Barra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARHarry
Summary: It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling, and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 HARRY, PRINCE HARHarry
Summary: It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mothers coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 HARRY, PRINCE HARSonnenfeld, Barry
Summary: Constantly threatened with suicide by his over-protective mother, disillusioned by the father he worshiped, and abused by a demonic relative, Barry Sonnenfeld describes how he somehow went on to become one of Hollywood's most successful producers and directors.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SONNENFELD, BARRY SONBarry, Dave
Summary: Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818 BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: Responding to items sent in by readers from all over the country, Dave Barry talks back just to more than just his readers. He talks back to doctors, lawmakers, and even dumb dogs!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Phoenix Books, Inc 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 814.54 BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on--to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 817 BARBarry, Dave.
Summary: An irreverent alternate perspective on recent world events features commentary on such topics as the 2000 election, the non-finding of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the invention of pizza by Leonardo da Vinci.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 814.54 BARCurry, Lynne
Summary: "Bullies aren't limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don't steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell--and even ruin your career. Whether the bully is a boss or a coworker...whether you're the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, "Beating...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 158 CURSimon, Carly
Summary: A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship between Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, this work is a celebration of kinship in all its many forms.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 SIMON, CARLY SIMHeide, Florence Parry
Summary: "If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table." A small boy finds himself shrinking in this oddly offbeat, surreal, and funny story, illustrated with Edward Gorey's signature pen and ink drawings. No one around seems to appreciate what Treehorn's going through--his parents are busy, his friends laugh at him, and he...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE SHRHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: Legendary satirist D. L. Hughley here uses humor to draw attention to injustice, sardonically offering advice on a number of lessons--a much-needed antidote in these distressing times.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 817 HUGMount, Harry
Summary: In this lighthearted, guided tour of Latin, journalist and former Latin tutor Harry Mount breathes life into the greatest language of all, drawing on everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolie's tattoos.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 478.242 LATFerry, Beth
Summary: A little girl and her dog unexpectedly discover a way to spread happiness and light in their dreary, rainy town.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Loftis, Larry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Loftis, Larry
Summary: The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father's footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. As they successfully complete mission after mission, Peter and Odette fall in love. All the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ODETTE LOFMcMurtry, Larry.
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize Winner Larry McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th cavalry in the attack at the Littel Bighorn, Custer forged a legacy-- still very much alive today-- as one of the West's most enduring hisstorical figures" -- from publisher's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.82 CUSTER, GEORGE A MCMBaird, Julia (Julia Woodlands)
Summary: A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, 'Victoria: The Queen' is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience. When Victoria was born, in 1819, the world was a very different place. Revolution would...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 VICTORIA, QUEEN BAISchweikart, Larry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.6 SCHLoftis, Larry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 POPOV, DUSKO LOFBarry, John M.
Summary: Barry explores the development of the fundamental ideas of church and state through the story of Roger Williams. The first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, Williams helped shape the balance of religion and politics seen in America today.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 974.502 WILLIAMS, ROGER BarryBarry, John M.
Summary: Barry explores the development of the fundamental ideas of church and state through the story of Roger Williams. The first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, Williams helped shape the balance of religion and politics seen in America today.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 974.502 WILLIAMS, ROGER BarryHughley, D. L. (Darryl L.)
Summary: For more than four hundred years, white America has been safely a majority and has used that power to f*ck with blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans. Now, however, the demographic tide has turned-and a reckoning is coming. On the eve of America becoming a majority-minority nation, D. L. Hughley offers his terms for reparations and reconciliation in this edgy book infused with his...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 305.89 HUGDennis, Jerry.
Summary: Dennis offers an engrossing description of being a crew member on the schooner Malabar on a six-week trip through the waters of Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, weaving in anecdotes from his childhood, such as a family-fishing trip on Lake Michigan, together with informed commentary on the natural history of the lakes and the people who live there as well as evocative...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books 2016