1997 Audie Awards®

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AUDIOBOOK ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM

THE NIXON-KENNEDY DEBATES

by Peter Marcus

Narrated by Sander Vanocur (The Publishing Mills)

FINALIST TITLES

Nixon by Harriet Levinson Greenberg; narrated by J.T. Walsh (Soundlines Entertainment)

Texas Bound by Matt Clark, Mary K. Flatten, Arturo Islas, and Tom Doyal; narrated by Brent Spiner, Julie White, Octavio Solis, Randy Moore, and Kathy Bates (Southern Methodist University Press)

BUSINESS

THE ART OF WAR

by Sun Tzu

Narrated by Ron Silver and B.D. Wong (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Marshall Loeb's Lifetime Financial Strategies written and read by Marshall Loeb (Time Warner AudioBooks)

The Perfect Business written and read by Michael LeBuf (Simon & Schuster Audio)

CHILDREN'S TITLE, MIXED MEDIA

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm K. Grimm

Narrated by Sharon Stone (Dove Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo; narrated by a full cast (Walt Disney Records)

Linguafun! Spanish by Donald S. Rivera; narrated by LinguaFun Family (Penton Overseas, Inc.)

EDUCATIONAL/HOW-TO/INSTRUCTIONAL

WORD BY WORD

by Anne Lamott

Narrated by Anne Lamott (Writer's AudioShop)

FINALIST TITLES

Word Power, Volume One by Reader's Digest; narrated by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Dove Audio)

The Wonder of Boys written and read by Michael Gurian (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

FICTION, ABRIDGED

HONKY TONK KAT

by Karen Kijewski

Narrated by Harley Jane Kozak (Soundlines Entertainment)

FINALIST TITLES

Nathan's Run by John Gilstrap; narrated by John Glover (HarperAudio)

Snow Wolf by Glenn Meade; narrated by Paul Michael (Audio Renaissance)

FICTION, UNABRIDGED

THE GREEN MILE

by Stephen King

Narrated by Frank Muller (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

The Runaway Jury by John Grisham; narrated by Frank Muller (Random House Audio)

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles; narrated by Sir Ian McKellen (Penguin Audiobooks)

HUMOR

CALVIN TRILLIN, PIECE BY PIECE

by Calvin Trillin

Narrated by Calvin Trillin (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach written and read by Professor Peter Schickele (HighBridge Audio)

The Rants written and read by Dennis Miller (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

INSPIRATIONAL/SPIRITUAL

THE CHRISTMAS TREE

by Julie Salamon

Narrated by David Birney (Random House Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch; narrated by Neale Donald Walsch, Edward Asner, and Ellen Burstyn (Audio Literature)

Grow Old Along With Me The Best Is Yet To Be by Sandra Haldeman Martz; narrated by Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, C.C.H. Pounder, and Alfre Woodard (Audio Literature)

MULTI-VOICED NARRATION

GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME THE BEST IS YET TO BE

by Sandra Haldeman Martz

Narrated by Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, C.C.H. Pounder, and Alfre Woodard (Audio Literature)

FINALIST TITLES

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi by George Lucas; narrated by Anthony Daniels, John Lithgow, Edward Asner, and a full cast (HighBridge Audio)

The Prince's Choice by Shakespeare; narrated by a full cast (HighBridge Audio)

MYSTERY

THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES

by Agatha Christie

Narrated by David Suchet (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

FINALIST TITLES

Cadillac Jukebox by James Lee Burke; narrated by Will Patton (Simon & Schuster Audio)

M is for Malice by Sue Grafton; narrated by Judy Kaye (Random House Audio)

NEW PUBLISHER

THAT EYE, THE SKY

by Tim Winton

Narrated by Stig Wemyss (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)

FINALIST TITLES

The Civil War Tales of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce; narrated by Timothy Patrick Miller (The American Listeners' Theatre)

The Shiralee by D'Arcy Niland; narrated by James Condon (Bolinda Publishing, Inc.)

NON-FICTION, ABRIDGED

ANGELA'S ASHES

by Frank McCourt

Narrated by Frank McCourt (Simon & Schuster Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Memory Slips written and read by Linda Katherine Cutting (HarperAudio)

Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose; narrated by Cotter Smith (Simon & Schuster Audio)

NON-FICTION, UNABRIDGED

GENESIS

by Bill Moyers

Narrated by Mandy Patinkin and Alfre Woodard (Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Full House by Stephen Jay Gould; narrated by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Dove Audio)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot; narrated by Christopher Timothy (Chivers North America)

ORIGINAL WORK

ZEUS: THUNDERBOLT FROM THE SKY (IMMORTAL ADVENTURES SERIES)

by Julie Fenster

Narrated by Stan Winiarski (B&B Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain; narrated by McAvoy Layne (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)

Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace written and read by Susie Mantell (Relax Intuit)

PACKAGE DESIGN

THE ODYSSEY

by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand; narrated by Edward Herrmann (HighBridge Audio)

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks; narrated by Kate Nelligan and Campbell Scott (Time Warner AudioBooks)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (SELF-HELP)

101 GREAT ANSWERS TO THE TOUGHEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

by Ron Fry

Narrated by Ron Fry (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

How Good Do We Have to Be? written and read by Harold S. Kushner (Random House Audio)

Make the Connection written and read by Bob Green and Oprah Winfrey (Random House Audio)

PRODUCTION

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI

by George Lucas, adapted by Brian Daley

Narrated by Anthony Daniels, John Lithgow, Edward Asner, and a full cast (HighBridge Audio)

FINALIST TITLES

A Valentine by Jane Feather; narrated by a full cast (Dove Audio)

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles; narrated by Sir Ian McKellen (Penguin Audiobooks)

SOLO NARRATION

THE ODYSSEY

by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen (Penguin Audiobooks)

FINALIST TITLES

Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison; narrated by John Rubinstein (Dove Audio)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie; narrated by David Suchet (The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.)