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ID: 525589

Title: Homicide and Halo-Halo

Author: Mia P. Manansala

Narrator: Danice Cabanela

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:54:10

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery, Asian American Literature

Summary:

Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala.

Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can't bring herself to open her new café after the unpleasantness that occurred a few months ago at her aunt's Filipino restaurant, Tita Rosie's Kitchen. No, things are heating up quite literally, since summer, her least favorite season, has just started.

To add to her feelings of sticky unease, Lila's little town of Shady Palms has resurrected the Miss Teen Shady Palms Beauty Pageant, which she won many years ago—a fact that serves as a wedge between Lila and her cousin slash rival, Bernadette. But when the head judge of the pageant is murdered and Bernadette becomes the main suspect, the two must put aside their differences and solve the case—because it looks like one of them might be next.

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ID: 525595

Title: Very Cold People: A Novel

Author: Sarah Manguso

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:20:47

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Coming of Age, Family Life

Summary:

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The masterly debut novel from “an exquisitely astute writer” (The Boston Globe), about growing up in—and out of—the suffocating constraints of small-town America.

LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD • “Compact and beautiful . . . This novel bordering on a novella punches above its weight.”—The New York Times

“Very Cold People reminded me of My Brilliant Friend.”—The New Yorker

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Good Housekeeping

“My parents didn’t belong in Waitsfield, but they moved there anyway.”

For Ruthie, the frozen town of Waitsfield, Massachusetts, is all she has ever known.

Once home to the country’s oldest and most illustrious families—the Cabots, the Lowells: the “first, best people”—by the tail end of the twentieth century, it is an unforgiving place awash with secrets.

 

Forged in this frigid landscape Ruthie has been dogged by feelings of inadequacy her whole life. Hers is no picturesque New England childhood but one of swap meets and factory seconds and powdered milk. Shame blankets her like the thick snow that regularly buries nearly everything in Waitsfield.

 

As she grows older, Ruthie slowly learns how the town’s prim facade conceals a deeper, darker history, and how silence often masks a legacy of harm—from the violence that runs down the family line to the horrors endured by her high school friends, each suffering a fate worse than the last. For Ruthie, Waitsfield is a place to be survived, and a girl like her would be lucky to get out alive.

In her eagerly anticipated debut novel, Sarah Manguso has written, with characteristic precision, a masterwork on growing up in—and out of—the suffocating constraints of a very old, and very cold, small town. At once an ungilded portrait of girlhood at the crossroads of history and social class as well as a vital confrontation with an all-American whiteness where the ice of emotional restraint meets the embers of smoldering rage, Very Cold People is a haunted jewel of a novel from one of our most virtuosic literary writers.

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ID: 520841

Title: What Are Castles and Knights?

Author: Sarah Fabiny

Narrator: Dominique Franceschi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:00:36

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Historical

Summary:

Go back to the thrilling time of warring knights who were prepared to give their life in order to protect their lord and his castle.

Castles may conjure up a romantic fairy tale world; however, in real life, during the Middle Ages, castles were fortresses, providing shelter and protection for the lord as well as for the peasants who lived on his land. For an army, a lord depended on young soldiers in armor called knights who spent years at the castle learning the skills of warfare.

Author Sarah Fabiny dives into the history of castles and how they grew from simple wood structures to mighty fortresses in stone. She also explains who could become a knight and what their lives were like off of the battlefield, enjoying feasts, courting their lady loves, and showing off in tournaments.

Listeners will be excited to listen to this latest addition to Who HQ!

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ID: 530054

Title: Not Enough Lollipops

Author: Megan Maynor

Narrator: Tashi Thomas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:08:38

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:

Alice thinks it's her lucky day when she wins a wagon full of lollipops, but sharing them with her classmates is more complicated than it seems. Can she find a fair way to divvy up the sweets?

When Alice wins an enormous basket of lollipops in the raffle she's happy to share her good fortune with friends and classmates, but everyone seems to have a different opinion about how she should divide the bounty. Suddenly, Alice's big prize becomes a big conundrum. Should she give extras to her friends? Should she withhold lollipops from the kids who always hog the tire swing? As she weighs her options, the panic grows. What if there aren't enough to go around!?

This hilarious and thought-provoking story uses lollipops in the school yard to illustrate how cooperation and generosity can make even the most daunting problems solvable.

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ID: 530049

Title: How to Welcome a New Baby

Author: Jean Reagan

Narrator: Almarie Guerra

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:06:42

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:

From the New York Times bestselling creators of How to Babysit a Grandma and How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a fun and adorable picture book about how to welcome a new baby into your family!

A new baby is coming! Do you know what to do? This heartwarming new addition to the bestselling How to... series is all about welcoming a new sibling into your family. Learn how to get ready for the baby, how to make the baby laugh, and how to help Mom and Dad when things get a little topsy-turvy. Follow along through the first year of baby's life, and learn How To... from the experts -- kids! Filled with charming role-reversal humor, creative ideas, and sweet moments, How To Welcome a New Baby is sure to delight new siblings and growing families everywhere!

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ID: 522930

Title: Living Fully: Dare to Step into Your Most Vibrant Life

Author: Mallory Ervin

Narrator: Jamie Lynn Kern, Mallory Ervin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:00:16

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An irresistible guide to living without holding back, from the vibrant lifestyle entrepreneur and host of the Living Fully podcast

One of Katie Couric Media’s Best New Self Help Books to Read in the New Year • “If you’re ready to up-level your life and create long-lasting change, then this book is for you! Mallory’s resilient path will inspire you to step into your power.”—Gabby Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back

Mallory Ervin is known for exuding energy, joy, and laughter. But despite her public accomplishments, Mallory is no stranger to battling unhealthy attachments to performance and success. Now, in her unforgettable debut book, Mallory invites readers to see how her surprising journey—from achievement and accolades to devastating, never-before-shared lows—guided her and led her to a deeply fulfilling life.

In Living Fully, Mallory shares her personal story of overcoming the unhealthy and damaging patterns in her life and shows readers how to trade this for something completely new and more rewarding. What she discovered was there had always been a different life available to her, one that she had not yet seen. Now she encourages readers to resist a “just fine” existence and to step into a life they never dared to imagine before. Through inspiring stories and practical advice Mallory offers the motivation to:

• stop returning to a “just getting by” mentality

• shift perspective so blessings don’t become burdens

• remember that life’s curveballs don’t have to knock you off your feet

• identify your passions and get back to your truest self

• slow down and enjoy the extraordinary in the everyday moments

• quiet the voice of fear

• get clear on the life you want

“I wrote this to be your wake-up call, the thing that turns the lights on in your life and propels you to make real change, once and for all,” Mallory says. “I want you to wake up and stay awake.”

For anyone hungry for a richer life, or tired of coasting through life in a “cruise control” mindset, Living Fully is the ultimate invitation to embrace abundance and joy—and not look back!

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ID: 538756

Title: Crowned with Glory

Author: Dorena Williamson

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:06:15

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

An ode to Black hair and Black girl joy, this joy-filled rhyming picture book invites young readers into the world of a young Black girl as she rocks her God-given beauty.

Hello, world! I’m a gift from above.

I already know that I am loved.

Gazing around with a great big grin—

there’s a whole wide world for me to take in.

 

From the hair on her head to the tips of her toes, Azira knows that she is awesome! And whether it’s styled in twists, curls, braids, Bantu knots, a textured bun, or left totally natural, her hair is just one of the countless things that helps Azira celebrate who God made her to be. She’s able to live out a beautiful story because God has crowned her with glory—and Azira wants you to do the same!

 

Young readers will be inspired by this empowering, uplifting reminder to always be and love who God created them to be.

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ID: 533256

Title: Letters of Note: Grief

Author: Shaun Usher

Narrator: Chris Nayak, Crystal Clarke, Ferdinand Kingsley, Juliet Stevenson, Louise Brealey, Mark Strong, Shaun Usher, Shazia Nicholls, Simon Callow, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:47:57

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Health & Wellness, Essays & Anthologies, Mindfulness & Meditation, Death & Bereavement

Summary:

In Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on.

Includes letters by:

Audre Lorde, Robert Frost,

Nick Cave, Rainer Maria Rilke,

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette,

Kahlil Gibran, Edith Wharton,

Mary Wortley Montagu, Seungsahn Haengwon

& many more

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ID: 521299

Title: Finding Her Edge

Author: Jennifer Iacopelli

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:16:05

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Tough Topics

Summary:

For fans of Emma Lord and Abbi Glines, Jennifer Iacopelli’s swoony, romantic new novel follows elite ice dancer Adriana Russo as she finds herself drawn to both her old dance partner and her new one.

Adriana Russo is figure skating royalty.

 

With gold-medalist parents, and her older sister headed to the Olympics, all she wants is to live up to the family name and stand atop the ice dance podium at the Junior World Championships. But fame doesn’t always mean fortune, and their legendary skating rink is struggling under the weight of her dad’s lavish lifestyle. The only thing keeping it afloat is a deal to host the rest of the Junior Worlds team before they leave for France.

 

That means training on the same ice as her first crush, Freddie, the partner she left when her growth spurt outpaced his. For the past two years, he’s barely acknowledged her existence, and she can’t even blame him for it.

 

When the family’s finances take another unexpected hit, losing the rink seems inevitable until her partner, Brayden, suggests they let the world believe what many have suspected: that their intense chemistry isn’t contained to the ice. Fans and sponsors alike take the bait, but keeping up the charade is harder than she ever imagined. And training alongside Freddie makes it worse, especially when pretending with Brayden starts to feel very real.

 

As the biggest competition of her life draws closer and her family’s legacy hangs in the balance, Adriana is caught between her past and present, between the golden future she’s worked so hard for, and the one she gave up long ago.

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ID: 508358

Title: Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word - with a New Introduction by the Author

Author: Randall Kennedy

Narrator: Langston Darby

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:24:46

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, North America, Social Science, Political Advocacy

Summary:

Nigger: it is arguably the most consequential social insult in American history, though, at the same time, a word that reminds us of “the ironies and dilemmas, tragedies and glories of the American experience.” In this tour de force, distinguished Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy—author of the highly acclaimed Race, Crime, and the Law— “put[s] a tracer on nigger,” to identify how it has been used and by whom, while analyzing the controversies to which it has given rise.

With unprecedented candor and insight Kennedy explores such questions as: How should nigger be defined? Is it, as some have declared, necessarily more hurtful than other racial epithets? Do blacks have a right to use nigger even as others do not? Should the law view nigger baiting as a provocation strong enough to reduce the culpability of a person who responds violently to it? Should a person be fired from his or her job for saying nigger? How might the destructiveness of nigger be assuaged?

To be ignorant of the meanings and effects of nigger, says Kennedy, is to render oneself vulnerable to all manner of peril. This book brilliantly and sensitively addresses that concern.

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