Of Fire and Night; Anderson, Kevin (Science Fiction)

Scattered Suns; Anderson, Kevin (Science Fiction)

Too Good To Be True; Arvedlund, Erin (Nonfiction 364.163092)

True Blue; Baldacci, David (Fiction)

Breaking the Rules; Bradford, Barbara Taylor (Fiction)

Nine Dragons; Connelly, Michael (Mystery)

Love the One You're With; Giffin, Emily (Fiction)

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures; Gladwell, Malcolm (Nonfiction 814.6)

Spire; Patterson, Richard North (Fiction)

Eclipse; Patterson, Richard North (Fiction)

Lucky Break; Phillips, Carly (Fiction)

Angel Time; Rice, Anne (Fiction)

Southern Lights; Steel, Danielle (Fiction)

Christmas Secret; VanLiere, Donna (Fiction)

Below is a list of new Playaways we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the Playaway.

More Favorite Stories of Christmas Past (Nonfiction 394.2663)

Christmas Blizzard; Keillor, Garrison (Fiction)

Perfect Christmas; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

Angels at Christmas; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

Razor Sharp; Michaels, Fern (Fiction)

Picture Perfect; Picoult, Jodi (Fiction)

Perfect Poison; Quick, Amanda (Fiction)

Angels Fall; Roberts, Nora (Fiction)

Southern Lights; Steel, Danielle (Fiction)

Lakeshore Christmas; Wiggs, Susan (Fiction)

Scarpetta Factor; Cornwell, Patricia (Mystery)

Plum Pudding Murder; Fluke, Joanne (Mystery)

Pursuit of Honor; Flynn, Vince (Fiction)

Juliet, Naked; Hornby, Nick (Fiction)

Blood Game; Johansen, Iris (Fiction)

Stardust; Kanon, Joseph (Fiction)

Bed of Roses; Roberts, Nora (Fiction)

Rough Country; Sandford, John (Mystery)

Look at the Birdie; Vonnegut, Kurt (Fiction)

Half Broke Horses; Walls, Jeannette (Fiction)

CarTalk: Tales of the Brothers Grime; (Nonfiction 629.222)

Await Your Reply; Chaon, Dan (Fiction)

Reinventing the Body Resurrecting the Soul; Chopra, Deepak (Nonfiction 158.1)

White Queen; Gregory, Philippa (Fiction)

Evidence; Kellerman, Jonathan (Mystery)

Traveling with Pomegranates; Kidd, Sue Monk (Nonfiction 813.6)

Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich; Kiyosaki, Robert (Nonfiction 332.02401)

How to Raise the Perfect Dog; Millan, Cesar (Nonfiction 636.70887)

Her Fearful Symmetry; Niffenegger, Audrey (Fiction)

Winter Turns to Spring; Palmer, Catherine (Fiction)

Professional; Parker, Robert B. (Mystery)

Change in Altitude; Shreve, Anita (Fiction)

Sound of Sleigh Bells; Woodsmall, Cindy (Fiction)

Below is a list of new Playaways we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the Playaway.

Home Before Dark; Wiggs, Susan (Fiction)

Have a Little Faith; Albom, Mitch (Nonfiction 212)

Evil at Heart; Cain, Chelsea (Fiction)

Murder at the Vicarage; Christie, Agatha (Mystery)

Magicians; Grossman, Lev (Science Fiction)

True Compass; Kennedy, Edward (Nonfiction B K383t)

In the President's Secret Service; Kessler, Ronald (Nonfiction 362.28)

Dexter by Design; Lindsay, Jeff (Fiction)

Lost Art of Gratitude; McCall Smith, Alexander (Mystery)

Gate at the Stairs; Moore, Lorrie (Fiction)

Murder of King Tut; Patterson, James (Nonfiction 932.014)

Sarah's Key; Rosnay, Tatiana de (Fiction)

Last Song; Sparks, Nicholas (Fiction)

Capture; Tanenbaum, Robert K. (Mystery)

Hothouse Orchid; Woods, Stuart (Mystery)

Below is a list of new Playaways we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the Playaway.

Cedar Cove Christmas; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

Scoop; Michaels, Fern (Fiction)

Below is a list of new books on CD we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the book on CD.

Glenn Beck's Common Sense; Beck, Glenn (Nonfiction 973.3)

Five Little Pigs; Christie, Agatha (Mystery)

Murder of Quality; LeCarre, John (Mystery)

50 Harbor Street; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

92 Pacific Boulevard; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

Art of Talking to Anyone; Maggio, Rosalie (Nonfiction 302.2)

Ceremony in Death; Robb, J. D.  (Mystery)

Conversation on Trust; Covey, Stephen (Nonfiction 174.4)

Deep Black: Arctic Gold; Coonts, Stephen (Fiction)

Defector; Silva, Daniel (Fiction)

Nick Adams Stories; Hemingway, Ernest (Fiction)

Paid Companion; Quick, Amanda (Fiction)

Rich Woman; Kiyosaki, Kim (Nonfiction 332.0240082)

Riding the Bullet; King, Stephen (Fiction)

Six Sigma Way; Pande, Peter (Nonfiction 658.562)

Sizzle and Burn; Krentz, Jayne Ann (Fiction)

Surrender; Quick, Amanda (Fiction)

Undaunted Courage; Ambrose, Stephen (Nonfiction 978)

White House Connection; Higgins, Jack (Fiction)

Below is a list of new books on CD we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the book on CD.

13 1/2; Barr, Nevada (Mystery)

Traveling with Pomegranates; Kidd, Sue Monk (Nonfiction 813.6)

Where Men Win Glory; Krakauer, Jon (Nonfiction 796.332092)

Missing Mark; Kramer, Julie (Fiction)

Perfect Christmas; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

No Time to Wave Goodbye; Mitchard, Jacquelyn (Fiction)

Golden City; Twelve Hawks, John (Fiction)

Lakeshore Christmas; Wiggs, Susan (Fiction)

In the Kitchen; Ali, Monica (Fiction)

Embers; Bass, Hyatt (Fiction)

Rain Gods; Burke, James Lee (Mystery)

Practicing Catholic; Carroll, James (Nonfiction 282.092)

Intervention; Cook, Robin (Fiction)

Spartan Gold; Cussler, Clive (Fiction)

Zeitoun; Eggers, Dave (Nonfiction 976.335)

Law of Nines; Goodkind, Terry (Fiction)

Shakespeare's Landlord; Harris, Charlaine (Mystery)

Castaways; Hilderbrand, Elin (Fiction)

Chosen to Die; Jackson, Lisa (Fiction)

Transformational Speaking; Larsen, Gail (Nonfiction 808.51)

Challenge for Africa; Maathi, Wangari (Nonfiction 320.6096)

Sand Sharks; Maron, Margaret (Mystery)

Incredible Shrinking Man; Matheson, Richard (Fiction)

Razor Sharp; Michaels, Fern (Fiction)

While I'm Falling; Moriarty, Laura (Fiction)

Mist; Neggers, Carla (Fiction)

Picture Perfect; Picoult, Jodi (Fiction)

Inherent Vice; Pynchon, Thomas (Fiction)

Crying Tree; Rakha, Naseem (Fiction)

206 Bones; Reichs, Kathy (Mystery)

Wagons West Independence!; Ross, Dana Fuller (Western)

Taking Woodstock; Tiber, Elliot (Nonfiction 781.66079)

Promised World; Tucker, Lisa (Fiction)

Best Friends Forever; Weiner, Jennifer (Fiction)

In the late 1990s, Bernadette Dunne was among a group of actors in the Washington, D.C., area who were introduced to audiobooks and trained by the inimitable Flo Gibson, who, as longtime listeners recall, started her own audio publishing company to record and preserve literary classics. At the beginning of her audio career, "a new world would open up with each new book," Bernadette told us from her New York City home. The narration of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden was one of Bernadette's early successes, and her recording of A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith is a sentimental favorite. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, also an Earphones winner, signals her versatility.

"The potluck of being an audiobook reader is great, you never know what's coming next," Bernadette Dunne told us. She's just finished tackling some demanding nonfiction by Ayn Rand and earlier this year completed Joyce Carol Oates's THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER. Her compassionate handling of Elizabeth Edwards's memoir SAVING GRACES adds another biography to her successes. Given this variety, it's not surprising that her audiography of more than a hundred books has a wonderfully eclectic quality. Bernadette has received numerous Earphones Awards and two Audies nominations.

After 10 years of audiobook narration, Bernadette thinks her assignments just seem to get better and better. She originally worked as part of the narrator cadre in Washington, DC, and notes the rigorous approach to audiobooks she learned from Flo Gibson and the inspiration she got from Kate Fleming's passion for audio. In 2001, Bernadette moved to New York and was able to expand her audio publisher contacts.

When Bernadette talks about her recent audiobooks, it's clear that she cares about the underlying philosophy and approach of each author--whether in fiction or nonfiction. She notes that genre fiction--mysteries, thrillers, and romance--can be approached simply, with some emotional tone and a sense of structure of where the author is taking the sentences, and she tends to take a subtle approach to character portraits. "I'm more apt to use a hint or subtle shading than a broad stroke." A project such as Kim Edwards's stories in THE SECRETS OF A FIRE KING is a challenge with its dense sentences and intricacy in the writing. Bernadette's success with the work clearly brings the story alive for listeners. She does the same with Oates's THE GRAVEDIGGER'S DAUGHTER. "The characters were so real to me," Bernadette says. "I wanted to stay with them." Listeners feel the same. --2007 Narrator Yearbook

To find Bernadette Dunne's recordings, do an author search (dunne, bernadette) or check out the display on the Adult Services desk.

Below is a list of new books on CD we received this past week. To place a hold on a title, click on the title and you will be taken directly to the record in the catalog. You will need to select the library, where you would like to pick up the book on CD.

Otherwise Engaged; Brockmann, Suzanne (Fiction)

South of Broad; Conroy, Pat (Fiction)

Tough Cookie; Davidson, Diane Mott (Mystery)

Last Suppers; Davidson, Diane Mott (Mystery)

Killer Pancake; Davidson, Diane Mott (Mystery)

Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss; Denning, Troy (Science Fiction)

Vanished; Finder, Joseph (Fiction)

Winds of Dune; Herbert, Brian (Science Fiction)

Burnt House; Kellerman, Faye (Mystery)

Big Little Life; Koontz, Dean (Nonfiction 336.7002)

Dressed for Death; Leon, Donna (Mystery)

Bourne Sanction; Ludlum, Robert (Fiction)

Alex Cross's Trial; Patterson, James (Mystery)

Demon Awakens: Parts 1-3; Salvatore, R. A.  (Science Fiction)

Night Crew; Sandford, John (Mystery)

Hope of Refuge; Woodsmall, Cincy (Fiction)

Resurrecting Midnight; Dickey, Eric Jerome (Fiction)

Now Habit; Fiore, Neil (Nonfiction 155.232)

Club Dead; Harris, Charlaine (Mystery)

Dead to the World; Harris, Charlaine (Mystery)

Living Dead in Dallas; Harris, Charlaine (Mystery)

Dead Until Dark; Harris, Charlaine (Mystery)

Peaks and Valleys; Johnson, Spencer (Nonfiction 650.1)

Blindman's Bluff; Kellerman, Faye (Mystery)

Dead and Alive; Koontz, Dean (Fiction)

Becoming Enlightened; Lama, Dalai (Nonfiction 294.3923)

Spare Change; Parker, Robert (Mystery)

Attractor Factor; Vitale, Joe (Nonfiction 158)

Resurre

Ultimate French; (Nonfiction 448)

Fear the Worst; Barclay, Linwood (Mystery)

Mountain Fugitive; Brand, Max (Western)

Riders of Silences; Brand, Max (Western)

Bells of San Filipo; Brand, Max (Western)

Traffickers; Griffin, W. E. B (Fiction)

Leader's Way; Lama, Dalai (Nonfiction 658.4092)

Scoop; Michaels, Fern (Fiction)

Starburst; Pilcher, Robin (Fiction)

Deep Blue Sea for Beginners; Rice, Luanne (Fiction)

Chi Running; Dreyer, Danny (Nonfiction 796.42)

25 Things to Say to the Interviewer, to Get the Job You Want; Hawk, Dexter (Nonfiction 650.144)

Twenties Girl; Kinsella, Sophie  (Fiction)

Girl Who Played With Fire; Larsson, Stieg (Mystery)

92 Pacific Boulevard; Macomber, Debbie (Fiction)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies; Patterson, James (Science Fiction)

Rules of Vengeance; Reich, Christopher (Fiction)

That Old Cape Magic; Russo, Richard (Fiction)

One Fifth Avenue; Bushnell, Candace (Fiction)

Return to Sullivan's Island; Frank, Dorothea Benton (Fiction)

Physick Book of Deliverance Dane; Howe, Katherine (Fiction)

Fire and Ice; Jance, J. A. (Mystery)

Desperation; King, Stephen (Fiction)

Guardian of Lies; Martini, Steve (Fiction)

Any Minute; Meyer, Joyce (Fiction)

Closing Time; Queenan, Joe (Nonfiction 974.811)

When God Winks; Rushnell, Squire (Nonfiction 123.3)

Rooftops of Tehran; Seraji, Mahbod (Fiction)

Horse Soldiers; Stanton, Doug (Nonfiction 958.1047)

Apostle; Thor, Brad (Fiction)

Yankee Years; Torre, Joe (Nonfiction 796.357)

By Heresies Distressed; Weber, David (Science Fiction)

Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, Wells, Rebecca (Fiction)