Speaker: George W. Bush, John F. Kerry

The first presidential debate between Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry took place at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, on September 30, 2004. The focus of this debate was foreign policy. PBS's Jim Lehrer was the moderator.

(P)2004 National Cable Satellite Corporation

Author: Isaac Asimov
Narrator: Scott Brick
Unabridged Fiction
Audio Length: 8 hours and 25 min.

They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence...but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on a bold new era of evolution that would open up enormous possibilities, and unforeseen risks. For the scientists who invented the earliest robots weren't content that their creations should remain programmed helpers, companions, and semisentient worker-machines. And soon the robots themselves, aware of their own intelligence, power, and humanity, aren't either.

As humans and robots struggle to survive together, and sometimes against each other, on earth and in space, the future of both hangs in the balance. Here human men and women confront robots gone mad, telepathic robots, robot politicians, and vast robotic intelligences that may already secretly control the world. And both are asking the same questions: What is human? And is humanity obsolete?

©1950, 1977 Isaac Asimov; (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Author: Dan Brown

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, a baffling cipher found near the body. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, sort through the bizarre riddle, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci - clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

The stakes are raised when Langdon uncovers a startling link: the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. Langdon suspects they are on the hunt for a breathtaking historical secret, one that has proven through the centuries to be as enlightening as it is dangerous. In a frantic race through Paris, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu find themselves matching wits with a faceless powerbroker who appears to anticipate their every move. Unless they can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle, the Priory's secret - and an explosive ancient truth -will be lost forever.

©2003 Dan Brown; (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Author: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D.
Narrator: Cotter Smith
Unabridged Nonfiction
Audio Length: 9 hours and 5 min.

Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? How do they invest? How did they get rich? Can you ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You'll be surprised by what you find out.

©2000 Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D.; (P)2000 Simon & Schuster, Inc., All Rights Reserved, SOUND IDEAS is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

Audio Length: 42 min.

Staff Statement No. 5: Diplomacy, was presented before the commission on March 23, 2004.

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Author: David Allen

In today's world of exponentially increased communication and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top just don't work. Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities" isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastination solutions" won't help if your goals aren't clear.

Allen's premise is simple: our ability to be productive is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve stress-free productivity and unleash our creative potential. He teaches us how to:

• Apply the "do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it" rule to get your in-box empty.
• Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations.
• Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed.
• Feel fine about what you're not doing.

From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done has the potential to transform the way you work - and the way you experience work. At any level of implementation, David Allen's entertaining and thought-provoking advice shows you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.

©2002 David Allen, All Rights Reserved; (P)2002 Simon & Schuster Inc., SOUND IDEAS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.

Author: Douglas Adams
Narrator: Douglas Adams
Unabridged Fiction
Audio Length: 4 hours and 59 min.

This hilarious best seller explains why the universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel. Introducing The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy, the first volume in the 5-part Hitchhiker "trilogy" that made Douglas Adams a science fiction sensation. Never before in the history of the universe has there been such a wonderful, somewhat accurate reference guide, offering such comforting advice as, "Don't Panic!" Earthling Arthur Dent could use this advice when Ford Prefect, an irresponsible Guide field researcher, warns him that Earth is being demolished to make room for an intergalactic bypass. Then, Arthur and Ford hitch a ride on a Vogon spacecraft and things start to really get weird.

Copyright © by Douglas Adams; Copyright (P)1990 by Dove Audio

Author: John Grisham
Narrator: Michael Beck
Unabridged Fiction
Audio Length: 8 hours and 52 min.

Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's 43, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep.

And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for 40 years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.

Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.

And perhaps someone else.

©2002 Belfry Holdings, Inc.; (P)2002 Random House, Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House, Inc.

Audio Length: 2 hours and 10 min.

Former National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke's testimony before the 9-11 Commission, presented March 24, 2004.

Want to hear more from Richard A. Clarke? Listen to his new book, Against All Enemies, and his interview on Fresh Air.

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Speaker: Bill Clinton
Audio Length: 54 min.

At BookExpo America in Chicago, former President Bill Clinton delivers the annual keynote address about his much-anticipated autobiography, My Life. This address, Bill Clinton's first public statements about his memoir, was recorded on June 3, 2004.

Hear Bill Clinton read the abridged version of My Life.

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