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ID: 536838

Title: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

Author: Johann Hari

Narrator: Johann Hari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:21:26

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Social Science

Summary:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back.

“The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction.”—Adam Grant, author of Think Again

“Read this book to save your mind.”—Susan Cain, author of Quiet

 

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Post, Mashable, Mindful

In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

 

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers’ productivity.

 

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.

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ID: 488548

Title: Squish #1: Super Amoeba

Author: Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm

Narrator: Andrea Emmes, Fred Sanders, Jim Meskimen, Jorjeana Marie, Kirby Heyborne, Marc Cashman, Mark Deakins, Mary Dilts, Maxwell Glick, Rene Ruiz, Rob Shapiro, Tonya Cornelisse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:27:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

Summary:

Now an animated show on HBO Max!

It's SQUISHa graphic novel series, now adapted for audio, about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day). Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER AMOEBA!, Squish has to navigate school (bullies! detention! Principal Planaria!), family (dad: Hates to wear a tie. Secretly listens to heavy metal in the car), and friends (Peggy-rainbows! happy all the time! and Pod . . . who's . . . well, you just have to meet him). Can Squish save the worldand his friendsfrom the forces of evil lurking in the hallways? Find out in Squish: Super Amoebasaving the world, one cell at a time!

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ID: 518038

Title: Good Rich People

Author: Eliza Jane Brazier

Narrator: Karissa Vacker, Sophie Amoss

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:11:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

A Good Morning America 'January Book That Can Get Us Through Anything'

A Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 by The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, PopSugar, Shondaland, Yahoo!, and Crime Reads

A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier.

Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper. 

 

Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person’s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple’s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling forever, and she’s not about to go down without a fight.  

 

In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion.

 

Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner takes all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind.

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ID: 488549

Title: Squish #2: Brave New Pond

Author: Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm

Narrator: Andrea Emmes, Fred Sanders, Jim Meskimen, Jorjeana Marie, Kirby Heyborne, Marc Cashman, Mark Deakins, Mary Dilts, Maxwell Glick, Rene Ruiz, Rob Shapiro, Tonya Cornelisse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

Summary:

Now an animated show on HBO Max!

It's SQUISHa hilarious, action packed graphic novel series, now adapted for audio, from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dog Man, Captain Underpants, and My Weird School.

He's baa-ack! It's a brand new school year for everyone's favorite AMOEBA! Will Squish finally get to sit with the cool kids at lunch? Will Pod stop the giant asteroid from destroying the world? Will the LEECHES be the end of Super Amoeba? And what makes cafeteria nachos so delicious anyway? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Squish's second electrifying, fast-paced adventure, Squish #2: Brave New Pondsaving the world, one cell at a time!

Here's what people are saying about everyone's favorite amoeba!

New York Times:

'An energetic, good-hearted escapade, one that young readers will enjoy.'

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews:

* 'Hilarious. If ever a new series deserved to go viral, this one does.'

The Bulletin:

'A perfect mix of writing that is simple enough for early readers but still remarkably snarky, clever, and entertaining. Kids will soak up the humor, tidbits of science instruction, and adventure.'

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ID: 520845

Title: Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Author: Ibi Zoboi

Narrator: Ibi Zoboi, Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:30:55

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

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

Summary:

From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler.

Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood that shaped her into the groundbreaking science-fiction storyteller whose novels continue to challenge and delight readers fifteen years after her death.

Cover art © 2022 by Zharia Shinn

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ID: 488551

Title: Squish #4: Captain Disaster

Author: Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm

Narrator: Andrea Emmes, Danny Campbell, Fred Sanders, Jim Meskimen, Jorjeana Marie, Kirby Heyborne, Marc Cashman, Mark Deakins, Mary Dilts, Maxwell Glick, Rene Ruiz, Rob Shapiro, Tonya Cornelisse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:24:47

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, General, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor

Summary:

Now an animated show on HBO Max!

It's SQUISHa hilarious, action packed graphic novel series, now adapted for audio, from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dog Man, Captain Underpants, and My Weird School.

It's soccer season! But the Waterfleas (Hey, it could be worseOkay, maybe it couldn't.) are getting pummelled game after game. Squish knows winning isn't everything, but it's something right? Can Squish turn the losing streak around when he becomes team captain? Will Pod figure out how to harness the power of lightning? And how can amoebas play soccer when they don't have any feet? Find out in the electrifyingly funny Squish #4: Captain Disastersaving the world, one cell at a time!

Here's what people are saying about everyone's favorite amoeba!

New York Times:

'An energetic, good-hearted escapade, one that young readers will enjoy.'

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews:

* 'Hilarious. If ever a new series deserved to go viral, this one does.'

The Bulletin:

'A perfect mix of writing that is simple enough for early readers but still remarkably snarky, clever, and entertaining. Kids will soak up the humor, tidbits of science instruction, and adventure.'

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ID: 518034

Title: Hello from Renn Lake

Author: Michele Weber Hurwitz

Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Eileen Noonan, Leiana Bertrand, Max Meyers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:31:58

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family

Summary:

The environmental activism of Hoot meets the summer friendship of Lemons in this heartfelt story about community, conservation, and standing up for the things you love.

Annalise Oliver's family has owned and run lakeside cabins in Renn Lake, Wisconsin, for generations. This summer, she gets to help out while her younger sister focuses on being an actress and her best friend is babysitting rambunctious twin boys. It's the perfect opportunity for Annalise to work and spend more time by her beloved lake.

When she was three years old, Annalise discovered that she could sense what Renn Lake was thinking and feeling. Now, at twelve, she still turns to Renn for comfort. But when a small patch of algae quickly becomes a harmful bloom, Annalise can no longer hear Renn, and the lake is closed. She and her friends must find a way to save the lake.

Writing from the perspectives of both the lake and Annalise, acclaimed author Michele Weber Hurwitz tells a sensitive and heartfelt story about community, activism, and fighting for the things you love.

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ID: 492955

Title: Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns: A Pardoned Man's Escape from the School-to-Prison Pipeline and What We Can Do to Dismantle It

Author: Michael Phillips

Narrator: Michael Phillips

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:55:38

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Summary:

The unforgettable true story of one man’s escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into hope.

“A heart-wrenching and triumphant story that will change lives.”—Bishop T. D. Jakes

Michael Phillips would never become anything. At least, that’s what he was told. It seemed like everyone was waiting for him to just fall through the cracks. After losing his father, suffering a life-altering car accident, and losing his college scholarship, Michael turned to selling drugs to make ends meet. But when his house was raided, he was arrested and thrown into a living nightmare.

When it looked like he would be sentenced to spend years behind bars, the judge gave him a choice—go to a special college program for adjudicated youth or face the possibility of a thirty-year prison sentence. It wasn’t hard to pick. From that choice, a mission was born—to help change the system that shuffles so many young Black men like Michael straight from school to prison. Today, Michael is the pastor of a thriving church, a local leader in Baltimore, and a member of the Maryland State Board of Education. He discovered that education was the path to becoming who he was created to be.

Armed with research, statistics, and his powerful story, Michael tackles the embedded privilege of the education system and introduces ideas for change that could level the playing field and reduce negative impacts on vulnerable youth. He explores ways in which the readers can help advocate and provide resources for students, and points us to the one thing anyone can start doing, no matter who we are or what our role is: speak into young kids’ lives. Tell them of their inherent worth and purpose.

In this inspiring, thought-provoking, and energizing call to action, Michael’s practical steps provide a way forward to anyone wanting to help create space for collateral hope in the lives of for young people around them.

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ID: 518043

Title: Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy

Author: Rachel Krantz

Narrator: Rachel Krantz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:09:34

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Social Science

Summary:

An award-winning journalist chronicles her first open relationship with “breathtaking honesty” (Los Angeles Times) in this “sexy, messy, necessary look at polyamory” (The Advocate).

FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Them

 

When Rachel Krantz met and fell for Adam, he told her that he was looking for a committed partnership—just one that did not include monogamy. Intrigued and more than a little nervous, Krantz decided to see whether their love could coexist with the freedom to date other people. Could they strike an exquisite balance between intimacy and independence, and find a way to feel passion for each other once the honeymoon phase ended?

 

Krantz documents her dive into polyamory, from Brooklyn sex parties to swinging and beyond, in her extraordinary debut memoir. As she attempts to write a new plot for her love story with Adam, she runs up against miscommunications, gaslighting, and ancient power dynamics, and seeks solid ground in a relationship where the rules are ever-shifting. An award-winning journalist, she interviewed scientists, psychologists, and people living and loving outside the mainstream as she searched to understand what polyamory would do to her heart, her mind, and her life. 

With an unflinching eye and page-turning storytelling, Open is groundbreaking in both its documentarian approach to polyamory and its explicit subject matter. From debilitating anxiety spirals to heart-opening connections with the men and women she dates, Rachel puts her whole self on the line as she attempts to redefine what a relationship is—or could be.

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ID: 517830

Title: Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough

Author: Candice Marie Benbow

Narrator: Candice Marie Benbow, Karen Chilton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:47:58

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-22

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Christianity, Social Science

Summary:

A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies

“Candice Marie Benbow is a once-in-a-generation theologian, the kind who, having ground dogma into dust with the fine point of a stiletto, leads us into the wide-open spaces of faith.”—Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection

 

Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow’s essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.

 

Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. In honoring her single mother’s love and triumphs—and mourning her unexpected passing—she finds herself forced to shed restrictions she’d been taught to place on her faith practice. And by embracing alternative spirituality and womanist theology, and confronting staid attitudes on body positivity and LGBTQ+ rights, Benbow challenges religious institutions, faith leaders, and communities to reimagine how faith can be a tool of liberation and transformation for women and girls.

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