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ID: 787555
Title: Gate to Kagoshima: A Novel
Author: Poppy Kuroki
Narrator: Siho Ellsmore
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-25
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy, Science Fiction & Paranormal

Summary:
''Gate to Kagoshima is an action-packed adventure that opens in Scotland and makes its way to Kagoshima, Japan, as our heroine flees the ghosts of relationships past only to find new loves―and new heartbreak. Set at the close of the Samurai era, the story blends Outlander by way of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.''Marie Claire
''A terrific what if time-travel novel with an intriguing historical element, epic battles, and a dash of romance.''Adrian Cousins, author of The Jason Apsley series
In this exciting historical romantasy in the spirit of The Hurricane Wars and The Time Travelers WifeOutlander set in Japana young Scottish woman is magically transported to the last Samurai era, where she encounters ghosts from the past, her own Japanese ancestry, and a love that transcends time.
While in Japan researching her familys history, a vicious typhoon sends Isla Mackenzie 128 years back in time, to the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion. There she meets her ancestors, and a charismatic samurai, Kei, with whom she unexpectedly finds romance.
But, unlike her Beloved, Isla knows about the looming Samurai rebellionand Kais fate. Should she attempt to change history or somehow make her way back to the life shed had before?
Compulsively readable, historically grounded, and irresistibly immersive, Gate to Kagoshima is an unforgettable tale of duty, and of timeless love.  

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ID: 783790
Title: Nothing Serious: A Novel
Author: Emily J. Smith
Narrator: Anna Caputo
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-25
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Feminist Fiction

Summary:
A scintillating debut about a disillusioned tech executive who goes into an obsessive spiral when her best friend-and longtime crushis implicated in a womans death.
Edie Walkers life is not going as planned. At thirty-five, she feels stuck: in her career, in her love life, and in her tiny San Francisco studio apartment. It doesnt help that her best friend, Peter Masterson, is basically the über successful male version of herand shes hopelessly, unrequitedly in love with him. But when Peter breaks up with his girlfriend of seven years, Edie thinks her life might finally be turning around. Hell discover how toxic dating app culture is and realize that Edie has been right for him all along.
Except Peter almost immediately lands a date with Anaya Thomas, a gorgeous, whip-smart professor and writer of feminist literature who even Ediereared in the culture of tech brosis smitten by. Unlike the women Peter has dated before, Anaya is like an alternate reality version of Edieone with shampoo commercial hair and a meaningful career, who definitely doesnt spend her weekends scrolling social media alone in her apartment. Its only a matter of time before Peter falls head over heels for this woman; Edie herself is infatuated after one meeting.
Then, Anaya is found dead in her apartment. Right after a date with Peter.
Driven by her near-fanatic love of Anayas work and a desperate need to prove Peters innocence, Edie begins searching for clues to what really happened that night. As her obsession with the investigation grows, so do her doubts in Peter. When the truth finally comes to light, Edie must decide where her loyalties lie, who deserves justiceand who deserves to be punished.
Provocative, tense, and compulsively readable, Nothing Serious is a shrewdly observed, astonishingly heartfelt debut combining a darkly funny takedown of online dating with an honest examination of the challenges women face every daybut dont dare discussfrom a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction.

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ID: 783000
Title: Poet in the New World: Poems, 19461953
Author: Czeslaw Milosz
Narrator: Robert Hass
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-04-25
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:
A new collection of work from Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz that includes previously untranslated poems written during his time in Washington, D.C. and his years in Europe before and after
One of the most revered poets of the twentieth century, Czeslaw Milosz famously left his native Poland to escape the Communist regime that ascended after World War II. While he remains strongly associated with that country, Milosz also lived in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1950, working as a diplomatic official and leaving behind an old world tarnished by violence and bloodshed to take his bearings in a new world. 
Poet in the New World gathers the poems written in these years for the first time in English translation and is contextualized by the poetry that came directly before and after, from poetry written in Warsaw in 1945, shortly before he departed for the United States, to poetry written in Europe from 1951 to 1953, after his significant time away. Capturing Milosz at his existential and stylistic best, Poet in the New World is attuned to the necessity of imagination and the duty of language and filled with wonder and skepticism. Milosz grapples with the extraordinary violence he had witnessed and the strange postwar United States he has inhabited while pondering the enduring fate of his beloved Poland. In the poem Warsaw the poet asks, How can I live in this country/Where the foot knocks against/the unburied bones of kin?
Equal parts affecting and illuminating, Poet in the New World is an essential addition to the Milosz canon, in a beautifully rendered translation by Robert Hass and David Frick that reverberates with the questions of histories past, present, and future.

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ID: 753542
Title: Glen Affric: A Novel
Author: Karine Giebel
Narrator: Max Meyers
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-24
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:
Bestselling French author of psychological suspense Karine Giebel makes her American debut with this dark and haunting novel about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, both treated unfairly by the worldfor fans of Karin Slaughter and Stieg Larsson.
Im so stupid. I barely have a brain at all. Léonard knows he isnt like the other kids in his class, and he understands all too well that the world can be relentlessly cruel to those who are different. Sometimes Léo wishes he could go far away, to beautiful Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlandswhere his fierce older brother, Jorge, lives. He dreams of being reunited with Jorge, who will protect him from the torments of his daily life.
But sometimes dreams can turn into nightmares . . .
Loosely inspired by John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men, Glen Affric is a profound story about differences, friendship, and the power of love to withstand abuse and oppressiona story that plunges us into the darkest recesses of the human soul and introduces us to characters well never forget.

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ID: 600969
Title: Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
Author: Leah Hazard
Narrator: Leah Hazard
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:36:19
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Social Science

Summary:
Page for page, I may not have ever learned more from a book.... Womb is a history book as well as a biology book but its also an adventure and a celebration. Rob Delaney, actor and author of A Heart That Works
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterusfrom birth to death, in sickness and in health, throughout history and into our possible futurefrom midwife and acclaimed writer Leah Hazard
The size of a clenched fist and the shape of a light bulbwith no less power and potential. Every person on Earth began inside a uterus, but how much do we really understand about the womb?
Bringing together medical history, scientific discoveries, and journalistic exploration, Leah Hazard embarks on a journey in search of answers about the bodys most miraculous and contentious organ. We meet the people who have shaped our relationship with the uterus: doctors and doulas, yoni steamers and fibroid-tea hawkers, legislators who would regulate the organs very existence, and boundary-breaking researchers on the frontiers of the field.
With a midwifes warmth and humor, Hazard tackles pressing questions: Is the womb connected to the brain? Can cervical crypts store sperm? Do hysterectomies affect sexual pleasure? How can smart tampons help health care? Why does endometriosis take so long to be diagnosed? Will external gestation be possible in our lifetime? How does gender-affirming hormone therapy affect the uterus? Why does medical racism impact reproductive healthcare?
A clear-eyed and inclusive examination of the cultural prejudices and assumptions that have made the uterus so poorly understood for centuries, Womb takes a fresh look at an organ that brings us pain and pleasurea small part of our bodies that has a larger impact than we ever thought possible.
 

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ID: 600970
Title: Now You See Us: A Novel
Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal
Narrator: Angela Lin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:11:57
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Thriller & Horror, International Mystery, Contemporary Women

Summary:
Crazy Rich Asians meets The Help! From Reeses Book Club veteran Balli Kaur Jaswal comes a wildly entertaining and sharply observed story of three women who work in the homes of Singapores elite, and band together to solve a murder mystery involving one of their own.
Tender and heartfelt, Now You See us also manages to be laugh-out-loud funny. An uplifting story of courage and hope that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee
''A truly irresistible read. Intricately plotted, propulsive, and provocative, NOW YOU SEE US showcases an author at the peak of her talents.''--Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit
Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipina domestic workerspart of the wave of women sent to Singapore to be cleaners, maids, and caregivers.
Corazon: A veteran domestic worker, Cora had retired back to the Philippines for good, but she has returned to Singapore under mysterious circumstances. Now shes keeping a secret from her wealthy employer, who is planning an extravagant wedding for her socialite daughter.
Donita: Barely out of her teens, this is Donitas first time in Singapore, and shes had the bad luck to be hired by the notoriously fussy Mrs. Fann. Brazen and exuberant, Donitas thrown herself into a love affair with an Indian migrant worker.
Angel: Working as an in-home caregiver for an elderly employer, Angel is feeling blue after a recent breakup with the woman she loves. Shes alarmed when her employers son suddenly brings in a new nurse who may be a valuable ally...or meant to replace her.
Then an explosive news story shatters Singapores famous tranquilityand sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. The three women dont know the accused well, but she could be any of them; every worker knows stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didnt commit.
Shocked into action, Donita, Corazon, and Angel will use their considerable moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened on the day Flordelizas employer was murdered. After all, no one knows the secrets of Singapores families like the women who work in their homes

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ID: 600976
Title: What Stays Buried
Author: Suzanne Young
Narrator: Angie Hickman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:32:02
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-23
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:
A Bram Stoker Award nominee! In her first book for middle grade readers, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young brings together a thrilling ghost story, a heartfelt coming of age journey, and a poignant reminder that those weve loved and lost are never far awayperfect for fans of Bone Hollow and The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street.
Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthday.
And with only a few weeks left, children have started going missing.
When Calista meets the Tall Ladyan angry spirit with a grudge against Calista, her family, and the entire townshe knows shes found the ghost responsible for the disappearances.
Its up to Calista, the only one who can see the Tall Lady, to stop her. If she doesnt, Calista wont just lose her powersshell lose everyone she has left.

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ID: 628950
Title: Jimmy and the Crawler
Author: Raymond E. Feist
Narrator: Matt Bates
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:43:34
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure, Epic Fantasy

Summary:
In this fantastic tale, legendary author Raymond E. Feist returns to the city of Krondor and one of his most loved characters from the Riftwar Cycle, Jimmy the Hand.
The Crawler: a name whispered in fear. . .
In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Mans Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does it threaten the peace of the Kingdom?
James, personal squire to Prince Arutha of Krondor, but in the underworld known as the thief and trickster Jimmy the Hand, must travel to Kesh in disguise. There, working with William, lieutenant of the princes household guard and son of the magician Pug, and Jazhara, niece to the Keshian lord Hazara-Khan, he must attempt to unmask the mysterious Crawler and rid Krondor of his influence.

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ID: 600975
Title: Maybe Next Time: A Novel
Author: Cesca Major
Narrator: Clare Corbett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:38:35
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
A REESES BOOK CLUB PICK 
A heartwarming and emotionally poignant time-loop novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate. 
It is an ordinary Monday and harried London literary agent Emma is flying out of the door as usual. Preoccupied with work and her ever growing to-do list, she fails to notice her lovely husband Dan seems bereft, her son can barely meet her eye, and her daughter wont go near her. Even the dog seems sad. 
She is far too busy, buried deep in her phone; social media alerts pinging; clients messaging with emergencies; keeping track of a dozen WhatsApp groups about the kids sports, school, playdates, all of it. Her whole day is franticwhat else is newand as she rushes back through the door for dinner, Dan is still upset. They fight, and he walks out, desolate, dragging their poor dog around the block. Just as she realizes it is their anniversary and she has forgotten, again, she hears the screech of brakes.
Dan is dead.
The next day Emma wakes up and Dan is alive. And its Monday again.
And again. 
And again.
Emma tries desperately to change the course of fate by doing different things each time she wakes up: leaving WhatsApp, telling her boss where to get off, writing to Dan, listening to her kids, reaching out to forgotten friends, getting drunk and buying out Prada. But will Emma have the chance to find herself again, remember what she likes about her job, reconnect with her children, love her husband? Will this be enough to change the fate they seem destined for?
A moving What if story of what it is to be a woman in the modern worldnever feeling were getting it quite rightabout learning to slow down and appreciate life that is sure to resonate with womens fiction readers.

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ID: 619005
Title: All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
Author: Simon Garfield
Narrator: Tim Bentinck
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:53:52
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: History, Europe, Language Instruction, Language Arts

Summary:
From the deliriously clever (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
''A brilliant book about knowledge itself. Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book
Garfields witty history captures the obsessive, quixotic and sometimes error-filled quests of thosefrom Pliny the Elder in the first century A.D. to Wikipedians in this onewho have attempted to corral all the worlds information into a single source.New York Times
The encyclopedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gandhi helped millions of children with their homework. Adults cleared their shelves in the belief that everything that was explainable was now effortlessly accessible in their living rooms.
Now these huge books gather dust and sell for almost nothing on eBay. Instead, we get our information from our phones and computers, apparently for free. What have we lost in this transition? And how did we tell the progress of our lives in the past?
All the Knowledge in the World is a history and celebration of those who created the most ground-breaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age. Simon Garfield, who has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight (The Times), guides us on an utterly delightful journey, from Ancient Greece to Wikipedia, from modest single-volumes to the 11,000-volume Chinese manuscript that was too big to print. He looks at how Encyclopedia Britannica came to dominate the industry, how it spawned hundreds of competitors, and how an army of ingenious door-to-door salesmen sold their wares to guilt-ridden parents. He reveals how encyclopedias have reflected our changing attitudes towards sexuality, race, and technology, and exposes how these ultimate bastions of trust were often riddled with errors and prejudice.
With his characteristic ability to tackle the broadest of subjects in an illuminating and highly entertaining way, Simon Garfield uncovers a fascinating and important part of our shared past and wonders whether the promise of complete knowledgethat most human of ambitionswill forever be beyond our grasp.

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ID: 612318
Title: Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Author: Leah Penniman
Narrator: Janina Edwards, Karen Chilton, Landon Woodson, William Andrew Quinn
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:54:10
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Health & Wellness, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Mindfulness & Meditation, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:
A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black peoples spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While Black
Author of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ecological humility is an intrinsic part of Black cultural heritage. While racial capitalism has attempted to sever our connection to the sacred earth for 400 years, Black people have long seen the land and water as family and understood the intrinsic value of nature.
This thought-provoking anthology brings together todays most respected and influential Black environmentalist voices leaders who have cultivated the skill of listening to the Earth to share the lessons they have learned. These varied and distinguished experts include Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Alice Walker; the first Queen Mother and official spokesperson for the Gullah/Geechee Nation, Queen Quet; marine biologist, policy expert, and founder and president of Ocean Collectiv, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Land Loss Prevention Project, Savi Horne. In Black Earth Wisdom, they address the essential connection between nature and our survival and how runaway consumption and corporate insatiability are harming the earth and every facet of American society, engendering racial violence, food apartheid, and climate injustice.
Those whose skin is the color of soil are reviving their ancestral and ancient practice of listening to the earth for guidance. Penniman makes clear that the fight for racial and environmental justice demands that people put our planet first and defer to nature as our ultimate teacher.
Contributors include:
Alice Walker  adrienne maree brown Dr. Ross Gay Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Rue Mapp Dr. Carolyn Finney Audrey Peterman Awise Agbaye Wande Abimbola Ibrahim Abdul-Matin Kendra Pierre-Louis Latria Graham Dr. Lauret Savoy Ira Wallace Savi Horne Dr. Claudia Ford Dr. J. Drew Lanham Dr. Leni Sorensen Queen Quet Toshi Reagon Yeye Luisah Teish Yonnette Fleming Naima Penniman Angelou Ezeilo James Edward Mills Teresa Baker Pandora Thomas Toi Scott Aleya Fraser Chris Bolden-Newsome Dr. Joshua Bennett B. Anderson Chris Hill Greg Watson T. Morgan Dixon Dr. Dorceta Taylor Colette Pichon Battle Dillon Bernard Sharon Lavigne Steve Curwood and Babalawo Enroue Halfkenny
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ID: 588824
Title: Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad
Author: Steven Kotler
Narrator: James Patrick Cronin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:38:41
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Fitness

Summary:
The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three.
Gnar: adjective, short for gnarly, def: any environment or situation that is high in perceived risk and high in actual risk.
Country: noun, def: any defined territory, landscape or terrain, fictitious or real.
Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly impossible activities like park skiing (think: jumps and tricks.) To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill acquisition: He tried to teach an old dog some new tricks.
Recently, top pros have been performing well past a previously considered prime: World-class athletes such as Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer of all time, is winning competitions in his fifties; Tom Brady can beat players half his age. But what about the rest of us?
Steven Kotler has been studying human performance for thirty years, and taught hundreds of thousands of people at all skill levels, age groups, and walks of life, how to achieve peak performance. Could his own advice work for him?
Gnar Country is the chronicle of his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits. Its a book about goals and grit and progression. Its an antidote for weariness that is inspiring, practical, and, often hilarious. It is about growing old and staying rad. Its a feverish reading experience that makes you put down the book, get out there, and move. Whether hurtling down a mountain side, running your first 10K race, or taking your career to new heights, Kotler challenges us to test ourselves, surpass our limits, and achieve our own impossible, whatever it might be. Part personal journey, part science experiment, part how-to guide, Kotler takes us on his punk rock, high-velocity joy-ride for a better life in spiteand often in defiance ofthe perceived limitations of the aging human body.
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ID: 600946
Title: Secret Zoo: Secrets and Shadows
Author: Bryan Chick
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:43:17
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:
Book two in this fast-paced and exciting series for middle grade fantasy, mystery, and animal buffs.
Noah and his friends thought they had seen it all during their first journey into the Secret Zoobut it was only the beginning. Now they must train to become Crossers, members of a secret society who freely travel to the Secret Zoo and back, helping to defend its borders. But now that the monstrous sasquatches are on the loose and the evil Shadowist is plotting destruction, will Noah, Megan, Ella, and Richie have what it takes to survive?
The author originally had the idea for The Secret Zoo when he was nine and wondered what would happen if zoo exhibits had secret doors that allowed kids to go insideand the animals to come outside. He brings that sense of adventure and excitement to this story, making it a favorite for home and classroom reading along with such middle grade fantasy favorites as The One and Only Ivan.

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ID: 576275
Title: Dog Days Forever: A Novel
Author: Shannon Richard
Narrator: Fran Jules
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:23:36
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:
A heartfelt, romantic novel inspired by Sweet Home Alabama and perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, and Susan Mallery, in which a young woman who only fosters dogs discovers an abandoned puppy and finally starts to open herself up to love again
Once inseparable as children and romantically entwined as young adults, Caroline Buchanan and Maximillian Abbot are now virtual strangers. It might be Caros faultconsidering she abruptly ended their engagementbut she had good reasons. After their devastating breakup, she stayed in North Carolina, building a quiet, cozy life, while Max went to New York City. In the fourteen years since, Caro has experienced more than her share of heartache and loss. She rarely lets anyone in, not even the steady stream of rescue dogs she fosters.
When Max returns to town for the summer at the behest of his grandmother, Caro must finally face their past because she keeps running into Max, and old feelings come rushing back. Shortly after Max arrives, Caro finds a puppy, alone and shivering in a thunderstorm. She takes the dog in, planning to find her the perfect new family. But at a time when her life is in turmoil, this new furry friendwho she names Frankieunexpectedly becomes her anchor.
As she opens her heart to the sweet, cuddly canine, Caro begins to wonder if she could love Max again, too. Max and Frankie feel like home and she cant bear to say goodbye to either of them. But secrets, both old and new, are still lingering and Max hasnt completely forgiven her for breaking his heart all those years ago. Will this be a summer of second chances or are they bound to make the same mistakes twice?

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ID: 753541
Title: Unsinkable Cayenne
Author: Jessica Vitalis
Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-24
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family, Historical

Summary:
When her unconventional parents finally agree to settle down in one place, twelve-year-old Cayennes dreams come truebut the reality of fitting in is much harder than she imagined. Acclaimed author Jessica Vitalis crafts an unforgettable historical novel-in-verse about belonging, family, and social class for fans of Lisa Fippss Starfish and Jasmine Wargas Other Words for Home.
Cayenne and her family drift from place to place, living in their van. It hasnt been a bad lifeCayenne and her mother birdwatch in every new location, they have a cozy setup in their van, and they sing and dance and bond over campfires most nights. But theyve never belonged anywhere.
As Cayenne enters seventh grade, her parents decide to settle down in a small Montana town. Cayenne hopes that this means she will finally belong somewhere and make some friends. But it turns out that staying in one place isnt easy at all.
As her social studies class studies the Titanic tragedy (the wreckage has just been discovered and her teacher is obsessed), Cayenne sees more and more parallels between the social strata of the infamous ship and her own life. Will she ever squeeze her way into the popular girls clique, even though they live in fancy houses on the hill and she lives in a tiny, rundown home with chickens in the front yard? Is it possible that the boy she likes actually likes her back? Can she find a way to make room for herself in this town? Does she really want to? Maybe being normal isnt all its cracked up to be.
Unsinkable Cayenne is a character-driven novel-in-verse about family, friendship, first crushes, and fitting in. Set in the mid-1980s, this literary novel is for readers of Megan E. Freemans Alone and Erin Entrada Kellys We Dream of Space. 

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ID: 600947
Title: Secret Zoo: Riddles and Danger
Author: Bryan Chick
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:09:02
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:
Book three in this fast-paced and exciting series for middle grade fantasy, mystery, and animal buffs.
Noah, Megan, Richie, and Ella are the Action Scouts; friends whose tree house overlooks the Clarksville City Zoo. When they discover a magical world hidden within the zoo, they are swept away on an adventure in which penguins can fly, a mysterious figure lurks in the shadows, and the scouts are enlisted to help Mr. Darby, who is in charge of the Secret Zoo.
But will the scouts be able to fight against the dangerous sasquatches who have escaped the zoo and threaten their town? Theres only one way to find out if the four friends training as Crossers can help save the Secret Zoo.
The author originally had the idea for The Secret Zoo when he was nine and wondered what would happen if zoo exhibits had secret doors that allowed kids to go insideand the animals to come outside. He brings that sense of adventure and excitement to this story, making it a favorite for home and classroom reading along with such middle grade fantasy favorites as The One and Only Ivan.

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ID: 600954
Title: Smarter Not Harder: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want
Author: Dave Asprey
Narrator: Dave Asprey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:31:53
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Health & Wellness, Diet & Nutrition

Summary:
World-renowned biohacker and bestselling author Dave Asprey reveals how to maximize your well-being with the minimum effort, by taking control of your bodys operating system
If you want to lose weight, boost your energy, or sharpen your mind, there are shelves of books offering myriad styles of advice. If you want to build up your strength and cardio fitness, there are plenty of gyms and trainers ready to offer you their guidance. What all of these resources have in common is they offer you a bad deal: a lot of effort for a little payoff. Dave Asprey has found a better way.
In Smarter Not Harder, the proven master of biohacking exposes the surprising secrets of your bodys operating system, or its MeatOS. That system is naturally designed to be lazy, which is why sweaty exercise routines and rigid diets produce such limited effects. Dave shows us how to hack the MeatOS and make it do what we want it to do, turning it from obstacle into ally. The key to achieving optimum wellness, he reveals, isnt about doing more, its about doing lessexercising and eating smarter, not harder, and making the bodys built in laziness work for you.
Smarter Not Harder is not a diet nor a fitness plan. It is a system of targeted biohacks aimed at upgrading your metabolic, neurological, and epigenetic systems. Packed with practical, accessible information on better eating; smart workouts that give you more strength and energy in less time; and strategic therapies to reduce stress and boost resilienceSmarter Not Harder will show you how to achieve lasting health in less time.
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ID: 595306
Title: Marvelous: A Novel
Author: Molly Greeley
Narrator: Ell Potter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:49:51
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies

Summary:
''Enchanting. Molly Greeley has pulled off a piece of magic to tell a dazzling love story about the outcast's ache to be cared for and belong. This book broke my heart and put it back together again.''--Allison Epstein, author of A Tip for the Hangman
A mesmerizing novel set in the French royal court of Catherine de Medici during the Renaissance, which recreates the touching and surprising true story behind the Beauty and the Beast legend, from the acclaimed author of The Clergymans Wife and The Heiress. 
1547: Pedro Gonzales, a young boy living on the island of Tenerife, understands that he is different from the other children in his village. He is mercilessly ridiculed for the hair covering his body from head to toe. When he is kidnapped off the beach near his home, he finds himself delivered by a slave broker into the dangerous and glamorous world of Frances royal court. There Monsieur Sauvage, as he is known, learns French, literature, and sword fighting, becoming an attendant to the French King Henri II and a particular favorite of his queen, the formidable Catherine de Medici. Queen Catherine considers herself a collector of unusual people and is fascinated by Pedroand determined to find him a bride.
Catherine Raffelin is a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl whose merchant father has fallen on hard times and offers up his daughter to Queen Catherine. The queen will pay his debts, and his daughter will marry Monsieur Sauvage.
Catherine meets Pedro for the first time on their wedding day. Barely recovered from the shock of her fathers betrayal, she soon finds herself christened Madame Sauvage by the royal courtiers, and must learn to navigate this strange new world, and the unusual man who is now her husband.
Gorgeously written, heartbreaking and hopeful, Marvelous is the portrait of a marriage, the story of a remarkable, resilient family, and an unforgettable reimagining of one of the worlds most beloved fairy tales.  
''A richly detailed and imaginative novel. Readers will relish Greeley's emotionally potent tale.''--Booklist

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ID: 575412
Title: Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld
Author: William Middleton
Narrator: Adam Verner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:46:58
Language: English
Release date: 02-28-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:
The definitive biography of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, written by journalist and author William Middleton, who knew the designer in Paris.
In February 2019, the world lost one of its most enduring cultural icons, Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director for the storied House of Chanel for thirty-five years. Larger than life, Lagerfeld was legendary not only for reinventing Chanel; and creating constant fashion excitement at Chloé, Fendi, and his eponymous brand; but also for his vivid personal style, including his signature uniform of dark sunglasses and a powdered white ponytail. And then there was his utter devotion to his cat, Choupette.
Journalist and author William Middleton spent years working in Paris for Womens Wear Daily, W, and Harpers Bazaar. During his time in Paris, he interviewed and socialized with Lagerfeld, coming to see a side of the designer that he kept private from the world.
In this deliciously entertaining book, Middleton takes us inside the most exclusive rooms in the fashion industry, behind the catwalk, and into a world of brilliantly talented artists, stylish socialites, and famous starssome of the most elusive and unforgettable figures of fashions inner circle for the past four decades.
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ID: 595310
Title: Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Author: Michael Schulman
Narrator: Charlie Thurston
Format: Unabridged
Length: 21:00:18
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: History, North America

Summary:
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama.
America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have chased the elusive Oscar. What began as an industry banquet in 1929 has now exploded into a hallowed ceremony, complete with red carpets, envelopes, and little gold men. But dont be fooled by the pomp: the Oscars, more than anything, are a battlefield, where the history of Hollywoodand of America itselfunfolds in dramas large and small. The road to the Oscars may be golden, but its paved in blood, sweat, and broken hearts.
In Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramassome iconic, others never-before-revealedthat have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their dreams fulfilled or dashed.
Featuring a star-studded cast of some of the most powerful Hollywood players of today and yesterday, as well as outsiders who stormed the palace gates, this captivating history is a collection of revelatory tales, each representing a turning point for the Academy, for the movies, or for the culture at large.
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ID: 668716
Title: Torontonians
Author: Phyllis Brett Young
Narrator: Athena Karkanis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:38:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: ECW Press
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics

Summary:
The arrival, one sunny morning, of pale green wall-to-wall carpeting for the living room is the crowning jewel in Karen Whitney's long-anticipated transformation of her house into a beautiful home, renovated to the exacting standards of her own impeccable taste. The banal finality of this event triggers an introspective voyage through the events of her life and how she became who she is: wife of business executive Rick, citizen of the suburb of Rowanwood, mother to two accomplished daughters in university. Before Betty Friedan coined the term feminine mystique, The Torontonians told a classic feminist story of suburban ennui and existential self-discovery, tracing a detailed portrait of femininity in the 1950s through the eyes of its perceptive and thoughtful heroine. The book is also a unique contemporary meditation on community and social ties from a time when Canada's major cities were just beginning to spread out into suburban sprawl.

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ID: 668717
Title: Tales for an Unknown City
Author: Dan Yashinsky
Narrator: Alice Kane, Dan Yashinsky, Michael Wex
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:20:46
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: ECW Press
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Summary:
Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world; each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the Friday Nights.

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ID: 595311
Title: Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
Author: Reid Mitenbuler
Narrator: Peter Noble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19:14:01
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, World, History & Culture

Summary:
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II.
Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself buried alive under the snow. During a sudden blizzard the night before, he had taken shelter underneath his dogsled and become trapped there while he slept. Now, as feeling drained from his body, he managed to claw a hole through the ice only to find himself in even greater danger: his beard, wet with condensation from his struggling breath, had frozen to his sled runners and lashed his head in place, exposing it to icy winds that needed only a few minutes to kill him But if Freuchen could escape that, he could escape anything.
Freuchens life seemed ripped from the pages of an adventure noveland provided fodder for many books of his own. A wildly eccentric Dane with an out-of-nowhere sense of humor, his insatiable curiosity drove him from the twilight years of Arctic exploration to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and from the burgeoning field of climate research to the Danish underground during World War II. He conducted jaw-dropping expeditions, survived a Nazi prison camp, and overcame a devastating injury that robbed him of his foot and very nearly his life. Through it all, he was guided not only by restlessness but also by ideals that were remarkably ahead of his time, championing Indigenous communities, environmental stewardship, and starting conversations that continue today. 
Meticulously researched and grippingly written, Wanderlust is an unforgettable tale of daring and discovery, an inspiring portrait of restlessness and grit, and a powerful meditation on our relationship to the planet and our fellow human beings. Reid Mitenbulers exquisite book restores a heroic giant of the last century back into public view.
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ID: 595309
Title: Izzy at the End of the World
Author: K.A. Reynolds
Narrator: Dana Wing Lau
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:24:45
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family

Summary:
The Last Kids on Earth meets Margaret Peterson Haddix in this middle grade adventure about fourteen-year-old Izzy, an autistic girl surviving the end of the world who must team up with her loveable dog to uncover the hidden truth behind her family and the rest of humanitys disappearance.   
Ever since Izzy Wilders mom died, shes wanted life to feel normal. She plays video games with her little sister, helps her grandparents around the house, and takes care of her best dog, Akka. But losing her mom is far from normal, and for Izzy, who is autistic, it feels like the end of the world.
When mysterious lights flash across the mountains outside Izzys house one night, and suddenly everyone except her and Akka seem to have disappeared in an instant, Izzy is more alone than ever. But Izzy is a fighter and she wont lose anyone else in her family, even if it means battling terrifying gray, ugly monsters and decoding cryptic messages that seem a lot like her mom talking to her from beyond the grave.
In the face of disaster, Izzy and Akka embark on an epic adventure filled with nail-biting suspense, unexpected allies, and lifes greatest mysteries as they uncover the true endurance of the human spirit and save the world.  

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ID: 595313
Title: Berenstain Bears Blast Off!
Author: Mike Berenstain
Narrator: Lance Rubin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:06:11
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature

Summary:
The Berenstain Bears are out of this world in this exciting addition to the classic New York Times bestselling series.
The Berenstain Bears cant wait to visit the Bear Country Space Center, where rockets blast off into outer space! When the tour guide gives Mama, Papa, and the cubs a tour of the Big Bear Space Rocket, he makes it very clear not to touch anything. But when Papa sees a big red button, he just cant help himself. Get ready to blast off!
The Berenstain Bears Blast Off! is a Level One I Can Read book, which means its perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

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ID: 681579
Title: Goldfinger: A James Bond Novel
Author: Ian Fleming
Narrator: Adam Godley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-24
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Action & Adventure, Classics, Espionage

Summary:
JAMES BOND MUST STOP A GOLD-OBSESSED MILLIONAIRE AND THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY
Auric Goldfinger is the richest man in England―though his wealth cant be found in banks. Hes been hoarding vast stockpiles of his namesake metal, and it has attracted the suspicion of Bonds superiors at MI6.
Sent to investigate, Bond uncovers an ingenious gold-smuggling scheme, as well as Goldfingers most daring caper yet: Operation Grand Slam, a heist so audacious it could bring down the world economy and put the fate of the West in the hands of SMERSH. Only 007 can stop the enigmatic millionaire and his murderous mania for gold.

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ID: 577576
Title: Full Exposure: A Novel
Author: Thien-Kim Lam
Narrator: David Lee Huynh, Keylor Leigh
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:01:17
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Multicultural & Interracial, Contemporary Women

Summary:
Happy Endings author Thien-Kim Lam is backwith a rom-com set during the divine madness of Mardi Gras as two lovers ask: Can a Big Easy fling become the real thing?
Boudoir photographer Josie Parks never ever takes a vacation. But when a client cancels a New Orleans shoot at the last minute, she decides to fly out from her Washington, D.C., studio anyway. Maybe the trip will reawaken her recently stagnant muse. After all, its Mardi Gras season
Spencer Pham has come home after twelve soul-sucking years in corporate hell to pursue his passion: making a docu-film on his familys history as the first Vietnamese Mardi Gras krewe. The last thing he expects is getting whacked in the head by a beautiful woman trying to snag some parade beads.
Over some beignets and coffee, Spencer and Josie connect over their artistic pursuits. He offers to show her the real New Orleans, if shell help him with the camerawork for his film. Despite Josies type-A personality clashing with Spencers laissez-faire attitude, they seem to make a great team, and soon, the good times are rolling both on and off camera. But Josie has a life in D.C., and they both have big dreams theyre chasing. When this Big Easy fling starts feeling awfully serious, can they find a way to choose between personal and professional passion?
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ID: 564846
Title: Messiah's Bride
Author: Megan Norris
Narrator: Megan Norris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:02:16
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Audio
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, World Religions

Summary:
In 1994, fourteen-year-old Stefanie Hinrichs dreamed of owning a horse, leaving school and marrying Keanu Reeves. But God had other plans for the teenager.
Her family belonged to a controversial Doomsday cult led by self-proclaimed Messiah William Kamm, also known as the 'Little Pebble', who was building a new promised land for his followers deep in the Australian bush.
Stefanie was forced to become the false prophet's child bride - one of eighty-four mystical spouses chosen by the Lord to bear twenty-seven children for his new heavenly dynasty.
Forbidden from telling anyone about the illicit sexual relationship, she kept a diary.
Investigative journalist Megan Norris unravels the story of Stefanie's lost childhood, her courageous escape with his child, and how the scribblings of a teenage girl brought one of Australia's most dangerous sex predators to justice.

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ID: 587368
Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel
Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino
Narrator: Eva Kaminsky
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:25:52
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:
Varina Palladinos Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characterstheir voices and stories will be with me for a long time to come. I didnt want to say good-bye. Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics
An utterly delightful and surprising family dramathink Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jerseyabout a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend. 
Lively widow Varina Paladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Paladinos are embracing the change. What Varinas not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mothers dismay, is dating. Running Paladinos Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from killing one another takes up all of Varinas energy anyway.
Sylvia Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the familyDante, Tommy, and Paulieare each secretly plotting their own big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop.
Three generations of Paladinos butt heads and break one anothers hearts as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family.
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ID: 593046
Title: Bookworm: A Novel
Author: Robin Yeatman
Narrator: Karissa Vacker
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:55:30
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary Fiction, Psychological, Satire

Summary:
Imagine if Patricia Highsmith had written The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and instead of heroic daydreams she gave her protagonist murderous onesthat would be Bookworm. Robin Yeatmans story is subversive, surprising, and satisfying in a way that only the best comic noir can be.Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette
A wickedly funny debut novela black comedy with a generous heart that explores the power of imagination and readingabout a woman who tries to use fiction to find her way to happiness.
Victoria is unhappily married to an ambitious and controlling lawyer consumed with his career. Burdened with overbearing in-laws, a boring dead-end job she cant seem to leave, and a best friend who doesnt seem to understand her, Victoria finds solace from the daily grind in her beloved books and the stories she makes up in her head. One day, in a favorite café, she notices an attractive man reading the same talked-about bestselling novel that she is reading. A woman yearning for her own happy ending, Victoria is sure its fate. The handsome book lover must be her soul mate.
Theres only one small problem. Victoria is already married. Frustrated, and desperate to change her life, Victoria retreats to the dark places in her mind and thinks back to all the stories shes ever read in hopes of finding a solution. She begins to fantasize about nocturnal trysts with café man, and imaginative ways (poisoned pickles were an inspired choice in Jane Smileys A Thousand Acres) of getting rid of the dread husband. 
Its all just harmless fantasy born of Victorias fevered imagination and her booksuntil, one night, fiction and reality blur and suddenly it seems Victoria is about to get everything shes wished for . . . .

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ID: 585156
Title: Closer to Love: How to Attract the Right Relationships and Deepen Your Connections
Author: Vex King
Narrator: Vex King
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:41:44
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:
Beloved spiritual teacher Vex King follows up his international bestseller Good Vibes, Good Life with this essential guide to building meaningful, mindful, and loving relationships.
It is nearly impossible to build healthy, sustainable bonds with others without first having a good relationship with yourself. To get along with others, we often alter our habits or subsume our unique personalities. By trying to transform or suppress our true selves, we erode our self-worth and self-knowledge. We begin to lose sight of who we really are and what we truly want. When are self-understanding and self-confidence are damaged, it ultimately hurts our relationships.
Humans are social animals. In this wise and transformative book, Vex King helps us find and sustain the connections we want with ourselves and others. Good relationships begin with loving ourselves and recognizing our own desires and needs. This self-discovery allows our best selves to radiate with confidence and to attract and choose partnersromantic and platonicwho are truly compatible. When we feel comfortable in our own skin, we are able to give and receive love without being blocked by the destructive emotions and past trauma that previously held us back and prevented us from forming fulfilling and lasting relationships.
Filled with Vex Kings profound wisdom, thoughtful self-practices, and easy-to adopt-habit builders, this guide opens you up to the love you deserve and shows you how to bring it into your life.

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ID: 593035
Title: Revelle
Author: Lyssa Mia Smith
Narrator: Kirt Graves, Taylor Meskimen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:31:23
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance

Summary:
Inspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith.
On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and fantasies can be bought for the price of a gemstone.
Luxe Revelle, star of her familys fantastical show, knows the splendor is just an illusion. With Prohibition threatening their livelihood, her family struggles to make a living, watering down champagne and patching holes in their sequined costumes. So when the son of Charmants wealthiest family makes her an offereverything the Revelles need to stay in business, in exchange for posing as his girl and helping him become mayorshe cant refuse.
The moment Jamison Port sets foot in Charmant, he cant shake the feeling of familiarity. An orphan with as few memories as gemstones, hes desperate to learn what happened to his parents. But as he delves into the islands secrets, he risks angering the wrong person and discovering a truth that just might break his heart.
When Luxe and Jamison accidentally meet, the sparks that fly are more than her magical enchantments. But keeping secrets from powerful people is a dangerous game . . . one that could destroy them both.

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ID: 551356
Title: Prize Women: A Novel
Author: Caroline Lea
Narrator: Norma Butikofer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:26:45
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Women, Feminist Fiction

Summary:
The critically acclaimed author of The Glass Woman and The Metal Heart reimagines the shocking story of one of the most controversial contests in history, the Great Stork Derby, in which a millionaires death spawns a furious competition for his inheritance.
Toronto, 1926. Knowing that he will die without an heir, childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided in a contest that will become a media sensation and be known as the Great Stork Derby. His money will go to the winner: the woman who bears the most children in the ten years after his death. It is a bequest that will have dramatic consequences for the lives of two womenallies and close friends.
Lily di Marco is young, pregnant, and terrified of her alcoholic, violent husband. When her town is damaged by an earthquake, she flees to Toronto, arriving, by chance, on the doorstep of the glamourous Mae Thebault.
While Mae presents an elegant, confident face to the world, she secretly struggles with her own tortured past and a present consumed with the never-ending burdens of motherhood. Lily enters her life at a breaking point, and soon a fierce friendship blossoms between the women. That is until the Great Depression and the contest, with its alluring prize, threatens to tear their friendshipand their livesapart.
Prize Women is an evocative and engrossing novel of motherhood, survival, and the heartbreaking decisions we make to protect the ones we loveeven when it hurts those we care for most.

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ID: 593030
Title: Hayley Aldridge Is Still Here: A Novel
Author: Elissa R. Sloan
Narrator: Caitlin Kelly, Jacob Patalive
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:35:09
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Contemporary Women

Summary:
From the author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes comes yet another sharp, page-turning novel about a forgotten child star and former Hollywood It Girl who is now fighting back against the conservatorship that has controlled her life for the past decade.
Its been years since anyone really thought about Hayley Aldridge. A child star turned television royalty, Hayley spent years in Hollywood partying and being plastered across the front page of all the tabloids before quietly disappearing after a whirlwind marriage and divorce and very public breakdown. Once the tabloids wrung every last drop out of the drama, they moved on to the next It Girl. But Hayley is still here.
For over a decade, shes been trapped in a conservatorship and had every aspect of her life controlled by her parents. She goes nowhere, does nothing without their approval, which is rarely granted. Her visits with her kids are monitored, her fan mail is censored, and shes a prisoner in her own home. She thought things might change once she was well enough to work, but the restrictions got even tighter as she continued to bring money inthe only thing her parents ever really cared about. Hayley is beginning to realize that this nightmare is her actual life. And shes sick of it.
When the hashtag #helphayley starts to emerge on social media, and the public starts thinking critically about what happened to her all those years ago, theres finally some momentum on her side. With an upcoming court date to review the status of the conservatorship, Hayley might finally have a chance to break free.
But how can she go up against her parents when theyre aware of her every move? Its time for Hayley Aldridge to remind the world who she is, this time on her own terms.

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ID: 593044
Title: On Air with Zoe Washington
Author: Janae Marks
Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:12:54
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:
* An instant New York Times bestseller *
An empowering and big-hearted sequel to the bestselling and critically acclaimed From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks!
Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus name for a crime he didnt commit. Now her birth father has finally been released from prison and to an outpouring of community support, so everything should be perfect. 
When Marcus reveals his dream of opening his own restaurant, Zoe becomes determined to help him achieve itwith her as his pastry chef of course. However, starting a new place is much more difficult than it looks, and Marcus is having a harder time re-entering society than anyone expected.
Set on finding a solution, Zoe starts a podcast to bring light to the exonerees experiences and fundraise for their restaurant. After all, Zoe knows full well the power of using her voice. But with waning public interest in their story, will anyone still be listening?

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ID: 593026
Title: My Weirdtastic School #1: Miss Banks Pulls Lots of Pranks!
Author: Dan Gutman
Narrator: Maxwell Glick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1:10:22
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-23
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genres: Kids, General, Humor

Summary:
With more than 32 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this opening installment of the newest My Weird School arc, mischief, mayhem, and pranks galore await!
A.J. and his friends are starting fourth grade. A new school year means a new teacher, and Miss Banks may be their weirdest one yet.
She wont stop playing practical jokes on the class, and A.J. has reached his breaking point. Will he and the gang learn to not fall for their teachers tricks? Or will Miss Banks prevail as the ultimate prankster? 
Perfect for reluctant readers and all kids hungry for funny school stories, Dan Gutmans hugely popular My Weird School chapter book series has something for everyone. Dont miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and his friends! 

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ID: 753546
Title: Ancient's Game
Author: Loni Crittenden
Narrator: Angel Pean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-24
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:
''Brilliantly inventive.'' Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
''Gorgeously written and unforgettable.'' Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them Burn
Alchemy and ancient spirits come to life in this debut fantasy inspired by African diasporic folklore and the 1920s World Fair, wherein sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre, an orphan from a reviled class, must compete for a coveted apprenticeship among the nations elite in order to save her adoptive father from a twisted fate.
Sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre is the descendant of traitors. She never knew her family members or which one of them betrayed the isle of Nanseau. But like all Du orphaned after the war, Kellan is forbidden by law from practicing makecraft, the trade of carving magic into metal that was perfected by the Guild of Engineers and their maker apprentices. No one can know that Kellan has been using makecraft in secret and that, in the wake of a tragic miscarve, shes been helping her adoptive father, Edgar, run his celebrated makeshop.
But Edgars condition is worsening, and his shop is on the brink of ruin. On the eve of the Eighty-Fourth Annual Makers Exposition in Nanseaus sparkling city of Riz, Kellan is thrust into the Guilds twisted web of political intrigue and ancient secrets when she strikes a dangerous deal with one of its members to save Edgar and his shop. Now Kellan must compete in a rigorous gauntlet against the nations elite for a coveted spot as a makers apprentice.
But danger lurks at every turn. And as Kellan falls into a budding relationship with the illegitimate son from one of Nanseaus most revered families, shes put into the limelight when something sinister begins targeting the Gauntlets competitors and wreaking havoc on Riz. Amid a crumbling city and a ticking clock, winning the Gauntlet wont just be a test of survivalit will mean pulling back the veil of secrets behind the Guild and uncovering the shrouded legacies of Nanseau itself.

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ID: 591616
Title: These Infinite Threads
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Narrator: Kate Reading
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:17:47
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, this breathtaking sequel to This Woven Kingdom is from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi.
With the heat of a kiss, the walls between Alizeh, the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, and Kamran, the crown prince of the Ardunian empire, have crumbled. And so have both of their lives.
Alizeh, the heir to the Jinn throne, is destined to free her people from the half-lives theyve been forced to live under human rule. When Kamran, the heir to the human throne, falls in love with her, hes forced to question everything hes been taught about Jinn.
Kamrans grandfather lays dead at the hand of Cyrus, ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Tulan. Cyrus has stolen Alizeh away to his homeland and plans to marry her there, giving her everything she needs to become the Jinn queenand when she assumes the throne he will have fulfilled his own bargain with the devil.
Alizeh wants nothing to do with Cyruss deal or the devil. But without a way to escape Tulan, and with the fulfillment of her own destiny tantalizingly close, shell have to decide whether she can set aside her emotions to become the queen her people need.
Kamran, meanwhile, is picking up the pieces in Ardunia. Facing betrayal at every turn, all he knows is that he must go to Tulan to avenge his grandfather. He can only hope that Alizeh will be waiting for him thereand that she hasnt yet become the queen of Tulan.

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ID: 591617
Title: Snow Day for Plum!
Author: Matt Phelan
Narrator: Maxwell Glick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1:05:19
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:
The animals of the Athensville Zoo are thrilled to be visiting a local school to star in a presentationeveryone except for a very nervous peacock named Plum. And then an unexpected blizzard strands the animals at the elementary school overnightyikes! From award-winning author Matt Phelan, creator of Knights vs. Dinosaurs and its two sequels, this companion to Leave It to Plum! is a young middle grade novel perfect for reluctant readers and animal lovers everywhere. 
The animals of the Athensville Zoo are going to school! Lizzie the zookeeper has Plum the peacock and his friends loaded in the zoo van to travel to a nearby elementary school to give a presentation. Most of the animals are excitedespecially Itch, who has always wanted to share his knowledge with the world. But Plum is nervous. What if he doesnt like school? What if the students dont like him? What if he messes up the whole presentation?
Then an unexpected blizzard derails the whole trip, and Plum and his friends have to stay overnight in the empty school. Theyll meet new friends, such as the classroom mice who rule the school, and the wise old turtle who supervises the library. And when Itch gets himself into a whole snowdrift of trouble, Plum overcomes his nerves to save the day!
With short chapters, award-winning author Matt Phelans young middle grade novels about bighearted Plum the peacock and the Athensville Zoo are just right for newly independent listeners. The Plum books are fun and funny adventures that tackle relatable emotional themes such as performance anxiety and being a good friend. A Snow Day for Plum! continues the hilarious adventures of the young peacock with a big heart and the small mammal with a big ego. A Snow Day for Plum! is perfect for fans of the Princess in Black and the Mercy Watson series.

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ID: 595302
Title: Fool Proof: How Fear of Playing the Sucker Shapes Our Selves and the Social Orderand What We Can Do About It
Author: Tess Wilkinson-Ryan
Narrator: Mia Barron
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:15:33
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology, Social Science

Summary:
The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwells Blink, Dan Arielys Predictably Irrational, and Susan Cains Quiet, Fool Proof tracks the implications of the sucker construct from personal choices to cultural conflict, ultimately charting an unexpected and empowering path forward.
In the American moral vernacular, we have a whole thesaurus for victims of exploitation. They are suckers (born every minute), fools (not suffered gladly), dupes, marks, chumps, pawns, and losers. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Cultural stories about suckers abound too: the Trojan Horse, the Boy Who Cried Wolf, the Emperors New Clothes, even Hansel and Gretel. If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. Dont go out with him; he only wants one thing. The fear of playing the fool is not just a descriptive fact; it is a prescriptive theme: Dont let that be you.
Most of us are constantly navigating two sets of imperatives: how to be successful and how to be good. The fear of being suckered whispers that you cant do both, operating as a quiet caution against leaps of faith and acts of altruism. University of Pennsylvania law professor and moral psychologist Tess Wilkinson-Ryan brings evidence from studies in psychology, sociology, and economics to show how the sucker construct shapes, and distorts, human decision-making.
Fool Proof offers the first in-depth analysis of the suckers game as implicit worldview, drawing evidence everywhere from grocery shopping to international trade deals, from road rage to #MeToo. Offering real-world puzzles and stories, Wilkinson-Ryan explores what kinds of hustles feel like scams and which ones feel like business as usual, who gets pegged as suckers and who gets lauded as saints. She takes deep dives into areas like the psychology of stereotyping, the history of ethnic slurs, and the economics of the familyand shows how the threat of being suckered is deployed to perpetuate social and economic hierarchies.
Ultimately, Fool Proof argues that the goal is not so much to spot the con as to renegotiate its meaning. The fear of being suckered can be weaponized to disrupt cooperation and trust, but it can also be defused and reframed to make space for moral agency and social progress. Facing the fear of being suckered head-on means deciding for ourselves what risks to take, what relationships to invest in, when to share, and when to protestdrafting a new template for how to live with integrity in a suckers world.

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ID: 591620
Title: Out of Character
Author: Jenna Miller
Narrator: Joy Nash
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:14:07
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Genres: Teen, Romance, Tough Topics, LGBTQ+

Summary:
Dumplin meets Geekerella in debut author Jenna Millers queer, body-positive love story that explores online and offline relationships in all of their messiness.
If you asked seventeen-year-old Cass Williams to describe herself, shed happily tell you shes fat, a lesbian, and obsessed with the Tide Wars books. What she wont tell youor anyone in her lifeis that shes part of an online Tide Wars roleplay community. Sure, its nerdy as hell, but when shes behind the screen writing scenes as Captain Aresha, she doesnt have to think about her mother who walked out or how unexpectedly stressful it is dating resident cool girl Taylor Cooper.
But secretly retreating to her online life is starting to catch up with Cass. For one, no one in her real life knows her secret roleplay addiction is the reason her grades have taken a big hit. Also? Cass has started catching feelings for Rowan Davies, her internet bestie . . . and Taylor might be catching on.
As Casss lies continue to build, so does her anxiety. Roleplaying used to be the one place she could escape to, but this double life and offline-online love triangle have only made things worse. Cass must decide what to dobe honest and risk losing her safe space or keep it a secret and put everything else on the line. 

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ID: 652190
Title: Pearl Hunter
Author: Miya T. Beck
Narrator: Sura Siu
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:41:18
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
Set in a world inspired by pre-Shogun era Japan, this is a stunning debut fantasy in the vein of Grace Lin about how a young pearl diver goes to the ends of the earth to rescue her twin sister, who has been stolen by a ghost whale.
Kai and Kishi share the same futon, the same face, and the same talent for pearl diving. But Kishi is the obedient daughter, while Kai tries to push the rules, and sometimes they fight. Still, when Kishi is stolen and killed by the legendary Ghost Whale, nothing will stop Kai from searching for her, deep in the ocean, hoping for a way to bring her back to life.
But such a rescue is beyond the power of an ordinary mortal. Kai strikes a deal with the gods: shell steal a magic pearl in exchange for her sisters soul. As she journeys across treacherous land scape, Kai must navigate encounters with scheming bandits, a power-hungry war lord, and a legion of conniving fox spirits. And when a new friendship becomes something almost as powerful as her love for her sister, Kai must make impossible choices and risk everything just to get home again.
Woven through with Japanese culture and legends, this many-layered story will grip readers of all ages.
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ID: 593526
Title: Stone Blind: A Novel
Author: Natalie Haynes
Narrator: Natalie Haynes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:40:13
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:
Longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction 2023
''Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.Telegraph (UK)
The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman.
They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. 
The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.
When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athenes temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revengeon the young woman. Punished for Poseidons actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude.
Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .
In Stone Blind, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head, bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a womaninjured by a powerful manis blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusas story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.

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ID: 591619
Title: Secretly Yours: A Novel
Author: Tessa Bailey
Narrator: Callie Dalton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:49:22
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Contemporary Women

Summary:
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From Tessa Bailey#1 New York Times bestselling author, TikTok favorite, and ''the Michelangelo of dirty talk'' (Entertainment Weekly)comes a spicy small town rom-com about a grumpy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn...
Hallie Welch fell hard for Julian Vos at fourteen, after they almost kissed in the dark vineyards of his familys winery. Now the prodigal hottie has returned to Napa Valley, and when Hallie is hired to revamp the gardens on the Vos estate, she wonders if she'll finally get that smooch. But the starchy professor isnt the teenager she remembers and their polar opposite personalities clash spectacularly.
One wine-fueled girls night later, Hallie cant shake the sense that she did something recklessand then she remembers the drunken secret admirer letter she left for Julian. Oh shit.
On sabbatical from his ivy league job, Julian plans to write a novel. But having Hallie gardening right outside his window is the ultimate distraction. Shes eccentric, chronically late, often literally covered in dirtand so unbelievably beautiful, he cant focus on anything else. Until he finds an anonymous letter sent by a woman from his past.
Even as Julian wonders about this admirer, hes sucked further into Hallies orbit. Like the flowers she plants all over town, Hallie is a burst of color in Julians grayscale life. For a man who irons his socks and runs on tight schedules, her sunny chaotic energy makes zero sense. But theres something so familiar about her... and her very presence is turning his world upside down.
''Tessa Bailey is the queen of rom-coms. Long may she reign!''  Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Merry Little Meet Cute

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ID: 599812
Title: Hungry Ghosts: A Novel
Author: Kevin Jared Hosein
Narrator: Don Warrington
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:38:46
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychological

Summary:
LONGLISTED FOR THE SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the attention away. Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page.  Hilary Mantel
From an unforgettable new voice in Caribbean literature, a sweeping story of two families colliding in 1940s Trinidadand a chilling mystery that shows how interconnected their lives truly are 
Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farms shadow. Down below is the Barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the SaroopsHans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three born of the barracks. Theirs are hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty, devotion to faith, and a battle against nature and a social structure designed to keep them where they are.
But when Dalton goes missing and Marlees safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as a watchman. As the mystery of Daltons disappearance unfolds, the lives of the wealthy couple and those who live in the barracks below become insidiously entwined, their community changed forever and in shocking ways.
A searing and singular novel of religion, class, family, and historical violence, and rooted in Trinidads wild pastoral landscape and inspired by oral storytelling traditions, Hungry Ghosts is deeply resonant of its time and place while evoking the roots and ripple effects of generational trauma and linked histories; the lingering resentments, sacrifices, and longings that alter destinies; and the consequences of powerlessness. Lyrically told and rendered with harrowing beauty, Hungry Ghosts is a stunning piece of storytelling and an affecting mystery, from a blazingly talented writer.  

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ID: 592441
Title: Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages
Author: Carmela Ciuraru
Narrator: Erin Bennett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:54:04
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Literary, Social Science, History & Culture

Summary:
''The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores in Lives of the Wives provide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real people whose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about.''Francine Prose, author of The Vixen
A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marriages of five writers, illuminating the creative process as well as the role of money, power, and fame in these complex and fascinating relationships.
''With an ego the size of a small nation, the literary lion is powerful on the page, but a helpless kitten in daily lifedependent on his wife to fold an umbrella, answer the phone, or lick a stamp.''
The history of wives is largely one of silence, resilience, and forbearance. Toss in celebrity, male privilege, ruthless ambition, narcissism, misogyny, infidelity, alcoholism, and a mood disorder or two, and it's easy to understand why the marriages of so many famous writers have been stormy, short-lived, and mutually destructive. ''It's been my experience,'' as the critic and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick once wrote, ''that nobody holds a man's brutality to his wife against him.'' Literary wives are a unique breed, requiring a particular kind of fortitude.
Author Carmela Ciuraru shares the stories of five literary marriages, exposing the misery behind closed doors. The legendary British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan encouraged his American wife, Elaine Dundy, to write, then watched in a jealous rage as she became a bestselling author and critical success. In the early years of their marriage, Roald Dahl enjoyed basking in the glow of his glamorous movie star wife, Patricia Neal, until he detested her for being the breadwinner, and being more famous than he was. Elizabeth Jane Howard had to divorce Kingsley Amis to escape his suffocating needs and devote herself to her own writing. (''I really couldn't write very much when I was married to him,'' she once recalled, ''because I had a very large household to keep up and Kingsley wasn't one to boil an egg, if you know what I mean.'') Surprisingly, the most traditional partnership in Lives of the Wives is a lesbian couple, Una Troubridge and Radclyffe Hall, both of whom were socially and politically conservative and unapologetic snobs.
As this erudite and entertaining work shows, each marriage is a unique story, filled with struggles and triumphs and the negotiation of power. The Italian novelists Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia were never sexually compatible, and it was Morante who often behaved abusively toward her cool, detached husband, even as he unwaveringly admired his wife's talents and championed her work.

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ID: 591613
Title: Pete the Cat and the Easter Basket Bandit
Author: James Dean, Kimberly Dean
Narrator: James Fouhey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:07:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-07-23
Publisher: HarperFestival
Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Holidays

Summary:
Pete and his friends hunt for his missing Easter basket in this storybookcomplete with a fold-out poster, stickers, and cards perfect for Easter celebrations!
Its Easter morning, and Pete's Easter basket is nowhere to be found! Who couldve taken it?
Readers will love helping Pete and his friends find the Easter Basket Bandit and learn that sharing is the sweetest gift of all! 
Pete the Cat and the Easter Basket Bandit is a must-have gift for Easter baskets!

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ID: 737730
Title: Warrior of Legend
Author: Kendare Blake
Narrator: Shayna Small
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-24
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Tough Topics

Summary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns to the world of the Aristene in this epic fantasy novel as a young member of the order faces down old loves and old foes. A must-read for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Shelby Mahurin.
The cost was steep, but Reed is officially an Aristene.
And not just any Aristene, but a Glorious Death, guiding only those heroes whose glory costs them their lives. It is a heavy burden, but to forget the prince she left behind, Reed throws herself into it, harvesting heroes at what some say is a reckless pace.
So when Lyonene is summoned to guide a princess to a glorious marriage, Reed sees an opportunitya hero who isnt fated to dieand they secretly arrange for Reed to go in her place. But instead of an easy mission, she arrives to find chaos: an old enemy is rising to threaten the Aristene, and one of the princesss suitors is Hestion, whom Reed still loves, and who may yet love her.
Reed has already given everything to the order. As oaths are broken and lives are lost, what more must she give to save her sisters, and herself?

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ID: 632482
Title: January 6 Report
Author: The January 6th Committee
Narrator: Ari Melber, Joe Knezevich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19:28:27
Language: English
Release date: 01-31-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: History, North America, American Politics

Summary:
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller
The official report and findings of the bipartisan Congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trumps related coup conspiracies to overthrow the election, with an original foreword by attorney and Emmy-winning MSNBC anchor Ari Melber.
This edition includes an exclusive breakdown of the coup conspiracy, based on Melbers reporting and real-time coverage, highlighting the multi-pronged plot against democracy. Only the authoritative House committee report can capture the full range of plots that have been exposed over time, from the violent attack on January 6 to related efforts revealed months after the insurrection. 
This definitive edition features: 
 New independent analysis of the coup conspiracy by MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber
 The historic, official text of the House Committee report on the insurrection, including the full Executive Summary with endnotes and all chapter endnotes. 
 The definitive accounting of Donald Trumps efforts to end American democracy  
This is the only edition of the report featuring an additional, original analysis of the coup by a journalist and lawyer at the center of the action -- Melber has interviewed top members of this Committee, Jan. 6 rally planners and other cooperating witnesses, and Trump White House veterans ranging from Steve Bannon to Peter Navarro (now indicted for defying this probe). His report documents how Trumps plots comprise a continuous coup conspiracy -- not a riot that exploded in a single day -- and why that factual prism is vital for accountability, justice, and preventing the next coup attempt.
In chilling detail, he shows how that process might have engineered a technical effort to override the election on the floor of Congressan essential map, and warning, for those who wish to protect democracy. If warnings are ignored and there is no accountability for the plotters at the top, a failed coup may become a training exercise.
This report is not only a vital document in modern American history, it can also inform efforts to protect the future of American democracy. As a matter of justice, bipartisanship, and even patriotism, this report will become essential reading for any American determined to defend our democracy.

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ID: 614331
Title: Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth
Author: Pamela Anderson
Narrator: Pamela Anderson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:28:26
Language: English
Release date: 01-31-23
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, Women

Summary:
In this honest, layered and unforgettable book that alternates between storytelling and her own poetry, Pamela Anderson breaks the mold of the celebrity memoir while taking back the tale that has been crafted about her.
Her blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands of a football game, she was immediately rocket launched into fame, becoming Playboys favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sexuality. But what happens when you lose grip on your own lifeand the image the notoriety machine creates for you is not who you really are?
Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unprepared parents, Pamela Andersons childhood was not easy, but it allowed her to create her own worldsurrounded by nature and imaginary friends. When she overcame her deep shyness and grew into herself, she fell into a life on the cover of magazines, the beaches of Malibu, the sets of movies and talk shows, the arms of rockstars, the coveted scene at the Playboy Mansion. And as her star rose, she found herself tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on capturing a celebritys most intimate, and sometimes weakest moments. This is when Pamela Anderson lost control of her own narrative, hurt by the media and fearful of the publics perception of who she wasand who she wasnt.
Fighting back with a sense of grace, fueled by a love of art and literature, and driven by a devotion to her children and the causes she cares about most, Pamela Anderson has now gone back to the island where she grew up, after a memorable run starring as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway, reclaiming her free spirit but also standing firm as a strong, creative, confident woman. 
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