Unabridged Audio Books
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| ROBERTSON DAVIES | THE CUNNING MAN -
"Should I have taken the false teeth?"
This is what Dr. Jonathan Hullah, a former police surgeon, thinks after he watches father Hobbes die in front of the High Altar at Toronto's St. Aidan's on the morning of Good Friday. How did the good father die? We do not learn the answer until the last pages of this "Case Book" of a man's rich and highly observant life. But we learn much more about many things, and especially about Dr. Hullah.
From an early age, Jonathan Hullah developed "a high degree of cunning" in concealing what his true nature might be. And so he kept himself on the outside, watching, noticing, and sniffing, most often in the company of those who bore watching. As the Cunning Man takes us through his own long and ardent life of theatre, art, and music, varied adventures in the Canadian Army during World War II, and the secrets of a doctor's consulting room, his preoccupation is not with sorrow but with the comedic canvas of life. Just as Dr. Hullah practices a type of psychosomatic medicine "by which I attempt to bring about changes in the disease syndromes through language," so does Robertson Davies intertwine language and story, as perhaps never before, to offer us profound truths about being human.
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(11T,16.5H) | $44 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES -
"IT IS IMPUDENT, AMUSED AND AMUSING, AND STERLING ENTERTAINMENT." -The new York Times
"It's a muddle," thought Monica. "A muddle and I can't get it straight. I wish I knew what I should do. I wish I even knew what I want to do... I want to go on in the life that has somehow or other found me and claimed me. And I want so terribly to be happy. Oh god, don't let me slip under the surface of all the heavy-hearted dullness that seems to claim so many people... ."
A Mixture of Frailties is so much more than the story of Monica Gall's life in London and her education as a singer. It is an account of her education as a human being, and the result is an absorbing novel, comic in the true sense, vivid and frequently moving.
"Davies is equally familiar with the world of the Canadian provinces and with that of musical London, and portrays both with rich humor and sympathetic understanding." -Chicago Tribune
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(9T,13.5H) | $39 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | FIFTH BUSINESS -
Dunstan Ramsay is a quiet and devoted professor of history, retiring after 45 years of service to a Canadian boys' school. In writing his memoirs, Ramsay reveals the unique role he played during his life, or rather, lives. For Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who returned from the trenches of WWI and was destined to live within the borderline between history and myth, reality and surreality.
Fifth Business is volume one of a trilogy which includes 'The Manticore' and "World of Wonders.'
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(10T,15H | $30 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | THE MANTICORE -
In this second volume of Davies' trilogy David Staunton, a Canadian, enters Jungian analysis in Switzerland to help him cope with his father's strange death. As the analysis proceeds, David learns surprising things, not only about himself but also about his father, about the schoolmaster Dunstan Ramsay, about the libidinous Liesl, about the warped and gifted Magnus Eisengrim.
"Lucid, concise, beautifully phrased, rich in drama ... this novel is a synthesis of narrative and idea that never ceases to be superior entertainment as well." (library Journal) | Yes
(6T,9H) | $26 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | WORLD OF WONDERS -
In this third volume of Davies' trilogy we meet Magnus Eisengrim, a celebrated magician, on location for a film at a remote Swiss castle. On hand are a famous Swedish director and the mysterious hostess, Liesl, in whose company we hear Magnus tell his life story. It is a story of contrast and paradox, out of which we are asked to choose what is truth and what is image.
The author is one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters whose theme in these works is the contrast between art and life, illusion and reality.
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(8T,12H | $36 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | LEAVEN OF MALICE -
WINNER OF THE LEACOCK AWARD FOR HUMOR
The following announcement appeared in the Salterton Evening Bellman: "Professor and Mrs. Walter Vambrace are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Pearl Veronica, to Solomon bridgetower, Esq., son of ... " Although the malice that prompted the insertion of this false engagement notice was aimed at three people only-Solly Bridgetower, a junior instructor in English at Waverly University; Pearl Vambrace, the subdued daughter of a domineering professor; and Gloster Ridley, the anxiety-ridden editor of the Evening Bellman - before the leaven of malice had ceased to work it had changed permanently, for good or ill, the lives of many of the citizens of salterton. Robertson Davies jumps at the opportunity this situation provides to create memorable characters and lasting impressions.
"Leaven of Malice is leaven of sheer delight." - The Globe and Mail
"His writing is full of zest, wit, and urbanity. The soundness of his moral is apparent. The leaven of malice grows, and swells, and sooner or later touches all of us." - The New York Times Book Review
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| ROBERTSON DAVIES | THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS -
There is an important decision to be made. The Cornish Foundation, set up with money left by the late Francis Cornish, art expert, collector, connoisseur, and notable eccentric, must choose a worthy undertaking upon which to expend a portion of its considerable funds. As the Foundation's chairman, Francis's nephew Arthur Cornish (ably assisted by his loving, beguiling wife, Maria Theotoky), believes-and prizing an image as a dashing, daring, imaginative patron of the arts has no small influence on his reasoning-they should select a project worthy of the risk taker whose name the foundation bears.
And so it is decided: the Foundation will fund the doctoral work of one Hulda schnakenburg, a grumpy, grimy, thoroughly difficult, and extraordinarily talented music student. Her task is to complete the score of an unfinished opera by the romantic composer, writer, and music critic E.T.A. Hoffmann. In addition to this, the Foundation, against all common sense-and against the advice of Simon Darcourt-will undertake to stage the opera, entitled "Arthur of Britain", or "The Magnanimous Cuckold".
As the production takes shape, Hoffmann's restless spirit hovers rather too close for comfort, and his dictum "The lyre of Orpheus opens the door of the underworld" proves prophetic for many a participant: Darcourt, priest and scholar, is astonished to find himself resorting to not-so-petty crime; Arthur and Maria face an unusual crisis in their marriage, and her Gypsy blood comes out with a vengeance; and even the late, unlamented John Parlabane casts his other-worldly influence over the proceedings in the person of the sniveling Wally Crottel.
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| ROBERTSON DAVIES | TEMPEST-TOST -
An amateur production of The Tempest provides a colorful backdrop for a hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teacher Hector Mackilwraith, stirred and troubled by Shakespeare's play, falls in love with the beautiful Griselda Webster. when Griselda shows she has plans of her own, Hector despairs on the play's opening night.
Hilarious, satirical, witty and clever" -The Edmonton Journal
"High comedy with a spice of satire to give it savor" -The Montreal Gazette
"An exercise in puckish persiflage" -The Toronto Star
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(7T,10.5H) | $29 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | THE REBEL ANGELS -
Simon Darcourt, a goodhearted priest and scholar... Clement Hollier, a professor with a passion for the darker side of medieval psychology... the defrocked monk John Parlabane... arthur Cornish, a rich young businessman who inherits some troublesome paintings and manuscripts... and Maria Theotoky, the beguiling graduate student who exerts a strange power over all these men.
Robertson Davies uses his magical touch to weave together the destinies of this remarkable cast of characters, creating a wise and witty portrait of love, murder, and scholarship at a modern university.
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(9T,13.5H) | $33 | No | T |
| ROBERTSON DAVIES | WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE -
Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, a master art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis's life were not always what they seemed.
In this wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, Robertson Davies has created a spellbinding tale of artistic triumph and heroic deceit. It is a tale told in stylish, elegant prose, endowed with lavish portions of Davies's wit and wisdom.
"This novel nourishes the brain while it beguiles the senses." -Time | Yes
(12T,18H) | $36 | No | T |
| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER -
The North Korean Navy captures a U.S. intelligence ship in international waters. Bad enugh. But when they start executing the crew one by one, Washington's response is swift and precise: a hammer-blow assault led by the Carrier Battle Group Fourteen -- supercarrier, amphibious unit, guided missile cruiser, and destroyers.
Hostilities run amok when a Soviet ship gets in the line of fire. The resulting maelstrom tests the courage and resolve of the entire U.S. military.
"Fasten your seatbelt! Carrier is brimming with action." (Joe Weber, bestselling author of DEFCON One and Shadow Flight)
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| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER 2: VIPER STRIKE -
"Viper Strike": Lt. Commander Matthew "Tombstone" Magruder winner of the Navy Cross drops into an pattern of counterstrike. A Chinese renegade fighter group attempt to shatter the SEATO. During which the unexpected happens.. and Tombstone is captured.
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(8T,12H) | $32 | No | T |
| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER 3: ARMAGEDDON MODE -
"Armageddon Mode": In one of the Pentagon's most dreadfull doomsday scenarios turns out to be true when the Far East when India launches a strike against the Islamic Pakistan. The president then orders the U.S. battle group to keep the peace. And to avert global catastrophe Tombstone and the carrier battle group shift into Armageddon mode.
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| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER 4: FLAME-OUT -
"Flame-Out": The Soviet Union in the wake of a military takeover is reborn. The President must order the U.S. battle group to smash the Soviets strike force which has caused Norway to be invaded and Finland to be crushed. Tombstone now faces the ultimate challenge..
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| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER 5: MAELSTROM -
A Soviet invasion force obliterates Finland, occupies Norway, threatens Sweden and all of Europe. The US president authorizes DEFCON 2. But, short of nukes, can the outnumbered Carrier Battle Group Fourteen mount an effective response?
It's up to Tombstone Magruder to keep pace. He and his team must fly wingtip-to-wingtip with the threat of a total war looming
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| KEITH DOUGLASS | CARRIER 6: COUNTDOWN -
"Countdown": Civil War rages as the Cmmonwealth of Independent States shatters into pieces. Tombstone and the Jefferson's battle group head for the submarine facilities of Russia coast. Their task is to launch marine assaults and aerial strikes preventing the deployment of Russian Typhoons.
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| ANDRE DUBUS III | HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG -
In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to restore his family's dignity. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young woman whose house is all she has left, and who refuses to let her hard-won stability slip away from her. Sheriff Lester Burdon, a married man who finds himself falling in love with Kathy, becomes obsessed with helping her fight for justice.
Drawn by their competing desires to the same small house in the California hills and doomed by their tragic inability to understand one another, the three converge in an explosive collision course.
Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, this book marks the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.
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(10T,15H) | $19 | No | T |
| DAPHNE DU MAURIER | MY COUSIN RACHEL -
Philip Ashley and his Uncle Ambrose share a happy bachelor existence on the family estate in Cornwall until ill health sends Ambrose to Italy. There he meets and marries a distant cousin, Rachel. After his death, Rachel journeys to Cornwall where Philip's initial reluctance to meet her is dispelled by her charm. But rumors concerning Rachel's conduct in Italy persist and soon Philip is desperate to know if the woman he is falling in love with could really be the poisoner of his beloved Uncle Ambrose.
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