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Title: Mooncussers
Author: Eli Brown
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 07-01-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:
With the help of magical Oddities, like a Pistol that never misses, Clover and her friends face a new danger, the ravenous Underking, in this riveting sequel to Oddity. Despite Clover's victory over the destructive Seamstress, war continues to rage between the fledgling Unified States and Napoléon Bonaparte. Clover and Nessa, former snake-oil salesgirl, join the Women's Service League expecting to dole out soup and socks to invalids and orphans. Instead, under the direction of the wealthy and mysterious Miss Yamada, they're tasked with rooting out the last of the pestilential Vermin--vicious creatures animated by magic, such as squirrel skins stuffed with nails, who have been terrorizing the countryside. But when the group is attacked by a new kind of monster--a sharp-toothed harehound with bloodshot eyes--they discover a much greater threat lurks: the grotesque Underking and his army of twisted creatures. With the help of a Paper-Doll Witch, an elegantly dressed skeleton, a girl bearing a Quilt with threatening properties, and Susanna the bad-tempered Doll, Clover and Nessa must defeat the Underking before he conquers the whole land. This follow-up to Oddity is a wildly imaginative and engrossing dark fantasy set in an alternate American past.

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Title: Far from Home
Author: Danielle Steel
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:
A thoughtful new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers.

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Title: King's Messenger
Author: Susanna Kearsley
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:
'I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!'—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author Susanna Kearsley explores romance, court alliances, and the limits of one's duty in this rich story of an ordinary man in service to a treacherous king, and the mission that brings him to love and his true calling. In 1613, King James sends his messenger Andrew Logan to Scotland to arrest his late son's close advisor Sir David Moray. Accompanied by his aloof neighbor Phoebe Westaway, Andrew slowly untangles the real point of his mission—to frame Sir David for Prince Henry's death. But Andrew is unwilling to bring an innocent man into a treacherous betrayal. Andrew's feisty and lovely neighbor Phoebe Westaway has always been stand-offish to Andrew, having heard malicious gossip against him. But as they journey to Scotland and back, Phoebe has the opportunity to see Andrew for the honorable and loyal man that he is, and her change of heart may open new possibilities for them once their mission is complete. More praise for Susanna Kearsley: 'Susanna Kearsley just keeps getting better and better!' —Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author 'Kearsley blends history, romance and a bit of the supernatural into a glittering, bewitching tale.' —Kirkus for The Firebird 'A captivating tale... Rich characterizations and vivid historical flavor will keep readers enthralled.' —Library Journal for Bellewether

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Title: Destiny's Way
Author: Jack Campbell
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera

Summary:
Lieutenant Selene Genji is hurled into the past to try and save a world that doesn't want her in this action-packed adventure from New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell. Earth was destroyed on June 12, 2180. Lieutenant Selene Genji watched it happen. And only she can prevent it. Thrown forty years into the past, into a time before the Universal War began, Genji can only guess what to do to change the events that led to the death of all humanity. She has no way of knowing the long-term impacts of her actions and can only depend on her instincts. But many of the people Genji's trying to save want her dead. Her creation was an experiment: a fusing of human and alien DNA. To them, she's a monster who can't be trusted, a tool of the aliens who have just made first contact. Fortunately, she has an unshakable ally in Lieutenant Kayl Owen, who has risked everything to help her mission. Declared a traitor to humanity by Earth Guard, Owen is determined to help Genji save the Earth. Even if he dies trying.

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Title: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Author: Nicholas Carr
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:00:00
Language: Tagalog
Release date: 01-28-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Business & Economics, Marketing & Advertising, Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Psychology, Language Instruction, Language Arts, Technology & Engineering

Summary:
Coming soon

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Title: Onyx Storm: The Empyrean Book 3
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-21-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:
Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

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Title: Proxy War
Author: David Bruns
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-21-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, War & Military

Summary:
In the upcoming global showdown, the U.S. confronts a new enemy on the battlefield: Artificial Intelligence. In the heart of Central Asia, a strategic power play unfolds as the People’s Republic of China extends its military might. Under the pretext of protecting their Belt-and-Road projects, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) gains a stronghold in the region. Against this invasion, a courageous band of freedom fighters is the only challenge to the PLA forces. On this geopolitical chessboard, the newly-elected U.S. President wants to make a bold statement against Chinese expansionism. Don Riley, recently appointed CIA Director of Operations, is chosen to spearhead the critical mission. Don launches a clandestine CIA operation to aid the freedom fighters, but as the losses pile up, he realizes they are fighting a new enemy. The PLA harbors a secret weapon – Foresight, a quantum-powered battlefield AI. This advanced system anticipates and counters the resistance's moves with chilling precision, pushing Don to the edge. With each passing day, as Foresight's surveillance net widens, the window for effective resistance narrows. Don and his team put everything on the line. As the resistance draws the PLA into a decisive final battle, he launches a covert team. Their mission: neutralize Foresight. Proxy War, the thrilling finale of the acclaimed Command and Control series by ex-submarine officer David Bruns and former naval intelligence officer J.R. Olson, is a high-octane military adventure. A must-read for aficionados of Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney.

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Title: Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
Author: Agnes Callard
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:45:00
Language: Tagalog
Release date: 01-14-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:
Coming soon

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Title: Remember When
Author: Mary Balogh
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:
Discover the beauty of second chances at love and life in this heartfelt new novel from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. The Dowager Countess of Stratton, Clarissa Ware, née Greenfield, has just presented her younger daughter to the ton, and the rest of her life belongs only to herself. She returns to Ravenswood, intending to spend the summer alone there. But the summer has other plans for her. Born a gentleman, Matthew Taylor has chosen to spend his life as the village carpenter. Growing up, he and Clarissa were close--dangerously so, considering his family's modest fortune. As a young man, he never would have been a suitable match for the daughter of the wealthy Greenfields. Clarissa married Caleb Ware, the Earl of Stratton, so Matthew married another, though he was widowed soon after. Now everything is different--Clarissa has already lived the life expected of her by society. And Matthew is as attractive and intriguing as he was when they were young. As their summer friendship deepens into romance, they stand together on the precipice of change--essentially the same man and woman they remember being back then, but with renewed passion and the potential to take their lives in an entirely new direction.

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Title: Never Say Never
Author: Danielle Steel
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-07-2025
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Summary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel's deeply moving novel is the story of a woman whose life is turned upside down while living temporarily in the French countryside. Oona Kelly Webster has much to be grateful for... A striking woman with red hair and green eyes, she has a loving family and a job she adores, editing a prestigious line of books. To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, she and her husband Charles have planned a visit to France. But then Charles drops a bombshell. He has been living a lie—hiding an affair for a year—and he is leaving Oona for a younger male lover. Although devastated, Oona decides to travel to France without Charles. She arrives in a charming village an hour outside of Paris, and settles into the house she has rented, called La Belle Florence—named after the king's mistress for whom it was built. But just as she's catching her breath, she's dealt another blow: her company's merger will eliminate her job. In the space of a few months, everything she nurtured for decades has slipped through her fingers. The only silver lining is that she can remain in France, where the simple life in beautiful surroundings slowly begins to heal her—as does the little white dog she rescues, and a friendly neighbor hailing from Trinidad, who delights her with his openness and warmth. Though she did not at first recognize him, her neighbor, she soon realizes, is a well-known actor. As their feelings begin to deepen, Oona wrestles with the risks of opening her heart again—especially with a younger, very famous man. Never Say Never is an inspiring novel about a woman who finds a second chance at happiness and love, all because she understands the importance of being brave enough to stay open to change.

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Title: Enlightenment: An Idea and Its History
Author: J. C. D. Clark
Narrator: Mike Cooper
Format: Unabridged
Length: 23:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-17-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: History, World

Summary:
There are many books claiming to explain the Enlightenment, but most assume that it was a thing. J. C. D. Clark shows what it actually was, namely a historiographical concept. The Enlightenment: An Idea and Its History provides a critical historical analysis of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland, France, Germany, and the United States from c. 1650 to the present. It argues that the degree of commonality between social and intellectual movements in each—and, more broadly, between the five societies—has been overstated for polemical purposes. Clark shows that the concept of 'the Enlightenment' was not widely adopted in those societies until the mid-twentieth century; indeed, that it was unknown in the eighteenth. Without the concept, people at the time were unable to act in ways that would have created the Enlightenment as a coherent movement. Since the conventional account has held that the Enlightenment was a phenomenon, the idea could be used as a component of what has been called a 'civil religion': a summing up of the myths of origin, aims, and essential values of a society from which dissent is not permitted. An appreciation that it was instead a historiographical concept undermines, in turn, the idea that there was any great transition to what came to be called 'modernity'.

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Title: Thraldom: A History of Slavery in the Viking Age
Author: Stefan Brink
Narrator: Tim Fannon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-17-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Europe, Social Science

Summary:
Nordic slavery is an elusive phenomenon, with few similarities to the systematic exploitation of slaves in households, mines, and amphitheaters in the ancient Mediterranean or the widespread slavery at American plantations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Scandinavians in the early Middle Ages lived in a society foreign to us, characterized by different and shifting social statuses. A person could be at once socially respected and unfree. It was possible to hand oneself over as a slave to someone else in exchange for protection and food. One could be sentenced temporarily to enslavement for some offense but later purchase his manumission. Young men could enter into a kind of “contract' with a king or chieftain to join his retinue, accepting his authority, patronage, and jurisdiction, while at the same time making a quick social elevation. Slavery was widespread all over Europe during the early Middle Ages and Scandinavians, as Stefan Brink illustrates in this book, became a major player in the northern slave trade. However, the Vikings were not particularly interested in taking slaves to Scandinavia; instead, their “business model” seems to have been to raid, abduct, and then sell captured people at major slave markets. Their goal was not laborers but silver. Using a wide variety of source materials, including archaeology, runes, Icelandic sagas, early law, place names, personal names, and not least etymological and semantic analyses of the terminology of slaves, Thraldom provides the most comprehensive survey of slavery in the Viking Age.

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Title: Ascendant Wars: Brimstone: A Military Sci-fi Series
Author: M.B. Vance
Narrator: Ray Porter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-10-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:
The Ascendant Humans have conquered Earth and banished mankind to a distant star. There, the refugees war in space over the resources rationed to them. In an orbital habitat, Commander Rylan Shaw labors against the inter-colony arms trafficking when an informant gives him horrific news. The ruthless cartel boss, Lilith, has stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. Worse, she has permission from the Wardens, humanity's robot overlords, to unleash them upon the system. As the battleship Infinity speeds to investigate Rylan's discovery, her operations officer, Scott Carrick, soon finds himself in a trap more deadly than he could have ever imagined. To his dismay, he learns that his only hope of escape may lie with their most junior crewmember, a gentle nurse named Aila Omura. As Rylan, Scott, and Aila struggle to survive a war where the rules keep changing, they must answer a terrible question: how do they win when it seems the Wardens intend for everyone to lose?

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Title: Chasing Eternity
Author: Alyson Noel
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 12-03-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:
The thrilling conclusion to the immersive, time-travel romance series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Immortals series.

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Title: To Kill A Badger
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Narrator: Charlotte Kane
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-26-2024
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Romance, Paranormal

Summary:
Nelle Zhao is a loner, born and bred. Her own company is plenty, and her thoughts are certainly way more interesting than the tedium of reality. But she's also fiercely loyal-to her honey badger teammates and their mission, and now to the three gorgeous big tiger shifters known as the Malone brothers. Especially Keane, who doesn't know how to accept a friendly paw. But Nelle excels at helping! And at ignoring other people's irrational demands, such as doing it all alone. Keane, poor pretty kitty, doesn't understand the kind of assistance a shit-starting honey badger like Nelle can truly offer . . . Keane knows two things-he doesn't like other people, and he is going to take down the de Medicis' human trafficking ring. Alone, as in by himself. It's safer that way. But the truth is the de Medicis are a seriously evil coalition of male lion shifters who are not only snatching innocent humans for fun and profit, but who also killed his father. And their combined power means that Keane's going to have to let long-legged, jet-setting Nelle join the fight. And getting close to Nelle is suddenly bringing out his roar . . . Contains mature themes.

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Title: HOOF BEATS: How Horses Shaped Human History
Author: William T. Taylor
Narrator: Tristan Morris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-19-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:
Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history. From the Rockies to the Himalayas, the bond between horses and humans has spanned across time and civilizations. In this archaeological journey, William T. Taylor explores how momentous events in the story of humans and horses helped create the world we live in today. Tracing the horse's origins and spread from the western Eurasian steppes to the invention of horse-drawn transportation and the explosive shift to mounted riding, Taylor offers a revolutionary new account of how horses altered the course of human history. Drawing on Indigenous perspectives, ancient DNA, and new research from Mongolia to the Great Plains and beyond, Taylor guides listeners through the major discoveries that have placed the horse at the origins of globalization, trade, biological exchange, and social inequality. Hoof Beats transforms our understanding of both horses and humanity's ancient past and asks us to consider what our relationship with horses means for the future of humanity and the world around us.

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Title: Fallacies of Racism: Understanding How Common Perceptions Uphold White Supremacy, 1st Edition
Author: Jennifer Patrice Sims
Narrator: Deanna Anthony
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-19-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:
Everyone has an opinion on racism. The vast majority of people would vehemently deny that they or those close to them are 'racist,' yet many of the most common understandings of racism are highly problematic. 'If you mean no harm, then it can't be racist.' Yes, it can. 'There are anti-discrimination laws now, so racism no longer occurs.' Incorrect. 'Some of my best friends are Black, so I can't be racist.' Not true. In this sharp, open-minded, and witty book, sociologist Jennifer Patrice Sims succinctly addresses these problematic perceptions of racism as fallacies. Building on existing academic theories and drawing on her own cross-national research, two decades of teaching, and analyses of contemporary issues, she delves into the most common and insidious fallacies about racism. In revealing them to be rooted in what scholars call an 'epistemology of ignorance,' she shows how these perceptions justify and uphold white supremacy (inadvertently or otherwise). Accessibly written and full of concrete examples, this book will be of great value to anyone who wants to understand the common misunderstandings about racism that frustrate contemporary politics, classrooms, workplaces, and dinner tables.

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Title: Sleeper Run
Author: Paul Heatley
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-12-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Political Thriller

Summary:
After being framed for the explosion that shook an entire nation, Kayla Morrow, Keith Wright, and Charlie Carter, have gone from strangers to confidants, able only to trust each other. Cornered from all angles, they make their way across the country, following up the only lead that they have available to them. But as they fight for answers and survival, people close to them are being pulled into the danger, and the three new friends may not be able to stick as close as they'd like. Meanwhile, in DC, the new president finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the organization he's dedicated his life to, and finds that it may not be everything he thought it was. So far, they're not impressed by his performance. The president understands that his neck is on the line, and he's not prepared to lie down and take it. Across the country, other players are making their way, trying to get to the bottom of what is happening, to stop what is coming. They don't realize it might already be too late. Control of America hangs in the balance. Beyond that, the world.

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Title: Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool
Author: Keith E. Whittington
Narrator: Mike Lenz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-12-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: American Politics, Global Politics

Summary:
We are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common. In today's partisan environment, it is more vital than ever that government officials, scholars, and ordinary citizens understand what an impeachment can reasonably be expected to accomplish. In this incisive and accessible book, Keith Whittington provides needed clarity on the constitutional power of impeachment. Drawing insights from American and British history, congressional practice, and the language of the Constitution itself, Whittington shows how impeachment is a tool for checking abuses of elective office and defending constitutional norms. While we have come to associate impeachment with the presidency, it can be used to remedy gross misconduct by an array of officers of the federal government. Whittington cautions against abusing this immense and consequential power to settle political scores, demonstrating how it undermines the independence of the branches and makes Congress the seat of political power. A must-listen for the informed citizen, The Impeachment Power argues that impeachment is ultimately a political instrument and gives us the perspective we need to recognize when an impeachment might be useful and when we are better served by looking for alternative ways to solve our political problems.

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Title: Radiant Sky
Author: Alan Smale
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 23:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-12-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:
Imagine for a second what would have happened if the Soviets had gotten a cosmonaut to the moon first, if Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 had been in a humiliating second place. Everything would have unfolded differently. America would never have let the Soviets win the space race. That would have been unthinkable during the Cold War, political suicide for any president. We’d have gritted our teeth and doubled down, poured billions into the Apollo program. HOT MOON is set in 1979 in this alternate world. The US and the Soviets both have permanent moon bases, orbiting space stations, and manned spy satellites supported by frequent rocket launches. Reagan is President and the Cold War is hotter than ever. The crew of Apollo 32, commanded by Vivian Carter, career astronaut, docks at NASA’s Columbia space station on their way to their main mission: exploring the volcanic Marius Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to assault the orbiting station. It’s the world’s first space battle, with 1970s technology. In a daring move, Vivian space walks through hard vacuum back to her Lunar Module and crew and escapes right before the station falls into Soviet hands. Their original mission scrubbed, Vivian and crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA lunar outpost with a crew of eighteen. But soon Hadley too will come under Soviet attack. With multiple viewpoints, shifting from American to Soviet perspective, from occupied space station to American moon base under siege, to US Air Force military response, Alan tells the gripping story of a Cold War in space that very nearly might have been.

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Title: Small, Medium, Large: How Government Made the U.S. into a Manufacturing Powerhouse, 1st Edition
Author: Colleen L. Dunlavy
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 11-03-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: Business & Economics, Business Development

Summary:
We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods—from beds to batteries to printer paper—are available in a finite number of 'standard sizes.' What makes these sizes 'standard' is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms reach such collective agreements? In exploring this question, Colleen Dunlavy puts the history of mass production and consumption in an entirely new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the US economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes—orchestrated by the federal government—that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and consumption. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less 'Fordist.' An engrossing new work of economic history, Small, Medium, Large will make scholars, students, and general audiences alike think differently about the history of mass production and consumption.

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Title: Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Author: Otto Penzler
Narrator: Graham Rowat, Jennifer Pickens
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:
The oldest mystery specialty bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers. Written exclusively for the store, the stories were given as a holiday gift to its customers as a thank you for their business, handed out or mailed between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. The prompt for the story requires three elements: that it be set at Christmastime, that it involve a crime of some kind, or the suspicion of one, and that it be set at least partially in the bookstore. And from these loose structural guidelines, diverse tales took flight. The thirteen tales included in this volume are among the finest to be produced in this annual tradition. Included herein are the ingenious 'Snowflake Time' by Laura Lippman; Lyndsay Faye's tale of vengeance 'A Midnight Clear'; the challenging brainteaser, 'A Christmas Puzzle,' by Ragnar Jónasson; 'Hester's Gift,' an impossible crime story by Tom Mead; the suspenseful 'The Christmas Party' by Jeffery Deaver; Thomas Perry's hilarious comedy of errors, 'Here We Come A-Wassailing;' and other tales appropriate for the season, collected and introduced by Otto Penzler. The result is, objectively speaking, the finest 'stocking stuffer' that a mystery fan could hope to find.

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Title: Creepy School Bus Part 1
Author: Paul Hough
Narrator: Adrian Garcia, Alysia Beltran, Chris Davenport, Christina Hendricks, Dacey Else, David Jourdan, Dawn Ursula, Devin Breaux, Eddie Mcgee, Erika Alexander, Finn Egan-Liang, James J. Johnson, Jefferson A. Russell, Joe Mallon, Julie-Ann Elliott, Katelynn Kennedy Staggs, Ken Jackson, Khaya Fraites, Mecca Rogers, Nickolette Kong, Rayner Gabriel, Renee Dorian, Richard Rohan, Ryan H. Reid, Sam Carpenter, Samantha Cooper, Sara Matsui-Colby, Tim Carlin, Todd Scofield
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:36:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Teen, Mystery & Thriller

Summary:
Chloe missed her bus home thanks to the terrible Miss Langley. Thankfully, she's able to catch the back-up bus. Unfortunately for Chloe...there is no back up bus. As more and more students go missing without explanation and the authorities are stumped, Kaitlin and her friends become entangled in this deeply unsettling mystery that goes far deeper than any of them expected.

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Title: Tree of Aeons 5: An Isekai LitRPG Adventure
Author: Spaizzzer
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:
Aeon and the Valthorns expand their reach to the neighboring worlds. They meet new people, new friends, new enemies, and encounter unusual races and creatures, and along the way, they accumulate more power, and build up their war potential. With their greater strength, it was finally time to slowly push back, and take the battle against the demons to the other realms, and also to the demon worlds. Book five of an epic reincarnation/isekai LitRPG story about a man who becomes a tree, growing and progressing throughout the ages in an eternal conflict against a demon incursion. With nearly 15 million views between Royal Road and ScribbleHub, this new and improved edition is sure to delight readers!

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Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Author: Jeff Kinney
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:45:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Comics & Graphic Novels

Summary:
Get ready for the most hilarious Wimpy Kid book yet! International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Hot Mess, the 19th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Greg Heffley is caught in the middle as the two halves of his extended family come together in a sidesplittingly relatable summer story! Collect all the books in the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (#1) | Rodrick Rules (#2) | The Last Straw (#3) | Dog Days (#4) | The Ugly Truth (#5) | Cabin Fever (#6) | The Third Wheel (#7) | Hard Luck (#8) | The Long Haul (#9) | Old School (#10) | Double Down (#11) | The Getaway (#12) | The Meltdown (#13) | Wrecking Ball (#14) | The Deep End (#15) | Big Shot (#16) | Diper Överlöde (#17) | No Brainer (#18) | Hot Mess (#19) See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the #1 bestselling Awesome Friendly books, told from the perspective of Greg Heffley’s best friend Rowley Jefferson: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

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Title: BloodGuard
Author: Cecy Robson
Narrator: Lucas Webley, Taylor Meskimen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-22-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:
ONE HUNDRED YEARS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GLADIATORS. AND TODAY, ONLY ONE WILL RISE … Everything in the Kingdom of Arrow is a lie. Leith of Grey thought coming to this new land and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena—vicious, bloodthirsty tournaments where only the strongest survive—would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. He thought there was nothing left to lose. He was wrong—and they took everything. His hope. His freedom. His very humanity. All Leith has left is his battle-scarred body, fueled by rage and hardened from years of fighting for the right to live another day. Then Leith meets Maeve, an elven royal who is everything he despises. Everything he should hate. Until the alluring princess offers him the one thing he needs most: a chance to win the coveted title of Bloodguard—and his freedom. But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap. Nor will his ultimate revenge …

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Title: Impending Consent
Author: K.C. Mills
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:15:00
Language: Tagalog
Release date: 10-15-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Black Literature

Summary:
Coming soon

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Title: Jewish Priorities: Sixty-Five Proposals for the Future of Our People
Author: David Hazony
Narrator: Barry Abrams
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: History, World

Summary:
Imagine having the entire Jewish people over for dinner—and hosting a raucous, creative, riveting debate about their collective future. Jewish Priorities offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, ambitious, and genuinely 'pan-Jewish' conversation. Encompassing more than sixty top authors from around the Jewish world—Israelis and Diaspora writers; younger influencers and veteran opinion leaders; rabbinic and communal leaders, journalists and scholars, and literary and cultural figures, ranging from secular to ultra-Orthodox—each contributor offers a different priority for the Jewish people. These essays are all original and come from some of our greatest luminaries—thought leaders like Natan Sharansky, Dara Horn, Yossi Klein Halevi, Ruth Wisse, Shaul Magid, David Wolpe, Fania Oz-Salzberger, and many more. Their topics vary widely, from Zionism and antisemitism to education and philanthropy; from the Holocaust to Jewish intimacy; from the quest for God to the failure of Jewish institutions, to the best way to study the Torah in an age of viral videos. Jewish Priorities offers an unprecedented snapshot of the cultural, political, and religious currents driving an entire generation of Jews—but also the deepest aspirations and dreams of this beautiful, unique people at a pivotal moment in our history.

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Title: How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management (series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Author: Pliny
Narrator: Graham Mack, James Cameron Stewart
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Business & Economics, History, Ancient Civilizations, Accounting & Finance

Summary:
Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Roman economy was dominated by agriculture, but it was surprisingly modern in many ways: the Romans had companies with CEOs, shareholders, and detailed contracts regulated by meticulous laws; systems of banking and taxation; and a wide range of occupations, from merchant and doctor to architect and teacher. The Romans also enjoyed a relatively open society, where some could start from the bottom, work, invest, and grow rich. How to Make Money gathers a wide variety of ancient writings that show how Romans thought about, made, invested, spent, lost, and gave away money. The Roman elite idealized farming and service to the state but treated many other occupations with suspicion or contempt, from money lending to wage labor. But whatever their attitudes, pecunia made the Roman world go round. In the Satyricon, Trimalchio brags about his wealth. Seneca accumulated a fortune—but taught that money can't buy happiness. Eumachia inherited a brick factory from her father, married well, and turned to philanthropy after she was widowed. How to Make Money also takes up some of the most troubling aspects of the Roman economy, slavery and prostitution, which the elite deemed unrespectable but often profited from.

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Title: Burning Earth: A History
Author: Sunil Amrith
Narrator: Esh Alladi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:36:43
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: History, Non-Fiction, World, Social Science

Summary:
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2024 In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Portuguese silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He explores the railroads and highways that brought humans to new terrains of battle against each other and against stubborn nature. Amrith's account of the ways in which the First and Second World Wars involved the massive mobilization not only of men, but of other natural resources from around the globe, provides an essential new way of understanding war as an irreversible reshaping of the planet. So too does this book reveal the reality of migration as consequence of environmental harm. The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates in gorgeous prose, and on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epic in which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself.

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Title: HAMAS: The Quest For Power
Author: Beverley Milton-Edwards
Narrator: Hannibal Hills
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14:45:05
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: Non-Fiction, Global Politics, Social Science

Summary:
Declared a terrorist menace yet voted into government in a free election, Hamas then used its Gaza power base to launch cross-border attacks that scorched Israel and transformed the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. How did a small Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood grow to challenge long-established rivals such as the PLO? Who supports Hamas and what is its agenda? How powerful has it become and how strong will it remain? With decades of combined experience researching and reporting from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem, and around the Middle East, Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell gained unrivaled access to Hamas. Drawing on years of frontline reporting and interviews with members of the group's founding generation and their successors who now lead it, they trace Hamas' path to the shocking attacks of 07 October 2023 and their devastating aftermath. Its critics believe Hamas must be ousted to reach a solution to the Middle East conflict. Hamas's supporters believe it is the solution. Nobody now believes it can be ignored. Based on their landmark 2010 study which has been thoroughly revised and updated, this book brings the story of Hamas up to the present and will be essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the Middle East today.

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Title: Johnny-Boy
Author: A.F. Carter
Narrator: Amy Mcfadden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:11:15
Language: English
Release date: 10-07-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:
Johnny-Boy is a killer. He lives for the thrill of the hunt, the stalking of human prey. Fittingly, he works as a hitman but always finds time for extracurricular activity on the side. When a new assignment sends him to Baxter, a depressed Rust Belt town experiencing a chaotic upheaval at the dawn of a new economic beginning, Johnny-Boy plans to keep things professional. But when he realizes that the streets are awash with drug activity, small-time mobsters, and loads of transitory laborers in town to construct a new car plant, Johnny-Boy sees an opportunity to have a little fun while he's there . . . The work of cleaning up a town of lowlifes and criminals is a never-ending slog for Delia Mariola, Chief of Detectives. But when a young teenager is found tortured to death, the stakes suddenly feel higher than ever. Delia brings detective Blanche Weber onto the case, and together they set out to discover who the killer is and what he's doing in this town. But having two female detectives lead the case seems to rub a certain segment of the locals the wrong way, especially when one of the women is a hothead, the other is a lesbian, and both have risen to the top due to their excellent and uncompromising work as detectives. As they watch the streets in an effort to catch a killer, Delia and Blanche must also watch their own backs for attacks from within.

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Title: Slow Down, Busy Bee
Author: Trevor James
Narrator: Jane Wing
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-01-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature

Summary:
Slow Down, Busy Bee is a series of short stories about mindfulness by writer, Trevor James. Utilizing a centering technique sometimes referred to as 5-4-3-2-1 (which engages the 5 senses as a way to connect with the present moment), Slow Down, Busy Bee introduces the concept of mindfulness in an accessible, fun, and engaging way. The story also introduces the always-buzzing Busy Bee, his home in a pristine wildflower meadow, and the meadow's wise old bee - who serves as Busy Bee's mindful mentor.

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Title: Fourth Law of Cultivation: A Xianxia Progression Fantasy
Author: Krazekode
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:15:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-30-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Summary:
Book 4 of an epic Xianxia Cultivation Series perfect for fans of Beware of Chicken and Cradle. The series features weak-to-strong power progression, a light scientific approach to magic, tons of alchemy, spirit beast companions, and so much more.

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Title: Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
Author: Marietje Schaake
Narrator: Lorna Bennett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:01:12
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: Politics, Science & Technology, Public Policy, Political Ideologies, Computers

Summary:
Under the cover of 'innovation,' technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens for police surveillance. Cryptocurrency has wiped out the savings of millions and threatens the stability of the global financial system. Spyware companies sell intelligence tools to anyone who can afford them. This new reality—where unregulated technology has become a forceful instrument for autocrats worldwide—is terrible news for democracies and citizens. In The Tech Coup, Marietje Schaake explains how technology companies crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments. She takes us beyond the headlines to high-stakes meetings with human rights defenders, business leaders, computer scientists, and politicians to show how technologies have gone from being heralded as utopian to undermining the pillars of our democracies. To reverse this existential power imbalance, Schaake outlines solutions to empower elected officials and citizens alike. Democratic leaders can—and must—resist the influence of corporate lobbying and reinvent themselves as dynamic, flexible guardians of our digital world. Schaake offers a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world—and a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future before it is too late.

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Title: Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow: A Missing Family, a Desperate Plan, an Unsolved Mystery
Author: Jake Anderson
Narrator: Chris Abernathy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:37:11
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:
On October 8th, 2009, Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilynn, and their six-year-old daughter Madyson, set off for a drive from their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma, to the nearby Sans Bois Mountains. They didn't return that day, or the next. A week later, their truck was found abandoned on a mountain road. Inside was their dog, malnourished but alive, the family's cell phones, wallets, and $32,000 in cash. The ensuing eight-month search was the largest in Oklahoma history, but it yielded little evidence. Online, bloggers and web sleuths put forth dozens of theories, fueled by the Jamisons' strange, trancelike behavior on a CCTV video. Some claimed the family was abducted by white supremacists or a religious cult. In 2013, there was a tragic break in the case, when deer hunters stumbled upon the skeletal remains of two adults and a child in the Smokestack Hollow area of Panola Mountain. Forensic testing confirmed the Jamisons' identities. But the mystery was only beginning. Had the Jamisons been planning to abandon their lives and raise Madyson alone in the wilderness—and if so, why? What happened to the briefcase and handgun that Sheryilynn was seen putting into the car? And why were no arrests ever made?

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Title: Repeat Room: A Novel
Author: Jesse Ball
Narrator: Erik Bloomquist
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:32:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Satire

Summary:
Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant's lived experience, to see as if through their eyes. The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel's shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception. Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.

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Title: Invisible Girl: Luna Novella
Author: C.L. Farley
Narrator: Clare Staniforth
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2:51:35
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:
Maggie survived an apocalypse of hungry shadows by becoming invisible, only to drown during a violent telepathic assault. Living on the edge of Bloemfontein, in South Africa, Maggie scavenges for scraps and grapples with the unreality, a collection of strange visions and slippery thoughts caused by the attack. When she's approached by strangers who claim she can destroy the shadow monsters, Maggie faces a dilemma: are these people real, and if so, how can she ensure they stay with her forever? The Invisible Girl is about seeing the world differently, and society's tendency to 'other' people who make them uncomfortable. Many different ideas and experiences inspired this story: life in a backwater city, victim shaming and the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and the search for community in a world that doesn't tolerate strangeness well.

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Title: We Kept Her In the Cellar: A Novel
Author: W. R. Gorman
Narrator: Ej Lavery
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8:38:53
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Paranormal

Summary:
Eunice lives her life by three simple rules: One, always refer to Cinderella as family. Two, never let Cinderella gain access to rats or mice. Three, never look upon Cinderella between the hours of twelve and three a.m. Cinderella has dark and terrifying powers. As her stepsister, Eunice is expected to care for her and keep the family's secret. For years, Eunice has faithfully done so. Her childhood flew by in a blur of nightmares, tears, and near-misses with the monster living in the cellar. But when she befriends the handsome Prince Credence and secures an invitation to the ball, Eunice is determined to break free. When her younger sister, Hortense, steps up to care for Cinderella, Eunice grabs her chance to dance the night away—until Cinderella escapes. With her eldritch powers, Cinderella attends the ball and sweeps Prince Credence off his feet, leaving behind a trail of carnage and destruction as well as a single green glass slipper. With Cinderella unleashed, Eunice must determine how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice in order to stop Cinderella.

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Title: Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy
Author: Bradley Tusk
Narrator: Kyle Tait
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6:57:28
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: Current Affairs, American Politics, Political Ideologies

Summary:
Gun Control. Abortion. From the halls of Congress, it may seem that Americans are bitterly polarized on the biggest policy issues of the day. But Americans are not as divided as we think, and polls show that most of us largely agree on even the most divisive issues. The problem lies in how we vote. Politics is more extreme because only the most extreme voters turn out in primaries. And with politicians prioritizing reelection above all else, they shun compromise, feed this extremism, and get rewarded for it. If a lot more people vote, the views of the electorate become more mainstream, and our politicians and policies will shift to the center. Mobile voting is the solution. We do just about everything on our phones, and yet we still can't use them to vote. But the technology exists, provides enhanced security over traditional paper ballots, and it could exponentially increase voter turnout. Including essays by Martin Luther King Jr. III, David Hogg, and other prominent political figures, Vote with Your Phone shows us that a solution to restoring faith in our representative democracy is right in the palm of our hands.

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Title: Speedrunning the Multiverse 4: A LitRPG Cultivation Adventure
Author: Adastra339
Narrator: Graham Halstead
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:30:26
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-2024
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:
For the God of Time, time may just be running out … Dorian’s made it out of the Auction like a bandit, but he’s still got a tough road ahead. The megalomaniacal Jez has most of the Multiverse in his grasp. Dorian’s the only thing standing in the way of him and total Multiversal domination. And there’s only one way to stop him. It’s time for Dorian to return to those past realms he’d long conquered and retrieve his Godking bodies. It’s time to Speedrun the Multiverse. Book four of this exciting LitRPG cultivation adventure about an ancient God who's reached the apex of his power progression and has decided to reincarnate multiple times to try and speedrun the Dao and reach the peak of cultivation.

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Title: Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Narrator: Bj Harrison, Kim Niemi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:20:47
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:
Anthony Horowitz selects and introduces the best mystery stories from the past year, under the auspices of the world's oldest mystery fiction specialty bookshop. From a pool of over 3,000 considered stories published last year—anything that touched on crime, mystery, and suspense, from venues as disparate as the Strand Magazine, Dark Yonder, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, and more—these are the twenty best, selected by series editor Otto Penzler and guest editor Anthony Horowitz. The tales included cover a range of styles, highlighting the diversity of subjects and forms comprising the genre we call mystery fiction. Featuring a mixture of household names, masters of the short form, and newcomers to the field, the collection offers a variety that promises something for every listener. And it's all capped off by a vintage story from the first half of the previous century, sourced directly from the rare book room at the Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest mystery fiction specialty store in the world.

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Title: Enslaved Native Americans and the Making Of Colonial South Carolina
Author: D. Andrew Johnson
Narrator: Joshua Saxon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7:28:14
Language: English
Release date: 09-16-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:
A compelling study into the history and lasting influence of enslaved Native people in early South Carolina. In 1708, the governor of South Carolina responded to a request from London to describe the population of the colony. This response included an often-overlooked segment of the population: Native Americans, who made up one-fourth of all enslaved people in the colony. Yet it was not long before these descriptions of enslaved Native people all but disappeared from the archive. In Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina, D. Andrew Johnson argues that Native people were crucial to the development of South Carolina's economy and culture. By meticulously scouring documentary sources and creating a database of over 15,000 mentions of enslaved people, Johnson uses a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to reconsider the history of South Carolina and center the enslaved Native people who were forced to live and work on its plantations. Johnson also employs spatial analysis and examines archaeological evidence to study Native slavery in a plantation context.

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Title: Anatomy of Deception: Conspiracy Theories, Distrust, and Public Health in America
Author: Sara E. Gorman
Narrator: Jennifer Walden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:14:30
Language: English
Release date: 09-03-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Science & Technology, Medicine

Summary:
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, trust in the healthcare system seems to be at an all-time low. Conspiracy theories are now mainstream, and distrust of government health agencies is common among private citizens. Yet many of those same individuals still profess trust in their doctors. What, then, is driving the general mistrust in medicine, and how can the public's faith be restored? The Anatomy of Deception investigates the cause behind this seeming uptick in distrust by tracing the unexpected connection between medical mistrust and the move toward far right ideology in the United States. Drawing on personal qualitative research and interviews, health writer and expert Sara Gorman challenges traditional concepts of medical mistrust and argues that the loss of institutional trust in American health care signals a larger breakdown in democracy as a whole. In six short chapters, Gorman advances the idea of medical mistrust not as a byproduct of personal or historical abuses but as a direct result of bias, miscommunication, and lack of access that has slowly eroded trust in the public health system over time. She argues that we can build back trust in medicine through investments in health equity as a first step towards healing the schisms present in modern American society.

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Title: Disruption?: The Senate During the Trump Era
Author: Sean M. Theriault
Narrator: Dina Pearlman, Perry Daniels
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:30:23
Language: English
Release date: 09-03-2024
Publisher: Kalorama
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, American Politics

Summary:
What happens when a tradition-bound institution encounters an iconoclastic president intent on changing how the government operates? In Disruption?, Sean M. Theriault has gathered nineteen leading authors from a range of subfields to provide a compelling understanding for if, how, and to what extent Trump disrupted the Senate. As the authors argue, Trump became trapped in the norms and rules of the Senate on some dimensions, while he became the story to which all senators needed to respond on others. This book shows how multiple facets of the Senate changed during Trump's presidency, including the legislative process, party leadership, roll-call voting, and communications. Comprehensive in its coverage of the period and embedding it in a deep historical context, this book highlights how these changes reflected back on to not only the Trump administration, but also the very legitimacy of the Senate itself.

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Title: Titans of the Twentieth Century: How They Made History and the History They Made
Author: Michael Mandelbaum
Narrator: Tom Parks
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12:10:51
Language: English
Release date: 09-02-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics

Summary:
An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao. The Titans of the Twentieth Century addresses an age-old question: what is the impact of individuals on history? The first half of the twentieth century offered political leaders enormous scope for changing the world. This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that. Individually, each chapter offers fresh and often surprising portraits of the twentieth century's titans. Collectively, the essays present a vivid and revealing portrait of a turbulent half-century that shaped the world of today.

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Title: Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy
Author: Deondra Rose
Narrator: L. Malaika Cooper
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:35:20
Language: English
Release date: 09-02-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:
From their founding, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) educated as many as 90 percent of Black college students in the United States. Although many are aware of the significance of HBCUs in expanding Black Americans' educational opportunities, much less attention has been paid to the vital role that they have played in expanding American democracy. In The Power of Black Excellence, Deondra Rose provides an authoritative history of HBCUs and the unique role they have played in shaping American democracy since 1865. Drawing on over six years of deep research, Rose brings into view the historic impact that government support for HBCUs has had on the American political landscape, arguing that they have been essential for not only empowering Black citizens but also reshaping the distribution of political power in the United States. Today, HBCUs remain extremely important, as evidenced by the outsized number of black political leaders—including Kamala Harris—who attended them. Rose stresses that policymakers promote democracy itself when they support HBCUs and their unique approach to postsecondary education, which includes a commitment to helping students develop politically empowering skills, promoting political leadership, and fostering a commitment to service.

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Title: Eastern Front: A History of the Great War 1914-1918
Author: Nick Lloyd
Narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 22:43:46
Language: English
Release date: 08-27-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: History, Military

Summary:
The first major history in fifty years of the often overlooked Eastern Front of the First World War Drawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration that pulled in Germany, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. Lloyd narrates the repeated invasions of Serbia as well as the great battles between Russian, German, and Austrian forces at Tannenberg, Komarów, Gorlice–Tarnów, and the Masurian Lakes. All along, he takes us into the strategy of the generals who decided the war's course, from the Germans Ludendorff and Hindenburg to the Austro-Hungarian chief, Conrad von Hötzendorf, to the brilliant Russian Brusilov. Perhaps the most radical aspect of the struggle in the east was that the violence was not confined to combatants. The Eastern Front witnessed calculated attacks against civilians that ripped the ethnic and religious fabric of numerous societies, paving the way for the horrors of the Holocaust. Lloyd's magisterial, definitive account of the war in the east will fundamentally alter our understanding of the cataclysmic events that reshaped Europe and the world.

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Title: Blue Graffiti
Author: Calahan Skogman
Narrator: Calahan Skogman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13:08:09
Language: English
Release date: 08-27-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age

Summary:
'An emotional and utterly romantic—in the truest sense of the word—debut.' —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story Living in the home he inherited from his mother and abandoned by his father, painter and construction worker Cash has never known anything beyond the fields of Johnston, Wisconsin—never particularly wanted to, either. Why would he when his friends are there, his work is there, his history is there? He loves Johnston. But when an emerald-eyed stranger named Rose blows into town one summer evening in his favorite local bar, everything changes. It's love at first sight. For Cash, anyway. What follows is an intimate reflection on the love, faith, and tragedy that courses through the blood of America's backbone. Cash and his closest friends find themselves vital threads in the fabric of their community, the memory of those forgotten, and partners in a new enterprise. A bluesey ode to the Beat generation for the modern era, Blue Graffiti is writer Calahan Skogman's poetic debut brimming with an essential freedom, romance, and longing for a bygone era.

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Title: BLUFF: Poems
Author: Danez Smith
Narrator: Danez Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2:28:56
Language: English
Release date: 08-20-2024
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:
Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities. This is a book of awakening out of violence, guilt, shame, and critical pessimism to wonder and imagine how we can strive toward a new existence in a world that seems to be dissolving into desolate futures. Smith brings a startling urgency to these poems, their questions demanding a new language and a deep self-scrutiny. A series of ars poetica gives way to 'anti poetica' and 'ars america' to implicate poetry's collusions with unchecked capitalism. A poem makes clear the consequences of America's acceptance of mass shootings. Another offers the history of Saint Paul's vibrant Rondo neighborhood before and after officials decided to run an interstate directly through it. Bluff is a kind of manifesto about artistic resilience, even when time and will can seem fleeting, when the places we most love—those given and made—are burning. In this soaring collection, Smith turns to honesty, hope, rage, and imagination to envision futures that seem possible.