Essential audiobooks
Guardado en:
| Publicado en: | Publishers Weekly vol. 245, no. 22 (Jun 1, 1998), p. S2-S3 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Publicado: |
PWxyz, LLC
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Citation/Abstract Full Text Full Text - PDF |
| Etiquetas: |
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| Resumen: | [...]because top fiction authors often have many bestselling titles, votes were split among those titles. [...]there was less consensus about which title to include in the case of an author deemed essential. Essential Fiction The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans, read by Peter Coyote, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47478-6) The Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, read by Derek Jacobi, Penguin Audiobooks (ISBN 0-45300774-0) The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, read by Derek Jacobi, Penguin Audiobooks (ISBN 0-14086430-X) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, read by Roses Prichard, Audio Partners (ISBN 1-572-70036-X) Runaway Jury by John Grisham, abridged read by Michael Beck, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47282-8) and unabridged read by Frank Muller, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-502069) The Partner by John Grisham, abridged read by Michael Beck, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47283-6) and unabridged read by Frank Muller, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-50207-7) The Street Lawyer by John Grisham, abridged read by Michael Beck, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47918-0) and unabridged read by Frank Muller, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-50212-3) Gone but Not Forgotten by Phillip M. Margolin, read by Michael Russotto, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47218-6) Day After Tomorrow by Alan Folsom, read by Edward Herrmann, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47231-3) Vertical Run by Joseph Garber, read by Stephen Lang, BDD Audio (ISBN 0553-47407-3) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, read by Jeremy Irons, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-45786-0) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, read by Joanna David, Penguin Audiobooks (ISBN 0-14-086060-6), and BBC Radio dramatization, with a cast led by Patricia Hodge, BDD Audio (ISBN 0553-47396-4) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, read by Edward Herrmann, HighBridge (ISBN 1-565-11127-3) The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, read by Jesse Corti, Time Warner AudioBooks (ISBN 1-570-42104-8) A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton, read by Judy Kaye, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0394-57977-1) and "the latest Sue Grafton title" (as many respondents put it). The Green Mile boxed set by Stephen King, read by Frank Muller, Penguin Audiobooks (ISBN 0-14-771135-5) Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, read by F. Murray Abraham, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-67944764-4) and The Vampire Chronicles boxed set, consisting of Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, read by various readers, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-41050-3) The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, BBC Radio multi-cast dramatization, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47107-4) and multi-cast dramatization, Soundelux Audio Publishing (ISBN 0-881-42269X) Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, read by George Hearn, Audio Partners (ISBN 1-572-70058-0) The Complete Star Wars Trilogy, radio dramatization, HighBridge (ISBN 1565-11173-7) Sula by Toni Morrison, read by the author, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-46072-1) Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, abridged read by Dylan Baker, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-67946069-1), and unabridged read by the author, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-375-40292-6) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, read by Geraldine James, BDD Audio (ISBN 0553-47329-8) A Certain Justice by P.D. James, read by Michael Jayston, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-46085-3) Penguin English Verse collection, read by Jill Balcon, Sean Barrett and Alan Cumming, Penguin Audiobooks (ISBN 0-140-86136-X) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by Patrick Stewart, Simon & Schuster Audio (ISBN 0-671-76932-4 or CD ISBN 0-671-79382-9) Essential Nonfiction The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, read by the author, abridged Simon & Schuster Audio (ISBN 0-671-68796-4) or unabridged Covey Leadership Center (ISBN 1-883219-02-7) Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, read by the author, Simon & Schuster Audio, abridged (ISBN 0-671-576089) or unabridged (ISBN 0671-58037-X) Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray, read by the author, HarperAudio (ISBN 1-55994-878-7) Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, read by the author, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-55347867-2) Truman by David McCullough, read by the author, Simon & Schuster Audio (ISBN 0-671-79887-1) Charles Kuralt's America by Charles Kuralt, read by the author, Simon & Schuster Audio (ISBN 0-671-79745-X) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, abridged read by Anthony Heald, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-43802-5); unabridged, read by Jeff Woodman, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0679-46080-2) Personal History by Katharine Graham, read by the author, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-45818-2) Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins, read by the author, Simon & Schuster Audio (ISBN 0-671-75018-X) A Reporter's Life by Walter Cronkite, read by the author, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-45814-X) Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth Davis, read by the author, BDD Audio (ISBN 0-553-47103-1) News from Lake Wobegon series by Garrison Keillor, read by the author, HighBridge (various ISBNs) or Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor, read by the author, HighBridge (ISBN 0-942-11008-0) All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot, read by Christopher Timothy, Audio Renaissance (ISBN 1-55927399-2 ) or All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot, read by Christopher Timothy, Audio Renaissance (ISBN 1-559-27401-8) The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, read by Stanley Tucci, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-679-46035-7) Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra, read by the author, Random House Audiobooks (ISBN 0-67942431-8) How to Meditate by Lawrence Leshan, read by the author, Audio Renaissance (ISBN 0-940-68704-6) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, read by Joe Slattery, Audio Forum (ISBN 0-940-68700-3) To this list, PW would add one more title: |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0000-0019 2150-4008 |
| Fuente: | ABI/INFORM Global |