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THE AUDIE AWARDS - 1999 |
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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: Third Man (New Windmill) by Graham Greene It`s 1940, and musician Katy Green gets what ought to be a dream gig, playing with the Ultra Belles-an all-female swing band. They travel by Pullman on the luxurious Starlight from Los Angeles to Santa Cruz, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco. So what if the songwriter is Katy`s exboyfriend, and a notorious Casanova? So what if half the women are mad at the other half over politics, music, and sex? There are tensions and rivalries in every band. But that`s not the worst of it. Katy quickly discovers that somebody`s out for blood. Read more... |
| Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium: Second Thoughts: One Hun... by Mort Crim A collection of 100 essays reflecting celebrated broadcaster Mort Crim`s conclusions about life after 35 years of covering world events. His daily radio series, from which this recording is taken, cuts through the gloomy clouds created by media fascination with the bad, the bizarre and the ugly. Its messages are crisp, cogent daily reminders that hope is not only reasonable, but the only rational basis upon which to build a life or society. You will find inspiration in this thought-provoking audiotape and realize that each of us makes a difference in the world. Read more... |
| Business and Information: CD-only Bookstore (Entrepreneur Busin... by editor Rieva Lesonsky Read more... |
| Children`s Title: Lily`s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Elizabeth Mollahan--the Lily of Lily`s Crossing--lost her mom when she was little. Her father and a grandmother are her only family. Every summer the three of them flee sweaty New York City for a beach house in New York`s Rockaways. There`s no one else Lily`s age in Rockaway until Albert comes, a refugee from Hungary, a boy with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war: he`s been through things Lily can`t imagine. But when they join together to rescue and care for a kitten, they begin a special friendship. For Lily and Albert have their own secrets to share: They both have told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life.During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily`s frie... Read more... |
| Classics: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck When The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939, America, still recovering from the Great Depression, came face to face with itself in a startling, lyrical way. John Steinbeck gathered the country`s recent shames and devastations--the Hoovervilles, the desperate, dirty children, the dissolution of kin, the oppressive labor conditions--in the Joad family. Then he set them down on a westward-running road, local dialect and all, for the world to acknowledge. For this marvel of observation and perception, he won the Pulitzer in 1940. "John Steinbeck`s The Grapes of Wrath is a novel completely of it`s time-but that time is as much the concrete nineties as the dust bowl thirties. With language that echoes the poetry of the gospels and chara... Read more... |
| Educational/Training/Instructional: French in a Box (In a Box) by Donald S. Rivera All designed for quick and easy progress to real fluency in both speaking and comprehension of the French or Spanish language. Perfect for travelers, business people and anyone who wishes to communicate in French or Spanish. Read more... |
| Fiction Abridged: Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks The cover of Russell Banks`s mountain-sized novel Cloudsplitter features an actual photo of Owen Brown, the son of John Brown--the hero of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" whose terrorist band murdered proponents of slavery in Kansas and attacked Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 on what he considered direct orders from God, helping spark the Civil War. "A work of near biblical proportions...of the many writers working in the great tradition today, one of the best is Russell Banks." (New York Times Book Review) Read more... |
| Fiction Unabridged: A Widow for One Year: A Novel by John Irving John Irving`s A Widow For One Year is the epic story of a family, dysfunctional at best, unable to cope with tragedy--or with each other. The unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (The Cat Who Sang for the Birds, The Inner Sanctum, The Legacy) draws the listener in with a crisp, methodical vocal presentation. Guidall portrays each character with a convincingly distinct voice, accurately impersonating the characters` intonations and verbal habits. The interaction between characters is both conversational and believable.Richly comic as well as deeply disturbing, A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the... Read more... |
| Humor: The owls of North America (north of Mexico): All the spe... by Karl E Karalus Read more... |
| Inspirational/Spiritual: Still Me by Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve begins his heroic reading of Still Me with a special introduction, including this message: "Now, this audiobook allows me to communicate with you in a very personal way, second only to being in the same room." Personal indeed. Hearing Reeve tell his account of the near-fatal riding accident on Memorial Day 1995 is a life-altering experience. He seems to struggle through some of the more personal passages, and there`s always the slight hissing sound of the respirator, reminding you how difficult an undertaking this must have been. Shortly after the accident, he recalls waking up and thinking, "This can`t be my life, there`s been a mistake." But by the audiobook`s end, not only has he reclaimed his own life, but he`s... Read more... |
| Motivational: Sales Closing for Dummies by Tom Hopkins Without the close, there is no sale. Pretty obvious, right? Yet, for many salespeople, closing is the most baffling and elusive part of the selling process. All too often, salespeople meet qualified clients and charm them with an eloquent presentation, only to see the sale mysteriously slip from between their fingers in the end. Which is sad when you consider all the hard work – the prospecting, preparation, planning, and practice – done for the sake of a moment of truth that never arrives. Fortunately, closing is an art that can be mastered, and now Sales Closing For Dummies shows you how. Featuring Tom’s Hopkins’ trademark “Red Flag” key points and situation scripts, this fun, easy-to-un... Read more... |
| Multi Voiced Narration: The Essential King James Bible: Complet... by Dayton Duncan Having chronicled the Civil War and baseball, among other subjects, filmmaker Ken Burns collaborates with historian Dayton Duncan to craft this moving portrait of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-6. The story is one of individual triumph and tragedy, and its cast members--a slave, several women who save the expedition at key moments, and veterans of a bitterly fought revolution--represent the early Republic in microcosm. Packed with well-chosen illustrations, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a fine synthesis of what we know about Meriwether Lewis and William Clark today, knowledge that remains shrouded in a certain mystery. 4 cassettes / 4 hoursPlentiful excerpts from the journals kept by the two captain... Read more... |
| Multi Voiced Presentation: The Titanic Disaster Hearings by Faith D` Aluisio,Peter Menzel When Tom Kuntz, the "Word for Word" section editor of the New York Times, started researching a column on the Senate hearings about the Titanic disaster, he discovered that this supposedly public information was tough for the public to come by--it was stuck away in archives on cumbersome microfiche. The Times just hates anything that comes between people and information--just look at its historic efforts to publicize the government`s Vietnam policy in the recent book The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case. So Kuntz intelligently excerpted and published, for the first time ever, these transcripts, noting without fear or favor his own paper`s participation in the then-common prac... Read more... |
| Mystery and Fiction: The Third Man by Graham Greene The Third Man is one of the truly great post-war films, the Oscar winner starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. This complete novella is the original basis for that film. The story centers on a pulp-fiction writer who is searching for an old friend in post-World War II Vienna. When he discovers that his friend died under suspicious circumstances, he becomes inextricably involved in the mystery. Graham Greene, recognized as one of the most important writers of this century, brings the listener face to face with fundamental questions of morality and personal loyalty. Martin Jarvis truly demonstrates his vocal virtuosity as he captures Greene`s taut dialogue, minimalist characterizations, and international cast. 2 cassettes. Read more... |
| Narration by Author: Still Me by Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve begins his heroic reading of Still Me with a special introduction, including this message: "Now, this audiobook allows me to communicate with you in a very personal way, second only to being in the same room." Personal indeed. Hearing Reeve tell his account of the near-fatal riding accident on Memorial Day 1995 is a life-altering experience. He seems to struggle through some of the more personal passages, and there`s always the slight hissing sound of the respirator, reminding you how difficult an undertaking this must have been. Shortly after the accident, he recalls waking up and thinking, "This can`t be my life, there`s been a mistake." But by the audiobook`s end, not only has he reclaimed his own life, but he`s... Read more... |
| Non Fiction Abridged: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester When the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary put out a call during the late 19th century pleading for "men of letters" to provide help with their mammoth undertaking, hundreds of responses came forth. Some helpers, like Dr. W.C. Minor, provided literally thousands of entries to the editors. But Minor, an American expatriate in England and a Civil War veteran, was actually a certified lunatic who turned in his dictionary entries from the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Simon Winchester has produced a mesmerizing coda to the deeply troubled Minor`s life, a life that in one sense began with the senseless murder of an innocent British brewery worker that the deluded Minor believed was an assassin sent by one of his numerous "enem... Read more... |
| Non Fiction Unabridged: Full Circle by Michael Palin Michael Palin has certainly been busy since his days with Monty Python`s Flying Circus. In Full Circle, Palin and a film crew go on a year-long adventure visiting 18 countries along the Pacific Rim. The film was eventually made into a 10-part PBS series, to which this book serves as a companion. Not for nothing is this part of the world called the "Ring of Fire"; volcanoes punctuate the landscape, and Palin even climbs one still smoking from a recent eruption. But the difficult landscape is only one challenge in this at times hair-raising, at times hilarious, always fascinating journey around the world`s largest ocean. In the Philippines, Palin witnesses "psychic surgery": on the Urubamba River, Palin simultaneously clings for his li... Read more... |
| Original Work for Audio: Creepers: Haunted Cattle Drive by Darren Henley GETTING TO KNOW WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE is a fascinating and friendly original audio biography. More like a documentary than a book on tape, GETTING TO KNOW WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE sheds new light on the world`s most famous playwright by featuring world-renowned experts speaking in their own words, a variety of compelling musical selections, a dramatic film clip and discreet sound effects. You`ll discover how approachable and inspirational the Bard can be. (And why is he called the BARD anyway?) You`ve never heard anything like it on audio, and you`ll never think of Shakespeare the same way again. There has never been an easier, more entertaining way to experience the life and world of the word`s most popular author. Read more... |
| Original Work for Audio: You`re Not Alone: Conversations With B... by Edward Janus Read more... |
| Package Design: Cold Mountain by Philip Pullman This unabridged audio version of Cold Mountain, read by author Charles Frazier, deserves at least as much acclaim as the bestselling print edition, which won the National Book Award. The tale chronicles a Confederate army deserter`s search for home and love in the last days of the Civil War. Read more... |
| Personal Development: The Energy of Money by Maria Nemeth The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment, by Maria Nemeth, Ph.D., outlines a distinctly unique approach to one of the most dominant yet forbidden topics in modern society: money, and how we deal with it. A clinical psychologist who once lost $35,000 in a fraudulent investment scheme, Nemeth learned from that ordeal (and similar experiences of friends and associates) how most of us develop relationships with money, and the ways in which we subsequently can bring these in line with our actual dreams and realities. She initially used this knowledge to start a workshop called You and Money, which eventually attracted more than 4,500 participants and led to the development of concepts now delineated in ... Read more... |
| Poetry: A Night Without Armor by Jewel Jewel Kilcher was the first to admit that this book of 100 or so of her poems would not have been published if her dazzling debut album, Pieces of You, hadn`t sold 10 million copies. And granted, Jewel is not going to replace Deborah Garrison`s A Working Girl Can`t Win on anybody`s hit parade of serious poets who write for regular people. is a talented artist`s intimate portrait of what makes us uniquely human. Read more... |
| Solo Narration Female: Charles Dickens Classics: A Tale of Two ... by Charles Dickens Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman studying law in Vienna when the Gestapo forced Edith and her mother into a ghetto, issuing them papers branded with a "J." Soon, Edith was taken away to a labor camp, and though she convinced Nazi officials to spare her mother, when she returned home, her mother had been deported. Knowing she would become a hunted woman, Edith tore the yellow star from her clothing and went underground, scavenging for food and searching each night for a safe place to sleep. Her boyfriend, Pepi, proved too terrified to help her, but a Christian friend was not: With the woman`s identity papers in hand, Edith fled to Munich. There she met Werner Vetter, a Nazi party member who fell in love with her. And despite her prote... Read more... |
| Solo Narration Male: City of Darkness by Ben Bova He`s passed his college entrance exams with flying colors. He can do pretty much whatever he wants. But what teenager Ron Morgan wants most is for his father to quit telling him what to do. Quit running his life. What better way to unwind than having a last blowout on Labor Day in the domed playground of Fun City: Manhattan.Inside the dome, however, Ron loses his wallet and identity card. Worse, he`s trapped when the dome closes for the season. There`s no way out. Gangs roam the street. Food is scarce. Ron is on his own.All Ron wanted was some fun. He`ll be lucky to escape New York alive...... Read more... |
| Theatrical Performance: The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard Are aging Miss Helen`s bizarre sculptures, fashioned from beer cans and old headlights, evidence of artistry or insanity? South Africa`s preeminent playwright Athol Fugard explores the backwaters of human creativity in this inquiry into the transformative power of art. Read more... |