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THE AUDIE AWARDS - 2006 |
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| The Audio Publisher's Association [APA] established the Audie Awards to promote audio book sales. It is an equivalent to the Oscar for the spoken-word industry. The awards have been presented annually since 1996. Over the years, both the structure and the categories of the awards have occasionally changed. These changes are reflected in the information listed below. |
| Achievement in Production: At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald Said to be on the bookshelf of C.S. Lewis, At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald is the story of a young farm boy, Diamond, who is naturally connected to goodness and nature -- he was even named after a horse. Diamond`s story unfolds as he befriends, and is befriended by a magical, fairy-like lady who embodies the "North Wind." Inspired by MacDonald`s deep Christian faith, as were all his works, the remarkable, moving character of Diamond is in part also based upon MacDonald`s own son Maurice, who died very young. Particularly written for young readers, At the Back of the North Wind will please everyone who loves C.S. Lewis`s Narnia. The enchanted land of the North Wind will please one and all. Read more... |
| Audio Drama: Sherlock Holmes Theatre by Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle For all Sherlock Holmes fans, Blackstone Audiobooks is pleased to present the first audio recordings ever of the only two Holmes plays written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Napoleon of Crime and The Speckled Band, along with a newly created one-act comedy, Ghastly Double Murder in Famed Detectives Flat. These new, specially commissioned productions of the Hollywood Theater of the Ear star Audie Award-winning readers and a full cast in three exceptional dramas, a unique, must-have audio for all Sherlockians. Read more... |
| Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium: Hidden Kitchens: Stories... by Davia Nelson,Nikki Silva The saga of the Chili Queens of San Antonio, NASCAR kitchens tucked away in the crew pits at race tracks, the story of an unexpected kitchen the George Foreman Grillthese stories and more from Hidden Kitchens, the popular and highly acclaimed radio series on NPRs morning edition, are being released as an audio. Produced by the Peabody Award winning radio team, The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson Nikki Silva, (creators of NPRs Lost Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project) with Jay Allison, Hidden Kitchens explores the world of street corner cooking, kitchen traditions and visionaries, and how communities come together through food. These stories of secret, underground, unofficial and off the radar kitchens come alive in these sound rich sto... Read more... |
| Audiobook of the Year: The Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy: Th... by Douglas Adams The brand new third installment of Douglas Adams`s classic time travel tale, The Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary Phase, is now available on audio. The long-awaited CD—which revives the BBC`s popular radio series with this new six-part dramatization of Adams`s book Life, the Universe and Everything—features 25 minutes of exclusive and previously unheard footage and features the author himself playing the role of Agrajag. The plot picks up where the second radio series left off: Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from prehistoric Earth on a time-traveling sofa while a pack of homicidal robots blow up Lords Cricket Ground. Armed only with a rabbit bone, a worn dressing gown, and a spaceship that looks remarkably like an It... Read more... |
| Biography and Memoir: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of ... by Ruth Reichl Fans of Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples know that Ruth Reichl is a wonderful memoirist--a funny, poignant, and candid storyteller whose books contain a happy mix of memories, recipes, and personal revelations. . Read more... |
| Business Information and Educational: Good to Great CD: Why Som... Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn`t require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, ... Read more... |
| Children over 8: Star Of Kazan CD by Eva Ibbotson Read more... |
| Children up to 8: Arnie, the Doughnut by Laurie Keller Laurie Keller, creator of the wonderful picture books The Scrambled States of America and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, cooks up a rather silly story about a doughnut who narrowly escapes his doughnut fate. Arnie is proud to be chocolate-covered, with bright-colored candy sprinkles. His first day on the planet is a big one. He is 1) cut into a ring 2) deep-fried 3) cooled 4) iced 5) sprinkled and 6) named Arnie. What he doesn`t realize is that step 7 is being eaten by a human. So, when a customer, Mr. Bing, starts to put him in his mouth, he screams, "What are you doing?" Arnie is further crushed when he calls the bakery to warn the others only to discover that all the other pastries are "aware of this arrangement." Unfort... Read more... |
| Classics: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne`s hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. Read more... |
| Fiction Abridged: Q ,&, A by Vikas Swarup Ram Mohammad Thomas may be in jail, but he is not a criminal. A penniless 18-year-old waiter from the slums of India, Ram appeared to be on the path to wealth when he correctly answered 12 questions on the TV show Who Wants to Win a Billion? The show`s producers bribe the police to arrest him for cheating, and as Ram`s lawyer rescues him from prison, he also extracts Ram`s amazing life-story and a captivating portrait of 21st-century India. Read more... |
| Fiction Unabridged: A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin Long after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle allowed him to retire to Sussex to take up beekeeping, there seems to be no end of enthusiasm for imagined versions of the life of Sherlock Holmes. There was Michael Chabon`s The Final Solution in which "the old man," an 89-year-old beekeeper in Sussex is undoubtedly Holmes. Laurie King, a fine mystery writer, has appropriated Holmes and created a romance between him and young Mary Russell which has lasted through several enjoyable books. And now, nonagenarian Holmes reappears, most appealingly, in Mitch Cullin`s A Slight Trick of the Mind. He is frail and forgetful but still observant and capable of shining the bright light of his insight and brilliance on events both past and present. Read more... |
| Hall of Fame: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J. K. Rowling,Mary GrandPr,é For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who`s forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling`s Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys` dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig. HARRY POTTER and all related characters and elements are trad... Read more... |
| Humor: The Truth (with jokes) by David Sedaris Nearly a year after the presidential election of 2004, Al Franken is still checking facts, exposing lies, and trying to clear the record as he sees it. Sneering at President Bush`s declaration of a mandate after a two-and-a-half percent victory, he deconstructs Bush`s 2004 platform of "fear, smear, and queers," and explains how the president has done some flip-flopping of his own. He offers comment on well-known stories, including the Terri Schiavo case, and some more obscure, such as reports of forced prostitution, indentured servitude, and squalid conditions at clothing factories in Saipan (which is part of the American Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Franken focuses on Tom DeLay`s connection to the territory and his effort... Read more... |
| Inspirational Faith Based Fiction: Arguing Immigration: The Con... by Nicolaus Mills Recorded on 12 tapes (18 hours). Comes in clamshell case. Sequel to `Shadows Over Stonewycke` & `Stranger at Stonewycke`. Read more... |
| Inspirational/Spiritual: Finding God in Unexpected Places by Philip Yancey An Atlanta slum. A pod of whales off the coast of Alaska. The prisons of Peru and Chile. The plays of Shakespeare. A health club in Chicago. For those with eyes to see, traces of God can be found in the most unexpected places. Yet many Christians have not only missed seeing God, they`ve overlooked opportunities to make him visible to those most in need of hope. Read more... |
| Judges` Award: El Codigo da Vinci by Dan Brown ¿Qué misterio se oculta tras la sonrisa de la celebre Mona Lisa? . Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad… hasta ahora. FonoLibro, lider en audiolibros en espanol, les trae una afamada historia sobre un apasionante juego de claves escondidas, sorprendentes revelaciones, acertijos ingeniosos, verdades, mentiras, realidades históricas, mitos, símbolos, ritos, misterios y suposiciones en una trama llena de giros inesperados narrada con un ritmo imparable que conduce al oyente hasta el secreto más celosamente guardado del inicio de nuestra era. Read more... |
| Literary Fiction: Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon UPSTATE is an absolutely stunning, powerful coming of age novel filled with tragedy, struggle, love and triumph-a modern The Color PurpleSet in New York in the 80s and 90s, UPSTATE tells the story of two young lovers, Antonio and Natasha, torn apart by tragedy and struggling to survive against all odds. When a horrific tragedy sends Antonio to jail, their worlds turn upside down.Antonio struggles to stay alive on the inside; Natasha battles society on the outside. Over the course of 10 years, they share an intimate correspondence as their lives change dramatically and they often have only each other to turn to. Will fate bring them back together, or will they remain forever apart? Ripe with unforgettable characters and two haunting voices, ... Read more... |
| Multi Voiced Performances: Raymond and Hannah: A Love Story by Stephen Marche By Peter Feibleman Original music by: Carly Simon Starring: Elaine Stritch, Bruce Dvison, Claudette Nevins, Raphael Sbarge, and Samantha Bennett The complete play on 2 CDs. 85 Minutes Broadway ledgend Elaine Stritch starts as literary legend Lillian Hellman in this beguiling account of Hellmans tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar-nominee Bruce Davison. Read more... |
| Mystery and Fiction: The Serpent on the Crown (Amelia Peabody M... by Elizabeth Peters "" Read more... |
| Narration by Author: The Tender Bar (The Tender Bar: A Memoir) by J.R. Moehringer Unabridged. 14 discs! Moehringer tells the tales of his youth. Narrator Adam Grupper captures each aspect of Moehringer`s journey to adulthood, from the disappointing lows to the belly-laugh-inducing highs. Abandoned by his father, Moehringer was an only child raised by his caring mother. He needed men in his life - enter the denizens of the Publicans Bar, Like a group father - they provided male guidance. Read more... |
| Non Fiction Abridged: A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin Long after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle allowed him to retire to Sussex to take up beekeeping, there seems to be no end of enthusiasm for imagined versions of the life of Sherlock Holmes. There was Michael Chabon`s The Final Solution in which "the old man," an 89-year-old beekeeper in Sussex is undoubtedly Holmes. Laurie King, a fine mystery writer, has appropriated Holmes and created a romance between him and young Mary Russell which has lasted through several enjoyable books. And now, nonagenarian Holmes reappears, most appealingly, in Mitch Cullin`s A Slight Trick of the Mind. He is frail and forgetful but still observant and capable of shining the bright light of his insight and brilliance on events both past and present. Read more... |
| Non Fiction Unabridged: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded... by Thomas L. Friedman Updated Edition: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn`t going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman`s breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to. hen scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter `Y2K to March 2004,` ... Read more... |
| Original Work for Audio: Famous Composers by Darren Henley Read more... |
| Package Design: The Hiding Place: Through the Darkest Hour, the... by Corrie Ten Boom Enter into The Hiding Place to relive Corrie ten Boom`s heart-pounding account as a leader in the Dutch Underground during World War II. In this latest release from Focus on the Family`s Radio Theatre, you`ll find tragedy, perseverance, and the reality of God`s amazing love. With a cast of internationally acclaimed actors, cinema-quality sound effects, and full orchestration, you`ll experience this classic, real-life story like never before. Read more... |
| Personal Development: The Five Love Languages Audio Cassette by Gary Chapman Unhappiness in marriage often has a simple root cause: we speak different love languages, believes Dr. Gary Chapman. While working as a marriage counselor for more than 30 years, he identified five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. In a friendly, often humorous style, he unpacks each one. Some husbands or wives may crave focused attention; another needs regular praise. Gifts are highly important to one spouse, while another sees fixing a leaky faucet, ironing a shirt, or cooking a meal as filling their "love tank." Some partners might find physical touch makes them feel valued: holding hands, giving back rubs, and sexual contact. Chapman illustrates each love language ... Read more... |
| Romance: Origin in Death (In Death) by J.D. Robb New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody enter the hallowed halls of the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery on a case. A hugely popular vid star has been beaten to a bloody pulp - and has killed her attacker in the process. After a post-op interview, Dallas and Peabody confirm for themselves that it`s a clear-cut case of self-defense, but before they can leave the building, another case falls into their hands."Set in 2059 in New York City, the number-one bestselling In Death series has given fans a searing glimpse into near-future law and order. Now, as scientists work to expand the limits of technology, Detective Eve Dallas tracks the cunning, cold-blooded killer of a father and son. A pi... Read more... |
| Science Fiction: Market Forces by Richard K Morgan Richard Morgan, the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels, strikes out into new territory with Market Forces, leaving behind the farflung battlegrounds of Takeshi Kovacs for the not-so-distant future of corporate Earth. Here, Morgan extrapolates a world where commodities trading reaches a brutal pitch and the outcomes of banana republic uprisings are the new market. Now, on the road to success, the brokers of the new economy compete for status and promotions via road rage on the freeways of new London. Read more... |
| Short Stories/Essays/Collections: Runaway: Stories (Rumpole Cri... by Alice Munro It just isn`t fair: most of us would be lucky to be able to express ourselves in writing half as well as David Sedaris does in his new book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. But on top of his skills with the written word, the author also has substantial gifts as a performer, and he proves this on the audio version of the book. In his essay The Change in Me,Sedaris remembers that his mother was good at imitating people, and it`s clear that he takes after her. Whether he`s doing impressions of high-voiced brother Paul, or recalling times when he and his sisters tried to win good karma by speaking and acting like well-behaved, fairytale children, Sedaris`s nuanced performance hits the right note on both the opening, comed... Read more... |
| Solo Narration Female: A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon Here is the fifth novel in the internationally bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency hit series. Once again we are transported to Gaborone, capital city of Botswana, and into the world of Mma Ramotswe and her friends. Read more... |
| Solo Narration Male: Moby Dick by Herman Melville Unabridged audiobook in MP3 format. Read more... |