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ID: 603522

Title: Birds and the Bees

Author: Milly Johnson

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:26:45

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a warm, tender and utterly hilarious story about love and betrayal 

Love can sting. Or make you fly ...

Romance writer and single mum Stevie Honeywell has only weeks to go to her wedding when her fiancé Matthew runs off with her glamorous new friend Jo MacLean. It feels like history repeating itself for Stevie, but this time she is determined to win back her man. She isn't going to act as he might expect. She isn't going to wail and dig her heels in, she is simply going to pretend to let him go whilst she pursues a mad course of dieting, exercising and self-improvement.

And it feels like history is repeating itself for Adam MacLean too, who is also determined to win his lady, Jo, back with the same basic psychological tactics. Then he is going to initiate his master plan: Getting together with Stevie to drive Jo wild with jealousy.

So, like the Scottish country jig 'The Birds and the Bees', the couples all change partners and learn some revealing truths about each other along the way. But what happens when Adam's master plan actually starts to work? And just who will Stevie be dancing with when the music stops?

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ID: 535144

Title: Family Game

Author: Catherine Steadman

Narrator: Catherine Steadman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:53:56

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

'Classy and ingenious new thriller' BA PARIS

‘Millionaires, marriage and murder make for a potent cocktail in this compelling tale set among the super-rich of New York’s elite’ TM LOGAN

‘Instantly compelling and filled with ingenious twists and brilliant characters. This is sublime thriller writing’ BP WALTER

THE RULES

    1. Listen carefully

    2. Do your research

    3. Trust no one

    4. Run for your life

 

Harriet Reed is newly engaged to Edward Holbeck, the heir to an extremely powerful American family.

When Edward’s father hands her a tape of a book he’s been working on, she is desperate to listen.

But as she presses play, it’s clear that this isn’t a novel. It’s a confession to murder.

Feeling isolated and confused, Harriet must work out if this is all part of a plan to test her loyalty. Or something far darker.

Because this might be a game to the Holbeck family - but games can still be deadly.

 

READY OR NOT, HERE THEY COME . . .

 

Praise for Catherine Steadman

‘Stylish, riveting, hugely atmospheric — I couldn’t put it down’ Lucy Foley

‘Engrossing and unputdownable’ Caroline Kepnes

'Captivating doesn't cover it. Brilliant doesn't do it justice. This is a dazzling, gasp-inducing plunge-pool of a novel that grips your heart and mind and refuses to let go. Absolutely stunning' BP Walter

‘Another screen-worthy thriller’ Washington Post

'Like Chekhov’s gun, the Hollywood sign is mentioned early, leading to a great, extended scene far above the city — and to a genuine Hollywood ending' New York Times

‘Engrossing and unputdownable . . . I devoured this Londoner in LA story in a day’ Caroline Kepnes

‘A fascinating glimpse of the darkness behind Hollywood’s glittering façade. I loved it’ TM Logan

'Another page-turning winner from Catherine Steadman. Ingenious and intriguing, with a fascinating insight into the acting world' BA Paris

‘Original, ingenious and utterly gripping, with characters you’ll really care about as they race towards the brilliantly unexpected ending’ JP Delaney 

‘A thriller for our times’ Louise Candlish

‘A proper page-turner’ New York Times

'Fans of The Silent Patient will love it' CJ Tudor

'Had me racing through the pages’ Sarah Vaughan

'An enjoyable, nail-biting ride' Observer

'Perfectly paced with an exciting race to the end, this is one clever novel' Woman’s Weekly

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ID: 565543

Title: Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10

Author: Andrew Gimson

Narrator: Andrew Gimson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:54:32

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics, History & Culture

Summary:

'Entertaining...essential...peppered with brilliant observations' Tim Shipman, Sunday Times

Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and entertaining new account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time as prime minister, from the highs of a landslide election victory to the lows of his car-crash resignation. 

In Boris Johnson: The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10, Gimson sets out to discover how a man dismissed as a liar, charlatan and tasteless joke was able, despite being written off more frequently than any other British politician of the twenty-first century, to become prime minister. During his ascent, Johnson benefited from being regarded as a clown, for this meant his opponents failed to take him seriously, while his supporters delighted in his ability to shock and enrage the Establishment. He even changed the language of politics; a new word, ‘cakeism’, entered the English lexicon to describe his implausible but seductive claim during the Brexit negotiations that it was possible to have one’s cake and eat it.

In a series of brilliant vignettes, Gimson sheds light on the parts played by sex, greed, boredom and low seriousness in Johnson’s rise and fall, describes how Partygate fatally imperilled his prime ministership, and places him in a line of Tory adventurers stretching back to Benjamin Disraeli: disreputable figures who often blew themselves up, but who also could display an astonishing ability to connect with the British public.

What kind of a person is Johnson? What kind of a country would dream of making him its prime minister? And why did he fall? Nobody has got closer than Gimson to finding out the answers.

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ID: 565544

Title: We Spread

Author: Iain Reid

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:58:00

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Literary Fiction

Summary:

Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”

Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny – with a growing sense of unrest and distrust – starts to lose her grip on the passage of time and on her place in the world. Is she succumbing to the subtly destructive effects of aging, or is she an unknowing participant in something more unsettling?

At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.

‘I loved this book and couldn't put it down – a deeply gripping, surreal and wonderfully mysterious novel. Not only has Reid given us a brilliant page turner, but a profoundly moving meditation on life and art, death and infinity. Reid is a master’ Mona Awad, author 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and All's Well

 

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ID: 629342

Title: Shirley Tries a New Diet

Author: Victoria Levitt

Narrator: Carina Dangas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 04:40:35

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Humor

Summary:

It seems easy to understand. Just dont eat anything made by animals. Thats easy to do, right? Shirley feels she needs to do this to attract the best-looking ram on the field. We are all sheep any way, moving around in herds, whether physically or in thought patterns. Could a change in widely accepted diets be undertaken by the herd?

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ID: 565546

Title: Rules for Vampires: Ghosts Bite Back

Author: Alex Foulkes

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:12:09

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Mystery & Fantasy, Humor

Summary:

Straighten your cape and ready your fangs . . . the ghosts are biting back. The spookiest story you'll listen to this year is the ghoulish follow-up to Alex Foulkes's highly acclaimed Rules for Vampires. 

A vampire and a ghost being friends is unheard of. It makes no sense. The two factions have despised one another for all eternity. But . . . Leo the vampire and Minna the ghost have battled together side-by-side, they're sisters-in-arms, they're best friends, and they'll have to work together to vanquish a new, deadly threat.

Summoned to the Ghostly Realm for the murder of the Orphanmaster, Leo must complete three tasks to prove herself worthy of her unlife, each more treacherous than the last. Can Leo convince the Ghostly Realm of her innocence and earn her freedom, or will she be trapped there forever?

 

A monstrously funny and devilishly dark new adventure in Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires series, Ghosts Bite Back is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Skulduggery Pleasant to sink their claws into.

Praise for Rules for Vampires:

'A wickedly fun debut, with a wonderfully strong girl hero.' Cressida Cowell, Children's Laureate 

'Fans of fast-paced, well-written gothic romps will devour Rules for Vampires.' Phil Earle, bestselling author of When the Sky Falls

‘Deliciously dark, fangtastically feisty and gloriously gothic!' Laura Ellen Anderson, author of Amelia Fang

‘Brilliant! It’s a deadly funny, twisty, gothic romp with the loveliest vampire. Sara Ogilvie’s illustrations are the perfect match.’ Jenny McLachlan, bestselling author of Land of Roar

'Wonderfully atmospheric, humorous and touching.’ Radiya Hafiza, author of Rumaysa

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ID: 580029

Title: Pocketful of Happiness

Author: Richard E. Grant

Narrator: Richard E. Grant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:13:43

Language: English

Release date: 09-29-22

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir

Summary:

'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton

'Fascinating, funny and heart wrenching' Dame Julie Walters

'An emotional rollercoaster - profoundly moving and wonderfully entertaining. A brilliant memoir about living, loving and losing' Bernardine Evaristo

‘One of the bravest, strongest, funniest memoirs I’ve ever read’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

An intimate and uplifting memoir by Richard E. Grant.

 

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has been a fixture on our screens since his breakout role in Withnail and I in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set him a challenge: to find a pocketful of happiness in every day.

 

The result is this book.

  

Set between the present day and flashbacks to delightfully indiscreet diary entries recalling landmarks from his remarkable life and glittering career, this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and cherishes life’s unexpected joys.

 

Funny, moving and perceptive, A Pocketful of Happiness is an insight into the life of a much loved British actor.

 

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ID: 623409

Title: Big Bad

Author: Lily Anderson

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:53:28

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-22

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal

Summary:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Suicide Squad in this adult dark, rompy novel in which the most beloved villains from Buffy must team up to stop the Slayer from ending their evil universe! Demondale, Callifornia, 1999...Like Sunnydale, but whole lot more evil. Step into this alternate reality, where chaos reigns supreme. The Mayor's sun-shade has created permanent darkness over Sunnydale, fully opening the Hellmouth once and for all. Now the newly christened Demondale has become a safe haven for vampires, beasts, and all types of ruffians. It's never been better to be bad. Aspiring supervillains (and super nerds) Jonathan and Andrew attempt to hold their own in a town full of monsters, while eleven-hundred-year-old vengeance demon Anya is just looking for something to give her life purpose again, spending her days working at an evil juice bar. But soon word gets out that there's a new Big Bad on the scene, one more powerful and more destructive than anyone who has come before. She, of course, is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And she's hell-bent on rooting out all of this reality's evil by any means necessary. Now Jonathan, Andrew, and Anya must recruit a team of Demondale's most notorious villainsincluding Angelus, Spike, Drusilla, and even Ripper the malevolent magic shop ownerin order to save their world. But it'll be no easy feat to put their pride and differences aside and stop the worst thing that has ever come to town: good. Written by acclaimed author and Buffy super fan Lily Anderson, this novel brings together Buffy's most devious and beloved villains from the Trio to the Whirlwind to Anya, Glory, and Vampire Willow. This is one apocalypse Buffy fans are not going to want to miss!

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ID: 592919

Title: If Animals Celebrated Christmas

Author: Ann Whitford Paul

Narrator: Bradley Whitford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 00:03:49

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-22

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Kids, Holidays

Summary:

This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out.

Don't miss the other audiobooks in Ann Whitford Paul's adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Went to School, and If Animals Gave Thanks!

What if animals did what YOU do? This charming story describes how animals might celebrate the holidays!

If animals celebrated Christmas...how would they do it? Tortoise would hiss a holiday wish, Crane would croon joyful carols, and Mama and Papa Buffalo would kiss beneath the mistletoe. Across the animal kingdom, every creature would deck the halls for this magical season.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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ID: 564673

Title: Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

Author: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:21:47

Language: English

Release date: 09-27-22

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Other, Arts & Entertainment, Art & Music

Summary:

In the latest audiobook in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali.

The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more.

Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than lifeuntil their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted.

In Killing the Legends, Bill OReilly and Martin Dugard explore the lives, legacies, and tragic deaths of three of the most famous people of the 20th century. Each experienced immense success, then failures that forced them to change; each faced the challenge of growing old in fields that privilege youth; and finally, each became isolated, cocooned by wealth but vulnerable to the demands of those in their innermost circles.

Dramatic, insightful, and immensely entertaining, Killing the Legends is the twelfth title in OReilly and Dugards Killing series: the most popular series of narrative history in the world, with more than 18 million copies in print.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

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