Read With Your Ears
The frustration of many readers is to have an ever growing list of books to read and no time to read them. Celebrate audio appreciation month by multitasking during a workout, on the commute to work or school, or while working around the house by listening to audiobooks. These titles and more can be found at any of the Springfield-Greene County Libraries or by searching the catalog.
The Girl on the Train (Sound Recording)
By Paula Hawkins
A psychological thriller about a woman who becomes emotionally entangled in a murder investigation because of something she witnesses on her daily commute.
Killing Patton (Sound Recording)
By Bill O'Reilly
General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident, and may very well have been an act of assassination. The audio book looks at the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.
Go Set A Watchman (Sound Recording)
By Harper Lee
Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Jean Louise Finch--Scout--returns home to Maycomb to visit her father. She struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.
Beyond the Call (Sound Recording)
By Lee Trimble
A son tells the story of his his bomber pilot father's secretive, crucial role in saving Allied POWs liberated by the Russians but abandoned without aid.
Natchez Burning (Sound Recording)
By Greg Iles
Growing up in the rural southern hamlet of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned everything he knows about honor and duty from his father, Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor and pillar of the community is accused of murdering Viola Turner, the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early 1960s. A fighter who has always stood for justice, Penn is determined to save his father, even though Tom, stubbornly evoking doctor-patient privilege, refuses to speak up.
Big Little Lies (Sound Recording)
By Liane Moriarty
Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one.
A Perfect Life (Sound Recording)
By Danielle Steel
A mother and daughter confront respective challenges, cope with celebrity and work through tragedy while maintaining an idyllic facade to the outside world.
The Astronaut Wives Club (Sound Recording)
By Lily Koppel
As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused onthe brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty.
The Other Son (Sound Recording)
By Alexander Soderberg
The exciting follow-up to The Andalucian Friend, a breakneck thriller that follows Sophie Brinkmann as she faces theconsequences of joining Hector Guzman's crime empire.
The award-winning radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through intimate first-person accounts of Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with him, and against him.
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