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Zodiac
by Robert Graysmith
read by Stefan Rudnicki
ISBN: 9780786174287
$27.95 9 CDs
Unabridged
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A major motion movie based on Zodiac opened in theaters on March 2. The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal and is directed by David Fincher, director of Seven and Fight Club.
This is the shocking true story of the nation's most bizarre mass murderer. A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead in a lover's lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill again. The official tally of his victims was six; he claimed 37; the real toll may have reached 50. He was never caught.
“Provocative.... Bizarre.... Graysmith's taut narrative brings the horror back with jolt upon jolt.”--San Francisco Chronicle
“Will fascinate true-crime readers.... Recommended.”--Library Journal
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The Hoax
by Clifford Irving
read by Joe Barrett
ISBN: 9780786171323
$25.95 12 CDS
Unabridged
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A major motion picture starring Richard Gere and based on The Hoax will be in theaters on April 13, 2007.
The ultimate caper story, novelist Clifford Irving's no-holds-barred account of the literary hoax of our time--his “autobiography” of Howard Hughes--was published in Great Britain in 1997, where it became a bestseller. But no American hardcover house would touch The Hoax until now. One major publisher offered a $500,000 advance when the book was nearing completion, drew up the contract--then abruptly bowed out. Why?
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The Secret of Lost Things is at once a literary adventure and an evocative portrait of life in a bookstore very reminiscent of the world-famous Strand.
“A triangle of unrequited love and a tussle over an apocryphal Melville manuscript enliven Hay's bildungsroman.”--Kirkus Reviews
“Hay does a good job with innocent, intelligent Rosemary's attempts to deal with sinister doings and.... captures Rosemary's nostalgic memories of Tasmania….”--Publishers Weekly
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How did it all begin? What happens when we die? These are just two of the questions the Reverend Oliver "Buzz" Thomas hears centrist Christians asking as he travels across the United States, and he knows that their voices are not being heard. They're people of faith, not of politics, and they want more from their religion than a voter's guide.
Thomas writes sensitively about the reason we were put on this earth, the significance of the Bible, and how one pleases God. He answers difficult, contemporary questions--like "What about homosexuality?" and "What about other faiths?"-- while weaving in a sensible Christian theology for modern living.
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Does America's policy toward China make sense? In this vigorous look at China's political evolution and its future, Mann explores two scenarios popular among our policy elite. The soothing scenario foresees the gradual spread of democracy and human rights. In the upheaval scenario, the contradictions in Chinese society between rich and poor and between the openness of the economy and the unyielding Leninist system will eventually lead to a revolution, chaos, or collapse.
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