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AU 0I 0 About Dercum Audio

W elcome to the NEW Dercum audio! We start our second ten years with a new owner, a big new marketing push, and a superb collection of fiction audiotapes. As well as re-releasing many of the landmark recordings prod uced during Dercum 's first deca de, we are building on Dercum 's traditional strength s by introducing a host of excellent new titles. Look for the first-ever audio release of Ayn Rand's An th em (facing page), plus original and highly respected " Best Of the Yea r" story collections that define their genres. Find Dercum in your neighborhood bookstore or library, and if you don't see our tapes in stock, ask for them! Get comfortable and be prepared to get drawn into the magic world of Dercum 's fine audio stories . Dawson Church Publisher, Celebrity Press/Dercum Audio

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2 Featured Titles

Anthem by Ayn Ran d, with an ln troduction by Leona rd Peikoff stunning and brilliantly realized future A world in which individuality has been crushed is UlC theme of Ayn Rand's best-selling masterpiece, Anthem. For the first time in unabridged audio, Dercum Audio presents her talc of 11 mun who dares to make individual choices, to seek knowledge in a dark age, to love the woman of his choice. In a society in which people have no namo, no independence. lind no va lues, he is hunted ror the unpardon­ ablo crimo: having the courage to stand above tho crowd. This story presages Ayn Rand's later books. The Fountainheod ilnd Alias Shrugged.

"Dercum has attracted li steners with literary quality unabridged recordings." -PWIUSflElIS W n-KIX 2 cassettes · 2 1/2 hours Trade: 1-55656-242-X • $ 16.95 library: 1-55656-243-8 · $21.95

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year- 1997 edited by Martin GrClmbel'g he best new siories of the year! Now Tavail able on Ihis excl usive audio edi­ tion. Ocrcum Audio brings you the greatest short science fiction slories to appear in the lasllwclvc months. Selected by noted anthologist Martin Greenberg. Best Science Fiction brings together the mnslors, the ris­ ing stars, the surprise upstarts, to create a start li ng collngc of Inlenl and intrigue.

"These are well thought out treasure troves that auempt to show the range and different writing styles of a particular author or within a specific genre." - W ilSON LWIIA/IY fDUIlNAl. 4 cassettes . 6 hours Trade: 1 -55656-249q • $21.95 library: 1-55656-275-6 • S24.95 Science Fiction

Jules Verne Master of the World "W ith blinding speed. it roared past cars on a Pennsylvania road. II skimmed the At la ntic. thon - al the nick of its captain's will - dove beneath the waves ... It was the "Terror" ... ship. sub. plane. and la nd ve hi cle all in one and a lett er from its inve nt or claimed that with it. he would rule the worl d." Long recogni zed as a trul y propheti c sci­ ence fi cti on classic. this exci ting adventure was also Verno's last novel. 4 casseltes . 300 min utes Trade: ' ·55656·263·2 · S2 1.95 library: 1·55656-067-2 • S24.95 Dr. Ox's Experiment ecu LL su of h is attention \0 the detail s of scientific fa cts nnd advances in technology, Ju les B Vern e is considerod one of the founders of modern science fic tion. In tho ri otous escapades of 01'. Ox's Experiment he breaks new gro und, pi oneering th e first co mi c science fi cti on story to ever Ilppear in print. 2 cassettes . 120+ mi nutes Trade: 1-55656-223-3 · S16.95 library: 1-55656-090-7 · S21.95 Paul Anderson Queen of Air and Dar kness

he ancient riva l ~y ~ e t w~e n ~1Uman s and elves bursts in to nam ~ in this compelling ta lc Tfrom the dramallc IInagmatlOll of Poul Anderson. Queen of illr and Darkness, first pub­ li shed in 1971, is the winner ofbolh the Hugo and Nebul a awards. It is n poetic ta le of small telepal.hic creatures whose defense against Earthmen colonizin g their beloved plnne t. Roland, is to create a realm of myth , illusion, suggesti on and psychic phenomena. Will the humnns overrun this beautiful. wild world? Also cont ains The J\ll(111 Who Came Early. 2 cassettes . 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-269-1 • S16.95 library: 1·55656·079·6 · S2 1.95 No Truce With Kings wo award-winning novellas by the cont emporary ma ster of science fi cti on and fantnsy, TAnderson has been exploring strange new worlds for over 40 years. I-I e spins element s of technology and tho supernatural to create sword and sorcery sagas ilnd space operas. Co nt ains the Hugo winners, The Longest Voyage and No Twee With Kin g,<;. 4 casse ttes . 280 minutes Trade: ' ·55656·267-5 • S21.95 library: 1-55656-078-8 • S26.95

4 Science Fiction

Best Science Fiction Value Collections edited by Orson Scott Ca rd and Martin GI'cenberg rson Scott Cnrel , the winner orthe Hugo. Nebula and World Fantasy J\ wards for fi ction. Oand Marlin H. Greenberg. editor-author of over 100 different short story and novella anthologies. have teamed together to produce the Dercum Value Collections. Each volume in the series contains four ninety-minute casselles, with six hours of somc of the best slo­ ries in the genre, for under $20! These collections nrc not available in book form any\,\, llOro: they wo ro selected ;nul recordml especially for Dc rctllll Audio.

Eac h Volume: 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade Price: $19.95 LibrMY Price: S26.95

Va hle CoJ/ection I This coll ection contains the Nebula Award-winning slory nocll el ill Love by Pa l Murphy, road by the author. Also includes such classics as Wolf Tilll (} by Wa lter JOIl Williams; Silenl Nigllt by Ben Bovn. Trade: 1-55656-215-2 library: 1-55656-125-3

Valli e Collection II This collecti on contnins eight c1nssic stories. including Ch ump Change by Ro y Aldridge: Eloundi's Monkey by Judi th DuBois. Trade: 1-55656-2 16·0 library: 1-5 5656-148-2 1-:21

Valli e Collection III This coll ection includes such classics as JHy Advice 10 the Civilized by John Barnes; Over Flat 1\llounla;n by Terry Bi sson. Trade: 1-55656-217-9 library: 1-55656-162-8

5 Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Library

"Asimov gives an informal, conversational introduction to his collections. He provides both an elementary education in the particular genre and some insight into what it all means." - Til e Pililadelpilia Inquirer Friends, Robots, Countrymen Asimov's All Time Favorite Robot Stories I

S Here Today ... Gone Tomorrow "- Asimov's All Tim e Favorite Time Trovel Stories '---_...... ,

his volullle, Lbe second in 0 series, present s seven stories including There Is A Wo lf in TMy 'lime Machine by Larry Niven; The Little Black Bag by C. M. Kornbluth; Light of Oilier Days by Bob Shaw. ~ 4 cassettes . 6 hours rade: 1-55656-25 8-6 · 121.95 ,/ library: 1-55656-013-3 · 126.95 . F ' P . E 1,"/7 SC I- ' I nvate ' ye T40. 2 ontains: The Adventure of the Metal Mu rderer by Fred Saberhugen; Mouthpiece by CEdward Wellen; Gelling Across by Robert Silverberg; Th e Mar/ian Crown Jewels by Poul Andenmn: and War G(J me by Phillip K. Dick. 4 cassettes . 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-273-X • 121.95 library: 1-55656-170-9 • 126.95

6 Science Fiction H. G. Wells

The Invisible Man n this horrifi c Inle of man's loyi ng with science and Hulme, nn I obscure scientist invents a formula that renders hi s nesh in visible. Now he can go anywhere. and do anything - except that he can no longer ro nder himself visible again-and he now is go ing murderously insane. First published in 1897, H. C. Wells's imaginative insights into human psychology enabled Ilim to evoke in this nove l perhaps the ultimate ali enation that can befall a human being. 4 cassettes . 6 hours Trade: ' -55656-261 -6 · S21.95 library: 1-55656-068-0 · $26.95

The Time Machine -G. Wells leaps beyond the bounds of conventi onal imagination to tell the story of the H Time Traveler. who pilots his machine to the year 802,700 - and finds a world utterly changed. He finds an apparent utopia, populated by ch.ildlike people called the Eloi, living in ignorant bliss. But his time machine is stolen, and he discovers the existence of a second, subterranean race, the hideous and vicious Mo rl ocks. In this caricature of a capitalist sys­ tem run amok, the Time Travoler finds himself an alien on his own planel. 4 cassettes . 4 hours Trade: 1-55656-236-5 • $21.95 library: 1-55656-091-5 • $26.95

The Star ond Other Stories ith the technical preCision of a newspaper reporter, H. G. We ll s describes the devasta­ W tion wrought by the swoop of a blazing slar close to the earth. The snow on the rlimalayas melts, and the resulting floods sweep hundreds of millions to their deaths. In the other stories on this tape, we experiment with a drug that could revolutionize the world. discover intelligent ants that may rule IJle globe. and discover that aliens really have been observing liS all along! Includes The Crystal Egg. The New Accelerator. and The Empire of the Ants. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-231-4· $16.95 library: 1-55656-092-3 • S21.95

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Sidewise in Time by Murray Leinster n Sidewise in TIme. Lcinster invented lhe theme of r,arallel universes. Follow a university I professor and his hand-picked tea m of student s as I lOy attempt to enthrone the mselves as masters of a time-fractured world. In The Strange Case of John Kingman, join a doctor of fI psychiatric hospit al as he studios tho records of a pationt who is truly "out of this world." 2 cassettes · 210 minutes Trade: ' -55656-227-6 · S16.95 Library: '-55656-083'4 • S21.95

First Contact and Exploration Team by Murray Leinsler ugo award winner Exploration Team chroni cles a giant company's illegal colonizatio n H of a planet populated by a slIvnge rHee of predators. In First Conloct, a solitary Earlh ship and a sol it ary alien shi p nICol for th e first timo in 11 nebula remote from the hOlllo planol of oach, Neither is propared for Ihis first intor-species conlact. Any mistake by either could cost billions of lives. Leinster explores iJ n unfolding and complex moral dilemma of e pic proportions. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-195-4 · $16.95 library: 1-55656-084-2 • $21.95 A Meeting With Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke ft er the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke became perhaps the best known liv­ A ing sci-fi w riter in the worl d . Us ing hi s inherent sense of humor and personal na ir fo r adventure. Clarke combines the worlds of science and literature. The three award-winning stories in this volume take the li stener int o the realms of space adventure, science fantasy, and interstellar irony. Also contains The 5 101' and Th e 9 BilJion Nam es of God. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: \-55656-264-0 · $16.95 library: 1-55656-080- • $21.95 Adventures In Air by Edgar Allan Poe oe 's contributions to early science fi ction set him apart from all others as the most ve rsa­ Ptile storyteller in hi story. Mel/ollta Tauto (1849) takes the form of a letter dated April Fool's Day, 2849, written by n woman aboard a doomed trans-Atlant ic super-blimp. Th e Unparalleled Adventure oj HallS Pfall is part satire. part hoax, and part aeronautical fanta­ sy, a nd establi shed an important procedent which continues in literature to this day - that of science fi cti on bei ng grounded in science fa cl. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-196-2 • $ 16.95 library: 1-5565 6-086-9 • $21.95

8 Mystery

Four on Maigret by Georges Simenon intage Maigret! A lorry dri ver has accicl entnlly !'till n car off the V rond into th e ri vcr at night. When it is recovered. there is no d ri ve r- but there is a body in the trunk! Contains: tvlf. lV/o n day, Maigret's Pipe, Maigret's J\llistoke, and The Droll'ned Men 's Inn. 1 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: ' -55656-254-3 · S16.95 library: '-55656-077·X • S21.95

We Never Sleep by Allan Pinkerton rue li fe exploits o f the fou nder of the world famous detecti ve Tnge ncy provid e n fnscinating s naps hot o f Amcrictl ll life in the turbulent Wil d West. Conta ins: An Insumnce COllspimc),. The /\110 /1 wllo Stuttered, Quick Work and The Hord Lif e of a Detective. 2 cassettes · 3+ hours Trade: ' -55656-240-3 • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-04 1-9 • $2 1.95

The Intrusions of Dr. Czissar by Eric Ambler r. Jones' \vife is dead! Hi s third wife and th o thi rd one to die! M Hi s ali b i is rock soli d . 01'. Czissar must firs t prove that Jones did not murder his w ife before he can prove how ho, in fa ct, did! 2 cassetles • 2 hours Trade: ' -55656-260-8 • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-0 12-5 • S21.95

The Secret of the Fox Hunter by Will am LeQuex eQuex, friend of kings and q ueens, travelled the 19th century L globe writing espio nnge th rillers. Contnins h is bost: Th e Secret of Ihe Fox Hunter, Fortllne 's Fool, Tile Womon with (I Blemish and The Fatal Finger. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-274-8 · 1 16.95 library: 1-55656-02 1-4 • S21.95

The Old Man in the Corner by The Baroness Orczy ow can this lillie old mon solve London's most puzzling H crimes ...and w ithout evol' leaving h is ehair'! I-I ero the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel introduces mystery's first nnnchni r detective. 2 casseltes • 150 minutess Trade: 1-55656-268-3 • S16.95 library: 1-55656-035-4 · S2 1.95

In Pursuit of Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc he Prince of T hieves ! Lupin is France's greates t cri m inal \V h o, and Tbatt les his nemesis Sherlock Homes. Co nt ain s: Th e Queen 's Necklace, Madame Imber/'s Safe, Th e Black PeM} , The /\I/ysterious '/i'avellor an d Sherlock No/mes Arrives Too Late. 2 casseltes • 3 hourss Trade: 1-55656·259-4 • S16.95 libra ry: 1·55656·020·6 · S2 1.95 M stery

Best Mystery Stories of the Year-1997 edited by Martin Greenberg ow available in Uli s exclusive

Value Collection I Cont ains Lhe 1988 Edgar Award-winning slory Soft Monkey by Harlan Ellison. p illS nine criti· curly acclaimed authors and their stories. Includes sllch classics as Turn Away by Edward Gorman and The Used by Loren D. Estl enwll. Trade: 1-55656-212-8 • library: 1-5 5656-129-6

Value Collection II Ni ne classic slori es including Flicks by Bi ll Crenshaw, 1969 Edgar Award Winn ~ r. and The Daknr Hun by Clark Howard. Trade: 1-55656-2 13-6 • library:I-55656-14 2- 3

Valu e CollecLion 111 Ei ght classic slories including The Photogmphy oJ th o Dearest D(~JlIn c t by Reginold Bretnor; Prisoners by Ed Gorman. Trade: 1-55656·214-4 • library: 1-55656-1 60-1

10 T Sherlock H 0 Ime_s_ b_Y_Sir _Art_h~ur~Co_na_n D--=oy:..-le----l The Speckled Band and OtJ,er Stories he only cases lhal truly interested Sherl ock I-Io lmes were those Tthai were highly unusual, and Dr. Wa tson recounts Ihal The Speckled Band was perhaps lhe strangest of all. I-iaiines is fo r o nco mistaken. and people may die as a resu lt. In The Bell'} Comrlel, Sherlock I-Iollnes has to fi t together a puzzle in whie 1 each mem­ ber of a st ubborn family holds a piece. Contains The Mall lI'ilh Ihe '}h'jsled Lip. Th e Engineer's Thumb, The Five Ol'(JlIg t~ Pips and The Bascombe Valley Myslery. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-172-5 • S16.95 library: 1-55656-299-3 • S21.95 A Study in Scarlet he first, and to many the best, case for the fmnous TSherlock Holmes. Published in the 28th issue of Becton's Christmas Annun11887, A Study in Scarlel was " nu ng like n bombshell into the field of detecti ve fictio n" (Dorothy Sayers). Join Dr. Wa tson as he first meets th e brooding Hohnes and as they locate their now famOllS apartment as 221 B Bnker Street in the midst of 11 cnse that spans two continents. 4 cassettes · 300 minutes Trade: 1-55656-229-2 · 121.95 Library: 1-55656-062-1 • S26.95 The Sign of Four ho is sending the beautiful Miss MorstHIl a rare and price­ W less pearl ench year'? Holmes and Watson pursue In dian treasure and murders whose ominoll s trademark is "t he sign of four." When Sherlock Holmes is commissioned to investigate the mean ing of this odd message, he and his trusted Watson have little idea of the scope of danger an d intrigue they have been recruited to den l with. 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-228-4 • S21.95 library: 1-55656-140-7 · S26.95

The Red Headed League and Other Slories o Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman," says Wa tson of T Irene Ad ler in 1\ Scandal in Bohemia. "In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex." In The Red­ headed League, 1-10 lines uses min ute detai ls of 11 sma ll mystery to solve a larger one. Holm es tell s Wat son about one of hi s first cases, The Mu sgrave Hi/u(J/, which led him to discover the crowll of a former King of England. Also contains A Case of l£flmlily. 2 casselles • 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-226-8 · S16.95 library: 1-55656-016-8 · 121.95 The Blue Carbuncle n The Blue C(l rbunc/e, a priceless and unique gcm has been stolen. I Holmes unexpectedly discovers it lodged in Ihe crop of a Christmas goose! But Ihe mystery of how the stone gol there is deep­ er still. In The Noble Bache/or. Lord 51. Simon's wife vanishes the morning they Illorry! In Th e Copper Beeches, Ho lmes is retained by

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The Haunted Actress by Simon Brett our highly acclaimed detective stories pra ised for their pl ots, rich atmosphere. and sur­ F prise endings. Murder is Lha lhcme. Simple murder. ingenious murder, successful and unsuccessful murder, premeditated and impulsive murder. Join the aClor-detective Charles Paris as he contends wit h the threats to the li fe of IJ faeled star in the title story. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-257-8 · S16.95 library: 1-55656-071·0 · S21.95

The Da Vinci Affair by Ri chard Prather ig, sun-bronzed and white-haired Sheldon "Sholl" Scotl- happy go lucky Los Angeles Bprivate eye - is hired by super-rich C. Raney Madison to recover a uni<\uely va luable Leonardo On Vinci stolen from his mansion in Be l Ai r. Madison wants She I to not onl y recover his Da Vi nci. but to identify both the thief and whoever w ill be receivi ng the draw­ ing - all without letting anyone know he's in the picture. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-244-6 • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-245-4 • S21.95

The Bawdy Beautiful by Ri chard Prather rime Prather. When the luscious Lyd ia Brindley finds a "bug" under her bed. she cn lls PShell Scoll to the rescue. It is Scott's first "hed bug" assignment but he is marc than happy to oblige. Everything fro m SCoU's crew cut to his Caddy convertible to his ready-for­ anything libido is g lorioll sly and unabashedly 19505. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-241-1 • S16.95 library: 1-55656-050-8 · $2 1. 95

The Modern Science of Thief-Taking by Charles Dickens his great author \\Ins nlso a pioneer of detective fiction! Known for his rO llwnli c charac­ Tters of 19t h century England, Dickens was also a pioneer of detecti ve fi ction. Let us introduce you to fi ve timeless stori es of crime and detection, including the la ndmark !'irst use of the pla in clothes detecti ve in mystery fiction. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Tr.lde: \ ·55656·266·7 • S 16.95 library: 1· 55656·104·1 • S2 1.95

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Ellery Queen's Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen ne of the most unique and intriguing coll ecti ons of short stories ever. Ellery Queen pre­ Osents us wi th a mystery of each month of the year! Now for the first lime in it s entirety. we are proud to present all 12 slories in two vo lumes. January to June includes The luner Circle: Th e President's Half-Disme; Tile Ides of Michaellvlagoon: The Emperer's Dice: Th e Gettysburg Bugle: Th e Medical Finger. 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-224-1 • S21.95 library: 1-55656-066-4 • S26.95 July to December includes The Fallen Anr.(Jel: Th e Needle's Eye: Th e Three R's; The Dead Cat: The TaJlta/a Bottle: The Dauphin's Dol. 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade: 1·55656-250-0 · S21.95 UbrMY: 1-55656-073-7 • S26.95

The Stolen White Elephant And Other Stories by Mark Twain or cleft plot. riotous inventiveness. unforgettable characters. a nd language that brilliantly Fcaptures the li ve ly rhythms of American speech. no writer comes close to Mark Twain. The Stolen While Elephant (1682) - which 'J\vain beg ins by solemnly assuring us is absolutely true - is a prepostorous tal c of a priceless 48 foo t elephant on the loose in New York City. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: )-5 5656-246-2 • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-247-0 · $21.95

The Astonishing Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton ne of Falhel' Brown's friends brings him an anciont volullle. discove red in Africa. with Oa hideous curse inscribed on the cove r. Five men have abruptly va ni shed after opening it. Will Father Brown be the next? In the Oracle of the Dog. Father Brown ponders upon how a dog, a long way fr om the scelle of a crime, barks and whines at the instant his master is kil led. Silting at his desk a hundred miles away, composi ng a sermon, Father Brown solves a mystery that has oth ers baflled . Also contnins The AI/a ll In the Pa ss(lge and The Absence of i\llr. Clo ss. 2 cassettes .. 3 hours Trade: \ ·55656·300·0 " S16.95 Library: \ ·55656·301·9 " S2 1. 95

13 Mystery --" fa\Iorite LockedKoom Mysteries 1

Favorite American Detectives I merican authors and siori es dominate the mystery scene. Marlin H. Greenberg. the con· A temporary "Dean of Anlhologies." a nd editor of over 50 mystery story coll ectio ns in print. ilnd Rosalind M. Greenberg here team up with DcrclIlll Audio to produce an unprece­ de nted collecti on of contemporary mystery fi ction. Their choices include such favorites as By the Oall'n's Early Light by Lmvrcncc Block; Th e Leopold Locked Room by Edward D. I-loch; 1'1/1 In the Book by Loron D. Esllomlln; The Good Samarit(J/J by Isaac Asimov; The Man Wh o Shot Lewis Van ce by Stuart Kaminsky. 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-251-9 · $21.95 Library: 1-55656-123-7 · $26.95

Favorite Locked Room Mysteries I he body's inside. and the room is scaled! Who did it, and how'? This landmark series T comprises approximately 16 volumes; each presenting th e editor's choice of the best mystery and deteclion stories by theme. These U classic locked room mysteries include Th e E.'((I(:t Opposite by Erle Stanl ey Gardner; Van ishiIlg Act by Di ll Pronzini and Michael Kurland; The Pl'Oblem of CelJ 13 by Jacques FUll'ell e; His Heart Co uld Break by Craig Rice. 4 cassettes . 6 hours Trade: 1·55656-197-0 • S21.95 Ubrary:1-55656-150-4 • S26.95

Femmes and Fatalities hi s, the third edition in the series . pays lribute to the enormous contribution women T have mnde to lhe history of mystery and detection writing. The nine stories incl ude Deoth 01 (I Homonce Writer by Joan Hess; Recipes for a Happy Mauiage by Nedra Tyro; Fifty Acres of Prime Seaweed by Charlott e MacLeod; The Man Who iJOlmd J-lis Wife by Janet LaPierre: Appetite ... by Burbara Paul. 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-252·7 · $21.95 library: 1·55656·168-7 · S26.95

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Two True Tales of Suspense by Abraham Lincoln ontains two forgotten tTue-lire incidents of mystery and intrigue Cpenned by and involving the President hi mself. Travel back 10 Lbe Civil War era with Lincoln and Allan Pinkerton, founder of the world famous detective agency. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-239-X • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-022-2 • $21.95 The Doctor, His Wife and the Clock by Anna Katherine Green nna Ka therine Green's first book, The Leovemvorlh Case (1878), A earned Green tJJe title of "The Mother orthe Detect ive NoveL" The DoctOl~ His Wife, nnd the Clock (1895), fcatures tho same hero, detecl.ive Ebenezer Gryce. a low key, New York police officer, in 1~'D1lI one of the most halluci natory opening scenes in modern fi cti on. 2 cassettes · 180+ minutes Trade: 1-55656-221-7 · $1 6.95 library: 1-55656-018-4 . $21.95

Fix the National and Ot.her Racing Stories by Dick Francis ix the National contains five short stories of racing world mys­ Fteries. In the tille story. Chief Superint endent Cri spin m ints the judges to fLx tbe results of the Grand National, Dritain's premiere allnual horse race! Even if it means catching the Birmingham bnnk robbers. can the Jockey Clu b sllnction s lI ch a movo'! 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-253-5 · $1 6.95 library: 1-55656-135-0· $21.95

The Diary of J. G. Reeder by Edgar Wallace dgar Wa ll ace was one of Ihe most prolific aut hors of the 20th Ecentury. In 1 DZOs England. olle oul of every four books sold WilS written by him. The DiOlY of j. C. J1 eede/' features one of Wallace's Illost famo us in vestigators as he looks at the seamy side of li fe. 4 cassettes · 300 minutes Trade: 1-5 5656-220-9 • $21.95 library: 1-55656-074-5 • $26.95

To Catch a Thief and Other Stories by E. W. Hornung .J . Rames is the greatest or all fictional thieves. Hi s charm, A brilliant w il. and handsome appearance make his a welcome guest in Lbe homes of England's weallhiest fam ilies. Rames was the inspiration fo r several films including the Cary Cmnt. Crace Kell y version of '/0 Gatch a Thief. 2 cassettes · 360 minutes Trade: 1-55656-237-3 • $ 16.95 library: 1- 55656-019-2 • $2 1.95

A Shock to the System by Simon Brell raham Marshall had all the e lements of success. Everything Gwas going accord ing to p lan. Then the unthi nkable happened. a nd his plans fo r ru rlher upwa rd mobi lity would have to be shelved, unless ... Unless certain inconveni ent people were to die. 8 casseUes • 9.5 hours Trade: 1-55656-102-4 • $29.95 library: 1-55656-070-2 • $34.95

15 Horror By Edgar Allan Poe Tales to Make Your Skin Crawl he most important American author of the macabre, Poc's horror slo· Td es are timeless. In The Black Gal (1843) a si nister cal accompanies the narrator's slide into alcoholi sm and murcl er. The Cask of Amonti/Joc/o (1846) tells of n foud between two noblemen. and the lengths th ey will go to in order to destroy one another. Fall of the House of Usher (1839) mny be Poc's darkest story. In The Masque of Red Death (1842), a group of noblemen tries to outwit a hideous plague sweeping the country. 2 casseltes • 2 hours Trade: 1·55656·234·90 . 116.95 library: 1-55656-069-9 · 121.95 Tales to Make You Check Under Your Bed he Pit and the Pendulum (1842) is POc's famous story or the man Tcondemned 10 a slow death by lhe Spanish Inquisition. The Business At/an (1850) is a tongue in cheek description of the Beth'i· ties of an aspiring entrepreneur. Also includes Why tile Uttle Frenchman Wears His Arm ill a Sling nnd The Spinx (1850). 2 cassettes . 2 hours Trade: 1 -55656·233·0 • $16.95 library: ' -55656-175-3 • $21.95 Three Tales of Mystery hou Art the Man ('1850) is a whimsical murder mystery. Ratt1eborough T is barned by the disappearance and presumed denth of it s most wealthy citizen. along with a large sum of cash. In The Murders in lite Hue Morgue (1841) and Th e Purloined !.,eller(1845) wo meet up with Auguste Dupin. one of the first and most original amateur sleuths. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: ' -55656-235-7 · $16.95 library: ,-55656-048-6 · $21.95

Truly Great Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens ain tho master storyteller for tales of a mnn kidnapped by goblins; a baron whose thoughts of suicide are reversed in the most unexpected Jway: n rnilwny switchman whose premonition of death is most unfortu­ IUlt e: and a wild ta le of a supern at ural adventure. 2 casseltes • 3 hours Trade: 1-55656-225-X • $16.95 library: 1-55656-095-8 • $2 1.95 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Mary Shelley he origin al Fmnkellstein is a fur cry fro m the horror movies thal have Tborrowed from it. It is a large-scale drama about a being who is judged as a monster because of his appearance, and who then spurns the society-and the maker-that rejects him. Written when she was still in her teenage years, Mary Shell ey defined the gothi c romance genre. 6 cassettes · 8 hours Trade: 1 -55656-255-1 • $26.95 l ibrary: 1-55656-087-7 • $3 1.95 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson n Stevenson's fa moll s supern atural story of good versus evil, the well· I intentio ned physician Dr. Jekyll drin ks the potion that is the culmina­ ti on of his research. He unleashes the dark side of his nat ure, turning into the hideolls Mr. Hyde. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: '-55656-222-5 • $ 16.95 library: 1 -55656·088-5 • S21.95 Horror

Best Horror Stories of the Year-1997 edited by Martin Greenberg e lecting the freshest nnd mosl original talents to Shave appeared in print for the last twelve months. anthologist Martin Greenberg gives us a landmark coll ection of w ho's who on the horror writing sc:o nc. Th is coll ection is the uniquely authoritative voice of how the horror genre has developed in the la st twelve months, and is exclu­ sive 10 DCl'cuill Audio! "''' 4 cassettes · 6 hours -Je: 1-55656-2 76-4 • $21.95 HORROR .ary: 1-55656-277-2 • S24.95 Stories of tire Year

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Falue Collection I Includes such classics as Cage 37 by Wayne Wi ghtman: The Colonization of Edwin Beal by Lisa Tuttle: He-liVe-Await by Howard Waldrop. Trade: '-55656·209-8 Library: 1·55656-131-8

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1 Cul~e~p-er Adventures by Gary Paulsen

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Best Fantasy Stories of the Year-1997 edited by Martin Greenberg he best new stories of the year! Now available on this Texclusive audio edition, OcrclIm Audio brings you the grealest short fantasy stories to appear in tJIC last twelve months. Selected by noted anthologist Marlin Greenberg. Best Fantasy brings logether voices new and old to create the authoritati ve picture of who's who and what's new on the fan tasy writing scene. 4 cassetles • 6 hours Trade: 1-55656-278-0 • S21.95 library: 1 -55656-279-9 • S24.95

Best Fantasy Value Collections rson Scott Cn rd, the winner of the Hugo, O Nebula and World Fa ntasy Awards for fie­ lion, and Marlin H. Greenberg. have learned together 10 produce lhe Dcrcum Value Collections. Each volume in the seri es contains fo ur ninety- minute cassett es, w iLh six hours of some of the best stories in the genre, for under S20t These coll ecti ons are not avai lable in book form anywhere. Each Volume: 4 cassettes · 6 hours Trade Price: S19.95 · library Price: S26.95 Value Co /Jectioll I lncludes seven criticall y acclaimed stories indudjng Perpetuity Blues by Nea l Darrett, Jr. and Maxie Silas by Augustine Funnell. Trade: 1-55656-206-3 library:1 -55656-127-X Value Co /Ject.ioll J/ Includes 10 classics such as Wine/wagon Smith and the J\tlarlians, by Lnwrcnce Watt-Evnns; We Could Do Wors() by Gregory Benford; Events Which Took Place A Day Before Other Events by Avram Davidson; Presci(mce by Pat Murphy, and Wbat Befell Miriam by Algis Burdrys. Trade: 1-55656-207-' Ubrary: 1-55656-144-X Value Collection III Includes eight classics such as In the Trees by Steve Rasnic Tern ; 1Ymekceper by John Morrcssy. Trade: 1-55656-20B-X library: 1-55656-166·0

Wages Creek by Jeffrey Hickey verything is going great on Ih e Hickey Famj ly Ecamping tri p - until Dad catches a cold. At magical Wages Creek campground, Ihe grasses are tall. the creck bubbles and the local ducks arc like no olher ducks you've mel before! 1 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-194-6 · Sl B.95

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Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories by Charles Perrallll and others ncludes the timeless stories: Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. Little Hed l1ie/ing Hood. and I Puss In Boots. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-199-7 • S 16.95 library: 1-55656-101-6 • $21.95

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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane hen Stephen Cmne wrote Ihi s greatest of novels of the American Civil War. he W(l5 W onl y 21 years old. Yet he manages to vividly describe the terror of baltic. and the slow·motion torrent of emoti ons pouring through soldiers under fire. The landmark work of modern American fi cti on. 4 cassettes · 300 minutes Trade: 1-55656-271-3 · S21.95 library: 1-55656-094-X • S26.95 A Children's Christmas Sampler his lovely collection of classic tales is the perfect companion for baking Christmas cook­ T ies, tree trimming, or cuddling in front of the fire. Includes Andersen's The Fir 'free, Alcott's Becky's Christnws Dream. T'u'os the Nig ht Before Christmos. and SI. Luke's The Christmas Star)" 1 cassette · 1 hour Trade: 1·55656-204·7 · S10.95 libmry: 1·556 56-171·7 • S14 .95

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville erman Melville's dark ancl riveting story te ll s the ta le of Bu rtleby, and h is descent down H the ru ngs of the ladder of san it y in to darkness. It wa s written during onc of the lowest poin ts of Melville's life, and re fl ects his own depression over his nppal'ont ly fa il eu careor. 2 cassettes . 3 hours Trade: 155656-205-5 • S16.95 library: 1-55656-100-8 • S2 1.95

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Call of the Wild by Jilek London ack London's classic 1903 story of Buck, fI courageous dog figh t­ ing fo r slirvivill in th e Alaskan wilderness. is widely considered 10 re his masterpiece. As Buck is ri pped from his pampered surround­ ings and shi pped 10 Alaska to be a sled dog. his pri mitive. wolfli ke nature begins to emerge flS he undertakes a mythic journey thnt IlliiJii lransforms him into the legendary "Chost Dog" of th e Kl ondike. 2 cassettes · 3 hours Trade: 1·55656·198·9 • S 16.95 Ubrilry: , ·55656-099-0 • S21.95 The Scarlet Plague by Ja ck London t is after the holocaust. A deadly virus has decimated th e \vorld. I Granser is loft to \ry to transfer the flam e of civili za ti on 10 the likes of Hare-Lip , 1-1 00-1-1 00. and Edwin. This story. by one of America's most important writers. is timeless and il t times fright en· ingly pro phetic of contemporary issues. .~!I.t 2 cassettes · 180+ minutes Trade: 1·55656-272-1 • S 16.95 library: 1-55 656-085-0 • S2 1.95 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark 1\vain his li me traveling tale captures the inmgi natio n of young and Told when Hank Mo rgan fi nds himself magicall y transported to 6th century England. Hilarious consequences are intermingled with high adventure. 8 cassettes · 8 hours Trade: 1·55656·200-4 • S29.95 library: 1-55656-089-3 · S34.95 The Snow Queen and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen ndersen drew from recollections of his own childhood when A penning these fa iry tales. In cludes six unabridged stories­ Th e 5 1'1 0 11' Queen , The Ug ly Duckli1lg. The Emperor's Ne ill S uit, The Princess and the Pea. Tile Litlle Mermaid. and Th e LillIe l\tIatch·$eller. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade:1-55656·202·0 · S1 6.95 library: 1-55656-063-X · S21.95 The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling hl! J\tlall Wh o Would Be King tell s the tragi·comi c tale of two T Engli sh adventurers who att empt to rule an As ian coulltry. When the locals revere them as gods. they ex periment gingerly with their new power. then pllsh their pretense of godhood too far. Also contains Tod 's A nw n dmenf and The Tomb of His A ncestors. 2 cassettes · 2 hours Trade: 1-55656-262-4 • S1 6.95 library: 1·55656-061 -3 · S21.95 Tales ofIndia ipling was at hi s best drawing from his childhood in Vi ctorinn K In dio. Ent er the dreams of nn Engli sh soldier. then witness the renlity of famino .mel a love story among this imckd rop of tragedy. Contains The Brus/lIvood Boy; and Willi(//l1 the Conqueror. 2 cassettes . 3 hours Ttade: l ·55656-232·2 · S1 6. 95 library: 1-55656-098-2 . S2 1.95 21 Classic Literature T

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie h is classic laic has cnptivated tho imagination of people of all T ages throughout the years since the slory was rirsl published as Peter and Wendy. While subsequently produced as a play. n movie. lmd rcwritlen in paler versions, listening La Ulis unabridged text brings the richness of Ihe originnl story to life. 4 cassettes · 4 hours Trade: ' -55656-201 -2 · S21.95 library: 1-5 5656-093-1 • S26.95 Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen Baok-Or-The-Month Club primary selection for nn unprecede nted A second ti me! In the summer 0[1787, 55 mOil from differing back­ grounds and beli efs came togother in Philadelphi a 10 draft the U.S. Constitution. Describes the conniel and contributions of Patrick He nry, Benjmnin Franklin, Alexander Hmni lton, and George Washington. 12 cassettes . 10 hours library: ' ·55656·265·9 · $49.95 Sir H. Rider Haggard Black Heart and White Heart 2 cassettes · 2+ hours Trade: 1·55656·218·7 · $16.95 library: '·55656-096·6 · $21.95 Smith and the Pharoahs and Ot.iler Slories eet the real lndianu Jones! Stephen Spielberg modeled him after M the legendary Allan Quartermain. a dashing explorer whose wiL and fast rc tloxcs kepi him alive in a variety of inhospitable circum· stances. Haggard wrote mllny stories about a legendary queen. Ayesha, "S ho Who Must Be Obeyed," who ruled a huge umpire in centrol Africa. and who frequently tangled with Quurtcrmain. 2 cassetles • 3 hours Trade: 1 -55656-230-6 • $ 16.95 library: 1-55656-081·8 • $21.95 The Thrn of the Screw and Daisy Miller by Henry James ixi ng evil and innocence together in ways never before imog­ M ined. The Tum of til(} Scraw is one of Lhe most famous ghost stories of a ll timo. A lI ew governess comes to a remote Engl ish mansion to take care of two angelic chi ldren who Illay be pas· sessed. Also contains D(Jjsy Miller. 4 casseltes • 6 hours Trade: ' ·55656-238·1 • S21.95 library: 1-55656-097-4 · $26.95 Rappaccini's Daughter D appaccini's Da ughter is a chill ing portrait of a scienti st who war· ~'-shi p s pure rationality. His daughter. Beatri ce, is as beautiful liS the nowers Rappncci ni grows for their Loxic powers. But her touch is dend­ ly. NaLhani e l Hawthornc's rich. absorbing prosc. and;) compelling plot . draw the render irresisti bl y in. Also includes Th e I3irl/lll1ark. and The A rtis/ of the Be(Julifu/. 2 cassettes · 150 mi nutes Trade: 1-55656-2 70-5 · $16.95 Library: 1-55656-082-6 · S2 1.95

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