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xvii, 205 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public radio show BirdNote, each brief essay illuminating the life, habits, or songs of a particular bird. Why do geese fly in a V-formation? Why are worms so good for you -- if you're a robin? Which bird calls, "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" From wrens that nest in cactuses to gulls that have a strange red dot on their bills -- these digestible and fascinating bird stories are...
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2 audio discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Looking for an alternative to the seriously reliable, soothing yet informative sound of NPR? Try NPR! Prepare to be surprised by this collection of unbelievable news, bloopers, and interviews with some of the funniest personalities on the planet. The time honored tradition of hoax stories that NPR airs every April 1st brings exploding maple trees in Maine, talking dogs in Ohio, farm raised whales in Illinois, and bubbling cheese springs in Wisconsin.
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2 audio discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dog lovers will delight in these stories of the sometimes imperfect, always endearing canine companions with which people share their lives. These long and short, straight and curly tales of animals and their devoted human friends are comical, touching, and ultimately unforgettable.
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Gospel Birds is a collection of nine classic and very funny monologues from the early years of A Prairie Home Companion. In addition to the title story (about Irma and Ernie Lundeen's traveling flock of acrobatic, bible-reciting birds), contents include: Pastor Ingquist's Trip to Orlando. Mammoth Concert Tickets Bruno, the Fishing Dog. Gospel Birds. Meeting Donny Hart at the Bus Stop. A Day at the Circus with Mazumbo. The Tollerud's Korean Baby....
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Adventures in Odyssey volume 57
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4 audio discs (240 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A trip in the Imagination Station is usually fun, but three generations from the Parker family are surprised to find that it can be life-changing, too. And who doesn't love the circus, especially when it involves solving a mystery behind sabotage and betrayal? And Connie's life is turned upside-down by an unexpected phone call, triggering major changes for everyone around her.
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1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...
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20 audio discs (20 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Collection of radio plays about Sherlock Holmes, featuring 25 of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tales, William Gillette's stage play, and original sotires by Edith Meiser and Anthony Boucher. Includes a 32-page booklet by radio historian Anthony Tollin and William Nadel of the Baker Street Irregulars.
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In a wonderful evening of storytelling, laughter, and plenty of music, Garrison Keillor is joined by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, led by Philip Brunelle and accompanied by Richard Dworsky. "Philip and I have performed together with a long list of great orchestras, among them the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony. After years on the road, we brought the show home...
15) First ladies
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3 audio discs (3.5 hr.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While the role of the First Lady has changed dramatically over the course of the nation's history, one thing remains constant-- Americans have always been fascinated by the wives of the Presidents. This collection features in-depth profiles of many of our beloved, inspiring, and, occasionally, enigmatic First Ladies.
16) My little town
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"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town . . ." Lake Wobegon has been Garrison Keillor's fictional home town-and America's-for almost 40 years. Many of us have grown up with "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve." The Chatterbox Cafe, the Sidetrack Tap, the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility, the Bunsens and the Krebsbachs, the Lake Wobegon Whippets-these are places, people, and sports teams we know...
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9 audio discs (approximately 600 min. each, approximately 5400 min. total) : digital, MP3 file ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Pacifica Radio has been chronicling 20th century political, cultural and artistic movements for over 60 years. The Pacifica Radio Archive is one of the oldest and deepest audio collections in the world, including documentaries, performances, discussions, debates, drama, poetry readings, commentaries and radio arts. This set contains 90-hours of selected material by Pacifica Archives collaborators and advisors presented in mp3 format on 9 discs.
"The...
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1 videodisc (approximately 3 hrs., 21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Join host Ira Glass and his company, as they bring a different theme to life each week, in the format of the popular Chicago radio show by the same name. In Escape, teenage boys in Philadelphia impress girls using a mode of transportation obsolete in their neighborhood since the 19th century, and a young man's fight for independence from his mother is complicated by some very specialized circumstances. In Two wars, we learn about two foreigners in...
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