Audible Picks September 20, 2023

Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact book cover
Genre: Business
Tags: Business

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In every organization there are Impact Players - those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new opportunities. Whether they are on center stage or behind the scenes, managers know who these top players are, understand their worth, and want more of them on their team.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays

By Bassey Ikpi, narrated by Bassey Ikpi
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying, Bassey Ikpi explores her life - as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist - through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety.

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Genre: Finance

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

By Michael Lewis, narrated by Dylan Baker
Tags: Finance

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Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Shadowborne (The Relics of Antiquity Book 1)

By Matthew Callahan, narrated by Eric Michael Summerer
Tags: Science Fiction

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The Shadowborne had always fascinated Will. His grandfather's stories told of mythical warriors wielding dark, ancient magic, defending justice, and battling dragons. But that's all they were, bedtime stories...until the Shadows embraced Will himself.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Hammer of the Dogs

By Jarret Keene, narrated by Jarret Keene
Tags: Science Fiction

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Set in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, Hammer of the Dogs is a literary dystopian adventure filled with high-octane fun starring twenty-one-year-old Lash. A postapocalyptic adventure in Las Vegas for listeners of all ages.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Same Time Next Summer

By Annabel Monaghan, narrated by Dan Bittner and Brittany Pressley
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Undomestic Goddess

By Sophie Kinsella, narrated by Katherine Kellgren
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She's made a mistake so huge, it'll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she's mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as a housekeeper.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Every Breath

By Nicholas Sparks, narrated by Sean Cameron Michael
Tags: Clean Romance

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Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At 36, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to spend a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Den of Vipers

By K.A. Knight, narrated by Cornell Collins and Hollie Jackson
Tags: Steamy Romance

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Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me.

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Genre: True Crime
Tags: True Crime

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Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected lifeline: a job at the Medical Examiner’s Office in New York City. The second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan, she was the first to last more than three months. The work was gritty, demanding, morbid, and sometimes dangerous—she loved it.

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Can You See Me Now?

By Trisha Sakhlecha, narrated by Avita Jay and Aysha Kala
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From Trisha Sakhlecha, Can You See Me Now? is a gripping psychological suspense thriller about a young Indian woman, now a government minister, whose past secrets are about to reverberate into the present and shatter her life. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Erin Kelly.

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Genre: Mystery

Death in Avignon

By Serena Kent, narrated by Antonia Beamish
Tags: Mystery

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Set amidst the gorgeous backdrop of Provence, Serena Kent’s second book in the deliciously entertaining Penelope Kite series finds the amateur sleuth romantically linked with the mayor of St. Merlot and dashing to solve the murder of an expat artist - perfect for fans of Peter Mayle and Agatha Christie.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Diary of an Artist in Love

By The Muse Frequency, narrated by The Muse Frequency
Tags: Clean Romance

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"Diary of an Artist in Love" is a collection of prose poetry and music designed to create a meditative state through the intimate experience of being told a story of love for an audience of one. Best listened to with headphones on and eyes closed.

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Immortal Legacy

By Jonathan Yanez, narrated by Tim Paige
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A past written in blood. A future in question. Time corrodes truth. Over the centuries fact turns to myth. This is no truer than in a small county where stories surrounding Wakan Canyon have pushed their way to the surface. The death of a young girl triggers reporter Marshall Montgomery. The events surrounding her demise hit too close to home. But how far does the rabbit hole really go?

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Wraith's Heart

By Donna Steele, narrated by Joshua Michael Gibson
Tags: Steamy Romance

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When Gail Duncan finds herself back in her hometown with no memory and, unfortunately, dead, she’s a little confused and definitely pissed off. She decides to stay close to Ryan Davis, the hunky detective investigating her murder, and the only one that doesn’t shy away from her presence. She’s here and she doesn’t see a way out so Gail might as well try to help out on the case.

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Genre: Fantasy

The Girl (Guardians Book 1)

By Lola StVil, narrated by Jennifer O'Donnell
Tags: Fantasy

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Emmy's life is lackluster and nothing exciting ever happens. That is until she came out of class to find bullets flying overhead and Demons on her heels. She meets the team of Angels sent to help and she falls in love with the leader. Now, the only thing they want is to be together. And the only way humanity can survive is to keep them apart!

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Genre: Mystery

The Alewives (The Alewives of Colmar Book 1)

By Elizabeth R. Andersen, narrated by Ella Lynch
Tags: Mystery

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Colmar, 1353 CE - The Black Death is still a recent memory when Gritta, Appel, and Efi decide to brew ale to earn some extra coin. But when women in their town begin to turn up murdered, a little crime-solving is also on tap. Winner of an Indie BRAG medallion and 5 stars from Reader's Favorite, this cozy medieval mystery is a playful romp through a dark time.

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Genre: Fantasy

Dragons of Introvertia

By James & Bit Barringer, narrated by Chris Jackman
Tags: Fantasy

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Sick of bleak, dystopian fiction? Come along on a hopeful and optimistic adventure full of action, magic, and dragons - all set in a kingdom full of introverts! When hundreds of stolen dragons go missing, a quiet Ranger and a brilliant blabbermouth must work together to save them and stop a war...without annoying each other to death first!