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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou&rsquo;s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. &#160; Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local &ldquo;powhitetrash.&rdquo; At eight years old and back at her mother&rsquo;s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age&mdash;and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (&ldquo;I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare&rdquo;) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. &#160; Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. &#160; &ldquo;I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.&rdquo;&mdash;James Baldwin From the Hardcover edition. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-DN-1-9780307879387">Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings+Maya+Angelou&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-DN-1-9780307879387">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-DN-1-9780307879387&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/search/book/I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-DN-1-9780307879387&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679451730?tag=pgus-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?ISBSRC=Y&ISBN=9780679451730&cm_mmc=Random%20House-_I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-CD-1-9780679451730-_-I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-CD-1-9780679451730-_-I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-CD-1-9780679451730&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings/Maya+Angelou/9780679451730">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679451730?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780679451730?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-CD-1-9780679451730">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=I+Know+Why+the+Caged+Bird+Sings-CD-1-9780679451730&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780679451730%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a>

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, read by Maya Angelou

Introduction by Lorenzo Carcaterra &#160; A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas&rsquo;s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dant&egrave;s, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal. As Robert Louis Stevenson declared, &ldquo;I do not believe there is another volume extant where you can breathe the same unmingled atmosphere of romance.&rdquo; &#160; INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE Available for purchase at: <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo-DN-1-9781415912218">Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo+Alexandre+Dumas&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo-DN-1-9781415912218">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo-DN-1-9781415912218&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/search/book/The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo-DN-1-9781415912218&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, read by Richard Matthews

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Graveyard Shift by Stephen King, read by John Glover

The biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever assembled!&#160; Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes.&#160;Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle&rsquo;s 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about him almost as much as writers have loved writing about him.&#160; Here, Otto Penzler collects eighty-three wonderful stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, published over a span of more than a hundred years. Featuring pitch-perfect cases by acclaimed modern-day Sherlockians Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches by literary luminaries both classic (P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy B. Hughes, Kingsley Amis) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Colin Dexter); and parodies by Conan Doyle&rsquo;s contemporaries A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, and O. Henry, not to mention genre-bending cases by science-fiction greats Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock. No matter if your favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey, Jr., or Benedict Cumberbatch, whether you are a lifelong fan or only recently acquainted with the Great Detective, readers of all ages are sure to enjoy The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. Including - Over a century&rsquo;s worth of cases, from Conan Doyle&rsquo;s 1890s parodies of his own creation to Neil Gaiman&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Case of Death and Honey&rdquo; (2011) - &#160;Appearances by those other great detectives Hercule Poirot and C. Auguste Dupin - &#160;15 Edgar Award&ndash;winning authors and 5 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters - &#160;Stories by Laurie R. King, Colin Dexter, Anthony Burgess, Anne Perry, Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, and many, many more.

The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories by , read by Nicholas Guy Smith, Various

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's&#160;The Inferno.&#160; &#160; Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this captivating thriller.

Inferno by Dan Brown, read by Paul Michael

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull;&#160;Includes bonus material From the&#160;creator of the acclaimed Alex Delaware series comes a tour de force standalone novel that illustrates perfectly why &ldquo;Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller&rdquo; (People). &#160; A brilliant, deeply dedicated psychologist, Grace Blades has a gift for treating troubled souls and tormented psyches&mdash;perhaps because she bears her own invisible scars: Only five years old when she witnessed her parents&rsquo; deaths in a bloody murder-suicide, Grace took refuge in her fierce intellect and found comfort in the loving couple who adopted her. But even as an adult with an accomplished professional life, Grace still has a dark, secret side. When her two worlds shockingly converge, Grace&rsquo;s harrowing past returns with a vengeance. &#160; Both Grace and her newest patient are stunned when they recognize each other from a recent encounter. Haunted by his bleak past, mild-mannered Andrew Toner is desperate for Grace&rsquo;s renowned therapeutic expertise and more than willing to ignore their connection. And while Grace is tempted to explore his case, which seems to eerily echo her grim early years, she refuses&mdash;a decision she regrets when a homicide detective appears on her doorstep. &#160; An evil she thought she&rsquo;d outrun has reared its head again, but Grace fears that a police inquiry will expose her double life. Launching her own personal investigation leads her to a murderously manipulative foe, one whose warped craving for power forces Grace back into the chaos and madness she&rsquo;d long ago fled. Praise for The Murderer&rsquo;s Daughter &#160; &ldquo;[A] taut thriller . . . with the richness and resonance of literary fiction.&rdquo;&mdash;Washington Independent Review of Books &#160; &ldquo;A stunning page-turner with a truly fascinating femme fatale at its fast-beating heart . . . packed with ingenious, razor-sharp plotting, mesmerizing mind games and nail-biting suspense.&rdquo;&mdash;Yorkshire Evening Post &#160; &ldquo;A tight, fast-paced narrative [with] a brilliant, kick-ass heroine.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal &ldquo;Kellerman doesn&rsquo;t let off-the-charts genius Grace become one-dimensional. Her backstory and challenge to fit in, even into adulthood, are an engaging part of this satisfying mystery, which, though billed as a stand-alone, could certainly make a spin-off series.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist &#160; &ldquo;An amazing tale of survival and adaptability in the face of neglect and murder.&rdquo;&mdash;RT Book Reviews &#160; Praise for Jonathan Kellerman &#160; &ldquo;Kellerman&rsquo;s psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix.&rdquo;&mdash;Los Angeles Times &#160; &ldquo;Kellerman doesn&rsquo;t just write psychological thrillers&mdash;he owns the genre.&rdquo;&mdash;Detroit Free Press

The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman, read by Kathe Mazur

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Sophie Kinsella returns to her beloved Shopaholic series with Becky Brandon (n&eacute;e Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed. She and her two-year-old daughter, Minnie, have relocated to L.A. to join Becky&rsquo;s husband, Luke, who is there to handle PR for famous actress Sage Seymour. Becky can&rsquo;t wait to start living the A-list lifestyle, complete with celebrity sightings, yoga retreats, and shopping trips to Rodeo Drive. But she really hopes to become a personal stylist&mdash;Sage&rsquo;s personal stylist&mdash;if only Luke would set up an introduction. Then, unexpectedly, Becky is offered the chance to dress Sage&rsquo;s archrival, and though things become a bit more complicated, it&rsquo;s a dream come true! &#160; Red carpet premieres, velvet ropes, paparazzi clamoring for attention&mdash;suddenly Becky has everything she&rsquo;s ever wanted. &#160; Or does she? Praise for Shopaholic to the Stars &#160; &ldquo;A witty novel with the twists of a soap and the laughs of a rom-com.&rdquo;&mdash;InTouch &#160; &ldquo;Shopaholic Becky is funnier than ever as she tries to make it in Hollywood as a celeb stylist.&rdquo;&mdash;People &#160; &ldquo;Our beloved heroine Becky hilariously juggles motherhood and a new career. . . . Sophie Kinsella is such a genius.&rdquo;&mdash;Redbook &#160; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible not to fall in love with Becky and her antics, and this latest offering doesn&rsquo;t disappoint. With appeal for fans of Kinsella&rsquo;s prior Shopaholic books, this one will draw in new fans as well. Like the first six in the series, [Shopaholic to the Stars] is screamingly funny and lots of fun.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review) &#160; &ldquo;Take the caustic wit of Gillian Flynn and the comedy of manners of Edith Wharton, add a British accent&mdash;that&rsquo;s Sophie Kinsella.&rdquo;&mdash;The Globe and Mail &ldquo;Fans of the series who love Becky just as she is (and has always been) will enjoy this seventh series entry. . . . Kinsella expertly plots this story and deftly drops in some unexpected twists.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal &#160; &ldquo;Becky is a truly engaging narrator. She may be self-centered, a shopping addict and a bit flighty, but she&rsquo;s also good-natured and genuinely funny. It&rsquo;s a joy to accompany her on her journey, no matter how tangled it seems at times. A light, enjoyable read that&rsquo;s pure escapism.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews &#160; &ldquo;Winsome Becky&rsquo;s romp through Hollywood will thoroughly entertain readers, and the novel&rsquo;s conclusion neatly paves the way for Becky&rsquo;s next adventure.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist &#160; &ldquo;Loyal fans who have enjoyed Kinsella&rsquo;s flakey protagonist in previous stories will enjoy this outing.&rdquo;&mdash;Fredericksburg Free Lance&ndash;Star &#160; &ldquo;Kinsella fans will be ecstatic for this long-awaited addition to the author&rsquo;s Shopaholic series. Lighthearted, warm, funny&mdash;Kinsella rules the red carpet with Becky&rsquo;s new Hollywood adventures. A little unsolved mystery at the end may cause the paparazzi to swarm Becky&rsquo;s home and leave readers wanting more.&rdquo;&mdash;RT Book Reviews

Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella, read by Clare Corbett

In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. In the meantime, her personal life takes an unexpected turn. She leaves the bail bondsman she was intending to marry after falling in love with a South African freedom fighter, travels with him to London and Cairo, where she discovers new opportunities. The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of such renowned people as Billie Holiday and Malcom X, but perhaps most importantly chronicles the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she has cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou, read by Maya Angelou

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“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

On sale July 3, 2013

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Matilda by Roald Dahl, read by Kate Winslet

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Inferno by Dan Brown, read by Paul Michael

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