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Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 366005 Title: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer Author: Kelly Jones Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Length: 3:55:58 Language: English Release date: 09-10-19 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Humor Summary: Fans of Katherine Applegate and Erin Entrada Kelly will love this quirky story of a determined girl, and some extraordinary chickens.   Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they’ve inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her little chicken brain: jam jars, the latch to her henhouse, the entire henhouse....   And then more of her great-uncle’s unusual chickens come home to roost. Determined, resourceful Sophie learns to care for her flock, earning money for chicken feed, collecting eggs. But when a respected local farmer tries to steal them, Sophie must find a way to keep them (and their superpowers) safe.   Told in letters to Sophie’s abuela, quizzes, a chicken-care correspondence course, to-do lists, and more, Unusual Chickens is a quirky, clucky classic in the making. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 369302 Title: Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands Author: Dan Jones Narrator: Dan Jones Format: Unabridged Length: 16:09:14 Language: English Release date: 10-01-19 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality, Europe, Middle East, Religious Studies Summary: A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones. For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era. Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars. Crusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. In this richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Dan Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 366776 Title: Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life Author: Diane Tavenner Narrator: Pamela Dillman Format: Unabridged Length: 7:23:47 Language: English Release date: 09-17-19 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Business Development Summary: A blueprint for how parents can stop worrying about their children’s future and start helping them prepare for it, from the cofounder and CEO of one of America’s most innovative public-school networks “A treasure trove of deeply practical wisdom that accords with everything I know about how children thrive.”—Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit   In 2003, Diane Tavenner cofounded the first school in what would soon become one of America’s most innovative public-school networks. Summit Public Schools has since won national recognition for its exceptional outcomes: Ninety-nine percent of students are accepted to a four-year college, and they graduate from college at twice the national average.  But in a radical departure from the environments created by the college admissions arms race, Summit students aren’t focused on competing with their classmates for rankings or test scores. Instead, students spend their days solving real-world problems and developing the skills of self-direction, collaboration, and reflection, all of which prepare them to succeed in college, thrive in today’s workplace, and lead a secure and fulfilled life. Through personal stories and hard-earned lessons from Summit’s exceptional team of educators and diverse students, Tavenner shares the learning philosophies underlying the Summit model and offers a blueprint for any parent who wants to stop worrying about their children’s future—and start helping them prepare for it. At a time when many students are struggling to regain educational and developmental ground lost to the disruptions of the pandemic, Prepared is more urgent and necessary than ever. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 368462 Title: As Many Nows as I Can Get Author: Shana Youngdahl Narrator: Annie Q Format: Unabridged Length: 10:43:44 Language: English Release date: 08-20-19 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics Summary: A Seventeen Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Top Ten Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year For fans of All the Bright Places, Looking for Alaska, and I'll Give You the Sun comes 'a daring, inventive story about love and loss and longing, reminding us that every choice can be a new chance. A dazzling, not-to-be-missed debut.' —Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces In one impulsive moment the summer before they leave for college, overachievers Scarlett and David plunge into an irresistible swirl of romance, particle physics, and questionable decisions. Moving between the present and the past, this is the story of a grounded girl who's pulled into a lightning-strike romance with an electric-charged boy, and the enormity of the aftermath. Scarlett and David have known each other all their lives in small-town Colorado, where David is just another mountain in the background, until, one day, he is suddenly so much more than part of the scenery. David is magnetic, spontaneous, a gravitational force. And Scarlett, pragmatic, wry, eye on the future, welcomes the pull he has on her even as she resists it. Drawn to his wild energy, to the relief she feels in throwing off the weight of everyone’s expectations, Scarlett still can’t ignore the tug of her own hopes and ambitions, while David struggles between his feelings for her, which might be deeper than either of them will admit, and his own destructive impulses. Heartbreaking, hopeful, and unflinchingly honest, this is a deeply moving account of a girl dealing with grief and guilt, and learning to reconcile who she thinks she needs to be with the person she’s been all along. It’s an aching, transporting reminder that between the past that shapes us and the future ahead, we have only the present to forgive ourselves and forge ahead. 'Deeply authentic . . . Marvelously complex . . . Readers shouldn't miss [it]' —Kirkus (starred review) 'Mystery . . . Heartbreak . . . Hope . . . Readers will not be able to put this one down.' —SLJ 'Vivid' —Seventeen.com 'You'll speed read through [it]' —PopSugar 'John Green-like, intelligent and peppered with witty repartee' —Booklist 'A story you won't forget.' —Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of My Life Next Door 'Heartbreaking, exquisitely crafted' —Estelle Laure, author of This Raging Light 'A complex, compassionately written love story' —PW 'A definite purchase and must read.' —VOYA Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 444500 Title: Girl on the Run Author: Abigail Johnson Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Length: 6:38:24 Language: English Release date: 10-06-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller Summary: A fast-paced thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be who she says she is . . . and now someone is hunting them both. Katelyn wants the best for her widowed mom. Surprising her with an online dating profile seems like a good idea. It isn't. Katelyn's mom hasn't just been acting overprotective all these years--she's been hiding something. And now that anyone can find them online , Katelyn is in a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of the past--not only her mom's, but also her own. As Katelyn's world unravels , she begins to trust the guy who brought this nightmare to her door and to doubt the one person she never thought she would. Because her mom has been hiding for a reason: she's been waiting. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 455860 Title: New Year's Kiss Author: Lee Matthews Narrator: Lillie Ricciardi Format: Unabridged Length: 7:04:34 Language: English Release date: 12-01-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Teen, General, Romance, Tough Topics Summary: A fun and upbeat romance about a girl who has a New Year's resolution to make the coming year epic in every way--and is willing to put herself out there for love. Tess and her opinionated older sister Lauren are spending the week after Christmas at the snowy Evergreen Lodge in Vermont and they aren't happy about it. Their stern grandmother, who owns the holiday resort, is not known for her warmth and good humor. But when shy, straight-laced Tess meets Christopher in the lobby, things are suddenly looking up. And when she decides to get out of her comfort zone and create a bucket list of things to accomplish before the New Year-like singing in public and skiing a black-diamond slope-Christopher is happy to help, even as he keeps a secret that could turn everything upside down. When the ball drops, will Tess and Christopher share a magical kiss-or will Tess start the new year off alone? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 427389 Title: Drop of Patience Author: William Melvin Kelley Narrator: Jay Smooth Format: Unabridged Length: 6:04:45 Language: English Release date: 06-30-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Summary: One of the great jazz novels of any era, A Drop of Patience tells the story of a blind horn player's journey through the themes of race, blindness, and music. At the age of five, Ludlow Washington is given up by his parents to a brutal white-run state institution for blind African American children, where everyone is taught music—the only trade by which they are expected to make a living. Ludlow is a prodigy on the horn and at fifteen is 'purchased' out of the Home by a bandleader in the fictive Southern town of New Marsails. By eighteen, he is married with a baby daughter, but as his reputation spreads, he seeks to grow musically, leaving his budding family for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in New York City. Navigating the worlds of music and race and women, Ludlow's career follows an arc towards collapse, a nervous breakdown, recovery, a long-delayed public recognition, only for him to finally abandon the spotlight and return to his roots and find solace in the black church.      A Drop of Patience is a brilliant portrayal of a jazz musician. It stands apart as an exemplary parable of African American history, of racial politics, and of musical creative genius. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 441937 Title: All I Want for Christmas Author: Wendy Loggia Narrator: Emma Galvin Format: Unabridged Length: 5:39:58 Language: English Release date: 11-03-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Tough Topics Summary: A sweet Christmas romance about a girl with one wish: to kiss someone under the mistletoe. The holiday escape you need! Bailey Briggs is counting down the days to Christmas: she lives for holiday music, baking cookies, going on snowy sleigh rides, and wearing her light-up reindeer ears to work at Winslow's bookstore. But all she really wants this year is the one thing she doesn't have: someone special to kiss under the mistletoe. And she's 100 percent certain that that someone isn't Jacob Marley--athlete, player, and of questionable taste in girlfriends--and that Charlie, the mysterious stranger with the British accent, is the romantic lead of her dreams. Is she right? This will be a December to remember, filled with real-life Christmas magic . . . and, if she stays on Santa's nice list, a wish that just might come true.  'It's all very adorable.' --Buzzfeed Want more holiday romance? Pick up New Year's Kiss by Lee Matthews, an Underlined romance set at a snowy Vermont lodge about two sisters, one cute boy, and an epic bucket list! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 421821 Title: Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention Author: Ben Wilson Narrator: John Sackville Format: Unabridged Length: 17:07:54 Language: English Release date: 11-10-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, World, Social Science, Public Policy Summary: In a captivating tour of cities famous and forgotten, acclaimed historian Ben Wilson tells the glorious, millennia-spanning story how urban living sparked humankind's greatest innovations.   “A towering achievement.... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time—dazzling.” —The Wall Street Journal During the two hundred millennia of humanity’s existence, nothing has shaped us more profoundly than the city. From their very beginnings, cities created such a flourishing of human endeavor—new professions, new forms of art, worship and trade—that they kick-started civilization. Guiding us through the centuries, Wilson reveals the innovations nurtured by the inimitable energy of human beings together: civics in the agora of Athens, global trade in ninth-century Baghdad, finance in the coffeehouses of London, domestic comforts in the heart of Amsterdam, peacocking in Belle Époque Paris. In the modern age, the skyscrapers of New York City inspired utopian visions of community design, while the trees of twenty-first-century Seattle and Shanghai point to a sustainable future in the age of climate change. Page-turning, irresistible, and rich with engrossing detail, Metropolis is a brilliant demonstration that the story of human civilization is the story of cities. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414780 Title: dem Author: William Melvin Kelley Narrator: Jay Smooth Format: Unabridged Length: 5:07:30 Language: English Release date: 06-30-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Satire Summary: A searing, provocative satire by one of the most important African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche of white America. Mitchell Pierce is a well-off New York ad executive whose marriage is falling apart. He no longer feels any passion for his pregnant wife, Tam, and even feels estranged from his toddler son, Jake. Mitchell is trapped in an unrewarding and loveless life, and though domestic violence isn't in his character, it is never very far away, either. Mitchell's life will irrevocably change one day, though, when a young man appears at his apartment door to pick up the family's black maid, Opal, for a date. Cooley it turns out is not a stranger to the household. The twins that Tam is carrying are a result of superfecundation—the fertilization of two separate ova by two different males. So when one child is born black and the other white, Mitchell goes on a quest to find Cooley and make him take his baby. In the tradition of Brer Rabbit trickster tales, dem enacts a modern-day fable of turning the tables on the white oppressor and inverting the history of miscegenation and subjugation of African Americans. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 419451 Title: Fortune Favors the Dead: A Novel Author: Stephen Spotswood Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Length: 8:31:58 Language: English Release date: 10-27-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Historical Summary: A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages. “Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own.”—Tana French, bestselling author of The Searcher It's 1942 and Willowjean 'Will' Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York's best, and most unorthodox, private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. When the dapper detective summons Will a few days later, she doesn't expect to be offered a life-changing proposition: Lillian's multiple sclerosis means she can't keep up with her old case load alone, so she wants to hire Will to be her right-hand woman. In return, Will is to receive a salary, room and board, and training in Lillian's very particular art of investigation. Three years later, Will and Lillian are on the Collins case: Abigail Collins was found bludgeoned to death with a crystal ball following a big, boozy Halloween party at her home—her body slumped in the same chair where her steel magnate husband shot himself the year before. With rumors flying that Abigail was bumped off by the vengeful spirit of her husband (who else could have gotten inside the locked room?), the family has tasked the detectives with finding answers where the police have failed. But that's easier said than done in a case that involves messages from the dead, a seductive spiritualist, and Becca Collins—the beautiful daughter of the deceased, who Will quickly starts falling for. When Will and Becca's relationship dances beyond the professional, Will finds herself in dangerous territory, and discovers she may have become the murderer's next target. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414775 Title: Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Author: Carlo M. Cipolla Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Length: 0:54:05 Language: English Release date: 04-06-21 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Comedy, Career Development, Essays & Memoirs, Philosophy Summary: 'A masterly book' —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan 'A classic' —Simon Kuper, Financial Times An economist explores the five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects and can be found anywhere from the world's most powerful boardrooms to your local bar. It is human stupidity. Carlo M. Cipolla, noted professor of economic history at the UC Berkeley, created this vitally important book in order to detect and neutralize its threat. Both hilarious and dead serious, it will leave you better equipped to confront political realities, unreasonable colleagues, or your next dinner with your in-laws. The Laws: 1. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us. 2. The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves. 4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. 5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains the gain and loss graphs from the book. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 421818 Title: Khalil: A Novel Author: Yasmina Khadra Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Length: 6:15:15 Language: English Release date: 02-16-21 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Political Thriller, Psychological Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Attack and The Swallows of Kabul, a gripping first-person narrative about one young man's involvement in France's worst terrorist attack. Khalil, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, plans to detonate a suicide vest in a crowd outside the Stade de France on November 13, 2015. Explosions are rocking Paris, at cafés and the Bataclan theater, and when other bombs drive the stadium crowd to flee in his direction, near the Metro, his time has come. He presses his button, and . . . nothing. Fearing he has failed in his mission for Fraternel Solidarity (FS), an ISIS affiliate, Khalil has little choice but to blend in with his would-be victims and run. Back in Belgium, he must lie low and avoid his militant brethren and the authorities. He relies on his family and friends for places to stay, but he keeps the truth about himself secret. All the while, he contemplates what he almost did, and what he will do next--particularly when it comes to light that his vest accidently had been a harmless training unit all along, and FS has a new mission planned for him.      In this daring, propulsive literary thriller, Yasmina Khadra takes readers to the margins of Europe's glittering capitals, through neighborhoods isolated by government neglect and popular apathy, if not outright racism. And he brings to life an unusual protagonist, a young man struggling with family, religion, and politics who makes fateful choices, and in doing so dramatizes powerful questions about society and human nature. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414782 Title: Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex Author: Michael Todd Narrator: Ameen Gaines Format: Unabridged Length: 5:51:02 Language: English Release date: 04-28-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A candid, inspiring guide to finding lasting love and sustaining a healthy relationship by getting real about your goals—based on the viral, multi-million-view sermon series about dating, marriage, and sex “No matter where you are and no matter what stage of life you are in, Relationship Goals will be a game changer.”—Levi Lusko NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN You scroll through photo after photo of happy couples and think, I want a relationship like that! The thing is, those intimate relationships are a mirage—the closer you get to them, the more you realize they aren’t real at all. So what does a real relationship look like? And how do you get there? In Relationship Goals, Pastor Michael Todd digs deep to give you good news and real-life ideas for making the most of your most important relationships. Take a look at • what it means to choose intentional dating over recreational dating • how to move on from mistakes you’ve made in the past  • why love gets stronger after marriage • what the Bible has to say about sex (hot take: it’s more sizzling than you think) • why the best friendships have God at the center Whether you are married, single, or it’s complicated, aiming for the right targets will make all the difference in finding true satisfaction. As it turns out, God’s got the best relationship goals of all for your life. Why settle for less? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 396833 Title: Grandma's Gardens Author: Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton Narrator: Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton Format: Unabridged Length: 0:06:10 Language: English Release date: 03-31-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Health & Family Summary: In this inspiring and heartwarming mother-daughter story, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton team up to show readers how sharing the things we love with the people we love can create powerful, everlasting bonds between generations. 'A deeply affectionate tribute to the bounty of nature and the love of gardening.' —Publishers Weekly Grandma Dorothy shared her love of gardens with her daughter, Hillary, and her granddaughter, Chelsea. She taught them that gardens are magical places to learn, exciting spaces for discovery, quiet spots to spend time with family and beautiful areas to share stories and celebrate special occasions. But most of all, she taught them that in her gardens, her love grew and blossomed. From mother-daughter team Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton comes a celebration of family, tradition and discovery, and an ode to mothers, grandmothers and the children they love. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414784 Title: Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn Author: Luke Yoquinto, Sanjay Sarma Narrator: Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Length: 12:28:22 Language: English Release date: 08-18-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Career Development, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Education Summary: A groundbreaking look at the science of learning: how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which teaching techniques are most effective, and how schools should (and absolutely should not) use instructional technology. This is an essential resource for teachers, anyone interested in cutting-edge research into learning, and parents considering the educational alternatives available to their children. As the head of Open Learning at MIT, renowned professor Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to fling open the doors of the MIT experience for the benefit of the wider world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, you first have to ask: How do we learn?  What are the most effective ways of educating? And how can the science of learning transform education to unlock our potential, as individuals and across society? Grasp takes readers across multiple frontiers, from fundamental neuroscience to cognitive psychology and beyond, as it explores the future of learning. Some of its findings: • For educators teaching remotely, online instructional tools have been proven to be a powerful ally when used appropriately—and a dangerous impediment when misapplied. • By structuring its curriculum to better incorporate cutting-edge learning strategies, one law school in Florida has rocketed to the top of its state in bar exam passage rates. • Scientists are studying the role of forgetting, exposing it not as a simple failure of memory but a critical weapon in our learning arsenal. • New developments in neuroimaging are helping us understand how reading works in the brain. It's become possible to identify children who might benefit from specialized dyslexia interventions—before they learn to read. Along the way, Sarma debunks long-held fallacies (such as the noxious idea of 'learning styles'), while equipping readers with a set of practical tools for absorbing and retaining information across a lifetime. He presents a vision for learning that's more inclusive and democratic—revealing a world bursting with powerful learners, just waiting for the chance they deserve. Drawing from the author's experience as an educator and the work of researchers and educational innovators at MIT and beyond, Grasp offers scientific and practical insight, promising not just to inform and entertain readers but to open their minds. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 441968 Title: Dunfords Travels Everywheres Author: William Melvin Kelley Narrator: Jay Smooth Format: Unabridged Length: 6:25:37 Language: English Release date: 09-29-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Satire Summary: WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD • William Melvin Kelley's final work, a Joycean, Rabelaisian romp in which he brings back some of his most memorable characters in a novel of three intertwining stories. '[A] lost giant of American Literature.' —The New Yorker Ride on out with Rab and Turt, two o'New Afriqueque's toughfast, ruefast Texnosass Arangers, as they battle Chief Pugmichillo and ricecure Mr. Charcarl Walker-Rider. Cut in on Carlyle Bedlowe, wrecker of marriage, saver of souls. Or just along with Chig Dunford, product of Harlem and private schools, on the circular voyage of self-discovery that takes him from Europe's Café of One Hand to Harlem's Jack O'Gee's Golden Grouse Bar & Restaurant. Beginning on an August Sunday in one of Europe's strangest cities, Dunfords Travels Everywheres but always returns back to the same point—the 'Begending'—where Mr. Charcarl's dream becomes Chig Dunford's reality (the 'Ivy League Negro' in the world outside the Ivory Tower). “Among the most innovative and exciting novelists in the history of international literature, the opportunity to honor William Melvin Kelley with the American Book Award is a great privilege. Before Columbus Foundation is elated to welcome his work back into print, thanks to Anchor Books. It is a unique thrill to see Dunfords Travels Everywheres now illustrated in it’s new edition by Aiki Kelley, whom we also honor with this year’s Award. The majesty of William Melvin Kelley’s vital contribution to international letters remains urgent and evermore medicinal in its cosmic scope and unifying embrace. The total arc and panorama of human experience, embodied in the mythologies we share from antiquity to the present are fully illuminated in William Melvin Kelley’s artistry. An absolute virtuoso of the language, with Dunfords Travels Everywheres, William Melvin Kelley ignites the spiritual imagination, reviving and resuscitating images of our journey with wit and grace. His masterwork is truly a wonder to behold. Vivid, charismatic, mercurial, musical, Dunfords Travels Everywheres stands as one of the great contributions to the art of the novel. Laughing to keep from crying, living life not dying, this new illustrated edition sings a joyous, uplifitng song.” —Justin Desmangles, citation from the American Book Award Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 429297 Title: Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity Author: Paola Ramos Narrator: Paola Ramos Format: Unabridged Length: 7:34:32 Language: English Release date: 10-20-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, History & Culture Summary: Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are voices who have been chronically overlooked in how the diverse population of almost sixty million Latinos in the U.S. has been represented. No longer. In this empowering cross-country travelogue, journalist and activist Paola Ramos embarks on a journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, “Latinx.” She introduces us to the indigenous Oaxacans who rebuilt the main street in a post-industrial town in upstate New York, the “Las Poderosas” who fight for reproductive rights in Texas, the musicians in Milwaukee whose beats reassure others of their belonging, as well as drag queens, environmental activists, farmworkers, and the migrants detained at our border. Drawing on intensive field research as well as her own personal story, Ramos chronicles how “Latinx” has given rise to a sense of collectivity and solidarity among Latinos unseen in this country for decades. A vital and inspiring work of reportage, Finding Latinx calls on all of us to expand our understanding of what it means to be Latino and what it means to be American. The first step towards change, writes Ramos, is for us to recognize who we are. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 419420 Title: Love Poems for the Office Author: John Kenney Narrator: John Kenney Format: Unabridged Length: 0:50:36 Language: English Release date: 12-01-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, General Comedy Summary: In the spirit of his Love Poems collections, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney returns with a hilarious new collection of poetry--for office life. With the same brilliant wit and biting realism that made Love Poems for Married People, Love Poems for People with Children, and Love Poems for Anxious People such hits, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection that tackles the hilarity of life in the office. From waiting in line for the printer and revising spreadsheet after spreadsheet, to lukewarm coffee, office politics, and the daily patterns of your most annoying--and lovable--coworkers, Kenney masterfully captures the warmth and humor of working the '9 to 5' in today's modern era. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 441962 Title: Dancers on the Shore Author: William Melvin Kelley Narrator: Jay Smooth Format: Unabridged Length: 6:25:50 Language: English Release date: 09-29-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction Summary: The first and only short story collection by William Melvin Kelley, author of A Different Drummer, and the source from which he drew inspiration for his subsequent novels. Originally published in 1964, this collection of sixteen stories includes three linked sets of stories about the Carey, Bedlow, and Dunford families. They represent the earliest work of William Melvin Kelley and provided a rich source of stories and characters who were to fill out his later novels. Spanning generations from the Deep South during Reconstruction to New York City in the 1960s, these insightful stories depict African American families—their struggles, their heartbreak, and their love. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 429271 Title: How Did I Get Here?: A Memoir Author: Bruce McCall Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Length: 10:16:43 Language: English Release date: 11-24-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, General Comedy Summary: From his hardscrabble post-World War II Ontario childhood and coming of age to Mad Men-era New York City and the creative pinnacle of advertising, to the hallowed halls of Saturday Night Live and The New Yorker, Bruce McCall’s personal and creative journey is stunningly honest, bittersweet, and, above all, inspiring.      Beloved for his strikingly original and wickedly perceptive New Yorker covers, as well as his many Shouts and Murmurs, Bruce is a rare double threat as an artist and writer. Self-taught in both disciplines, his artistic world has captured the imagination of a loyal fan base that includes no less than David Letterman (whom he coauthored a book with) and other satire aficionados. Pulling no punches, How Did I Get Here? chronicles the evolution of his artistic genius as well as his journey from gifted childhood scribbler to passionate automobile enthusiast, a hobby that took him to the heights of the Detroit and Manhattan advertising worlds. His long-held passion for drawing and writing, which mostly lay dormant during his Mad Men days, reemerged later in life as he left the realm of advertising for the world of arts and letters, most notably at the National Lampoon, as a writer for Saturday Night Live in its first incarnation, and then of course at The New Yorker, as well as other Conde Nast magazines, such as Vanity Fair. His is an unorthodox life and career path, traversing through worlds that have now become iconic, giving us rich first-hand insight into Bruce's unique creative development and process, and providing a rare window into both the highs and the lows that define an artist's career and life.    With wit and candor, Bruce McCall’s memoir will charm his many fans and anyone who knows and loves the places and eras he describes so well. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 422832 Title: Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor Author: Travis M. Andrews Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Length: 8:48:41 Language: English Release date: 05-04-21 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Arts & Entertainment, Social Science, General Comedy Summary: An irreverent yet deeply researched biography about the always offbeat, suddenly meme-able, and wildly popular actor When did you first encounter Jeff Goldblum? Maybe as a deranged killer in his 1974 screen debut in Death Wish? Maybe as a cynical journalist in 1983s The Big Chill? Or a brilliant if egotistical scientist-turned-fly in 1986s The Fly? Perhaps as the wise-cracking skeptical mathematician in 1993s Jurassic Park? Or maybe you’re not a film buff but noticed his face as part of one of the Internet’s earliest memes. Who knows? Whenever it was, you’ve probably noticed that Goldblum has become one of Hollywood’s most enduring actors, someone who only seems to grow more famous, more heralded, more beloved through the decades, even though he’s always followed his own, strange muse. The guy primarily plays jazz music these days, but is more famous than ever. Actor, pianist, husband, father, style icon, meme. Goldblum contains multitudes, but why? What does he mean? The Washington Post’s Travis M. Andrews decided to find out. And so he set out on a journey through Goldblum's career, talking to directors like Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, colleagues like Harry Shearer and Billy Crudup, and pop culture experts like Chuck Klosterman and Sean Fennessey, to get to the bottom of this whole Goldblum thing. And then he took what he learned and he wrote this book, which is titled Because He’s Jeff Goldblum and is the best thing written since The Brothers Karamazov and slightly easier to follow. But you should already know that. In this new semi-biography, semi-rumination, and semi-ridiculous look at the career of Goldblum, Andrews takes you behind the scenes of his iconic movies, explores the shifting nature of fame in the twenty-first century, and spends far too much time converting Goldblum’s name into various forms of speech. Want to hear how Goldblum saved a script supervisor from an amorous baboon? Or what he would write on the mirror after taking showers when he was a teenager? How about his feelings on various brands of throat lozenges? (That one could be an entire book unto itself.) Then this is the book for you! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 705473 Title: Lies and Weddings: A Novel Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Jing Lusi Format: Unabridged Length: 15:07:39 Language: English Release date: 05-21-24 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Contemporary Women, Asian American Literature Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, CNN, Lit Hub, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Reader's Digest, BookRiot, SheReads, PureWow, Publishers Weekly • From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners. 'Imagine Crazy Rich Asians mated with Saltburn and you've got Lies and Weddings—a heavenly summertime read!'—Plum Sykes, New York Times best-selling author of Bergdorf Blondes   Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money. Should he marry Solène de Courcy, a French hotel heiress with honey blond tresses and a royal bloodline? Should he pursue Martha Dung, the tattooed venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or should he follow his heart, betray his family, squander his legacy, and finally confess his love to the literal girl next door, the humble daughter of a doctor, Eden Tong? When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans—and their reputation—go up in flames. Can the once-great dukedom rise from the ashes? Or will a secret tragedy, hidden for two decades, reveal a shocking twist? In a globetrotting tale that takes us from the black sand beaches of Hawaii to the skies of Marrakech, from the glitzy bachelor pads of Los Angeles to the inner sanctums of England’s oldest family estates, Kevin Kwan unfurls a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 423545 Title: Sex and Vanity: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Lydia Look Format: Unabridged Length: 9:36:29 Language: English Release date: 06-30-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Asian American Literature Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A Good Morning America Book Club Pick 'Kevin Kwan's new book is his most decadent yet.' --Entertainment Weekly The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the WASPY fiancé of her family's dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with. On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can't stand him. She can't stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can't stand that he knows more about Casa Malaparte than she does, and she really can't stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin Charlotte. 'Your mother is Chinese so it's no surprise you'd be attracted to someone like him,' Charlotte teases. The daughter of an American-born Chinese mother and a blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucie is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment building, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world--and her heart. Moving between summer playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and extravagant fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414777 Title: But Like Maybe Don't?: What Not to Do When Dating Author: Arianna Margulis Narrator: Arianna Margulis, Barbara Heller, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Length: 5:00:00 Language: English Release date: 03-03-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Graphic Novels, General Comedy Summary: The creator of the Instagram sensation But Like Maybe takes us on a journey through her worst dating mistakes--a hilarious, hopeful guide to what you need to get wrong in love before you get it right. Arianna Margulis's pen was set aflame when a boyfriend took her for a walk in Central Park. She was sneak-attack dumped because she 'interfered with his meditation schedule.' After a few sobs, she found her way to a Sharpie, doodled the hilarity and the heartbreak, and But Like Maybe was born. As her cartoons became an Instagram cult hit, Arianna chronicled her misadventures through modern love via a crop-topped doppelganger, equal parts optimistic and anxious, who holds tight to the belief that bae is out there. Now, her first audiobook is a witty and winning primer on what not to do when dating. Inspired by all the ways Arianna's gone wrong in her search for love, from planning matching outfits with her high school boyfriend without his knowledge to deplaning an aircraft because her crush texted, this charming and off-kilter anti-guide gently leads you to what matters: realizing that you're already pretty awesome. With plenty of advice for recognizing and moving on when he's just not that into you, Arianna shows how to not let a read receipt ruin your night, what to do when the slow fade commences, and how to flip the busy script on a guy. Dating can make the best of us a bit crazy. Keep this guide by your side so that the next time tequila urges you to text your ex, you can instead tell yourself . . . but like maybe don't. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 368461 Title: Gift Inside the Box Author: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant Narrator: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant Format: Unabridged Length: 0:09:36 Language: English Release date: 10-01-19 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Humor Summary: Adam Grant, the bestselling author of Give and Take, teams with his wife, Allison, to share the lighthearted tale of a gift in search of a giver--a classic in the making and the perfect conversation starter about thoughtfulness. This delightful book--one of Amazon's 2019 Holiday Gift Picks and Most Anticipated Books--is designed to start conversations with kids about generosity. In the tradition of Goodnight Gorilla, the words are intentionally spare. The book is meant to be read interactively, with adults posing questions so kids can guess what's happening (and why). Praised by both parents and teachers for sparking imagination and eliciting discussion, the story can be interpreted differently in every family, by every child, and reinterpreted many times over. Give the gift of this clever, earnest book about generosity--a new and nourishing fable for every child's library (and one that includes a delightfully innovative cover approach that requires the reader to unfasten the Velcroed cover for a fun unboxing effect!). It's a gift that keeps on giving. 'Truly phenomenal . . . Kristen [Bell]'s favorite book we've read to the kids in a year.' --Dax Shepard of the podcast 'Armchair Expert' Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414768 Title: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual Author: Michael Pollan Narrator: Michael Pollan Format: Unabridged Length: 1:20:21 Language: English Release date: 04-14-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition, Instructional & How To Summary: #1 New York Times Bestseller 'A useful and funny purse-sized manual that could easily replace all the diet books on your bookshelf.' —Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times A definitive compendium of food wisdom Eating doesn’t have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food. Written with clarity, concision, and wit that has become bestselling author Michael Pollan’s trademark, this indispensable handbook lays out a set of straightforward, memorable rules for eating wisely, one per page, accompanied by a concise explanation. It’s an easy-to-use guide that draws from a variety of traditions, suggesting how different cultures through the ages have arrived at the same enduring wisdom about food. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat buffet, this is the perfect guide for anyone who ever wondered, “What should I eat?” 'In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles outlined in a slender, easy-to-digest new book called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, by Michael Pollan.' —Jane Brody, The New York Times 'It doesn't get much easier than this. Each page has a simple rule, sometimes with a short explanation, sometimes without, that promotes Pollan's back-to-the-basics-of-food (and-food-enjoyment) philosophy.' —The Los Angeles Times Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414789 Title: Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate Author: Mark Kurlansky Narrator: Mark Kurlansky Format: Unabridged Length: 10:38:00 Language: English Release date: 03-03-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, History Summary: In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, best-selling author of Salt and Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, employs his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring life cycle of salmon. During his research Kurlansky traveled widely and observed salmon and those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the Atlantic, in Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Japan, and even the robust but not as frequently visited Kamchatka Peninsula. This world tour reveals an eras-long history of man’s misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon and its environments for his own benefit and gain, whether for entertainment or to harvest food. In addition, Kurlansky’s research shows that all over the world these fish, uniquely connected to both marine and terrestrial ecology as well as fresh and salt water, are a natural barometer for the health of the planet. He documents that for centuries man’s greatest assaults on nature, from overfishing to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, are evidenced in the sensitive life cycle of salmon. Kurlansky’s insightful conclusion is that the only way to save salmon is to save the planet and, at the same time, the only way to save the planet is to save the mighty, heroic salmon. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 414766 Title: Lean Against This Late Hour Author: Garous Abdolmalekian Narrator: Sean Rohani Format: Unabridged Length: 0:45:00 Language: English Release date: 04-14-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: Finalist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation  A vivid, 'mesmerizing' (New York Times Magazine) portrait of life in the shadow of violence and loss, for readers of both English and Persian The first selection of poems by renowned Iranian poet Garous Abdolmalekian to appear in English, this collection is a captivating, disorienting descent into the trauma of loss and its aftermath. In spare lines, Abdolmalekian conjures surreal, cinematic images that pan wide as deftly as they narrow into intimate focus. Time is a thread come unspooled: pain arrives before the wound, and the dead wait for sunrise. Abdolmalekian resists definitive separations between cause and effect, life and death, or heaven and hell, and challenges our sense of what is fixed and what is unsettled and permeable. Though the speakers in these poems are witnesses to the deforming effects of grief and memory, they remain alive to curiosity, to the pleasure of companionship, and to other ways of being and seeing. Lean Against This Late Hour illuminates the images we conjure in the face of abandonment and ruin, and finds them by turns frightening, bewildering, ethereal, and defiant. 'This time,' a disembodied voice commands, 'send us a prophet who only listens.' Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415129 Title: Immortals of Tehran Author: Ali Araghi Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Length: 16:26:00 Language: English Release date: 04-07-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Sagas Summary: This generations-spanning novel carries one extraordinary family to the brink of the Iranian Revolution--and marks the debut of a literary talent to watch As a child living in his family's apple orchard, Ahmad Torkash-Vand treasures his great-great-great-great grandfather's every mesmerizing world. On the day of his father's death, Ahmad listens closely as the seemingly immortal elder tells him the tale of a centuries-old family curse . . . and the boy's own fated role in the story. Ahmad grows up to suspect that something unseen must be interfering with his family, as he struggles to hold them together through decades of famine, loss, and political turmoil in Iran. As the world transforms around him, each turn of Ahmad's life is a surprise: from street brawler to father of two impossibly gifted daughters; from radical poet to politician with a target on his back. These lives, and the many unforgettable stories alongside his, converge and catch fire at the center of the Revolution. A sweeping, multi-generational epic, this stunning debut heralds the arrival of a unique new literary voice. Exploring the brutality of history while conjuring the astonishment of magical realism, The Immortals of Tehran is a story of the incantatory power of words and the revolutionary sparks of love, family, and poetry--set against the indifferent, relentless march of time. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 445774 Title: Time Travel for Love and Profit Author: Sarah Lariviere Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Length: 7:57:43 Language: English Release date: 01-26-21 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance, Tough Topics Summary: When Nephele has a terrible freshman year, she does the only logical thing for a math prodigy like herself: she invents a time travel app so she can go back and do it again (and again, and again) in this funny love story, Groundhog Day for the iPhone generation. Fourteen-year-old Nephele used to have friends. Well, she had a friend. That friend made the adjustment to high school easily, leaving Nephele behind in the process. And as Nephele looks ahead, all she can see is three very lonely years. Nephele is also a whip-smart lover of math and science, so she makes a plan. Step one: invent time travel. Step two: go back in time, have a do-over of 9th grade, crack the code on making friends and become beloved and popular. Does it work? Sort of. Nephele does travel through time, but not the way she planned--she's created a time loop, and she's the only one looping. And she keeps looping, for ten years, always alone. Now, facing ninth grade for the tenth time, Nephele knows what to expect. Or so she thinks. She didn't anticipate that her new teacher would be a boy from her long ago ninth grade class, now a grown man; that she would finally make a new friend, after ten years. And, she couldn't have pictured someone like Jazz, with his deep violet eyes, goofy magic tricks and the quietly intense way he sees her. After ten freshman years, she still has a lot more to learn. But now that she's finally figured out how to go back, has she found something worth staying for? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415654 Title: Attachments: A Novel Author: Rainbow Rowell Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Length: 8:56:00 Language: English Release date: 07-28-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Contemporary, New Adult Summary: 'Attachments is so perfectly engaging, so sly, and so funny I read it all in one sitting, then went back and read my favorite scenes a second time...I hope Rowell never stops writing.' -Haven Kimmel Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their office e-mail. But the women still spend all day sending each other messages, gossiping about their coworkers at the newspaper and baring their personal lives like an open book. Jennifer tells Beth everything she can't seem to tell her husband about her anxieties over starting a family. And Beth tells Jennifer everything, period. When Lincoln applied to be an Internet security officer, he hardly imagined he'd be sifting through other people's inboxes like some sort of electronic Peeping Tom. Lincoln is supposed to turn people in for misusing company e-mail, but he can't quite bring himself to crack down on Beth and Jennifer. He can't help but be entertained-and captivated- by their stories. But by the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late for him to ever introduce himself. What would he say to her? 'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you.' After a series of close encounters and missed connections, Lincoln decides it's time to muster the courage to follow his heart . . . even if he can't see exactly where it's leading him. Written with whip-smart precision and charm, Attachments is a strikingly clever and deeply romantic debut about falling in love with the person who makes you feel like the best version of yourself. Even if it's someone you've never met. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 438531 Title: This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live By Every Day Author: Hoda Kotb Narrator: Hoda Kotb Format: Unabridged Length: 5:34:01 Language: English Release date: 10-13-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Reference & Study Guides Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller! In this all-new collection of beloved quotes, This Just Speaks to Me, #1 New York Times bestselling author Hoda Kotb offers inspiration, wisdom, and hope 365 days a year. When her first collection of quotes, I Really Needed This Today, was published in 2019, Hoda never imagined how deeply her favorite words, stories, and memories would resonate with readers. People across the country were connected not only by the book's positive message, but through their generosity in sharing it with friends and family who needed a daily burst of inspiration. Hoda was truly touched by fans who shared 'their quote' with her, the one that most moved them or someone they love. Now, to follow that remarkable experience, Hoda is back, with 365 new quotes and stories to share with her beloved readers. In This Just Speaks to Me, she writes about the people and moments that have enriched her life, discussing everything from motherhood and friendship to love and loss. The book also celebrates the countless acts of kindness that unfolded during these uniquely challenging times. Told with the same warmth, humor, and generosity that infused I Really Needed This Today, This Just Speaks to Me promises to be the next great companion book, each day elevated by Hoda's sparkle at a time when we may need it the most. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415668 Title: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night Author: Lenore Look Narrator: Everette Plen Format: Unabridged Length: 2:26:41 Language: English Release date: 09-15-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family, Humor Summary: Alvin becomes a big brother in the fifth book in the hilarious chapter book series that tackles anxiety in a fun, kid-friendly way. Perfect for both beginning and reluctant readers, and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Alvin, an Asian American second grader who's afraid of everything, has started to notice his mother getting bigger . . . and bigger. Alvin's sure it's all the mochi cakes she's been eating, but it turns out she's pregnant! There are lots of scary things about babies, as everybody knows. There's learning CPR for the newborn and changing diapers (no way). But the scariest thing of all is the fact that the baby could be a GIRL. As a result of the stress, Alvin puts on a few pounds and—in one hilarious misunderstanding—worries that he might actually be pregnant, too! A humorous and touching series about facing your fears and embracing new experiences—with a truly unforgettable character—from author Lenore Look and New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor winning illustrator LeUyen Pham. “Alvin’s a winner.” —New York Post Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415669 Title: Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions Author: Lenore Look Narrator: Everette Plen Format: Unabridged Length: 2:12:40 Language: English Release date: 09-15-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family, Humor Summary: Alvin and his family visit China in the hilarious chapter book series that tackles anxiety in a fun, kid-friendly way. Perfect for both beginning and reluctant readers, and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Alvin, an Asian American second grader who’s afraid of everything, is taking his fears to a whole new level—or should we say, continent. On a trip to introduce brand-new baby Ho to relatives in China, Alvin’s anxiety is at fever pitch. First there’s the harrowing 16-hour plane ride; then there’s a whole slew of cultural differences to contend with: eating lunch food for breakfast, kung fu lessons, and acupuncture treatment (yikes!). Not to mention the crowds that make it easy for a small boy to get lost. A humorous and touching series about facing your fears and embracing new experiences—with a truly unforgettable character—from author Lenore Look and New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor winning illustrator LeUyen Pham. “Alvin’s a winner.” —New York Post Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 431065 Title: Grow Rich with the Power of Your Subconscious Mind Author: Joseph Murphy Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Length: 7:12:54 Language: English Release date: 02-09-21 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness Summary: From the renowned bestselling author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, an authorized collection of writings that unlock the secret to extraordinary success that lies within each of us Millions of readers have embraced Joseph Murphy's writings, including the phenomenal bestseller The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, a beloved classic that sits alongside the works of Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Norman Vincent Peale. This new collection, authorized by the Joseph Murphy Trust, focuses on prosperity - and the simple yet powerful ways we can focus our attention and beliefs to achieve life goals, obtain riches, and live the life of our dreams. Whether you are a longtime reader of Murphy's insights or are discovering his work for the first time, this powerful and deceptively simple volume will illuminate the path to success. Comprised of original writings including some that have never been published in book form, along with modern-day updates, examples, and insights for the contemporary reader, the book goes beyond what we've already heard about the Law of Attraction and the power of positive thinking to reveal the ability that each of us has to manifest remarkable change in our lives. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 666340 Title: Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will Author: Robert M. Sapolsky Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Length: 13:42:37 Language: English Release date: 10-17-23 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Philosophy Summary: The instant New York Times bestseller “Excellent…Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys.” – Wall Street Journal One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences Robert Sapolsky’s Behave, his now classic account of why humans do good and why they do bad, pointed toward an unsettling conclusion: We may not grasp the precise marriage of nature and nurture that creates the physics and chemistry at the base of human behavior, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Now, in Determined, Sapolsky takes his argument all the way, mounting a brilliant (and in his inimitable way, delightful) full-frontal assault on the pleasant fantasy that there is some separate self telling our biology what to do. Determined offers a marvelous synthesis of what we know about how consciousness works—the tight weave between reason and emotion and between stimulus and response in the moment and over a life. One by one, Sapolsky tackles all the major arguments for free will and takes them out, cutting a path through the thickets of chaos and complexity science and quantum physics, as well as touching ground on some of the wilder shores of philosophy. He shows us that the history of medicine is in no small part the history of learning that fewer and fewer things are somebody’s “fault”; for example, for centuries we thought seizures were a sign of demonic possession. Yet, as he acknowledges, it’s very hard, and at times impossible, to uncouple from our zeal to judge others and to judge ourselves. Sapolsky applies the new understanding of life beyond free will to some of our most essential questions around punishment, morality, and living well together. By the end, Sapolsky argues that while living our daily lives recognizing that we have no free will is going to be monumentally difficult, doing so is not going to result in anarchy, pointlessness, and existential malaise. Instead, it will make for a much more humane world. *This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing Tables, Charts, Diagrams, and Footnotes from the book. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 426081 Title: Owed Author: Joshua Bennett Narrator: Joshua Bennett Format: Unabridged Length: 1:13:46 Language: English Release date: 09-01-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a “rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the U.S.” (The New Yorker) Gregory Pardlo described Joshua Bennett's first collection of poetry, The Sobbing School, as an 'arresting debut' that was 'abounding in tenderness and rich with character,' with a 'virtuosic kind of code switching.' Bennett's new collection, Owed, is a book with celebration at its center. Its primary concern is how we might mend the relationship between ourselves and the people, spaces, and objects we have been taught to think of as insignificant, as fundamentally unworthy of study, reflection, attention, or care. Spanning the spectrum of genre and form--from elegy and ode to origin myth--these poems elaborate an aesthetics of repair. What's more, they ask that we turn to the songs and sites of the historically denigrated so that we might uncover a new way of being in the world together, one wherein we can truthfully reckon with the brutality of the past and thus imagine the possibilities of our shared, unpredictable present, anew. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 427439 Title: Greenlights Author: Matthew McConaughey Narrator: Matthew McConaughey Format: Unabridged Length: 6:42:29 Language: English Release date: 10-20-20 Publisher: Random House (Audio) Genres: Biography & Memoir, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Arts & Entertainment, Mindfulness & Meditation Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE! Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award–winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. “The No. 1 celebrity memoir of the past 10 years.”—USA Today “McConaughey’s book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did—and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.”—Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck I’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me.   Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. I found a reliable theme, an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction, at the time, and still: If you know how, and when, to deal with life’s challenges—how to get relative with the inevitable—you can enjoy a state of success I call “catching greenlights.”   So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far. This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops.   Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot’s license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears.   It’s a love letter. To life.   It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights—and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too.   Good luck. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 421811 Title: Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto Author: Kate Sekules Narrator: Kate Sekules Format: Unabridged Length: 5:17:20 Language: English Release date: 09-08-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Non-Fiction, Hobbies & Games, Architecture & Design Summary: A hands-on manual and a history and celebration of clothes tending--and it's remarkable resurgence as art form, political statement, and path to healing the planet. For thousands of years, mending was a deep craft that has for too long been a secret history. But now it's back, bigger and better than ever. In this audiobook Kate Sekules introduces the art of visible mending as part of an important movement to give fashion back its soul. Part manifesto, part how-to, MEND! calls for bold new ways of keeping clothes and refreshing your style. Crammed with tips, fun facts, and tutorials, MEND! tells you exactly how to rescue and renew your wardrobe with flair and aplomb--and save money along the way. Whether you've never owned a needle or are an aspiring professional, MEND! gives you clear instruction and witty advice, with over thirty techniques, from classic darning and patching to cheeky new methods invented by Sekules, to help you turn every garment into a unique fashion statement. Including interviews with menders, shameful fashion industry facts, a ten-step closet mend, cheat sheets, stitch guides, moth elimination, museum conservator and vintage dealer tricks, and more, this is an audiobook to inspire, delight, and galvanize. Sharp, funny, and incredibly timely, MEND! leads the slow fashion revolution into its next phase, where getting dressed is a joyful, creative experience for all. *This audiobook includes a PDF of images from the book. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 418394 Title: This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook Author: Henry James Garrett Narrator: Henry James Garrett, Jude Owusu Format: Unabridged Length: 3:24:11 Language: English Release date: 10-20-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Philosophy, General Comedy Summary: From the creator of Drawings of Dogs, a thoughtful examination of empathy and the necessity of being kinder The kindness we owe one another goes far beyond the everyday gestures of feeding someone else's parking meter--although it's important not to downplay those small acts. Kindness can also mean much more. In this timely, insightful guide, Henry James Garrett lays out the case for developing a strong, courageous, moral kindness, one that will help you fight cruelty and make the world a more empathetic place. So, how could a book possibly make you kinder? It would need to answer two questions:   •  Why are you kind at all? and,   •  Why aren't you kinder? In this audiobook, building on his academic studies in metaethics, Henry James Garrett sets out to do just that, exploring the sources and the limitations of human empathy and the many ways, big and small, that we can work toward being our best and kindest selves for the people around us and the society we need to build. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 426086 Title: Things You Think About When You Bite Your Nails: A Fear and Anxiety Workbook Author: Amalia Andrade Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Length: 2:06:00 Language: English Release date: 10-06-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases Summary: A funny and wise guide and workbook for conquering fears, from the existential to the everyday, and defeating the monster those fears can become: anxiety This is an audiobook about fear. About how it works, how it takes hold over us, and how it dogs us from childhood (the monsters under the bed) to adulthood (careers, relationships, accidentally sending that risky text to the wrong person--all the things that make us want to bite our nails). But this is also a book about that monster our fear can warp into when it grows too powerful, a phenomenon we are all too familiar with and that more and more of us are struggling against: anxiety. Author and illustrator Amalia Andrade had her own battle with anxiety, and not only did she make it out the other side, she learned sometimes it's the very thing that almost sinks you that can save you. Through the lessons, exercises, and often hilarious personal stories Amalia shares in these pages, together you will learn how to make those feelings your friends and turn your fears into superpowers. *This audiobook includes a PDF Survival Kit with illustrations and anti-fear exercises. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415663 Title: Our Subway Baby Author: Peter Mercurio Narrator: Peter Mercurio Format: Unabridged Length: 0:07:35 Language: English Release date: 09-15-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Health & Family Summary: This gentle and incredibly poignant audiobook tells the true story of how one baby found his home. 'Some babies are born into their families. Some are adopted. This is the story of how one baby found his family in the New York City subway.' So begins the true story of Kevin and how he found his Daddy Danny and Papa Pete. Written in a direct address to his son, Pete's moving and emotional text tells how his partner, Danny, found a baby tucked away in the corner of a subway station on his way home from work one day. Pete and Danny ended up adopting the baby together. Although neither of them had prepared for the prospect of parenthood, they are reminded, 'Where there is love, anything is possible.' Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415673 Title: Leif and the Fall Author: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant Narrator: Adam Grant, Allison Sweet Grant Format: Unabridged Length: 0:05:00 Language: English Release date: 09-08-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Health & Family Summary: Persistence and creativity can lead to amazing things, as Leif the leaf discovers in this lovely storybook from Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals. Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. 'All leaves fall in the fall,' say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch? In a culture that prizes achievement, kids are often afraid to fail--failing to realize that some of the very ideas that don't work are steps along the path to ones that will. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415667 Title: I Am Every Good Thing Author: Derrick Barnes Narrator: Joshua David Scarlett Format: Unabridged Length: 0:04:00 Language: English Release date: 09-01-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family Summary: An upbeat, empowering, important audiobook from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut I am a nonstop ball of energy. Powerful and full of light. I am a go-getter. A difference maker. A leader. The confident Black narrator of this book is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He's got big plans, and no doubt he'll see them through--as he's creative, adventurous, smart, funny, and a good friend. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he's afraid, because he's so often misunderstood and called what he is not. So slow down and really look and listen, when somebody tells you--and shows you--who they are. There are superheroes in our midst! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 417243 Title: Firebird Author: Misty Copeland Narrator: Misty Copeland Format: Unabridged Length: 0:06:47 Language: English Release date: 09-29-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, General Summary: In her debut book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose confidence is fragile and who is questioning her own ability to reach the heights that Misty has reached. Misty encourages this young girl's faith in herself and shows her exactly how, through hard work and dedication, she too can become Firebird. Lyrical and affecting text makes Firebird perfect for aspiring ballerinas everywhere. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 441952 Title: One Decision: The First Step to a Better Life Author: Mike Bayer Narrator: Mike Bayer, Phil Mcgraw Format: Unabridged Length: 6:01:08 Language: English Release date: 12-29-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness Summary: From Dr. Phil show regular and author of the New York Times bestselling Best Self: Be You, Only Better, a plan for taking immediate steps to improving your life Foreword by Dr. Phil McGraw It is estimated that we make 35,000 decisions every day. Right now, at least one decision we make will have a powerful ripple effect across all aspects of our life. But One Decision isn't about taking one overwhelming big step; it's about starting with a single, important choice we can make every day: the decision to be authentic. To be you, and to do so without doubt, second-guessing, without worry or anxiety. It is the decision to know who you are, to be who you are, and express yourself authentically. Whether you find yourself up against a new challenge, deciding on a change in direction, or in need of a total reinvention, Coach Mike has created a powerful blueprint to help you connect with your authenticity and adjust your thinking so that your life reflects who you truly are. With the tools in this book, you will be able to transform what you've previously seen as obstacles in your life into new opportunities. He shows you how to stop constantly over-thinking the 'big' decisions, or simply choosing not to choose, so you can reconnect with your gut instincts and make all of your decisions with confidence and peace of mind. And, this book helps you navigate the forces that routinely drive your decision making, ensuring that you're motivated by facts instead of fears, clarity over confusion, and evidence over emotion. One Decision is an inspiring and practical action plan to help you improve your life, find your purpose, improve your mental health and relationships, work on your physical health, and even make more money. Drawing on twenty years of experience helping individuals from all walks of life make real and lasting change, Coach Mike has a refreshing approach for motivating you to take a risk, be bold, and take real action toward a better life. A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE *This audiobook includes a PDF of charts and exercises from the book. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 369289 Title: Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes Author: Dana Thomas Narrator: Dana Thomas Format: Unabridged Length: 9:15:32 Language: English Release date: 09-03-19 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Business Development, Architecture & Design Summary: *NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent's Best Fashion Book on Sustainability* An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property—and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward that more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion.   In Fashionopolis, Thomas sees renewal in a host of developments, including printing 3-D clothes, clean denim processing, smart manufacturing, hyperlocalism, fabric recycling—even lab-grown materials. From small-town makers and Silicon Valley whizzes to such household names as Stella McCartney, Levi’s, and Rent the Runway, Thomas highlights the companies big and small that are leading the crusade.   We all have been casual about our clothes. It's time to get dressed with intention. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to start. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 415660 Title: I Am Anne Frank Author: Brad Meltzer Narrator: Brett Boles, Danny Campbell, Jade Wheeler, Jonathan Davis, Michael Braun, Natasha Soudek, Oliver Wyman, Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Length: 0:19:55 Language: English Release date: 10-13-20 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Genres: Kids, Biography & Memoir, Health & Family, Historical Summary: The 22nd book in the New York Times bestselling series of biographies about heroes tells the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who documented her life while hiding from the Nazis during World War II. This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers. This volume features Anne Frank, whose courage and hope during a time of terror are still an inspiration for people around the world today. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 427433 Title: Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur's Revenge on Japan Author: Kevin Maurer Narrator: Stephen Graybill Format: Unabridged Length: 7:44:38 Language: English Release date: 12-01-20 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: History, North America, Military Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress “Rock Force is a beautifully told story of war: the friendships, the courage and despair, and the terror... One of the most exciting books ever written about the Pacific War.”—Mitch Weiss, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Countdown 1945 In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always protected his men. He famously declares 'I shall return,' but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning him the derisive nickname 'Dugout Doug.' In early 1945, MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes firmly fixed on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly trained veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the island—hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb craters, bristling with deadly spiky broken tree trunks—and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await, fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the battle's surviving veterans, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Kevin Maurer delves into this extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten, clash of the Pacific War. Here is an intimate story of uncommon soldiers showing uncommon courage and winning, through blood and sacrifice, the redemption of General MacArthur. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com