Audible Picks January 18, 2023

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the 45 days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life - and his family’s - as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence.

My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life book cover
Genre: Finance
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As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had - vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture - and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor.

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom book cover
Genre: Business

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

By Matt Ridley, narrated by Matt Ridley
Tags: Business

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Innovation is the main event of the modern age, the reason we experience both dramatic improvements in our living standards and unsettling changes in our society. Forget short-term symptoms like Donald Trump and Brexit, it is innovation itself that explains them and that will itself shape the 21st century for good and ill.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Alien Hostiles (Solar Warden Book 2)

By Ian Douglas, narrated by Nick Sullivan
Tags: Science Fiction

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By exposing the sinister Saurians, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter and his team have more than proven themselves. Yet the war between humanity and the intergalactic aliens has only begun - now they must save themselves and all of civilization.

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Genre: Fantasy

Reincarnation Blues

By Michael Poore, narrated by Mark Bramhall
Tags: Fantasy

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Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to "get it right". Answer all the big questions. Achieve wisdom. And become one with everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Rewind

By Catherine Ryan Howard, narrated by Alana Kerr Collins
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges on-screen, kills her, and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself?

Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of it, she offered a primer on the basics of identifying human remains and a sober, compassionate understanding of its inescapable presence in our existence.

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Genre: Mystery

Lie in Wait

By Eric Rickstad, narrated by Amy Landon
Tags: Mystery

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Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present. In the remote, pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town's sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

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Genre: Mystery

The Chalk Man

By C. J. Tudor, narrated by Euan Morton
Tags: Mystery

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In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning, the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl.

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A Touch of Malice (A Nick Bracco Thriller Book 4)

By Gary Ponzo, narrated by Gary Bennett
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FBI agent Nick Bracco is rushed to Columbia to save the US President's brother from a cartel leader. Bracco recruits his mafia-connected cousin Tommy to assist with the extraction, since Tommy can navigate the underground unabated. Tommy also uses a Russian assassin who owes him a favor. The story never leaves you time to breath.

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The Magdalene Deception (The Magdalene Chronicles Book 1)

By Gary McAvoy, narrated by Will Damron
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The very foundation of Christianity is at stake in this riveting thriller set in the Vatican Secret Archives. Join Father Michael Dominic and reporter Hana Sinclair, along with valiant Swiss Guards, as they try to prevent an explosive manuscript by Mary Magdalene from falling into the wrong hands—including those in the highest ranks of the Vatican.

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Genre: Fantasy

Samurai Tales: Legend of the Great Black Bear

By Timothy McCallum, narrated by Lauren Garvin
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During a time of turmoil, a samurai goes on a quest across the land to save his younger brother from a horde of barbarians. With their land under seige, they fight to survive and go on a journey that changes both their lives. Witness the legend of the Great Black Bear!

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Country Hot (The Wilders Book 4)

By Heatherly Bell, narrated by Kimberly Austin
Tags: Steamy Romance

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The infamous Wilder Sisters and the men who love them. From reunion romance, to enemies to lovers these sisters find love and romance along the coast of Monterey Bay. A collection of the three books in the popular Wilder Sisters series: Country Gold, She's Country Strong, and A Country Wedding.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Loving Her Cowboy Enemy (Love, Faith, and Cowboys Book 1)

By Rose Verde, narrated by Lorana Hoopes
Tags: Clean Romance

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She's everything he wants. But they do not see eye to eye. Can they let God and let love?

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Nosy Neighbors

By Nina R Schluntz, narrated by Paul Stefano
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Julian is used to drama: seeing ghosts tends to do that to a person’s life. But when he falls for a man known as the neighborhood murderer–the dead help him uncover secrets no housewife could predict. Moving into a suburban, middle class, stereotypical neighborhood was never on Julian’s to do list.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Touch of Fondness (Stay in Touch Book 1)

By Joy Penny, narrated by Susan Marlowe
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Brielle Reyes may not have post-college life planned out, but she figures she'll work for her mother's home cleaning service while job hunting. It'll work out as long as she doesn't fall in love before she knows where she's going to wind up. Cantankerous if handsome comic book illustrator Archer Ward throws a wrench in those plans.