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Roots begins with a birth in an African village in 1750 and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas.

Ellery Queen is persuaded to accompany an old friend and sculptor to his ancestral home when the latter arrives at Ellery's house covered in blood and unable to remember anything from the past few

Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost whose population is shrinking every day.

Alvin Townley takes listeners back to the Vietnam War to tell the story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous

Tells the story of two extraordinary young women: Esther, a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to commit unspeakable acts, and Jane, an American journalist traveling

This epic historical novel tells the story of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of Russia.

Trapped in the festering sore of a major American ghetto, a young man and his girlfriend--both attractive, talented, and full of promise--are inexorably pulled into the living death of the hardcore

From the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents,

After finding a wolf with a price on its head caught in his traps, Dave Reagan rescues the animal with the hopes of earning some much-needed respect.

Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive the savage journey full of killer animals, monstrous mutants, and fiery winged beasts?

Darren Shan is going home, back to where it all started. But like Darren, the town has changed a lot over the years. Old enemies await. Scores must be settled.

This volume chronicles the history of Roman civilization and of Christianity. Listeners will learn about the Etruscan civilization, the rise of Christianity, and more.

Wren is in the last place she ever wanted to be: back inside the dome, a prisoner of her father, the Master General Enforcer.

Tells of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family.

Dead if he loses--damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, Steve Leopard, and fight for control of the night. One of them will die.