallel between Salinger's fiction and his personal life. He also discusses the success of "Catcher in the Rye." Bruce Hart & Carole Hart SOONER OR LATER RC 21002 Jessie falls in love with Michael, a local rock star, the very first time she sees him. And Michael is obviously interested in her. The only problem is that Michael is seventeen and Jessie is thirteen. This book was written for junior and senior high readers. Barnard Hughes SISTER ACT II: BACK IN THE HABIT DV 00092 Whoopi Goldberg goes undercover as Sister Mary Clarence at a troubled inner-city school. Equipped with a melody marching plan, she brings the gift of laughter, power of music and a touch of heavenly inspiration before the streetwise students discover who she really is. Stars: Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Michael Jeeter. Director: Bill Duke. Saddam Hussein SADDAM HUSSEIN: ABSOLUTE RULER OF IRAQ Rebecca Stefoff RC 40910 This book begins with invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, and then recounts Hussein's early life of abandonment, poverty, and abuse. It continues by interweaving Hussein's life story with the history of Iraq and concludes with an account of Desert Storm. This book was written for junior and senior high and older readers.
Jane Jacobs THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES RC 14752 This book discusses the plight of American cities, attacks current city planning, and sets forth new planning principles designed to improve the deplorable living and working conditions of the cities. Patricia Kennedy Lawford SYMPTOMS OF WITHDRAWAL: A MEMOIR OF SNAPSHOTS AND REDEMPTION Christopher Kennedy Lawford RC 61158 Lawford recounts his life as the son of Patricia Kennedy and movie actor Peter Lawford. He describes experiences with drugs, alcohol, and debauchery followed by twenty years of sobriety. He also details his own acting career and relates competitiveness with his Kennedy cousins. This book contains strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Coretta Scott King CORETTA SCOTT KING Rhodes, Lisa Renee RC 53335 This book is a biography of Coretta Scott King, political activist and widow of Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader. It discusses her childhood in rural Alabama, her marriage, and her crusade to keep her husband's message of peace and equality alive after his murder in 1968. This book was written for grades 6-9. Bruno Kirby GOOD MORNING VIETNAM
DV 186 Rated R. Robin Williams plays a fast talking, funny disc jockey on Armed Forces radio during the Vietnam War whose barrage of irreverent humor scores with G.I.'s but flops with the top brass like Second Lt. Steven Hauk (Bruno Kirby). Don Knotts ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW DV 00221 Andy gets a new housekeeper. Philip B. Kunhardt THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT RC 49738 This book is the companion to a PBS television series, a survey of U.S. Presidents using a thematic, rather than chronological, approach. In ten chapters, the chief executives are grouped by campaign style, challenges faced, or other circumstances that shaped their public image. Different historical periods are represented in each category. Stanley Kunitz THE COLLECTED POEMS RC 52239 This book is a representative selection of poems previously published in seven collections between 1930 and 1995 by the U.S. poet laureate. The book also includes pieces from his 1958 Pulitzer Prize-winning book Selected Poems. Stanislaw Lem PEACE ON EARTH RC 43781
Earth's governments have agreed to export the arms race to the moon, where highly intelligent, self-evolving weaponry battle each other without human carnage. Never-the -less, the Lunar Agency dispatches Ijon Tichy, of "Memoirs of a Space Traveler," (RC 19264), to investigate. Tichy returns to Earth profoundly altered. Lawrence W. Levine BLACK CULTURE AND BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS: AFROAMERICAN FOLK THOUGHT RC 14188 This book documents the survival and revitalization of black folk consciousness through a detailed examination of spirituals, folk songs, stories, humor, and religion. George Lutz THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Jay Anson RC 11121 This book is a chilling true story of a haunted house. George and Kathleen Lutz and their three children move into a home in Amityville, Long Island in 1975, although they knew it had been the scene of a mass murder. Naguib Mahfouz CHILDREN OF THE ALLEY RC 42356 Originally written in 1959, the Nobel Prize-winning author spins a tale of the descendants of Gabalawi, a wealthy and powerful man. Outcasts of the family settle around the walls of the estate to form an "alley," which becomes the birthplace of Egypt. Outwardly, the story depicts the residents' struggles, weaknesses,
successes and failures. At a second level of meaning, it is an allegory of the spiritual history of humankind. Robert L. McCullough PARTING THE WATERS: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1954-63 Taylor Branch RC 29759 This book is a wide-ranging chronicle of a turbulent decade when the civil rights movement launched its determined, nonviolent battle for America's social conscience and soul. He talks about the Friendship Nine. Branch focuses on the period that begins with Martin Luther King's 1954 arrival as pastor of Montgomery's Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and ends with the assassination of President Kennedy. John McGahern BY THE LAKE RC 54989 The childless Ruttledges have retired from the business world in London to return to a small Irish village. In the course of a year's seasons, they build a new life, entering into the rhythms of the rural community and finding equilibrium for themselves among the ambiguities of a vanishing way of life. Judith Moore FAT GIRL RC 61433 This book is the award-winning author's candid memoir of growing up overweight. She relates her struggles at school and home throughout an unhappy childhood and adolescence that were shaped by an absent, food-obsessed father, an abusive mother, a spiteful grandmother, and a kind, homosexual uncle.
This book contains strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.
Eric Newby A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH RC 50235 This book is the wry account of an Englishman who leaves the London fashion industry for the adventure of hiking into Nuristan, a remote corner of Afghanistan. Accompanied by a Foreign Service friend, he takes a four-day beginner's course in mountain climbing in Wales before departing on their expedition Leslie Norris MERLIN AND THE SNAKE'S EGG RC 14166 This book contains simple, lyrical poems about such commonplace events as buying a puppy, playing soccer, and catching frogs. These poems were written for grades 5-8 and older interested readers. O'Day, Anita HIGH TIMES, HARD TIMES RC 17649 This autobiography of famous singer Anita O'Day tells how she started singing at the age of twelve for coins thrown on the dance floor. She became a band singer in the 1940s, suffered through two bad marriages and a fifteen-year bout with heroin addiction, and finally became recognized as one of the world's great jazz singers. This book includes discography.
Elisabeth Ogilvie AN ANSWER IN THE TIDE: BENNETT'S ISLAND SAGA RC 59373 This book is set in Bennett's Island, Maine. Lobsterman Sorensen's son, Jamie, falls in love with an attractive married newcomer. His affair, out of sync with local values, strains his relations with family and community, proves dangerous for Jamie himself, and nearly leads to a lobster war. This book contains some violence and some strong language. Mary Orr THE TEJERA SECRETS RD 07599 When she learns that her mother is dying of cancer, Isobel Tejera leaves Australia and returns to the Caribbean Island she originally came from. There, she falls in love, discovers the mystery of her childhood, and the truth about her father's death. Buck Owens IN THE COUNTRY OF COUNTRY: PEOPLE AND PLACES IN AMERICAN MUSIC Nicholas Dawidoff RC 44961 These portraits of notable figures in American country music include Earl Scruggs, whose innovative approach to the banjo took the instrument beyond being a vaudeville prop, and Patsy Cline, country's first torch singer. The book also discusses Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Harlan Howard, Emmylou Harris Bill Monroe, and the Louvin Brothers. This book contains some strong language.
Jack Palance SHANE DV 00260 Life for the Starretts is good but precarious when the fair-haired stranger in the fringed bucks in stops at their homestead. Quiet and reserved, he has an easy smile and time for 8-year-old Joey, who soon comes to idolize him. When he helps the settlers against the cattle rancher intent on driving them from the valley, the rancher hires a black-hatted, black-hearted gunfighter. Floyd Patterson ONCE THEY HEARD THE CHEERS W. C. Heinz RC 14371 The author takes a look at the sports heroes of yesterday as they are after their sports careers. The stories includes boxers Floyd Patterson, Willie Pep, Sugar Ray Robinson; broncobusters Jim Teacher and Freckles Brown; baseball's Joe Page and Pete Reiser; and football's Willie Davis. The happiest story is that of boxer Rocky Graziano, a TV celebrity and a millionaire, while the saddest tale is that of fighter Beau Jack, who shines shoes for a living.
Gordon Parks THE LEARNING TREE RC 33832 In this portrait of a black family in a small Southern town before World War II, the center of interest is the adolescent boy Newt. The normal tensions of growing up are underscored by the family's second-class status and the violence in such a situation.
Jaroslav Pelikan WHOSE BIBLE IS IT? A HISTORY OF THE SCRIPTURES THROUGH THE AGES RC 60509 Kluge Prize-winning historian and author of Jesus Through the Centuries (RC 24344) traces the evolution of the Jewish and Christian Bibles from early Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts to modern versions. He examines the formation of the New Testament, influences of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation, and the canonization process. Robert W. Peterson PIGSKIN: THE EARLY YEARS OF PRO FOOTBALL RC 45629 This book chronicles the development of professional football from its origins in college sports of the 1880s to its being a nationally televised attraction in the twentieth century. It traces the founding of the NFL in 1920 and the careers of the game's original stars. The book features interviews with former players about the early years. Nicholas Proffitt EDGE OF EDEN RC 33668 The wilderness of the national park is often the scene of biggame hunting, but the discovery of a man's mutilated body sets off a widespread investigation. Ministry of Wildlife Inspector Peter Ondongo enlists game-hunter Adrian Glenton to help track down a gang of poachers. Official corruption proves as rampant, and soon the lives of the crime solvers are as imperiled as the endangered wildlife. this Book contains some strong language. Patsy Ramsey
THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE: THE UNTOLD STORY John and Patsy Ramsey RC 50029 John and Patsy Ramsey describe their ordeal following the murder of their daughter, JonBenet, on Christmas Day 1996. They discuss the events following the discovery of a ransom note, the police investigation, and the accusations made by the media condemning them, and they offer possible theories about what actually happened. This book was a bestseller. Jean-François Revel HOW DEMOCRACIES PERISH RC 23331 The French journalist / former social activist rails at the Soviet Union as an expansionist empire and warns Western liberals against complacency in the face of communist aggression. He sees the Russians as unwilling to make concessions and approves of the neutron bomb as one deterrent in a nuclear arsenal. Ann Richards STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART: MY LIFE IN POLITICS AND OTHER PLACES RC 31086 Richards came to national prominence when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. In her anecdote-filled biography, she recounts her childhood in rural Texas; her roles as wife, mother, and grandmother; the break-up of her 36-year marriage; her bout with alcoholism; and the difficulties women face in running for office. A. M. Rosenthal THE SOPHISTICATED TRAVELER BELOVED CITIES: EUROPE
RC 21192 This book contains pieces on Europe that originally appeared in the New York Times weekly travel section and its biennial magazine, The Sophisticated Traveler. Among the contributors are Jan Norris, Luigi Barzini, and Saul Bellow. Essays center on London, Paris, Rome, and Athens and range widely in topic from neighborhood walks to art galleries, and from astronomical delights to "small hotels of character. Louis Rukeyser WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THE ECONOMY: THE CHALLENGE AND THE CHANCE RC 20593 The nimble host of public television's "Wall Street Week" offers his own ideas for economic regeneration. Rukeyser confronts the major economic issues and explains how they affect each of us in every area, from the budget and taxes to government regulation. He believes that economic success is possible, and argues that the gloomsters are wrong. Ralph Schoenstein YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTERS: ADVENTURES IN FATHERING RC 10272 This book is a touching celebration of fatherhood that humorously presents the author in such roles as sex counselor, merry disciplinarian, nostalgic cheerleader, and devoted friend. It is a portrait of a funny and happy man. It also contains some strong language. Robert Lee Scott THE DAY I OWNED THE SKY
RC 28066 This is an autobiography of the Air Force fighter pilot who knew at the age of four he wanted to be a pilot. He writes of his career, his flying of a F-16, his marriage, and the fulfillment of his dream to walk the Great Wall of China. Silas Simmons INVISIBLE MEN: LIFE IN BASEBALL'S NEGRO LEAGUE RC 22042 This book is an account of black baseball from 1920 until 1949, when Jackie Robinson integrated the major leagues. The author, who interviewed many surviving Negro League stars, tells about their lives on and off the field and about the League's role in black life. Gilbert Sorrentino ROSE THEATRE RC 28408 This second of a projected trilogy is a sophisticated satirical novel of high comedy about failed and phony artists. It records the intrigues and testimonies of a bizarre cast of creative poseurs, all of whom are implicated in the death of one Sheila Henry. This book contains some strong language and some description of sex. Muriel Spark MEMENTO MORI RC 52084 In London in the 1950s, Dame Lettie Colston, age seventy-nine, receives anonymous telephone calls telling her matter-of-factly "Remember you must die." Surprising reactions are provoked in the various other recipients of these calls, who include a celebrated author, an unscrupulous housekeeper, an
octogenarian with an eye for women, and twelve occupants of an old folks home. Aaron Spelling AARON SPELLING: A PRIME TIME LIFE RC 43425 Spelling describes his career, during which he produced more than fifty television series including "Mod Squad," "Dynasty" and "Melrose Place." In addition Emmy-winning Spelling acted, wrote scripts, and produced films and television movies. He also tells of his family, including daughter Tori, who became famous acting in Spelling's series. This book contains some strong language. Mickey Spillane THE HAMMER STRIKES AGAIN: FIVE COMPLETE MIKE HAMMER NOVELS: ONE LONELY NIGHT, THE SNAKE, THE TWISTED THING, THE BODY LOVERS, SURVIVAL...ZERO! RC 54801 Private investigator Mike Hammer takes on cases involving murder and mayhem, kidnapping, Communism, suicide, and a bacterial plague. This book contains explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language.
Maureen Stapleton HELL OF A LIFE: AN AUTOBIOBRAPHY RC 45999 This book is the memoir of a famed actress and star of stage and screen. It traces her childhood in a troubled family, her early discovery in the theater, and her long career of successive award-
wining roles. Stapleton speaks candidly about other celebrities and about her own drinking problem and many affairs. This book contains strong Language. Lyle Stuart, Publisher JACKIE OH! Kitty Kelley CIL 0896 This a biography of Jackie Kennedy Onassis based upon over 300 interviews with her friends and relatives. This book covers from her early childhood through her marriage to Onassis, and the conflict over the settlement of his estate. William Styron CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER RC 36339 This book is a first-person account of the 1831 Virginia slave rebellion. Nat Turner, instigator of the bloody revolt, begins the story with his capture. As Nat dictates his statement to the jailers, he turns to a childhood spent under a master who promised freedom. Circumstances change and Nat's suppression and betrayal prompt the planned uprising. This Pulitzer Prize for Fiction contains strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Kenneth Taylor AT DAWN WE SLEPT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PEARL HARBOR Gordon W. Prange RC 17335 This book is a detailed account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 based on exhaustive interviews and eyewitness accounts of individuals, both Japanese and American, who were
involved. It chronicles the painstaking preparations by the Japanese task force, the factors contributing to American unpreparedness, the events of the air raid itself, and the aftermath and legacy of the attack. George Brown Tindall AMERICA: A NARRATIVE HISTORY, VOL I RC 23151 Volume one begins in pre-Columbian times and carries the narrative through Reconstruction. Social and economic considerations are taken into account in this interpretive history. Followed by "America: A Narrative History, Vol. II".
Julia Thorne and Larry Rothstein YOU ARE NOT ALONE: WORDS OF EXPERIENCE AND HOPE FOR THE JOURNEY THROUGH DEPRESSION RC 38929 In 1980, at the age of thirty-six, Thorne was just minutes away from taking her own life. She was emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted by depression. In this book, Thorne integrates her story with those of other sufferers to advise persons who experience depression on the positive choices they can make. Pramoedya Ananta Toer THE MUTE'S SOLILOQUY: A MEMOIR RC 50426
This sequel to "Child of All Nations" (RC 44104) is set in the earlytwentieth-century Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia. Minke leaves his medical studies to become a crusading journalist and political activist in the struggle against Dutch rule. This book is volume 3 of the Buru Quartet, followed by House of Glass (RC 45832). Dorothy Uhnak CODES OF BETRAYAL RC 46154 After his only child is killed because of his gangster relatives, New York policeman Nick O'Hara's life falls apart. He gets involved in illegal activities and then agrees with the DEA to inform on his grandfather, mob boss Nicholas Ventura. This book contains strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Jack Warden WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING DV 00150 Sandra Bullock stars as a subway employee who finds her love life changed forever when she unexpectedly enters a man's life she once admired from afar in this lighthearted romantic comedy. Also starring Jack Warden, Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher. Wendy Wasserstein HEIDI CHRONICLES RC 54526 Award-winning play centers on art historian Heidi Holland and her evolution from college student to adoptive mother. It traces three decades of love affairs, friendships, and personal growth. This book contains some strong language. It also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1990.
Dennis Weaver ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Co-B (CC007833) Television actor Dennis Weaver recalls his career in Hollywood, and his more recent involvement in humanitarian and environmental causes.
Jack Williamson BLACK SUN RC 47750 Space travel to a new colony is Carlos Mondragon's lifelong goal. After traveling illegally from Mexico and arriving at the launch site, Carlos stows away on the last starship of a special project. When the spacecraft lands on a frozen planet, the colonists find evidence that it is still inhabited. Carlos gradually proves himself an asset to the mission. Shelly Winters SHELLY II: THE MIDDLE OF MY CENTURY RC 30641 In the 1950s and 1960s, Winters began to triumph as an actress. During this time, she had torrid romances and a tempestuous marriage; was in and out of trouble with friends such as Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe; and actively supported Martin Luther King, Jr., Adlai Stevenson and John Kennedy. Sequel to "Shelley: Also Known as Shirley.” Earl Woods IN SEARCH OF TIGER: A JOURNEY THROUGH GOLF WITH TIGER WOODS Tom Callahan
RC 58306 This book is an unconventional biography of precocious professional golfer Tiger Woods, who at twenty-four won twelve tournaments around the world in 2000. Callahan portrays the bond between Woods and his father and highlights golf's other father-son pairs. Explores Woods' victorious career through anecdotes from his older contemporaries. Alexander Zinoview YAWNING HEIGHTS RC 16524 Satire against post-revolutionary Russia portrays the life and social structure of the mythic state of Ibansk, where everyone is called Ibanov. Founded on violence, hatred and mendacity, Ibanskian society is a nightmare. The Russian author, expelled from the Soviet Union, is now living in the west. This book contains strong language.
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