Taking a Moment for the Man On the Moon: In Honor of Neil Armstrong

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I’m equally fascinated and terrified by space travel. The same dark chill of excitement and fear runs through me when I look at the night sky as when I stare into the ocean: both vast, beautiful, at times deadly, always …

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Read With Us: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

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Our book club pick this month, The Dovekeepers, was our most literary selection yet. Members had to switch gears from our last heart-pumping thriller and settle into Alice Hoffman’s thoroughly-researched historical novel. Set in ancient Israel, the book tells the …

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Mundanes, Get Ready To Enter The City of Bones — An Audio Book Review

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Demons: Check. Vampires: Check. Werewolves: Check. Kick-ass characters: Double Check. Sophisticated sarcasm: Triple Check. It’s easy to see why Cassandra Clare’s “The Mortal Instruments” trilogy is one of the hottest YA series of the year: it’s got everything required of …

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Our Staff’s 6 Favorite Audio Books for August

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There are a few new faces here at the ABC office, so I asked them (and a couple of veterans, too) what they were listening to. Here’s a few stand-outs from the latest batch of staff picks: Ender’s Game by …

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Michael J. Fox’s Lucky Man: Listen Before Reading

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The other day in the lunchroom, I walked in on co-workers discussing Michael J. Fox’s autobiography,  Lucky Man. Graeme, our IT Manager here at ABC, was talking at great lengths about the story and how he had enjoyed both reading and …

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The Four Best Survival Audio Books to Get You Through Shark Week

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Ahhh, Shark Week. That beloved childhood institution of fascination, fear and edu-tainment. I have vivid memories of sitting inches from the television, oscillating between amazement and terror as my sister and I watched and learned. The people who put together …

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