`GARDEN' RIPE FOR THE LISTENING.Byline: Jane Sumner Dallas Morning News ``Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,'' by John Berendt, read by Jeff Woodman; Recorded Books, 11 cassettes, 15-1/4 hours, unabridged: If there's anyone out there who hasn't read this runaway nonfiction best seller, this is a good way (and time) to see what the New Yorker calls ``a work of art.'' The travelogue-cum-murder mystery, more than two years on The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' best-seller list, is set in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga. Author Berendt, a New York magazine writer and editor, stumbled upon the bizarre case while living in the old Southern city he made his second home. Woodman does a fine job of reading, but perhaps this is, as a friend and fan of the book suggests, one of those works that reads better than it ``listens.'' But it didn't make me want to run off to Savannah to check out the story's landmarks as so many others have done. ``Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior,'' by Richard Marcinko Richard 'Dick' Marcinko (born November 21, 1940 in Lansford, Pennsylvania), is a former United States Navy SEAL and author. Career After enlisting in the US Navy in 1958, Marcinko worked as a teletype operator at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. , read by the author; Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. Audio, one cassette, 1-1/2 hours, abridged: For 30 years, Marcinko was in the Navy. There, he developed his own brand of guerrilla warfare guerrilla warfare (gərĭl`ə) [Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. and led a crack SEAL team on harrowing missions. He's a noisy, tough cookie Tough Cookie is a UK based independent record label and a producer of audio and video content for the internet. Tough Cookie was set up by Andy Wood and Neill Sullivan in 2004. with a take-no-prisoners mentality. Here, he applies what he learned on the job in the military to the workplace. Much of his self-help guide is exceedingly fierce (``I shall punish thy bodies because the more thou sweatest in training, the less thou bleedest in combat'') and light years away from the Sermon on the Mount Sermon on the Mount Biblical collection of religious teachings and ethical sayings attributed to Jesus, as reported in the Gospel of St. Matthew. The sermon was addressed to disciples and a large crowd of listeners to guide them in a life of discipline based on a new law of . But for a man trained as a professional killer, he has a great zest for life and renewal. He leads from the front, sets an example, rewards good work and punishes failure. He places a premium on imagination, accountability and simplicity. And if you don't learn anything from this, he says, take it back where you got it and have the salesperson beat the tar (actually, he used another word) out of you with it. ``The Chill,'' by Ross MacDonald, read by Peter Riegert; Random House Audiobooks, two cassettes, three hours, abridged: From the late 1940s until his death in 1983, MacDonald probed the dark corners of the mind with his complex mystery novels. In this tale with his detective Lew Archer, things are not at all as they appear. Hired to find a runaway bride, the ``roving conscience'' of a private eye tracks her down only to become embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in two murders. One is fresh; the other is 20 years old. Better for the open road than in-town driving, this is a complicated tale that requires close attention. One critic aptly called it ``an entertainment of Byzantine complexity,'' but if you can follow its intricate web, this is rewarding fiction well read by actor Riegert (``Local Hero''). CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: John Berendt ``Midnight in the Garden ...'' |
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