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The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry (Unabridged), read by Karen Allen. Listening Library; Unabridged edition. May 13, 2003. on Cassette Told as a flashback by an elderly Katy, this poignant work of historical fiction is read superbly by actress Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Perfect Storm). Her gravelly yet soothing voice perfectly suits the elderly Katy Thatcher. Allen captures the playful innocence of young Katy, the patience of her deep-voiced father, and the quiet strength of her mother, while her voice is weighted by years of sorrow... Read more Sky Is Falling by Sidney Sheldon (Abridged), read by Karen Allen. Harper Audio. October 2000. on Cassette or on Audio CD. [Note: The unabridged version is NOT read by Karen Allen.] Dana Evans, who made her first appearance in Sidney Sheldon's The Best Laid Plans, is a spunky, good-looking, young Washington TV journalist who's recently returned to the nation's capital from the Balkans, where she adopted a handicapped war orphan who's having trouble adjusting to life in... Read more A Dry Spell by Suzie Moloney, read by Karen Allen. Bantam Books-Audio. October 1997. The farming town of Goodlands, North Dakota, has suffered through four years of drought, with one farm after another falling to the auctioneer's gavel. Then a stranger comes to town (a rainmaker?) and the stage is set for a confrontation with the subterranean force that is punishing the people of... Read more A Call to Character : A Family Treasury of Stories, Poems, Plays, Proverbs, and Fables to Guide the Development of Values for You and Your Children by Colin Greer and Herbert R. Kohl, read by Frank Faison and Karen Allen, abridged. Harper Collins Audio. April 1997. A Call to Character is a 450-page collection of 217 stories, fables, and poems using the best of children's literature. The collection is rich and varied, divided into chapters of general characteristics, such as creativity, courage, generosity, compassion,... Read more Running From The Law by Lisa Scottoline, read by Karen Allen, 2 cassettes, abridged, 3 hours. Harper Collins Audio. 1995. Review Scottoline's debut is a fast-paced, fast-talking legal thriller starring manipulative Philadelphia lawyer Rita Morrone, who is not above wearing black and wiping a nonexistent tear from her eye to advance her case in front of a jury. Rita, who narrates, is defending federal judge Fiske... Read more I Will Sing Life: Voices From the Hole in the Wall Gang In collaboration with Dove Audio Inc., Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward have released this collection of personal stories told by seven children who attend Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and other stories told by Hollywood stars. The six-hour recording features Danny Aiello, Karen Allen, Jacqueline Bissett, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Michael Douglas, Whoopi Goldberg, Dustin Hoffman, Rhea Perlman, Sidney Poitier, John Ritter, Linda Ronstadt, Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep, Cicely Tyson, Robin Williams, B.D. Wong and Michael York. The recording went on sale September, 1995. It is six hours long on four cassettes. Proceeds go to Newman's Teddy Bear Fund, which distributes contributions to various charities, including the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for terminally ill children near Disney World in Florida. Albatross: The true story of a woman's survival at sea by Deborah Scaling Kiley and Meg Noonan., read by Karen Allen, 2 cassettes, abridged. Bantam Doubleday Dell, New York 1994. It was an ill-assorted crew that set out in October, 1982, to deliver a 58-foot yacht, Trashman , to Florida. John, the captain, his friend Meg and the author first sailed from Maine to Annapolis, where they picked up two more crew members, Brad and Mark. Sailing without charts, they encountered... Read more "Actress Karen Allen's hoarse, croaky voice provides a mix of dread and hope perfectly suited to the tale." Tully by Paulina Simons, read by Karen Allen, 2 cassettes, abridged, 3 hours. Time Warner Audio. 1994 ISBN 1-57042-066-1. Review Esteemed editor Bob Wyatt's initial book for his new imprint, this much ballyhooed first novel is not notable for literary merit but for the melodramatic story it tells. Set during the last two decades in Topeka, Kans., and centering on a tough kid named Tully who oddly resembles skater Tonya... Read more Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience by Jill Nelson, read by Karen Allen, 2 cassettes, abridged, 3 hours. Time Warner Audio. 1994 ISBN 1-57042-207-9. Nelson writes of her experience as an African American woman working for one of the most prestigious newspapers in the country. Recruited in 1986 to write for the new Sunday magazine of the Washington Post , Nelson moved to Washington with both misgivings and hope. From the disastrous premier issue of the Sunday magazine that alienated and angered most of black Washington to her assignment covering the trial of Washington mayor Marion Barry... Read more Animated Videorecording Narrations: Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes, narrated by Karen Allen, Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt, Heidi Stallings and Phillip Schopper; a collection of eighteen nursery rhymes given new life with a modernized touch in its animation. Family Home Entertainment, © 1991, VHS format (27 minutes). Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems, narrated by Karen Allen, Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt, Heidi Stallings and Phillip Schopper; a collection of fifteen childrens poems that have been brought to life through animation. Family Home Entertainment, © 1991, VHS format (27 minutes).