Latest from the Teaching Company and Modern Scholars Audio and DVD Series

School is now in session --
here are a few highlights from the new DVD and Audio CD collection for courses that you may not have taken when you were in school!

Classics of Russian Literature a three-part series that explores the background and context of a country whose literature has been described as focusing on the "depths of the human soul".
Among the 40 works of novels, stories, plays and poems by Russian authors are War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Dr. Zhivago, and The Seagull and ends with Solzhenitsyn's writings.

How the Earth Works an eight part DVD series discusses the making of our planet from the Big Bang theory to the formation of the solar system,to the subsequent evolution of Earth, including plate tectonics, glaciers, earthquakes and all things geological.

An Introduction to Number Theory is four-part DVD class which provides an overview of high-level number concepts, with step-by-step explanations, anecdotes and demonstrations covering geometric progression, the Binet Formula, prime numbers, cryptography, and Fermat's Last Theorem, among other theories.

Visions of Utopia: philosophy and the perfect society is explored on audio CD through the Modern Scholars Series. Included are Plato's Republic, Thomas Moore's Utopia, and Rousseau's The Social Contract.

The Hebrew Bible discusses what is known as the Tanakh, or how the Old Testament came to be, and how it has been passed down and interpreted through the ages.

Take me out to the ballgame: a history of baseball in America covers the origins and fundamentals of the game, starting in the 19th century, with detailed decade coverage of the 20th century.

Remedies for Car Trips

Q. Car trips - Help!

How can I make a long trip this summer go faster, and keep everyone in a good mood?

A. Try some of these CDs-

Remember
Fractured Fairy Tales from the classic Rocky and Bullwinkle Show?
Ugly princes, fibbing fairy godmothers, and knights who prefer clown suits to suits of armor--these clearly aren't your ordinary fairy tales with inimitable narration from Jay Ward.

Car Talk Classics
Four all-time favorite episodes from the irrepressible Click and Clack Tapper Brothers-don't drive like my brother

Follow up with Tom and Ray x 2
Car talk: the greatest stories ever told: once upon a car fire includes these automotive tales (and miscellaneous topics: Plywoood aerodynamics , Priiiiiii-vate Maaaaaag-leeee-o-zee!, Catch this, you little twerp!, A nice juicy pizza, Power to the people, My own son, How many engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb? , I trust you, Joanne, Don't drive like my brother (x2), It could be nothing, or it could be a brrrain tumorrr, Subway fugitive, The great Montreal hotel fire.

John Cleese at the Beeb Includes extracts from The Frost report, At last the 1948 show, Fawlty Towers, Families and how to survive them, I'm sorry I'll read that again, and Monty Python, including commentaries and introductions by John Cleese.

Prairie Home Companion 10th anniversary Join Garrison Keillor and guests for news from Lake Wobegon, and other classics from 1984! on 2 discs.

Some other Keillor classics include:
Never better: stories from Lake Wobegon
Prairie Home Companion commercial radio: words from our so-called sponsors
Pretty Good Bits includes Guy Noir, private eye
A life in comedy recorded live at the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Recently added eAudiobooks

Here are some adult, teen and children's titles now available to download:

Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows.

Death of a scriptwriter by M.C. Beaton.

The Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird.

Freddy and the Ignormus by Walter R. Brooks.

Go put your strengths to work : 6 powerful steps to achieve outstanding performance / Marcus Buckingham.

The secret by Rhonda Byrne.

Since you're leaving anyway, take out the trash by Dixie Cash.

Curiosity killed the cat sitter by Blaize Clement.

Summer of light by W. Dale Cramer.

Get organized the clear & simple way : reclaim your home, your office, your life / Marla Dee.

Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad / by Betty DeRamus.

A meeting in the ladies' room by Anita Doreen Diggs.

Understanding the holocaust by David Engel

Grave surprise by Charlaine Harris.

Invisible by Pete Hautman.

Infamous by Virginia Henley.

Renovating Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck.

Far North by Will Hobbs.

Where have all the leaders gone? by Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney.

Betrayal of the mountain man by William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone.

Deepwater by Matthew F. Jones.

The treasure of Jericho Mountain by Cameron Judd.

Dog days : dispaces from Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz.

Justice Hall by Laurie R. King.

Rules by Cynthia Lord.

The Spellman files by Lisa Lutz.

Living an empowered life! : techniques for creating clarity, confidence, optimism, and wealth! by Denise Lynch.

Christianity at the crossroads : the Reformations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by Thomas F. Madden.

The year of secret assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty.

Dark sky by Carla Neggers.

In search of Eden by Linda Nichols.

Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson.

Rant : an oral biography of Buster Casey / by Chuck Palahniuk.

The Cupid chronicles by Coleen Murtagh Paratore.

The wedding planner's daughter by Coleen Murtagh Paratore.

Miss Julia strikes back by Ann B. Ross.

Invisible prey by John Sandford.

The lady in blue by Javier Sierra ;translated by James Graham..

Dear Mr. Jefferson : letters from a Nantucket gardener / by Laura Simon.

For more information about downloadable audiobooks, see
NetLibrary on the library's website.

For a list of compatible playing devices, see Supported Portable Listening Devices

Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air

Some of you may be familiar with the "Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air" broadcast on XM satellite radio, now newly joining up with i-tunes, and Imagination Theater.

Many of their quality productions are also becoming available for purchase on audio CD format.
Some are classics like

Captain Blood ,

some are original productions, such as Powder River.

Powder River is a western adventure series, set in the Wyoming frontier.

Join former lawman turned rancher Britt MacMasters and his son Chad as they begin a new life for themselves in Clearmont, Wyoming, but Britt's past returns to haunt him, as one of the toughest outlaw gangs in the west is headed towards Clearmont for revenge. A rousing 15 episode western adventure series that keeps true to its roots. Currently the library has Season 1 and Season 2. from this series.

For a list of Fauquier library holdings, see Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air as an author entry.
The library will continue to add titles from their productions as
they are made available.

For more information about the Colonial Theatre on the Air, and their schedule,
see http://www.colonialradio.com/

I suspect Agatha Christie in the library, with a compact disc

Although they've always been mystery fan favorites,
for a time it was difficult to find Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot stories.

Now, the BBC radio collection full-cast dramatizations of
The Complete Miss Marple Collection and Hercule Poirot's Greatest Cases are available on compact disc at the library.

The Miss Marple collection features June Whitfield as the village sleuth in all 12 of her intriguing cases, based on the novels.

The Hercule Poirot collection stars John Moffatt, with a full cast radio dramatization of 14 novels.

In addition to the audio versions, and of course, the actual books themselves,
these books are available at the library:

The Agatha Christie Companion: the complete guide to Agatha Christie's life and work

In the Footsteps of Agatha Christie

Come, tell me how you live an early autobiographical work by Agatha Christie, on her adventures with one of her husbands, while on an archaelogical excavation in the Middle East.

A Talent to deceive: an appreciation of Agatha Christie by Robert Barnard, another mystery master.

The Bedside, bathtub and armchair companion to Agatha Christie

The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot

Factoid: The actor Michael Caine purchased and renovated one of Agatha Christie's houses.

For additional information about Agatha Christie, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, check out these websites:
http://www.poirot.us/

http://us.agathachristie.com/site/home/

Miss Marple

Hercule Poirot

Bible Experience

Some of you may have seen Denzel Washington on CBS Sunday Morning discussing his participation in recording the Bible Experience, with over 80 other African-American actors, such as Angela Bassett, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones award in 2007, this dramatic recreation , with music and sound effects, tells the story of the New Testament, in Today's New International Version, on
19 CD's.

The best-selling audiobook is now available at the library:

The Bible Experience

Wired for Books

Ohio University has created a fantastic online resource for author interviews, plus other literature audio resources, through its radio, television and web accessible station WOUB http://www.wiredforbooks.org/

Recent additions to the site include Don Swaim's CBS Radio Book Beat interviews with authors of the 20th century. Although the original radio program only broadcast about 2 minutes of the interviews, the full interviews, typically 30-45 minutes in length, are now available online.
Edward Abbey, Russell Baker, Janet Daily, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Rice, John Updike, Amy Tan are just a few of the wide range of authors interviewed over 10 years of the show.

Kids Corner features the tales of Beatrix Potter in both text and audio, and other children's classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories, interviews about Beatrix Potter, Mr. Fred Rogers, and more.

Poetry readings, with contemporary poets Robert Pinsky and Sharon Olds reading their own works, and now classic poetry such as Walt Whitmans' Leaves of Grass and the poems of Emily Dickinson read by others are found here.

Hear the Iliad, Book 1 read aloud in ancient Greek, and the Aeneid, Book IV, declaimed in Latin.

These various audio resources use either RealPlayer or RealAudio, available for downloading on the site. Some of the interviews are available for MP3 format.

Yes, we have Opera

A new series for opera buffs, and those who would like to learn more about opera, is now available on Audio CD.

Black Dog Opera has released 6 classic titles, featuring Beverly Sills, Birgit Nilsson, Renata Scotto and Leontyne Price as leads.

Each opera "set" includes an introductory disc with background information, and synopses of each act and scene, plus biographical information about the lead vocalists.
Currently, the collection includes:
Aida, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, and Il Trovatore.
For more details on the orchestras and performers, see
Black Dog Opera

Opera News Magazine is available at the Warrenton Branch.
For some opera fiction, check out these titles: Opera Novels

To watch opera performances, the library has a substantial collection on VHS.
(sorry, no DVD yet)
Operas on Video

The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is available for reference and research at the Warrenton branch. This four volume work is considered by many to be one of the best resources on Opera in English.

Operamania is a great place to start online.

Narrators of the Year

Publisher's Weekly has proclaimed Scott Brick as Narrator of the Year for their Best Audio Awards 2006. Brick, who has narrated over 300 audiobooks, was acclaimed for his performance on "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote.

The library has over 80 books narrated by Scott Brick in the collection, including an audio cassette version of the Capote classic. He also narrated many of the Dune Series plus works by Nelson DeMille, Orson Scott Card and Brad Meltzer.

For a complete list of titles available narrated by Scott Brick, in both audio cassette and audio CD formats, see Scott Brick

Tim Curry was awarded the Children's Narrator of the Year,for narration of the Series of Unfortunate Events #13: The End by Lemony Snicket, in 2006, among other titles.

For a list of 30 titles narrated by him , check
Tim Curry in the catalog.

For more information, go to www.publishersweekly.com/bestaudio2006

Twilight Zone Stories to creep you out

With full cast, music and sound effects, these radio dramas capture the eerieness of the classic Twilight Zone shows of Rod Serling.
Based on original scripts from the 1959-1965 television series, Stacy Keach takes on the role of introducting the stories.
Each volume includes 10 nightmarish, amusing, or just plain weird tales, presented for your consideration by familiar celebrity voices such as Jason Alexander, Jane Seymour, Lou Diamond Phillips, Blair Underwood and Bruno Kirby among others. Copies are available at both the Warrenton and Bealeton branches.

For more information, click Twilight Zone Radio Dramas

New downloadable audio titles

Over 30 new titles are added each month to this fast-growing and popular collection.

Among the most recently available are:

Plain truth by Jodi Picoult
Remember me by Mary Higgins Clark
Cat on the scent by Rita Mae Brown
Club sandwich by Lisa Samson
Trust me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Point to point navigation by Gore Vidal

There's now many more children and teen titles available for downloading, including Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean and Crispin at the edge of the world by Avi.

Also, the entire Bible is now available for listening on e-audio. It's read by many different narrators, in a plain English version.

For more titles added this past month, please check the link to the right under New Titles Added and scroll down to New downloadable audio books

Brush up your Shakespeare

Washington is celebrating Shakespeare with a six-month festival, featuring his legacy through plays, dance, music, museums, and online discussions.
See the Washington Post Sunday, January 7, 2007 Arts Section for more details.
Also, check out these websites for a list of events and ticket information:
www.washingtonpost.com/Shakespeare
www.shakespeareinwashington.org

For those who want to explore aspects of Shakespeare in anticipation of attending a performance, or afterwards, the library offers many different ways to become more familiar with Shakespeare's life, work, and enduring fascination to actors, historians, philosophers, and sleuths.

Firstly, the Plays:
The Complete Dramatic Works of Shakespeare on DVD
available at Warrenton and Bealeton branches.
Additionally, there are copies of the plays on VHS as well at both locations.

Secondly, about Shakespeare the writer:
Peter Saccio, a noted lecturer on Shakespeare"s works has several courses available through the Teaching Company, on audio cassette and CD.

Thirdly, about Shakespeare the man:
In Search of Shakespeare" on DVD with Michael Wood and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Over the course of 4 hours, he explores the documentary evidence available to provide an intimate and illuminating portrait of Shakespeare's world.

For more information about individual plays, browse in the call number
822.33 SHA
For his sonnets, see that number plus 821. 3 SHA

If you are doing more academic research, in addition to the many print works in the library's collection, there's also the Bloom's Literary Reference Online an online collection available to any Fauquier County library cardholder, that provides in-depth literary criticism on specific works, by Shakespeare and many other authors.

This is just a small sampling of the many diverse resources available at the library about Shakespeare.

Rabbit Ear Tales

Recently released on Audio CD are some famous people telling beloved stories, in three different series--American Tall Tales, Bible Stories and Storybook Classics.

Garrison Keillor retells "Johnny Appleseed" and Angelica Houston narrates "Rip Van Winkle"
in some fall tall tales.
American Tall Tales vol.1

Amy Grant and Kelly McGillis retell the story of the creation and Noah's Ark in
Bible Stories vol. 1

There are two volumes of Storybook Classics on CD.
In vol. 1, Glenn Close tells "The Emperor and the Nightingale" and Kelly McGillis reads "Thumbelina".
Storybook Classics vol. 1

In the second Storybook Classics, Cher shares "The Ugly Duckling" and Holly Hunter tells about "The Three Little Pigs" and "The Three Billygoats Gruff".
Storybook Classics vol.2

All titles are available at Warrenton, Bealeton and Marshall in the children's audiobook section.

The series will continue to release new editions several times a year.

More Modern Scholars

Baffled by the Brothers K? Do you find Tolstoy turgid?
Giants of Russian Literature: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov explores the rich tradition of these great writers.
Professor Liza Knapp, who was the online "literary expert" for Anna Karenina, with Oprah's book club, explains how these works wrestle with the universal questions of love, death and the human condition.

The Search for the Holy Grail is timeless.
Eternal Chalice: the Grail in Literature and Legend
Professor Monica Brzezinski Potkay from the College of William and Mary, explores this theme.

A Way with Words: Writing, Rhetoric and the Art of Persuasion
From formal speeches to cocktail party banter, the role of rhetoric is pervasive in how we persuade and are persuaded. A History of the English Language focuses on how language defines people, and how the English language evolved.
Professor Michael D.C. Drout, who is the lecturer for both of these courses, is one of the founding editors of the Tolkien Studies Journal and has won numerous awards for his teaching lectures and scholarship.

New Teaching Company titles have arrived!

Fauquier library has many fans of the Teaching Company, and a new batch of titles are available, some on audio CD and some on DVD.

On Audio CD

Plato's Republic

Vikings

Francis of Assisi

Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis

On DVD

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age

High Middle Ages

Italian Renaissance

Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear

Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos

From Monet to Van Gogh: a history of Impressionism

Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance

For a complete list of their courses at the library,
you can do a search under
Teaching Company in the online catalog.

The collection includes audio cassette and video format as well as audio CD's and DVD of their courses on art, music, literature, history, science, mathematics, economics, philosophy, religion, mythology, psychology, on aspects of world culture through over 70 titles.

For more information about the Teaching Company, go to their website:
http://www.teach12.com

Poems, Poets, Poetry

To help you rediscover poetry --if you've lost it ... (After all, April is National Poetry Month)

Roger Housden shares his ideas on 10 Poems to change your life, 10 Poems to Last you a lifetime, 10 Poems to open your heart, 10 poems to set you free, and more
Ten Poems, etc

With Voice of the Poet series on Audio CD, you can hear over 20 American poets, including Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsburg, Robert Frost, and e.e. cummings share their poems aloud.

Billy Collins , former U.S. Poet Laureate, has done much to promote the awareness of poetry in America. He's been heard of NPR, PBS, and the library has several of his books.

The Poet Laureate position in the U.S. began only in 1937. A number of notable Southern poets have served as Laureates, including Conrad Aiken, Allen Tate, Randall Jarrell, and James Dickey.

For more poetry news,
Library of Congress Poetry Place
Academy of American Poets
Teacher Resources for National Poetry Month
Anti-National Poetry Month by Charles Bernstein

Latest E-Audiobooks

The Diezmo
Bass, Rick

The Osama bin Laden I Know
Bergen, Peter L.

The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
Braun, Lilian Jackson

Love Walked In
de los Santos, Marisa

The Summer We Got Saved
Devoto, Pat Cunningham

The Undertaker's Wife
Estleman, Loren D.

Death Dance
Fairstein, Linda

Miss Misery
Greenwald, Andy

Constant Princess, The
Gregory, Philippa

The Education of a Coach
Halberstam, David

Sweet Bye-Bye
Harris, Denise Michelle

Honor's Price
Heitzmann, Kristen

Bombingham
Grooms, Anthony

Deep Freeze
Jackson, Lisa

Shadowed
Jenkins, Jerry

The Rhythm of Life
Kelly, Matthew

Jericho's Road
Kelton, Elmer

Cell
King, Stephen

The Thrall's Tale
Lindbergh, Judith

Who Does She Think She Is?
Little, Benilde

Shooting at Loons
Maron, Margaret

Paragon Walk
Perry, Anne

How Full Is Your Bucket?
Rath, Tom & Clifton, Ph.D., Donald O.

Mission Road
Riordan, Rick

And One More Thing Before You Go
Shriver, Maria

The Great War: Walk in Hell
Turtledove, Harry

Night-Marion Wiesel translation
Wiesel, Elie

Table for Five
Wiggs, Susan

Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life
Winget, Larry

New January Titles for e-audiobooks

Here are the most recent titles now available from Recorded Books netlibrary downloadable audios:

Panic by Abbott, Jeff
Doctor's House, Beattie, Anne
Testament Bobrick, Benson
Hunt Ball, Brown, Rita Mae
Case of Nosy Neighbors, Copeland, Lori
Case for Peace, Dershowitz, Alan
My Friend Leonard Frey, James
Receiving Love Hendrix & Hunt
Morning After, Jackson, Lisa
Fast Copy Jenkins, Dan
Stealing with Style Jenkins, Emyl
Texas Vendetta Kelton, Elmer
Carolyn 101 Kepcher, Carolyn
Best Christmas Gift, LaHaye & Dinallo
Sixty-Six Levinson, Barry
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart Livingston, M.D., Gordon
Southern Discomfort Maron, Margaret
Hot Fudge Sundae Blues Marshall, Bev
Slow Kill McGarrity, Michael
Family Blessings Michaels, Fern
Tender Bar, Moehringer, J.R.
West of Rehoboth Pate, Alexs D.
Sudden, Fearful Death, A Perry, Anne
Southtown Riordan, Rick
Rules of Prey Sandford, John
Secrets of the Widow's Son Shugarts, David A.
Jerusalem Scrolls, Theone, Bodie and Brock
American Front Turtledove, Harry
When Mountains Walked Wheeler, Kate
Ten Thousand Islands White, Randy Wayne

New Downloadable Audio Book Titles for December

30 New Titles
With downloadable audiobooks, there's no reserves, no overdues, no parking problems!

See previous post for more information about starting a netLibrary account to access the
library's downloadable audiobook collection.

Death of a Nag -M.C. Beaton
Most Unsuitable Man, A -Jo Beverley
Chill Factor -Sandra Brown
Our Endangered Values -Jimmy Carter
Richest Man in Babylon, The -George Clason
Case of Crooked Letters, A -Lori Copeland
Quality of Life Report, The -Meghan Daum
Hot Six -Janet Evanovich
Going Out in Style -Chloe Green
Maggody and the Moonbeams -Joan Hess
How to Expand Love -Dalai Lama
Light from Heaven -Jan Karon
Ranger's Trail -Elmer Kelton
Regime, The - LaHaye & Jenkins
You Ain't Got No Easter Clothes -Laura Love
Bootlegger's Daughter -Margaret Maron
Teacher Man -Frank McCourt
John Paul the Great- Peggy Noonan
Callander Square- Anne Perry
Heather Hills of Stonewycke, The -Phillips & Pella
Cold Springs -Rick Riordan
Woodsman's Daughter, The -Gwyn Rubio
Black Mountain Breakdown -Lee Smith
Fury -Robert Tanenbaum
Liberating Paris -Linda Bloodworth Thomason
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -Hunter Thompson
Preacher's Son, The -Carl Weber
Everyone Worth Knowing -Lauren Weisberger
White -Christopher Whitcomb
Secret Man, The -Bob Woodward

Connect, Click and Listen

Now you can borrow audiobooks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with Downloadable eAudiobooks.

From the library’s website, click on "Databases and LInks" then, click on the netLibrary logo, enter your library card number and you can access the collection of over 1,000 titles, with 30 new titles from Recorded Books added each month.

Adult fiction, nonfiction, children’s titles, classics and Pimsleur Language instruction courses are available. They can be downloaded to portable listening devices that support Windows Media Player v9 and above. (Sorry, not iPod or MAC compatible.)

Individual users can borrow up to 10 titles at any given time. Titles are always available-no need to place holds for what you want. Items are "checked out" for 21 days and are automatically checked in when that time is up. Each item can be renewed once.

In order to use the netLibrary collection, you need to have a netLibrary account.Fauquier Library cardholders must first come into the library and set up a
FREE netLibrary account or call the reference desk at 347-8750 ext. 30 to register for an account during regular library hours.

Once your account is created, you can check out and download the eAudiobooks from your home, office, or travel location. There is no need to come in to the library to borrow or return them; they are automatically checked out and checked back in from your computer or portable listening device. This account also allows you to access over 27,000 digitized print books (ebooks) from netLibrary as well.
For more detailed information, please enter your library cardnumber here at
netLibrary