Into the Wild

Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Philip Franklin

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $19.99

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his... Read more >

A Walk in the Woods

Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 1998
Price: $29.95

"Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path that vanished into a wood on the edge of town."

So begins Bill Bryson's hilarious book A Walk in the Woods.  Following his return to America after twenty years in Britain, Bryson decided... Read more >

Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $50.00

Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long... Read more >

Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by Jon Krakauer
Read by Jon Krakauer

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $29.95

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide... Read more >

In a Sunburned Country

Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 6, 2000
Price: $49.95

Read by the author
Nine CDs, 10 hours

Just in time for the 2000 Olympics-the bestselling quthor of A Walk in the Woods takes listeners on a truly outrageous tour Down Under.

Compared to his Australian excursions, Bill Bryson had it easy on the Appalachian Trail.  Nonetheless, Bryson has on several occasions embarked on seemingly... Read more >

Simple Courage
A True Story of Peril on the Sea
Written by Frank Delaney
Read by Frank Delaney

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 27, 2006
Price: $29.95

“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.”
–old folk prayer

In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious storm. Force 12... Read more >

Under the Tuscan Sun

Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $14.99

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.



Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >

Notes from a Small Island

Written by Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 4, 1998
Price: $29.95

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain--which is to say, all of it.  Every last bit of it, good and bad--old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to me when I conk them with... Read more >

A Year in the World
Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $29.95

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places.

A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—a celebration of the allure of... Read more >

Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields
Discovering America's Hallowed Ground (selections)
Written by Jeff Shaara
Read by Robertson Dean

Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $29.95

TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY

Jeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Chickamauga, the Wilderness/Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg/Appomattox. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the... Read more >