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ID: 451439

Title: Lee Miller: A Life

Author: Carolyn Burke

Narrator: Ann Richardson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:48:51

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, Women

Summary:

A trenchant yet sympathetic portrait of Lee Miller, one of the iconic faces and careers of the twentieth century.

Carolyn Burke reveals Miller as a multifaceted woman: both model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and mother, and, in later years, gourmet cook—the last of the many dramatic transformations she underwent during her lifetime. A sleek blond bombshell, Miller was part of a glamorous circle in New York and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s as a leading Vogue model, close to Edward Steichen, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, and Pablo Picasso. Then, during World War II, she became a war correspondent—one of the first women to do so—shooting harrowing images of a devastated Europe, entering Dachau with the Allied troops, posing in Hitler’s bathtub.

Burke examines Miller’s troubled personal life, from the unsettling photo sessions during which Miller, both as a child and as a young woman, posed nude for her father, to her crucial affair with artist-photographer Man Ray, to her unconventional marriages. And through Miller’s body of work, Burke explores the photographer’s journey from object to subject; her eye for form, pattern, and light; and the powerful emotion behind each of her images.

A lush story of art and beauty, sex and power, Modernism and Surrealism, independence and collaboration, Lee Miller: A Life is an astute study of a fascinating, yet enigmatic, cultural figure.

This program includes a downloadable PDF that contains Lee Miller’s recipes for a dinner party, as assembled by Carolyn Burke.

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ID: 443058

Title: Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

Author: Laurie Ann Thompson

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:11:37

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Health & Family

Summary:

*Odyssey Honor Audiobook*

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable.

Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.

Thompson's lyrical prose offers a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity.

Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity.

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ID: 453043

Title: Hope Rising: Stories from the Ranch of Rescued Dreams

Author: Kim Meeder

Narrator: Kim Meeder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:25:52

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Social Science, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Kim Meeder has seen horses go where no one else can tread - stepping through the minefield of a broken child's soul in a dance of trust that only God can understand. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love washes away their barren places. Kim's ranch is a place where this miracle happens over and over again. It is a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality - a place where hope rises.

Where Wounded Spirits Run Free

Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child’s soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places.

In the presence of unconditional love, a mute girl speaks for the first time. A defiant teenager teaches a horse to trust again...and opens his own heart to love. A rescued horse gives a dying man his last wish. A battered girl finds love and protection in the friendship of a battered horse...

Come visit a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality—a place where hope rises.

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ID: 463168

Title: Revolutionize Teamwork: How to Create and Lead Accountable Teams

Author: Eric Coryell

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:33:21

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Business & Economics, Management & Leadership, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Lead a winning team created on trust and success

Taking a page from Facebook, Eric Coryell has created a teamwork model that creates trust, success, and true accountability. How? By redefining your team's model to be customer facing as opposed to reporting up! The strongest and most successful teams function through accountability and shared trust--two pillars that on paper, most teams claim to do but rarely accomplish when structured with traditional methods. With Eric's proven technique, you will see results and manage a team built on trust, shared success, and accountability.

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ID: 439524

Title: Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Author: Benjamin M. Friedman

Narrator: Paul Bellantoni

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:15:58

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Business & Economics, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies, Business Development

Summary:

From one of the nation's preeminent experts on economic policy, a major reassessment of the foundations of modern economic thinking that explores the profound influence of an until-now unrecognized force—religion.

'Friedman has given us an original and brilliant new perspective on the terrifying divisions of our own times. No book could be more important.” —George A. Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics

 

Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets—among economists as well as many ordinary citizens—is a form of religion. And, it turns out, that in a deeper, more historically grounded sense there is something to that idea.

 

Contrary to the conventional historical view of economics as an entirely secular product of the Enlightenment, Benjamin M. Friedman demonstrates that religion exerted a powerful influence from the outset. Friedman makes clear how the foundational transition in thinking about what we now call economics, beginning in the eighteenth century, was decisively shaped by the hotly contended lines of religious thought within the English-speaking Protestant world. Beliefs about God-given human character, about the after-life, and about the purpose of our existence, were all under scrutiny in the world in which Adam Smith and his contemporaries lived.

 

Friedman explores how those debates go far in explaining the puzzling behavior of so many of our fellow citizens whose views about economic policies—and whose voting behavior—seems sharply at odds with what would be to their own economic benefit. Illuminating the origins of the relationship between religious thinking and economic thinking, together with its ongoing consequences, Friedman provides invaluable insights into our current economic policy debates and demonstrates ways to shape more functional policies for all citizens.

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ID: 463167

Title: Every Monday Matters: How to Kick Your Week Off with Passion, Purpose, and Positivity

Author: Matthew Emerzian

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:18:56

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

You Matter. And so does each day you spend here on earth.

The idea was simple... what if we could get millions of people to engage in simple acts that were good for the world? Picking up litter, helping the homeless, smiling, planting a tree. And, in doing so, we would make the world a better place and also help people understand how much and why they matter. Every Monday Matters is a practical guide to life which kicks off each week with a specific and engaging themes to help the reader get inspired and live authentically.

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ID: 460632

Title: Who Is Kamala Harris?

Author: Kirsten Anderson

Narrator: Andia Winslow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:28:43

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-21

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir

Summary:

The inspiring story of Vice President Kamala Harris told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.

On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the legal ranks, serving as district attorney of San Francisco, then California's attorney general, and soon, senator. As a politician, Kamala Harris has been a vocal champion of progressive reforms and women's rights. This exciting story details the defining moments of what led to her nomination and all the monumental ones since that have shaped her career and the future of America.

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ID: 439499

Title: House at the Bottom of a Lake

Author: Josh Malerman

Narrator: Ozzie Rodriguez, Taylor Meskimen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:09:23

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-21

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Coming of Age

Summary:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a haunting tale of love and mystery, as the date of a lifetime becomes a maddening exploration of the depths of the heart.

“Malerman expertly conjures a fairy tale nostalgia of first love, and we follow along, all too willingly, ignoring the warning signs even as the fear takes hold.”—Lit Reactor

 

The story begins: young lovers, anxious to connect, agree to a first date, thinking outside of the box.

 

At seventeen years old, James and Amelia can feel the rest of their lives beginning. They have got this summer and this summer alone to experience the extraordinary.

 

But they didn’t expect to find it in a house at the bottom of a lake.

 

The house is cold and dark, but it’s also their own.

 

Caution be damned, until being carefree becomes dangerous. For the teens must decide: swim deeper into the house—all the while falling deeper in love?

 

Whatever they do, they will never be able to turn their backs on what they discovered together. And what they learned:

 

Just because a house is empty, doesn’t mean nobody’s home.

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ID: 451463

Title: Dream Snow

Author: Eric Carle

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:04:56

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-21

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Holidays

Summary:

It's December 24th, and the old farmer settles down for a winter's nap, wondering how Christmas can come when there is no snow! It is in his dream that he imagines a snowstorm coming and covering him and his animals—named One, Two, Three, Four and Five—in a snowy blanket.

But when the farmer awakens, he finds that it has really snowed outside, and now he remembers something! Putting on his red suit, he goes outside, puts some gifts under the tree for his animals, and presses a button near a Christmas tree, creating a most surprising musical treat for children everywhere.

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ID: 487979

Title: Very Quiet Cricket

Author: Eric Carle

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:05:56

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-21

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Ages 5 & Under, Animals & Nature

Summary:

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp 'hello!'

Excerpt:

Hello! whispered a praying mantis,

scraping its huge front legs together.

The little cricket wanted to answer,

so he rubbed his wings together.

But nothing happened. Not a sound.

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