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"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else."

Bob Dylan's Chronicle: Volume One explores the critical junctions in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities -- smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times.

Revealing, poetical, passionate and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences. Dylan's voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.

Narrator: Sean Penn | ISBN: 0743544706

"Grover Gardnerinfuses the story with Lefen's passion and creates well-developed
voices for the secondary characters. This upbeat, dramatic story of overcoming odds is a
day-brightener listeners shouldn't overlook."AudioFile

"This book is the inspirational story of the power of art to change lives. Gardner's reading is just as
inspirationalhe even gets sound effects into the story. After listening to Flying Colors, you will
never see a person in a wheelchair in quite the same way."KLIATT

When Tim Lefens walked into the Matheny School in New Jersey to show slides of his paintings, his
one-hour visit became a life-changing experience. The students he met had severe physical challenges:
only one of them could talk, none could walk, and all lacked the use of their hands. As a painter facing
his own gradual loss of eyesight, Tim had come to fully appreciate the power of art, and he was
determined to enable the students to paint despite their physical limitations.

Lefens created breakthrough techniques for these students that gave full, exacting control of the creative
process for such remarkable young artists as Natalia with her brash wit, the brooding Mike with his
Harley-Davidson hat, the mischievous Chet, the passionate cowgirl Cindy, and Angel, the volcanic Latino.

Flying Colors, an immensely inspiring story about leaping over obstacles, reveals the passion and
determination of one man, his student-artists, and their emergence together from a virtual silence to luminous
expression.

Tim Lefens is the founder of A.R.T. (Artistic Realization Techniques) and lives in Belle Mead, New Jersey.

Grover Gardner, named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" by AudioFile magazine, has recorded more than five hundred audiobooks. He is the recipient of more than thirteen Earphones Awards as well as an Audie Award. In addition to narrating, he has an active career as an actor and stage director. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Narrator: Grover Gardner | ISBN: 0-7861-4256-1

With the help and full cooperation of friends, family and associates, Nancy Sinatra has compiled an incredible, in depth look at the life of this fascinating performer.

Listen to Frank himself on the subject of Ol’ Blue Eyes, alongside the greats who have always surrounded him: from his early days on the radio with Tommy Dorsey; entertaining troops with Bob Hope; on stage with Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby; and even a rare recording on the subject of politics with John F. Kennedy.

Narrator: Nancy Sinatra | ISBN: 978-1-882071-61-6

A graceful primer on life and how to sail through it with character,
easy grace, and personal priorities all in a row.Kirkus Reviews

Robb White knows everything there is to know about getting on the water and staying
there as long as you possibly can. While still a young boy, he built his first boat, hewn from
the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop. In How to Build a Tin Canoe, this Southern
raconteur and self-taught, expert wooden-boat builder offers a wryly humorous journey
through a life lived on the water and the lessons learned along the way.

Robb White is the owner and proprietor of the boat-building company Robb White & Sons. A regular contributor to the publications WoodenBoat and Messing About in Boats, he is widely regarded for his boat knowledge and his working theory of life. He splits his time between southern Georgia and Florida's Apalachee Bay.

Narrator: Robb White | ISBN: 0-7861-3561-1

Terry Wogan tells the story of his journey from Irish childhood to chat show host in his own delightfully Iaconic fashion.

Sir Terry Wogan has been clinging to the wreckage for so long, you'd think he'd do the decent thing and silently steal away. Not likely...

Unaided and, indeed, unbidden, comes this forbidding tome — a characteristic cry for attention.

From an unremarkable childhood to a chequered career as a bank clerk, from the Cattle Market Report on Irish Radio to the appalling excesses of the Eurovision Song Contest, no stone is left unturned, no unsavoury details spared.

Has the man no shame?

' bubbles with humour '                Family Circle
' Witty and charming '                 Sunday Mirror
' ... a joy from start to finish .'     Daily Mail

Narrator: Terry Wogan | ISBN: 1405697016

• Of ducs and ducks: Life of the Day
  Posted on 9 Sep 2010 at 1:05am
  Today's biography from the Oxford DNB: Saint-Évremond, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis de (bap. 1614, d. 1703), soldier and writer
  
• Bold and brass: Life of the Day
  Posted on 8 Sep 2010 at 1:05am
  Today's biography from the Oxford DNB: Cole, Grace Elizabeth Agnes Annie [Gracie] (1924-2006), trumpeter
  
• From the lighthouse: Life of the Day
  Posted on 7 Sep 2010 at 1:05am
  Today's biography from the Oxford DNB: Darling, Grace Horsley (1815-1842), heroine
  
• Punjab to Perthshire: Life of the Day
  Posted on 6 Sep 2010 at 1:05am
  Today's biography from the Oxford DNB: Singh, Duleep (1838-1893), maharaja of Lahore
  
• JCB: Life of the Day
  Posted on 5 Sep 2010 at 1:05am
  Today's biography from the Oxford DNB: Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782), composer
  

• Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:08am
  In a dozen countries ? including in North Africa, Pakistan and former Soviet republics ? the United States has significantly increased military and intelligence operations.
  
  
  
• Political Memo: Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:40am
  President Obama?s attempt to reframe comments about a community center in New York City had him plunging into a debate about Islam and American identity.
  
  
  
• This Time, Voter Anger Is No Surprise to Democrats
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:38am
  Among the advantages Republicans hold as they seek to control Congress, one thing is missing: surprise. Unlike in 1994, there will be no sneak attacks.
  
  
  
• U.S. Offers Aid to Rescue Pakistanis and Reclaim Image
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:22am
  American officials allowed that they were seeking to use a sizable response to Pakistan?s floods to boost the United States? image there.
  
  
  
• In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming
  Posted on 15 Aug 2010 at 3:41am
  The summer?s heat waves in the eastern United States, parts of Africa and eastern Asia, and above all Russia, are reviving the question of whether global warming is causing more weather extremes.
  
  
  

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