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ID: 707138

Title: I Heard Her Call My Name: A memoir of transition

Author: Lucy Sante

Narrator: Lucy Sante

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:57:07

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment, General, Women

Summary:

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Lucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and others would become jarringly famous. Lucy flirted with both fates, on her way to building a glittering career as a writer. But she could never shake that feeling.

When she was finally ready, Lucy decided to confront the façade shed been presenting to everyone, including herself, over these years. I Heard Her Call My Name is the story of that confrontation, of a life with a missing piece that with transition, falls into place. This a memoir of grace and wit that parses the issues of gender identity and far beyond with unbounding humility and hope.

©2024 Lucy Sante (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 695629

Title: Who's Afraid of Gender?

Author: Judith Butler

Narrator: Judith Butler

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:47:21

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science

Summary:

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From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world

Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose influential work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization --and even 'man' himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights.

But what, exactly, is so scary about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how 'gender' has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. They illuminate the concrete ways that this phantasm displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of critical race theory and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.

An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, Who's Afraid of Gender? is a bold call to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us an essentially hopeful work that is both timely and timeless.

©2024 Judith Butler (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 704618

Title: Springtime with the Railway Girls

Author: Maisie Thomas

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:15:36

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Family Life, Sagas

Summary:

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Manchester, 1944

Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy strikes, her world is turned upside down.

Persephone is struggling with matters of the heart. Can she muster up the courage to tell Matt how she truly feels?

Colette is slowly learning to embrace life again after she left Tony. But will he ever let her move on?

Join the railway girls as they journey through life, love and war.

Readers LOVE the Railway Girls:

'Make yourself a cuppa and find a comfy spot on the sofa because you are not going to be able to put this down'

'I simply cannot wait for the next one - I am hooked!'

'Gives a vivid picture of women's lives in wartime Manchester'

©2024 Maisie Thomas (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 753398

Title: Money and Promises: A History of the World in Seven Deals

Author: Paolo Zannoni

Narrator: Mark Elstob

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:42:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Business & Economics

Summary:

In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a thriving metropolis, a powerhouse of global trade, and a city that stood at the centre of Mediaeval Europe. But Pisa had a problem. It was running out of coins. In the face of financial crisis, it was here that the foundations of modern banking were born.

In Money and Promises, the distinguished financier, entrepreneur and historian Paolo Zannoni examines the fascinating, complex relationship between states and banks. He draws upon seven case studies: the republic of twelfth-century Pisa, seventeenth-century Venice, the infant years of the Bank of England, Imperial Spain, the Kingdom of Naples, the nascent USA during the American Revolution, and Bolshevik Russia in 1917-1921. Spanning a multitude of countries, political systems, and historical eras, Zannoni shows that at the heart of these institutions is an intricate exchange of debt and promises that allowed the modern world as we know it to take shape.

Featuring fresh insights and innovative research, this authoritative yet extremely accessible book explores the vital relationship upon which all individual, financial, and political systems still depend.

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ID: 679073

Title: Prima Facie: Based on the award-winning play starring Jodie Comer

Author: Suzie Miller

Narrator: Jodie Comer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:18:34

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Feminist Fiction

Summary:

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This audiobook is narrated by Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Last Duel, The End We Start From), who won Best Actress in both the Tony and Olivier awards for her performance in the theatre production of Prima Facie. Her performance in the play was lauded as 'infusing breath-taking emotional drama into every word' (Guardian), with 'tremendous skill and improbable stamina' (New York Times). Here she returns to Tessa in this intimate and skilful performance.

From the Olivier award-winning playwright of Prima Facie Suzie Miller comes her first novel, where power, patriarchy and morality diverge.

She played by the rules, but the rules are broken.'

Tessa Ensler is a brilliant barrister who's forged her career in criminal defence through sheer determination. Since her days at Cambridge, shes carefully disguised her working class roots in a male-dominated world where who you know is just as important as what you know. Driven by her belief in the right to a fair trial and a taste for victory, theres nothing Tessa loves more than the thrill of getting her clients acquitted.

It seems like Tessa has it made when she is approached for a new job and nominated for the most prestigious award in her field. But when a date with a charismatic colleague goes horribly wrong, Tessa finds that the rules shes always played by might not protect her, forcing her to question everything she's ever believed in

It has been an absolute joy to return to Tessas story whilst recording this audiobook. My hope is that it will reach the widest number of people, perhaps who werent able to see the play. Ive personally enjoyed delving into her story again and am excited for audiences to experience this further exploration gifted to us by the wonderful Suzie Miller. Jodie Comer

'Enthralling and sharp-witted . . . Highly recommended' Karin Slaughter

'Bold, fearless, heartbreakingly timeless. Written with skill, humour, despair and hope, Prima Facie is a deeply rewarding, absolute must read' Chris Whitaker

©2024 Suzie Miller (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 716683

Title: Ballet Besties: Yara's Chance to Dance

Author: Chitra Soundar, Yasmine Naghdi

Narrator: Krupa Pattani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:03:44

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-24

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Audio

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

Pirouette your way into the Shimmer & Shine dance studio, where the ballet besties are ready to put on a show!

When Yara joins Shimmer & Shine, a community dance school, she meets lots of other children her age, who are there to either start their training or just for the fun of it. Soon she has a group of ballet besties she loves to dance with.

But then Dame Clougston-Wilmott, their grumpy, dance-hating landlady, threatens to close the studio. Suddenly it's up to Yara and her new friends to keep Shimmer & Shine open!

Will putting on a performance of The Sleeping Beauty reawaken the Dame's love for dance? Will Yara have the chance to dance her dream role of Aurora? And most importantly of all, can the ballet besties save their studio?

A fun, inclusive and accessible series that will bring the joy of dance to young readers!

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ID: 692523

Title: Still See You Everywhere

Author: Lisa Gardner

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:33:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

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'You've lost someone?'

'My baby sister. You must locate her. I need to know she's safe and sound. This is my dying wish. You have three weeks to get it done.'

Frankie Elkin is about to undertake the strangest mission of her career. She has been asked by serial killer Keahi Pierson, who has killed and dismembered 18 men and now serves out the very limited time she has left on Death Row, to find her long lost sister Lani. Keahi had always assumed her sister to be dead, but she's just received a letter preporting to be from her. It's Keahi's dying wish to know that her sister is well and happy. Only trouble is that she faces the death penalty in three weeks time. The clock is ticking ...

Frankie quickly establishes that if Lani really is still alive, she will be living on a small atoll in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Hawaii. The island is owned by a millionaire business man and Frankie applies for a job working in the hotel he is developing.

The island may be paradisal in appearance, but Frankie soon discovers that both the coast and the interior are patrolled by giant crabs and enormous spiders - and that is just the wildlife. With no idea who among her co-workers are friends and who are foe, and with no appearance yet of Lani, Frankie knows that her own life is in terrifying danger ...

©2024 Lisa Gardner (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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ID: 760366

Title: Stork That Chose to Walk

Author: Michael James

Narrator: Charlotte Greaves

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:12:39

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-24

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Follow Stork from her own beginnings, with all its trips, slips and falls along the way.

Watch her grow through her own self-doubt as she receives kind words and love along the way from some unexpected guests in a spectacular African setting.

An educational journey for all reading, helping to instil empathy, kindness, patience, and belief in your own and other's journeys, while building an appreciation and love of the natural world.

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ID: 729796

Title: To Kill a King: Master of War, Book 8

Author: David Gilman

Narrator: Colin Mace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:10:41

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

The eighth gripping adventure in David Gilman's critically acclaimed Master of War series set in fourteenth-century Europe.

Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath.

But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unpopular in his Aquitainian lands, Blackstone, King Edward's Master of War, must return to French soil to help stem the tide of support for the King of France.

Meanwhile, Henry, Blackstone's son, faces an incognito ride across France with his own motley band of outlaws and mercenaries. But the French are aware of the younger Blackstone's journey, and see a perfect way to target the Master of War.

Praise for the author: 'A gripping ride' WILBUR SMITH

'Gilman does heart pounding action superlatively' THE TIMES

'A gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and cruelty' ROBERT FABBRI

'The level of suspense is ratcheted up to a truly brutal level' SHARON PENMAN

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ID: 711736

Title: Tower

Author: Flora Carr

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:03:55

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-24

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women

Summary:

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They are imprisoned, but not contained.

Three women cross a loch. It is 1567, one of them is pregnant, two of them fretful. The boat takes them to Lochleven castle in the middle of the water. Awaiting them are courtiers braying for blood, hellbent on keeping one of them under lock and key: Mary Queen of Scots.

In the tower, Mary's maids Frenchwoman, Cuckoo and watchful Scot, Jane are her only allies, and the chamber their entire world. A new reality sets in where they are at the mercy of not only their keepers, but of raging Scotland itself.

In the outside world, Mary's kin, Queen Elizabeth claims she can do little but write. Downstairs, the shrewd jailor-courtier Margaret Erskine places her daughter-in-law Agnes in the chamber as her pair of eyes. Hope seems futile until the bewitching Lady Seton arrives. Seton's power shifts everything in the tower and soon a plan is hatched.

But which of them will risk it all to save their mistress? Which woman loves her queen best? The Tower is a triumphant story of desire, grit, God-given power and wiles from a striking new voice in historical fiction.

'The Tower is such a vivid, visceral read, you feel you're locked in the tower alongside the characters, acting out a royal family drama. I am moved and impressed' TRACY CHEVALIER

©2024 Flora Carr (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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