Sunday, February 28, 2010
(2642) Weather Child (Podiobooks) by Philippa Ballantine
New Zealand’s first podiobook author, Philippa Ballantine, brings her first tale set totally in homeland. Step back in time and sideways into an alternate world, where magicians and seraphim are found only on the shores of the Long White Cloud. Between two world wars, Jack and Faith find themselves unravelling a conspiracy to turn the Awakened children of Aoteroa to dark purposes.
On Padiobooks: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/weather-child
Starting (2641) Pendragon Bk 4; The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2641) Pendragon Bk 4; The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2641) Pendragon Bk 4; The Reality Bug by D.J. MacHale
Publisher's Summary
The territory of Veelox has achieved perfect harmony. Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon arrives on this territory in pursuit of the evil Saint Dane, but all is peaceful on Veelox - because it's deserted. The inhabitants have discovered a way to enter their own personal dream worlds, where they can be whomever they want, wherever they want. Their bodies lie in stasis while their minds escape to the dream realm.Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane on 1937 Earth, Bobby is confident that he can defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this world. But once Bobby enters the virtual world, will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism?
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Bug-Pendragon-D-J-MacHale/dp/1416936289/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265459976&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BRLL_000069&BV_SessionID=@@@@0709755015.1265459317@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadejigjdmjgcefecekjdffidfkh.0
Starting (2640) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2640) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2640) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Podcast: Prometheus Radio Theatre, Star Trek- Living in the Shadows Pt 2
Music: Bananarama Greatest Hits Collection
Music Various Artists, Great Original Hits of The 70's Disc 4
Next item in my queue: (2639) The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2639) The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader
Publisher's Summary
Braverman Shaw, "Bravo" to his friends, always knew his father had secrets. But not until his mysterious death does Bravo discover the enormity of his father's hidden life as a high-ranking member of the Order of Gnostic Observatines, a sect founded by followers of St. Francis of Assisi and believed to have been wiped out centuries ago. For more than 800 years, the Order has preserved an ancient cache of documents, including a long-lost Testament attributed to Christ that could shake Christianity to its foundation.As its latest keeper, Bravo, an accomplished medieval scholar and cryptanalyst, must follow the esoteric clues his father left behind while outsmarting the Knights of St. Clement, a secret society sponsored by the Papacy that has been after the Testament since the Crusades. Bravo has become both a target and a pawn in an ongoing war far larger and more deadly than any he could have imagined. From New York City to Washington, D.C., Paris, Venice, and beyond, the race is on for the quintessential prize...the Testament.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Testament-Eric-Van-Lustbader/dp/0765353431/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265459481&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_000559&BV_SessionID=@@@@0709755015.1265459317@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadejigjdmjgcefecekjdffidfkh.0
Music Interlude:
Various Artists, Country Disc 02
Next item in my queue: (2638) The Tailor of Panama by John le Carr. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2638) The Tailor of Panama by John le Carr
Amazon.com Review
John le Carré, the greatest spy novelist of the Cold War era, continues his post-Cold War quest to define the genre he helped perfect. The classic spy novel was essentially a story of good (England, the United States) vs. evil (Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union), in which good more or less prevailed. The Tailor of Panama is something else entirely: a spy novel with no spies in which the bad guys reap most of the rewards. It is also a viciously funny satire. The novel is set in Panama, where a plot is in place to make void the Panama Treaty, which would return control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians in 1999. At the center of events is Harry Pendel, the tailor of the title. Coerced into working for British Intelligence, he concocts out of whole cloth a left-wing movement with the goal of luring the American military to do the dirty work--invade Panama à la 1989 and nullify the treaty. From the characters to the setting, le Carré has succeeded in setting new parameters for an old genre.
From Publishers Weekly
The many and various talents of le Carr‚ give this new audio version of his 1996 novel more than enough reasons for approval. Most obvious is the fact that he is a wonderful reader a natural, honest storyteller and artful actor who can command our attention and hold it long after others might lose their grip. In just a few minutes, he brings to life a large gallery of diverse characters: an upper-class narrator; a British tailor, Harry Pendel, who can't quite hide his East End Jewish, ex-convict roots; his American wife, Louisa, who pulses with do-gooder zeal; a Panamanian soldier whose English is limited to one phrase; a Panamanian banker who oozes hypocrisy; the Cockney ghost of Harry's crooked old uncle; and a rather nasty working-class British spy who threatens to upset Harry's delicately balanced life. Le Carr‚'s superb reading skills also enable listeners to stop and sniff the prose to realize just how good a writer he really is. Based on the Knopf hardcover.On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Tailor-of-Panama-ebook/dp/B002V09288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265459339&sr=1-1
Friday, February 26, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2637) Voyage of Slaves by Brian Jacques. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com/
(2637) Voyage of Slaves by Brian Jacques
Publisher's Summary
Adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, Ben falls captive to a band of slave traders and their leader, Al Misurata. With his faithful dog, Ned, at his side, Ben must plot escape as the ship of scoundrels sails up the Libyan coastline toward Italy, where a trap awaits.Ruthless enemies and hard times appear around every bend, but Ben and Ned have quick wits to rely on and, just as important, one another. Fans of the New York Times best-selling Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series will only want more after this latest installment - a rousing yarn that's full of high-seas adventure!
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Slaves-Castaways-Flying-Dutchman/dp/044101528X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265459136&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RECO_000981&BV_SessionID=@@@@1104065733.1265458743@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadejihhiiifcefecekjdffidfji.0
Starting (2636) Outlanders #018; Sargasso Plunder by James Axler. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2636) Outlanders #018; Sargasso Plunder by James Axler
The brutal struggle for power in post-nuclear America continues for the nine barons who rule the new world order. These emissaries of a long lost race are facing extinction from within their own ranks, and from the rebel forces fighting to reclaim earth and expose the horrifying truth of mankind’s heritage.
Computer programs from the world before the Skydark are being salvaged and use to power the cities and villes of the twenty second century. An enforcer turned renegade, Kane and his group learn of a mother load of tech hidden deep within the ocean of the western territories, a place once known as Seattle. The booty is luring tech traders and gangs and an army of sec men prepared to do the barons bidding. Kane and Grant dare to infiltrate the salvage operation, knowing that getting in is a life and death risk.
In the outlands, the shocking truth is humanities last hope.
On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-195-18-sargasso-plunder.aspx
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Next item in my queue: The Expedition of the Donner Party & Its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton. http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2632) The Expedition of the Donner Party & Its Tragic Fate (Librivox) by Eliza P. Donner Houghton
Summary:
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/expedition-of-the-donner-party-and-its-tragic-fate-by-eliza-p-donner-houghton/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Expedition-Donner-Party-Tragic-Fate/dp/B0017YUPT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264945127&sr=1-1
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the “westering fever” of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism. Although this aspect of the tragedy has become synonymous with the Donner Party in the popular imagination, it actually was a minor part of the episode.
The author was about 4 at the time. The first part of the book accounts the tragic journey and rescue attempts; the last half are reminiscences of the child orphan, passed from family to family while growing up. (Summary from Wikipedia & Tricia G)
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/expedition-of-the-donner-party-and-its-tragic-fate-by-eliza-p-donner-houghton/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Expedition-Donner-Party-Tragic-Fate/dp/B0017YUPT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264945127&sr=1-1
Next item in my queue: (2631) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com/
(2631) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Publisher's Summary
Clary Fray just wants her life to go back to normal - but that turns out to be impossible. For one thing, her mother is still in the hospital, in a mysterious coma. For another, she and her brother, Jace, have fallen under a cloud of suspicion now that the Shadowhunter world knows that Valentine is still alive - and that Jace and Clary are his son and daughter. Not to mention that someone in New York is killing Downworlders and draining their blood, creating a climate of suspicion that sends Downworld Manhattan to the brink of civil war.When the Silent Brothers are murdered and the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Sword of Souls, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor is dispatched from Idris to investigate. She clearly harbors a personal grudge against Jace, and she drives a wedge between him and his adoptive family. When Clary's romance with her best friend, Simon, starts to heat up, Jace feels abandoned. But has he, as the Inquisitor accuses, joined up with his father?
Then Simon is turned into a vampire and kidnapped by Valentine, who intends to sacrifice him as part of a bloody ritual that will make the Mortal Instruments his own forever. Jace knows he needs to save Simon's life, for Clary's sake. But what if he's too late? What if Valentine has already made the Mortal Instruments his own?
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Mortal-Instruments-Cassandra-Clare/dp/1416972242/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264944941&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_SANS_001224&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2630) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com/
Next item in my queue: (2630) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com/
(2630) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Music: Sugarland Love on the Inside
Podcast: Prometheus Radio Theatre, Star Trek- Living in the Shadows Pt 1
Music: Synchrony Disc 02
Starting (2629) Doomsday Warrior #10; American Nightmare by Ryder Stacy. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2629) Doomsday Warrior #10; American Nightmare by Ryder Stacy. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2629) Doomsday Warrior #10; American Nightmare by Ryder Stacy
Ravaged by WWlll, America is now a brutalized Russian colony, but a loose and secret federation of Free Cities rises up to fight the hated oppressors! Rockson—the Doomsday Warrior leads the American Rebels against the Russian occupation in their most desperate hour and is captured and tortured by the KGB. Escaping into the Western Desert he is swept into a time trapped 20th Century Utah by a post-nuke mega storm. He awakes and finds that he must battle the demonic tyrant hallucination plagued and inspired leader called the Chessman to survive.
On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-330-10-american-nightmare.aspx
Starting (2628) The Day of the Triffids (dramatized) by John Wyndham. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2628) The Day of the Triffids (dramatized) by John Wyndham. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2628) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Publisher's Summary
This full-cast drama, part of BBC Audiobooks' Classic Radio Sci-Fi series, is based on the classic post-war 'science fantasy' novel which made John Wyndham famous, and whose appeal endures to this day. Giles Cooper's six-part adaptation stars Gary Watson, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis, with appearances from Doctor Who names Peter Pratt, Christopher Bidmead and David Brierley. Divided by blindness and societal breakdown, humanity is at the mercy of the carniverous Triffids....On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Day-Triffids-20th-Century-Rediscoveries/dp/0812967127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264944384&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=RT_BBCW_001052&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Next item in my queue: (2627) Star Trek; Avenger By William Shatner. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2627) Star Trek; Avenger By William Shatner
Publisher's Summary
A lethal virogen, inimical to all conventional forms of plant life, threatens the entire Federation with starvation and dissolution. In this moment of Starfleet's greatest need, Captain James T. Kirk, long believed dead, embarks on a desperate quest to find the true source of the mysterious virogen. Elsewhere in the galaxy, Ambassador Spock, his diplomatic efforts stalled by the spread of famine and chaos, returns to his native world of Vulcan to confront a mystery of a deeply personal nature - an investigation that soon leads him to a reunion with a long-lost friend he never expected to see again. Kirk and Spock, together again, must join forces to save a new generation from an awesome menace unleashed by a ruthless interplanetary conspiracy.On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Avenger-William-Shatner/dp/0671551329/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264944273&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_SANS_000158&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2626) Starmind by Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2626) Starmind by Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2626) Starmind by Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson
Publisher's Summary
This concluding novel in the Stardance Trilogy takes readers to the year 2064. Earth is enjoying an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity due to the Starmind, a universal overmind engineered by benevolent aliens.Art in all its forms flourishes, and composer Rand Porter has been offered the job of a lifetime as a shaper of visual effects and music in High Orbit for the world's most famous zero-gravity dance company. But his beloved novelist wife, Rhea Paixao, has her roots sunk deep in the Earth and her beloved Cape Cod.
As they wrestle with their private dilemma, bizarre things - small miracles, really - are beginning to occur everywhere on Earth and throughout the entire Solar System. The human race and its evolutionary successors, the space-dwelling Stardancers, find themselves approaching the terrifying cusp of their shared destiny, an appointment made for them a million years ago - a make-or-break point beyond which nothing, anywhere, can ever be the same again.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Starmind-Spider/dp/0671319892/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264944162&sr=1-2
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_003093&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2625) The Sharing Knife Vol 3; Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2625) The Sharing Knife Vol 3; Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2625) The Sharing Knife Vol 3; Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
Publisher's Summary
Filled with magic, heroism, and all-too-human characters, Bujold's Sharing Knife saga is both a gripping adventure and a poignant romance. In this third volume, Fawn, the young farm girl, and Dag, the seasoned soldier-sorcerer, set off to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples - and encounter new hazards both human and uncanny.The farmers and riverfolk have long distrusted the power of the mysterious and aloof Lakewalkers, even though they depend on them for protection from the evil malices. The proud Lakewalkers, meanwhile, have exiled Dag after learning of his marriage to Fawn, the first outsider to be bound to a Lakewalker in their magical way. But as Dag's natural Lakewalker ability to manipulate "ground energy" begins to develop in dangerous directions, he and Fawn realize that big changes are ahead.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Sharing-Knife-Book-3/dp/0061375357/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264943997&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_002639&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Brad Paisley, Mud on the Tires
Renovators, The Disc 2
Starting (2624) Expedition Bk 1; The Expedition by Loren Robinson. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2624) Expedition Bk 1; The Expedition by Loren Robinson. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2624) Expedition Bk 1; The Expedition by Loren Robinson
Publisher's Summary
Astronauts Jim Parker and Michael Murphy, aboard the space shuttle Charger II, were wrapping up a routine mission. Just prior to re-entry, they encountered a mysterious cloud bank in space and were never heard from again. Two years later, a metal box was unearthed at a construction site in St. Louis. In it was a previously unknown, yet apparently authentic, journal of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition: written by astronaut Jim Parker. Did Parker and Murphy alter history, or did they save it?On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Expedition-Book-1/dp/1596076771/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264943865&sr=1-2
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BIMO_000095&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2623) Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2623) Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2623) Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher's Summary
The Jordan Foundation sponsored the Proxima Centauri Expedition in 2119, in attempt to reach the nearer stars of the galaxy. But that was far in the mythic past. The original purpose of the Ship's epic voyage has long been forgotten, and for generations the giant spaceship, lost between the stars, is the only world that the people aboard have known. A strange civilization has evolved, with its own superstitions, savage religion, rigid class structure and mutant outcasts. Then, one young man discovers the truth about the Ship and changes everything, forever....On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Orphans-Sky-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0671318454/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264943728&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000933&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2622) Demon Wars Saga BK #1; Demon Awakens (Part 03) by R.A. Salvatore. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2622) Demon Wars Saga BK #1; Demon Awakens (Part 03) by R.A. Salvatore. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2622) Demon Wars Saga BK #1; Demon Awakens (Part 03) by R.A. Salvatore. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2622) Demon Wars Saga BK #1; Demon Awakens (Part 03) by R. A. Salvatore
The Demon Dactyl’s army is laying waste to the entire country, and the only way to stop their organized takeover is to cut off the root of their army’s vast power: Bestesbulzibar, the Dactyl, himself. Elbryan, Pony, the Mad Monk Avelyn and Bradwarden the centaur, reunited with the elven Juraviel and Tuntun, set out to do battle inside the demon’s lair: Mount Aida. (Book 1 of 7 - Part 3 of 3)
On Gaphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-503-1-the-demon-awakens-3-of-3.aspx
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Awakens-Demonwars-R-Salvatore/dp/0345421620/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264943605&sr=1-1
Next item in my queue: (2621) Starship Bk 4; Rebel by Mike Resnick. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2621) Starship Bk 4; Rebel by Mike Resnick
Publisher's Summary
The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, dominated by the human race, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation.Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost 50 ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier.
With one exception. The Republic still comes and goes as it pleases, taking what it wants, conscripting men, and extorting taxes, even though the Frontier worlds receive nothing in exchange. And, of course, the government still wants Wilson Cole and the starship Theodore Roosevelt. He has no interest in confronting such an overwhelming force, and constantly steers clear of them.
Then an incident occurs that changes everything, and Cole declares war on the Republic. Outnumbered and always outgunned, his fleet is no match for the Republic's millions of military vessels, even after he forges alliances with the warlords he previously hunted down
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Starship-Rebel-Book-4/dp/1591026954/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264943286&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000626&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
Starting (2620) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2620) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2620) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Music: Alison Krauss & Union Station Live Disc 01
Podcast: Le Jazz Affair show #381
Podcast: Planet Retcon Radio, Sgc1.8 - Crash
Podcast: Prometheus Radio Theatre, Golem & the Gypsy Girl Pt 3
Podcast: Le Jazz Affair show #381
Podcast: Planet Retcon Radio, Sgc1.8 - Crash
Podcast: Prometheus Radio Theatre, Golem & the Gypsy Girl Pt 3
Starting (2619) The Vampire Earth, Bk 2; Choice of the Cat by E. E. Knight. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2619) The Vampire Earth, Bk 2; Choice of the Cat by E. E. Knight. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2619) The Vampire Earth, Bk 2; Choice of the Cat by E. E. Knight
Publisher's Summary
Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.It is the 45th year of the Kurian Order. Lt. David Valentine is a proud member of the Wolves, an elite fighting force dedicated to regaining control of Earth. But a disastrous battle against the enemy has left more than half of his company wounded or dead - and Valentine facing a court-martial.
Resigning his position, Valentine accepts an offer to become a Cat, one of the stealthy warriors trained to spy on - and go toe-to-toe against - the Reapers. Under the command of his mentor, Smoke, Val's first mission is to enter the Kurian Zone and investigate the threat of the Twisted Cross, a strike force of alien-human hybrids possessing the skills of combat veterans and the hunger of the Reapers..
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Choice-Cat-Vampire-Earth-Book/dp/0451459733/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264942924&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000293&BV_SessionID=@@@@1670845868.1264942896@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejhmfdljdcefecekjdffidfmf.0
David Sanborn, Heart to Heart
Phil Traynor Disc 2
Starting Coyote Frontier; A Novel of Interstellar Exploration by Allen Steele. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: Coyote Frontier; A Novel of Interstellar Exploration by Allen Steele. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2618) Coyote Frontier; A Novel of Interstellar Exploration by Allen Steele
Publisher's Summary
The revolution that won Coyote's independence from Earth is 20 years past. Coyote's aging computers, aircraft, and medical equipment are badly in need of replacement. And the colony's survival is in question. Now the colony's hard-won independence depends on the descendants of Coyote's original settlers-versus help from Earth that may be more of a detriment than a boon.Former freedom fighter Carlos Montero, now in his 50s and burdened with the responsibilities of leadership. Manuel Castro, the Savant and former Lieutenant Governor of New Florida, now a hermit who may hold the key to the survival of those whose company he has renounced. Jonas Whittaker, the genius inventor haunted by the loss of the wife and daughter he sacrificed to save. And Morgan Goldstein, an entrepreneur seeking to exploit Coyote's natural resources - even if it means ruining the planet itself. As Coyote's future hangs in the balance, a larger question looms: can the human race settle a new world without bringing forward the problems of the world it left behind?
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Frontier-Allen-Steele/dp/0441013570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264275356&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000241&BV_SessionID=@@@@1062409714.1264275329@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadejhfgkkjfcefecekjdffidffj.0
Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live
Mitch Weiss Disc 3
Next item in my queue: (2617) The Lost Fleet Bk 4; Valiant by Jack Campbell. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2617) The Lost Fleet Bk 4; Valiant by Jack Campbell. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2617) The Lost Fleet Bk 4; Valiant by Jack Campbell
Publisher's Summary
Deep within Syndicate Worlds' space, the Alliance fleet continues its dangerous journey home under the command of Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who was revived after a century spent in suspended animation. Geary's victories over the enemy have earned him both the respect and the envy of his fellow officers.Geary has made many risky decisions as commander, especially in ordering the Alliance fleet back to the Lakota Star System, where it was nearly destroyed by the Syndics. It's a desperate gamble that may buy Geary just enough time to prepare for the Syndics' inevitable return, and give the fleet a fighting chance at survival.
But even as he struggles to stay one step ahead of the enemy, Geary must face conspirators within his own fleet who want a change of command and are willing to do anything to bring it about. Geary knows that his fleet must stand together or the Syndic forces will tear them apart.
BONUS AUDIO: Author Jack Campbell explains why he sees Valiant as the latest in a long tradition of "sea stories".
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Valiant-Lost-Fleet-Book-4/dp/0441016197/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264271239&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000171&BV_SessionID=@@@@0242711202.1264270248@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadejhffklhgcefecekjdffidfim.0
Next item in my queue: (2616) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2616) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Publisher's Summary
When 15-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing, not even a smear of blood, to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within 24 hours, Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance when her mother disappears, and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary "mundanes" like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know.
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride they will never want to end.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bones-Mortal-Instruments-Cassandra-Clare/dp/1416955070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264271107&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_SANS_000885&BV_SessionID=@@@@0242711202.1264270248@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadejhffklhgcefecekjdffidfim.0
Music Interlude:
Radio May 1982 Disc 03
Story of Star Wars
Starting (2615) Deathlands #018; Shockscape by James Axler. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2615) Deathlands #018; Shockscape by James Axler. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2615) Deathlands #018; Shockscape by James Axler
Summary:
Emerging from a gateway into the snowy barrens of the Colorado Rockies, Ryan Cawdor and his warrior group are forced to strike a deal for survival. This part of white hell is controlled by Baron Nelson, a grief-ridden widower burning for vengeance against the hired killers who murdered his boy.
Not far from Nelson's barony lies Yuma, a nasty hellhole every badman in the Rockies calls home. Ryan, Doc and J.B. Dix begin a perilous journey across desolate mountains to Yuma to capture and deliver the boy's killers back to the baron. The odds are not good: if the mutant grizzlies and roving marauders don't get them, the sadistic gun toughs in Yuma will.
On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-45-18-shockscape.aspx
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Shockscape-Deathlands-18-James-Axler/dp/0373625561/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264270931&sr=1-2
Next item in my queue: (2614) The Moonpool by Deutermann, Peter T. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2614) The Moonpool by Deutermann, Peter T
Publisher's Summary
"I remembered it from high-school chemistry, one of those experiments where we made hydrogen. It was more of an acidic sensation on the palate than a real smell, but I recognized it. The pile of spent fuel at the bottom was beginning to outgas. Next would come the fire to end all fires...."A private detective working in Wilmington, North Carolina, is found dead in a gas-station restroom, apparently poisoned. But when her body sets off radiation alarms in the pathologist's office, suspicion falls on the nearby Helios nuclear power plant, a heavily guarded facility with supposedly fail-safe procedures.
As the FBI, local police, and the power plant's own security team investigate, ex-cop Cam Richter, head of the agency that employed the dead woman, begins his own inquiries. What was his detective investigating? And how could one person be poisoned by radiation without others being exposed?
Cam soon finds himself up against powerful forces that will stop at nothing to keep the plant's problems secret. The most vulnerable part of Helios is its "moonpool" - the radioactive storage pond that cools spent but volatile reactor fuel and must be kept completely full. Racing against time, Cam discovers an inside threat, a plan to use the plant's own systems to begin an unstoppable, disastrous sequence of events.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Moonpool-Novel-P-T-Deutermann/dp/0312371594/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264270773&sr=1-2
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BRLL_000194&BV_SessionID=@@@@0242711202.1264270248@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadejhffklhgcefecekjdffidfim.0
Music Interlude:
Alison Krauss & Union Station Live Disc 02
Tomo Iwakura Disc 2
Starting (2613) A Briefer History of Time by Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.) Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2613) A Briefer History of Time by Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.) Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2613) A Briefer History of Time by Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.) Cambridge lectures
Publisher's Summary
Stephen Hawking's worldwide best seller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe. But it is also true that in the years since its publication, readers have repeatedly told Professor Hawking of their great difficulty in understanding some of the book's most important concepts.This is the origin of and the reason for A Briefer History of Time: its author's wish to make its content more accessible to readers, as well as to bring it up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings.
Although this book is literally somewhat "briefer", it actually expands on the great subjects of the original. Purely technical concepts, such as the mathematics of chaotic boundary conditions, are gone. Conversely, subjects of wide interest that were difficult to follow because they were interspersed throughout the book have now been given entire chapters of their own, including relativity, curved space, and quantum theory.
This reorganization has allowed the authors to expand areas of special interest and recent progress, from the latest developments in string theory to exciting developments in the search for a complete unified theory of all the forces of physics. Like prior editions of the book, but even more so, A Briefer History of Time will guide nonscientists everywhere in the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Briefer-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553804367/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264270615&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_RAND_000672&BV_SessionID=@@@@0242711202.1264270248@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadejhffklhgcefecekjdffidfim.0
Starting (2612) The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum & Gayle Lynds. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2612) The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum & Gayle Lynds. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2612) The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum & Gayle Lynds
Publisher's Summary
For 30 years, Robert Ludlum's novels have set the standard for the finest in international intrigue and suspense. With an unbroken string of best sellers in almost every country in the world, Ludlum's books have been read by hundreds of millions of readers, and are acknowledged as classics in the field.Now, after the best-selling The Hades Factor and The Cassandra Compact comes the third thrilling novel in the Covert-One series - Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option.
An explosion in the middle of the night reduces part of Paris' esteemed Pasteur Institute to rubble. Among the missing is the world's top computer scientist, Emile Chambord. Even though a terrorist group claims responsibility for the bombing, many in the intelligence community suspect the scientist was actually kidnapped and the bomb set to divert attention. Chambord may have been close to devising a working molecular computer which, in the wrong hands, could be the most deadly weapon in the world. If he were now in the hands of hostile forces, the consequences would be unspeakably dire.
Paris to London, Brussels, and Algiers, Covert-One agent Jon Smith searches for traces of the scientist and the ambitious forces behind the bombing and theft. With the help of MI5 agent Peter Howell, CIA agent Randi Russell, and cyber-wizard Marty Zellerbach, Smith uncovers a web of deception that threatens to reshape Europe and is one step away from destroying the United States.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Ludlums-Paris-Option-Covert-One/dp/0312982615/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264270253&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_000928&BV_SessionID=@@@@0242711202.1264270248@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadejhffklhgcefecekjdffidfim.0
Music Interlude:
Mitch Weiss Disc 2
Nashville Showcase Disc 2
Starting (2611) Librivox Short Sci-fi Story Collection, vol. 021 by Various Authors. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2611) Librivox Short Sci-fi Story Collection, vol. 021 by Various Authors
Summary:
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-21/
In This Collection:
01 = Ep-01 - Cogito Ergo Sum = John Foster West.mp3
02 = Ep-02 - Dead World = Jack Douglas.mp3
03 = Ep-03 - Divinity = William Morrison.mp3
04 = Ep-04 - the Gift Bearer = Charles L. Fontenay.mp3
05 = Ep-05 - the Helpful Robots = Robert Shea.mp3
06 = Ep-06 - the Love of Frank Nineteen = David C Knight.mp3
07 = Ep-07 - My Friend Bobby = Alan E. Nourse.mp3
08 = Ep-08 - the Pygmy Planet = Jack Williamson.mp3
09 = Ep-09 - Resurrection = Robert Shea.mp3
10 = Ep-10 - Salvage in Space = Jack Williamson.mp3
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-21/
In This Collection:
01 = Ep-01 - Cogito Ergo Sum = John Foster West.mp3
02 = Ep-02 - Dead World = Jack Douglas.mp3
03 = Ep-03 - Divinity = William Morrison.mp3
04 = Ep-04 - the Gift Bearer = Charles L. Fontenay.mp3
05 = Ep-05 - the Helpful Robots = Robert Shea.mp3
06 = Ep-06 - the Love of Frank Nineteen = David C Knight.mp3
07 = Ep-07 - My Friend Bobby = Alan E. Nourse.mp3
08 = Ep-08 - the Pygmy Planet = Jack Williamson.mp3
09 = Ep-09 - Resurrection = Robert Shea.mp3
10 = Ep-10 - Salvage in Space = Jack Williamson.mp3
Starting (2609) Blue Moon Rising (Part 1) by Simon R. Green. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2609) Blue Moon Rising (Part 1) by Simon R. Green. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2609) Blue Moon Rising (Part 1) by Simon R. Green
Rupert didn't especially want to be a prince. And he certainly never asked to be the second son of a royal line that really didn't need a spare. So he was sent out to slay a dragon and prove himself—a quest straight out of legend. But he also discovered the kinds of things legends tend to leave out, as well as the usual demons, goblins, the dreaded Night Witch—and even worse terrors hidden in the shadows of Darkwood.
Rupert did find a fiery dragon—and a beautiful princess to rescue. But the dragon turned out to be a better friend than anyone back at the castle, and with the evil of Darkwood spreading, Rupert was going to need all the friends he could get. (Part 1 of 3)
On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-509-1-blue-moon-rising-1-of-3.aspx
Next item in my queue: (2607) Lie Down with Lions by Follett, Ken. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2607) Lie Down with Lions by Follett, Ken
Publisher's Summary
Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman.... They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing from terrorist bombs in Paris to the violence and intrigue of Afghanistan - and on to the moment of truth and a deadly decision for all of them.On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lie-Down-Lions-Ken-Follett/dp/0451210468/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263739327&sr=1-2
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BRLL_000058&BV_SessionID=@@@@2014474595.1263738130@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadejgjgejmkcefecekjdffidfhh.0
Next item in my queue: (2605) Hanged Man's Song by Sandford, John. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2605) Hanged Man's Song by Sandford, John
Publisher's Summary
Prey fans everywhere have embraced the return of Sandford's other charismatic hero, Kidd, artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal, and his sometime partner, sometime lover, LuEllen.In The Hanged Man's Song, a superhacker friend of Kidd's named Bobby suddenly disappears from cyberspace, and Kidd knows that isn't a good sign. Then, when he goes to Bobby's house, Kidd finds him dead on the floor, his head bashed in and his laptop missing, and Kidd knows that really isn't a good sign. The secrets on that laptop are potent enough to hang Kidd and everybody else in Bobby's circle, just to start with, so there's no question that Kidd and LuEllen have to try to track it down, not to mention that Kidd would dearly love to get his hands on the man who killed Bobby. But before Kidd can get very far, the secrets start coming out anyway...and they're more staggering than even he had imagined. Because it's not just about the lives of a circle of friends and colleagues now, oh no, it's about something much, much bigger. And much, much scarier.
Filled with the atmosphere, characters, and exceptional drama that have made John Sandford one of America's best-loved thriller writers, The Hanged Man's Song is a masterpiece of suspense.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hanged-Mans-Song-Kidd/dp/042519910X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263739114&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PENG_000324&BV_SessionID=@@@@2014474595.1263738130@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadejgjgejmkcefecekjdffidfhh.0
Starting (2604) The Story of Ab (Librivox) by Stanley Waterloo. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2604) The Story of Ab (Librivox) by Stanley Waterloo. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2604) The Story of Ab (Librivox) by Stanley Waterloo
Summary:
This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well.
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-ab-by-stanley-waterloo/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Story-Ab-Tale-Time-Cave/dp/1426430809/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263739000&sr=1-2
This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well.
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-ab-by-stanley-waterloo/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Story-Ab-Tale-Time-Cave/dp/1426430809/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263739000&sr=1-2
Starting (2603) The Survivalist #15; Overlord by Jerry Ahern. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2603) The Survivalist #15; Overlord by Jerry Ahern. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2603) The Survivalist #15; Overlord by Jerry Ahern
It's a perilous world after the fiery apocalypse of World War III, and John Thomas Rourke—ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist, and survival expert—pursues his arch-enemy Vladmir Karamatsov into the strife-torn, blackened wilderness of mainland China and a rendezvous with certain death. Karamatsov, bent on the destruction of the entire world, is determined to seize control of the vast Communist Chinese nuclear arsenal that survived the hell-fire destruction of the Night of The War.
On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-515-15-overlord.aspx
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Survivalist-15-Overlord-J-Ahern/dp/0821720708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263738849&sr=1-1
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2602) New Spring by Jordan, Robert. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2602) New Spring by Jordan, Robert
Publisher's Summary
For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow. And Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a young soldier fighting in the battle, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. But those paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine is of the Royal House of Cairhien, whose King has just died, and Lan is considered the uncrowned king of a nation long dead, and the plots of those seeking power threaten their lives. The novella "New Spring" told a part of the story, in compressed form...the novel New Spring tells the whole story.On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/New-Spring-Novel-Wheel-Time/dp/0765345455/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263738693&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_000341&BV_SessionID=@@@@2014474595.1263738130@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadejgjgejmkcefecekjdffidfhh.0
Various Artists, Lounge Disc 4
Alabama, Pass It on Down
Starting (2601) Inca Gold; a Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2601) Inca Gold; a Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2601) Inca Gold; a Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler
From Publishers Weekly
A chance rescue of two divers trapped in a Peruvian sinkhole leads series hero Dirk Pitt ( Raise the Titanic! ; Deep Six ) into a search for lost treasure that involves grave robbers, art thieves and ancient curses. Cussler's latest adventure novel features terrorists who aren ' t really terrorists and a respected archeologist who is not what he seems; it all boils down to a race between Pitt and some unscrupulous crooks for a cache of Inca gold hidden away from the Spanish and lost since the 16th century. The villains, a society of art and antiquity smugglers called the Solpemachaco , want to get their hands on the Golden Body Suit of Tiapollo, which contains in its hieroglyphics a description of the Inca treasure's hidden burial place. Pitt ends up searching for a jade box containing a quipu , an Inca silver-and-gold metalwork map to the treasure. The box was stolen from the Indians by the Spanish, stolen from the Spanish by Francis Drake and then lost in the South American jungle, but readers who know Pitt know that that a 400-year-old missing clue is only a minor obstacle. Master storyteller Cussler keeps the action spinning as he weaves a number of incredible plotlines and coincidences into a believable and gripping story. It's pure escapist adventure, with a wry touch of humor and a certain self-referential glee (Cussler himself makes a cameo appearance), but the entertainment value meets the gold standard. 550,000 first printing; Literary Guild super release and Doubleday Book Club super release.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Inca-Gold-Dirk-Clive-Cussler/dp/1416525726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263736541&sr=1-1
Starting (2600) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Next item in my queue: (2600) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2600) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers
Podcast: Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy, Show 570
Music: Phil Collins Hits, In the Air Tonight
Podcast: Planet Retcon Radio, Rendezvous Part 3
Podcast: Prometheus Radio Theatre, "Golem & the Gypsy Girl" Pt 1
Music: Rascal Flatts Greatest Hits Volume 1
Music: Rick Latham & the Groove Doc
Starting Amelia Peabody Mystery; Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: Amelia Peabody Mystery; Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2599) Amelia Peabody Mystery; Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
Publisher's Summary
A lost journal of Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the "missing years", 1907-1908, shedding light on an already exceptional career...and an unexpected terror.Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at home in Kent, England, when a mysterious messenger arrives. Claiming to be the teenage brother of their dear friend Tarek, he brings troubling news of a strange malady that has struck down Tarek's heir and conveys his brother's urgent need for help only the Emersons can provide.
The family sets off in secret for the mountain fortress from which they narrowly escaped 10 years before. The Emersons are unaware that deception and treachery are leading them onward into a nest of vipers, where a dreadful fate may await. For young Ramses, forced to keep his growing love for the beautiful Nefret secret, temptation along the way may prove his ultimate undoing. And a dark past and grim obligation has ensnared Nefret once again, as she is helpless to save those she loves most from the prison of the Lost Oasis.
Rich with suspense, surprises, unforgettable characters, and the intoxicating atmosphere that has earned her the coveted title of Grand Master two times over, the remarkable Elizabeth Peters proves once again that, in the world of historical adventure fiction, she is truly without peer.
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Horizon-Elizabeth-Peters/dp/B001AHEAN0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263734270&sr=1-1
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_HARP_000785&BV_SessionID=@@@@1883839261.1263732204@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejghmkffgcefecekjdffidfgl.0
Michael Jackson Gold Disc 01
Pat Boone, Pat Boone
Starting (2598) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Librivox) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
Next item in my queue: (2598) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Librivox) by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Details: http://audiobookaddit.blogspot.com.
(2598) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Librivox) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Summary:
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. First published on March 20, 1852, the story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings. (Summary from wikipedia)
Note From the Reader: The listener is about to enter a world rich with diverse characters. In order to differentiate between the characters, the reader has given each, his/her own voice. As an adult male reader, however, the reader’s representation of women and children will, necessarily be less than adequate. He asks for your indulgence.
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/uncle-toms-cabin-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Cabin-Thrift-Harriet-Beecher/dp/0486440281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263733977&sr=1-1
Music Interlude:
Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
Sheena Easton, You Could Have Been with Me
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a profound effect on the North’s view of slavery. First published on March 20, 1852, the story focuses on the tale of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave, the central character around whose life the other characters—both fellow slaves and slave owners—revolve. The novel depicts the harsh reality of slavery while also showing that Christian love and faith can overcome even something as evil as enslavement of fellow human beings. (Summary from wikipedia)
Note From the Reader: The listener is about to enter a world rich with diverse characters. In order to differentiate between the characters, the reader has given each, his/her own voice. As an adult male reader, however, the reader’s representation of women and children will, necessarily be less than adequate. He asks for your indulgence.
On Librivox: http://librivox.org/uncle-toms-cabin-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Cabin-Thrift-Harriet-Beecher/dp/0486440281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263733977&sr=1-1
Music Interlude:
Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
Sheena Easton, You Could Have Been with Me
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