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ID: 791049

Title: Poor Artists

Author: Gabrielle De La Puente, Zarina Muhammad

Narrator: Gillian Kearney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:51:52

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

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'Let me stay there, let me paint. Let me go to bed when the sun comes up. I don't want life to sharpen me.'

Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut-throat competition, why do so many artists try anyway?

In this eye-opening journey through the bizarre world of contemporary art, criticism duo The White Pube tell the story of art like never before. Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions, art school lessons and her professional debut. In surreal encounters with other artists, Quest learns profound truths about money and power, and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself.

Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions including a Turner Prize winner or two, a few ghosts, a Venice Biennale fraudster and a communist messiah Poor Artists is a powerful testimony to the emotional, existential and financial experience of artists today.

'A landmark for art writing' Nathalie Olah

© Gabrielle de la Puente, Zarina Muhammad and The White Pube 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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ID: 741400

Title: Gambling Man: The wild ride of Japans Masayoshi Son

Author: Lionel Barber

Narrator: Lionel Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:43:15

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Business Development

Summary:

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Gambling Man is the biography of one of the worlds least known but most consequential investors.

Japans Masayoshi Son has made and lost several fortunes, investing or controlling assets worth $1 trillion in the past two decades through his media-tech giant, SoftBank. He bankrolled Alibaba, Chinas internet colossus, before the world had heard about it; plotted with Steve Jobs to turn the iPhone into a wonder product; and financed hundreds of tech start-ups, fuelling the biggest boom Silicon Valley has ever seen.

This book takes you on Sons wild ride, from his birthplace in a Korean slum in post-war Japan to the modern-day temples of power. It speeds through Donald Trumps golden skyscraper in Manhattan, the royal palaces of Riyadh and the throne rooms of Chinas Marxist rulers; all places where Son has deployed his unique blend of financial engineering and crazy risk-taking.

Sons story captures a 25 year-span of hyper-globalisation in which money, technologies and ideas flowed freely. From the launch of the microchip to the advent of artificial intelligence, he has ridden the technological wave which has created extraordinary wealth and economic change. His topsy-turvy business career is testimony to the power of optimism, daring to dream, ever in search of the Next Big Thing.

As an ethnic Korean in Japan, Son has overcome adversity and discrimination to become Japans best-known businessman and empire-builder but he remains an elusive, intensely private figure. This book, by a former editor of the Financial Times, contains a wealth of new information and has had the co-operation of many of the key participants, including Son himself. Written with a verve appropriate to its subject, Gambling Man reveals the man behind the money, what drives him, why he matters, and what he plans for his next act.

© Lionel Barber 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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ID: 729863

Title: Best Hex Ever

Author: Nadia El-Fassi

Narrator: Ferne Marks, Owen Hall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:32:10

Language: English

Release date: 10-03-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Contemporary Fantasy, Romantasy

Summary:

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When it comes to love, sometimes the recipe needs a little magic.

Dina is a skilled kitchen witch and café owner, serving magic-infused pastries to her loyal customers. But its hard not to feel something is missing when youre cursed to hurt anyone who falls for you.

Scott is a museum curator, recently back in London after a brutal breakup 2 years ago, and looking to make up for all the time he missed. Hes determined to be perfect best man at his best friends upcoming wedding, but his plans take an expected turn when he meets the bewitching maid of honour.

After a weekend in the countryside full of peculiar hedge mazes, palm readings by candlelight, and a midnight Halloween ritual, theres no denying the chemistry between them. But theres just one problem: the hex still holds, and Dina knows that Scott is in danger.

Can Dina break the spell before it breaks both their hearts?

Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Best Hex Ever is a cosy, and spicy spellbinding fantasy romance from an exciting new debut voice.

A cottagecore romcom of magical proportions. Lana Ferguson, The Nanny

Pure magic Jenna Levine, My Roommate is a Vampire

A fabulous, very sexy novel. Kate Johnson, Hex and the City

Truly a must-read and an author to watch. Mae Bennett, Barely Even Friends

©2024 Nadia El-Fassi (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 759629

Title: Nurses on Call

Author: Donna Douglas

Narrator: Penelope Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:53:37

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Family Life

Summary:

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The second instalment of The Nightingale Daughters series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife!

London's East End, 1957

In the Nightingale Hospital, Matron Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her newly discovered French niece Catrine, while having to keep their family relationship a secret from the rest of the staff.

However, independent Catrine is determined to do things her way, and break the rules. But underneath it all, she is lost, still mourning the loss of her mother and struggling to get along with her new family.

Helen'd own heart is aching since the breakdown of her marriage with David, which isnt helped when he returns to work at the hospital. Can she work side by side with the man she still loves?

Helens isnt the only marriage that hangs in the balance, as Nurse Dora faces a shock that could mean the end of her own marriage

Can love conquer all at the Nightingale Hospital?

© Donna Douglas 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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ID: 740661

Title: My Vampire Plus-One

Author: Jenna Levine

Narrator: Daniel Henning, Helen Laser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:04:07

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Romance, Paranormal, Contemporary

Summary:

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Amelia Collins is tired of constant questions about her nonexistent dating life, so she decides to get everyone off her back once and for all by finding someone anyone to pose as her date to a family wedding. If he's annoying, or embarrassing, so much the better.

Coincidentally, Reginald Cleaves has centuries of experience at being rude, infuriatingly arrogant, and a fashion eyesore. Amelia keeps running into this peculiar man by accident, and it takes less than five minutes for her to realize hes perfect for her purposes. Because as handsome as Reggie is, no one could possibly want to marry him right?

As Amelia and Reggie practice their fauxmance and more of Reggie's centuries-old secrets come to light, Amelia is surprised to find her first impressions could not have been more wrong, and that Reggies bark might be worse than his bite

'Bloody delightful!' Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics

'Wonderfully weird and sexy as hell ' Alicia Thompson

'A kooky, sparkly piece of happiness' India Holton

©2024 Jenna Levine (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 721522

Title: Playground

Author: Richard Powers

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini, Eunice Wong, Kevin R. Free, Krys Janae, Pun Bandhu, Robin Siegerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:51:33

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, General

Summary:

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024

A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT

Rafi and Todd are two polar opposites at an elite high school where they bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game. It sets them up for life: Rafi will get lost in literature, while Todds work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.

Elsewhere, Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the worlds first aqualungs; Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home.

All of these people meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, marked for humanitys next great adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out into the open sea. As the seasteaders close in, how will Evie play the ever-unfolding oceanic game? Will Ina engage in acts of destruction? Todd and Rafi, now estranged, still find themselves in competition: Todd unravels while working on an idea to redraw the boundaries of human immortality, while Rafi and the residents must decide if they will greenlight the new project on their shores and change their home forever.

Set in the worlds largest ocean, Playground explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize and interweaves profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.

'Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising. The writing feels like the ocean. Vast, mysterious, deep and alive' PERCIVAL EVERETT

'An extraordinarily immersive journey through lives linked in mysterious ways - gripping, alarming and uplifting' EMMA DONOGHUE

Powers is a master of taking important topics of our times from threats to our oceans and climate change to AI and turning them into riveting and fiercely relevant books imbued with psychological insight and a deep awe for nature. This eloquent dance of the scientific and emotional makes him one of our finest story tellers. PLAYGROUND is brilliant, captivating and important and the best book Ive read this year ANDREA WULF

©2024 Richard Powers (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 810739

Title: Madstone

Author: Elizabeth Crook

Narrator: Will Collier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:05:36

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-24

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Teen

Summary:

Texas hill country, 1868. As nineteen-year-old Benjamin Shreve tends to business in his workshop, he sees a stagecoach leave a passenger stranded. The man, a treasure hunter, persuades Benjamin to help track down the coach, drawing him into a drama he could never have imagined. On reaching the coach they discover that its passengers include Nell, a pregnant young woman, and her four-year-old son, Tot, who are fleeing Nells brutal husband and his murderous brothers.

Nell is in grave danger. If her husband catches her, he will kill her and take their son. Benjamin offers to deliver Nell and Tot to a distant port on the Gulf of Mexico, where they can board a ship to safety. He is joined in this chivalrous act by two companions: the treasure hunter whose stranding began this endeavour and a restless Black Seminole who has an escape plan of his own.

Fraught with jeopardy from the outset, the trek across Texas becomes still more dangerous as buried secrets emerge. And even as Benjamin falls in love with Nell and begins to imagine a life as Tots father, vengeful pursuers are never far behind.

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ID: 788768

Title: One More Day: Find Strength and Resilience through Your Darkest Times with Life-Saving Tools from Positive Psychology

Author: Niyc Pidgeon

Narrator: Niyc Pidgeon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:40:53

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-24

Publisher: Hay House PGRH

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Psychology, Mental Health

Summary:

Positive Psychologist Niyc Pidgeon lost three close friends to suicide. Now she's equipping listeners with simple psychological perspectives, exercises, and interventions to support them through their darker days.

At points in her life, leading Positive Psychologist Niyc Pidgeon grappled with trauma and the desire to end her own life. Discovering and training in Positive Psychology – the science of happiness – changed everything for her and she went on to create a life full of joy and purpose.

Niyc is determined to positively impact the epidemic of suicide by sharing the life-saving psychological resources that she knows can help bring hope within reach. In One More Day, she equips you with the simple Positive Psychology perspectives, exercises and interventions to support you through your darker days.

This audiobook offers daily strategies to boost your mental wellbeing, transcend challenges and find more reasons to cherish every day. A testament to the human spirit's will to survive, it will show you how you can bounce back, rediscover happiness, resilience and purpose – and even transform to become stronger than ever before.

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ID: 783741

Title: Dearest: A mother's greatest nightmare. A daughter's biggest fear

Author: Jacquie Walters

Narrator: Jacquie Walters

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:25:39

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Audio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

'A fast-paced and frightening debut that explores the nightmares of new motherhood, with plenty of twists and scares' Rachel Harrison, author of Black Sheep

A new mother in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother, only to invite something much darker inside, in this 'fast-paced and frightening debut' (Rachel Harrison) about the long shadows cast by family secrets, perfect for readers of Grady Hendrix or Ashley Audrain.

Flora is a new mum enamored of her baby girl, Iris, even if she arrived a few weeks early. With her husband on deployment, Flora navigates the newborn stage alone. But as the sleepless nights pass in the loneliness of their half-empty home, the edges of her reality begin to blur.

Just as Flora becomes convinced she is losing her mind, a surprising guest shows up to help: Flora's own mother, to whom she hasn't spoken in years. Can they mend their fraught relationship? Or is there more Flora's mother isn't telling her about the events that led to their estrangement?

As stranger and scarier events unfold, Flora begins to suspect the house is not as empty as she once thought. Is her hold on reality slipping dangerously away? Or is she, in fact, the only thing standing between a terrifying visitor and her baby?

'A truly terrifying exploration of maternal instinct, mental health and the complex bonds between mothers and daughters. Jacquie Walters is a horror writer to watch' Robyn Harding, author of The Drowning Woman

'A corrosive cocktail of domestic dread and parental paranoia, Dearest will turn your stomach and scare you senseless' Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall

'A raw and challenging rumination on motherhood and inherited trauma. Compassionate and compelling, Walters is a talent to watch' Sarah Langan, bestselling author of Good Neighbors and A Better World

'Shockingly original and genuinely disturbing, this brilliant horror novel will hit way too close to home for millions of women' Kirsten Miller, author of The Change

'An unflinching, cinematic thrill ride that examines the darkest fears inherent to motherhood . . . then lights them on fire. This perfectly plotted debut delivers again and again with a tense, claustrophobic start and genuinely terrifying final act' Anne Heltzel, author of Just Like Mother

'Dearest by Jacquie Walters is one of the most exquisitely terrifying books I've ever read. Exceptionally written, this stunning thriller/horror explores the darkest parts of motherhood--whether we are good enough, capable enough to ensure our children survive and thrive. With mind-blowing twists, supernatural sensations, and a raw, unflinching exploration of postpartum, Dearest altered my psyche and skewered my soul' Samantha M. Bailey, bestselling author of A Friend in the Dark

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ID: 733921

Title: Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

Author: Kate Conger, Ryan Mac

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:20:11

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, Management & Leadership, Business Development

Summary:

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In a world of viral ideas and emotion, who gets to control the narrative, who gets to be heard, and what does power really cost?

This is the story of the showdown between Elon Musk and Twitter and how the richest man on earth suddenly came to control one of the most powerful media platforms in the world. In Character Limit, award-winning reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac draw on exclusive interviews, unreported documents and internal Twitter recordings to provide a revelatory, three-dimensional, and definitive account of what really happened when Musk showed up to takeover Twitter, spoiling for a brawl and intent on revolution, with his merciless, sycophantic cadre of lawyers, investors, and bankers.

In part, this is the story of Twitter's founder, Jack Dorsey, who idealistically dreamed of building a 'digital town square' but detested Wall Street and never built a profitable business, and Musk, one of the site's most influential users with over 70 million followers. To Musk, Twitteronce known for its almost absolute commitment to free speechhad utterly lost its way. Blaming it for the proliferation of what he called the woke mind virus, he claimed that the survival of humanity itself depended on the future of the site.

In January 2022, Musk began secretly accumulating Twitter stock. By April, he was its largest shareholder, and, soon after, he made an unsolicited offer to purchase the company for the unimaginable sum of $44 billion. Backed into a corner, Twitters board accepted his offeronly for Musk to change his mind, forcing Twitter to sue him.

Drawing on unparalleled sources, this is the defining story of our time told in vivid, cinematic detail.

'The definitive account of how the worlds richest man, in a fit of unbridled vanity and arrogance, took over and destroyed our digital town square' John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood?

Astonishing. Kate Conger and Ryan Macs meticulous, comprehensive reporting turns an opaque mess brutally transparent Jia Tolentino, bestselling author of Trick Mirror

Gripping Through fly-on-the-wall reporting, Character Limit takes readers inside Elon Musk's tumultuous Twitter takeover and the disruption of a company, an industry, and the online public square. What a wild ride' Bradley Hope, bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale

© Kate Conger, Ryan Mac 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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