Cassandra West

BLUE COLLAR BLUES By Rosalyn McMillan, New Star Publishing, approximately 3 hours, abridged, $18. Read by Denise Nicholas. The blue-collar and white-collar worlds collide in this sexy, snappy novel by...

RULES OF THE WILD By Francesca Marciano, Random House Audiobooks, 3 hours, abridged, $18. Read by Penelope Ann Miller. In the lush landscape of Kenya, a group of European expatriates...

THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET By Sandra Cisneros, Random House Audiobooks, 2 1/2 hours, $16. Read by the author. Esperanza Cordero lives in a Latino section of Chicago that even...

THE THIRD MAN By Graham Greene, The Audio Partners Publishing Corp., 3 hours, $17.95. Read by Martin Jarvis. Love, murder and intrigue play out in post-war Vienna as pulp-fiction writer...

THE SOUL OF SEX: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love By Thomas Moore, HarperAudio, 3 hours, abridged, $18. Read by the author. `The soul of sex is not to...

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY By Helen Fielding, Random House Audio, 3 hours, abridged, $18. Read by Tracie Bennett. This British sensation hit American shores earlier this year, and now Bridget Jones...

SUMMER SISTERS By Judy Blume, Simon & Schuster Audio, 3 hours, abridged, $18. Read by Annabeth Gish. Grab your beach towel, sunglasses and this selection when you head to the...

In `Barbie Nation,' every girl has the freedom to dream Every girl, big and small, has a Barbie story. And every Barbie story tells a broader story about the millions...

ON THE OCCASION OF MY LAST AFTERNOON By Kaye Gibbons, Simon & Schuster Audio, approximately 4 1/2 hours, abridged, $23. Read by Polly Holliday. No woman writing in America today...

"In the entertainment industry it is a known fact that no one is going to go watch a movie for two hours that stars a girl with no makeup, pimples...