2012 "Good Read" Selection Now Available

In support of the Kendall Campus English Department's "Good Read" program, our collection of audiobooks on iPods that may be checked out of the library now includes the 2012 Good Read selection, The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl.
Previous Good Read selections are also available, including The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, After Dark by Haruki Murakami, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Introducing the EZ-Pod!

	Each volume in our new "EZ-Pod" series consists of an iPod containing the audiobook version of an young adult novel, accompanied by a paperback copy of the same novel. With the EZ-Pod, borrowers have the option of listening, reading, or doing both at the same time.
The EZ-Pod was developed specifically for students taking courses in ESL (English as a Second Language) and EAP (English for Academic Purposes), but anyone can enjoy the titles in this series.   The following EZ-Pod titles are currently available:
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (read by Peter Coyote) Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (read by Blair Brown) The Giver by Lois Lowry (read by Ron Rifkin) Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (read by Hope Davis) Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (read by Jeannie Stith) Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (read by Christina Moore) Looking for Alaska by John Green (read by Jeff Woodman) Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (read by Ramon de Ocampo) The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson (read by Ellen Archer) Jesse by Gary Soto (read by Robert Ramirez) Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (read by Frances McDormand) Sounder by William H. Armstrong (read by Avery Brooks) Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (read by Daniel Passer) The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (read by Jim Fyfe) The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (read by Barry Bostwick) A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (read by Nicholas Sparks) Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (read by Anthony Heald) Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (read by Trini Alvarado) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (read by Michael Maloney) The Cay by Theodore Taylor (read by Michael Boatman)
Each EZ-Pod also contains a selection of audiobooks for English language instruction, including Easy English Vocabulary, Berlitz Inglés Garantizado, and Idioms in English. ___________________________________________ For more books you can read and listen to at the same time, check out our LitPod series.

Nothing Beats a Good Read!

In support of the Kendall Campus English Department's "Good Read" program, our collection of audiobooks on iPods that may be checked out of the library now includes the 2011 Good Read selection, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender.
Previous Good Read selections are also available, including After Dark by Haruki Murakami, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

JazzPod Update

Six more episodes of the NPR Jazz Profiles podcast have been added to the JazzPod:

	Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way Oscar Peterson: Piano Master Tito Puente: "El Rey" Jazz in Song: The Standard Jazz in Song: The Singing Instrumentalists Jazz in Song: The Words
Ask for the JazzPod at the Library Circulation Desk.

More About the PinkPod

In celebration of Women's History Month, we've just introduced the PinkPod, an iPod containing a variety of materials that focus on the struggles and successes of women throughout history.

In addition to audiobooks and videos, the PinkPod contains a slideshow of 35 thought-provoking quotes by famous women such as Mother Teresa, Margaret Mead, Anaïs Nin, Wilma Rudolph, Golda Meir, and Indira Gandhi.

Even Paris Hilton has some words of wisdom for PinkPod borrowers! Check out the PinkPod at the Library Circulation Desk, then return to this blog to let us know what you think. If you have a favorite quote by a famous woman, click the comments link below to share it with us!

Introducing the PinkPod!

The Kendall Campus Library is pleased to introduce the "PinkPod," the latest addition to our collection of themed iPods that can be checked out of the library. Created in celebration of Women's History Month, the PinkPod contains a variety of audiobooks, videos, and other materials that focus on the struggles and successes of women throughout history.

Contents include biographies of famous women, literary works by and about women, musical performances, documentaries, discussions of contemporary women's issues, and more. Whether it's Maya Angelou's poetry, Frida Kahlo's paintings, Helen Keller's remarkable life story, or Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want to Have Fun, you're sure to find something to inspire you! Ask for the PinkPod at the Library Circulation Desk.

Time Out Turns 50!

	This year, the jazz world celebrates the golden anniversary of The Dave Brubeck Quartet's groundbreaking album Time Out. It was in 1959 that the album "shook up the notion of rhythm in jazz" with an odd-metered song called Take Five.*
The JazzPod, our jazz-themed iPod that you can check out of the library, contains the entire original Time Out album, including the legendary hits Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk. Ask for the JazzPod at the Circulation Desk. *Click here to hear a National Public Radio interview with jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, still making music at age 89.

New LitPod Features Classic Short Stories

The newest addition to our LitPod Series is Great American Women's Fiction, an audio collection of unabridged stories including On the Divide by Willa Cather, Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Pelican by Edith Wharton, and six additional works by these four acclaimed authors. (Click here for complete contents.) "These brilliant authors each speak for a woman's experience, about lives defined by relationships and lives of frustration and satisfaction, sorrow and joy, oppression and self discovery."  --Publisher's Summary

What Students Are Saying About the BachPod

"It was very helpful to study and super convenient. I loved it!! It had majority of the music I needed. I must say this was a great idea! Very helpful."

"Nice variety of music..." "...wide variety of musical selections from different eras and cultures." If you like classical music, or want to learn more about it, check out the BachPod and let us know what you think! Complete the survey that comes with the BachPod, or click the comments link below. See related post: What Students Are Saying About the JazzPod.

What Students Want to Hear

A recently published list of the most popular books on college campuses,* includes four titles that are available in audiobook format on iPods that may be checked out of the Kendall Campus Library. Ask for them at the Circulation Desk.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer New Moon by Stephenie Meyer The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Have you read or listened to any of these books? Click the comments link below to tell us what you think of them.

*What They're Reading on College Campuses, Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 24, 2008.

New LitPod Features Best of Edgar Allan Poe

The newest addition to our LitPod Series is The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection. This audiobook contains some of the most famous (and creepiest) poems and stories by the master of macabre, recited with flair by actors Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price. Contents include such classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. (Click here for complete contents.)

New and Improved JazzPod

Our jazz-themed iPod now includes complete albums by Billie Holiday, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, and Miles Davis. Ask for the JazzPod at the Library Circulation Desk.

Introducing the "BachPod"

If you're interested in classical music, you're sure to enjoy the BachPod, a compilation of sound recordings, music videos, podcasts, and audiobooks available on iPods that may be checked out of the library. The BachPod contains over 17 hours of music by composers such as Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók, Prokofiev, Copland, and, of course, Bach.

Also included are examples of medieval music, traditional folk music, world music, opera, jazz, and more. Audiobooks from the Conductor's Guides series and Keyboard Conversations series will help you learn more about these great musical works, and podcast episodes of the National Public Radio program From the Top will introduce you to some of America's best young classical musicians. Ask for the BachPod at the Library Circulation Desk. ♪ Special thanks to Music Department Professor Dave Brubeck for his help in developing the BachPod.

iPod Chargers Now Available

Would you believe that you can charge an iPod using an onion and two cups of Gatorade?  This YouTube video claims it's possible, but we sincerely hope you won't try it with one of our iPods...and now you don't have to!

If you've borrowed one of the library's iPods and need to re-charge it, a limited number of iPod chargers are now available for check-out.

These chargers allow you to plug the iPod directly into a wall outlet (no computer or Gatorade needed). Ask for a charger at the Library Circulation Desk, and be sure to specify whether you need a Shuffle charger or a Video/Nano charger.

Introducing the LitPod

Do you love audiobooks but miss curling up with a "real" book? Are you interested in literary classics but find them too intimidating? The "LitPod" could be just the thing for you! Each volume in the Kendall Campus Library's new LitPod series consists of an iPod containing the audiobook version of a classic literary work, accompanied by the print version of the same work.

The LitPod was developed to give borrowers the option of listening, reading, or doing both at the same time. The following LitPod titles are currently available: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (read by Donald Sutherland) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (read by Shelly Frasier) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (read by the author) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (read by Tim Robbins) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (read by Patrick Fraley) On the Road by Jack Kerouac (read by Matt Dillon) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (read by Edward Petherbridge) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (read by Irene Sutcliffe) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (read by Ruby Dee) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (read by Alfred Molina) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (read by Ethan Hawke) ; plus an interview with the author. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (read by Frank Muller) 1984 by George Orwell (read by Simon Prebble) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (read by Michael York) ; plus a dramatized version of Brave New World performed by the author and the CBS Radio Workshop. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (read by Sean Pratt) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (read by Frank Muller) The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection (read by Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price) ; click here for table of contents. Great American Women's Fiction by Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Edith Wharton (read by Chris McGlasson, Tamara Walters, Jan Ahders, and Marni Webb) ; click here for table of contents.

What is your opinion of the LitPod? Does listening while reading help to improve your understanding of a literary work? Click the comments link below to share your thoughts.

What Students Are Saying About the JazzPod

"The JazzPod is the coolest thing I've ever checked out at a library! Thanks for giving students such a wonderful opportunity to enjoy good music!"

"The JazzPod is a great idea and serves its purpose as an educational aid."

"It has really interesting facts about jazz and it is easy to follow."

"It's great that the College offers this service to the students."

If you like jazz music, check out the JazzPod and let us know what you think! Complete the survey that comes with the JazzPod, or click the comments link below.

See related post: What Students Are Saying About the BachPod.

All That Jazz ♪

Do you like jazz music? Want to learn more about it? The Kendall Campus Library is pleased to introduce the "JazzPod," a collection of jazz-related materials available on iPods that may be checked out of the library. The JazzPod contains over ten hours of music by jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and many others.

Also included are music videos, podcasts, audiobooks, photographs, text files, and a brief tutorial on how to log into the library's music databases. You'll also find eleven episodes of the 2006 PBS television series, Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, with performances by guest artists like Chris Botti, Roy Hargrove, David Sanborn, Ivan Lins, Al Jarreau, Eddie Palmieri, and Lee Ritenour. Add some jazz to your life! Check out the JazzPod at the Kendall Campus Library Circulation/Reserve Desk. ♪ Special thanks to Music Department Professor Dave Brubeck for his help in developing the JazzPod.

A Message from Socrates

Here's Socrates, the Kendall Campus Library Cat, listening to an audiobook on one of the library's iPod Shuffles. "Once you start listening to audiobooks, you really get hooked," says our feline friend, "and the iPod Shuffle makes it easy to take the book with me wherever I go."

Audiobooks on Shuffles and Nanos

The following audiobooks are currently available on iPod Shuffles. Ask for them at the Circulation Desk.

After Dark by Haruki Murakami (read by Janet Song)

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (read by Jeremy Irons)

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Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat (read by Robin Miles)

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A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (read by Brian Keeler)

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The Diary of a Young Girl (Abridged) by Anne Frank (read by Winona Ryder)

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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (read by Holter Graham)

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (read by Erik Singer)

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Freakonomics: a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (read by Stephen J. Dubner) Read a New York Times review

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Inés del Alma Mía by Isabel Allende (read by Isabel Varas)

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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (read by Matilda Novak)

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The John Updike Audio Collection (read by Edward Hermann and Jane Alexander)

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The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl (read by Paul Michael)

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (read by Erik Singer and Randy Pausch)

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (read by Kate Reading)

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (read by Martin Jarvis)

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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (read by the author)

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Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen by Arthur Conan Doyle (performed by John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles)

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer (read by Emma Galvin)

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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (read by Sherab Chodzin Kohn)

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Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (read by Stephen King, Matthew Broderick, Dana Ivey, and Frances Sternhagen)

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Stories of Eva Luna (Abridged) by Isabel Allende (read by Elizabeth Peña)

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (read by Peter Francis James)

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What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles (read by Andy Karl, Khristine Hvam, and Joshua Swanson)

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The following audiobooks are available on iPod Nanos. Ask for them at the Circulation Desk.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (read by the author) Read a New York Times review

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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (read by Ilyana Kadushin)

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (read by Jonathan Davis)

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (read by Atossa Leoni) (Selected by Library Journal as one of the best audiobooks of 2007)

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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (read by Ilyana Kadushin)

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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (read by Patrick Lawlor)

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (read by David LeDoux and John Randolph Jones) (Selected by Audible.com as one of the best audiobooks of 2006)