Media Center Books On Tape
Fiction
Audiotapes can be checked out for seven days with a Richland ID.
ABR = Abridged
UNABR = Unabridged
Freedom and Wilderness by Edward Abbey (UNABR)
PS3551 B2 A6 1987 Pt.1-2
As the late Abbey reads selections from Desert Solitaire, The Journey Home, Abbey's Road and Down the River, you can begin to appreciate the rich, crusty quality of his voice, not unlike the western canyon landscape that he writes about. 2 cassettes, 172 mins.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (ABR)
E185.97 A56 A315 1986 Pt.1-2
"The author reads, in her deep and tart voice, from her about autobiography -- about growing up black in her tiny Arkansas town in the 1930s and 1940s . . . Her reading compels us in a way no actor's could." Two cassettes, 179 mins.
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (ABR)
PAR9199.3 A8 C382 1989 Pt.1-2
Cat's Eye is Atwood's most deeply felt work of fiction to date. In this spellbinding reading, Atwood's novel of memory and identity comes vibrantly to life. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (ABR)
PR4034 P7 1980
"Desire", "Learning to Fall", "Snow", and "Skeletons" by Anne Beattie
PS3552 E177 A6 1987
I Can Hear the Mourning Dove by James Bennett (UNABR)
PZ 7.B43989 IAB 1992
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
F294 S2 B482 1995
This New York Times bestseller is an engrossing story drawn from actual events of life and murder in gracious Old South Savannah, Georgia. It's an unparalleled portrait of a scenic city from courtroom showdowns to cotillion balls to a graveyard at midnight. 2 cassettes
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
PS3503 R167 I42 1985 Pt.1-2
Includes The Crowd, There Will Come Soft Rains, The Dwarf, The Veldt, A Sound of Thunder, Marionettes, Inc, The Pedestrian, and The Smile. Two Cassettes, 180 mins.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (UNABR)
PR4172 W7 1981B
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (ABR)
SB959 C32 1986 Pt.1-2
This classic book wakened a generation of Americans to the dangers of pesticide pollution. Rachel Carson eloquently evokes the specter of a barren land in which all of the familiar voices of spring have been silenced. Two cassettes, 150 mins.
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter (ABR)
PS3553 A777 Z4642 1992 Pt.1-2
Read by Peter Coyote. This startlingly wise and beautiful best seller has captured the world's imagination with its unique blend of American simplicity and spiritual profundity. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver (UNABR)
PS3553 A7894 W432 1989 Pt.1-2
In addition to the title story, actor Peter Riegert reads Little Things, Serious Talk, Cathedral and Elephant. "Raymond Carver's stories pull you in from the first paragraph so that by the time things get ugly and you think maybe you don't want to listen anymore, you're hooked". Two cassettes, 180 mins.
"Nobody Said Anything", "A Serious Talk", and "Fat" by Raymond Carver
PS3553 A7894 A6 1983
The House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros (ABR)
PS3553 I78 H62 1992 Pt.1-2
Here are stunningly eloquent selections from Cisneros' two critically-acclaimed works. Each is breathtaking on its precision, bringing us to any acutely poignant awareness of the commonality of our fears, desires and dreams. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (ABR)
PQ7298.15 S638 C66132 1994
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (UNABR)
PS3511 I9 G7 1985 Pt.1-3
This classic novel --the epitome of the Jazz Age and the best American writing. Read by the highly regarded Alexander Scourby.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fanny Flagg (ABR)
PS3556 L26 C62 1992
Shiloh by Shelby Foote (UNABR)
PS3511 O348 S59 1992
Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (UNABR)
D810 J4 F715 1982
The Client by John Grisham (UNABR)
PS3557 R5355 C572 1993
A Time to Kill by John Grisham (ABR)
PS3557 R5355 T562 1992
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (UNABR)
PS3513 I76 O4 1991
The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman (ABR)
PS3558 I45 G482 1992 Pt.1-2
Read by Gil Silverbird. Another riveting tale from the nation's favorite mystery storyteller and winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. Hillerman brings back his readers' favorite character, Jim Chee, in another fast-paced mystery deep in Navajo country. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (UNABR)
PR9619.3 K46 S3 1990
A Separate Peace by John Knowles (ABR)
PS3561 N68 S42 1987 Pt.1-2
Read by Matthew Modine. Ever since its publication in the 1960, A Separate Peace has been hailed as a modern classic. This dramatic reading provides a startling insight to war and youth that you will never forget.
Road Song by Natalie Kusz (UNABR)
CT275 K898 A3 1992
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The Looking Glass War by John Le Carre (ABR)
PR6062 E33 L62 1992 Pt.1-2
China Boy by Gus Lee (ABR)
PS3562 E3524 C472 1991 Pt.1-2
Read by B.D. Wong. An uncommonly accomplished literary debut, China Boy is a coming-of-age tale with a twist; growing up male, skinny and Chinese in the San Francisco panhandle. China Boy is a poignant account of the difficulty of being Chinese in a land that is across the sea and many worlds away from China.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (UNABR)
PS3562 E353 1988
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (UNABR)
PS3523 O46 C3 1980B
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean (UNABR)
PS3563 A317993 R4 1992 Pt.1-3
Chronicles the universal story of family love, through the particular story of Norman Maclean, his brother Paul and their father, a Scotch Presbyterian minister.
On to Oregon by Honore Marrow (UNABR)
PZ 7 M8458 ON 1992
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen (ABR)
PS3563 A8584 A82 1991 Pt.1-2
Read by John Lithgow. The wilds of the Amazonian rain forest provides the stunning backdrop for this incredibly moving yet disturbing moral drama. An extraordinary, haunting tales, replete with mystery, pathos, heroic gestures and grand designs -- a true cult classic. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers (ABR)
PS3525 A1772 M52 1987 Pt.1-2
Read by Tammy Grimes. The classic story of an adolescent girl's struggle to establish her own importance as an individual -- all about belonging and not. Two cassettes
Coming Into the Country by John McPhee (ABR)
F910 M292 1991 Pt.1-2
In near-poetic prose that has become his trademark, McPhee gives life to excerpts from his bestselling portrait of the awesome state of Alaska. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (ABR)
PS3563 O8749 S62 1985 Pt.1-2
Morrison reads from he remarkable novel, taking us into a magical and richly peopled world encompassing four generations of Black life in America. Two cassettes, 178 mins.
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro (UNABR)
PR9199.3 M8 L5 Pt.1-2
Read by Judy Mahbey. In acclaimed novelist Alice Munro's coming-of-age tale, budding Del Jordan grapples with life's problems as she moves from a carefree childhood into an uneasy adolescence in search of love and sexual experience. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor (UNABR)
PS3564 A895 B3 1993
Woman of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (ABR)
PS3564 A895 W62 1993
Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates (ABR)
PS3565 A8 B472 1992 Pt.1-2
In a triumph of her art, Oates take a familiar incident and turns the familiar facts into haunting, unforgettable fiction. two cassettes, 180 min.
Animal Farm by George Orwell (UNABR)
PR6029 R8 A74 1987
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (UNABR)
PR9369.3 P37 C7 1992
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine A.Porter
PS3531 0752 A15 1985 Pt. 1-2
Actress Siobhan McKenna, a long-time friend of Porter's, reads four complete stories: The Cracked Looking Glass, The Grave, Magic, and Flowering Judas. These beautiful, poignant tales give us haunting portraits, lush with detail and mood. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (ABR)
PS3568 I265 W52 1990
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Housekeeping Mother Country by Marilynne Robinson (ABR)
PS3568 O3125 H62 1989
Lyrical and meditative reading performance of Housekeeping (last chapter), her novel of unorthodox family live in small town Idaho: and Mother Country, a non-fiction account of plutonium pollution in Great Britain from the Sellafield power plant. 89 minutes.
Beyond the Glass Mountain by Wallace Stegner
PS3537 T316 A6 1990B Pt.1-2
Includes short stories Beyond the Glass Mountain, Impasse, The Sweetness of the Twisted Apples, The Traveler, The City of the Living, Going to Town and Two Rivers. Two cassettes, 180 mins.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (UNABR)
PS3537 T3234 O35 1992 Pt.1-2
Read by Gary Sinise. Steinbeck's first masterpiece, now complete and unabridged for the first time on audio. Originally published in 1937, this is the timeless story of George Milton and Lennie Small. Two cassettes, 180 minutes.
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
PQ7797 B635 L32 1983
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (ABR)
PS3570 A48 J62 1989 Pt.1-2
An extraordinary tapestry of connected stories by and about a quartet of Chinese women who gather to cook, play mah-jongg, share memories about the Old World, and boast of their offspring's accomplishments in the new. Two cassettes, 156 minutes.
A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (UNABR)
PS1321 A1 1993
Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler (ABR)
PS3570 Y45 M62 1992 Pt.1-2
Read by Tony Robert's. Classic Tyler: a quirky, unconventional and enchanting tale of love that makes you laugh and cry and always keeps you guessing. Robert's craggy reading contributes to the endearing oddity and black humor of Tyler's story. Two cassettes, 180 minutes.
Brazil by John Updike (ABR)
PS3571 p4 b482 1994
Selected Stories John Updike by John Updike
PS3571 P4 A16 1985 Pt.1-2
A & P Pigeon Feathers, The Family Meadow, The Six Witnesses, The Alligators and Separating. These six stories give us a rich taste of Updike's fictional territory -- life's profound and simple moments perfectly captured. Two cassettes, 169 min.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (UNABR)
PZ 7 W58277 CH 1970 Pt.1-3
Here's the classic story of Charlotte the spider, Wilbur the pig, and the beautiful friendship between them. "Charming" (Audiofile) "Here's something that, on its own justifies the invention of the audio book. Two cassettes, 192 minutes.
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (UNABR)
PZ 7 W58277 TR 1978 Pt.1-4
The magic of this beloved classic comes to life in the delightful recording. A swan's resolution launches him on a surprising adventure. Four cassettes, 259 minutes.
The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel (UNABR)
PQ2683 I32 O9213 1992B
A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson (ABR)
HQ1206 W7252 1993
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (ABR)
E 185.97 L5 A3 1992B Pt. 1-4
Read by Joe Morton with introduction and narration by Roscoe Le Brown. One of the bestselling, most talked about books in the last quarter century, now on audio for the first time. A testament of great emotional power that will entrance every listener. Four cassettes, 270 mins.
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