Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Let Your Imagination Run Wild With Our Captivating Free Audiobook

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 783548 Title: Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons Author: Jonathan Tarleton Narrator: Max Newland Format: Unabridged Length: 6:00:00 Language: English Release date: 02-11-25 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, World, Social Science, Public Policy Summary: A tale of two NYC affordable housing co-ops’ struggle over privatization, public goods, and the future of American housing The American Dream of homeownership is becoming an American Delusion. As renters seek an escape from record-breaking rent hikes, first-time buyers find that skyrocketing interest rates and historically low inventory leave them with scant options for an affordable place to live. With home valued more than ever as a commodity, even social housing programs meant to insulate families from cut-throat markets are under threat—sometimes by residents themselves. In Homes for Living, urban planner and oral historian Jonathan Tarleton introduces readers to two social housing co-ops in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Longtime residents of St. James Towers and Southbridge Towers lock horns over whether to maintain the rules that have kept their homes affordable for decades or to cash out at great personal profit, thereby denying future generations the same opportunity to build thriving communities rooted in mutual care. With a deft hand for mapping personal histories atop the greater housing crisis, Tarleton explores housing as a public good, movements for tenant rights and Indigenous sovereignty, and questions of race and class to lay bare competing visions of what ownership means, what homes are for, and what neighbors owe each other. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 797715 Title: Perfect Rom-Com Author: Melissa Ferguson Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Length: 9:27:00 Language: English Release date: 02-11-25 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome Summary: She's written dozens of smash hit romance novels. Too bad no one knows it. Aspiring author Bryony Page attends her first writers conference bursting with optimism and ready to sell her manuscript with long-shot dreams of raising awareness for The Bridge, her grandmother's financially struggling organization where she teaches ESL full-time. But after a disastrous pitch session, she stumbles into correcting another author's work in a last-ditch attempt to make a good impression with the agent. And she, as it turns out, is spot on. No one is more surprised than Bryony when the agent offers her the opportunity to be a ghostwriter for Amelia Benedict, popular rom-com novelist. Bryony agrees on one condition: she'll write books for this vain, demanding woman just as long as Jack Sterling, literary agent of the legendary Foundry Literary Agency, works to sell her own book too. What nobody predicted, however, was that Bryony's books would turn Amelia Benedict into the Amelia Benedict, household name and bestselling author with millions of copies sold around the world. And just like that, the Foundry Agency can't let her go. But on a personal note, Jack is realizing he can't either. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 778638 Title: Counterculture: The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-Hop Author: Alex Zamalin Narrator: Dan Levy Format: Unabridged Length: 6:00:00 Language: English Release date: 02-04-25 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, North America, Social Science, History & Culture Summary: A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics—from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem Renaissance, Alex Zamalin unveils the humanity behind these romanticized figures and popularized movements to capture revolutionary freedom in action. American counterculture, defined as a movement whose values are outside and oppositional to mainstream norms and whose practices fundamentally reject what is socially respectable, ultimately transformed the 20th century. With key players: - Emma Goldman - Billie Holiday - Allen Ginsberg - Amiri Baraka - Jean-Michel Basquiat And key movements: - Anarchism - Black Bohemia - The Harlem Renaissance - The Beat Generation - The Black Arts Movement - Hip-Hop Counterculture reaches new depths, tackling a wide range of historical, social, and political topics, and expanding contemporary understandings of American cultural tradition. At a time when counterculture was on the outskirts of American society, Alex Zamalin explores the reason why. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 775552 Title: Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present Author: Mary Frances Berry Narrator: Jasmin Walker Format: Unabridged Length: 6:00:00 Language: English Release date: 01-21-25 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, North America, Social Science Summary: An acclaimed historian narrates the stories of newly emancipated children who were re-enslaved by white masters through apprenticeships and their parents fights to free them While the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, white southerners established a system of apprenticeship after the Civil War that entrapped Black children and their families, leading to undue hardships for generations to come. In Slavery After Slavery, historian Mary Frances Berry traces the stories behind individual cases from southern supreme courts to demonstrate how formerly enslaved families and their descendants were systemically injured through white supremacist practices, perpetuated by the legal system. By filling in the family trees of formerly enslaved people to their descendants, Berry documents the intergenerational harm they experienced. The resulting damage of trafficking Black children through apprenticeship laws has been a largely overlooked source of inequality, yet these cases provide specific examples of the kind of economic and physical harm Black families have endured. Slavery After Slavery tells individual stories, but the fates of their descendants tell our collective American story—contributing powerfully to a case for reparations and restorative justice. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 775551 Title: No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference Author: Cheryl L. Neely Narrator: Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Length: 6:00:00 Language: English Release date: 01-21-25 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science Summary: An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as “N.H.I.” – “No Humans Involved.” Dehumanized and invisible to the public eye, they are rarely seen as victims. In the United States, Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group of women, but their victimhood is not covered by the media and their cases do not receive an adequate level of urgency. Utilizing intensive historical research of cases in cities such as Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angles, Cheryl Neely calls attention to serial cases of Black female murder victims and a lack of police action. Neely approaches each case and story with detailed care. Instead of focusing solely on the killings and the murderers, she highlights the lives of the women and girls and their communities that never stopped fighting for justice. With media neglect and police indifference, Neely argues that because law enforcement is less likely to conduct serious investigations into the disappearances and homicides of Black women, they are particularly vulnerable to become victims. Diving deep into the unseen and unheard, Neely uses personal interviews, court records, media reports, and analytical data to understand how and why Black women are disproportionately more likely to die from homicide in comparison to their white counterpoints. Sounding an urgent alarm, No Human Involved contends that it is time for Black women’s lives to matter not only to their families and communities, but especially to those commissioned to protect them. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 778313 Title: Every Home a Foundation: Experiencing God through Your Everyday Routines Author: Phylicia Masonheimer Narrator: Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Length: 6:25:00 Language: English Release date: 12-17-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Christianity, Parenting Summary: 'The home is the “primary seat of discipleship” from which Christians can best serve God, according to this graceful guide...Masonheimer makes a creative, open-minded case that the domestic and the divine need not be mutually exclusive.' —Publisher’s Weekly What if our homes and the work that goes on inside them are not 'in the way' of our calling but are instead the way to live well and disciple effectively? Reimagine the Christian home as the firm foundation of a life filled with faith, joy, contentment, and belonging, even in the midst of everyday tasks. In Every Home a Foundation, Phylicia Masonheimer invites readers to reconsider their view of home. The Christian home is an image of both a coming spiritual reality and the existing spiritual reality of our family, the church. Through Christ, we can heal and build a home that brings joy to us and love to others. Every Home a Foundation will transform readers' view of home from a place of boredom to a place of purpose, train them to find joy in their daily tasks, and equip them to use their home to love others well by - focusing on healing our view of home and creating a culture of faith; - exploring the purpose in the mundane tasks of the home, including cooking, cleaning, laundry, mending, tending, and creating beauty; - and learning the importance of hospitality and creating a covenant home culture.   Masonheimer offers a unique perspective on the importance of home in a modern world. Home is much more than a physical structure—it's a place of belonging and connection that has been strongly tied to God's mission from the beginning. God wants to build a home for His people, emphasizing the importance of homes as central for the Christian life. With an enthusiastic and friendly tone, Every Home a Foundation is sure to have readers reflecting on the importance of home in our lives and how we must strive to protect and honor it in all its forms. Sample schedules and book recommendations can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.  Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 666297 Title: Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett Format: Unabridged Length: 9:49:00 Language: English Release date: 11-19-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, North America, Social Science, Political Advocacy Summary: New York Times Bestseller This American Book Award winning title about Native American struggle and resistance radically reframes more than 400 years of US history   A New York Times Bestseller and the basis for the HBO docu-series Exterminate All the Brutes, directed by Raoul Peck, this 10th anniversary edition of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States includes both a new foreword by Peck and a new introduction by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Unflinchingly honest about the brutality of this nation’s founding and its legacy of settler-colonialism and genocide, the impact of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s 2014 book is profound. This classic is revisited with new material that takes an incisive look at the post-Obama era from the war in Afghanistan to Charlottesville’s white supremacy-fueled rallies, and from the onset of the pandemic to the election of President Biden. Writing from the perspective of the peoples displaced by Europeans and their white descendants, she centers Indigenous voices over the course of four centuries, tracing their perseverance against policies intended to obliterate them. Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. With a new foreword from Raoul Peck and a new introduction from Dunbar Ortiz, this classic bottom-up peoples’ history explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative. Big Concept Myths That America's founding was a revolution against colonial powers in pursuit of freedom from tyranny That Native people were passive, didn’t resist and no longer exist That the US is a “nation of immigrants” as opposed to having a racist settler colonial history Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 767112 Title: I Think I Was Murdered Author: Colleen Coble, Rick Acker Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Length: 9:46:21 Language: English Release date: 11-11-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Religious & Inspirational, Detective Stories Summary: A grieving young widow. The AI program that allows her to continue to “talk” to her husband. And a message she never expected: “I think I was murdered.” Just a year ago, Katrina Berg was at the pinnacle of her career. She was a rising star in the AI chatbot start-up everyone was talking about, married with an adoring husband, and had more money than she knew how to spend. Then her world combusted. Her hus­band, Jason, was killed in a fiery car crash. Her CEO was indicted and, as the company’s legal counsel, Katrina faces tough questions as the Feds take over and lock her out of her office. The final blow is the passing of her beloved grandmother. Her most prized possession is the beta prototype for a new, ultra-sophisticated chatbot loaded onto her phone. The contents of Jason’s email, social media backups, pictures, and every bit of data she could find were loaded into the bot, and Katrina has “talked” to him every day for the past six months. She has been amazed at how well it works. Even the syntax and words the bot uses sound like Jason. Sometimes, she imagines he isn’t really dead and is right there beside her. She knows it’s slowing her grief recovery, but she can’t stop pretending. On a particularly bad day, she taps out: Tell me something I don’t know. The cursor blinks for several moments and seems frozen before the reply flashes quickly onto the screen: I think I was murdered. Distraught, Katrina returns to her cozy Norwegian-flavored hometown in the Northern California redwoods and enlists the help of Seb Wallace, local restaurateur and longtime acquaintance, to try to parse out the truth of what really happened. They must navigate the complicated paths of grief, family dynamics, and second chances, as well as the complex questions of how much control technology has. And staying alive long enough to do that is far more difficult than either of them dreamed. - Contemporary romantic suspense - Stand-alone novel - Book length: approximately 90,000 words - Includes discussion questions for book clubs Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 755196 Title: Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture Author: Aaron Betsky Narrator: Jeff Zinn Format: Unabridged Length: 9:49:34 Language: English Release date: 11-05-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Architecture & Design Summary: In a time of climate crisis and housing shortages, a bold, visionary call to replace current wasteful construction practices with an architecture of reuse As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our wood, sand, silicon, and iron, let alone stop belching carbon monoxide into the air. Our housing crisis means that we need usable buildings now more than ever, but architect and critic Aaron Betsky shows that new construction—often seeking to maximize profits rather than resources, often soulless in its feel—is not the answer. Whenever possible, it is better to repair, recycle, renovate, and reuse—not only from an environmental perspective, but culturally and artistically as well. Architectural reuse is as old as civilization itself. In the streets of Europe, you can find fragments from the Roman Empire. More recently, marginalized communities from New York to Detroit—queer people looking for places to gather or cruise, punks looking to make loud music, artists and displaced people looking for space to work and live—have taken over industrial spaces created then abandoned by capitalism, forging a unique style in the process. Their methods—from urban mining to dumpster diving—now inform architects transforming old structures today. Betsky shows us contemporary imaginative reuse throughout the world: the Mexican housing authority transforming concrete slums into well-serviced apartments; the MassMOCA museum, built out of old textile mills; the squatted city of Christiana in Copenhagen, fashioned from an old army base; Project Heidelberg in Detroit. All point towards a new circular economy of reuse, built from the ashes of the capitalist economy of consumption. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 778311 Title: Two Equals One: A Marriage Equation for Love, Laughter, and Longevity Author: Irene Rollins, Jimmy Rollins Narrator: Irene Rollins, Jimmy Rollins, Lisa Larsen Format: Unabridged Length: 6:25:00 Language: English Release date: 10-29-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Marriage & Family, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: Read by the authors. Uncover the secrets to a thriving marriage. Focusing on reconciling differences and forging true intimacy, Two Equals One emphasizes the crucial roles of communication, understanding, and concerted team effort. 100% of marriages that end in divorce are cited for 'irreconcilable differences.' Things that brought couples together are now tearing them apart. Simple occasional frustrations have morphed into everyday fights causing complex fractures. Marriages are miserable, families are affected, and the equation for a marriage made one is elusive. In Two Equals One, Jimmy and Irene Rollins introduce you to a solution that is counter-cultural to a society that encourages you to give up, to not give your spouse any more chances, or use pain as permission to step out on your spouse. A solution that with two committed people coupled with the power of God can be the equation for a marriage made one. Two Equals One presents the case to stay rather than leave. To lean in rather than let go. To give you a framework and path to discover a marriage equation of love, laughter, and longevity. From tackling tough topics such as addiction and resentment to addressing the impact of neglecting spousal roles, Two Equals One is a comprehensive guide to strengthening and salvaging relationships, while offering practical challenges, prayers, and resources to actively engage couples. Jimmy and Irene will help readers to: - Move from cussing and fussing to communicating and forgiving - Learn tools to have hard conversations that will improve your communication and connection in relationships - Find hope and healing in areas in your relationship where there is real hurt, broken trust, and rebuild your relationship together - Discover how two completely different people can accept, learn from, and leverage their differences to make a marriage made one   Jimmy and Irene encourage couples to identify differences and navigate through them, providing guidance on conflict management and expectation setting. They stand firm in their belief that with effort and commitment, any marriage can overcome challenges and thrive. Your irreconcilable difference can be reconciled. Graphics and resources can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.  Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 752258 Title: Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop Author: Serene Khader Narrator: Sharmila Devar Format: Unabridged Length: 8:47:44 Language: English Release date: 10-29-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Science, Political Ideologies Summary: For readers of Hood Feminism and Against White Feminism An incisive examination of why the pillars of feminism have eroded—and how all women, not just the #girlbosses, can rebuild them After over 175 years, the feminist movement, now in its fourth wave, is at risk of collapsing on its eroding foundation. In Faux Feminism, political philosopher Serene Khader advocates for another feminism—one that doesn’t overwhelmingly serve white, affluent #girlbosses. With empathy, passion, and wit, Khader invites the reader to join her as she excavates the movement’s history and draws a blueprint for a more inclusive and resilient future. A feminist myth buster, Khader begins by deconstructing “faux feminisms.” Thought to be the pillars of good feminism, they may appeal to many but, in truth, leave most women behind. Khader identifies these traps that white feminism lays for us all, asking readers to think critically about  –The Freedom Myth: The overarching misconception that feminism is about personal freedom rather than collective equality –The Individualism Myth: The pervasive idea that feminism aims to free individual women from social expectations –The Culture Myth: The harmful misconception that “other” cultures restrict women’s liberation –The Restriction Myth: The flawed belief that feminism is a fight against social restrictions –The Judgment Myth: The fallacy of celebrating women’s choices without first interrogating the privileges afforded or denied to the women In later chapters, Khader draws on global and intersectional feminist lessons of the past and present to imagine feminism’s future. She pays particular attention to women of color, especially those in the Global South. Khader recounts their cultural and political stories of building a more inclusive framework in their societies. These are the women, she argues, from whom today’s feminists can learn. Khader’s critical inquiry begets a new vision of feminism: one that tackles inequality at the societal, not individual, level and is ultimately rooted in community. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 743424 Title: Mad Wife: A Memoir Author: Kate Hamilton Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Length: 8:08:30 Language: English Release date: 10-15-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Social Science Summary: Submitting to unwanted sex destroyed Kate’s love for her husband But she considered killing herself before she could imagine leaving In this electrifying literary memoir, Kate Hamilton deftly traces her complicated journey from loving wife to gaslit victim to furious feminist with an urgent goal: to expose how women are pressured to uphold the institutions of marriage and family, no matter the cost. In the tradition of Know My Name and The Argonauts, Hamilton braids her own story with cultural criticism to argue that we must face the misogyny lurking in the shadows of marriage in the 21st century. She examines the beliefs and conditioning that held her in an increasingly destructive marriage and unflinchingly documents what she did to keep her family together—therapy, unwanted sex with her husband, swinging, affairs, an abortion—without always knowing what she freely chose. And she considers the damage that was done, to herself and others, until she could acknowledge that to save herself and her sons, she had to destroy her marriage. Emotionally intense and timely, Mad Wife interrogates how marriage and the institutions that support it provide the perfect ecosystem for abuse of women and children, endangering their lives and denying them autonomy—all in the service of men’s desires. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 742144 Title: What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?: Stories of Ordinary People & Collective Action in Hard Times Author: Dana Frank Narrator: Jenna Rose Stein Format: Unabridged Length: 11:48:43 Language: English Release date: 10-08-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, North America, Social Science Summary: Four stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great Depression Drawing on little-known stories of working people, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? amplifies voices that have been long omitted from standard histories of the Depression era. In four tales, Professor Dana Frank explores how ordinary working people in the US turned to collective action to meet the crisis of the Great Depression and what we can learn from them today. Readers are introduced to - * the 7 daring Black women who worked as wet nurses and staged a sit-down strike to demand better pay and an end to racial discrimination - * the groups who used mutual aid, cooperatives, eviction protests, and demands for government relief to meet their basic needs - * the million Mexican and Mexican American repatriados who were erased from mainstream historical memory, while (often fictitious) white “Dust Bowl migrants” became enshrined - * the Black Legion, a white supremacist fascist organization that saw racism, antisemitism, anti-Catholicism, and fascism as the cure to the Depression While capitalism crashed during the Great Depression, racism did not and was, in fact, wielded by some to blame and oppress their neighbors. Patriarchy persisted, too, undermining the power of social movements and justifying women’s marginalization within them. For other ordinary people, collective action gave them the means to survive and fight against such hostilities. What resulted were powerful new forms of horizontal reciprocity and solidarity that allowed people to provide each other with the bread, beans, and comradeship of daily life. The New Deal, when it arrived, provided vital resources to many, but others were cut off from its full benefits, especially if they were women or people of color. What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? shows us how we might look to the past to think about how we can shape the future of our own failed economy. These lessons can also help us imagine and build movements to challenge such an economy—and to transform the state as a whole—in service to the common good without replicating racism and patriarchy. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 765310 Title: Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023 Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Margaret Atwood Format: Unabridged Length: 9:40:22 Language: English Release date: 10-08-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: One of the Toronto Star’s 25 books to read this season • One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age. Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes—Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.      In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful, and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voice to remarkably drawn characters—mythological figures, animals, and everyday people—all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. “How can one live with such a heart?” Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader and ferrying us through life, death, and whatever comes next. Atwood, in her journey through poetry, illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears.      Spanning six decades of work—from her earliest beginnings to brand-new poems—this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 766041 Title: Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey Author: R. Renee Hess Narrator: R. Renee Hess Format: Unabridged Length: 0:00:00 Language: English Release date: 10-08-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science Summary: From the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and the ways we can all do better when it comes to recognizing—and upheaving—systemic and institutionalized racism. Growing up, R. Renee Hess didn’t care about hockey. In fact, she was barely aware of it. She was born and raised in Southern California, hardly a hotbed for the game, despite the state having three NHL teams. But, as Hess puts it, she is “a fan of being a fan,” and when she found herself stuck in traffic after a Pittsburgh Penguins game, the streets filled with cheers, something sparked within her. Ever since Hess made that discovery, she has been actively trying to bust the myth that “Black folks don’t like hockey.” In this collection, Hess shares her hockey origin story and how she came to recognize hockey culture’s lack of authentic engagement with Black communities, tracing her journey to becoming a true game changer. But, as an academic, Hess knows that her singular viewpoint can’t tell the full story, so she reached out to former hockey players, league executives, activists, fans, media, and to the parents and youth shaping the future of the game. We hear directly from players such as Sarah Nurse and Saroya Tinker; from trailblazers like Bernice Carnegie and Kim Davis; and from the collective of Black Girl Hockey Club scholarship awardees and their families, emphasizing the importance of community and support for marginalized players. The result is a hockey book truly unlike any other. With essays that touch on representation and harmful stereotypes, the many nuanced aspects of biracial identity, being the only person of colour in the room, and the virtues of a lively group chat, Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her is a love letter to Black women everywhere, as well as a scathing ode to a game that Hess loves, even if it doesn't always love her back. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 767097 Title: Mistletoe Season: Three Christmas Stories Author: Kathleen Fuller, Pepper Basham, Sheila Roberts Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Length: 8:32:35 Language: English Release date: 10-08-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Religious & Inspirational, Religious Fiction, Holiday Summary: Say No to Mistletoe by Sheila Roberts Mistletoe is Hailey Fairchild’s kryptonite. Every time she’s kissed someone under the mistletoe it’s led to love disaster. Not a good thing for a romance writer! When she was a gawky high school girl, her hunky neighbor, Carwyn Davies, star of the basketball team (and her dreams), kissed her under the mistletoe on a dare. But the kiss wasn’t a dream come true. It was a mortifying moment she’s never forgotten, and now she’s about to go home for the holidays, unengaged and . . . determined to say no to mistletoe. Especially if Carwyn is anywhere around. Return to Mistletoe by Kathleen Fuller Emmy Banks has always loved Christmas. How could she not when she lives in Mistletoe, Missouri? Kieran O’Neill has spent years abroad, renovating an old Irish castle, but returns to Mistletoe for his mother’s seventieth birthday. He reconnects with Emmy, his sister’s close friend, and spends time with her in her charming antique shop. When the weather turns colder, things start to warm up between Emmy and Kieran. But can Emmy risk her heart when she knows he’ll never stay in Mistletoe, and she will never leave? The Mistletoe Prince by Pepper Basham Prince Arran St. Clare has lost his freedom and fairytale life in exchange for a three-month “punishment” in the small town of Ransom, North Carolina. To prove he is ready for the royal life for which he was born, Arran must engage in the Christmas charity fundraiser, The Mistletoe Wish. But when kindness, authenticity, and hard work prove more appreciated in Appalachia than a royal pedigree, Arran must face the mirror and find out who he is beyond the crown. Add a beautiful and intelligent woman who doesn’t recognize her own worth, some mistletoe, and a little Christmas magic and it all might be enough to help the rebel-prince understand what truly matters most. - Three stand-alone romantic holiday novellas - Book length: 84,000 words - Includes discussion questions for book clubs Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 742145 Title: Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land Author: Russell Cobb Narrator: Chris Baetens Format: Unabridged Length: 9:22:36 Language: English Release date: 10-08-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, North America Summary: The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed For readers of David Grann’s award-winning Killers of the Flower Moon In the early 1900s, at the dawn of the “American Century,” few knew the intoxicating power of greed better than white men on the forefront of the black gold rush. When oil was discovered in Oklahoma, these counterfeit tycoons impersonated, defrauded, and murdered Native property owners to snatch up hundreds of acres of oil-rich land. Writer and fourth-generation Oklahoman Russell Cobb sets the stage for one such oilman’s chicanery: Tulsa entrepreneur Charles Page’s campaign for a young Muscogee boy’s land in Creek County. Problem was, “Tommy Atkins,” the boy in question, had died years prior—if he ever lived at all. Ghosts of Crook County traces Tommy’s mythologized life through Page’s relentless pursuit of his land. We meet Minnie Atkins and the two other women who claimed to be Tommy’s “real” mother. Minnie would testify a story of her son’s life and death that fulfilled the legal requirements for his land to be transferred to Page. And we meet Tommy himself—or the men who proclaimed themselves to be him, alive and well in court. Through evocative storytelling, Cobb chronicles with unflinching precision the lasting effects of land-grabbing white men on Indigenous peoples. What emerges are the interconnected stories of unabashedly greedy men, the exploitation of Indigenous land, and the legacy of a boy who may never have existed. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 768913 Title: Who We Are: Four Questions For a Life and a Nation Author: Murray Sinclair Narrator: Murray Sinclair, Niigaan Sinclair, Shelagh Rogers Format: Unabridged Length: 14:12:16 Language: English Release date: 10-01-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Science, History & Culture Summary: Named a Book to Read This Fall by CBC Books and the Toronto Star • One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books Judge, senator, and activist. Father, grandfather, and friend. This is Murray Sinclair’s story—and the story of a nation—in his own words, an oral history that forgoes the trappings of the traditionally written memoir to center Indigenous ways of knowledge and storytelling. As Canada moves forward into the future of Reconciliation, one of its greatest leaders guides us to ask the most important and difficult question we can ask of ourselves: Who are we? For decades, Senator Sinclair has fearlessly educated Canadians about the painful truths of our history. He was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba, and only the second Indigenous judge in Canadian history. He was the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and remains one of the foremost voices on Reconciliation. And now, for the first time, he shares his full story—and his full vision for our nation—with readers across Canada and beyond. Drawing on Senator Sinclair’s perspectives regarding Indigenous identity, human rights, and justice, Who We Are examines the roles of history, resistance, and resilience in the pursuit of finding a path forward, one that heals the damaged relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. In doing so, it reveals Senator Sinclair’s life in a new and direct way, exploring how all of these unique experiences have shaped him as an Anishinaabe man, father, and grandfather. Structured around the four questions that have long shaped Senator Sinclair’s thinking and worldview—Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? Who am I?—Who We Are takes readers into the story of his remarkable life as never before, while challenging them to embrace an inclusive vision for our shared future. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 776466 Title: What She Said: Conversations About Equality Author: Elizabeth Renzetti Narrator: Elizabeth Renzetti Format: Unabridged Length: 8:18:38 Language: English Release date: 10-01-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Current Affairs, Social Science Summary: One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Canadian Books • One of CBC Books’ Works of Canadian Nonfiction to Check Out This Fall A passionate advocate for gender equity, and one of our most respected journalists, explores the most pressing issues facing women in Canada today with humour and heart. The fight for women’s rights was supposed to have been settled. Or, to put it another way, women were supposed to have settled—for what we were grudgingly given, for the crumbs from the table that we had set. For thirty per cent of the seats in Canada’s Parliament; for five per cent of the CEO’s offices; for a tenth of the salary of male athletes; for the tiny per cent of sexual assault cases that result in convictions; for tenuous control over our health and bodies. 'Aren’t we over it yet? No, we’re not,' Elizabeth Renzetti writes.    In this book, Renzetti draws upon her own life story and her years as an award-winning journalist  at the Globe and Mail, where her columns followed the trajectory of women's rights. Forcefully argued, accessible, and witty, What She Said explores a range of issues: the increasingly hostile world of threats that deter young women from seeking a role in public life; the use of non-disclosure agreements to silence victims of sexual harassment and assault; the inadequacy of access to health care and reproductive justice, especially as experienced by Indigenous and racialized women; the ways in which future technologies must be made more inclusive; the disparity in pay, wealth, and savings, and how women are not yet socialized to be the best financial managers they can be; the imbalanced burden of care, from emotional labour to child care. Renzetti explores the nuance of these issues, so often presented as divisive, with humour and sympathy, in order to unite women at a time when women must work together to protect their fundamental right to exist fully and freely in the world. What She Said is a rallying cry for a more just future. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 775957 Title: Hi, It's Me: A Novel Author: Fawn Parker Narrator: Ellie Moon Format: Unabridged Length: 11:32:38 Language: English Release date: 09-17-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Psychological, Contemporary Women Summary: One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Canadian Books • One of the CBC’s Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024 Women Talking meets Study for Obedience in this stunning depiction of fresh grief by Fawn Parker, the Giller Prize–longlisted author of What We Both Know. Shortly after her mother’s death, Fawn arrives at the farmhouse. While there, she will stay in her mother’s bedroom in the house that is also occupied by four other women who live by an unusual set of beliefs. Wrestling with longstanding compulsive and harmful behaviours, as well as severe self-doubt, Fawn is confronted with the reality of her mother’s death. It is her responsibility to catalogue the furniture and possessions in the room, then sell or dispose of them. Instead, Fawn becomes fixated on archiving her mother’s writing and documents, searching for signs, and drawing tenuous connections to help her understand more about the enigmatic woman in the pages. I am surrounded by mocking evidence of her inhabitancy of this room. Quickly, it is expiring. Today she was alive. When the day runs out that will no longer be true. Tomorrow I will be able to say that yesterday she was alive, at least. The next day, nothing. She will just be dead. The fact seems to be at its smallest now, growing with time. For now she is many things, and there are many places left to find her. In Hi, It’s Me, Fawn Parker is unafraid to explore the bewildering relationship between the living and the dead. Strikingly original, provocative, and engrossing Hi, It’s Me takes us into the furthest corners of grief, invoking the physicality and painful embodiment of terminal illness with astonishing precision and emotional force. This mesmerizing, devastating novel asks: Why must it be this way? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 765299 Title: Bringer of Dust Author: J. M. Miro Narrator: Ben Onwukwe Format: Unabridged Length: 24:57:52 Language: English Release date: 09-17-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Summary: • One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books • One of the CBC’s Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024 In the highly-anticipated second book of the Talents Trilogy, the world of the dead is closer than you think. Agrigento, Sicily, 1883. With the orsine destroyed, Cairndale lies in ruins, and Marlowe has vanished. His only hope of rescue lies in a fabled second orsine—long-hidden, thought lost—which might not even exist. But when a body is discovered in the shadow of Cairndale, a body wreathed in the corrupted dust of the drughr, Charlie and the Talents realize there is even more at stake than they'd feared. For a new drughr has arisen, ferocious, horned, seemingly able to move in their world at will—and it is not alone. A malevolent figure, known only as the Abbess, desires the dust for her own ends. And deep in the world of the dead, a terrible evil stirs—an evil which the corrupted dust just might hold the secret to reviving, or destroying forever. So the dark journey begun in Ordinary Monsters surges forward, from the sinister underworld of the London exiles, to the roar of the street markets in nineteenth-century Alexandria, to the sunlit silences of the Dalmatian coast. Against bone witches, mud glyphics, and a house of twilight that exists in a netherworld all its own, the Talents must work together—if they are to have any hope of staving off the world of the dead, and saving their long-lost friend. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 817769 Title: Dybbuk Americana Author: Joshua Gottlieb-Miller Narrator: Joshua Gottlieb-Miller Format: Unabridged Length: 2:11:26 Language: English Release date: 09-12-24 Publisher: Authors Republic Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry Summary: Inventive poetry explores Jewish identity in America 'How can I teach a prayer / I only know how to recite?' 'America, whose death / didn't you come from?' These are some of the questions that poet Joshua Gottlieb-Miller wrestles with in his beautiful, gripping new collection. By turns experimental and documentary, Dybbuk Americana draws out the questions around Jewish identity in the United States, and what it means to pass on Jewish identity to one's child. This hybrid text draws on art, mysticism, and history, taking the dybbuk, a figure from Jewish folklore, as its central metaphor. A dybbuk is a restless spirit who inhabits another's body, and as a possessing spirit the dybbuk is often treated as a demonic force, but it can be read as merely trying to climb the ladder of the afterlife. In other words, a kind of striver. Enacting the idea of competing selves in one body, Dybbuk Americana plays with form via a series of text boxes that create a multi-channel effect on the page. The body of the poem can be read with surrounding and intercutting text boxes to generate multiple interpretations. This innovative poetic technique maintains a dialogue with Jewish literary lineages: Talmudic commentary and interpretation of the oral law, as well as the fragmented nature of geniza, a place where Jews store sacred documents when they fall out of use. Dybbuk Americana weaves together the father-son arc within a larger socio-political commentary and historical narrative. Poems move deftly between the ironic and the mystic, from aphoristic questioning and inventive narratives, to interview, oral history, and archival materials. In these lines, 'the angels./ They get as close as they can.' Witty, curious, warm, and searching, Dybbuk Americana signals a fresh voice in Jewish-American poetry. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 734617 Title: When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation Author: Bill Ayers Narrator: Bill Ayers Format: Unabridged Length: 5:58:20 Language: English Release date: 09-10-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, World, Social Science, Political Advocacy Summary: An esteemed activist invites us to consider the complex idea of abolition as much more than a strategy or a set of tactics—at a deeper level, abolition is an entire political framework, culture, and orientation Blending history and political theory and weaving in examples from literature, social movements, and his personal life, this book is a useful resource and primer for those interested in fighting for social justice. Guided by questions like what is freedom?, how do we get free?, and what are the freedom dreams that encourage us and drive us forward?, esteemed activist Bill Ayers explores the concept of freedom in eight essays: - Freedom/Unfreedom takes off from the Black Freedom Movement in the 20th Century as a template for social justice movements that followed, and begins to illuminate the idea of freedom in light of what folks come together to oppose. - Freedom’s Paradox offers examples of a contradiction (from Frederick Douglass to the French Resistance to the Panthers)—even, or especially, in the most dire circumstances, people testify to “being free” at the moment they identify and unite to oppose unfreedom. - Social Freedom/Individual Liberty directly takes on the link between the individual and the social when freedom is the question. - Freedom, Anarchism, and Socialism takes off from the idea that freedom without socialism is predation and exploitation, and that socialism without freedom is bondage and subjugation. - Freedom, Truth, and Repair considers reparations as a necessary step in any honest attempt toward authentic reconciliation. - Organizing Freedom is a primer on organizing, strategy, and tactics for freedom fighters. - Teach Freedom considers what an education for free people entails. - Freedom and Abolition connects an enriched understanding of what freedom entails with an embrace of abolitionist politics. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723418 Title: Before We Were Us Author: Denise Hunter Narrator: Kim Churchill Format: Unabridged Length: 9:09:57 Language: English Release date: 09-10-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Religious & Inspirational, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome Summary: She can’t remember. He can’t forget. When Lauren Wentworth wakes up in the hospital after falling from a ladder, she has more questions than answers. Way more. She knows where she is—the wilds of New Hampshire. But she’s apparently lost the last four months of her life. Is she really contemplating forfeiting her big-city dream job for a position at a rustic resort? And how did her number one nemesis become her adoring boyfriend? Jonah Landry is crushed to learn Lauren has forgotten their entire summer together. Terrified of losing her for good, he determines to help her remember their deep connection as she finishes her obligation to the resort. But soon it becomes apparent Lauren doesn’t want to remember falling in love with him or rethinking the entire course of her career. She wants to pretend the summer never happened and move on with her life. Without him. As Lauren falls back into the steady routines of resort work with Jonah, she’s relieved her memories haven’t returned and remains resolute about her big-city future. But as autumn leads into winter, she begins to see glimpses of the Jonah she’s forgotten. Will she be able to resist the steady love of this patient man? Or is her heart destined for its own freefall? - Charming contemporary romance - Book length: approximately 83,000 words - Stand-alone novel - Includes discussion questions for book clubs Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 741782 Title: Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Author: Yuval Noah Harari Narrator: Vidish Athavale Format: Unabridged Length: 17:28:12 Language: English Release date: 09-10-24 Publisher: Signal Genres: History, Non-Fiction, World, Social Science Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us and our world. Taking us from the Stone Age, through the canonization of the Bible, early modern witch hunts, Stalinism, Nazism, and the resurgence of populism today, Yuval Noah Harari asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power. He explores how different societies and political systems throughout history have wielded information to achieve their goals, for good and ill. And he addresses the urgent choices we face as non-human intelligence threatens our very existence. Information is not the raw material of truth, nor is it a mere weapon. Nexus explores the hopeful middle ground between these extremes, and in doing so, rediscovers our shared humanity. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 814531 Title: How to Quiet a Hurricane: Strategies for Christian Endurance in the Midst of Lifes Storms Author: Justin Kendrick Narrator: Justin Kendrick Format: Unabridged Length: 6:16:54 Language: English Release date: 09-03-24 Publisher: ONE Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: This practical guide to reigniting faith helps all of us who feel stuck in our faith journey find inner strength to navigate life’s challenges. The storms of life can leave you feeling exhausted and weak. In How to Quiet a Hurricane, pastor Justin Kendrick helps you develop a spiritual resilience that propels you past your weariness and anxiety and into lasting peace. You will discover: - Why weakness is the starting point for spiritual strength - How lasting endurance comes from understanding the love of God - Ways to apply God’s promises to your daily life - A freeing perspective on what it really means to be secure - Why faith rooted in Jesus can bring you through any trial When your heart tells you that God is far away, remember that he is the God who enters in. He is the God who uses suffering to conquer suffering. He is the God who empowers you to move beyond survival and into a life of victory. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 773248 Title: Layman's Report Author: Eugene Marten Narrator: David Ferry, Ellora Patnaik, Jaclyn Gruenberger, John Fleming, Justin Miller, Kathleen Jones, Maureen Simpson, Nathaniel Mckenzie, Patrick Mcmanus, Pearle Harbour, Raoul Bhaneja, Sonia Vaillant, Wesley French, Zak Annette Format: Unabridged Length: 11:08:03 Language: English Release date: 09-03-24 Publisher: Strange Light Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Literary Fiction, Psychological Summary: A disturbing, darkly funny fictionalization of the life of Fred A. Leuchter, the garage tinkerer turned execution authority who became a darling of the neo-Nazi movement, and subject of the Errol Morris documentary, Mr. Death. He comes to fix your photocopier, but really, Fred’s an inventor. At night, he goes to work. He has goals, ambitions, and when offered the task of building a better electric chair, he jumps at the chance. People have to die—he believes in the occasional necessity of evil—but what if we could kill them more humanely? A death specialist, first in his field but forever under-appreciated, he’s charmed when a new generation of fascists come calling for his expertise. A Holocaust denier is on trial in Toronto—could Fred prove the gas chambers never existed?  Newspapers descend. Talking heads have their say. A documentarist makes a film. Everyone will know his name, though some things society will simply not abide. Dishonoured, discredited, disgraced. But Fred’s work does not stop, and the world may yet be reminded of the dangerous truth that some men are driven by forces far more powerful than shame.  First published in 2013, this is the updated and definitive edition of Eugene Marten’s chilling masterwork of transformational historical fiction. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723412 Title: Cloverton Charade Author: Sarah E. Ladd Narrator: Jude Mason Format: Unabridged Length: 9:00:30 Language: English Release date: 09-03-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Historical Romance, Religious & Inspirational, Clean & Wholesome Summary: A long-held family feud reignites when two rival antiquities brokers arrive at the same house party in Regency England. Olivia Brannon knows her goals are unconventional. As a young woman in Regency England, her best bet—according to society—is to marry well and secure a steady future for herself. But Olivia has never been interested in convention. She’d prefer to follow in her deceased father’s footsteps and journey to foreign lands in search of rare and valuable antiquities. Eager to make a name for herself in the antiquities world, Olivia jumps at an invitation to join a wealthy widow at the famed Cloverton Hall to evaluate her private antiquities collection. Secrecy of the task is vital, and in order to conceal her efforts Olivia must pretend to be a house party guest to avoid suspicion and to explain her presence. Lucas Avery, whose father was a rival of Olivia’s father, has also arrived at the Cloverton Hall house party, hired by the new master of Cloverton Hall—the widow’s nephew—to appraise the renowned Cloverton Hall collection. When Lucas discovers Olivia masquerading as a party guest while covertly conducting her own assessment, he’s keen to renew the family rivalry. But as their paths frequently cross, he’s unprepared for the effect the refreshingly honest—and beautiful—Olivia has on him. Yet all is not as it seems. Both Olivia and Lucas are shocked by the astonishing discovery of counterfeit pieces, and when the unexpected occurs, everyone is a suspect . . . and Olivia and Lucas both must choose whom they will trust. Only the hidden treasure will allow Louisa and her sister to gain their freedom. - Sweet Regency romance set in the same time period as Bridgerton - Part of the Houses of Yorkshire series but can be read as a stand-alone novel - Book length: 83,000 words - Includes discussion questions for book clubs Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 811740 Title: Dialed In: Reaching Your Full Capacity as a Man of God Author: Jim Ramos Narrator: Jim Ramos, John Behrens Format: Unabridged Length: 5:51:00 Language: English Release date: 09-03-24 Publisher: ONE Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: Males are born. Men are made.Dialed Inmotivates and equips men to become spiritual leaders in their homes, churches, and communities as they stand strong in a dangerous world. Popular podcaster Jim Ramos speaks to the hunger deep within the masculine soul in this practical exploration of Pauls letters to Timothy and Titus. Men who wonder how to lead well in todays confusing culture will find: - Twenty key qualities of a man of God, such as servanthood, vigilance, and faithfulness - What it means to function at full capacity in every aspect of life - Insights into why Pauls letters arent just for pastors but for all of us - What true masculinity looks like in Gods eyes - How men can live a life surrendered to Jesus Christ God made man to live at his highest levelboth spiritually and physicallyto carry the full weight of his masculine soul. Including self-assessments and questions for small groups,Dialed Ingoes beyond vague principles to teach men how to become Gods man and hear the words their souls crave: Well done, my good and faithful servant. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 814532 Title: Essential Elements: Forging Godly Men Author: Vince Miller Narrator: Vince Miller Format: Unabridged Length: 4:29:39 Language: English Release date: 09-03-24 Publisher: ONE Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: INCLUDES VIDEO SERIES Ideal for men’s small groups, this five-lesson Bible study explores what it means to be a strong man of God, ultimately answering the soul-deep question: “What makes a man?” Defining true manhood has never been more challenging. In this first book of the Forged: Godly Men series, popular Bible teacher Vince Miller offers a clear, compelling look at what it means to be a man of God. Designed for small group or individual use, Essential Elements offers the practical encouragement and answers men are looking for. As he shares from his own story and digs deep into biblical truths, Vince explores: - What Jesus’s life teaches us about true masculinity - How living out authentic manhood brings purpose and joy - Why real strength never comes from popular opinion - How to discern God’s design in a confusing culture - Why the journey from sin to salvation is not about us but about Jesus Emphasizing the internal journey men experience, Essential Elements offers them a solid biblical foundation to grow in faith and step into their role as strong men of God. Features an audio-exclusive interview with Vince discussing the reasons to undertake this study plus a preview of the next installment. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 703563 Title: In Winter I Get Up at Night: A Novel Author: Jane Urquhart Narrator: Christine Horne Format: Unabridged Length: 10:34:04 Language: English Release date: 08-27-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life Summary: INSTANT NATIONAL BESTELLER • Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize • One of Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books • One of the CBC’s Canadian Fiction Books to Read in Fall 2024 From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable life. In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of rural Saskatchewan. While she travels the snowy roads in the gathering light, she begins another journey, one of recollection and introspection, and one that, through the course of Jane Urquhart’s brilliant new novel, will leave the reader forever changed. Moving as effortlessly through time as the drift of memory itself, In Winter I Get Up at Night brings Emer and her singular story to life. At the age of 11, she is terribly injured in an enormous prairie storm—the “great wind” that shifts her trajectory forever. As she recovers, separated from her family in a children’s ward, Emer gets to know her fellow patients, a memorable group including a child performer who stars in a travelling theatre company, the daughter of a Dukhobor community, and the son of a leftist Jewish farm collective. The children are tended to by three nursing sisters and two doctors, whom the ever-imaginative Emer comes to call Doctor Angel and Doctor Carpenter. Emer’s tale grows outwards from that ward, reaching through time and space in a dreamlike fashion, recounting the stories of her mother’s entanglement with a powerful yet mysterious teacher; her brother’s dawning spirituality, which eventually leads him to the priesthood; the remarkable lives of the nuns who care for her; and the passionate yet distant love affair of Emer and an enigmatic man she calls Harp—a brilliant scientist whose great discovery has forever altered millions of lives around the world. In luminous prose, and with exhilarating nuance and depth, Jane Urquhart charts an unforgettable life, while also exploring some of the grandest themes of the twentieth century—colonial expansion, scientific progress, and the sinister forces that seek to divide societies along racial and cultural lines. In Winter I Get Up at Night is a major work of imagination and self-exploration from one of the greatest writers of our time. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 787530 Title: SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier Author: Brad Bergan Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Length: 3:28:09 Language: English Release date: 08-27-24 Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics Summary: Explore the fascinating past, present, and possible future of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in this comprehensive history of the company.The private space industry’s consensus leader, SpaceX, headed by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, was worth an estimated $187 billion in 2023 while taking on more roles—flying cargo, supplies, and astronauts to outer space, and even playing a central role as rocket supplier to NASA’s Artemis moon mission. In SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier, science journalist and editor Brad Bergan tells the story of SpaceX.Bergan examines every detail surrounding SpaceX’s efforts to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of outer space, including: - The personal and private forces that led Musk to form the company  - The business of private space exploration, including contracts with other private firms and NASA  - Chief rivals, including Blue Origin, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos - SpaceX roles in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond  Bergan also covers some of SpaceX's controversial headlines, from space junk to failed test launches and the Starlink satellite constellation. While examining the business, the missions, and the hardware, Bergan looks at the importance of design-forward equipment and, finally, the endgame: what ultimately is “in it” for SpaceX? SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier is the ultimate look at a groundbreaking company, with an eye toward its relatively short past—and a critical eye toward its possible dominion in deep space. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 752260 Title: Oil People: A Novel Author: David Huebert Narrator: Joshua Browne, Nicole Bauman Format: Unabridged Length: 12:13:23 Language: English Release date: 08-20-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, Sagas Summary: Part generational saga, part eco-gothic fable, Oil People is a luminous debut novel about history and family, land and power, and oil as an object of toxic wonder. 1987: Thirteen-year-old Jade Armbruster lives with her parents and older sister on the family’s vintage oil farm—a decrepit property built by her ancestor. As her parents fight about whether to sell the land and their failing business, Jade struggles to avoid her best-friend-turned-nemesis and vies for the attention of the enigmatic farmer boy. Meanwhile, the oil swirling beneath her family’s home provokes erratic behaviours and offers murky revelations about her family’s history on this land.   1862:  Clyde Armbruster catches his big break, striking Lambton County’s first gusher. The discovery brings wealth and opportunity to him and his wife Lise, but his daily proximity to oil leaves him infertile and may be the cause of his alarming, otherworldly visions. At the same time, Clyde and Lise develop an alliance with their eccentric and wealthy neighbours, a relationship that promises even more success until a fateful moment intertwines the two families, locking them into a bitter rivalry that lasts generations. As the two narratives coalesce, family secrets and deceits are slowly unveiled, and the slick spectre of oil seeps off the page, revealing a landscape smeared and stained, yet persistently alive. Intense and visceral, agile and lyrical, Oil People is a molten mirror for the petroleum age, and signals the arrival of a profound and vital voice. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 711350 Title: Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life Author: Viktor E. Frankl Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Length: 3:55:33 Language: English Release date: 08-20-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology Summary: A highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our lives From the bestselling author of Man's Search for Meaning, which has sold over 18 million copies The Library of Congress lists Man’s Search for Meaning as one of the ten most influential books in history. Scientists and artists, politicians and celebrities regularly cite Frankl as one of the most important authors every person should read. Now, there is another book for his devoted fans to add to their collections. Published here for the first time in the United States, Embracing Hope continues Frankl’s enduring life’s work and provides even more lessons for those searching for meaning and purpose. It’s made up of four distinct pieces from Frankl on different themes - all uniting around the idea that we should remain open to life even when we have been subjected to appalling injustice, and even when we are faced with our own mortality and the brief nature of our lives. At a time of global suffering where so many are searching for hope and meaning, Frankl’s work seems more relevant and more important than ever. Whether you're a devoted follower of Frankl's work or a newcomer seeking to enrich your understanding of life's purpose, this book promises a captivating journey that will leave you pondering its teachings long after you've turned the final page. Just imagine what would happen, what life would look like, if there were no death. Imagine what it would be like if you could postpone anything and everything, if you could put it off for eternity. You wouldn't have to do anything today or tomorrow. Everything could just as easily be done next week, next month, next year, in a decade, in 100 or 1,000 years. Only in the face of death, only under pressure from the finiteness, the temporal limitation of human existence, is there any point in going about our business, and not only in going about our business, but in experiencing life, and not only in experiencing life but also in loving someone, and even in enduring and surviving something that is inflicted on us. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 773646 Title: Mina's Matchbox: A Novel Author: Yoko Ogawa Narrator: Nanako Mizushima Format: Unabridged Length: 8:37:07 Language: English Release date: 08-13-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction Summary: One of Oprah Daily’s Best New Novels of Fall • One of Time’s Best New Books to Read This Summer • A Most Anticipated Book of the Summer from the Globe and Mail, The Atlantic, TIME, Boston Globe, Esquire, Lit Hub, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly From the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Memory Police comes a hypnotic tale of friendship, family secrets, and coming of age set in 1970s Japan. In the spring of 1972, after the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent by her mother to live for a year with her wealthy aunt and uncle. It is a year that will change her life. Her aunt’s family lives in a magnificent colonial mansion surrounded by sprawling gardens and the remnants of an old zoo, where the family’s pet pygmy hippopotamus still resides. The family is as beguiling as their home, but beneath their sophistication and charm lie darker undercurrents that Tomoko struggles to understand—her aunt’s misery, her handsome foreign uncle’s curious absences, her German great-aunt's experience of the Second World War. At the centre of the family is Tomoko’s cousin Mina, a precocious asthmatic girl who draws Tomoko into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling, including the strange tales inspired by the illustrated matchboxes she collects beneath her bed. The two girls share confidences and enthusiasms, encounter heartache, and have their eyes opened to the workings of the adult world. In this elegant jewel box of a book, Yoko Ogawa invites us to witness a powerful and formative interlude in Tomoko's life. Beautifully atmospheric, and rich with the mystery and magic of youthful experience, Mina’s Matchbox is a tenderly elegiac depiction of two girls poised on the brink of adulthood, and of a family on the edge of collapse. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723396 Title: Winged Tiara Author: J'nell Ciesielski Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Format: Unabridged Length: 9:31:23 Language: English Release date: 08-13-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Clean & Wholesome Summary: Diamonds and danger dazzle in Ciesielski's latest enchanting romp through post-war Europe as estranged spouses and jewel thieves hunt an elusive Valkyrie tiara. November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating the end of the Great War to find herself shockingly and accidentally married. She gathers her belongings and slips out before her new husband can stop her. After all, she knows it's best to leave before he does. Four years later, Jasper Truitt, after having made a name for himself in the underground world of jewel thieves, is on the hunt for a valuable heirloom: a one-of-a-kind winged tiara--the last Valkyrie tiara ever created. So it's with great surprise that he discovers it at a charity event atop the head of a woman he's never forgotten. His long-lost wife . . . who happens to be pursuing the tiara for a vengeful opera diva desperate to obtain the jewel for herself. The reunion is cut short when Esme vanishes--again--but their separation is temporary. With a hitman on their heels and a deadline looming, the pair find themselves in an epic game of cat and mouse across Europe following leads from the French Riviera to a shop of wonders in Venice, a fairy-tale castle in Bavaria, and a veritable circus thrown by a champagne heiress, all before a dramatic horseback flight through the French countryside. In the end only one can win, and with both of their hearts on the line, the winner may well turn out to be the loser. In her latest glamorous historical romance, J'nell Ciesielski spins a sparkling story filled with her signature snappy dialogue and vivid atmosphere that will keep you reading late into the night to see what happens next. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723395 Title: Beyond Ivy Walls Author: Rachel Fordham Narrator: Em Eldridge, Jason Keller Format: Unabridged Length: 10:56:30 Language: English Release date: 08-13-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Historical Romance, Religious & Inspirational, Clean & Wholesome Summary: Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, a recluse and a young woman discover that the scars of life are no match against an act of love. Iowa, 1903. All of Monticello believes Otis Taylor has been away fostering his musical genius. But the truth is that his father exiled him long ago, rejecting Otis's appearance and the scars that came with it. Now that he is the last living Taylor, Otis has covertly returned to settle his family's affairs and rid himself of his past for good. However, he soon discovers that he may not have been the only abandoned Taylor and begins a tireless search for his missing toddler niece. At twenty-three years old, Sadie West left her family farm and found employment at the Hoag feather duster factory. It isn't a romantic job, but she's hardly had a glimmer of romance since her beau went off to college, leaving her with no promise of a future together. Desperate to save money and help her family make ends meet, she trespasses and finds shelter in an abandoned building--and is thrown in the path of the town's mysterious bachelor. Otis's wounds are deep, but as Sadie's friendship with him grows, she begins to fall for the man beneath the mask. Locating his long-lost niece, however, is more difficult than either could have imagined, and Sadie West may be the key to Otis Taylor finally finding his way home. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723387 Title: It's All Relative: A Novel Author: Rachel Magee Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Length: 10:01:00 Language: English Release date: 08-06-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Rom-Com, Contemporary Women Summary: Shakespeare's famous comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets a modern retelling in a lighthearted women's fiction novel that proves 'the course of true love' (and the merging of families, for that matter) 'never did run smooth.' Helena's a 'fly by the seat of her pants' kind of girl. Amelia's got her perfect life planned down to the minute. How will they ever get through their parents' wedding--let alone a life as stepsisters--without ripping each other apart? Twenty-seven-year-old Helena Crosby is over her mom Nora's wedding--and it hasn't even happened yet. For months, Helena's been dreading the day she and Nora would become part of The Perfects, aka the Maddox family, led by oldest perfect daughter Amelia. Her complete opposite in every way, Amelia owns a house, runs her father's architecture firm, and is engaged to her also perfect (and dreamy) fiancé Gage, all before the age of thirty. Helena has no idea how she's going to fit into this family with their fancy traditions and strict timetables. Thankfully, her best friend Landon is joining the festivities as her emotional support plus one--and the perfect buffer between her and her new family. Amelia Maddox has spent months planning the perfect wedding week for her dad Steve and his bride-to-be Nora. She'd planned for every consistency . . . except for her new free spirited stepsister's deadly shellfish allergy, her brother's insistence on blowing up his life, and an unexpected guest on Helena's arm. A guest she hasn't seen in years. A guest who held her heart years before her fiancé Gage ever did . . . her ex Landon Blake. But no matter--Amelia's kept the Maddox family together since her mother died a few years ago. She's not going to be thrown by Landon's deep blue eyes and sun-bronzed forearms and the way he makes her feel all warm and cozy, like she's come home to herself. Nope. She has duties to attend to: being the best daughter, sister, fiancée, boss, and wedding coordinator. And she's going to bring her Eldest Daughter Energy to it all and push down those inconvenient feelings, no matter what. Through a whirlwind week of wedding activities and a few near disasters, both Amelia and Helena realize that sometimes the blueprints for the perfect family and relationship look better on paper than in real life--and that family isn't only made of the people you're born with. Family is also made of the people we choose over and over again. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 805400 Title: Straight to the Heart: Communicating the Gospel in an Emotionally Driven Culture Author: Daniel Blackaby, Michael Blackaby Narrator: Jesse Abeel Format: Unabridged Length: 4:48:44 Language: English Release date: 08-06-24 Publisher: ONE Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Counseling & Inspirational Summary: Our approach to apologetics needs to change when the very idea of “truth” is controversial. But as authors Daniel Blackaby and Mike Blackaby teach us, we can still reach people if we understand what they value most. This practical guide to our current landscape explores five effective communication pathways: Story: As people wired for narrative, we can speak through the stories we live and tell. Beauty: In an increasingly industrialized world, we can point people to “pockets of beauty” that reveal the attractiveness of God. Art: In a society that celebrates the arts, we can cultivate creativity in the church, then send artists out as cultural missionaries.  Desire: To a people motivated by love, identity, and purpose, we can show how Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of our deepest longings. Community: As relational creatures where connectivity is disappearing, we can offer a community of unified diversity. Culture may be in flux, but God’s Word remains true. Straight to the Heart helps us speak to the passions that drive our culture without compromising the life-changing truth of the gospel. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 805401 Title: Portrait of God: Rediscovering the Attributes of God through the Stories of His People Author: Jack Mooring Narrator: Jack Mooring Format: Unabridged Length: 5:29:05 Language: English Release date: 08-06-24 Publisher: ONE Audiobooks Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religious Studies, Biblical Studies Summary: Have you been struggling to see God lately? This beautiful weaving of biblical reflection and true stories from Jesus-followers turns our gaze again to the One who made us, loves us, and will never leave us. Each chapter in Portrait of God explores an attribute of God through a person in church history who radically experienced His nature. Here you’ll discover: - Faith: how an all-powerful God worked miracles in the life of Kathryn Kuhlman, - Holiness: what Augustine of Hippo’s life in a secular world teaches us about God, - Compassion: how William and Catherine Booth’s service to others radiated God’s love, - And more. Portrait of God includes a foreword from Michael W. Smith, thought-provoking questions, and a list of further reading about each faith leader. As author Jack Mooring writes, “The Christian life is less about learning and more about remembering.” When our spiritual life feels like a roller coaster, true stories of faithful Christians help us rediscover our wonder about the unchanging character of our Creator. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 791302 Title: Diviners Author: Margaret Laurence Narrator: Athena Karkanis Format: Unabridged Length: 18:18:47 Language: English Release date: 08-06-24 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Family Life Summary: The culmination and completion of Margaret Laurence’s celebrated Manawaka cycle, The Diviners is an epic novel. This is the powerful story of an independent woman who refuses to abandon her search for love. For Morag Gunn, growing up in a small Canadian prairie town is a toughening process – putting distance between herself and a world that wanted no part of her. But in time, the aloneness that had once been forced upon her becomes a precious right – relinquished only in her overwhelming need for love. Again and again, Morag is forced to test her strength against the world – and finally achieves the life she had determined would be hers. The Diviners has been acclaimed by many critics as the outstanding achievement of Margaret Laurence’s writing career. In Morag Gunn, Laurence has created a figure whose experience emerges as that of all dispossessed people in search of their birthright, and one who survives as an inspirational symbol of courage and endurance. The Diviners received the Governor General’s Award for Fiction for 1974. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 805395 Title: Learning Happiness: The Discipline of Transcendence Vol. 3 Author: Osho Narrator: Osho Format: Unabridged Length: 15:33:24 Language: English Release date: 08-05-24 Publisher: Bookwire Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy Summary: The Sutra of 42 Chapters is a scripture complied in the first century CE. Each saying comes from Buddha, but the whole work was a new anthology created especially for introducing Buddhism in a new country. That's why it makes such a good, basic introduction to the world view of Gautam Buddha. It is very simple in its approach, very direct. It is, in essence the whole of Buddha's message, but very simple, not elaborate and very scholarly as other Buddhist scriptures are. Osho extracts the kernel of Buddha's profound insight and understanding and presents his everlasting message to the contemporary listener in a manner that is lucid, straightforward and humorous. Far from being just a statue, here Buddha is an amazing human being so far ahead of his time that even now he is only just beginning to be more widely understood. In these talks Osho discusses the need for doubt and argument in the spiritual search, the nature of desire and the discipline of non-attachment. The talks in this audiobook are a series of original OSHO Talks, titled 'The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol.2'. Vol.03 LEARNING HAPPINESS - Desire Cannot Be Fulfilled - Aloneness Is Your Reality - The Passion for Truth - A Rich Man Is Very Poor - Godhood Is Your Nature - I Am Not a Perfectionist - Sex Is the Basic Problem - The Forbidden Path - The World Has Never Lacked Buddhas - Religion Is the Ultimate LuxuryAn abridged edition of this series of talks was published as an audiobook under the title 'The Buddha Said', which included only the chapters in which Osho comments on the original sutras by Buddha. This series is the full experience. ©1976 Osho International Foundation 2024 Osho International Foundation Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 805387 Title: Finding Your Own Way: The Discipline of Transcendence Vol. 1 Author: Osho Narrator: Osho Format: Unabridged Length: 16:18:11 Language: English Release date: 08-04-24 Publisher: Bookwire Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy Summary: The Sutra of 42 Chapters is a scripture complied in the first century CE. Each saying comes from Buddha, but the whole work was a new anthology created especially for introducing Buddhism in a new country. That's why it makes such a good, basic introduction to the world view of Gautam Buddha. It is very simple in its approach, very direct. It is, in essence the whole of Buddha's message, but very simple, not elaborate and very scholarly as other Buddhist scriptures are. Osho extracts the kernel of Buddha's profound insight and understanding and presents his everlasting message to the contemporary listener in a manner that is lucid, straightforward and humorous. Far from being just a statue, here Buddha is an amazing human being so far ahead of his time that even now he is only just beginning to be more widely understood. In these talks Osho discusses the need for doubt and argument in the spiritual search, the nature of desire and the discipline of non-attachment. The talks in this audiobook are a series of original OSHO Talks, titled 'The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol.1'. Vol.01 FINDING YOUR OWN WAY - The Most Excellent Way - The Greatest Miracle - Only Nothing Is - Two Empty Skies Meeting - Real Repentance Is Remembering - Nothing Is Lacking - Living the Dhamma - Sincerity in the Search - The Truth beyond Magic - Thus Come, Thus GoneAn abridged edition of this series of talks was published as an audiobook under the title 'The Buddha Said', which included only the chapters in which Osho comments on the original sutras by Buddha. This series is the full experience. ©1976 Osho International Foundation 2024 Osho International Foundation. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 734609 Title: Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History Author: Michel-Rolph Trouillot Narrator: Shaun Scott Format: Unabridged Length: 5:44:45 Language: English Release date: 08-01-24 Publisher: Beacon Press Genres: History, World Summary: Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of history. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 810447 Title: Exactly How It's `Posed to Be Author: Trent D. Walters Narrator: Garan Patrick Format: Unabridged Length: 13:37:40 Language: English Release date: 07-20-24 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Romance, Religious & Inspirational, Teen Summary: From the moment Glen Russell stepped onto the campus of Winton College, one of the nations most prestigious Historically Black Colleges, not a single thing has gone right. From rain on move-in day, to the shouldve-predicted-it-but-somehow-didnt tardiness of his best friend and ride to Winton, Reshard, to multiple uses of Gilbert, his real (and very much hated) first name, Glens first day at college is nothing like he planned. To top it all off, a computer glitch forces him into a dorm room with an unexpected pair of roommates for the entire semester Braylon Davis - along with keeping his weight in check, he cant wait to get involved with a campus ministry and use his musical talents to impact Winton students for Jesus. Grayson Stewart - a first-Gen college student determined to make his mother proud, while also hooking up with as many little shawties as possible. (Mama aint got to know about that part!) The three couldnt be more dissimilar. One is fighting to put an end to his hidden virginity, while one proudly wears his own as a badge of honor. And the thirdwell, his enviable exploits might get him killed! As the scholastic and social expectations of college begin to collide, the three handle things differently, making choices that ultimately lead to powerful, life-altering consequences. An excellent and entertaining storythat will undoubtedly leave a mark on anyone who cracks open these pages. Without preaching or finger pointing,Exactly How Its `Posed to Bechallenges todays do whatever feels good lifestyle of casual, uncommitted sexual hook ups with Gods plan to wait until marriage for sex and experience the true peace, joy, commitment, and love He intended. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 803125 Title: Time Rippers Author: Phil Moore Narrator: Phil Moore Format: Unabridged Length: 5:54:02 Language: English Release date: 07-20-24 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy Summary: Time is a construct, and we just broke it. Two young Cambridge University students invent a time machine that accidentally creates a rip in SpaceTime which threatens to destroy the universe. The only way to stop it is to ensure they never create the rip in the first place. So they must travel back in time to prevent themselves from ever being born. But this turns out not be quite so easy, as they have to travel further and further back in time to try change their future. Along the way they kill Hitler, arrest Jesus, join the Persian army, help the Chinese win the Opium Wars, and make friends with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes. They also enlist the aid of two girls from New York, a scribe from the Middle Ages, and a young German policeman. But no matter how much they try to change the past, the rip keeps growing, timelines get jumbled, and the universe appears doomed. Its going to take something truly extraordinary to sort this mess out. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723382 Title: Matters of the Heart Author: Kelly Irvin Narrator: Lauren Berst Format: Unabridged Length: 9:54:17 Language: English Release date: 07-16-24 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Genres: Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Religious & Inspirational, Religious Fiction, Clean & Wholesome Summary: He's the community's jokester auctioneer. She's the serious caregiver for her siblings who also works at the local plant nursery. What future could they have together? Declan Miller has always had feelings for Bethel King. Back when they were in school, she was the smartest girl in the class and, in his opinion, by far the prettiest. Now the two of them are in their twenties and while the attraction is still there, Declan is as hesitant as ever to let Bethel know how he feels. His corny jokes and wisecracks cover a heart that's afraid of rejection. Bethel can't deny Declan is nice, funny, hardworking, and pleasing to the eye--a perfect match if you asked any Plain girl in the area. But marrying Bethel would also mean marrying into her family. Two of her younger brothers have a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and her sister Claire is now showing signs of having it as well. Fiercely loyal and nurturing, Bethel has promised herself her siblings will always come first. With a good chance that she carries the gene and could pass it on to her children, Bethel has tried to convince herself marriage and family just aren't in the cards for her. When a devastating diagnosis of his own turns Declan's world upside down, he looks to Bethel for understanding, compassion, and a realistic outlook. As they share their dreams and fears and grow together in faith, a bond begins to develop between them. Perhaps their combination of optimistic extrovert and thoughtful introvert really isn't such a bad thing--perhaps it's actually a part of God's beautiful design. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 810453 Title: Forbidden Author: Katrina Snow Narrator: Mary Jane Wells Format: Unabridged Length: 12:36:09 Language: English Release date: 07-16-24 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Romantasy Summary: Fantasy Romance with a Fairytale Vibe. Lady Katherine Durant has the kind of innate magikal powers most sorcerers dream of. Her uncle is no exception. The man has spent years pressuring Kate to use her gifts for his ruthless aims, but she wants no part of that. When he invokes dark magik to trap her in his most terrifying scheme yet, Kate flees to a distant land where magik is forbidden and a royal festival is underway. She needs to hide her powers and figure out her next move, but gets thrown into the games insteadgames that involve a devilish prince intent on making her life even more complicated. Bachelor prince Bregovi Tennerelli lives to explore. Discovering new lands, cultures, and healing remedies fuels his soul like rain fuels the deserts. Now, his father has cut off all funding unless Bregovi weds the winner of a spirited bride-finding contest. The king has invited nobles far and wide to compete, intending to secure a marriage alliance to help ward off sorcerers. With no desire to settle down, especially with a bride not of his choosing, Bregovi comes up with another solution to the sorcerer problem. Then a surprising encounter with a bewitching maiden upsets all his plans. Off-limits has never been so irresistible Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 723376 Title: Finding You: A Sweet Contemporary Romance Author: Amy Clipston Narrator: Melissa Moran Format: Unabridged Length: 8:57:39 Language: English Release date: 07-09-24 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome Summary: Both of them want a relationship—but is beginning it a big mistake? On the outside, twenty-seven-year-old Darcy Larsen is a pretty, put-together professional—but inside she’s falling apart. Eighteen months ago, she lost her fiancé in an accident she still blames herself for. After a successful transplant, her kidney disease seems to be in check, but she worries that her future children—if she has any—will also suffer from the same condition. And she’s overcome with indecision about finding her birth mother, discovering potentially devastating information, and hurting her adoptive parents. Mechanic Carter Donovan seems to have everything going for him at first glance. Stunning good looks. A wicked sense of humor. And a heart of gold. But Carter’s seemingly perfect exterior hides a host of secrets. After a rough breakup and mounting medical bills from a medical emergency that left him drowning in debt, he doesn’t feel like the catch everyone says he is. Plus, he’s about to turn thirty—with no romantic prospects on the horizon. When Darcy’s Lexus breaks down in her doctor’s parking lot, Carter appears on the scene to try to jump-start her car—and her heart. But despite their immediate connection right from the start, the two have perhaps too many obstacles to overcome. Carter questions if getting involved with Darcy will be his next big mistake. And Darcy wonders if she can ever move past her grief and guilt to embrace the gift of Happily Ever After that’s dangling in front of her. - Sweet contemporary romance - Stand-alone novel - Book length: approximately 90,000 words - Includes discussion questions for book clubs Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://hotaudiobook.com/free ID: 789946 Title: Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory Author: Patrick Bishop Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Length: 14:35:04 Language: English Release date: 07-09-24 Publisher: Signal Genres: History, Europe, Military Summary: Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great hinge moments of WW2. The fall of Paris to the Nazis in June 1940 seemed like the darkest day of the Second World War; and the liberation of the city in August 1944 felt like the brightest. The liberation was a hinge moment of immense significance for the twentieth century, heralding the final victory of light over darkness and opening the door to a future free from fear. It was also the party of the century: champagne flowed freely, total strangers embraced - it was a celebration of life renewed against the backdrop of the world's favourite city, seen in by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Lee Miller, JD Salinger, Picasso, and Robert Capa. This happy ending has come to feel as if it was pre-ordained. But there was nothing inevitable about it. Had things gone differently Paris might have gone down as a ghastly monument to Nazi nihilism, reduced to a rubble-strewn graveyard. This book, timed for the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, tells the story of those iridescent days in a startling new way. In a countdown narrative, packed with drama, heroism, joy—and heart-thumping suspense—the City of Lights' fate hangs in the balance. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com