Audible Picks May 6, 2020

Audible Picks May 6, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Long Loneliness

By Dorothy Day
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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The compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities. When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality . . . founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and leader for more than fifty years in numerous battles of social justice.”

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Running the Dream

By Matt Fitzgerald
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance sport community with books like 80/20 Running, How Bad Do You Want It? and Iron War. He is an accomplished amateur runner, but if he follows the training, nutrition and lifestyle of an elite runner, just how fast could he go?

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

James Monroe: A Life

By Tim McGrath
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Monroe lived a life defined by revolutions. From the battlefields of the War for Independence, to his ambassadorship in Paris in the days of the guillotine, to his own role in the creation of Congress's partisan divide, he was a man who embodied the restless spirit of the age.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, and the rest of the River Vixens are heading out of town for the weekend on a cheerleading retreat. So Archie, Jughead, and the rest of the guys decide to have a poker night at La Bonne Nuit. But a storm causes the power to go out, and the speakeasy goes into lockdown. When the lights come back on, all of the cash is gone.

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Genre: Young Adult

Lucky Caller

By Emma Mills
Tags: Young Adult

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When Nina decides to take a radio-broadcasting class her senior year, she expects it to be a walk in the park. Instead, it’s a complete disaster. The members of Nina's haphazardly formed radio team have approximately nothing in common. And to maximize the awkwardness, her group includes Jamie, a childhood friend she'd hoped to basically avoid for the rest of her life.

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Genre: Young Adult
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Nothing is going as planned for Macy this summer. Not the job at Wish Catering, and definitely not Wes. But Macy soon discovers that the things you expect least are sometimes the things you need most.

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Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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Colonel David Cohen has one goal: Drive out the League of Sol. After a string of successful engagements, the warship Lion of Judah is ordered on a goodwill mission to assist neutral border planets long caught between both sides of the galactic conflict.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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The Dusahn have been backed into a corner, barely able to hold the worlds of the Pentaurus cluster, let alone the entire sector. Forced to dig in, they may have to resort to drastic measures to save their fledgling empire. Captain Scott must use all his military and diplomatic skills to prepare his forces for the final assault on the Dusahn Empire. But he cannot do it alone. He needs help, and lots of it.

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Genre: Fantasy
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In the ice, east of the Black Rock, there is a hole into which broken children are thrown. Yaz’s people call it the Pit of the Missing and now it is drawing her in as she has always known it would. To resist the cold, to endure the months of night when even the air itself begins to freeze, requires a special breed.

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Genre: Fantasy
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When Citaria falls under the shadow of a demonic incursion, only a legendary hero can stop them. For Karian Vanador, though, being resurrected comes with a price. Not only is she in a different time and place, but the world has changed in her absence, and she must face the dark demons of her past once again.

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Genre: Fantasy

Saint

By Ted Dekker
Tags: Fantasy

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Carl Strople was covertly recruited to Black Ops and given the most brutal kind of training any man or woman could endure. Now he belongs to The X Group. But why do they call him “Saint”? An assassin. The most effective killer in the world. And yet... Carl Strople struggles to retain fleeting memories that betray an even more ominous reality.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Summer Longing

By Jamie Brenner
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Ruth Cooperman arrives in beautiful beachside Provincetown for her retirement, renting the perfect waterfront cottage while she searches for her forever home. After years of hard work and making peace with life's compromises, Ruth is looking forward to a carefree summer of solitude.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Water Keeper

By Charles Martin, narrated by Jonathan K. Riggs
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Murphy Shepherd is a man with many secrets. He lives alone on an island, tending the grounds of a church with no parishioners, and he’s dedicated his life to rescuing those in peril. But as he mourns the loss of his mentor and friend, Murph himself may be more lost than he realizes.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

The Resolutions

By Brady Hammes
Tags: Literary Fiction

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The three Brennan siblings are well on their way in the world. Samantha, the youngest, is a ballerina who recently joined the ranks of a Russian dance company; her brother Jonah is a grad student studying elephants in the rainforest of Gabon; and the eldest, Gavin, has stayed closer to home, living in Los Angeles and acting in a television series.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Hello, Summer

By Mary Kay Andrews
Tags: Clean Romance Steamy Romance

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Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Indulge in three best-selling standalone romances narrated by Sebastian York and Andi Arndt in this collection of the Heartbreakers Series from number one New York Times best seller Lauren Blakely!

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Kai's life is a series of choreographed steps, each one shielding her from her tragic past. Audition, dance, get paid, repeat. It's a broken record, but it's what keeps her world spinning. When a dangerously handsome man with trouble written all over his face rides into her life, his entrance makes a disastrous splash.

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Genre: Mystery

The Poison Flood

By Jordan Farmer
Tags: Mystery

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Hollis Bragg lives on the fringes. The hunchbacked son of a West Virginia hill preacher, he now resides in rural isolation next to the burned-out husk of his father's church, and earns his living ghostwriting songs for a popular band that left the poverty and corruption of Appalachia and never looked back.

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Genre: Mystery

Little Eyes

By Samanta Schweblin
Tags: Mystery

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They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of in Sierra Leone, town squares in Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana. They're everywhere. They're here. They're us. They're not pets, or ghosts, or robots. They're real people, but how can a person living in Berlin walk freely through the living room of someone in Sydney?

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Genre: Mystery

The Paladin

By David Ignatius
Tags: Mystery

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CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked with infiltrating an Italian news organization that smells like a front for an enemy intelligence service. Headed by an American journalist, the self- styled peoples bandits run a cyber operation unlike anything the CIA has seen before.

Not a Drop to Drink

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Genre: Science Fiction

Not a Drop to Drink

by Mindy McGinnis, narrated by Mindy McGinnis

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Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our own.

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Genre: Clean Romance

A Promise of Home (A Lake Howling Novel Book 1)

By Wendy Vella, narrated by Heather Prince
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When Branna O'Donnell heads back to Lake Howling, Oregon, she's not sure what to expect. It's a place that holds plenty of memories, both good and bad, but Branna is determined to find some peace there from the demons of her past. However, she soon realizes that living in a small town again comes with complications, and one of them is named Jake McBride.

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Genre: Mystery

James Locker: The Duality of Fate

By Martin Lundqvist, narrated by Elaine Hidayat
Tags: Mystery

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When James Locker's boss, the legendary Michael Fuller is sacked from the central Sydney Murder Investigation Unit, his dream to be a crime detective finally comes true. But his dream soon turns into a nightmare, as his mental state deteriorates and Sydney is plagued by a psychopathic serial killer who seems to have a special interest in him. Will he manage to stop this villain before it is too late?

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Heart Spring Mountain

By Robin MacArthur, narrated by Suzanne Elise Freeman
Tags: Literary Fiction

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In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret.

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Her Secret Son

By Hannah Mary McKinnon, narrated by Alex Wyndham
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How far would you go to protect the ones you love...when they may not be yours to protect? Tightly paced and brimming with tension, Her Secret Son is a heartbreakingly honest portrait of a family on the edge of disaster and a father desperate to hold on to the boy who changed his life.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorized Life

By Jonathan Bate, narrated by Mike Grady
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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Ted Hughes, poet laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was one of Britain's most important poets, his work infused with myth; a love of nature, conservation, and ecology; of fishing and beasts in brooding landscapes.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

My Dragon Lord (Broken Souls Book 1)

By Alisa Woods, narrated by Edward Thomas
Tags: Steamy Romance

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I really messed this up. Pinned to the floor by a billionaire playboy, caught stealing files from his computer. "I’m trying to decide whether to kiss you or lock you up," he says. "Kiss me, and there will be blood. Not mine, either." He just smiles. Rich, powerful, probably used to getting anything he wants.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

Billionaire Needs Nanny

By River Laurent, narrated by Leanore Elliott
Tags: Steamy Romance

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I’m a nanny & I’m telling you now, some jobs are created in hell! You arrive for your interview & your boss is so hot your panties self-combust. You scold yourself for those impure thoughts, & promise not to take a bite out of that forbidden fruit. Then you meet his daughter & she instantly dislikes you. It’s okay, you’ve always liked a challenge. But then you meet the ex-wife…Like I said, some jobs are created in hell!

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Flamingo Diner

By Sherryl Woods, narrated by Christina Traister
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Returning home has never been so bittersweet in this acclaimed novel from number-one New York Times best-selling author Sherryl Woods. Flamingo Diner has always been a friendly place where everyone knows your name. Unfortunately, in the small town of Winter Cove, Florida, it is also the place where everyone knows everything about you.

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Genre: True Crime

Whipping Boy

By Allen Kurzweil, narrated by Allen Kurzweil
Tags: True Crime Biography & Memoir

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An obsessive inquiry takes Kurzweil all over the world. From a Swiss boarding school (where he endures horrifying cruelty) to the slums of Manila, from the Park Avenue boardroom of the world's largest law firm to a federal prison camp in Southern California. Whipping Boy chronicles Kurzweil's search for his 12-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus.

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Genre: Children

Elementals: Ice Wolves

By Amie Kaufman, narrated by Johnathan McClain
Tags: Children

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From New York Times best-selling author Amie Kaufman comes an electrifying new series about a brother and sister who must harness their powers and find their place in a sharply divided world.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Not a Drop to Drink

By Mindy McGinnis, narrated by Mindy McGinnis
Tags: Science Fiction

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Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our own.

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Genre: Mystery

Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

By Karin Slaughter, narrated by Kathleen Early
Tags: Mystery

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A beautiful and intelligent nineteen-year-old college freshman, Julia Carroll should be carefree. But instead she is frightened - because girls are disappearing without a trace. Fellow student Beatrice Oliver and a homeless woman called Mona-No-Name are missing, both gone after being snatched off the street. Julia is determined to discover the reason behind their disappearances - before she's next.

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Genre: Fantasy

Cold My Heart

By Sarah Woodbury, narrated by Tom Mumford
Tags: Fantasy

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By the autumn of 537 AD, all who are loyal to King Arthur have retreated to a small parcel of land in north Wales. They are surrounded on all sides and facing defeat. But Myrddin and Nell, two of the king's companions, have a secret: each has seen that on a cold and snowy day in December, Saxon soldiers sent by Modred will ambush and kill King Arthur.

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Genre: Children

Lock and Key: The Gadwall Incident

By Ridley Pearson, narrated by Nicola Barber
Tags: Children

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Get a glimpse into James' life a mere 24 hours before the tipping point - before life as he knows it changes irrevocably and his childhood slips into the shadows. Listeners will come to know the dangers that surround the Moriartys before James and Moria are sent off to the hallowed halls of Baskerville Academy, where they first meet the insufferable, inexhaustible Sherlock Holmes.

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Genre: Children

The Good Egg

By Jory John, narrated by Dan Bittner
Tags: Children

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A number one New York Times best seller! Meet the good egg. He’s a very good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. Jory John hatches a funny and charming story that reminds us of the importance of balance, self-care, and accepting those who we love (even if they are sometimes a bit rotten).

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Genre: Finance

50 Tips on Saving Money

By Giovanni Rigters, narrated by Ron Garner
Tags: Finance

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If everything you have now is taken away from you, will you still be alright? If you have been spending a lot and not saving, it may take a while for you to make adjustments with your finances, but if you are resilient and proactive, the steps you will find here will be of great help.

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Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Fantasy Children

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In The Orb of Kandra: Oliver Blue and the School for Seers, Book Two, 11 year old Oliver Blue is back in the present day, racing to save Armando before his destined moment to die. But when Oliver learns that the sacred Orb of Kandra has been stolen, he knows it is up to him - and him alone - to save the school.

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Genre: Business
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Tired of burning bitter hours in a toxic job? Tired of the same old routine? Tired of the stress and hassle of paying rent? Then house sitting may be for you! As old work structures break down, and people long for an easier and simpler life, a veteran house sitter and author welcomes you to share in the joys and blessings he has received.

Rockfall (Tertiary Effects Series Book 1)

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Genre: Science Fiction

Rockfall (Tertiary Effects Series Book 1)

by William Allen

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From out of the clear blue sky, an unknown chunk of rock from the frozen void strikes the Earth with unimaginable force, gouging a wound into the very crust of the planet. Millions die in an instant, and millions more await the end as the looming catastrophe unfolds...

Creature of Lake Shadow

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Genre: Science Fiction

Creature of Lake Shadow

by Michael Cole

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It was supposed to be a simple bank robbery. Quick. Clean. Efficient. It was none of those. With police searching for them across the state, a band of criminals hide out in a desolate cabin on the frozen shore of Lake Shadow. Isolated, shrouded in thick forest, and haunted by a mysterious history, they thought it was the perfect place to hide.

Ruins of the Galaxy (Ruins of the Galaxy Book 1)

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Genre: Science Fiction

Ruins of the Galaxy (Ruins of the Galaxy Book 1)

by J.N. Chaney

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The mission is simple. Escort an emissary to an intergalactic peace summit. Try not to get in the way. Lt. Magnus and his 79th Recon Team have certainly handled worse, after all. But when an explosion rocks the tower and sends everyone into a panic, Magnus and his asset find themselves cut off from the rest of the team.

Audible Picks April 29, 2020

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

Becoming Kim Jong Un

By Jung H. Pak
Tags: Biography & Memoir

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A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—by a former CIA analyst considered one of the leading American experts on the North Korean ruler inside and outside the U.S. government.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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The left is no longer liberal. Once on the side of free speech and tolerance, progressives now ban speakers from college campuses, "cancel" people who aren't up to date on the latest genders, and force religious people to violate their conscience. They have abandoned the battle of ideas and have begun fighting a battle of feelings.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir
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In this startling group memoir, four friends—black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American-born—use Toni Morrison’s novels as a springboard for intimate and revealing conversations about the problems of everyday racism and living whole in times of uncertainty.

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Genre: Young Adult
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During freshman year, 17-year-old Thea Scott developed the suckiest burden ever. At the slightest brush of a person’s skin, she’s forced to walk in their memories. She’d give anything to get rid of this uncontrollable ability. When breathtakingly gorgeous Cole Conway strolls through the auditorium doors and she faints, literally, he acts like he knows her secret.

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Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Young Adult

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Return to Nissera, land of three kingdoms and home to spectacular magic. An uneasy peace reigns now that Valory has vanquished the Moth King and settled into her rightful place as queen of Calgoran. New leaders Glisette and Kadri hope to usher the neighboring kingdoms into an era of healing and prosperity. All should be well.

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Genre: Young Adult
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It's senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend who totally gets her. But senior year also means big decisions. Weighing "the rest of her life," Paige feels her anxiety begin to pervade every decision she makes.

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Genre: Science Fiction
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From out of the clear blue sky, an unknown chunk of rock from the frozen void strikes the Earth with unimaginable force, gouging a wound into the very crust of the planet. Millions die in an instant, and millions more await the end as the looming catastrophe unfolds...

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Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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It was supposed to be a simple bank robbery. Quick. Clean. Efficient. It was none of those. With police searching for them across the state, a band of criminals hide out in a desolate cabin on the frozen shore of Lake Shadow. Isolated, shrouded in thick forest, and haunted by a mysterious history, they thought it was the perfect place to hide.

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Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science Fiction

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The mission is simple. Escort an emissary to an intergalactic peace summit. Try not to get in the way. Lt. Magnus and his 79th Recon Team have certainly handled worse, after all. But when an explosion rocks the tower and sends everyone into a panic, Magnus and his asset find themselves cut off from the rest of the team.

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Genre: Fantasy
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If you think having one dragon around messes up your life, imagine what it’s like when a second one shows up. I’m Val Thorvald, assassin of magical bad guys and tenuous ally to the dragon lord Zav. He still calls me a mongrel and thinks I’m a criminal, but he healed my wounds after we fought those dark elves together.

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Genre: Fantasy
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Decades ago, the High King of Sundolia waged a war that vanquished the Serpent clan and drove them out of the empire, reducing them to nothing more than legends spoken of in occasional frightened whispers. But they did not leave peacefully. Their parting gift included curses that now rest within the empire's soil, beneath the shade of its jungles, treading through the waves of its seas.

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Genre: Fantasy
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The northern mountain village offers protection from the threat of dragons, but is a difficult place, especially for a misfit like Jason Dreshen. His days are spent hunting for food for his family, praying for warmth, and trying to hide his strange silver eye that grants him dragon sight.

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Genre: Literary Fiction
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Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine's leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Open City

By Teju Cole
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Sea Wife

By Amity Gaige
Tags: Literary Fiction

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Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids—Sybil, age seven, and George, age two—Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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Let me tell you everything I know about love... Love is a lie, a game, a chase. And most of all - it’s a battle every man and woman must fight for themselves. I don’t trust love for a second. Until I meet Trey. He’s just like me - dangerous, scarred, and keeping secrets that might be darker than mine. And I can’t seem to stay away from him even though I’ve promised to.

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Genre: Clean Romance

TEST The Wedding Dress

By Danielle Steel, narrated by Todd McLaren
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From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the ’60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day.

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Genre: Clean Romance
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To save my father’s life, I have to marry a man I hate. He is arrogant and self-absorbed. He only wants me as a trophy. He only sees me as a prize. But I can’t say no. I look down at the diamond on my left hand and walk down the aisle. That’s when I see him. He's the man who showed me that love can petrify you to your core. What happens when I have to make a choice?

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Genre: Mystery

The End of October

By Lawrence Wright
Tags: Mystery

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At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When Henry Parsons--microbiologist, epidemiologist--travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will soon have staggering repercussions across the globe: an infected man is on his way to join the millions of worshippers in the annual Hajj to Mecca.

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Genre: Mystery

The Midnight Club

By James Patterson
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A stunningly brilliant psychopathic killer who has skillfully eluded the police from London to Paris to New York. A beautiful woman journalist suddenly in grave danger. An unorthodox New York detective whose motive for stopping the killer couldn't be more personal or emotional.

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Genre: Mystery

The Clockwork House

By Wendy Saunders
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Ava Cortez has always felt adrift in the world. As the only daughter of a flower child, she’d spent her entire childhood drifting from town to town, dreaming of a normal life, a home to call her own, and a place to belong. When her mother passes away, Ava is shocked to discover she has inherited an old, rambling Victorian house situated on the small island of Midnight, off the coast of Maine.

Last Girl Standing

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Genre: Science Fiction

Last Girl Standing

by Marjory Kaptanoglu, narrated by Shaina Summerville

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17-year-old Sierra Mendez doesn't agree with her mother that the local tap water is dangerous to drink...until she discovers the body of the water district manager floating down the river. As town residents begin losing their minds, she finally admits the water might be poisoned. When the robots show up, only Sierra and her friends are in any condition to try to stop their deadly plot before it's too late.

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Genre: Science Fiction

Last Girl Standing

By Marjory Kaptanoglu, narrated by Shaina Summerville
Tags: Science Fiction

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17-year-old Sierra Mendez doesn't agree with her mother that the local tap water is dangerous to drink...until she discovers the body of the water district manager floating down the river. As town residents begin losing their minds, she finally admits the water might be poisoned. When the robots show up, only Sierra and her friends are in any condition to try to stop their deadly plot before it's too late.

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Genre: Mystery

A Person of Interest

By Ardelle Holden, narrated by Rosemarie Barnes
Tags: Mystery

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Samantha, a novelist and newly single thanks to her break-up with Don, her ex with a cringe-worthy temper, is not having a great night. She's tired, soaked from the rain coming down in buckets, and when she shows up to her friend's apartment, the door is open. She expects Siobhan to be at work. What she doesn't expect, is to interrupt the two ominous figure skulking around within.

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Genre: Clean Romance

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice

By Curtis Sittenfeld, narrated by Cassandra Campbell
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From the "wickedly entertaining" (USA Today) Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times best-selling author of Prep and American Wife, comes a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Equal parts homage to Jane Austen and bold literary experiment, Eligible is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the 21st century.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Our Little Racket

By Angelica Baker, narrated by Therese Plummer
Tags: Literary Fiction

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A captivating debut about wealth, envy, and secrets: the story of five women whose lives are dramatically changed by the downfall of a financial titan.

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The Boy at the Keyhole

By Stephen Giles, narrated by Joel Froomkin
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For fans of Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters, and Daphne du Maurier, an electrifying debut about a boy left alone in his family’s English estate with a housekeeper he suspects has murdered his mother.

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Genre: Mystery

Smooth Operator

By Stuart Woods, narrated by Tony Roberts
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When President Kate Lee calls Stone Barrington to Washington on an urgent matter, it's soon clear that a potentially disastrous situation requires the kind of help more delicate than even he can provide...and he knows just the right man for the job. Teddy Fay: ex-CIA, master of disguise, and a gentleman not known for abiding by legal niceties in the pursuit of his own brand of justice.

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Way Around

By David Good, narrated by David Good
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Rooted in two vastly different cultures, a young man struggles to understand himself, find his place in the world, and reconnect with his mother - and her remote tribe in the deepest jungles of the Amazon rainforest - in this powerful memoir that combines adventure, history, and anthropology.

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Genre: Fantasy

Perfect Shadow

By Brent Weeks, narrated by James Langton
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"I got a bit of prophecy," the old assassin said. "Not enough to be useful, you know. Just glimpses. My wife dead, things like that to keep me up late at night. I had this vision that I was going to be killed by 40 men, all at once. But now that you're here, I see they're all you. Durzo Blint." Durzo Blint? Gaelan had never even heard the name.

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Genre: Fantasy

Rust and Steam: An Elemental Steampunk Story

By Anne Renwick, narrated by Anais Inara Chase
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Lady Alice Hemsworth wasn’t supposed to fall in love. It was her duty not to. Alas, she’d failed miserably. Mr. Benjamin Leighton - despite being turned away by the steam butler - can’t stop thinking about her. Alone, both are miserable, until a deadly encounter throws them together on the night train to London. Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Join USA Today best-selling author Anne Renwick, as she takes you back into an alternate past!

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Genre: Steamy Romance
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What do you do when your planet runs out of women? Send for takeout, of course. Joran, Crown Prince of Pyros, needs to claim his mate in order to ascend to the throne one day. The problem? His destined mate isn’t on Pyros. This audiobook contains a redheaded barista who doesn’t believe in aliens and a prince who is used to getting anything he wants without having to work for it...until now.

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Genre: Children

Pete the Cat and the New Guy

By James Dean, Kimberly Dean, narrated by Lewis Grosso
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From the bestselling Pete the Cat series comes a story about friendship and acceptance. There's a new guy in town, and Pete can't wait to meet him. After all, more friends mean more fun. When Pete finally meets Gus, he realizes they're very different from each other...but that's what makes him cool. Gus is special in his own way, just like Pete and just like you, and there is something everyone can do!

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Genre: Biography & Memoir

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

By Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, narrated by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman
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At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over a decade.

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Genre: Literary Fiction

Africaville: A Novel

By Jeffrey Colvin, narrated by Robin Miles
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A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time, and fate.

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Genre: Steamy Romance

The Price of His Redemption

By Carol Marinelli, Maisy Yates, narrated by Justine Eyre & Carly Robins
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He wants her - no matter what the cost! Daniil Zverev is the world's most ruthless and sinfully seductive tycoon. No one would ever know the cruelty and rejection that fueled his ascent. But beautiful ballet teacher Libby Tennent is getting under Daniil's skin and dangerously close to the truth.

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Genre: Business

Building the Business Brain

By Jim Stephens, narrated by Ronald Hucks
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Among the hardest transitions for individuals is to move from the employee to the entrepreneur mentality. The idea of getting on your own, getting your own business is fantastic. It's the desire of a lot of individuals to leave their jobs and get to be successful business owners. You need the entrepreneur mentality to be successful and we will look at that here.

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Genre: True Crime
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Warnings Unheeded is a suspenseful narrative from former Air Force criminal investigator Andy Brown. As a young military policeman, Brown responded to the base hospital and ended the gunman's killing spree with a 70-yard shot from his Beretta M9 handgun. Now, after years of interviews and unprecedented access to records, letters, and journal entries, Brown tells the complete story behind the mass murder and the fatal plane crash.

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Genre: Children

Brave

By Disney Press, narrated by Lucy Rayner
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Pixar Animation Studio's 13th animated feature film, Brave, is an epic adventure set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. Determined to carve her own path in life, a skilled archer named Princess Merida defies a sacred age-old custom - and inadvertently unleashes a beastly curse upon the kingdom. To set things right, Merida embarks on a perilous quest and discovers the meaning of true bravery.

Ruined Terra (The Empire of Bones Saga Book 11)

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Genre: Science Fiction

Ruined Terra (The Empire of Bones Saga Book 11)

by Terry Mixon

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Marooned on ruined Terra, Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz must march to the Imperial Palace to recover the key to defeating the savage AIs that have enslaved humanity. If, of course, the fierce and primitive Terrans don’t kill them first.