Audiobooks from Anderson, Goenawan, Le Guin, Hinton, Films on Beethoven, Sf Cult Classics, Social Justice, & Faith | Review Alert: June 1, 2018

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Below is a list of Audio and Video titles to be reviewed in the June 1, 2018, issue of Library Journal. These lists include pertinent publisher and bibliographic information for your convenience. Starred reviews are indicated with **.

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audio

Fiction

Andersen, Laura. The Darkling Bride. 10 CDs. 12 hrs. HighBridge. Mar. 2018. 1200p. ISBN 9781684412686. $39.99. digital download. F

Bell, Natasha. Exhibit Alexandra. 9 CDs. 11:30 hrs. Books on Tape. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9780525526599. $40. digital download. F

Cleeton, Chanel. Next Year in Havana. 9 CDs. 11:20 hrs. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9781538469743. $34.95. F

Giordano, Mario. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions. 8 CDs. 9:30 hrs. Recorded Bks. tr from German by John Brownjohn. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9781501977084. $92.75. digital download. F

**Goenawan, Clarissa. Rainbirds. 8 CDs. 10 hrs. HighBridge. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9781681689524. $34.99. digital download. F

Halliday, Lisa. Asymmetry. digital download. 8:02 hrs. S. & S. Audio. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9781508245667. $17.99. digital download. F

Massey, Sujata. The Widows of Malabar Hill. 12 CDs. 14:34 hrs. Recorded Bks. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9781501980152. $123.75. digital download. F

Navin, Rhiannon. Only Child. digital download. 9:10 hrs. Books on Tape. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9780525589143. $76. F

Older, Daniel José. Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel. digital download. 11:13 hrs. Books on Tape. Apr. 2018. ISBN 9780525641032. $95. F

**Sylvester, Natalia. Everyone Knows You Go Home. 9 CDs. 10:41 hrs. Brilliance. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9781543626896. $34.99. F

Nonfiction

Abbot, Sebastian. The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer’s Next Superstars. 8 CDs. 9 hrs. HighBridge. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9781684410484. $34.99. digital download. SPORTS

Bure, Candace Cameron. Kind Is the New Classy: The Power of Living Graciously. 5 CDs. 5:32 hrs. Zondervan. Apr. 2018. ISBN 9780310352297. $18.99. digital download. SELF-HELP

**Coll, Steve. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 23 hrs. 29 hrs. Books on Tape. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9780525528593. $60. digital download. pol sci

**Hinton, Anthony Ray with Lara Love. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. 8 CDs. 9:11 hrs. Macmillan Audio. Mar. 2018. ISBN 9781427293053. $39.99. digital download. memoir

Le Guin, Ursula K. Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books 2000–2016. 11 CDs. 13:30 hrs. Tantor. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9781541418479. $42.99. digital download. lit

Pinker, Steven. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. 16 CDs. 20 hrs. Books on Tape. Feb. 2018. ISBN 9780525529798. $55. digital download. sci

video

FICTION

Janet King: Series 3; Playing Advantage. 3 discs. 466+ min. Peter Andrikidis & others, dist. by Acorn TV, acorn.tv. 2017. DVD UPC 054961258291. $49.99. SDH subtitles. F/TV

The Master: The Complete Series. 3 discs. 624 min. Michael Sloan & others, dist. by Kino Lorber, www.kinolorber.com. 2018. DVD UPC 738329226619. $49.95; Blu-ray UPC 738329226626. $59.95. F/TV

Of Horses and Men. 81 min. In Icelandic w/English subtitles. Benedikt Erlingsson, dist. by Music Box Films, www.musicboxfilms.com. 2017. DVD UPC 741360538764. $19.95. F

**The Outer Limits: Season One. 7 discs. b/w. 1,632+ min. Leslie Stevens & Joseph Stefano, dist. by Kino Lorber, www.kinolorber.com. 2018. Blu-ray UPC 738329217464. $99.99. SDH subtitles. SF/TV

Rebecka Martinsson: Series 1. 2 discs. 370 min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Fredrik Edfeldt, dist. by Acorn TV, acorn.tv. 2018. DVD UPC 054961255696. $49.99. SDH subtitles. F/TV

13 Reasons Why: Season 1. 4 discs. 717+ min. Netflix, dist. by Paramount Home Media, www.paramount.com. 2018. DVD UPC 032429302885. $33.95. Closed-captioned. F/TV

Viceroy’s House. 106+ min. Gurinder Chadha, dist. by IFC Films, www.ifcfilms.com. 2017. DVD UPC 030306949390. $24.98. SDH subtitles. F

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey. color & b/w. 2.5+ hrs. Dick Carter & Steve Norman, dist. by MPI Home Video, www.mpimediagroup.com. 2018. DVD UPC 030306706290. $12.98. FILM

Saving Brinton. color & b/w. 87 min. Tommy Haines & Andrew Sherburne, dist. by Passion River, www.passionriver.com. 2018. DVD UPC 602573609545. $59.95. Public performance. FILM

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin. 91+ min. Jennifer M. Kroot, dist. by Outcast Films, www.outcast-films.com. 2017. DVD UPC 701327486422. $29.99; public performance $325. Closed-captioned. LIT

Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan. 82+ min. Michael B. Borofsky, dist. by MVDvisual, www.mvdb2b.com. 2018. DVD UPC 760137084396. $14.95. MUSIC

**Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony. 78 min. Kerry Candaele, dist. by Collective Eye, www.collectiveeye.org. 2018. DVD $50; public performance $125; acad. libs. $295. Closed-captioned. MUSIC

The Joy of Sound. b/w. 60 min. Ana Endara Mislov, dist. by Grasshopper Film, www.grasshopperfilm.com. 2017. DVD $99.95; acad. libs. $375. Public performance. MUSIC

SOCIAL SCIENCES

What Happened in Vegas. 100+ min. Ramsey Denison, dist. by Video Project, videoproject.com. 2018. DVD $89; acad. lib. $295; public performance/DSL $395. Rated: R. CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. color & b/w. 83+ min. Stanley Nelson, dist. by PBS, shoppbs.org. 2018. DVD UPC 841887035149. $24.99; Blu-ray UPC 841887035286. $29.99. ED

Mully: Changing the World One Child at a Time. 81 min. Scott Haze, dist. by Passion River, www.passionriver.com. 2017. DVD UPC 602573452042. $24.95. INT AFFAIRS

Railway Sleepers. 102 min. In Thai w/English subtitles. Sompot Chidgasornpogse, dist. by Grasshopper Film, www.grasshopperfilm.com. 2017. DVD $99.95; acad. libs. $375. Public performance. INT AFFAIRS

11/8/16: One Day That Redefined America. 104 min. Vikram Gandhi & Alma Har’el, dist. by Passion River, www.passionriver.com. 2018. DVD UPC 886608667814. $59.95. POL SCI

**Quest: A Portrait of an American Family. 104+ min. Jonathan Olshefski, dist. by First Run Features, www.firstrunfeatures.com. 2018. DVD UPC 720229917544. $24.95. SOC SCI

SCIENCE & TECHNOLoGY

Good Things To Do: The Story of a Small Island on the Forefront of Renewable Energy. 35 min. Thomas Peres & Barbara Ferrari, dist.by Dreamscape Media, www.dreamscapeab.com. 2017. DVD UPC 818506021814. $19.99; public performance $199.99. Closed-captioned. ENVIRONMENT

Trailers: What’s Coming on DVD/Blu-ray

Beirut. 110+ min. Brad Anderson, dist. by Universal Pictures. Jul. 2018. DVD UPC 191329063477. $29.98; Blu-ray 191329063484. $34.98. Rated: R. DRAMA

Borg vs McEnroe. 107+ min. Janus Metz Pedersen, dist. by Virgil Films. Jul. 2018. DVD UPC 829567129425. $13.99; Blu-ray UPC 829567129623. $17.99. Rated: R. DRAMA

Bull Durham. 108+ min. Ron Shelton, dist. by Criterion Collection. Jul. 2018. DVD ISBN 9781681434803. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781681434797. $39.95. DRAMEDY

Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood: Morocco; Dishonored; Shanghai Express; Blonde Venus; The Scarlet Empress; The Devil Is a Woman. 6 discs. b/w. 542+ min. Josef von Sternberg, dist. by Criterion Collection. Jul. 2018. DVD ISBN 9781681434612. $124.95; Blu-ray ISBN 97816814344605. $124.95. DRAMA

Journey’s End. 108+ min. Saul Dibb, dist. by Cinedigm. Jul. 2018. DVD UPC 767685158173. $9.96; Blu-ray UPC 767685158180. $12.99. DRAMA/HIST

A Matter of Life and Death. 2 discs. color & b/w. 104+ min. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, dist. by Criterion Collection. Jul. 2018. DVD ISBN 9781681434841. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781681434834. $39.95. DRAMA

7 Days in Entebbe. 107+ min. José Padilha, dist. by Universal Pictures. Jul. 2018. DVD UPC 191329058039. $17.96; Blu-ray UPC 191329063446. $21.96. Rated: PG-13. DRAMA

sex, lies, and videotape. 2 discs. 100+ min. Steven Soderbergh, dist. by Criterion Collection. Jul. 2018. DVD ISBN 9781681434599. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781681434582. $39.95. DRAMA

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