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The golden egg [sound recording] / Donna Leon.
The mentally handicapped man who worked at Brunetti's dry cleaners has just died of an overdose, and Brunetti's wife Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing or helping him. To please his wife, Brunetti investigates the death, and is surprised to find nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, nothing. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be connected. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?

Salt, sugar, fat [sound recording] : how the food giants hooked us / Michael Moss.
Salt, sugar, fat [sound recording] : how the food giants hooked us / Michael Moss.
Traces the rise of the processed food industry and how addictive salt, sugar, and fat have enabled its dominance in the past half century, revealing deliberate corporate practices behind current trends in obesity, diabetes, and other health challenges.

Out of order stories from the history of the Supreme Court / [sound recording] : Sandra Day O'Connor.
Out of order stories from the history of the Supreme Court / [sound recording] : Sandra Day O'Connor.
The former Supreme Court justice shares stories about the history and evolution of the Supreme Court, tracing the roles of key contributors while sharing the events behind important transformations.

Let's explore diabetes with owls [sound recording] : essays, etc. / David Sedaris.
Let's explore diabetes with owls [sound recording] : essays, etc. / David Sedaris.
Traces the author's offbeat world travel experiences, which involved surreal encounters with everything from French dentistry and Australian kookaburra eating habits to Beijing squat toilets and a wilderness Costco in North Carolina.

If it's not one thing, it's your mother [sound recording] / Julia Sweeney.
If it's not one thing, it's your mother [sound recording] / Julia Sweeney.
Shares the author's parenting misadventures, from her decision to adopt as a single woman and her transition to a stay-at-home mom after marriage to her efforts to explain the birds and the bees to her precocious eight-year-old.

Her [sound recording] : a memoir / Christa Parravani.
Her [sound recording] : a memoir / Christa Parravani.
Relates the author's life with her identical twin sister, Cara, the downward spiral due to depression and drugs that resulted Cara's early death, and the author's determination to defy the odds that she herself would die within two years of her twin.

Cooked a natural history of transformation / [sound recording] : Michael Pollan.
Cooked a natural history of transformation / [sound recording] : Michael Pollan.
Recounts the story of the author's culinary education and the roles of the four classical elements of fire, water, air, and earth in transforming natural ingredients into delicious meals and drinks.

Carry on, warrior thoughts on life unarmed / [sound recording] : Glennon Doyle Melton.
Carry on, warrior thoughts on life unarmed / [sound recording] : Glennon Doyle Melton.
Shares the author's journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.

Carrie and me a mother-daughter love story / [sound recording] : Carol Burnett.
Carrie and me a mother-daughter love story / [sound recording] : Carol Burnett.
The comedienne and actress draws on diary entries, correspondence, and family memories to present a tribute to her late daughter that traces Carrie's struggles with self-esteem and addiction before her cancer-related death.

City of a thousand dolls [sound recording] / Miriam Forster.
City of a thousand dolls [sound recording] / Miriam Forster.
"Nisha lives in the City of a Thousand Dolls, a remote estate where orphan girls in the Empire become apprentices as musicians, healers, and courtesans, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. When girls begin to die, Nisha begins to uncover the secrets that surround the deathers--jeopardizing not only her own future within the City but her own life"--Provided by publisher.

The prophet [sound recording] / Michael Koryta.
The prophet [sound recording] / Michael Koryta.
Two brothers in a small Midwestern town: one the high school's beloved football coach on the verge of a state championship, one scraping by as a bail bondsman. Their sister was abducted and murdered when they were teenagers, and they've been divided since that day. Now a new killing with ties to each of them has forced a painful and adversarial reunion.

The last dragonslayer [sound recording] / Jasper Fforde.
The last dragonslayer [sound recording] / Jasper Fforde.
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for soothsayers and sorcerers. But work is drying up. Drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and even magic carpets are reduced to pizza delivery. So it "s a surprise when the visions start. Not only do they predict the death of the Last Dragon at the hands of a dragonslayer, they also point to Jennifer, and say something is coming.

London (Cockney) [sound recording] : an accent training resource for actors.
London (Cockney) [sound recording] : an accent training resource for actors.
This series is designed to be used by actors to develop an accent for a performance. Penny Dyer and Gwyneth Strong present an hour long voice coaching session. The audio includes a description of the accent and region; examples of resident speakers, Penny Dyer and actor Samuel Barnett working on the accent and text; practice sentences.

Mom & me & mom [sound recording] / by Maya Angelou.
Mom & me & mom [sound recording] / by Maya Angelou.
The celebrated author shares the intimate story of her relationship with her mother, relating the events that prompted her mother to send young Angela to Arkansas to live with her grandmother and the complicated fallout that shaped their family life.

The spark raising a genius / [sound recording] : Kristine Barnett.
The spark raising a genius / [sound recording] : Kristine Barnett.
The mother of an autistic child who was eventually recognized as a genius recounts her rejection of conventional advice from developmental experts and shares the strategies she utilized for tapping her son's potential.

Dualed [sound recording] / Elsie Chapman.
Dualed [sound recording] / Elsie Chapman.
"West Grayer lives in a world where every person has a twin, or Alt. Only one can survive to adulthood, and West has just received her notice to kill her Alt"--Provided by publisher.

Neferet's curse [sound recording] : a House of Night novella / P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast.
Neferet's curse [sound recording] : a House of Night novella / P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast.
Neferet, the darkly seductive High Priestess, wasn't always a powerful vampyre, but she has always been beautiful. Raised in turn-of-the-century Chicago, her beauty makes her the prey of unwanted attention and abuse, leaving her with scars that will never heal, and a Darkness that will eventually need to find its way out. But when she is Marked and gains strength, both physical and magickal, she turns her anger into power and looks for a way to regain what was stolen from her.

The fault in our stars [sound recording] / John Green.
The fault in our stars [sound recording] / John Green.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

The Savage fortress [sound recording] / Sarwat Chadda.
The Savage fortress [sound recording] / Sarwat Chadda.
When British schoolboy Ash Mistry goes to India for a vacation, he quickly falls into a world of rakshasas, or demons, overseen by the evil Lord Alexander Savage.

Cat & mouse [sound recording] / James Patterson.
Cat & mouse [sound recording] / James Patterson.
When old enemy Gary Soneji, a prison escapee, joins forces with the enigmatic "Mr. Smith," a mysterious new threat, the lives of psychologist-detective Alex Cross and his family hang in the balance, and it is up to physician and serial killer expert Thomas Augustine Pierce to step in before it is too late.

The ghost runner [sound recording] : the tragedy of the man they couldn't stop / Bill Jones.
The ghost runner [sound recording] : the tragedy of the man they couldn't stop / Bill Jones.
Chronicles the life and career of the "Ghost Runner," a man who went from being a teenage boxer banned from running to becoming one of the greatest long-distance runners in history.

Robert Ludlum's the utopia experiment [sound recording] / Kyle Mills.
Robert Ludlum's the utopia experiment [sound recording] / Kyle Mills.
While assessing the military potential of a new intelligence device, Covert-One's Colonel Jon Smith realizes the technology must never fall into the hands of America's enemies.