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ID: 789155
Title: Parenting in a Climate Crisis: A Handbook for Turning Fear into Action
Author: Bridget Shirvell
Narrator: Samantha Desz
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-25
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:
An urgent and useful guide for parents navigating the uncertainty of the climate crisis (their kids' and their own) that offers doable advice on how to turn the worry and fear into hope and action. 
Camp canceled because of wildfire smoke. Favorite beaches closed due to erosion. Recess held indoors due to extreme heat. Kids today are experiencing the climate crisis firsthand. So how do parents help it all make sense for them? And how can we keep our kids (and ourselves) from despair? Environmental journalist and parent Bridget Shirvell has created a handbook for parents to help them navigate these questions and more, weaving together expert advice from climate scientists, environmental activists, child psychologists, and parents across the country. She helps parents answer tough questions (how did we get here?) and raise kids who feel connected to and responsible for the natural world (it starts with nature walks and a family dog), feel motivated to make ecologically sound choices, and feel empowered to meet the challenges of the climate crisis (it starts with building resilience and problem-solving skills), and to ultimately fight for change.

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ID: 789156
Title: Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them
Author: Lydia Kang, Nate Pedersen
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-25
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: History, World, General Comedy

Summary:
A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.
The Bermuda Triangle. Personality tests. Ghost hunting. Crop circles. Mayan Doomsday. What do all these have in common? None can quite live up the rigor of actual facts or science and yet they all attract passionate supporters anyway.
 
Divided into broad sections covering the easily disproved to the wildly speculative to wishful thinking and of course hucksterism, Pseudoscience is a romp through much more than bad science—it’s a light-hearted look into why we insist on believing in things such as Big Foot, astrology, and the existence of aliens. Did you know, for example, that you can tell a person’s future by touching their butt? Rumpology. It’s a thing, but not really. Or that Stanley Kubrick made a fake moon landing film for the US government? Except he didn’t. Or that spontaneous human combustion is real? It ain’t, but it can be explained scientifically.
 
From the authors of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Pseudoscience is a wild mix of history, pop culture, and good old fashioned science--one that not just entertains, but sheds a little light on why we all love to believe in a few things we know aren't true. 

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ID: 782269
Title: Yin Yang Love Song
Author: Lauren Kung Jessen
Narrator: Erik Yang, Eunice Wong
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:30:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-25
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Contemporary, Asian American Literature

Summary:
This charming rom-com from an author whose writing is “deeply romantic, real, funny, and heartfelt” (Christina Lauren) is filled with Chinese traditions and a curse-breaking love story that will make readers of Helen Hoang, Jasmine Guillory, and Sarah Adams swoon.
Chinese herbalist Chryssy Hua Williams never actually believed in the Hua family curse. In this day and age? It seemed impossible that she—like every woman in the family—would be doomed to a terrible love life. But after Break-Up #9, Chryssy stopped laughing. Now she and her aunties run a special healing retreat center for the broken-hearted. After all, there’s nothing a proper cup of herbal tea can’t fix . . . 
Only social media is more interested in a completely different kind of tea. Specifically, Chryssy’s innocent run-in with celebrity cellist and bad boy Vin Chao that has everyone talking about his heartbreaker reputation. So he offers her a deal: they’ll fake-date, he’ll “break” her heart (and increase ticket sales), and in return, he’ll promote her business. It’s like Chryssy’s whole cursed love life has been leading up to this moment. But all it takes is one kiss—and a whole lot of unexpected chemistry—to land both of them in hot water . . .
 

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ID: 755110
Title: Wild Huntress
Author: Emily Lloyd-Jones
Narrator: Moira Quirk
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11:49:00
Language: English
Release date: 10-01-24
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:
From the bestselling author of The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition—perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig. 
Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate—all vying for the Hunt’s life-changing prize: a magical wish granted by the Otherking.
BRANWEN possesses a gift no other human has: the ability to see and slay monsters. She’s desperate to cure her mother’s sickness, and the Wild Hunt is her only option.
GWYDION is the least impressive of his magically talented family, but with his ability to control plants and his sleight of hand, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his cruel older brother from becoming a tyrant. 
PRYDERI is prince-born and monster-raised. Deep down, the royal crown doesn’t interest him—all he wants is to know where he belongs. 
A trickster, a prince, and a wild huntress—all in pursuit of the Champion’s prize. If they band together against the monstrous creatures within the woods, they have a chance to win. But nothing is guaranteed. After all, all are fair game in love and the Hunt.
Set in the same world as The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods but with a whole new, unforgettable cast of characters—The Wild Huntress will have readers hooked from the very first page.

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ID: 580867
Title: Despicable
Author: Timothy Bryan
Narrator: Jonathan Waters
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:37:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Paranormal

Summary:
Kalisa Kinigi survived genocide as a child. Now, she struggles to make a life in Middle America, trying to overcome the emotional wounds of those unimaginably evil times.
But something from that distant place has awakened, finding its way back into Kalisa's life and destroying everything she has tried to accomplish. A vicious creature lives on the edge of her everyday world, leaving shattered victims in its rampaging path as it comes ever closer to her broken family.
To defeat this menace, Kalisa must try to unify her fractured relations, hoping that modern bonds of blood will be enough to overcome a wicked terror from her unsettled past.

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ID: 581301
Title: Italy: A Concise Guide to a Selection of Historic Factors
Author: Kelly Mass
Narrator: Doug Greene
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:28:26
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: History, Religion & Spirituality, Europe, Christianity

Summary:
This valuable deal contains multiple titles in one book. The topics are the following:
Florence: Florence was a major center of middle ages European trade and banking, and also one of the most affluent cities in the world at the time. A lot of academics believe it was the beginning of the Renaissance, and it has been called 'the Athens of the Middle Ages.' Renaissance painters and sculptures alike have their legacy in this city.
Naples: Naples, established by Greeks in the first millennium BC, is just one of the world's oldest constantly occupied cities. Naples has a long history, all the way dating back to Roman times, the outbreak of the Vesuvius, and much more. Lets learn more about this fascinating citys history.
St. Catherine of Siena: Catherine of Siena (who lived from March 25, in 1347 to April 29th, in the year 1380), a Dominican laywoman, was a mystic, activist, and writer who impacted Italian literature and the Catholic Church significantly. She was canonized in 1461 and is a Medical professional of the Church. She was born and raised in Siena and, regardless of her parents' desires, desired dedicate her life to God from an early age.
The Vatican: What comes to mind when you say the words Vatican City? The Pope? Big cathedrals or underground catacombs with the corpses of buried saints from the past? Crowds of people with candles? Or a choir of young men in a certain attire? The Vatican is a landlocked, independent city state and enclave in Rome, Italy.
Venetian Empire: When we think of Venice, we think of masks, canals, murals and frescoes, and little gondoliers with picturesque boats. Venice, indeed, has an impressive artistic history. But did you know that Venice was also, for a while, a considerably sized empire? The creation of the Venetian republic is said to have accompanied the starting of the church of St. James at the exact same time.

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ID: 581316
Title: My Kind of Love
Author: Jill Sanders
Narrator: Laurie West
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:43:41
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Military

Summary:
Carrie was broken-hearted when Joshua, left town after a messy breakup. Two years have passed, and shes done waiting around for him. Finally moving on, she has her eyes on a new-comer to Pride, but just when things are starting to heat up, Josh strolls back into town. No longer a boy, but the man of all her fantasies. She knows she must play it cool or risk losing her heart again.
Josh left Pride to try and find himself, but after two years of searching the world and himself, he returned back home a little wiser and with a new mission. Seeing Carrie again had been a shock to his system but watching her hang on the arm of another man had been an even bigger shock. Now his only goal in life was earning the trust of the woman hed always loved and trying to win her back, at any costs.

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ID: 581255
Title: Island Escape
Author: Elana Johnson
Narrator: Teri Clark Linden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:51:09
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Clean & Wholesome

Summary:
Riley Randall has spent eight years smiling at new brides, being excited for her friends as they find Mr. Right, and dating by a strict set of rules that she never breaks. But she might have to consider bending those rules ever so slightly if she wants an escape from the island...
When thirty-five-year-old Riley finds a watch on an airplane, she manages to track down the owneran Evan Garfield, lead singer for Georgia Panic, the #1 rock band in the country. Maybe even the world. Riley retreats, because Evan's not a permanent resident of Getaway Bay (that's rule #1), and there's no way a superstar like him would be interested in a nobody like her.
Oh, but Evanisinterested, and he manages to find Riley even after she flees the coffee shop where she met him to return the watch. He desperately needs an escape from his high-pressure life as a celebrity, and he loves the way she treats him like a normal man. As they start a romance on the island, Evan only wants to be with Riley, and she has to admit that she's glad she bent her dating rules just a little bit...
But his agent needs him in LA. The band has some hard-nosed negotiating to do with their record label. New proposals are made for Evan to become a solo artist. Through the whirlwind of who he is and what he does for a living, Riley is left behind.
Will he be able to navigate the potholes of his career and keep Riley in his life? Or will she be forever destined to watch others find their happily-ever-afterand watch Evan escape the island without her?

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ID: 587910
Title: NFT: Comprehensive Guide on How to Make Money with NFT and Ethereum.
Author: Ben Stephen
Narrator: Dane Mills, Sean Leyden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:10:39
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Business & Economics, Accounting & Finance

Summary:
'If you are an artist and still don't use NFT (Non-Fungible Token), you are potentially missing millions of dollars.'- Olawale Daniel
Are you a collections enthusiast? Do you like digital assets and spending time playing video games in your spare time? This book is for you. Non-Fungible Tokens have taken the world by storm, and this book is your informative guide on how to get in the game. In this book, you will learn everything there is to know about NFTs and their many uses. It will also help you:
- Explore the history of NFTs.
- Learn about blockchain technology.
- Get to know how smart contracts work and their benefits.
- Discover why NFTs are the future of blockchain technologies.
- Get to know how NFTs can be used in various industries.
- Learn about the relevant players in the NFT ecosystem.
- And a lot more.
In this book, you will also discover the different types of NFTs that currently exist and where they are best used. While a lot of information about NFTs is shared on the Internet, many of them lack concise information. You will find this guide useful as it will give you all the information needed to get started with NFTs. Stop missing out on opportunities by being out-to-date! Click the buy now button to claim your copy of this book!

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ID: 581469
Title: Two Time Loser
Author: Kristi Rose
Narrator: Jennifer Stoneking
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:21:26
Language: English
Release date: 03-15-22
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:
A fake fiancée. An alive deceased husband. Samanthas life just got more complicated.
When Stella MacInerney asks Samantha to be her maid of honor, she's surprised. The woman has enough stepdaughters from her three previous marriages to ask one of them. Why didnt she? Then Leo asks Samantha to be his plus one to the wedding,as his fake fiancée. Whats up with that? So when Stella is kidnapped the eve of her wedding its up to Samantha to get to the bottom of these mysteries. Samantha vows three things:
1. Find Stellas kidnappers and make them pay. She cant wait to use her highest voltage stun gun on this bad guy.
2. Discover why Leo needs a fake fiancée? Who knew he had a past with the wedding planner? And when asked, he clams up.
3. Track down a key eyewitness in Stellas disappearance who is a dead ringer for Carson. Could her dead husband really be alive?
When Stellas ransomed for three million dollars, Samantha has twenty-four hours to find her alive. All while pretending to be engaged to Leo to keep the smiling devil of a wedding planner at bay, never mind Samantha's facing her own matrimonial past. Samantha doesnt know how shell feel if the witness turns out to be Carson. But she might just have to use her highest voltage stun gun on him, too. Unless her fake fiancée does it first.
Warning:May cause spontaneous laughter. This mystery offers witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends with, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers.

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