Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy

Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Leslie Maitland
• Narrated By Leslie Maitland
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Leslie Maitland is an award-winning former New York Times investigative reporter whose mother and grandparents fled Germany in 1938 for France, where, as Jews, they spent four years as refugees—the last two under risk of Nazi deportation. In 1942 they made it onto the last boat to escape France before the Germans sealed the harbors. Then, barred from entering the United States, they lived in Cuba for almost two years before immigrating to New York.

The Mill on the Floss

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 55 mins)
• By George Eliot
• Narrated By Wanda McCaddon
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The Mill on the Floss, first published in 1860, tells the story of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom as they grow from children to young adults in the small rural town of St. Ogg's, England. Intelligent and passionate, Maggie yearns to develop her mind and break free of the constraints of her provincial village. Though she loves her brother above anyone else, Tom's rigid, pragmatic personality often conflicts with Maggie's headstrong nature, with increasingly tragic consequences.

Confessions of a Mullah Warrior

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Masood Farivar
• Narrated By Christopher Lane
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At a time when the war in Afghanistan is the focus of renewed attention, and its outcome is more crucial than ever to our own security, Masood Farivar draws on his unique experience as a native Afghan, a former mujahideen fighter, and a longtime U.S. resident to provide unprecedented insight into the ongoing collision between Islam and the West. This is a visceral, clear-eyed, and illuminating memoir from an indispensable new voice on the world stage.

Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 25 mins)
• By Mildred Armstrong Kalish
• Narrated By Ruth Ann Phimister

As foreclosure fragments her family, five-year-old Mildred and her three siblings find refuge with her grandparents enjoying a modest retirement. When the "little heathens" flush the seniors and their child-rearing skills out of retirement, the grandparents deploy tough but loving bedtime schedules, Bible and prayer routines, and plenty of character-building chores. Having no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life.

The Master’s Muse: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 24 mins)
• By Varley O’Connor
• Narrated By Coleen Marlo
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“We set our sights on each other almost from the beginning.”

So begins The Master’s Muse, an exquisite, deeply affecting novel about the true love affair between two artistic legends: George Balanchine, the Russian émigré to America who is widely considered the Shakespeare of dance, and his wife and muse, Tanaquil Le Clercq.