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Showing posts with label Audio Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audio Books. Show all posts

Monday, February 14, 2011

Grammy Spoken-Word (2010-11)

2011 Nominees and Winners!
Best spoken word album (including poetry, audiobooks and storytelling):

American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson (HarperAudio)
The Bedwetter by Sarah Silverman (HarperAudio)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the Audiobook) by Jon Stewart, with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver (Hachette Audio) --Winner!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion Audio)
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett (Random House Audio)
The Woody Allen Collection: Mere Anarchy, Side Effects, Without Feathers, Getting Even by Woody Allen (Audible)

Best spoken word album for children

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Selma Blair (Random House Audio/Listening Library)
The Best Candy in the Whole World by Bill Harley (Round River Records)
Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat by various Artists (East Coast Recording Company)
Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton (Hachette Audio) --Winner!
Nanny McPhee Returns by Emma Thompson (Macmillan Audio with Universal Studios)

 2010 Grammys in three spoken-word categories

Best Spoken Word Album

Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion Audio)
Jonathan Winters--A Very Special Time by Jonathan Winters, with music by Verne Langdon and Skip Edwards (Dejavu Record Company/The Orchard)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Richard Dreyfuss and David Strathairn (BBC Audiobooks America)
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, narrated by various artists, including Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh and Edward Herrmann (Blackstone Audio)
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster Audio)
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Best Spoken-Word Album For Children

Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs by Buck Howdy (Prairie Dog Entertainment)
Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford (Random House Audio/Listening Library)
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales by various artists (Hachette Audio)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, narrated by David Hyde Pierce (Harper Children's Audio)
Scat by Ed Asner (Random House Audio/Listening Library)
Through The Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, narrated by Harlan Ellison (Blackstone Audio)

Best Comedy Album

Back From the Dead by Spinal Tap (The Label Industry/Artist2Market Distribution)
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! by Stephen Colbert (Comedy Central Records)
Internet Leaks by "Weird Al" Yankovic (Volcano)
My Weakness Is Strong by Patton Oswalt (Degenerate/Warner Bros.)
Suckin' It for the Holidays by Kathy Griffin (Music With a Twist)
Tall, Dark & Chicano by George Lopez (Comedy Central Records)

Friday, September 25, 2009

Audie Award Winners (2005-2006)

Audie Award Winners
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter Audiobooks ('06Hall of Fame)
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy: tertiary phase (AudioOfYear'06)
Cullin, Mitch. Slight trick of the mind(Fiction06)
Peters, Elizabeth. Serpent on the crown(Mystery06)
Robb, J.D. Origin in death (Romance06)
Verne, Jules. Around the world in 80 days (Classic06)
Friedman, Thomas. World is flat (NF06)
Chapman, Gary. Five love languages (Motivational06)
Reichl, Ruth. Garlic and sapphires (Bio06)
Collins, Jim. Good to great (Educ06)
Morgan, Richard K. Market forces (SF06)
Keller, Laurie. Arnie the donut (kids<8,'06)
Ibbotson, Eva. Star of Kazan. (kids8+'06)
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate (LitFic06)
Franken, Al. Truth (with jokes) (Humor06)
Clinton, Bill. My Life ('05BookOfYear)
Banks, Russell. The Darling ('05fiction)
Wolfe, Tom. I am Charlotte Simmon ('05ficlist)
Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell ('05ficlist)
Drewe, Robert. Our sunshine ('05ficlist)
Deaver, Jeffery. Twisted: selected unabridged stories of JD ('05mystery)
Preston, Douglas. Brimstone ('05mystlist)
Kellerman, Jonathan. Double homicide ('05mystlist)
McBain, Ed. Hark! ('05mystlist)
Mosley, Walter. Man in my basement ('05mystlist)
Howard, Linda. Kiss me while I sleep ('05romance)
Adler, Elizabeth. Invitation to Provence ('05romlist)
Patterson, James. Sam's letters to Jennifer ('05romlist)
Laurens, Stephanie. Perfect lover ('05romlist)
Delinsky, Barbara. Summer I dared ('05romlist)
Gregory, Philippa. Virgin's lover ('05romlist)
Dickens, Charles. Christmas Carol (05Classic)
Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless me Ultima. ('05Classiclist)
Waltari, Mika. Egyptian ('05Classiclist)
McCullers, Carson. Heart is a lonely hunter ('05Classiclist)
Joyce, James. Ulysses ('05Classiclist)
Shorto, Russell. Island at the center of the world: Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Colony that Shaped America (05NF)
Bergreen, Laurence. Over the edge of the world (05NFlist)
Wood, Gordon. Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (05NFlist)
Karp, Harvey. Happiest toddler on the block (05Motivational)
Tracy, Brian. Goals! (05MotivationalList)
Lelas, Lisa. Simple steps: 10 weeks to getting control of your life (05MotivationalList)
Williamson, Marianne. Gift of change (05MotivationalList)
Maxwell, John C. Today matters (05MotivationalList)
Dylan, Bob. Bob Dylan Chronicles: Vol.1 (05Bio)
Russert, Tim. Big Russ and me (05BioList)
Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi (05BioList)
MacDonald, Sarah. Holy Cow: an Indian adventure (05BioList)
McCullough, David. Mornings on Horseback (05BioList)
Cohen, Elizabeth. House on Beartown Road (05BioList)
Suetonius. Twelve Caesars (05BioList)
Lencioni, Patrick. Death by Meeting (05Edu)
Blanchard, Ken. Customer Mania (05EduList)
Morgenstern, Julie. Making work work (05EduList)
Kiyosaki, Robert T. Rich Dad's who took my money? (05EduList)
Card, Orson Scott. Lost boys (05SF)
Preston, Douglas. Brimstone (05SF-list)
Anderson, Kevin. Horizon storms (05SF-List)
Levinson, Paul. Consciousness plague (05SF-List)
Asaro, Catherine. Quantum Rose (05SF-List)
Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider (05-8+list)
Frost, Helen. Keesha's house (05-8+list)
Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia (05-8+list)
Taylor, Andrew. Unpardonable crime (05LitFic)
Flanagan, Richard. Gould's book of fish (05LitFicList)
Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (05LitFicList)
Faber, Michael. Crimson petal and the white (05LitFicList)
Waltari, Mika. Egyptian (05LitFicList)
Huston, Nancy. Mark of the Angel (05LitFicList)
Toibin, Colm. Master. (05LitFicList)
Rogers, Fred. World according to Mr. Rogers (05Inspire)
Sedaris, David. Dress your family in corduroy and denim (05Humor)
Cartwright, Nancy. My life as a 10-year-old boy! (05HumorList)
Stewart, Jon. Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents America (05HumorList)
Hyman, Peter. Reluctant Metrosexual (05HumorList)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Books with cd's

Books with CDs

bullet Chevalier, Tracy. Burning Bright book & cd at GPL
bullet Danticat, Edwidge. Dew breaker 2004 GPL-book&cd
bullet Danticat, Edwidge. Krik! Krak? (pre-college list) GPL cd only, both at PPL
bullet Davidson, Andrew. Gargoyle (book&cd@gpl)
bullet DeMille, Nelson. Gold coast (IngRec 090408) book@gpl,cd@ppl
bullet Downham, Jenny. Before I Die (book&cd at GPL) Guardian Children's Fiction Prize shortlist08
bullet Dunnett, Dorothy. The Game of Kings (#1 Lymond Chronicles)book@gpl,cd@PPL
bullet Eggers, Dave. What is the what: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng GPL book only, PPL book&cd (BLEC06)
bullet Dunnett, Dorothy. The Disorderly Knights (#3 Lymond Chronicles)bookNA,cd@PP
bullet Dunnett, Dorothy. Queen's Play (#2 Lymond Chronicles)book@gpl,cd@PPL
bullet Follett, Ken. World without end
bullet Frayn, Michael. Headlong (cd@gpl, book@ppl)
bullet Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Virgin Suicides (GPLbook&cd)
bullet Funke, Cornelia. Igraine the brave (Outstanding International Book) book &cd atGPL
bullet Follett, Ken. Pillars of the Earth (1989) will enjoy sequel, World Without End(07).
bullet French, Tana. In the woods (Edgar winner08) book&cd@gpl
bullet Grayson, Emily. Gazebo (book&cd@gpl)
bullet Haynes, Melinda. Chalktown (Recby Joyce Drury) boo@gpl,cd@ppl
bullet Ghosh, Amitav. Hungry Tide (1995) Book&cd@gpl
bullet Horwitz, Tony. A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World (IngRec0520) (book@gpl,cd@ppl)GeogTrav092808
bullet Kimmel, Haven. Iodine (IngRec090208) book&cd@gpl
bullet Jordan, Hillary. Mudbound (IngRec081508) book&cd @GPL
bullet Kessler, Lauren. Dancing With Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's PNBA award GPL book & cd
bullet Kneale, Matthew. English Passengers (Tazmania) (2000) Book &cd at GPL
bullet Marsh, Katherine. Night tourist (EdgarNom) book &cd GPL
bullet O'Carroll, Brendan. Mammy (IngRec101408) Humorous (book&cd@gpl)
bullet O'Carroll, Brendan. Chisellers #2 Agnes Browne Trilogy (IngRec101408) Humorous (book&cd@gpl)
bullet Lester, Julius. Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire TEEN (ShelfAwareness3/05/07)
bullet Petterson, Per. Out stealing horses. winner of '06 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize cd & book GPL&PPL
bullet McCarthy, Cormac. The road (Pulitzer fiction07)
bullet Patchett, Ann. Run (2007) book & cd at GPL
bullet Pollan, Michael. Omnivore's dilemma: a natural history of four meals (NYT Best of '06)GPL book ony, PPL book &CD 1207 ANF06
bullet Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. Nautical chart (2001) Spanish (book&cd@gpl)
bullet Pinkwater, Daniel. Neddiad. GPL book only, PPL book&cd
bullet Pratchett, Terry. Nation (book&cd@gpl)
bullet Riordan, Rick, The Sea of Monsters (#2 Percy Jackson & the Olympians) book&cd at GPL
bullet Rushdie, Salman. The Enchantress of Florence (Man Booker Longlist) book & cd at GPL
bullet Sedaris, David. When you are engulfed in flames. book&cd@gpl Hudson book of '08
bullet Pullman. Golden Compass #1 (kids books of note)
bullet Pullman. Subtle knife #2 (kids books of note)
bullet Pullman. Amber spyglass #3 (kids books of note)
bullet Reinhardt, Dana. Brief chapter in my impossible life (Sydney Taylor honor teen)
bullet Shorto, Russell. Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason (Ing112408)cd@gpl book@ppl
bullet Shaara, Jeff. Rising Tide (#1in trilogy about WW2) book&cd@gpl
bullet Stein, Garth. Art of running in the rain (IngRec110708)book&cd@gpl
bullet St. James, James. Freak show. TEEN (WPbest) GPL book & cd
bullet Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz vs the evil librarians. GPL book & cd
bullet Shaara, Jeff. Steel Wave (#2in trilogy about WW2) (cd at PPL)
bullet Smith, Tom Rob. Child 44 (Man Booker Longlist) GPL book only, book &cd at PPL
bullet Springer, Nancy. Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery book only at GPL, cd @PPL(Edgar Nom)
bullet Springer, Nancy. Case of the left-handed lady (Enola Holmes) not at GPL, book & cd @PPL