Boatman, Michael 1964-

Unchained memories readings from the slave narratives( visu )
3 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 1,200 libraries worldwide
When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.

Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel( Sound Recording )
20 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,185 libraries worldwide
A Marin County mom and freelance writer is offered the chance to write a major Hollywood screenplay. She is torn between her new life in Hollywood and her family back home.

The given day by Dennis Lehane( Sound Recording )
11 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and held by 992 libraries worldwide
"Boston beat cop Danny Coughlin longs to step out of the shadow of his father, a legendary police captain. But his resolve is put to the test when he attempts to infiltrate the bands of anarchists and radicals threatening the city. Caught up in a vortex of change, Danny becomes entangles with an Irish immigrant maid and makes the acquaintance of Luther Laurence, a black man on the lam after a murder in Tulsa. Touching on such historic events as the Spanish Influenza pandemic and the Boston Police Strike of 1919, the Given Day is Lehane at his finest"--Container.

Hamburger Hill( visu )
21 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 907 libraries worldwide
For ten days, the American soldiers of Bravo Company fight in Vietnam to take over Hill 937, also known as Hamburger Hill.

The race by Richard North Patterson( Sound Recording )
12 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and held by 895 libraries worldwide
Corey Grace, a Republican senator from Ohio noted for voting his own conscience rather than the party line, becomes locked in a no-holds-barred presidential primary campaign with his rival, a member of the party establishment and leader of the Christian right.

The cay by Theodore Taylor( Sound Recording )
13 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 895 libraries worldwide
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley( Sound Recording )
11 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in English and held by 790 libraries worldwide
It is 1965, and the devastating Watts riots are ravaging Los Angeles. A white man attempts to escape from a mob by running into a nearby apartment building. A few days later he is accused of killing a woman known as Little Scarlet who is found dead in the building. But when Easy Rawlins starts to investigate, he suspects the killer to be someone else-someone whose rage is racially motivated and as deep as his passion. For those who always wanted to read Walter Mosley, here is a novel they've been waiting for: an unstoppably dramatic mystery.

Cinnamon kiss a novel by Walter Mosley( Sound Recording )
10 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 785 libraries worldwide
Easy Rawlins is in need of money for his daughter Feather's expensive medical treatment, so he agrees to find a missing attorney who seems to be more trouble than he's worth.

Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis( Sound Recording )
7 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 765 libraries worldwide
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.

Fear of the dark by Walter Mosley( Sound Recording )
9 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 736 libraries worldwide
Fearless and Paris search for Paris's con artist cousin Ulysses S. Grant in Los Angeles during the 1950's.