Books from the Wolfner Library Recording Studio
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Adult
A Dog Gone Murder by Elaine Viets, DBC24334
Narrated by Caroline Ward. Reading time 8 hours, 9 minutes.
Josie learns the truth about Uncle Bob when she is asked to investigate his doggy day camp. And when Bob is murdered, Franklin becomes the prime suspect. Follow Josie, as she must find the real killer to clear Franklin’s name. Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper Series, Book 10. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Some violence.
Hardship and Hope: Missouri Women Writing about Their Lives, 1820-1920, Edited with an Introduction by Carla Waal and Barbara Oliver Korner, DBC06419
Narrated by Theresa Sullivan. Reading time 18 hours, 50 minutes.
Hardship and Hope brings to life known and unknown Missouri women through their own writings in journals, letters, diaries, and memoirs.
The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835-1871 by Gary Scharnhorst, DBC24440
Narrated by Loretta Broker. Reading time 39 hours, 21 minutes.
This book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the parameters of a single volume or focused on a particular period or aspect of Clemens’s life, because the whole of that epic life cannot be compressed into a single volume. In The Life of Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst has chosen to write a complete biography plotted from beginning to end, from a single point of view, on an expansive canvas.
Lost Jefferson City by Michelle Brooks, DBC24457
Narrated by John Wegman. Reading time 4 hours, 55 minutes.
Author Michelle Brooks explores the forgotten places of Missouri’s capital city.
Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson City by Michelle Brooks, DBC24458
Narrated by Shelley Swoyer. Reading time 4 hours, 36 minutes.
Author Michelle Brooks explores the dark side of Missouri’s capital city.
Queen of the Hillbillies: Writings of May Kennedy McCord, Edited by Patti McCord and Kristene Sutliff, DBC24354
Narrated by Ann Kovar. Reading time 12 hours, 57 minutes.
Queen of the Hillbillies is a vibrant, long-overdue collection of the writings of May Kennedy McCord, who documented the traditions and history of her native Ozarks as one of the twentieth century's preeminent folklorists. This capacious volume features McCord's own multifaceted writing alongside correspondence, recollections, and poems from her readers and fellow writers. Some strong language.
The St. Louis Baseball Reader by Richard F. Peterson, DBC24358
Narrated by Tom Steever. Reading time 19 hours, 43 minutes.
Collected writings of some of baseball's greatest storytellers pay tribute to both the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns rich baseball history.
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein, DBC24353
Narrated by Audie Cline. Reading time 16 hours, 19 minutes.
A vivid, detailed account of investigations into the shadowy side of Japan. In some of the freshest pages of the book, our unlikely hero tells us about his initiation into the seamy, tough-guy Japan beneath the public courtesies. Adelstein builds his stories with as much surprise and grit as any Al Pacino or Mark Wahlberg movie, blurring the lines between the cops, the crooks and even the journalists. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. Violence.
Young Adult
Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson, DBC24368
Narrated by Patty Lockenvitz. Reading time 16 hours, 28 minutes.
Trapped on the island of Nil in a parallel universe, Rives is the undisputed leader of Nil City but raiders, non-human inhabitants, and new arrivals make it ever harder to maintain order and Rives teams up with Skye, a new arrival with a mysterious past, in a desperate race to save all the residents of Nil. Nil Series, Book 2. Some strong language. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers.
Science and the Skeptic: Discerning Fact from Fiction by Marc Zimmer, DBC24431
Narrated by Caroline Ward. Reading time 3 hours, 19 minutes.
Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit. For junior and senior high readers.
The She by Carol Plum-Ucci, DBC24395
Narrated by Tom Collier. Reading time 10 hours, 58 minutes.
After his parents are lost at sea, Evan Barrett and his older brother leave their seaside home in West Hook to escape bad memories, but years later even worse questions emerge when Evan is asked to help a fellow student deal with another sea-related tragedy. Some descriptions of sex. Strong language. For junior and senior high readers.
Sway by Kat Spears, DBC19442
Narrated by Vaughn Whiting. Reading time 8 hours, 51 minutes.
Jesse Alderman, also known as Sway, avoids emotional connection at all costs, but he's ultimately forced to open his heart when he meets the girl of his dreams. Descriptions of sex. Some violence. Strong language. For senior high and older readers.
Juvenile
Astronomy by Melanie Melton Knocke, DBC24439
Narrated by Melanie Melton Knocke. Reading time 6 hours, 24 minutes.
A lively information-packed guide which includes fantastic astronomical phenomena. Everything from black holes to white dwarfs to red giants. This little book with big information will send kids flying into outer space to explore our fascinating universe. Little Giant Book Series. For grades 3-6.
Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard, DBC24390
Narrated by Atticus Barnes. Reading time 7 hours, 48 minutes.
Darkus Cuttle has taken care of his father ever since his mother died, but one day his father vanishes from a locked vault at the Natural History Museum, and now Darkus lives with his eccentric uncle. He finds a large and unusually intelligent and self-aware beetle, and soon he and his two friends are caught up in a struggle to protect an intelligent super species of beetles. For grades 4-7.
The Berenstain Bears and the Haunted House by Jan and Mike Berenstain DBC24462
Narrated by Griffin Lyskowski. Reading time 5 minutes.
Gracie the kitten has gone missing. Did she go inside the haunted house on top of Spook Hill? Brother and Sister gather up their courage to find out. They'd better beware! For preschool to grade 2.
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? by Barney Saltzberg, DBC24509
Narrated by Terry and Griffin Lyskowski. Reading time 4 minutes.
Cornelius the pig has his own style when preparing for bed, but he does not really feel ready until he gets a hug. For preschool to grade 2.
Do You Know the Monkey Man? by Dori Hillestad Butler, DBC24396
Narrated by Bella Lyskowski. Reading time 4 hours, 32 minutes.
While searching for the father who left her and her mother ten years ago, thirteen-year-old Samantha begins to believe that the twin sister who supposedly died when they were three years old is still alive. For grades 5-8.
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping by Eileen Christelow, DBC24464
Narrated by Griffin Lyskowski. Reading time 7 minutes.
The day before school starts, Mama takes her five little monkeys shopping for clothes. For preschool to grade 2.
The Night Ride by J. Anderson Coats, DBC24411
Narrated by Mary Beth Broughton. Reading time 5 hours, 15 minutes.
Saving her coppers to buy a beloved horse that has been transferred to the royal stables of the king of Mael Dunn, new stablehand Sonnia must compete in a dangerous, highly illegal Night Ride to protect her horse. For grades 3-6.
Stella, Fairy of the Forest by Marie-Louise Gay, DBC24504
Narrated by Maggie Barnes. Reading time 9 minutes.
When Stella assures her little brother that fairies exist and that she's seen hundreds of them, they set out across the meadow and into the forest in search of them. For grades K-3.