Suspense. Worrying about their sixteen-year-old son Adam in the wake of a friend's suicide, Tia and Mike Baye install an activity monitor on their son's computer and are alarmed to learn that the suicide victim's mother believes Adam may have been involved. Read by Scott Brick.

Fiction. A young Haitian girl comes of age torn between two cultures--the Haiti of her Tante Atie and Grandmother Ife, and the New York of her mother Martine. Read by Robin Miles.

Fiction. An ambitious young Mexican-American woman compromises her future in a moment of searing humiliation, while a narcissistic action-movie star risks everything in his obsession over an unattainable love, and a young couple escapes their suffocating home and struggles for survival on the fringes of Los Angeles. Read by Ben Foster.

Fiction. In the 1960s on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen undertakes a spiritual journey into the world of the nomadic Mongols, a dying culture that honors the endangered Mongolian wolf and follows a philosophy about maintaining a balance with nature. Read by Jason Culp.

Self-help. Presents twelve scientifically proven facts about how the human brain works and explains how to apply each fact to get the most out of one's brain on a daily basis, discussing such concepts as attention, memory, and sleep. Read by the author.

Suspense. Struggling to maintain family cohesion after the death of her husband, Anne Dunne plans an elaborate sailing vacation that is unexpectedly challenged by difficulties with her children and a catastrophic accident. Read by Jennifer Van Dyck.

Biography. The actor shares life lessons as imparted to his great-granddaughter, in a collection that touches on such topics as his boyhood memories of the Bahamas, the race barriers of pre-civil rights Hollywood, and his contributions as a diplomat and humanitarian. Read by the author.

Self-help. The creator of the best-selling The Fiber35 Diet introduces her simple, effective, and natural process R.E.N.E.W.--Remove, Eliminate, Nourish, Energize, Wellness--designed to free the body of toxins that can overload the system and promote the processes of internal cleansing for a healthier, more vibrant lifestyle. Simultaneous. Read by Susan Ericksen.

Humorous fiction. No longer famous, journalist Cannie Shapiro writes science fiction under a pen name while raising her teenage daughter, and considers her husband Peter's request to have Cannie's flamboyant sister provide surrogate services so that they can have a second child. Read by Rachel Botchan and Julie Dretzin.

Fantasy Fiction. In this darkly humorous tale, five children discover Golden Tickets in Wonka candy bars, making them the winners of a contest held by the reclusive and eccentric chocolatier, Mr. Willy Wonka. The prize? "Enough chocolates and candies to last them for the rest of their lives," and a private tour of the most famous--and mysterious--chocolate factory in the world, led by Willy Wonka himself! Little Charlie Bucket, an impoverished boy, and the four other winners see amazing things, taste crazy concoctions, and get into terrible predicaments. Listeners will look at chewing gum a little differently after hearing this book! Read by Eric Idle.

Fiction. Preacher's daughter Opal Buloni is ten years old and has just moved to the town of Naomi, Florida, with her father (he mother left when she was only three). Opal feels lonely, but that doesn't last long--she meets a big, scraggly stray dog, who has a huge smile and is a good listener, in a Winn-Dixie grocery store. With his help, Opal soon amasses a group of eccentric friends and becomes closer to her dad, who tells her more about her absent mother. This award-winning book was author Kate DiCamillo's debut novel. Read by Cherry Jones.

Fantasy Fiction. Perhaps you've heard of Harry Potter? Most everyone in the wizarding and muggle worlds knows his name, and many know his story--and what a story it is! In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, we meet orphaned Harry for the first time--living in the cupboard under the stairs, wearing castoff clothing from his much-larger cousin, and wondering why strange things happen when he's upset. Then he learns that he's been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and that he's famous. Let the seven-book adventure begin! Read by Jim Dale.

Historical Fiction. In the 1930s, 12-year-old orphan Hugo Cabret surreptitiously lives in a Paris train station, where he takes care of the clocks and steals what he needs to survive--and what he needs to work on his secret invention. Hugo has even bigger secrets, though, and keeping them becomes even more difficult when he befriends a mysterious toymaker and his inquisitive goddaughter, Isabelle. Though Hugo leads a furtive life, word is out that his story is an award-winning, captivating tale. Read by Jeff Woodman.

Classic Fiction. Argh, me hearties! Introduce your entire family to young Jim Hawkins, the hero of one of the greatest pirate stories ever told. While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owes them money (planning to only take what is rightfully theirs), an innkeeper and her son, Jim, find a treasure map that shows the location of a pirate's fortune ("X" marks the spot). Leaving his mother behind, Jim sets off in search of buried treasure, but unfortunately, dangerous pirates, including Long John Silver, want the treasure, too. First published in the 1880s, Treasure Island is a timeless gem. Read by Alfred Molina.
We also have a Recorded Books edition read by Neil Hunt.