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ID: 499523

Title: Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

Author: Hugh Prather

Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:15:29

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

Reading Notes To Myself is one of those rare experiences that comes only once in a great while.  The editor who discovered the book said, "When I first read Prather's manuscript it was late at night and I was tired, but by the time I finished it, I felt rested and alive.  Since then I've reread it many times and it says even more to me now."  The book serves as a beginning for the reader's exploration of his or her own life and as a treasury of thoughtful and insightful reminders.

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ID: 449820

Title: Paris Without Her: A Memoir

Author: Gregory Curtis

Narrator: Gregory Curtis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:08:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Travel, Europe, Death & Bereavement

Summary:

In this moving, tender memoir of losing a beloved spouse, the longtime editor of Texas Monthly, newly widowed, returns alone to a city whose enchantment he's only ever shared with his wife, in search of solace, memories, and the courage to find a way forward.

At the age of sixty-six, after thirty-five years of marriage, Gregory Curtis finds himself a widower. Tracy--with whom he fell in love the first time he saw her--has succumbed to a long battle with cancer. Paralyzed by grief, agonized by social interaction, Curtis turns to watching magic lessons on DVD--'a pathetic, almost comical substitute' for his evenings with Tracy.

To break the spell, he returns to the place he had the 'best and happiest times' of his life. As he navigates the storied city and contemplates his new future, Curtis relives his days in Paris with Tracy, piecing together the portrait of a woman, a marriage, parenthood, and his life's great love through the memories of six unforgettable trips to the City of Lights.

Alone in Paris, Curtis becomes a tireless wanderer, exploring the city's grand boulevards and forgotten corners as he confronts the bewildering emotional state that ensues after losing a life partner. Paris Without Her is a work of tremendous courage and insight--an ode to the lovely woman who was his wife, to a magnificent city, and to the self we might invent, and reinvent, there.

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ID: 502638

Title: Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life

Author: Ruth Padel

Narrator: Ruth Padel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:55:30

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Fiction & Literature, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Arts & Entertainment, Art & Music

Summary:

A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems

Ruth Padel's new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the life and legend of one of the world's greatest composers. She uncovers the man behind the music, charting his private thoughts and feelings through letters, diaries, sketchbooks, and the conversation books he used as his hearing declined. She gives us Beethoven as a battered four-year-old, weeping at the clavier; the young virtuoso pianist agonized by his encroaching deafness; the passionate, heartbroken lover; the clumsy eccentric making coffee with exactly sixty beans. Padel's quest takes her into the heart of Europe and back to her own musical childhood: Her great-grandfather, who studied in Leipzig with a pupil of Beethoven's, became a concert pianist before migrating to Britain; her parents met making music; and Padel grew up playing the viola, Beethoven's instrument as a child. Her book is a poet and string player's intimate connection across the centuries with an artist who, though increasingly isolated, ended even his most harrowing works on a note of hope.

* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains a selection of Beethoven’s works and recommendations for further reading.

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ID: 460651

Title: Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story

Author: Mazie K. Hirono

Narrator: Mazie K. Hirono

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:59:41

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics

Summary:

“Heart of Fire is a revelatory, evocative, deeply moving book.” —Washington Post

“Amazing . . . a memoir I really loved.” —Secretary Hillary Clinton, “You and Me Both” podcast

“A beautiful book.” —Trevor Noah, The Daily Show

The intimate and inspiring life story of Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman and the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate

Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised on a rice farm in rural Japan, she was seven years old when her mother, Laura, left her abusive husband and sailed with her two elder children to Hawaii, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. Though the girl then known as 'Keiko' did not speak or read English when she entered first grade, she would go on to serve as a state representative and as Hawaii's lieutenant governor before winning election to Congress in 2006. 

In this deeply personal memoir, Hirono traces her remarkable life from her earliest days in Hawaii, when the family lived in a single room in a Honolulu boarding house while her mother worked two jobs to keep them afloat, to her emergence as a highly effective legislator whose determination to help the most vulnerable was grounded in her own experiences of economic insecurity, lack of healthcare access, and family separation. Finally, it chronicles Hirono's recent transformation from dogged yet soft-spoken public servant into the frank and fiery advocate we know her as today.

For the vast majority of Mazie Hirono's five decades in public service, even as she fought for the causes she believed in, she strove to remain polite and reserved. Steeped in the nonconfrontational cultures of Japan and Hawaii, and aware of the expectations of women in politics--chiefly, that they should never show an excess of emotion—she had schooled herself to bite her tongue, even as her male colleagues continually underestimated her. After the 2016 election, however, she could moderate herself no longer. In the face of a dangerous administration--and amid crucial battles with lasting implications for our democracy, from the Kavanaugh hearings to the impeachment trial--Senator Hirono was called to give voice to the fire that had always been inside her.

The compelling and moving account of a woman coming into her own power over the course of a lifetime in public service, and of the mother whose courageous choices made her life possible, Heart of Fire is the story of a uniquely American journey, told by one of those fighting hardest to ensure that a story like hers is still possible in this country.

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ID: 449839

Title: Are You Enjoying?: Stories

Author: Mira Sethi

Narrator: Mira Sethi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:16:21

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction

Summary:

An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart.

From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in Pakistan with humor, compassion, psychological acuity, and emotional immediacy. Childhood best friends agree to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young woman with an anxiety disorder discovers the numbing pleasures of an illicit love affair. A radicalized student's preparations for his sister's wedding involve beating up the groom. An actress is forced to grow up fast on the set of her first major tv show, where the real intrigue takes place off-screen. Every story bears witness to the all-too-universal desire to be loved, and what happens when this longing gets pushed to its limits. Are You Enjoying? is a free-spirited, confident, indelible introduction to a galvanizing new talent.

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ID: 449904

Title: Forest of Stolen Girls

Author: June Hur

Narrator: Sue Jean Kim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:07:29

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-21

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, General, Mystery & Thriller, Historical

Summary:

Suspenseful and richly atmospheric, June Hur's The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting historical mystery sure to keep readers guessing until the last page.

1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene.

Years later, Detective Min—Hwani's father—learns that thirteen girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate… only to vanish as well.

Determined to find her father and solve the case that tore their family apart, Hwani returns home to pick up the trail. As she digs into the secrets of the small village—and collides with her now estranged sister, Maewol—Hwani comes to realize that the answer could lie within her own buried memories of what happened in the forest all those years ago.

Praise for The Forest of Stolen Girls:

Junior Library Guild Selection

'The Forest of Stolen Girls is a haunting, breathtaking tale that will have readers on the edge of their seats. With its lush and atmospheric prose, complex character dynamics, and an immersive mystery I was ravenous to uncover, I could not turn the pages fast enough! Hur is an absolute master of mystery, and I will be reading her gorgeous books for years to come.' —Adalyn Grace, New York Times-bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth

'Haunting and lyrical. Beware, this tale will draw you deeper into the forest than you want to go.' —Stacey Lee, award-winning author of The Downstairs Girl

'A brilliant historical fiction mystery that is suspenseful, gorgeous and absolutely riveting! Hur brings Jeju Island during the early Joseon period completely to life in a rich, evocative manner that reminds me of watching my favorite historical Kdrama. ... I adored this book from start to finish!” —Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series

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ID: 447322

Title: Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names

Author: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Narrator: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:04:02

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science, Travel Tips

Summary:

'A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror

In place-names lie stories. That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.

Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York.

As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York’s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city’s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.

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ID: 459330

Title: Hana Khan Carries On

Author: Uzma Jalaluddin

Narrator: Ulka Simone Mohanty

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:15:04

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-21

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Multicultural & Interracial, Contemporary Women

Summary:

One of Amazon's Best Romances of the Month!

For fans of 'You’ve Got Mail,' a young woman juggles pursuing her dream job in radio while helping her family compete with the new halal restaurant across the street, in this sparkling new rom-com by the author of Ayesha at Last. 

Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighborhood of Toronto. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. In the meantime, Hana pours her thoughts and dreams into a podcast, where she forms a lively relationship with one of her listeners. But soon she'll need all the support she can get: a new competing restaurant, a more upscale halal place, is about to open in the Golden Crescent, threatening her mother’s restaurant.

When her mysterious aunt and her teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. A hate-motivated attack on their neighborhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana's growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant--who might not be a complete stranger after all.

As life on the Golden Crescent unravels, Hana must learn to use her voice, draw on the strength of her community and decide what her future should be.

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ID: 462996

Title: Daughters of Divorce: Overcome the Legacy of Your Parents' Breakup and Enjoy a Happy, Long-Lasting Relationship

Author: Terry Gaspard, Tracy Clifford

Narrator: Rosemary Benson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:48:54

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Restore your faith in love and build healthy, successful relationships with this essential guide for every woman haunted by her parents' divorce.

Silver Medal Independent Publisher's Award

Winner of the Best Book Award in 'Self-Help: Relationships' 

Over 40 percent of Americans ages eighteen to forty are children of divorce. Yet women with divorced parents are more than twice as likely than men to get divorced themselves and struggle in romantic relationships. In this powerful, uplifting guide, mother-daughter team Terry and Tracy draws on thirty years of clinical practice and interviews with over 320 daughters of divorce to help you recognize and overcome the unique emotional issues that parental separation creates so you can build the happy, long-lasting relationships you deserve.

Learn how to:

* Examine your parents' breakup from an adult perspective

* Heal the wounds of the past

* Recognize destructive dynamics in intimate relationships and take steps to change them

* Trust yourself and others by embracing vulnerability

* Create strong partnerships with their proven Seven Steps to a Successful Relationship

* Break the divorce legacy once and for all!

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ID: 484707

Title: I Want to Thank You: How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World

Author: Gina Hamadey

Narrator: Gina Hamadey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:15:21

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-21

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

An inspiring guide to saying thank you, one heartfelt note at a time.

We all know that gratitude is good for us--but the real magic comes when we express it. Writer Gina Hamadey learned this life-changing lesson firsthand when a case of burnout and too many hours on social media left her feeling depleted and disconnected. In this engaging book, she chronicles how twelve months spent writing 365 thank-you notes to strangers, neighbors, family members, and friends shifted her perspective. Her journey shows that developing a lasting active gratitude practice can make you a happier person, heal complicated relationships, and reconnect you with the people you love--all with just a little bit of bravery at the mailbox.

How can we turn an often-dreaded task into a rewarding act of self-care that makes us feel more present, joyful, and connected? Whether we're writing to a long-lost friend, a helpful neighbor, or a child's teacher, this inspiring book helps us reflect on meaningful memories and shared experiences and express ourselves with authenticity, vulnerability, and heart. Informed by Hamadey's year of discovery as well as interviews with experts on relationships, gratitude, and more, this deceptively simple guide offers a powerful way to jump-start your joy.

Hamadey found herself thanking not only family members and friends, but less expected people in her sphere, including local shopkeepers, physical therapists, long-ago career mentors, favorite authors, and more. Once you get going, you might find yourself cultivating an active gratitude practice, too--one heartfelt note of thanks at a time.

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