Weekly Deals January 17, 2020

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The Wife

By Alafair Burke, narrated by Xe Sands
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When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and they married the following summer. Happily ever... ?

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Yes Please

By Amy Poehler, narrated by Amy Poehler
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Don't miss this collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers. Offering Amy's thoughts on everything from her "too safe" childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and "the biz". Yes Please is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Round House

By Louise Erdrich, narrated by Gary Farmer
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One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and 13-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed.

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Genre: Mystery

What She Knew

By Gilly Macmillan, narrated by Penelope Rawlins, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
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In a heartbeat, everything changes... Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry - until Ben vanishes. Where is Ben? The clock is ticking....

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Still Alice

By Lisa Genova, narrated by Heide Domanowski
Tags: Literary Fiction Biography & Memoir

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Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Prey

By Michael Crichton, narrated by George Wilson
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In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of micro-robots has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive. It has been programmed as a predator. It is becoming more deadly with each passing hour.

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Genre: Mystery

Arsenic in the Azaleas (Lovely Lethal Gardens Book 1)

By Dale Mayer, narrated by Vanessa Moyen
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A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery—and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot—as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Marriage Diaries

By Erika Wilde, narrated by Erika Wilde
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Even after nearly 20 years of marriage, Jillian Noble is still madly in love with her sexy-as-sin husband, Dean. But now that their two sons are grown and it's just the two of them alone again, there's something that Jillian wants from her husband. Something he's been holding back since the day they met - the dominant man he rarely lets show.

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Genre: Fantasy

Wolf's Bane (Moon Marked Book 1)

By Aimee Easterling, narrated by Piper Goodeve
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I'm Mai Fairchild - fox shifter, sister's keeper, and bane of the local werewolf pack. In a world where different is dangerous, my sister and I must pretend to be human at all costs. Too bad I just lost the job that lets me live under the radar while putting food on my sister's plate. Enter an enticing werewolf who offers to pay me if I join him on a magical hunt.

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Genre: Business

The 50th Law

By 50 Cent, narrated by 50 Cent, Robert Greene
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In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a "bible" for success in life and work, based on a single principle: fear nothing. This deeply inspirational book is perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson.

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Genre: Children

Red: A Crayon's Story

By Michael Hall, narrated by Robin Miles
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A blue crayon mistakenly labeled as "red" suffers an identity crisis in this picture book by the New York Times–bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo and It's an Orange Aardvark! Funny, insightful, and colorful, Red: A Crayon's Story, by Michael Hall, is about being true to your inner self and following your own path despite obstacles that may come your way.

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Genre: Children

Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls

By Raymond Arroyo, narrated by Raymond Arroyo
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Will Wilder didn’t mean to unlock his otherworldly gift. But that is exactly what happens when Will “borrows” a sacred relic believed to protect the town of Perilous Falls for nearly a century. Even though his intentions are good, the impulsive twelve-year-old unwittingly awakens an ancient evil endangering all of Perilous Falls.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Bird Box

By Josh Malerman, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
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Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remain, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, Malorie has long dreamed of fleeing to a safe place. The journey ahead will be terrifying. One wrong choice and they will die. And something is following them. But is it man, animal, or monster?

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NOS4A2

By Joe Hill, narrated by Kate Mulgrew
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Charles has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's unmitigated evil, Victoria, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special that Victoria can never replace.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Burying Water

By K. A. Tucker, narrated by Josh Goodman, Elizabeth Louise
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Twenty-four-year-old Jesse doesn't know how long it will be before Water gets her memory back. For her sake, Jesse hopes the answer is never. He knows that she'll stay so much safer - and happier - that way. And that's why, as hard as it is, he needs to keep his distance. Because getting too close could flood her with realities better left buried.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Elon Musk

By Ashlee Vance, narrated by Fred Sanders
Tags: Biography & Memoir Business

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Spotlighting the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius' life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.

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Genre: Business

Freakonomics

By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, narrated by Stephen J. Dubner
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of...well, everything.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

A Dirty Job

By Christopher Moore, narrated by Fisher Stevens
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married and expecting his first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence follows. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death. It's a dirty job. But, hey! Somebody's gotta do it.

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Genre: Mystery

Ghost Country

By Patrick Lee, narrated by Jeff Gurner
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For decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach. The latest device can punch a hole into the future.... What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into 70 years from now scared the hell out of her. She and her colleagues brought their discovery to the President and were met with gunfire after leaving the White House.

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Genre: True Crime
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A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer - the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War.

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Genre: True Crime
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You probably know Roxie and Velma, the good-time gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful adaptations. You might not know that Roxie, Velma, and the rest of the characters of the play were inspired by real prisoners held in "Murderess Row" in 1920s Chicago - or that the reporter who covered their trials for the Chicago Tribune went on to write the play Chicago.

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Genre: Mystery

Hello, Darkness

By Sandra Brown, narrated by Victor Slezak
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Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of tragic mistakes, Paris Gibson has led a life of virtual isolation, coming alive only at night when she hosts her popular radio show. Then one listener - who identifies himself as "Valentino" - tells Paris that the girl he loves jilted him because of Paris's on-air advice. He intends to exact revenge by killing the girl and then coming after Paris.

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Genre: Fantasy

Anansi Boys

By Neil Gaiman, narrated by Lenny Henry
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God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy’s normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn’t know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie’s life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Echo (The Player Book 3)

By Nana Malone, narrated by Sebastian York, Traci Odom
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You are a Coulter. You will be perfect. That's what Echo has been told every day of her life. As the only girl in the Coulter clan, she knows it's her job to be the glue of the family. But with the Olympics looming, the last thing she wants is to follow the rules. She wants to break free, and she knows just the guy to help her.

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Genre: Finance

Money 911: Saving and Investing

By Jean Chatzky, narrated by Jean Chatzky
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Jean Chatzky, author of numerous best-selling books and financial editor for NBC's TODAY, answers frequently asked questions about saving and investing.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harry - a dishy, delightful must-listen filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family. Leslie Carroll's books on royalty are "an irresistible combination of People Magazine and the History Channel." (Chicago Tribune)

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Tough Love

By Skye Warren, narrated by Veronica Fox
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A story about the sacrifices we make for love...I sneak out of my room every night. My father's guards don't see me. My sister doesn't see me. No one sees me except him. He's the son of a mafia foot soldier. My father is the boss. I shouldn't even know Giovanni. And I definitely shouldn't kiss him. Our relationship is doomed to fail, but that won't stop me from trying.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Cider House Rules

By John Irving, narrated by Grover Gardner
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This is the screenplay of the novel "The Cider House Rules". Set in the rural town of Maine, this tale follows the bizarre story of Hormer Wells, from his apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery to his adult life running a cider-making factory and the relationship he has with his wife's best friend.