Audible Picks July 19, 2023

You Don't Know What War Is book cover
Genre: Biography & Memoir

You Don't Know What War Is

By Yeva Skalietska, narrated by Keira Knightley
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Yeva Skalietska’s story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she’d ever known was shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion of Ukraine.

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties book cover
Genre: Finance
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Airbnb, Vrbo, and other listing services have become massively popular in recent years - why not tap into the gold mine? Whether you’re new to real estate investing or you want to add a new strategy to your growing portfolio, vacation rentals can be an extremely lucrative way to add an extra income stream - but only if you acquire and manage your properties correctly.

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Genre: Business

Do Epic Sh*t

By Ankur Warikoo, narrated by Ankur Warikoo
Tags: Business

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Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty, and brutally honest thoughts on success and failure, money and investing, self-awareness, and personal relationships have made him one of India’s top personal brands.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Mountain Man

By Keith C. Blackmore, narrated by R.C. Bray
Tags: Science Fiction

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It’s been two years since civilization ended in an unstoppable wave of chaos and blood. Now, former house painter Augustus “Gus” Berry lives a day-to-day existence of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable moment when “they” will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Daisy Jones & The Six

By Taylor Jenkins Reid, narrated by Benjamin Bratt
Tags: Literary Fiction

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"My March pick is here! It’s Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and it ROCKS. Literally. The story centers on the meteoric rise of a rock band in the '70s and its lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, whose connection is as electric as the music they make together. It’s sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll, people!

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Genre: Clean Romance

Gulf Coast Secrets (Blackbird Beach Book 2)

By Maggie Miller, narrated by Lisa Flanagan, Ryan West, Stephanie Einstein and, Nick J. Russo
Tags: Clean Romance

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Escape to the Gulf Coast of Florida with Georgia Carpenter as she gets a second chance at life, love, and happiness. With the full realization of her inheritance before her, Georgia Carpenter is overwhelmed by the generosity of her late great-aunt. What lies ahead of Georgia, however, is more work than she’s ever done in her life.

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Genre: Mystery

Murder on the Mesa

By Kristina Charles, narrated by Erin Anderson
Tags: Mystery

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Rattlesnakes, RVs, and road trips? None of these are in middle-aged Violet's vocabulary. But overnight, she's barreling across the country, leaving Chicago for a tiny, New Mexico desert town in search of the man who stole her money. Oh, and he happens to be her ex-husband. Well, almost ex.

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Celestine

By Kevin St. Jarre, narrated by Ode McGuire
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Celestine, who was a freshman in high school in 1984, time travels and returns to Goodwin, Maine, to begin her senior year in 2022. She’s only 17, while her former classmates are all nearly fifty years old. She faces the same trials that every teen girl faces, but there are many new challenges like social media, and she has to deal with survivor’s guilt, therapy, fear of a government conspiracy...

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Unleashing the Tiger (The Naked Assassin Series Book 1)

By Jerry Furnell, narrated by Suki Woodridge
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Parents murdered in a home invasion, Camilla Lee vows vengeance. But on who? Uncovering family secrets and lies, she faces depression, self-harm, bullying, and lost innocence. Can this shy vigilante remain untainted? How many lines must she cross to uncover the truth and deliver payback? The action never slows in this spicy, fast-paced thriller.

The Psychology of Evil: Understanding the Minds of Serial Killers, Psychopaths, and Sociopaths book cover
Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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The Psychology of Evil takes listeners through a riveting journey in the minds of history's most notorious figures, from serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz, to history’s psychopath and sociopath rulers such as Joseph Stalin, Caligula, Ivan the Terrible among others.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Sleeping with Beauty (Seven Ways to Sin Book 2)

By Nicole Casey, narrated by Heather Firth and Alexander Neal
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When my body rejects the sun, I find solace in the arms of seven sinfully irresistible men - my brother's best friends. As we set sail to Iceland, the tension electrifies, awakening desires long suppressed. With each stolen touch and heated kiss, the boundaries unravel. Can these seven enchanting sailors awaken Sleeping Beauty from her slumber?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Dark Sins (Platinum Security Book 3)

By Kelly Myers, narrated by Jamie Kersey
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The moment I met Ryker Flynn, my brother’s best friend, sparks ignited. Now, 10 years later, he hates me with a passion. Because I am the CIA officer responsible for sending his elite squad to certain death. When I hear I was set up as a scapegoat, I’m determined to find out the truth. But the only man I trust never wants to see me again...

Outside the Lines (Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting Mysteries Book 6) book cover
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Following a brutal attack, traumatized handwriting expert Claudia Rose accepts an invitation to lecture in the UK. Trouble follows her there when her sympathy for the suspect in an eco-terrorism plot comes between her and her romantic partner, LAPD homicide cop, Joel Jovanic, who is investigating him.

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Genre: Fantasy

Zombie Apocalypse Aftermath (The Sweeper Saga Book 1)

By J. Steven Butler, narrated by John Pirhalla
Tags: Fantasy

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When a scientist creates a cure for the plague that nearly wiped out humanity, he is imprisoned by a despot intent on using the cure for his own gain. It is up to his estranged son and a small band of rescuers to free him from imprisonment and protect the cure for the benefit of all.

Broomstick (The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 1) book cover
Genre: Fantasy
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Cadence enrolls in a special honors program at Hawthorne University that reveals an unknown world lurking beneath the surface. Fighting ghostly visions, witches, and evil, she struggles to understand and control magic, while evil threatens her friends and her newfound love.

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Genre: Mystery

The Pumpkin Seed Massacre (Ben Pecos Mysteries Book 1)

By Susan Slater, narrated by James C. Jones
Tags: Mystery

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Native American psychologist Ben Pecos has returned to the New Mexico pueblo of his birth as an intern with the Indian Health Service. Still struggling with the demons of his past, he is plunged into the nightmare rampage of a mysterious illness that is killing the residents of the pueblo, including his own grandmother.