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  Story of Doctor Dolittle...

  Hugh Lofting

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  John Dolittle, M. D., was once a famous doctor. But then he learned to talk Animal-Language, picked up several interesting pets, and gradually began to lose his patients. Finally the only patient who remains, the Cat's-Meat-Man, makes a suggestion - why doesn't he give up treating people and become an animal doctor?And so Dr. Dolittle becomes an animal doctor, and life seems to be going well. But with the addition of an escaped crocodile to his store of pets, even the animals stop coming to see him. What to do?Children of all ages - and adults too - will enjoy the story of the good Doctor and his animals as he travels to Africa and back, braves shipwrecks and pirates, escapes from prison, and tries to reunite a little boy with his kidnapped uncle, all with the help of his charming animal friends. (Summary by Rachel)Please note that this book was written at a different time and includes attitudes which are now considered racist. Some modern editions are available with some of this changed - this recording is of the original public domain text, as it was first published in 1920.Cast List:Introduction read by Donald CummingsNarrated by Adele de PignerollesDoctor Dolittle: AdamPolynesia the parrot / Ben Ali the Barbary Dragon: Beth ThomasToo-Too the owl / the Pushmi-Pullyu: Esther ben SimonidesChee-Chee the monkey: Adele de PignerollesGub-Gub the pig / Tiny Red Monkey: SuperCoconutDab-Dab the duck / Queen Ermintrude / Major of the Marmosettes / Pirate 1: RachelJip the dog: MaryAnnTownsperson: Vanessa CooleyCat's-Meat-Man: Elijah FisherSarah Dolittle: Dorothy Godfrey-SmithHorse: WillyPorpoises / Crocodile / Swallows / Eagles: April WaltersWhite Mouse / Pirate 2: Mary KayAfrican Man / Grand Gorilla / Mayor: Larry WilsonThe King of Jolliginki: Paul SimoninBiggest Baboon / Big Black Rat / Shark / Fisherman: Michael C. JohnsonLeader of the Lions / Prince Bumpo / Sailor: Zames CurranQueen Lioness: Shiloh FuscelloChief Chimpanzee / Little Boy: LydiaAudio edited by Rachel

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  Five Years with the White Man...

  Eloka Obi, Saul Boyer

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  A startling account of satirist ABC Merriman-Labor – the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten – whose dreams of becoming the greatest writer of his generation lead him on a defiant journey from Sierra Leone to Edwardian London.
  Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer's play Five Years with the White Man features a kaleidoscope of characters and was premiered at VAULT Festival, London, in 2023.

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  Sorted Books

  Nina Katchadourian

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  A witty and thought-provoking collection of visual poems constructed from stacks of books. Delighting in the look and feel of books, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian’s playful photographic series proves that books’ covers—or more specifically, their spines—can speak volumes. Over the past two decades, Katchadourian has perused libraries across the globe, selecting, stacking, and photographing groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that their titles can be read as sentences, creating whimsical narratives from the text found there. Thought-provoking, clever, and at times laugh-out-loud funny (one cluster of titles from the Akron Museum of Art’s research library consists of: Primitive Art /Just Imagine/Picasso/Raised by Wolves), Sorted Books is an enthralling collection of visual poems full of wry wit and bookish smarts. Praise for Sorted Books “Katchadourian’s project . . . takes on a weight beyond its initial novelty. It’s a love letter to books, book collecting and the act of reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As a longtime fan of [Katchadourian’s] long-running Sorted Books project I’m thrilled for the release of Sorted Books—a collection spanning nearly two decades of her witty and wise minimalist mediations on life by way of ingeniously arranged book spines. . . . In an era drowned in periodic death tolls for the future of the physical book, her project stands as a celebration of the spirit embedded in the magnificent materiality of the printed page.” —Brain Pickings“Katchadourian’s stacks possess an understated sophistication; they are true to the intimate nature of books and yet reveal their dramatic features and unexpected potential.” —Publishers Weekly

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  What Kind of Woman - Poems

  Kate Baer

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  An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller 
  A Goop Book Club Pick 
  ""If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer.""--Joanna Goddard, Cup of Jo 
   
  A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend. 
  “When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.” So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me.” In “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels” she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother’s cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem “Deliverance” about her son’s birth she writes “What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?”  
  Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.

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  Death of a Salesman

  Arthur Miller

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  Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in Arthur Miller’s 1949 masterpiece, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman (Keach) is the play’s iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with success and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about aimlessly for their station in life, Willy begins to come unraveled when the reality of his life threatens his long-cherished illusions. 
   
  Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in March 2011. 
   
  Directed by Eric Simonson 
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: 
  Steven Culp as Biff Loman 
  Maureen Flannigan as Letta/Jenny 
  Jason Henning as Bernard/Stanley 
  Jane Kaczmarek as Linda Loman 
  Stacy Keach as Willy Loman 
  Kathryn Meisle as The Woman 
  Tim Monsion as Uncle Ben 
  Sam McMurray as Charley 
  John Sloan as Happy Loman 
  Kate Steele as Miss Forsythe 
  Kenneth Alan Williams as Howard 
   
  Recording, Editing and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood 
  Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo

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  Christmas Short Works Collection...

  Various Various

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  LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Colletion containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of LibriVox members.Section 09:  A Cornish Christmas Play, a mummers' play, was read by gathered members of the UK LibriVox chapter (Sarah O'Connor, Graham Redman, Cori Samuel and Peter Yearsley.)

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