Those Grand Occasions at the End of the Road

The Free Fall of Webster Cummings: The American Odyssey Collection

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 48 mins)
• By Tom Bodett
• Narrated By Tom Bodett

In this epic drama from beloved radio personality Tom Bodett, a host of unforgettable characters from the end of the road - Alaska - venture to the lower 48 to discover an America they barely recognize. The first to arrive is Ed Flannigan, who has one arm, no job, and not a clue about how to get on with his life.

Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier: A Novel in Stories

• UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Tom Bodett
• Narrated By Tom Bodett

As Norman contemplates a long and lonely adolescence on the Last Frontier, he's sure there's more to life than being the klutziest kid in Alaska. In 15 closely linked stories that follow Norman from age 13 to going-on 16, Tom Bodett combines rugged Alaskan adventure with a warm and funny story of a boy who may not be as lonely as he thinks.

Williwaw!

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 30 mins)
• By Tom Bodett
• Narrated By Tom Bodett

Growing up in a remote part of Alaska, Ivan and September Crane know that autumn is an unpredictable season - days of clear blue skies can give way to fierce, sudden storms in a blink. They know the trouble signs: changes in the wind, the temperature, or even the color of the dawn. But somehow, this time, left alone when their fisherman father is delayed at sea, even their keen sense of their surroundings and the lessons they've been taught fail them.

The Road Home: Stories from Lake Wobegon

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Garrison Keillor
• Narrated By Garrison Keillor

From America's favorite storyteller, here are 18 new tales of Lake Wobegon, handpicked from live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.

Red Mars

• UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Kim Stanley Robinson
• Narrated By Richard Ferrone
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

The Meaning of it All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Richard Feynman
• Narrated By Raymond Todd
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In this collection of lectures that Richard Feynman originally gave in 1963, unpublished during his lifetime, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several of the ultimate questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age?