Community Outreach

False Colours by Georgette Heyer. 

Something is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher "Kit" Fancot can sense it.  Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother's debts have mounted alarmingly.  The Fancot family's fortunes are riding on Evelyn's marriage to the self-possessed Cressy Stavely, and her formidable grandmother's approval of the match.  When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades Kit to impersonate his twin, the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events.

Escape from Fire River by Ralph Cotton.

Lawrence Shaw is known as the fastest gun alive.  But after he guns down thieves and recovers a fortune in stolen gold at Fire River, being the fastest may not be enough.  Garris "the Cat" Cantro and his Border Dogs are more than thieves.  They're an army of remnants of the Confederacy who will fight, steal, and kill to the last man.  And with so much gold to be had, they'll spill the blood of anyone who stands against them.  That's why Shaw is going to make his stand right now.

What the Heart Wants: An Angel Ridge Novel, Book 3 by Deborah Grace Staley.

With a nickname like "Candi Heart" and a plan to open a frilly lingerie and perfume shop, Lark Hensley knows she may raise some eyebrows by moving to quiet little Angel Ridge, Tennessee.  She hopes no one remembers that the women in her family were once accused of being seductive witches by townsfolk, and that decades ago her moonshiner grandpas committed a deadly crime.  Lark has questions she can't answer and secrets she doesn't want to share, especially with Angel Ridge Sheriff Grady Wallace, even if Grady is hard to resist.

Facebook and Twitter for Seniors for Dummies by Marsha Collier.

So you've decided to find out why all the world seems to be into social networking?  That's great!  Let this book be your guide to setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts, catching up with old firends and making new ones, communicating with the grandkids, avoiding shady characters, foiling identity thieves, and maximizing your online experience!

Jeannie Out of the Bottle by Barbara Eden with Wendy Leigh. Read by Barbara Eden.  Unabridged.

Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful blond star, Barbara Eden.  Part pristine Hollywood princess and part classic bombshell, Barbara finally lets Jeannie out of her bottle to tell her whole story.

I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark. Read by Jan Maxwell with an afterword read by the author.

Who has not read about, or experienced, with a sinking feeling the fear that someone else out there may be using your credit cards, accessing your bank account, even stealing your identity.  In I'll Walk Alone, Alexandra "Zan" Moreland, a gifted, beautiful interior designer on the threshold of a successful Manhattan career, is terrified to discover that somebody is not only using her credit cards and manipulating her financial accounts to bankrupt her and destroy her reputation, but may also be impersonating her in a scheme that could involve the much more brutal crimes of kidnapping and murder.

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett. Read by Judith Brackley.

Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country.  Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for the love of books.  Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him.  Sanders, a lifelone rare book collector and dealer turned amateur detective, will stop at nothing to catch the thief plaguing his trade. In following both of these eccentric characters, journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett plunged deep into a world of fanatical book lust and ultimately found herself caught between the many people interested in finding Gilkey's stolen treasure and the man who wanted to keep it hidden:  the thief himself.

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong. Read by the Author. Unabridged.

One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world now gives us an impassioned and practical audiobook that can help us make the world a more compassionate place. Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion.  Here, in this straightforward, thoughtful, and thought-provoking audiobook, she sets out a program that can lead us toward a more compassionate life.  Throughout, Armstrong makes clear that a compassionate life is not a matter of only heart or mind but a deliberate and often life-altering comingling of the two.