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"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa,” along with her mother and father; twin baby brothers, Double and Trouble; aunties, uncles, and grandparents. Ade-Salu adds authenticity to both the modern and traditional aspects of life in the family compound. Read the full AudioFile review.

Tropper gives us Drew Silver, another delightfully dysfunctional hero. Narrator John Shea slips so naturally into Silver's persona that any sense of listening to a performance is immediately dispelled. Read the full AudioFile review.

Drothe is a “nose,” an information gatherer, for the criminal masterminds who run the city.Kirby Heyborne seems to have taken his inspiration from 1930s gangster movies. Read the full AudioFile review.

An amazing saga of one woman, her tortuous trials and seemingly endless tribulations, and the resiliency with which she faces life. The three narrators infuse every ounce of life possible into the enormous cast of characters. Read the full AudioFile review.

This exquisite short story collection explores one beautiful, haunting revelation of the soul after another along with the marvels of nature. Bergman's heartrending tenderness can be heard in every syllable of Cassandra Campbell's sensitive performance. Read the full AudioFile review.

During the Blitz of WWII, the wealthy Lockwood family take in an evacuee. Twelve-year-old Cecily chooses May Bright to join them. Narrator Jennifer Vuletic is sublime; the two girls are vastly different, and hearing their voices adds tremendously to listener interest. Read the full AudioFile review.

Fred Sullivan instantly creates an emotionally engaging connection with the listener in this eye-opening and affectionate biography of Charlie Chaplin for children. Read the full AudioFile review.

A riveting, well-written overview of where health care is going. Dick Hill creates an appealing performance that conveys wonder and curiosity about this cutting-edge summary of how digital technology will change health care. Read the full AudioFile review.

When people talk about the United States being a land of opportunity where anyone with enough talent and gumption can achieve his or her goals, they are talking about someone exactly like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Read beautifully by the elegant, captivating Rita Moreno --this masterstroke of casting makes this book a towering listening experience.  Read the full AudioFile review.

Wood, a regular contributor to THE NEW YORKER, offers a mixed collection of essays and reviews. Vance finds in Wood’s eclectic and associative style a natural flow of ideas, references, and fresh insights. Read the full AudioFile review.

The door between the human and faery worlds has been closed since the end of the Smiling War in Victorian England. A thrilling tale of mystery and suspense, captured by the deft narration of Peter Altschuler. Read the full AudioFile review.

Listeners are richly entertained and enlightened on whatever fascinating subject Greenwood chooses as the springboard for each of her Phryne Fisher mysteries. Narrator Stephanie Daniel is outstanding in delivering the story’s varied cast. Read the full AudioFile review.

In a spellbinding drama despair, joy, and the rich plotlines of a Dickensian novel unfolds for young listeners. Porter, with her seasoned talent and gentle British accent brings alive a witch with a powerful orb and a magician with a penchant for puppetry and pickpocketing. Read the full AudioFile review.

In this beautiful, heart-wrenching memoir, narrated with sensitivity and tenderness by Mark Bramhall, Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and much-honored author, wonders whether he’s lived up to his covenant with God, whether he’s done enough with the precious gift of life. Read the full AudioFile review.

Edie Kiglatuk, a half-Inuit and half-Caucasian guide, finds the body of a baby in the forest. Kate Reading treats the numerous colorful characters in this story with smooth perfection and moves easily between genders, ages, ethnicities, and idiosyncrasies. Read the full AudioFile review.