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Title: Sanditon: Fragment of a Novel

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: a full cast, Linda Barrans, Sarah Jane Rose, Graham Scott, Denis Daly, Catherine Bilson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Release date: December 10, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

In January 1817, Jane Austen commenced work on a new novel, to which she never assigned a name. By mid-March, she had completed twelve chapters, at which time she ceased working due to illness. The unfinished work was eventually published in 1925 under its working title: Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817. It has since become known simply as Sanditon, and a number of completions by other authors have since been published. Mr. and Mrs. Parker are visiting Sanditon, a village on the coast of Sussex. Unfortunately, Mr. Parker suffers an injury but he receives assistance from a local farmer, Mr Heywood. The latter’s daughter, Charlotte, is of marriageable age and has three eligible suitors, including the son of local patron, Lady Denham. Lady Denham is very keen to find a suitable match for her son Sir Edward—one of Charlotte’s suitors. Accordingly, she seeks an introduction with a Miss Lambe, a wealthy young heiress from the West Indies who is to take lodgings at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself attracted to the witty and debonair Sydney. The narrative ceases at this point, with little indication about the final results of the various romantic encounters. However, it appears clear that Charlotte is intended to be the heroine of the story.

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Title: The Rest Is Memory

Author: Lily Tuck

Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Release date: December 10, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

THE HEARTBREAKING STORY OF A YOUNG CATHOLIC GIRL TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ BECOMES A RASHOMON-LIKE RONDO BY ONE OF OUR GREATEST NOVELISTS. First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, and tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz, Czeslawa is then photographed. Three months later, she is dead. How did this happen to an ordinary Polish citizen? This is the question that Tuck grapples with in this haunting novel, which frames Czeslawa’s story within the epic tragedy of six million Poles who perished during the German occupation. A decade prior to writing The Rest Is Memory, Tuck read an obituary of the photographer Wilhelm Brasse, who took more than 40,000 pictures of the Auschwitz prisoners. Included were three of Czeslawa Kwoka, a Catholic girl from rural southeastern Poland. Tuck cut out the photos and kept them, determined to learn more about Czeslawa, but she was only able to glean the barest facts: the village she came from, the transport she was on, that she was accompanied by her mother and her neighbors, her tattoo number, and the date of her death. From this scant evidence, Tuck’s novel becomes a remarkable kaleidoscopic feat of imagination, something only our greatest novelists can do. “Beautifully written, all the while instilling a sense of horror” (Susanna Moore), Tuck’s language swirls about, yet not a word is out of place. The subtly rotating images tumble out at us, accelerating as we learn about Czeslawa’s tragic stay in Auschwitz, the lives of real people such as the barbaric Commandant Rudolf Höss; his unconscionable wife, Hedwig; the psychiatrist and child rescuer Janusz Korczak; and the mordant Polish short story writer Tadeusz Borowski. Although we are certain of Czeslawa’s fate, we have no choice but to keep turning the pages, thoroughly mesmerized by Tuck’s near otherworldly prose. In Lily Tuck’s hands, The Rest Is Memory becomes an unforgettable work of historical reclamation that rescues an innocent life, one previously only recalled by a stark triptych of photographs. “The Rest Is Memory is a literary resurrection, as shattering as it is astonishing. Lily Tuck has done the impossible; from darkness and hideous cruelty, she has woven an unforgettable paean to hope, to life, to justice.”—Junot Diaz

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Title: [Spanish] - Las frases robadas

Author: José Luis Sastre

Narrator: Candela Serrat, José Luis Sastre

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Release date: November 7, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

José Luis Sastre es una de las voces más relevantes del periodismo actual, y su talento como cronista y articulista se ha trasladado ahora a su primera novela. Las frases robadas es un relato emotivo y feliz sobre la memoria, la dignidad y la muerte que explica cómo una hija puede conocer a su padre a partir de las lecturas que leyó y subrayó. Es, sobre todo, un desprejuiciado canto a la vida. Mi padre me ha pedido que por mucho que el mundo se desplome en esta habitación sea siempre verano, y yo quiero darle un verano invencible. Esta es la historia de un padre y de una hija que, después de una vida juntos, empiezan a conocerse de verdad. Él está por morirse y ella quiere darle un final que esté a su altura, hasta el momento en que el padre pide lo que su hija no sabe si podrá darle. Esta crónica sobre una despedida es, en realidad, un relato irónico sobre la aspiración de una vida que merece la pena vivir y una reivindicación del presente frente a los riesgos de la nostalgia. Aunque, por encima de todo lo demás, lo que aquí se narra es la importancia imbatible de los libros, del mar y del vínculo íntimo entre un padre y su hija. Reseñas: «Como prueba de amor, una hija acompaña a su padre en el viaje más difícil de la vida. Sastre despliega sensibilidad y delicadeza en su primera novela». Elvira Lindo. «Esta novela es una deslumbrante disección de la relación más auténtica de todas: la que se establece entre alguien que se queda y alguien que se va. Un cañón de luz». Manuel Jabois. «Con Sastre recobras la pasión ante el don natural de lo cotidiano. Si cierras los ojos, esta novela te guía». Andrés Suárez. «Un libro bello, emocionante y magníficamente escrito». Iñaki Gabilondo. 'Es espinoso hablar de la muerte, pero es placentero y hasta heroico la búsqueda de la dignidad. Sastre lo borda en su primera novela.' Jorge Valdano. “Una novela maravillosa. Conmovedora, sin artificios. Real como la vida misma». Juan Echanove. “Más que una novela, es la conversación luminosa que todos nos debemos como padres e hijos.” Montserrat Domínguez “Un libro emocionante, pero sin bisutería. Profundo, pero con una prosa ligera como cuando el mar se riza. Sin sensiblería, apaciblemente, de la muerte y la vida escribe José Luis Sastre, y leerle parece un primer día. Un narrador de primera y una novela que sólo puede parecer triste a quienes no vean la vida luminosa o, quizá, aquí lo aprendan.” Maruja Torres “Sastre despliega en su literatura la sensibilidad, calidad y precisión que ya le han convertido en maestro de la comunicación. Ya aprendíamos al escucharle. Nuestra suerte es que ahora también aprendemos al leerle.” Berna González Harbour “Una historia bellísima sobre lo que realmente importa cuando todo acaba, que nos habla al oído de nuestra propia vida y que te impulsa a abrazar a tus padres.” Sergio Bang (librería Grant) 'Un libro que remueve, conmueve y con el que todos podemos sentirnos identificados. Una reivindicación del presente y de la dignidad'. Sara Carbonero. 'La novela nos ayuda a comprender hasta qué punto cuidar es reconocerse, desnudarse, descubrir los lugares desconocidos del otro y comprender muchas cosas de uno mismo'. Luis García Montero.

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Title: [Spanish] - La bailarina 'The Ballerina'

Author: Matilde Serao

Narrator: Sonia Román

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Release date: November 5, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Una joven dulce y devota, que desea sin embargo ser bailarina. Un mundo que no permite a las mujeres valersepor sí mismas y las obliga a venderse para sobrevivir. Una historia de la seis veces nominada al Premio Nobel,Matilde Serao.Carmela Minino es una joven que desea ser bailarina. No es bonita y sí una mujer de vida devota que desconfíade los hombres, a los que ve como un peligro que lleva al mal y no al amor. Por eso se resiste a la insistenciaamorosa de Roberto Gargiulo; pero cuando su colega Emilia Tromba, amante del conde Ferdinando Terzi, seburla de su virginidad, se deja llevar por Gargiulo y abandona la castidad. Al hacerlo, no logra la felicidad, yaque ella sigue enamorada… del conde. Y esta idea la perturba. Sin embargo, más tarde sucederá algo peor.¿Desvelará Carmela por fin sus sentimientos? ¿Qué ha quedado de la joven honorable que un día fue?

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Title: [German] - Done and Dusted: Meadowlark 1

Series: #1 of Meadowlark [German Edition]

Author: Lyla Sage

Narrator: Daryal Dickinson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Release date: November 1, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Romantische Ausritte zu Wasserfällen und heiße Küsse in Sommernächten … Emmy Ryder hat das erste Mal in ihrem Leben keine Ahnung, was sie tun soll. Nach einem Reitunfall traut sie sich nicht zurück auf ihr Pferd, und so muss sie ihre Karriere unterbrechen. Eher widerwillig zieht sie zurück zu ihrer Familie nach Meadowlark, Wyoming. Dort trifft sie auf Luke Brooks: Barbesitzer, ehemaliger Bad Boy und inzwischen der beliebteste Bachelor der Stadt. Vor Jahren haben sie sich zuletzt gesehen, und nun kann Emmy ihre Augen nicht mehr von ihm lassen. Und das, obwohl er mit ihrem Bruder befreundet ist und damit off-limits! Doch als Luke anbietet, ihr wieder zurück in den Sattel zu helfen, fällt es ihr immer schwerer, seinem Charme zu widerstehen … Debütautorin Lyla Sage begeistert mit ihrer Reihe TikTok! Wer kann den beliebten Tropes He Falls First und Brother's best Friend schon widerstehen?

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Title: [German] - Der Schimmelreiter - Hörbuch

Author: Theodor Storm

Narrator: Chris Schneider

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 0 minutes

Release date: October 25, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

In 'Der Schimmelreiter' entführt Theodor Storm den Leser in die stürmische Welt der nordfriesischen Küste, wo sich Naturgewalten und menschliche Schicksale unaufhaltsam begegnen. Der Roman erzählt die tragische Geschichte von Hauke Haien, einem jungen, ehrgeizigen Deichgrafen, der den alten Aberglauben seiner Gemeinschaft herausfordert und sich der Natur entgegenstellt. Entschlossen, die Deiche sicherer zu machen und das Land vor den immer wiederkehrenden Sturmfluten zu schützen, stößt Hauke auf Widerstand und Misstrauen. Doch er lässt sich nicht beirren – bis sich seine Geschichte auf dramatische Weise mit dem unheilvollen Mythos des 'Schimmelreiters' verbindet. Storms Novelle ist nicht nur ein meisterhaftes Beispiel für die Erzählkunst des poetischen Realismus, sondern auch ein zeitloses Werk über das Ringen des Menschen mit der Natur, die Grenzen von Fortschritt und Vernunft sowie die unentrinnbaren Mächte von Schicksal und Aberglaube. Ein packendes und düsteres Werk voller atmosphärischer Dichte, das den Leser bis zur letzten Seite fesselt.

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Title: [German] - Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen / in 80 Tagen um die Welt - Hörbuch Klassiker

Author: Jules Verne, Hörbuch Klassiker

Narrator: Wilhelm Falkner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

In 80 Tagen um die Welt von Jules Verne erzählt die abenteuerliche Reise von Phileas Fogg, der eine Wette abschließt, die Welt in nur 80 Tagen zu umrunden. Begleitet von seinem treuen Diener Passepartout, durchquert er verschiedene Länder und Kontinente, wobei sie zahlreiche Herausforderungen und Hindernisse überwinden müssen. Der Roman ist eine spannende Mischung aus Abenteuer, Reisen und Zeitdruck, die die Leser in eine Welt der Entdeckungen entführt.

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Title: [Italian] - L'albero che volò sulla luna

Author: Thao Thai

Narrator: Renata Bertolas

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

UNA SAGA FAMILIARE CHE È ANCHE UN CANTO D'AMORE AL LEGAME INDISSOLUBILE DI TRE GENERAZIONI DI DONNE DI UNA FAMIGLIA DI ORIGINE VIETNAMITA. UN'ESPLORAZIONE EMOTIVA CHE CELEBRA LA FORZA FEMMINILE E IL POTERE LIBERATORIO DELLA VERITÀ. VIETNAM, anni '60 Un'antica leggenda vietnamita racconta la storia di un uomo che, seguendo una tigre e i suoi cuccioli, si imbatte in un albero magico, un baniano, che cambierà per sempre la sua esistenza, portandolo fino in cielo. Minh ha sempre amato ascoltare questo racconto fin da bambina ed è per questo che, dopo il suo trasferimento dal Vietnam in America, cura un po' della sua nostalgia ammirando l'albero di baniano che sovrasta la nuova casa. FLORIDA, giorni nostri Quando riceve la telefonata che le comunica che l'amatissima nonna, Minh, è morta, Ann è a un bivio. Ha costruito una vita che sembra perfetta, con una bella casa sul lago, un fidanzato affascinante e inviti a feste eleganti, ma tutto si è sgretolato di fronte a un'inaspettata gravidanza. Con le idee ancora confuse, Ann torna in Florida, dove deve affrontare una madre risentita e addolorata, e soprattutto tornare nella casa della sua infanzia, Banyan House, una dimora fatiscente ma colma di ricordi e segreti. Segreti che Minh ha nascosto per decenni, da quando era un'adolescente innamorata all'ombra della guerra del Vietnam, per poi diventare una giovane madre determinata che emigra in cerca di una vita migliore per i figli. Segreti che Ann ritrova nella soffitta di Banyan House, come se fossero da sempre in attesa… Attraversando decenni e continenti, dal Vietnam degli anni Sessanta alle paludi selvagge della costa della Florida, L'albero che volò sulla luna è un esordio che ha entusiasmato librai indipendenti e critica. Una storia che sorprende e commuove profondamente, di madri e figlie, delle cose che ereditiamo e delle vite che scegliamo di creare con quell'eredità. 'Bello da far tremare il cuore. L'albero che volò sulla luna è una lettera d'amore a coloro che vivono con un segreto nascosto, alla maternità e alla famiglia. Thao Thai è un grande talento la cui prosa suggestiva, impressionante e poetica crescerà in voi come un forte e rigoglioso albero, profondamente radicato nel ricco patrimonio letterario vietnamita.' — Nguyen Que Mai, autrice di Quando le montagne cantano

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Title: Meditations - Audiobook

Author: Marcus Aurelius

Narrator: Gabe Adams

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Meditations is a series of personal writings by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, reflecting his thoughts and philosophies on life, leadership, and the human condition. Written between 161 and 180 AD, this timeless collection serves as a powerful guide to Stoic philosophy. Aurelius offers wisdom on self-discipline, resilience, and the pursuit of virtue, emphasizing the importance of inner peace amidst chaos and suffering. His reflections, originally intended for personal use, have become a profound source of inspiration for anyone seeking clarity and purpose in life. Meditations encourages readers to cultivate strength of mind and spirit in order to face life's challenges with wisdom and grace.

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Title: [German] - 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer - Hörbuch

Author: Jules Verne

Narrator: Chris Schneider

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 40 minutes

Release date: October 21, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) von Jules Verne ist ein Klassiker der Abenteuerliteratur und der Science-Fiction. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 1870, folgt die Geschichte einer außergewöhnlichen Reise durch die Tiefen der Ozeane an Bord der Nautilus, einem hochmodernen U-Boot, das vom mysteriösen Kapitän Nemo gesteuert wird. Die Erzählung beginnt, als der Naturforscher Professor Aronnax, sein Diener Conseil und der Harpunier Ned Land von der US-Marine zu einer Expedition eingeladen werden, um ein angeblich riesiges Seeungeheuer aufzuspüren, das Schiffe bedroht. Doch das 'Ungeheuer' entpuppt sich als die Nautilus, ein beeindruckendes technisches Meisterwerk. Die drei Männer werden an Bord des U-Boots gefangen genommen und erleben eine abenteuerliche Reise, die sie in die unbekannten Tiefen des Meeres führt – durch gefährliche Unterwasserwelten, zu Korallenwäldern, verlorenen Städten und an Orte, die Menschen zuvor noch nie gesehen haben. Während der Reise entdeckt Professor Aronnax die Wunder der Unterwasserwelt, doch er wird auch Zeuge der dunklen Seite von Kapitän Nemo, der aus persönlichen Gründen den Kontakt zur menschlichen Zivilisation abgebrochen hat. Das Buch stellt Fragen über die Natur des Wissens, den Drang nach Entdeckungen und die moralischen Implikationen von Isolation und Rache. 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer ist ein fesselndes Werk voller Abenteuer, wissenschaftlicher Entdeckungen und philosophischer Tiefe, das Leser jeden Alters in die faszinierende Welt der Tiefsee entführt.