Audiobooks narrated by Traber Burns

Angel was a voluptuous child-woman, bouncing in and out of every bed in town, until she landed in the wrong one and found death was her lover. Then the town that had played voyeur to her indiscretions pounced upon Angel’s husband Jim, branding him cuckold and killer and screaming for blood. But what could Jim do when even the DA, last in a parade of Angel’s lovers, was out to pin the murder on him? He had to find the one who had played Angel false or let an avenging Angel cheat him again. Only this time he might pay with his life! “Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.”—Otto Penzler, editor of Best American Mystery Stories, praise for the author

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado’s Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and then founds a school in Maine: the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, an internationally respected nonprofit institution. Furniture making practiced as a craft in the twenty-first century is a decidedly marginal occupation. Yet the view from the periphery can be illuminating. For Korn the challenging work of bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one’s own volition—whether in the arts, the kitchen, or the marketplace—is what generates the meaning and fulfillment that so many of us seek. This is not a how-to book in any sense. Korn wants to get at the why of craft in particular and the satisfactions of creative work in general to understand their essential nature. How does the making of objects shape our identities? How do the products of creative work inform society? In short, what does the process of making things reveal to us about ourselves? Korn draws on four decades of hands-on experience to answer these questions eloquently, and often poignantly, in this personal, introspective, and revealing book. “The bulk of the book is crafted like a fine rocking chair. It challenges us to look both inward and outward. It champions the idea that working with one’s hands can foster perseverance, focus, and patience—qualities that spill into other aspects of our lives. And in an era when shop classes are disappearing, and art classes are among the first to be cut, the book reminds us that if we want whole people, we need to educate and respect head, heart, and hands.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune ***Please contact Member Services for additional documents***

Peter Korn, Peter Kornicki (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Why the Jews?: The Reason for Anti-Semitism, the Most Accurate Predictor of Human Evil

In this seminal work that has spent more than thirty years in print, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin explain the reasons behind anti-Semitism, the world's preoccupation with the Jews and Israel, and why now more than ever the world needs to confront anti-Jewish sentiment. Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on extensive historical research, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin reveal how Judaism's distinctive conceptions of God, law, and peoplehood have rendered the Jews and the Jewish state outsiders and labeled them as threatening. But as Prager and Telushkin are quick to point out, anti-Semitism is not just another ethnic or racial prejudice and is not caused, as so many people falsely believe, by Jewish economic success or the need for scapegoats. Rather, anti-Semitism today, as in the past, is a reaction to Judaism and its distinctive values. Prager and Telushkin examine in detail how anti-Semitism is a unique hatred-no other prejudice has been as universal, deep, or permanent-and how the concept of the "chosen people" spawned that hatred. They also explore the role of non-Jewish Jews, such as Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, in provoking anti-Jewish animosity. In Why the Jews?, Prager and Telushkin identify the seven major forms of anti-Semitism-pagan, Christian, Muslim, enlightenment, leftist, Nazi, and anti-Zionist-and explain why it is impossible in today's world to be an anti-Zionist without being an antisemite. With an eye on the larger picture, Prager and Telushkin express why anti-Semitism threatens more than just Jews and what kind of changes are necessary to achieve a world without hatred.

Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Why So Dead?

Tom Corrigan, the eye-patched detective with the knack for murderous situations, plunges into the wildest, farthest-out caper of his career. His assignment leads him to a splendid but terrified harem of veiled beauties, a millionaire sultan with a roving eye, and a gang of turbaned mystery men with a lust for violence. Corrigan’s job: protect a priceless ruby as red as the color of murder. “Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.”—Otto Penzler, editor of Best American Mystery Stories, praise for the author

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Who Spies, Who Kills?

An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen The horribly crushed body that crashed onto the Manhattan pavement has at least two names, several passports, and an address book full of important friends—among them, a millionaire roué; his exotic, deadly mistress; and his coolly beautiful wife—all of whom seem to have forgotten him very abruptly when he became a corpse. No one is talking, so it is up to Captain Corrigan, the man with the eye patch and a way with crime, to solve a violent puzzle of lust, greed, high espionage—and the worst kind of murder.

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Which Way to Die?

An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen They are two brilliant madmen who think killing is fun. A freak of the law has set them free, and now a hidden killer, acting as judge, jury, and executioner, threatens them both. Enter Tim Corrigan, assigned to protect the pair against the fatal harvest of their own violence. Corrigan soon takes their place on the deadly spot.

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Where Is Bianca?

An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen Is the lovely young heiress hiding somewhere among the shiny steel towers of Manhattan? Or is she the horribly mutilated corpse hauled up from the sewers of the city? Captain Timothy Corrigan, the cool cop with the eye patch, sets out to solve the puzzle and finds himself playing a fantastic game of hide-and-seek in a glittering world where everything is make-believe—except sudden, shocking death. “Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.”—Otto Penzler, editor of Best American Mystery Stories, praise for the author

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox: Reprogram Your Body for Rapid Weight Loss and Amazing Health

Through the New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly, millions of people learned how to reverse years of chronic health problems by removing wheat from their daily diets. Now Dr. Davis provides a simple ten-day grain detox plan, with carefully designed meal plans and delicious recipes that include everything needed to fully eliminate wheat and related grains. You will be guided through the complete detox experience and learn how to reduce or eliminate wheat-withdrawal symptoms. Inspiring and informative results from test panelists will help keep you on your Wheat Belly journey. Whether you’ve fallen off the wagon or are new to the wheat-free life, Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox will help you achieve better health and performance while undoing a lifetime of damage caused by grains. “Beginning with inspirational chapters that briefly explain why a grain-free diet leads to weight loss and why grains are harmful, the author moves quickly into how to make sure the committed dieter is successful…Jam-packed with recipes and day-by-day instructions, this book has many resources to assist a grain-free lifestyle.”—Library Journal ***Please contact member services for additional documents***

Williams Davis, MD (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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What’s in the Dark?

The killer is an expert. He has climbed ten stories in the Manhattan blackout, found and dispatched his victim amidst the men and women trapped in the building. The night drags on. Nerves wear thin and inhibitions disappear. Anyone, including a beautiful secretary with a yen for eye-patched detective Tim Corrigan, could be the lurking killer.

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Wedding Anniversary

Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a stand-alone audiobook for the first time. In "Wedding Anniversary," Ellery returns to Wrightsville just in time to witness the poisoning of his kindly host, the jeweler Ernst Bauenfel. To solve the puzzle of Ernst's death, Ellery must carefully analyze the dying man's last words. "Ellery Queen is the American detective story."-Anthony Boucher, author of Nine times Nine

Ellery Queen (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Wealth Mismanagement: A Wall Street Insider on the Dirty Secrets of Financial Advisers and How to Pr

Are your life's savings safe? A Wall Street insider reveals fatal flaws and hidden risks of wealth management and unveils a new system for protecting your portfolio-and firing your financial adviser. Millions of us are committing a slow, imperceptible form of financial suicide. Chances are your IRA or 401(k) carries far more risk than you realize, lacks real diversification that could reduce downside risk, and is falling behind the underreported rate of inflation that eats away at your retirement fund every year. In the next market crash, you could be left vulnerable and unprotected. Wall Street financial advisers are supposed to build and preserve your wealth, yet they are untrained in portfolio construction and how to contain risk and bulletproof your investments. They charge high fees and sometimes put their own interests ahead of yours. Now Ed Butowsky, a Wall Street insider who spent two decades as one of the top producers at the fabled firm of Morgan Stanley & Co., breaks from the pack to reveal the flaws, fibs, and failings of financial advisers. To fix this mess, he has created the new CHIP Score to empower you to evaluate the potential for Risk & Reward in your portfolio and grade your adviser-before the next meltdown. Nobody else on Wall Street ever dared to create anything like it. Wealth Mismanagement will empower investors to protect themselves.

Ed Butowsky (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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We, the Jury

On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife's skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder-or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defense. Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants in a murder trial, We, the Jury examines how public perception can mask the ghastliest nightmares. As the jurors stagger toward a verdict, they must sift through contradictory testimony from the Sullingers' children, who disagree on which parent was Satan; sort out conflicting allegations of severe physical abuse, adultery, and incest; and overcome personal animosities and biases that threaten a fair and just verdict. Ultimately, the central figures in We, the Jury must navigate the blurred boundaries between bias and objectivity, fiction and truth.

Robert Rotstein (Author), Adam Verner, Adenrele Ojo, Andrew Eiden, Carrington Macduffie, Dara Rosenberg, Erin Bennett, Feodor Chin, Keith Szarabajka, Lisa Flanagan, Malcolm Hillgartner, Mark Bramhall, Suzanne Elise Freeman, Suzanne Toren, Tanya Eby, Tim Campbell, Traber Burns, Various, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Traber Burns