CASSETTE BOOKS 1993 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Washington, DC 1993 Young Adults Nonfiction The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans Fighting Fascism in the Spanish Civil War RC 32903 by Don Lawson narrated by Phil Regensdorf 1 cassette An account of the young American volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. The author describes the political issues of the time and integrates sketches of the international brigades--both the leaders and the ordinary soldiers--who fought and died for a cause they fervently supported. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1989. American Women: Their Lives in Their Words RC 34806 edited by Doreen Rappaport narrated by Jill Ferris 2 cassettes Rappaport presents American history through firsthand accounts of American women. These accounts are taken from diaries, letters, essays, autobiographies, speeches, articles, and interviews of women from Native Americans to contemporary feminists. Sections include "Settling the West," "Race and Ethnicity," and "What's Ahead?" For junior and senior high and older readers. 1990. Cassette Books, 1991 RC 34530 by National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped various narrators 3 cassettes A catalog of talking-book cassette titles produced for adult and young adult readers during 1991. The nonfiction and fiction sections list books by subject categories. Separate listings identify books for young adult readers and for foreign-language readers. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1991. Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe RC 34182 by Deborah Dwork narrated by Suzanne Toren 3 cassettes Using diaries, letters, and interviews with survivors, Dwork presents the horror of Hitler's Jewish persecution from the perspective of the children involved. Detailed accounts portray the emotional nightmare of going into hiding or seeing some family members herded into gas chambers while others endure torture and starvation in concentration camps. Violence. For high school and older readers. 1991. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: Poems RC 34801 selected by Frances McCullough narrated by Yvonne Fair Tessler 1 cassette A collection of more than 125 poems of discovery by eighty-one contemporary poets, including LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, Vachel Lindsay, and William Carlos Williams. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1989. Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg RC 34894 by Barry Williams and Chris Kreski narrated by J.P. Linton 2 cassettes Barry Williams, AKA Greg Brady, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the cast of "The Brady Bunch." He interviewed the actors, crew, and creator about their memories of the series and gives information about whether or not Robert Reed permed his hair, the off-stage romances between cast members, and Williams's date with Florence Henderson. Includes synopses of the 116 episodes. For junior and senior high and older readers. Bestseller 1992. La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family RC 34709 by La Toya Jackson and Patricia Romanowski narrated by Gail Nelson 2 cassettes Upon leaving home in her late twenties, entertainer Jackson realized that she came from a dysfunctional family. She discusses the emotional and physical abuse each child endured, the bonds that made them a successful performing group, her parents' attempts to abduct her, and her feature in _Playboy_. For junior and senior high and older readers. Bestseller 1991. Native American Stories RC 34361 by Joseph Bruchac narrated by Bruce Huntey 1 cassette Native Americans view human relationships with nature in terms of family, with the Earth as mother. This collection of tales and myths from various Native American groups focuses on this relationship. Chapter titles include "Creation," "Earth," "Wind and Weather," and "Plants and Animals." For junior and senior high and older readers. 1991. The Nemean Lion RC 35343 retold by Bernard Evslin narrated by Patrick Horgan 1 cassette A young girl, Palaemona, is destined to save the world from the clutches of the Nemean lion, a terrifying monster who is the servant and agent of destruction of Zeus, the highest of Greek gods. Palaemona, weak and sickly, conquers her own inadequacies to defeat evil--including the Bullman and a giant bee--and become a glorious heroine. A powerful retelling of the Greek myth. Violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1990. Three Behaim Boys: Growing Up in Early Modern Germany; A Chronicle of Their Lives RC 34548 edited by Steven Ozment narrated by Frank Coffee 3 cassettes Boys from different generations of the same family reveal what it is like to grow up in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Michael, apprenticed to a merchant at fourteen, asserts his rights as he forges his career. Homesick Friederich is coached by his mother about girls and spending money. Stephan Carl pays for his adventuresome spirit. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1990. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet RC 34707 by William Shakespeare narrated by George Holmes 1 cassette (Reissue) A sixteenth-century romantic tragedy of two teenagers from rival families who fall in love. Romeo's sentence of exile and Juliet's impending arranged marriage threaten to separate the lovers forever. A friar suggests a ruse to accomplish their union, but miscommunication causes it to backfire. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1966. We Have AIDS RC 34681 by Elaine Landau narrated by Rick Foucheux 1 cassette Karen, Allen, Jackie, Gary, Cheryl, Jason, Allison, Maria, and Paul are all average teenagers--who have AIDS. They tell how they got the disease and how it has altered their lives and the lives of their families and friends. The stories are frank, poignant, frightening, and informative. Includes facts about AIDS and a list of resource organizations. For junior and senior high readers. 1990. Women in the Third World RC 34509 by Maxine P. Fisher narrated by Laura Giannarelli 1 cassette Growing up female in the less developed nations of the world means suffering discrimination in health care, education, marriage, jobs, and all kinds of power--from domestic to political. The author draws on individual profiles as well as statistics and research studies in India, Ethiopia, Peru, and a host of other countries to reveal a general global pattern of widespread inequity. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1989. Fiction Bless the Beasts and Children RC 34787 by Glendon Swarthout narrated by Erik Sandvold 1 cassette (Reissue) Six boys, neglected and scarred as a result of absentee parents or broken homes, become outcasts at an expensive summer camp in the canyon country of Arizona. Together they set out to rescue a group of doomed buffalo, a mission that takes on dangerous proportions. For high school and older readers. 1970. Daniel and Esther RC 34432 by Patrick Raymond narrated by Gary Tipton 1 cassette At a British boarding school in the years preceding World War II, two teenagers fall in love, only to be swept apart by powerful forces. Esther, a Viennese girl, has been sent to Britain because her parents fear for her safety. Her cool reserve finally gives way to Daniel's intense, creatively chaotic nature. Daniel tells the story in 1939, three years after it began, from the safe haven of America. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1989. Dawn's Early Light: Williamsburg Novels, Volume 1 RC 35473 by Elswyth Thane narrated by Jon Beryl 3 cassettes (Reissue) Julian Day, a shy, young Englishman, arrives in America alone. The colonists, unhappy with the tea tax, dislike the British, and Julian is uncertain of his fate. But luck intervenes, and he becomes a schoolmaster in Williamsburg, and then a major in the Continental Army. Later he marries, but it takes him a while to realize which girl he really loves. Prequel to _Yankee Stranger (RC 35474)_. For high school and older readers. 1943. Donald Duk RC 34553 by Frank Chin narrated by John Stratton 1 cassette Twelve-year-old Donald Duk hates his cartoon name and his Chinese-American heritage, preferring to envision himself as the tap-dancing Fred Astaire. As Chinese New Year approaches, with constant reminders of his culture, Donald dreams about his ancestors working on the railroads. The truths he learns from the dreams and his father's lectures give Donald a history very different from the one taught in his private school. For high school and older readers. 1991. Flowers for Algernon RC 33245 by Daniel Keyes narrated by Ray Hagen 2 cassettes The narrator, a mentally impaired man of thirty-two, receives an operation to increase his learning ability. But although his mentality develops at high speed, there is always the possibility of regression. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1966. The Forty-third War RC 35172 by Louise Moeri narrated by George Backman 1 cassette Twelve-year-old Uno, his cousin, and a friend are taken from their village and conscripted into rebel forces in a Central American country. They leave behind their families, their sense of security, and their innocence. They are taught to ambush, loot, survive in the jungles, and kill. But they develop a new awareness of their nation's problems, loyalty, and a precocious passion for life and its treasures. For junior and senior high readers. 1989. Green Grass of Wyoming RC 34933 by Mary O'Hara narrated by John Stratton 2 cassettes (Reissue) The theme of adolescent love and the author's understanding of horses combine in this story about the theft of a race horse. The third in a series of novels about the McLaughlin family. Sequel to _Thunderhead (RC 9855)_. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1946. The Heroic Life of Al Capsella RC 34854 by J. Clarke narrated by Andrew Sofer 1 cassette With deadpan humor Al Capsella, fourteen, tells his story. Al craves "normal" parents, for his are anything but normal! His father insists on wearing the same old K-Mart sweater every day, and his mother--who writes stories for _Women's Journal_--dresses out of the thrift shop and acts even more eccentric. Al is embarrassed by these oddballs, until he visits his grandparents and learns what "normal" is. For junior high and senior high readers. 1988. Hoops RC 34574 by Walter Dean Myers narrated by Bruce Huntey 1 cassette Skeptical of authority and afraid of emotional commitments, Lonnie Jackson, eighteen, is suspicious of Cal Jones, a former pro-basketball player who takes over coaching his Harlem youth team. A friendship slowly develops, and Cal reveals how he was forced to quit the pros for sports betting. Now gamblers are pressuring Cal to fix the tournament by keeping Lonnie on the bench. Some descriptions of sex. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1981. Jack RC 33577 by A.M. Homes narrated by Ray Hagen 2 cassettes It has been four years since his parents' not-so-amicable divorce, and Jack has finally begun to adjust. Now his mother, less bitter, seems happy with her live-in boyfriend and comfortable in a career. And Jack has begun seeing his father again, though their Wednesday-night dinners are strained. Then his father reveals that he is gay, and Jack feels shock, betrayal, and anger all over again. Some strong language. For high school and older readers. 1989. Letters from Atlantis RC 34431 by Robert Silverberg narrated by Jack Fox 1 cassette This blend of legend and science fiction takes the form of letters from Roy, a time traveler from the twenty-first century. His body lies comatose in the Home Era, but his essence has invaded the mind of Ram, the crown prince of Atlantis. Roy and his girlfriend, Lora--to whom the letters are written--are commissioned to learn the secrets of the fabled continent. And what secrets they are! For junior and senior high and older readers. 1990. Pegasus in Flight RC 34796 by Anne McCaffrey narrated by Mary Woods 2 cassettes Rhyssa Owen is now the director of the Center for Parapsychic Talents founded by Henry Darrow, and it is her responsibility to assign the Talents to areas where they will be most valuable. But it is also her responsibility to see that their talents are not exploited. She is especially concerned about two young people, Tirla and Peter, who seem to have some unusual abilities. Sequel to _To Ride Pegasus (RC 34795)_. Some strong language. For high school and older readers. 1990. Ragged Dick: Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-blacks RC 34470 by Horatio Alger, Jr. narrated by John Stratton 1 cassette (Reissue) A ragged little shoeshine boy struggles to overcome poverty and scorn. For high school and older readers. 1867. Sentries RC 34573 by Gary Paulsen narrated by Madelyn Buzzard 3 cassettes The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people with the lives of three veterans of past wars. The young people are Sue Oldhorn, a seventeen-year-old Ojibway Indian; David Garcia, a fourteen-year-old illegal immigrant; Peter Shackleton, a rock star and band leader; and Laura Hayes, a sheep rancher's daughter. For junior and senior high readers. 1986. Short Stories of Jack London RC 33425 by Jack London narrated by John Stratton 6 cassettes London was a travelin' man whose "Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan" won a newspaper contest and was published when he returned from the Pacific at the age of seventeen. It is included in this selection of short fiction, along with his last story, "The Water Baby." Also included are a biographical essay and forty-eight of London's other short stories. For high school and older readers. 1990. The Singers of Time RC 34659 by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson narrated by James DeLotel 2 cassettes A few centuries into the future, Earth is under the command of an advanced race known as Turtles. Because the planet has prospered under the Turtles, humans have no problem with being treated as inferior. But when the Turtles' home planet and their Mother Turtle (their single fertile female) disappear into a wormhole, these lowly humans become the Turtles' only hope for survival. For high school and older readers. 1991. So Much to Tell You RC 33616 by John Marsden narrated by Laura Giannarelli 1 cassette Marina, a fourteen-year-old living at a boarding school in Australia, has been facially disfigured under circumstances that are gradually revealed. Since that terrible event, she has not spoken. She is withdrawn and bitter toward the world. An English teacher makes diary writing a class assignment; the diary, this novel, becomes Marina's "voice." For junior and senior high and older readers. 1988 Book of the Year Award in Australia. 1987. Squaring Off RC 34289 by Leonard Todd narrated by Ray Foushee 1 cassette The place is Georgia; the time is the 1950s. Elvis is king, and racism is rife. Willie, thirteen, dreams about fighting and about beautiful women. The two fantasies converge when his father, Trag, takes up with Miss LuJane Jessup, who makes her living as a stripper. When Willie is caught peeking at LuJane's show, he rages with humiliation and says to Champ, a young black boxer, "Teach me to fight." For high school and older readers. 1990. +The Stormy Petrel RC 33934 by Mary Stewart narrated by Jill Ferris 1 cassette Professor Rose Fenemore doesn't find much quiet time for writing. Her brother Crispin likes to have peace and tranquillity when he goes on holiday. So a rental ad for an "ivory tower" on an island off the coast of Scotland is just what they need. Crispin's delayed arrival leaves Rose time to enjoy the solitude and beauty of the island until one stormy night when her peace is shattered by the arrival of two men. For high school and older readers. 1991. That Was Then, This Is Now RC 33966 by S.E. Hinton narrated by Phil Regensdorf 1 cassette (Reissue) A novel about two boys who have been best friends since childhood until one sees his girlfriend's younger brother on a bad drug trip and discovers his friend is a pusher. The boy must then decide whether to betray his friend or himself. For junior and senior high readers. 1971. White Jenna RC 35256 by Jane Yolen narrated by Madelyn Buzzard 2 cassettes Warrior White Jenna, now an adult, continues to fulfill the prophecy that she is the future White Queen. Along with Skada, her dark sister-twin, she travels the war-torn land accompanied by three men. It is their task to warn other warriors of the dangers presented by Lord Kalas's desire to take over the land. But their capture and imprisonment are problematic. Sequel to _Sister Light, Sister Dark (RC 35255)_. Violence and some strong language. For high school and older readers. 1989. White Peak Farm RC 33564 by Berlie Doherty narrated by Marcia Churchill 1 cassette "We were a house of secrets," says Jeannie, the narrator of this vivid story of relationships, told through a series of short vignettes, each about one family member. Their farm in Britain has been the family's lifeblood for generations and influences all of their lives. The young people are nearly shattered by a father who is stubborn and mean, and cannot understand that his children have dreams of their own. For junior and senior high and older readers. 1984. ***6/2/94 (gft)***