History / United States / 20th Century (HIS036060) Unabridged • Book #agi5 10½ hours • 9 CDs • 1 MP3 CD ISBN-13: Library CD 978-1-5047-1695-6, $59.99 MP3 CD 978-1-5047-3079-2, $39.99 Retail CD 978-1-5047-1696-3, $39.99 Publishing Background: Ecco Book ISBN: 9780062242754 Retail per Carton: 52 CDs, 50 MP3 CDs Retail Ship Date: 4/5/16
The Network The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age By Scott Woolley Reader to be announced This is the origin story of the airwaves, as told through the forty-year friendship of entrepreneurial industrialist David Sarnoff and the brilliant inventor Edwin Armstrong, credited as the developer of the first amplifier, the modern radio transmitter, and FM radio.
“Highly accessible…[An] entertaining account of historical politics and profit in the age of mass communication.”
(MAY NOT BE FINAL ART)
SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE APRIL 26, 2016
—Library Journal
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic (JUV037000) Unabridged • Book #bsl4 17 hours • 14 CDs • 2 MP3 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD 978-1-5046-9714-9, $79.99 MP3 CD 978-1-5047-3113-3, $55.99 Retail CD 978-1-5046-9715-6, $55.99 Publishing Background: Harper Perennial Book ISBN: 9780786808779 Retail per Carton: 36 CDs, 50 MP3 CDs Retail Ship Date: 3/22/16
Summerland A Novel By Michael Chabon Reader to be announced For over a century, the people of Clam Island, Washington, have enjoyed barbecues and baseball games at Summerland, where it never rains. The small beings who ensure this perfect weather, however, are threatened by an ancient enemy and need a hero—a baseball star, in fact.
“Only a grump would not give over to the wonder of Chabon’s otherworlds.”
(MAY NOT BE FINAL ART)
APRIL 12, 2016
—Entertainment Weekly
“Chabon hits a high-flying home run.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Fiction / African American / Historical (FIC049040) Unabridged • Book #bsl3 10 hours • 8 CDs • 1 MP3 CD ISBN-13: Library CD 978-1-5046-9712-5, $59.99 MP3 CD 978-1-5047-3076-1, $39.99 Retail CD 978-1-5046-9713-2, $39.99 Publishing Background: HarperCollins Book ISBN: 9780062126962 Retail per Carton: 52 CDs, 50 MP3 CDs Retail Ship Date: 3/22/16
Lazaretto A Novel By Diane McKinney-Whetstone Read by Adenrele Ojo The Lazaretto quarantine hospital’s black live-in staff forge a strong social community, and when one of them receives permission to get married on the island, the mood is one of celebration. But drama ensues when a man fires a shot at the boat carrying the couple’s friends and family.
“Even the air is palpable in Tumbling…The story moves forth on the power of Ms. Mckinney-Whetstone’s characters.”
(MAY NOT BE FINAL ART)
SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE APRIL 12, 2016
—New York Times Book Review 26
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