Colorado Collection Books added in 2010 DC/CC 8153 A -- my name's Amelia Author: Sundell, Joanne. Narrator: Crandall, Nancy. Colorado. Deafened at a young age, her natural-born means of expression taken from her, Amelia Anne Polley must learn to communicate all over again. She is determined to live the life she had dreamed for herself before becoming deaf, but her dreams do not include becoming anyone's mail-order bride, especially the handsome, rugged rancher Aaron Zachary's. Only if Amelia and Aaron can find their way past their personal conflicts will they be able to build a relationship together.--Adapted from the book jacket. (9 hr. 30 min.) DC 8197 "Hello, my name is Mrs. Jefferson, I understand your plane is being hijacked-- " : 9:45 a.m., Flight 93, September 11, 2001 Called Author: Jefferson, Lisa D. Narrator: Ranson, Ellen. Called is the story of the Flight 93 heroes who gave their lives when America was attacked on September 11, 2001, and of the woman who heard it all happen. Lisa Jefferson, a Verizon supervisor and suburban wife and mother, was forever changed as she took a call from Todd Beamer, the hero whose "Let's roll!" battle cry stirred a nation. Based on the Northfield Publishing edition. (2 hr. 25 min.) DC 8163 2012: the Return of Quetzalcoatl. Author: Pinchbeck, Daniel. Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. This acclaimed metaphysical epic binds together the cosmological phenomena of modern times--from crop circles to quantum theory-- and supports the contention of the Mayan calendar that the year 2012 portends a global shift of unprecedented consequence. (1 sound cartridge) DC 8183 The ABC's of dominating college life : don't you dare leave home without it! Author: Hurd, Shannon Narrator: Schneider, Jean. A lighthearted guide to college life, written for the student who wants to succeed academically, financially, and socially. Includes nutritional tips; recipes for quick and easy cooking; help with time management; what to expect from classes and professors; handling money; and how to get along with your roommate. (4 hr. 56 min.) DC 8198 Aimee : a novel. Author: Miller, Mary Beth. Narrator: Van Wyhe, Kate. Zoe is one angry 17-year-old. She has recently been acquitted of assisting her best friend to commit suicide. Now she is seeing a court- appointed psychiatrist, who has suggested she write the journal that forms this book. Zoe has complaints about 99 percent of her life. She feels that no adults have ever paid sufficient attention to her wants and needs. The lack of genuine communication between the younger and older generations provided the tragic climate for Aimee's suicide and now hinders Zoe's ability to recover. (10 hr. 15 min.) DC/CC 8206 The alibi club Author: Mathews, Francine. Narrator: Rios, Laverne. Paris, 1940. Set against the backdrop of a stunning, little-known episode of early World War II, this suspenseful novel follows four women, thrown together by chance, who make a perilous attempt to 2 smuggle a brilliant atomic fusion scientist and his lethal secrets away from Nazi control. Contains some strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. (10 hr. 40 min.) DC 8161 America (The Book). Author: Stewart, Jon. Narrator: Devany, Maurice Taking the guise of an academic textbook, this satirical take on American history offers an in-print companion to the popular mock news television show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Complete with faux end-of-chapter discussion questions, classroom activities, and guest editorials, America (The Book) will mystify, offend, enlighten, dumbfound, and entertain the reader with its historical inaccuracies, gross distortions, and complete fabrications. (10 hr. 25 min.) DC 8120 Amole One More Time. Author: Amole, Gene. Narrator: Jones, Norm. For more than twenty years, Gene Amole's columns have been delighting readers of the "Rocky Mountain News". This book features a selection of those well-loved columns--his first new collection in more than ten years. (1 sound cartridge) DC 8190 Anton Woode : the boy murderer Author: Kreck, Dick. Narrator: Jones, Norm. Anton Woode was convicted of shooting Joseph Smith in the back for Smith's gold watch during an 1892 hunting trip near Brighton, Colorado. What made this homicide so unusual was that the confessed murderer was only eleven years old. Woode was sentenced to twenty- five years of hard labor at Canon City State Penitentiary, but, thanks 3 to the intervention of Madge Reynolds, the child murderer was released after twelve years in prison and was pardoned in 1906. The author is a former staff writer for the Denver Post. (4 hr. 50 min.) DC/CC 8211 The arrow that flieth by day Author: Rainwater, Erin. Narrator: Rudoff, Joanne. "Mandy Berringer is on the last leg of a homebound journey to Denver when a mistaken accusation by Indian warriors diverts the course of her life. Believed dead by her family, Mandy will do anything to get home. But a disabling accident, an epidemic, an unexpected love and a tragic loss prolong her separation from her family until she is finally reunited with them--only to be devastated by what she finds. The man she loves undergoes crushing trials of his own, and their search for each other leads them on separate journeys into new tests of faith and enduring love."--P. [4] of cover. (9 hr. 35 min.) DC 8165 The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining. Author: Miller, Charles W. Narrator: Urschel, Herman. Compared to the very-well-documented accounts of the famed mid- nineteenth-century American gold rush, very little has been written about the second American gold rush that took place in the 1930s during the Great Depression. This work explores the individuals who, faced with little means of survival and no prospect of a job, picked up a gold pan, headed for western streams and rivers, and found enough pay dirt to get by. (1 sound cartridge) 4 DC 8186 Baby Doe Tabor : the madwoman in the cabin Author: Temple, Judy Nolte. Narrator: Leonard, Nancy. She inspired passionate love affairs, legends of riches beyond measure, and even an opera. Baby Doe Tabor's diaries reveal a very vulnerable and sad woman behind the myths, whose guilt and pain, if not what appears to be an active mental illness, drove away even her own family. Temple's analysis unravels the psyche of Colorado's most adored adulteress. (12 hr. 50 min.) DC 8170 The beast in the garden : a modern parable of man and nature Author: Baron, David. Narrator: Englert, Timothy. In 1991, not far from Boulder, Colorado, a young jogger was killed and partially eaten by a mountain lion. Although people were horrified, biologist Michael Sanders and naturalist Jim Halfpenny were not surprised. Since 1988 they had been studying the mountain lions that were beginning to invade backyards in the Boulder area and had concluded that, contrary to accepted wisdom, the big cats were indeed stalking humans in search of a good meal. In this book, written like a thriller, the author follows the advance of mountain lions around Boulder as if they were serial killers. He is not in favor of killing unwanted lions, but he warns that as people continue to displace wild animals from their habitats, they have to change the way they interact with them and be more realistic about romantic notions of wilderness. (12 hr. 33 min.) 5 DC 8138 The Beaver Men. Author: Sandoz, Mari. Narrator: Monismith, Moni. In 1867 the total number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region was estimated, conservatively, at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s this figure had dwindled to a few hundred. Covering more than two centuries, The Beaver Men ranges from the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham's Fork, in what is now Wyoming, in 1834. (12 hr. 10 min.) DC/CC 8221 Beginnings Author: Theall, Lorraine M. Narrator: Zier, Beverley. While cleaning her attic, genealogist Laura Hall discovers a manuscript she wrote almost twenty years ago. Rereading the manuscript brings back memories of her husband, her stepchild, and her sister. Then dreams of her great grandmother Ane, who emigrated from Denmark, and the discovery of family heirlooms give new insight into the history of her family. (6 hr. 9 min.) DC 8160 Bellwether. Author: Willis, Connie. Narrator: Rios, Laverne. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions. (1 sound cartridge) 6 DC 8239 Beneath a marble sky : a novel of the Taj Mahal Author: Shors, John. Narrator: Gloeckner, Cathy. India, 1632. The grieving Shah Jahan, Emperor of Hindustan, decides to build a grand mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife, now deceased. His daughter Jahanara becomes the court liaison to Isa, the architect of the Taj Mahal. Jahanara soon finds herself caught among competing forces: her duty to her mother's memory; society's rigid strictures against women; family conflicts; a forbidden love; and a threat to the Islamic enlightenment of the Mughal Empire. (14 hours) DC/CC 8216 Bonded for murder. Ruby Dark ; #1 Author: Most, Bruce W. Narrator: Jones, Norm. Denver, Colorado. Feisty, legendary bail bondswoman Ruby Dark finds herself in much deeper debt than she can ever hope to recoup when a local bigwig skips out on a million-dollar bond, and her best bounty hunter is murdered on the case.