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image not found The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy [playaway] : live in concert
Douglas Adams
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On a hot night in August 1995, Douglas Adams gave a barnstorming performance to an invited audience at the Almeida Theatre in London. This recording is of that remarkable event. Douglas gives dramatic solo performances of episodes and passages from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and Life, The Universe ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605148380

image not found The white tiger [playaway]
Aravind Adiga
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Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along
2008; ; isbn:9781605149950 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view American icons [playaway]

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Presents a collection of old radio shows from the 1930's and 40's
; isbn:1598953400 More Information

image not found Best of the west and Gunsmoke [playaway]

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Presents four old radio westerns from the 1940's and 50's
; isbn:1598954237

image not found His illegal self [playaway]
Peter Carey
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Che, a precocious young boy raised in isolated privelege by his New York grandmother, slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems
2008; ; isbn:9781605147796 More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view When things fall apart [playaway] : heart advice for difficult times
Pema Chödrön
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Provides useful advice about how Buddhism helps readers to cope with the grim realities of modern life, including fear, despair, rage and the feeling that we are not in control of our lives. Through reflections on the central Buddhist teaching of right mindfulness, Chödrön orients readers and gives them language with which to shape their thinking ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605145976 More Information

image not found Deadly housewives [playway]
edited by Christine Matthews
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2008; ; isbn:9781605148366

jacket/cover - click for larger view Escape into health and wellbeing [playaway]

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Escape the stress of everyday life with serene, tranquil music
2008; ; isbn:9781599223186 More Information

image not found Gas City [playaway] : a novel
Loren D. Estleman
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A delicate balance of forces -- greed and corruption, ambition and desire -- run out of control in the wake of a serial killer's grisly rampage. A power struggle between a police chief who has looked the other way for too long, a Mafia boss who holds the city's vices in his powerful grasp, and media reporters looking for a big story turns what has been ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605148632

image not found Riding lessons [playaway] : a novel
Sara Gruen
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As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605148267

image not found Siddhartha [playaway] : a new translation
Hermann Hesse ; translated by Sherab Chödzin Kohn
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Siddhartha's life takes him on a journey toward enlightenment. Afire with youthful idealism, the Brahmin joins a group of ascetics, fasting and living without possessions. Meeting Gotama the Buddha, he comes to feel this is not the right path, though he also declines joining the Buddha's followers. He reenters the world, hoping to learn of his own nature, ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605148571

jacket/cover - click for larger view A disorder peculiar to the country [playaway] : a novel
Ken Kalfus
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Joyce and Marshall each think the other is killed on September 11 -- and must swallow their disappointment when the other arrives home. As their bitter divorce is further complicated by anthrax scares, suicide bombs, and foreign wars, they suffer, in ways unexpectedly personal and increasingly ludicrous, the many strange ravages of our time. In this ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605147710 More Information

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