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WHAT’S HOT THIS WEEK... Audiobooks: 1. Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall; 5. Deliver Us from Evil by Ralph Sarchie & Lisa Collier Cool; 9. Do Fathers Matter? by Paul Raeburn; 11. The Angel in My Pocket by Sukey Forbes; Music CDs: 2. Ed Sheeran—X; 4. Deadmau5—While(1<2); 8. Phish—Fuego; 12. Mastodon—Once More ‘Round the Sun; DVDs: 3. Endless Love; 6. Enemy; 7. Repentance; 10. Winter’s Tale

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BOX OFFICE FAVORITES A

$23 Million box office Transcendence (Rental) Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman The foremost researcher in the field of artificial intelligence is working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions, but his highly controversial experiments have made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists. PG13 119 min. (2014) Drama “Bold, beautiful…” - Richard Roeper “...ambitious and provocative…”

- Los Angeles Times

“...dark, lurchingly entertaining…” - New York Times

Available July 22

DVD (WS) 11074894...........................$17.99 Blu-ray (WS) 11074901...........................$18.99

$9 Million box office The Quiet Ones Starring: Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke Tucked away in an estate outside of London, Professor Coupland, along with a team of university students, conducts an ‘experiment’ on Jane Harper, a young girl who harbors unspeakable secrets. What dark forces they uncover are more terrifying than any of them expected. Inspired by true events. PG13 98 min. (2014) Horror

“The arrestingly fierce...” - Guardian (U.K.)

“...an exercise in retro pastiche…” - Hollywood Reporter

Available August 19 DVD (WS) 11078223...........................$14.99 Blu-ray (WS) 11078221...........................$18.99

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$17 Million box office A Haunted House 2 Starring: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric the Entertainer After Malcolm exorcises the demons of his ex, he starts fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events. R 86 min. (2014) Comedy

“...spares nothing and no one.” - Los Angeles Times

Available September 9 DVD

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BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO PACK

Blu-ray (WS) 11091842...........................$26.99 (2 Discs)

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A Haunted House • R 87 min. (2013) $40M Comedy DVD

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BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO PACK (WS)

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Under the Dome Season Two premieres June 30th!

Under the Dome Starring: Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris

The small town of Chester’s Mill is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by a massive transparent barrier. The epic story of a town in peril unfolds as the residents struggle to maintain control and ultimately figure out the truth about the dome. NR 541 min. (2013) Drama

“...a summer winner.” - Newsday “...has the potential to get under one’s skin.” - Variety “...addictive…” - New York Times

DVD (WS) 11016051...........................$33.99 (4 Discs) Blu-ray (WS) 11016047...........................$59.99 (4 Discs)

The Double

The Normal Heart

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Chris O’Dowd

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Jonathan Groff, Frank De Julio, Julia Roberts

Simon is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. A new co-worker named James—who is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite: confident, charismatic, and good with women—slowly starts taking over Simon’s life. R 93 min. (2014) Drama

A film drama that tells the dramatic, poignant, and often-exasperating story of the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early ‘80s, taking an unflinching look at the nation’s sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial. UNK 128 min. (2014) Drama

“...a striking piece of work...”

- Boston Globe

“...darkly ironic and skillfully surreal…” - Los Angeles Times “...an acting master-class.” - NPR

Available August 26 DVD (WS) 11095437...........................$26.99 Blu-ray (WS) 11095443...........................$25.99

“…powerful…” - Boston Globe “…strident, passionate, frenetic, and aching…” - Time Magazine “…strong performances…”

- Wall Street Journal

Available August 26 DVD (WS) 11102984...........................$16.99 Blu-ray (WS) 11102983...........................$21.99


transformers dvds Transformers (2007) DVD (WS) 10192683

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Transformers More Than Meets The Eye! Season 2, Vol. 1

Transformers Animated Season 3

DVD 11078150

$14.99

$19.99 (4 Discs)

DVD (WS)11069050 (2 Discs)

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Transformers Dark of the Moon Soundtrack

Reprise Records Soundtracks The sci-fi action sequel features Linkin Park’s song Iridescent as well as artists Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Theory of a Deadman, Goo Goo Dolls, and Mastodon.

Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen DVD (WS) 10337681

$12.99

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Transformers More Than Meets The Eye! Season 2, Vol. 2 DVD 11078151

$19.99

Transformers Rescue Bots Heroes On The Scene DVD 11066752

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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Score Reprise Records Soundtracks Steve Jablonsky creates an exciting and actionpacked score for the second Transformers live action film.

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Transformers Dark Of The Moon DVD (WS) 10500163

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Transformers More Than Meets The Eye! Season 3, & 4

Transformers Cybertron The Complete Series

DVD 11078152

Available August 5

$19.99 (4 Discs)

DVD 11100703

$44.99 (7 Discs)

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Soundtrack

Reprise Records Soundtracks The highly anticipated second Transformers film features an equally exciting soundtrack that includes the new Linkin Park track New Divide. Also included are tracks from Green Day, the All-American Rejects, and Cheap Trick.

CD 10306894......................$10.99

Transformers More Than Meets The Eye! Season 1

Transformers Energon The Complete Series

DVD 11078149

Transformers More Than Meets The Eye: Roar Of The Dinobots

(4 Discs)

DVD 11078141

$9.99

$44.99

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DVD (WS) 11066375 (7 Discs)

Transformers Soundtrack Warner Bros. Soundtracks Artists: Disturbed, Linkin Park, Goo Goo Dolls One of the summer’s most anticipated action adventures features a soundtrack fueled with hard-hitting alternative and modern rock.

CD 10170652......................$21.99

blasts its way into theaters Friday, June 27th


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Spotlight

James Thurber

The Life and Hard Times

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The first major documentary on the life and work of one of America’s greatest humorists. Known for his classic short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Thurber was a legendary contributor of prose and cartoons to The New Yorker magazine, where he worked for many years. UNK 57 min. (2000) Documentary “…fond reflections of Thurber, whose short stories and cartoons helped give ‘The New Yorker’ its reputation for sophisticated humor and classy writing over the 30 years of their connection.” - New York Times DVD 11069437...............$24.99 ISBN N/A

Jodorowsky’s Dune Explores the genesis of one of cinema’s greatest epics that never was: cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune, whose cast would have included such icons as Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, and Mick Jagger. PG13 90 min. (2013) Documentary

“A great seminar of creativity.” - Wall Street Journal

“Is Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ the most influential movie never made?” - Boston Globe

“We get an idea of what could have been...” - Toronto Star

Available July 8 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack (WS) 11084198.............................. $34.99 (2 Discs) ISBN N/A

Fracknation

Journalist Phelim McAleer searches for the truth about fracking, a controversial method of extracting oil and natural gas from the land. Interviewing scientists and individuals, McAleer uncovers facts suppressed by environmental activists and ignored by the media, revealing exaggerations and misrepresentations of anti-fracking activists. PG 77 min. (2013) Documentary “Methodically researched...provocative...” - New York Times

Available June 24 DVD

ISBN N/A

(WS) 11069022...............$26.99

Blu-ray (WS) 11069071...............$25.99

Season 3

Get ready for lots of mindblowing illusions, games, and challenges that will make you question whether ‘seeing is actually believing.’ Features interactive experiments that test how easily the brain can be fooled, uncovering the surprising nature of how we process information, feel emotions, and perceive the world around us. TVG 220 min. (2014) Documentary

Available June 24 DVD

(WS) 11069064...............$29.99 (2 Discs)

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Wild Hawaii

From its hot molten core to the mega-sized waves battering its coast, Hawaii is an untamed and very wild bit of paradise that continues to transform itself. Go on a breathtaking journey to an island of natural beauty, a place that through an alchemy of fire, ice, and water has transformed itself from a volcanic wasteland into a paradise on Earth. TVPG 90 min. Documentary

Available July 1 DVD ISBN N/A

(WS) 11072521...............$19.99

Day of Days

June 6, 1944: American Soldiers Remember D-Day

Commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landing by bringing together American D-Day veterans to share their experiences from that fateful day. They recount their transformations from boys to men, reveal their uneasiness with the term ‘hero,’ and grapple with why they survived when so many others did not. NR 52 min. Documentary

Available July 8 DVD

ISBN N/A

(WS) 11089489...............$24.99

Running for Jim The inspiring story of recordbreaking cross-country coach Jim Tracy, and how his high school team’s extraordinary finish at the state championship brought the world’s attention to his courageous battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. UNK 78 min. (2013) Documentary

“...inspirational and informative...” - Library Journal

“Viewers will be left hopeful...” - School Library Journal

ISBN N/A

Available June 24

Half the Road Directed by pro cyclist Kathryn

DVD

Bertine, Half the Road explores the world of women’s professional cycling, focusing on both the love of sport and the pressing issues of inequality that modern-day female athletes face in male-dominated sports. UNK 106 min. (2014) Documentary “High-impact...an enraging portrait of entrenched sexism in competitive sports.” - Village Voice

Available July 8

Brain Games

AS SEEN ON PUBLIC TELEVISION

DVD

ISBN N/A

11075356...............$24.99

American Pharaoh

Go behind the scenes with the Egyptian national soccer team, the Pharaohs, and its American coach, Bob Bradley, and follow the team’s efforts to qualify for soccer’s ultimate event for the first time in more than twenty years. Faced with ongoing violence and political strife within the country, the team must remain united and work together to reach their ambitious goal. UNK 60 min. Documentary DVD (WS) 11072509...............$24.99 ISBN 9781627890434

Cool Spaces!

Features some of the 21st century’s most provocative and innovative public space architecture in North America. Each hour-long episode is organized around a central building typology theme, such as Performance Spaces or Art Spaces, and profiles three buildings. TVG 240 min. Documentary

Available July 1 DVD (WS) 11089487...............$29.99 (2 Discs) ISBN 9781627890687

ISBN N/A

(WS) 11070331...............$59.99

I Know That Voice

An in-depth look at the fascinating and all too often unrecognized world of voiceover acting. Features a star-studded cast of 150 actors including John DiMaggio (Futurama), Seth Green, Billy West, Breckin Meyer, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, and many, many more. UNK 95 min. (2013) Documentary DVD

ISBN N/A

11074767...............$19.99

Escape from a Nazi Death Camp

The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on October 14, 1943, in the biggest and most successful prison revolt of the Second World War, the inmates fought back. This is the story of their great escape. NR 60 min. Documentary

Available June 24 DVD

(WS) 11072514...............$24.99

ISBN 9781627890328

Secrets of the Dead The Lost Gardens of Babylon

Follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts for the gardens using ancient texts and spy satellite images to uncover evidence to support her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before commonly believed. Her search takes her to one of the most dangerous places on Earth in a modern-day adventure story searching to find a site thousands of years old. UNK 60 min. Documentary DVD (WS) 11072506...............$24.99 ISBN 9781627890144


Artist Spotlight

Jason Mraz

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The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is back with a new studio album.

Love Is a Four Letter Word Atlantic Records • Pop/Rock Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz returns with the follow-up to the hit 2008 album We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. Love Is a Four Letter Word includes the single I Won’t Give Up and Freedom Song. “...neatly crafted easy listening is full of slick good vibes.” - USA Today CD 10000393......................$14.99

Yes!

We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

Atlantic Group Pop/Rock The fifth studio release from Jason Mraz sees the troubadour teaming up with longtime friends and collaborators Raining Jane for a purely acoustic and more intimate sounding album than any of his previous efforts.

Atlantic • Pop/Rock Nearly three years in the making, the 2008 release from Jason Mraz sees him continuing to tread on his own distinctive artistic path. He melds a variegated musical tapestry with passionate, personal lyricism on tracks like I’m Yours. “Grade B+.” - Entertainment Weekly

Available July 15 CD 11100825.................... $14.99

CD 10221941......................$16.99

just announced cds Chicago

NOW Chicago XXXVI Frontiers Records • Pop/Rock The band’s first new album of original material since the release of XXX in 2006, and once again these icons offer their signature fiery, jazzrooted brass arrangements over slick pop rock songs.

Available July 8 CD 11097306......................$17.99

Rise Against The Black Market

Eno & Hyde

DGC • Pop/Rock Rise Against casts their relationship with their own music and social struggle in a stark new light on a highly anticipated and sonically searing new album. Includes the single I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore.

Available July 15 CD 11103181.................... $13.99

Blue Note • Pop/Rock Norah Jones embarks on a new musical collaboration featuring Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper. Together they create a combination of classic country, roots rock pearls, and original songs.

Available July 15 CD 11100830......................$12.99

Mark Mancina creates music that helps add to the story of one plane’s transition from racing to rescue missions. Along with contributions from Bruce Hornsby, the soundtrack includes two tracks from Brad Paisley and Still I Fly by Spencer Lee.

Available July 15 CD 11100829.................... $12.99

The Lion King

The Legacy Collection Walt Disney Records Children’s The music from one of Disney’s most beloved films is highlighted in a new collection that includes all the songs from the film, tracks from Elton John, and thirty minutes of previously unreleased score.

Available June 24 2 Discs CD 11091931......................$19.99

Dconstructed Walt Disney Records Children’s Some of the world’s greatest DJs put their own unique spin on classic Disney songs including the recent smash hit Let It Go. Among those taking part are Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade, Avicii, and BT.

Richard Marx

Beautiful Goodbye

New music from Norah Jones

Walt Disney Records Children’s

Warp Records • Pop/Rock Just weeks after releasing Someday World, Brian Eno and Underworld’s Karl Hyde continue their collaboration with a second full-length album. There is plenty of energy captured as melodies build, swirl, and syncopate. CD 11101149......................$14.99

No Fools, No Fun

Fire & Rescue Score

High Life

Available July 1

Puss N Boots

Planes

Zanzibar Productions Pop/Rock Richard Marx, one of the most successful singer-songwriters in music history, returns with his first album of new studio material in six years. The album includes the new single Whatever We Started.

CD 11065370......................$12.99

Disney Karaoke Series

Frozen

Available July 8

Walt Disney Records Children’s Frozen has made an impact both at the box office and on the music charts, including several weeks at the top of the Billboard chart. Now this CD allows fans to sing their hearts out with instrumental versions of the movie’s songs.

CD 11103169......................$13.99

CD 11065047........................ $9.99


Act of War

audiobooks Hot New Fiction

Brad Thor

Read by Armand Schultz Simon & Schuster Audio Fiction With the United

States facing an imminent and devastating attack, America’s new president must turn to covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to help carry out two of the most dangerous operations in the country’s history. Code-named ‘Gold Dust’ and ‘Blackbird,’ they are shrouded in absolute secrecy as either of them, if discovered, will constitute an act of war.

Available July 8

Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11067374............ $39.99 ISBN 9781442369887

The City

Dean Koontz

Read by Korey Jackson Recorded Books, LLC Fiction Musician Jonah Kirk tells

of the good and bad occurrences that began in the city where he lives in 1967, when he was only ten years old. Meandering back and forth through decades and generations, Jonah’s story and life are influenced by the family, friends, and foes that surround him.

Available July 8

Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11061705............ $39.99 ISBN 9781490623962

For All Time

Jude Deveraux

Read by Kirsten Potter Random House, Inc. Fiction The wedding of Alix

Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow. While most guests are fixed on the happy couple, Jared’s cousin Graydon can’t look away from a bridesmaid, Toby Wyndam.

Available July 1

Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11032024............ $39.99 ISBN 9780385367592

One Plus One

Jojo Moyes

Read by Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot, Steven France Penguin Audio Fiction Suppose your life sucks.

A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell—until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own.

“Summer and Moyes’s delightful novels go perfectly together.” - People Magazine Available July 1 Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11051339............ $39.99 ISBN 9781611762730

Born of Fury

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Read by Fred Berman Macmillan Audio Fiction Hauk is one of the fiercest

Andarion warriors ever born. Sumi is the best assassin the League has ever trained. When she is assigned Hauk as her target, Sumi is sure of her quick and easy success. However, things are never that easy. Sumi has her own enemies, and suddenly Sumi’s only chance for survival is to place her trust in the man she was sent to kill. But is he just playing a game?

Available July 1

Unabridged • 14 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11062340............ $49.99 ISBN 9781427239341

Eden in Winter

Richard North Patterson

Read by Dennis Boutsikaris AudioGo / Blackstone Fiction Two months after the

suspicious and much-publicized death of his father on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine’s will to suture the deep wounds the tragedy has inflicted upon his family and himself. As the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine’s death casts suspicions on those closest to him, Adam struggles to protect them from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin.

Available July 1

Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11062204............ $44.99 ISBN 9781483000367

The Care and Management of Lies

Jacqueline Winspear

Read by Nicola Barber Harper Collins Publishers Fiction By July 1914, the ties

between Kezia and Thea, friends since girlhood, have become strained: by Thea’s passionate embrace of women’s suffrage, and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea’s brother, Tom, who runs the family farm. When Tom enlists to fight for his country and Thea is drawn reluctantly onto the battlefield, the farm becomes Kezia’s responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing cataclysm and turmoil. “Starred Review.” - Kirkus Reviews

Available July 1

Unabridged • 8 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11057701............ $39.99 ISBN 9780062352859

The Family of Jesus

Karen Kingsbury Read by Kirby Heyborne, January LaVoy Simon & Schuster Audio Fiction A fictional retelling of

the stories of six key people in Jesus’ life.

Available July 1

Unabridged • 5 Discs Simultaneous Release Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 10868581............ $24.99 ISBN 9781442364547

Inside Man

Full Assault Mode

Jeff Abbott

Read by Ari Fliakos Macmillan Audio Fiction The president wants

best customer, and friend, is murdered outside his Miami bar, Sam decides to seek justice. Determined to find out the connection between his friend’s death and a beautiful stranger, Sam infiltrates the Ligeras, one of Miami’s most prominent and dangerous families.

Dalton Fury

answers quickly, and after Kolt Raynor saved his life, he knows Delta Force is fully capable. But Kolt is on the verge of getting forced out of JSOC. And when he’s offered a slot in Tungsten, a secret deep-cover organization, he jumps at the chance. Now his task is to infiltrate al Qaeda and prevent this deep-cover terror cell from making their plot a reality before it’s too late.

Available June 24

Unabridged • 11 Discs • Simultaneous Release Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11103058............ $59.99 ISBN 9781427245328

To Marry a Scottish Laird

Lynsay Sands

Read by Kieron Elliott Harper Collins Publishers Fiction Highlander Campbell

Sinclair is no stranger to battle, so when he sees a lad attacked by bandits, he jumps into the fray. Cam offers to take the lad Jo safely to his destination. But when he accidentally sees Jo bathing, it’s clear that Jo is actually Joan, with sinful curves. Joan promised her mother that she would deliver a scroll to the clan MacKay. When Cam lends his aid, she is more than relieved. As their passion ignites, will the secrets of the scroll lead to a love she’s never known?

Available June 24

Unabridged • 8 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11057740............ $39.99 ISBN 9780062353306

Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction When Sam Capra’s

Available July 1 Unabridged • 11 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11102843............ $44.99 ISBN 9781478901808

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

Dave Eggers

Read by MacLeod Andrews, Mark Deakins, Michelle Gonzalez Random House, Inc. Fiction In a barracks on an abandoned military

base, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn’t recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn’t want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn’t answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions.

Available Now

Unabridged • 5 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11074545............ $34.99 ISBN 9780553551211


The Alliance

audiobooks Hot New Non-Fiction

Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, Chris Yeh

Blackstone Audio, Inc. Non-Fiction A new, realistic

loyalty pact between employer and employee. The employeremployee relationship is broken: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works. The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or free agents, but rather as allies. A bold but practical guide for employers will give you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company thrive in today’s world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.

Available July 8

Unabridged • 6 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11101534............ $29.99 ISBN 9781483014623

Margaret Fuller

Megan Marshall Read by Cynthia Barrett Brilliance Audio, Inc. Biography Megan Marshall

recounts the trailblazing life of Margaret Fuller: Thoreau’s first editor, Emerson’s close friend, daring war correspondent, tragic heroine. After her untimely death in a shipwreck off Fire Island, the sense and passion of her life’s work were eclipsed by scandal. Marshall’s inspired narrative brings her back to indelible life. Marshall’s biography gives the most thorough and compassionate view of an extraordinary woman.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Available July 22

Unabridged • 17 Discs AUDIOBOOK 11092325............ $19.99 ISBN 9781491540176

The Greatest Comeback Patrick J. Buchanan Read by Arthur Morey Random House, Inc. Biography After suffering stinging

defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon’s career was declared dead by press and politicians alike. On January 20, 1969, six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House?

The Angel in My Pocket

Sukey Forbes

Read by Marguerite Gavin Tantor Audio Biography A moving and utterly

unique tale of one mother’s undying love for her child. With a mission to help others by sharing her own story, Sukey Forbes chronicles a world of ghosts that reawakens us to a lost American spiritual tradition.

Available July 3 Unabridged • 7 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11086513............ $37.99

ISBN 9781494502508

Rock Breaks Scissors

William Poundstone

Read by Joel Richards Brilliance Audio, Inc. Non-Fiction A practical guide

to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market. People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home.

“Starred Review.” - Kirkus Reviews Available July 15 Unabridged • 8 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11071571............ $14.99 ISBN 9781491531181

The Skeleton Crew

Deborah Halber

Read by Laural Merlington Tantor Audio Non-Fiction The web sleuths

pore over facial reconstructions and other online clues as they vie to solve cold cases and tally up personal scorecards of dead bodies. The Skeleton Crew delves into the macabre underside of the Internet, the fleeting nature of identity, and how even the most ordinary citizen with a laptop and a knack for puzzles can reinvent herself as a web sleuth.

Available July 1

Unabridged • 9 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11076116............ $39.99 ISBN 9781494502621

Available July 8 Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11055283............ $44.99 ISBN 9780553399998

A Spy Among Friends

The Nixon Defense John W. Dean

Random House, Inc. Non-Fiction Kim Philby was the

Penguin Audio Biography Former White House

Counsel John Dean, one of the last major surviving figures of Watergate, draws on his own transcripts of almost a thousand conversations, a wealth of Nixon’s secretly recorded information, and more than 150,000 pages of documents in the National Archives and the Nixon Library to provide the definitive answer to the question. What did President Nixon know and when did he know it?

Ben Macintyre

greatest spy in history, a brilliant and charming man who rose to head Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, while he was secretly working for the enemy. Nobody thought he knew Philby like Nicholas Elliott, Philby’s best friend and fellow officer in MI6. But Philby was secretly betraying his friend. Every word Elliott breathed to Philby was transmitted back to Moscow, along with those of James Jesus Angleton, head of the CIA.

Available July 29

“Starred Review.” - Kirkus Reviews Available July 29

ISBN 9781611762747

Unabridged • 10 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11040974............ $44.99

Unabridged • 17 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11051347............ $39.99

ISBN 9780553397888

Dear Leader

Jang Jin-Sung

Simon & Schuster Audio Non-Fiction In this rare

insider’s view into contemporary North Korea, a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedom.

“Starred Review.” - Kirkus Reviews Available July 1 Unabridged • 10 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11073698............ $59.99 ISBN 9781442375819

Deliver Us from Evil

Ralph Sarchie, Lisa Collier Cool Read by William Dufris Macmillan Audio Non-Fiction NYPD veteran

Ralph Sarchie discloses his investigations into incredible true crimes and inhuman evil that were never explained, solved, or In Theaters understood except by Sarchie and July 2nd his partner. Schooled in the rituals of exorcism, and an eyewitness to the reality of demonic possession, Ralph Sarchie has documented a riveting chronicle of the inexplicable that gives a new shape to the shadows in the dark.

Available July 22 Unabridged • 10 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11103091............ $59.99 ISBN 9781427245809

Do Fathers Matter

Paul Raeburn

Read by Author Macmillan Audio Non-Fiction Raeburn takes

listeners through the various stages of fatherhood. He reveals the profound physiological connections between children and fathers, from conception through adolescence and into adulthood. In the process, he challenges the legacy of Freud and mainstream views of parental attachment, and also explains how to become better parents.

Available July 15 Unabridged • 6 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11103025............ $59.99 ISBN 9781427245823

A Wolf Called Romeo

Nick Jans

Read by Tom Perkins Tantor Audio Non-Fiction No stranger to

wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species up close as never before.

Available July 1 Unabridged • 8 Discs • Simultaneous Release AUDIOBOOK 11073716............ $39.99 ISBN 9781494502416

All audiobooks are repackaged by Midwest Tape, LLC and then shipped in Midwest Tape’s exclusive, shelf-ready SoundSafe™ case. Midwest Tape, LLC is a wholly separate and distinct company from the publisher. The publisher’s original packaging and insert materials (if any) also will be shipped with your order.


Weekly Highlights

Featured Audiobook Make It Stick

June 23, 2014

The Science of Successful Learning

DVD & Blu-ray: Box Office Hits

DVD: New Non-Fiction Titles

Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

Audiobooks: New Fiction & Non-Fiction Titles CD: Just Announced CDs

Read by Qarie Marshall • Dreamscape Media, LLC Non-Fiction More complex and durable learning comes

P.O. Box 820 Holland, OH 43528 midwesttapes.com 1-800-875-2785

from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interweaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.

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change service requested

Available July 22 Unabridged • 8 Discs • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11100560............ $49.99

Masters of Sex

ISBN 9781629239743

The Complete First Season

Starring: Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin Fitzgerald NR 676 min. (2013) Drama

Available June 24 DVD (WS) 11075334...............$47.99 (4 Discs) ISBN N/A

Blu-ray (WS) 11075335...............$56.99 (4 Discs) ISBN N/A

COMING SOON $60

Million Box Office

Mary J. Blige Think Like a Man Too

Music from and Inspired by the Film Epic Soundtracks

Have a Nice Guilt Trip

God’s Not Dead Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Dean Cain, David A.R. White

The soundtrack to one of the most anticipated films of 2014 also serves up fourteen new tracks from Mary J. Blige, including the single Suitcase. There are also collaborations with The-Dream and Pharrell Williams.

A Christian college freshman, Josh Wheaton, and his atheist philosophy professor hold court on the existence of God. To pass the course, Josh must prove to the class that God is alive and well. This dare could cost him his relationships, his career, even his future, but Josh stands up for his faith. PG 115 min. (2014) $60M Drama

Available Now

“...slickly produced, with a competent cast…”

CD 11101136.................... $12.99

Available August 5

- Hollywood Reporter

DVD

ISBN N/A

CD

11101195............. $18.99

DVD

Lisa Scottoline,

Francesca Serritella Read by Authors Macmillan Audio Non-Fiction No one does love and guilt like mothers and daughters, especially when they’re Italian. Get ready for some wit, wisdom, and warmth from this new collection by the bestselling duo.

Available July 8 Unabridged • 5 Discs Simultaneous Release • Replacements Available AUDIOBOOK 11062309............ $29.99 ISBN 9781427232939

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