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  melmac77 on 30/05/2013 - 23:31

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  Rest of Schedule

  June 6 – June 12, 2013
  The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood, read by Katherine Kellgren
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, read by Wanda McCaddon

  June 13 – June 19, 2013
  The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, read by Will Patton
  Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya, read by Robert Ramirez – Geo Blocked

  June 20 – June 26, 2013
  Once by Morris Gleitzman, read by Morris Gleitzman
  Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr., read by Dion Graham

  June 27 – July 3, 2013
  Rotters by Daniel Kraus, read by Kirby Heyborne – Geo Blocked
  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, read by Jim Weiss

  July 4 – July 10, 2013
  Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford, read by Nick Podehl
  She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, read by a Full Cast

  July 11 – July 17, 2013
  The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann, read by Peter Altschuler
  Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, read by Simon Vance

  July 18 – July 24, 2013
  Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, read by Erin Moon – Geo Blocked
  Hamlet by William Shakespeare, read by a Full Cast

  July 25 – July 31, 2013
  The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen, read by Charlie McWade
  The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, read by Steve West

  Aug 1 – Aug 7, 2013
  Death Cloud by Andrew Lane, read by Dan Weyman – Geo Blocked
  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Ralph Cosham

  Aug 8 – Aug 14, 2013
  Enchanted by Alethea Kontis, read by Katherine Kellgren
  Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, read by Miriam Margolyes

  Aug 15 – Aug 21, 2013
  Sold by Patricia McCormick, read by Justine Eyre
  Let Me Stand Alone by Rachel Corrie, read by Tavia Gilbert

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  comphelp on 30/05/2013 - 23:37

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  Thanks for the reminder. There's some good books in that collection.

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  Chris McMahon on 31/05/2013 - 00:27

  Thanks.

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  firedragon on 02/06/2013 - 21:07

  Thanks OP!

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  melmac77 on 06/06/2013 - 23:05

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  This weeks books are now available for download

  The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood Read by Katherine Kellgren

  Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels.
  Luckily, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess. Only fifteen years old and a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, Penelope embraces the challenge of her new position. Though she is eager to instruct the children in Latin verbs and the proper use of globes, first she must help them overcome their canine tendencies.
  But mysteries abound at Ashton Place: Who are these three wild creatures, and how did they come to live in the vast forests of the estate? Why does Old Timothy, the coachman, lurk around every corner? Will Penelope be able to teach the Incorrigibles table manners and socially useful phrases in time for Lady Constance’s holiday ball? And what on earth is a schottische?
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  Jane Eyre By Charlotte Brontë Read by Wanda McCaddon

  This classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. It is a story of passionate love, travail, and final triumph.
  Orphaned at an early age, Jane Eyre leads a lonely life until she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets the mysterious Mr. Rochester and sees a ghostly woman who roams the halls by night. The relationship between the heroine and Mr. Rochester is only one episode, albeit the most important, in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art. In this work, the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance but possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit, and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer, and the rigid social order that circumscribes her life and position.

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  melmac77 on 13/06/2013 - 23:20

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  This weeks books are up
  The Raven Boys By Maggie Stiefvater read by Will Patton

  It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
  Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
  His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
  But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.
  For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

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  Bless Me, Ultima By Rudolfo Anaya Read by Robert Ramirez - Note GEO BLOCKED vpn required

  With hundreds of thousands of copies in print, Bless Me, Ultima has been called the most widely read Mexican-American novel in the English language. Richly evocative, it has earned its place among the classics of modern literature, even drawing favorable comparisons to Herman Melville’s legendary Moby Dick. As Tony follows his own path toward adulthood, he relies on the wisdom of Ultima—a magical healer—to forge his unique identity.

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  melmac77 on 21/06/2013 - 00:16

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  This weeks books are now available
  Once By Morris Gleitzman Read by Morris Gleitzman
  Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2006 Audie Award Finalist

  Felix lives in a convent orphanage in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home.The journey to find his parents is a long and difficult one, as Poland is occupied by the Nazis and a dangerous place for a Jewish boy. Felix manages to live and look after himself and another orphan, Zelda, with the help of a kind dentist, Barney, who is hiding and looking after a number of Jewish children. When the Nazis discover them, Barney makes the ultimate sacrifice for the children – electing to go with them on the train to the death camps, rather than taking the option of freedom offered by a Nazi soldier, one of his grateful patients.

  Letter from Birmingham Jail By Martin Luther King, Jr. Read by Dion Graham

  April 16th. The year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama has had a spring of non-violent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The organizers longed to create a non-violent tension so severe that the powers that be would be forced to address the rampant racism head on. Recently arrested was Martin Luther King, Jr.. It is there in that jail cell that he writes this letter; on the margins of a newspaper he pens this defense of non-violence against segregation. His accusers, though many, in this case were not the white racist leaders or retailers he protested against, but 8 black men who saw him as “other” and as too extreme. To them and to the world he defended the notion that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.

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  melmac77 on 28/06/2013 - 00:13

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  This weeks books are up
  Rotters By Daniel Kraus Read by Kirby Heyborne Geo Blocked VPN required

  Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living in Chicago with his single mom. For the most part, Joey's life is about playing the trumpet and avoiding the daily humiliations of high school.

  Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilarating.

  Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality

  Frankenstein By Mary Shelley Read by Jim Weiss

  Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of producing life, and so, by putting together parts of various corpses, he creates the Frankenstein monster. The monster is huge and disformed, but he means no harm to anyone–until constant ill treatment drives him to murder and revenge. This easy-to-read version of Mary Shelley’s long-standing masterpiece easily captures the sadness and horror of the original.

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  Chris McMahon on 05/07/2013 - 04:18

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  The next two books are out:

  Carter Finally Gets It
  By Brent Crawford
  Read by Nick Podehl

  Meet Will Carter, but feel free to call him Carter. (Yes, he knows it’s a lazy nickname, but he didn’t have much say in the matter.) Here are five things you should know about him:

1. He has a stuttering problem, particularly around boobs and belly buttons.
2. He battles Attention Deficit Disorder every minute of every day…unless he gets distracted.
3. He’s a virgin, mostly because he’s no good at talking to girls (see number 1).
4. He’s about to start high school.
5. He’s totally not ready.

Join Carter for his freshman year, where he’ll search for sex, love, and acceptance anywhere he can find it. In the process, he’ll almost kill a trombone player, face off with his greatest nemesis, suffer a lot of blood loss, narrowly escape death, run from the cops (not once, but twice), get caught up in a messy love triangle, meet his match in the form of a curvy drill teamer, and surprise the hell out of everyone, including himself.

  She Stoops to Conquer
  By Oliver Goldsmith
  Performed by Rosalind Ayres, Adam Godley, Julian Holloway, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Paula Jane Newman, Ian Ogilvy, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Wolf

  Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Try this one on for laughs. Two randy young gents, Charles and George, set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it s the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she seems? Bawdy high-jinx, popped pretensions, and good dirty fun are the hallmarks of this romping frolic that s kept audiences laughing for over two centuries.

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  melmac77 on 05/07/2013 - 11:08

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  Ahah you beat me this week :)

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  Chris McMahon on 12/07/2013 - 04:08

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  The next two books are out:

  The Peculiar
  By Stefan Bachmann
  Read by Peter Altschuler

  Don’t get yourself noticed and you won’t get yourself hanged.

  In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings—Peculiars—and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them.

  One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. Who is she? What does she want? And when Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away, in a whirling ring of feathers, the boy who lives across the alley—Bartholomew forgets the rules and gets himself noticed.

  First he’s noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious, by Jack Box and the Raggedy Man, by the powerful Mr. Lickerish … and by Arthur Jelliby, a young man trying to slip through the world unnoticed, too, and who, against all odds, offers Bartholomew friendship and a way to belong.

  Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, The Peculiar is Stefan Bachmann’s riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.

  Oliver Twist
  By Charles Dickens
  Read by Simon Vance

  One of Charles Dickens’s most popular novels, Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan who dares to say, “Please, sir, I want some more.” After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences’ imaginations for more than 150 years: the loathsome Fagin, the beautiful and tragic Nancy, the crafty Artful Dodger, and the terrifying Bill Sikes, perhaps one of the greatest villains of all time.

  Rife with Dickens’s disturbing descriptions of street life, the novel is buoyed by the purity of the orphan Oliver. Though he is treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life, his pious innocence leads him at last to salvation—and the shocking discovery of his true identity.

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  Chris McMahon on 19/07/2013 - 02:55

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  Another Friday, another two audiobooks:

  Grave Mercy
  Robin LaFevers
  Read by Erin Moon
  (Requires a US IP)

  Robin LaFevers has enchanted young readers with her Nathaniel Fludd: Beastologist and Theodosia series, which earned starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly. In Grave Mercy, LaFevers crafts a fantastical tale sure to win her a new fan base among young adults. Escaping an arranged marriage, 17-year-old Ismae finds sanctuary in the St. Mortain convent, where the sisters worship the gods of old. There Ismae learns that the God of Death has special plans for her—a destiny that will one day compel her to betray the man she loves.

  Hamlet
  By William Shakespeare
  Performed by Mark Capri, Josh Clark, Stephen Collins, JD Cullum, Stacy Keach, Henri Lubatti, Alan Mandell, Jon Matthews, Darren Richardson, Andre Sogliuzzo, Josh Stamberg, Emily Swallow, JoBeth Williams, Matthew Wolf

  Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge, corruption, and murder is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. Prince Hamlet sets out to avenge his beloved father’s death at the hand of his uncle Claudius—but Hamlet’s spiral into grief and madness will have permanent and immutable consequences for the Kingdom of Denmark. Composed over 400 years ago, Hamlet remains one of the theater’s most studied and performed works, and is presented here in a stunning, sound-rich full-cast recording.

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    melmac77 on 19/07/2013 - 09:54

    Thanks for updating Chris I'm away at the moment and net access is spotty :)

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      Chris McMahon on 19/07/2013 - 11:20

      No problem.

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  melmac77 on 25/07/2013 - 19:47

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  The False Prince By Jennifer A. Nielsen Read by Charlie McWade

  In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Three orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point – he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage’s rivals have their own agendas as well.

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  The Prince and the Pauper By Mark Twain Read by Steve West

  They look alike, but they live in very different worlds. Tom Canty, impoverished and abused by his father, is fascinated with royalty. Edward Tudor, heir to the throne of England, is kind and generous but wants to run free and play in the river—just once. How insubstantial their differences truly are becomes clear when a chance encounter leads to an exchange of clothing—and roles. The pauper finds himself caught up in the pomp and folly of the royal court, a role which is further complicated when the king dies soon after the switch; and the prince wanders horror-stricken through the lower strata of English society.
  Out of the theme of switched identities, Mark Twain fashioned both a fiery assault upon social hypocrisy and injustice and a riotous comedy filled with high-spirited play.

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  scupper on 28/07/2013 - 21:13

  Nooo! I missed this post so I've missed all the previous ones!

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    Chris McMahon on 28/07/2013 - 21:45

    Ouch!

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    melmac77 on 02/08/2013 - 00:26

    Bummer

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  melmac77 on 02/08/2013 - 00:25

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  Death Cloud By Andrew Lane Read by Dan Weyman GEO BLOCKED

  It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers—his uncle and aunt—in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock’s true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.

  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Ralph Cosham

  Since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer in crime fiction. A brilliant London-based “consulting detective,” Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and inference to solve difficult cases. This collection includes twelve of Holmes’s most famous cases: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.

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  melmac77 on 08/08/2013 - 23:10

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  Enchanted By Alethea Kontis Read by Katherine Kellgren

  It isn’t easy being Sunday’s child, not when you’re the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night, Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland — and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction to this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past — and hers?

  Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There By Lewis Carroll Read by Miriam Margolyes

  “Celebrated actress Miriam Margolyes takes listeners on an extraordinary journey through the looking glass. With talent as deep as Lewis Carroll’s imagination, Margolyes portrays everything from a bleating sheep shopkeeper to Humpty Dumpty. The familiar characters sound just as they ought to—Alice is innocent and polite, the Red Queen demanding and shrill. Minor characters get the royal treatment as well. Margolyes adds a gruffness to her tone that is appropriate for a talking goat and a haughtiness that captures a pugilistic unicorn. Even the personalities of the talking flowers bloom—the tiger lily sounds bold and cantankerous while the rose is soft-spoken and gentle. This wonderful performance is perfect for a queen—Red or White.”

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    Chris McMahon on 08/08/2013 - 23:19

    Enchanted By Alethea Kontis Read by Katherine Kellgren
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There By Lewis Carroll Read by Miriam Margolyes

    Are you getting links to last weeks books too?

    I'm taken to a download page with "Death Cloud by Andrew Lane" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle"

    Edit: "New Audio Files will be Available at 9:30 am EST on August 8, 2013." They sent the email early. The new links aren't up yet.

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      Chris McMahon on 09/08/2013 - 00:37

      The new links now work. Downloading now. No VPN required.

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  Chris McMahon on 16/08/2013 - 00:20

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  The final two books are out:

  Sold US IP required
  By Patricia McCormick
  Read by Justine Eyre

  Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family’s crops, Lakshmi’s stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family.

  He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at “Happiness House” full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution.

  An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her family’s debt—then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave.

  Lakshmi’s life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mother’s words—Simply to endure is to triumph—and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision—will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?

  Written in spare and evocative vignettes, this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs.

  Let Me Stand Alone
  The Journals of Rachel Corrie
  By Rachel Corrie
  Read by Tavia Gilbert

  Rachel Corrie’s determination to make a better, more peaceful world took her from Olympia, Washington, to the Middle East, where she died in 2003 while trying to block the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in the Gaza Strip. A twenty-three-year-old American activist, Corrie also possessed a striking gift for poetry, writing, and drawing. Let Me Stand Alone, a selection of her journals and letters as chosen by her family, reveals her story in her own hand, from her precocious reflections as a young girl to her final e-mails. Corrie’s words—whether writing about the looming issues of our time or the ordinary angst of an American teen—bring to life all that it means to come of age: a dawning sense of self, a thirst for one’s own ideals, and an evolving connection to others, near and far.

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    melmac77 on 16/08/2013 - 00:40

    And that's it for another year :) I did't find quite as many appealing this time roud

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      Chris McMahon on 16/08/2013 - 01:56

      All of this year's titles are on my pile of shame. I still have audible books I haven't listened to.