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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?catherine+carmier '''Catherine Carmier'''] | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?catherine+carmier '''Catherine Carmier'''] | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gathering+of+old+men '''A Gathering of Old Men'''] | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gathering+of+old+men '''A Gathering of Old Men'''] | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?in+my+father's+house '''In My Father's House'''] (audio) | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?in+my+father's+house+gaines '''In My Father's House'''] |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mozart+and+leadbelly '''Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays'''] compiled and edited by Marcia Gaudet and Reggie Young. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mozart+and+leadbelly '''Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays'''] compiled and edited by Marcia Gaudet and Reggie Young. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?of+love+and+dust '''Of Love and Dust'''] | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?of+love+and+dust '''Of Love and Dust'''] | ||
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| ==African American Churches== | ==African American Churches== | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?black+church+in+the+african-American+experience | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?black+church+in+the+african-American+experience '''The Black Church in the African-American Experience'''] by C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence H. Mamiya |
| - | '''The Black Church in the African-American Experience'''] by C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence H. Mamiya | + | |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?negro+church+in+america '''The Negro Church in America'''] by E. Franklin Frazier | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?negro+church+in+america '''The Negro Church in America'''] by E. Franklin Frazier | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?black+church+since+frazier '''The Black Church Since Frazier'''] | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?black+church+since+frazier '''The Black Church Since Frazier'''] by C. Eric Lincoln |
| - | by C. Eric Lincoln | + | |
| ==African Americans Education== | ==African Americans Education== | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?julius+rosenwald+the+man+who+built+sears '''Julius Rosenwald : the Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South'''] by Peter M. Ascoli | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?julius+rosenwald+the+man+who+built+sears '''Julius Rosenwald : the Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South'''] by Peter M. Ascoli | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?self+taught+african+american+education '''Self-Taught : African American Education in Slavery and Freedom'''] by Heather Andrea Williams | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?self+taught+african+american+education '''Self-Taught : African American Education in Slavery and Freedom'''] by Heather Andrea Williams | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?jefferson+school+oral+history+project '''Jefferson School Oral History Project'''] (narrative) | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?jefferson+school+oral+history+project '''Jefferson School Oral History Project'''] |
| - | ==Blues Music History and Criticism== | + | ==Blues Music - History and Criticism== |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bill+wyman's+blues+odyssey '''Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey'''] by Bill Wyman with Richard Havers | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bill+wyman's+blues+odyssey '''Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey'''] by Bill Wyman with Richard Havers | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?portrait+of+the+blues '''Portrait of the Blues'''] by Paul Trynka ; photographs by Val Wilmer | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?portrait+of+the+blues '''Portrait of the Blues'''] by Paul Trynka ; photographs by Val Wilmer | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?spirituals+and+the+blues '''The Spirituals and the Blues : an Interpretation'''] by James H. Cone | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?spirituals+and+the+blues '''The Spirituals and the Blues : an Interpretation'''] by James H. Cone | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?negro+church+in+america '''This House on Fire : the Story of the Blues'''] by Craig Awmiller | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?this+house+on+fire '''This House on Fire : the Story of the Blues'''] by Craig Awmiller |
| ==Blues Music (video recordings)== | ==Blues Music (video recordings)== | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?american+blues '''American Blues'''] | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?american+blues '''American Blues'''] | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?blues+everywhere+i+go '''Blues Everywhere I Go'''] by Odetta | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?blues+everywhere+i+go '''Blues Everywhere I Go'''] by Odetta | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mississippi+blues '''Mississippi Blues'''] | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?mississippi+blues+putumayo '''Mississippi Blues'''] |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?turning+point '''The Turning Point'''] John Mayall | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?turning+point+mayall '''The Turning Point'''] John Mayall |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?ultimate+collection+1948 '''The Ultimate Collection, 1948-1990'''] John Lee Hooker | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?ultimate+collection+1948 '''The Ultimate Collection, 1948-1990'''] John Lee Hooker | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bessie+smith '''Bessie Smith'''] | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bessie+smith '''Bessie Smith'''] | ||
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| ==Capital Punishment== | ==Capital Punishment== | ||
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?anatomy+of+an+execution '''Anatomy of an Execution''']: the Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas by Todd C. Peppers and Laura T. Anderson | |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?choosing+mercy '''Choosing Mercy''']: a Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty by Antoinette Bosco. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?choosing+mercy '''Choosing Mercy''']: a Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty by Antoinette Bosco. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?crime+and+capital+punishment '''Crime and Capital Punishment'''] by Robert H. Loeb, Jr. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?crime+and+capital+punishment '''Crime and Capital Punishment'''] by Robert H. Loeb, Jr. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dead+man+walking '''Dead Man Walking''']: an Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dead+man+walking '''Dead Man Walking''']: an Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean. | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?death+penalties '''Death Penalties''']: the Supreme Court's Obstacle Course by Raoul Berger. | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?death+penalties+supreme '''Death Penalties''']: the Supreme Court's Obstacle Course by Raoul Berger. |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?death+peanlty+opposing '''The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'''] by David L. Bender & Bruno Leone, series editors; Carol Wekesser, book editor. | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?death+penalty+opposing '''The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints'''] by David L. Bender & Bruno Leone, series editors; Carol Wekesser, book editor. |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?don't+kill+in+our+names '''Don't Kill in Our Names''']: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty by Rachel King. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?don't+kill+in+our+names '''Don't Kill in Our Names''']: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty by Rachel King. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?execution+of+willie+francis '''The Execution of Willie Francis''']: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South by Gilbert King. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?execution+of+willie+francis '''The Execution of Willie Francis''']: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South by Gilbert King. | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?just+revenge '''Just Revenge''']: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty by Mark Costanzo | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?just+revenge+costanzo '''Just Revenge''']: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty by Mark Costanzo |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?last+face+you'll+ever+see '''The Last Face You'll Ever See''']: the Private Life of the American Death Penalty by Ivan Solotaroff. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?last+face+you'll+ever+see '''The Last Face You'll Ever See''']: the Private Life of the American Death Penalty by Ivan Solotaroff. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?legal+lynching '''Legal Lynching''']: Racism, Injustice, and the Death Penalty by Jesse Jackson, with Jesse Jackson, Jr. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?legal+lynching '''Legal Lynching''']: Racism, Injustice, and the Death Penalty by Jesse Jackson, with Jesse Jackson, Jr. | ||
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| ==Death row inmates - Fiction== | ==Death row inmates - Fiction== | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?hour+of+the+cat '''Hour of the Cat'''] by Peter Quinn | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?hour+of+the+cat '''Hour of the Cat'''] by Peter Quinn | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?law+of+second+chances '''The Law of Second Chances''' by James Sheehan. | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?law+of+second+chances '''The Law of Second Chances'''] by James Sheehan. |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?love+her+madly '''Love Her Madly'''] by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?love+her+madly '''Love Her Madly'''] by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?reversible+errors '''Reversible Errors'''] by Scott Turow | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?reversible+errors '''Reversible Errors'''] by Scott Turow | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?executioner's+song '''The Executioner's Song'''] by Norman Mailer. | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?executioner's+song '''The Executioner's Song'''] by Norman Mailer. | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gallows+thief '''Gallows Thief'''] by Bernard Cornwell | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gallows+thief '''Gallows Thief'''] by Bernard Cornwell | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?green+mile '''The Green Mile''' by Stephen King | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?green+mile '''The Green Mile'''] by Stephen King |
| ==Prisons - Fiction== | ==Prisons - Fiction== | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?derailed+siegel '''Derailed'''] by James Siegel | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?derailed+siegel '''Derailed'''] by James Siegel | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?end+of+story '''End of Story'''] by Peter Abrahams | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?end+of+story '''End of Story'''] by Peter Abrahams | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?monster+myers '''Monster''' by Walter Dean Myers; illustrations by Christopher Myers | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?monster+myers '''Monster'''] by Walter Dean Myers; illustrations by Christopher Myers |
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?pale+horse+coming '''Pale Horse Coming'''] by Stephen Hunter | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?pale+horse+coming '''Pale Horse Coming'''] by Stephen Hunter | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?session+kelman '''The Session'''] by Judith Kelman | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?session+kelman '''The Session'''] by Judith Kelman | ||
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?interview+room '''The Interview Room'''] by Roderick Anscombe | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?interview+room '''The Interview Room'''] by Roderick Anscombe | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?keep+egan '''The Keep'''] by Jennifer Egan | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?keep+egan '''The Keep'''] by Jennifer Egan | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?last+shot '''Last Shot'''] by Gregg Hurwitz | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?last+shot+hurwitz '''Last Shot'''] by Gregg Hurwitz |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?lord+of+death '''The Lord of Death'''] by Eliot Pattison | |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?man+in+the+iron+mask '''The Man in the Iron Mask'''] by Alexandre Dumas | |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?night+stalker+swain '''The Night Stalker''']: by James Swain | |
| - | The lord of death / Eliot Pattison | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?order+of+things '''The Order of Things'''] by Lynne Hinton. |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?summons+grisham '''The Summons'''] by John Grisham | |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?controlled+burn+stories '''Controlled Burn : Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men'''] by Scott Wolven. | |
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| - | The man in the iron mask / Alexandre Dumas ; writer: Roy Thomas ; | + | |
| - | penciler: Hugo Petrus ; inker: Tom Palmer ; colorist: June | + | |
| - | Chung ; letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna. | + | |
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| - | The night stalker : a novel of suspense / James Swain | + | |
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| - | The order of things / Lynne Hinton. | + | |
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| - | The summons / John Grisham (sound) | + | |
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| - | Controlled burn : stories of prison, crime, and men / Scott | + | |
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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?radio's+golden+age+the+programs '''Radio's Golden Age: the Programs and the Personalities'''] by Frank Buxton and Bill Owen | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?radio's+golden+age+the+programs '''Radio's Golden Age: the Programs and the Personalities'''] by Frank Buxton and Bill Owen | ||
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?letter+from+america '''Letter from America, 1946-2004'''] by Alistair Cooke | |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?agatha+christie's+casebook+mysteries '''Agatha Christie's Casebook Mysteries'''] (sound recording) | |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?best+of+1945 '''The Best of 1945'''] (sound recording) | |
| - | Letter from America, 1946-2004 / Alistair Cooke | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?old-time+radio's+greatest+mysteries '''Old-Time Radio's Greatest Mysteries'''] (sound recording) |
| - | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?stop+the+press+radio '''Stop the Press!'''] (sound recording: tales of reporters on the radio) | |
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| - | Agatha Christie's casebook mysteries [sound recording] | + | |
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| - | Stop the press! [sound recording] : [tales of reporters on the radio | + | |
| [[Category:Adult Fiction]] | [[Category:Adult Fiction]] | ||
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Article in Adult Fiction, African American, Big Read, Historical, and Themes categories.
Contents |
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Other Works by Ernest Gaines
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (audio/video)
- Catherine Carmier
- A Gathering of Old Men
- In My Father's House
- Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays compiled and edited by Marcia Gaudet and Reggie Young.
- Of Love and Dust
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African American Churches
- The Black Church in the African-American Experience by C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence H. Mamiya
- The Negro Church in America by E. Franklin Frazier
- The Black Church Since Frazier by C. Eric Lincoln
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African Americans Education
- A History of Negro Education in the South; From 1619 to the Present by Henry Allen Bullock
- Julius Rosenwald : the Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South by Peter M. Ascoli
- Self-Taught : African American Education in Slavery and Freedom by Heather Andrea Williams
- Jefferson School Oral History Project
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Blues Music - History and Criticism
- Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey by Bill Wyman with Richard Havers
- The Blues from Robert Johnson to Robert Gray by Tony Russell
- Blues Legacies and Black Feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis
- The History of the Blues by Francis Davis
- Portrait of the Blues by Paul Trynka ; photographs by Val Wilmer
- The Spirituals and the Blues : an Interpretation by James H. Cone
- This House on Fire : the Story of the Blues by Craig Awmiller
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Blues Music (video recordings)
- The Blues: a Musical Journey Vulcan Productions ; Road Movies
- Blues master vols. I, II, and III / B.B. King ; produced by Steven Reed ; directed by Allie Eberhardt
- The Story of the Blues produced by Jordi Vall Escriu
- Blues Music
- American Blues
- Blues Everywhere I Go by Odetta
- Mississippi Blues
- The Turning Point John Mayall
- The Ultimate Collection, 1948-1990 John Lee Hooker
- Bessie Smith
- Billie's blues Billie Holiday
- Blues & Roots Charles Mingus
- The Legend of Blind Joe Death John Fahey
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Capital Punishment
- Anatomy of an Execution: the Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas by Todd C. Peppers and Laura T. Anderson
- Choosing Mercy: a Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty by Antoinette Bosco.
- Crime and Capital Punishment by Robert H. Loeb, Jr.
- Dead Man Walking: an Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean.
- Death Penalties: the Supreme Court's Obstacle Course by Raoul Berger.
- The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints by David L. Bender & Bruno Leone, series editors; Carol Wekesser, book editor.
- Don't Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty by Rachel King.
- The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South by Gilbert King.
- Just Revenge: Costs and Consequences of the Death Penalty by Mark Costanzo
- The Last Face You'll Ever See: the Private Life of the American Death Penalty by Ivan Solotaroff.
- Legal Lynching: Racism, Injustice, and the Death Penalty by Jesse Jackson, with Jesse Jackson, Jr.
- Teens and the Death Penalty by Elaine Landau.
- Ultimate Punishment: a Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty by Scott Turow.
- Who Owns Death?: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience, and the End of Executions by Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell.
- The Wrong Men: America's Epidemic of Wrongful Death Row Convictions by Stanley Cohen.
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Louisiana Style Cookery
- Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fork in the Road: a Different Direction in Cooking, photography by Paul Rico
- Crescent City Cooking: Unforgettable Recipes from Susan Spicer's New Orleans by Susan Spicer, with Paula Disbrowe
- Emeril's Delmonico: a New Orleans Restaurant with a Past by Emeril Lagasse
- Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch ; photographs by Brian Smale
- Justin Wilson Looking Back: a Cajun Cookbook, photographs by David King Gleason and Bill Cooksey
- The New Orleans Cookbook: Creole, Cajun, and Louisiana French Recipes Past and Present by Rima Collin & Richard Collin
- The Prudhomme Family Cookbook: Old-Time Louisiana Recipes by the eleven Prudhomme brothers and sisters and Paul Prudhomme
- The Trout Point Lodge Cookbook: Creole Cuisine from New Orleans to Nova Scotia by Daniel Abel, Charles Leary, Vaughn Perret, photographs by Wayne Barrett, foreword by John Besh
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Death row inmates - Fiction
- Hour of the Cat by Peter Quinn
- The Law of Second Chances by James Sheehan.
- Love Her Madly by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
- Reversible Errors by Scott Turow
- Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
- Conviction by Richard North Patterson
- The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer.
- Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
- The Green Mile by Stephen King
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Prisons - Fiction
- Derailed by James Siegel
- End of Story by Peter Abrahams
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers; illustrations by Christopher Myers
- Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter
- The Session by Judith Kelman
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Prisoners - Fiction
- The Gypsy Man by Robert Bausch
- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Interview Room by Roderick Anscombe
- The Keep by Jennifer Egan
- Last Shot by Gregg Hurwitz
- The Lord of Death by Eliot Pattison
- The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
- The Night Stalker: by James Swain
- The Order of Things by Lynne Hinton.
- The Summons by John Grisham
- Controlled Burn : Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men by Scott Wolven.
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Radio Programs
We have an unbelievable number of radio programs --63+ in the catalog. Here’s just a minor sample
- Radio's Golden Age: the Programs and the Personalities by Frank Buxton and Bill Owen
- Letter from America, 1946-2004 by Alistair Cooke
- Agatha Christie's Casebook Mysteries (sound recording)
- The Best of 1945 (sound recording)
- Old-Time Radio's Greatest Mysteries (sound recording)
- Stop the Press! (sound recording: tales of reporters on the radio)
