Audible Picks June 29, 2022

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

A Very Punchable Face

By Colin Jost, narrated by Colin Jost
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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For every accomplishment, there is a setback. And for every absurd moment, there is an honest, emotional one. Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on television and lays bare the heart and humor of a hardworking guy - with a face you can’t help but want to punch.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Just as I Am

By Cicely Tyson, narrated by Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, & More
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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"Just as I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.”

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Genre: Finance

The 4-Hour Workweek

By Timothy Ferriss, narrated by Ray Porter
Tags: Finance

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Forget the old concepts of retirement and a deferred life plan. There is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. For living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

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Genre: Business

How Are You, Really?: Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time

By Jenna Kutcher, narrated by Jenna Kutcher
Tags: Business

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Jenna Kutcher, an accomplished businesswoman, photographer, Instagram influencer, teacher, mother, and host of the hugely successful Goal Digger podcast, explains how to live a life that goes beyond the tired ideal of "having it all." How Are You, Really? is about taking the time to fully appreciate the experience and designing a life that makes that possible.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Pale Blue Dot(s)

By Erin Mallon, narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Megan Tusing, & More
Tags: Science Fiction

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In a few years, an all-female astronaut team circumnavigates the world on the International Space Station once every 90 minutes, ready to be a formidable force in space. All protocol breaks down when a surprise group of "everyday citizens" decides to go along for the ride. What happens when these women finally ascend after spending their entire lives kept on the ground and get a bird's-eye view of their lives and planet?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Write My Name Across the Sky

By Barbara O'Neal, narrated by Joyce Bean, Nicol Zanzarella, & More
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids returns with a tale of two generations of women reconciling family secrets and past regrets.

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Genre: Clean Romance

A Lowcountry Bride

By Preslaysa Williams, narrated by Carmen Jewel Jones
Tags: Clean Romance

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Maya Jackson has long aspired to be the head designer for a well-known New York City bridal gown company. She possesses the talent; all she needs is an opportunity to exhibit her distinctive style. She has always put her career before her personal life because of a health condition, but she returns to Charleston, South Carolina. She's only been back home for a few months, so she's thrilled to get a job at the neighborhood bridal shop, but she never expected to fall in love with the owner...

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Genre: Clean Romance

An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire

By Manda Collins, narrated by Mary Jane Wells
Tags: Clean Romance

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England, 1867: Miss Caroline Hardcastle has quite the scandalous reputation as one-half of the writing team behind England's most notorious crime column. She may have lost a fiancé as a result, but she would much rather draw attention to crimes committed against marginalized groups than care about what the upper class thinks of her.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Dirty Letters

By Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, narrated by Andi Arndt, Jacob Morgan
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became best friends, sharing our deepest, darkest secrets and forming a connection I never thought could break. Until one day, it did.

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Genre: True Crime

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

By Patrick Radden Keefe, narrated by Patrick Radden Keefe
Tags: True Crime

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Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly.

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Genre: Mystery

The Murder Rule

By Dervla McTiernan, narrated by Kate Orsini, Sophie Amoss and, Michael Crouch
Tags: Mystery

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They think I’m a young idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system. They think I’m working hard to impress them. They think I’m here to save an innocent man on death row. They're wrong. I’m going to bury him.

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Genre: Mystery
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When multiple women go missing from a university campus in Iowa, the FBI sends Special Agent Gray, the rising star of the BAU, as their lead investigator. The clock is ticking. But when Interpol suddenly contacts him about a similar investigation in London, Sterling’s case is turned on its head.

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Titan: Mammon Series (Book 1)

By Robert Kroese, narrated by Jonathan Beville
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A 2021 Prometheus Award nominee! The American empire is on the verge of collapse. An entrepreneur has an idea to rescue the debt-ridden United States: to bring an asteroid into earth's orbit. Fortunes are made and America seems to have avoided an economic collapse. But when the plan to capture the asteroid goes awry, the sky will fall...

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Alien Seed: Warriors of the Oasis

By Ivy Sparks, narrated by Azalea Blau
Tags: Steamy Romance

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They won’t release me until I breed with the alien beast… After being captured by a savage alien tribe, I’m given an ultimatum. Either I let a brooding alien with an intense stare claim me, or all the warriors of the tribe will instead. Will I make it out of this trial the same person? Or will our mating transform me entirely, inside and out?

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The Ransom Drop (The Response Files Book 1)

By Rob Phayre, narrated by Ian Fisher
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Did you like Captain Phillips? You will love The Ransom Drop! Based on real events this military thriller rips you through a shady tale of negotiation and ransom delivery in one of the most dangerous places on earth. This award-winning audiobook is written by the guy who delivered some of the largest ransoms ever paid at sea.

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Genre: Fantasy

Fate Accompli (The Water Nymph Gospels Book 1)

By Keith R. Fentonmiller, narrated by Josh Brogadir
Tags: Fantasy

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A cursed hatmaker faces Olympian peril when he rescues the descendant of a mythical water nymph from a divinely-possessed Medici prince. Terry Pratchett meets Madeline Miller in this hilarious romp through Ancient Greece, the Italian Renaissance, and the heavenly realms. Now a 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist (Humor Category)!

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Genre: Fantasy

Foundra (Foundra Book 1)

By Emmanuel M Arriaga, narrated by Melissa Reizian
Tags: Fantasy

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The Huzien Empire has existed for 80 millennia but an ancient terror from another dimension has awakened. Will a young genius and a legendary immortal be able to fight back against this threat to existence? 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. 2021 Reader's Favorite Finalist for Best Sci-Fi Romance Novel.