Audible Picks February 14, 2024

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

In Pieces

By Sally Field, narrated by Sally Field
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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One of the most celebrated, beloved, and enduring actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV role at the age of 17.

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Genre: Finance

Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity

By James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. Lee, Twani H. Ferrarini and, Joseph P. Calhoun, narrated by Al Kessel
Tags: Finance

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With the global economy recovering from a steep recession, and with that recovery challenging our long-held ideas about what careers and the market can be, learning the basics of economics has never been more essential.

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Genre: Business

Turn the Ship Around!

By L. David Marquet and Stephen R. Covey - Foreword, narrated by L. David Marquet
Tags: Business

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Since Turn the Ship Around! was published in 2013, hundreds of thousands of readers have been inspired by former Navy captain David Marquet’s true story. Many have applied his insights to their own organizations, creating workplaces where everyone takes responsibility for his or her actions, where followers grow to become leaders, and where happier teams drive dramatically better results.

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Genre: Science Fiction

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse Book 1)

By Dennis E. Taylor, narrated by Ray Porter
Tags: Science Fiction

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There's a reason We Are Legion (We Are Bob) was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list is spending his newfound windfall.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Alien Instinct (The Alien Series Book 1)

By Tracy Lauren, narrated by Noelle Bridges and Mason Lloyd
Tags: Science Fiction

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Rennek is an honor-bound male whose very existence in life is tarnished by the sins of his father. When he and his crew stumble onto a trafficking ring his immediate instinct is to rescue the females. He finds himself drawn to one of them, setting in motion a dangerous course of events propelling him towards his destiny.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The House of Eve

By Sadeqa Johnson, narrated by Sadeqa Johnson, Ariel Blake and, Nicole Lewis
Tags: Literary Fiction

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1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright.

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Genre: True Crime

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By Kate Winkler Dawson, narrated by Kate Winkler Dawson
Tags: True Crime

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Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities - beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners, and hundreds upon hundreds of books - sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least 2,000 cases in his 40-year career. Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes", Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's greatest - and first - forensic scientists...

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Genre: Mystery

Black Money

By Ross Macdonald, narrated by Grover Gardner
Tags: Mystery

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When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts.

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Genre: Mystery

Working Stiff (Mattie Winston Mysteries Book 1)

By Annelise Ryan, narrated by Jorjeana Marie
Tags: Mystery

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When Mattie Winston catches her husband Dr. David Winston receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby, she quits her job and moves out. Mattie’s best friend Izzy offers her a place to stay and suggests she’d be a natural as deputy coroner. Now, instead of taking patients’ pulses, Mattie’s weighing their hearts and livers.

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The Patriot Oath

By Lloyd Lofthouse, narrated by Virtual Voice
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The riveting 1st book in the Josh Kavanagh thriller series. He retired from the Marines a legend. If you like war-hardened heroes, action-packed fight scenes, and powerful political agendas, then you’ll love this thriller. A high-stakes black ops mission. Can he protect his country and his family without paying for his life? — 4.3 with 241 ratings.

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Enigma Tracer

By Charles Breakfield, narrated by Derek Shoales
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The clock is ticking... Can Gracie uncover the truth? Phillip Pliant is the wealthy opportunist plastics dealer and CEO of Pliant Industries. He’s also a master thief—creating a pervasive threat to the manufacturing infrastructure in the Caribbean islands markets.

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Genre: Clean Romance

November Homecoming

By Bokerah Brumley, narrated by Vickie Pierce
Tags: Clean Romance

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Rebecca returns to Yearly and hires a local contractor, sight unseen, but she doesn’t expect to come face to face with the ex she left behind... Johnny Cash Williams is the local do-it-all man. He hangs drywall and nails down roofing shingles while sporting a bushy beard and a million-dollar grin. The town isn't big enough for the two of them...

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Genre: Fantasy
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Book 1 of a series that begins as an offbeat amateur sleuth-mystery, but ends, by Book 5, in ancient, supernatural, world-ending malevolence. It's like Odd Thomas married The Lord of the Rings in Vegas on acid. It's a wild, real feeling, funny - a sweeps-you-up epic full of ghosts, psychics, unlikely romance, and murder ...

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Save Him

By William M. Hayes, narrated by Nick Gallagher
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Military scientist Rydel Scott has discovered time travel. He also believes he's received a message from God. The message: go back in time and save Jesus Christ from being crucified.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Sunlit Ruins (The Archives of the Forgotten Book 1)

By Andrea Septién, narrated by Luzma Ortiz and Martin Martinez
Tags: Fantasy

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On a family trip, cousins Ada and Miry accidentally unleash an ancient spirit. They must navigate Mexico City, guided by the Archivists, to reseal the spirit and explore their own powers, all while managing family tensions. Join their mystical adventure through Mexico's hidden magic.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Corey Effect

By Casey Dembowski, narrated by Casey Holloway
Tags: Steamy Romance

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“A poignant, hopeful look at how the past informs the present and future” (Kirkus Reviews): A decade after leaving her small town, Andi is brought home by the death of her estranged father — and encounters her first love, Corey. But rekindling their relationship means revealing long-buried secrets…

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Lucky (Love Again Series Book 4)

By Heather Grace Stewart, narrated by Gary Furlong and Parker Everly
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Is life a game of chance, or what you choose to make it? The small-town romantic comedy with lots of laughs, tears, steam, and a HEA, from the author of the Amazon bestselling romcom The Ticket.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Way It Would Become: Prequel to The Lord of Freedom

By Amena Jamali, narrated by Amena Jamali
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A love born of compassion and bound by courage... Riqeta, Princess of Zahacim, is the most powerful warrior to stalk across eastern and southern Icilia. Naman, Prince of Koroma, is known for his compassion. They are newly married, full of unrequited love, and finding evidence of evil in their world. But that evil is greater than anything they know.