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ID: 616336

Title: Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

Author: Lena S. Andrews

Narrator: Courtney Patterson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:04:19

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, World, North America, Military

Summary:

''An ingenious look at WWII. Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

A groundbreaking new history of the role of American servicewomen in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential contributions to the Allies victory.

Valiant Women is the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II. These incredible women served in every service branch, in every combat theater, and in nearly two-thirds of the available military occupations at the time.

They were pilots, codebreakers, ordnance experts, gunnery instructors, metalsmiths, chemists, translators, parachute riggers, truck drivers, radarmen, pigeon trainers, and much more. They were directly involved in some of the most important moments of the war, from the D-Day landings to the peace negotiations in Paris. These womenwho hailed from every race, creed, and walk of lifedied for their country and received the nations highest honors. Their work, both individually and in total, was at the heart of the Allied strategy that won World War II.

Yet, until now, their stories have been relegated to the dusty shelves of military archives or a passing mention in the local paper. Often the women themselves kept their stories private, even from their own families.

Now, military analyst Lena Andrews corrects the record with the definitive and comprehensive historical account of American servicewomen during World War II, based on new archival research, firsthand interviews with surviving veterans, and a deep professional understanding of military history and strategy.

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ID: 640029

Title: We Still Belong

Author: Christine Day

Narrator: Katie Anvil Rich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:53:06

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-23

Publisher: Heartdrum

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

A thoughtful and heartfelt middle grade novel by American Indian Youth Literature Honorwinning author Christine Day (Upper Skagit), about a girl whose hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples Day (and plans to ask her crush to the school dance) go all wronguntil she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at an intertribal powwow.

Wesley is proud of the poem she wrote for Indigenous Peoples Daybut the reaction from a teacher makes her wonder if expressing herself is important enough. And due to the specific tribal laws of her familys Nation, Wesley is unable to enroll in the Upper Skagit tribe and is left feeling not Native enough. Through the course of the novel, with the help of her family and friends, she comes to embrace her own place within the Native community.

Christine Day's debut, I Can Make This Promise, was an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book, was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Chicago Public Library, and NPR, and was also picked as a Charlotte Huck Honor Book. Her sophomore novel, The Sea in Winter, was an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Honor Book, as well as named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and School Library Journal.

We Still Belong is an accessible, enjoyable, and important novel from an author who always delivers.

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ID: 640020

Title: Boy You Always Wanted

Author: Michelle Quach

Narrator: Dylan J. Locke, Katharine Chin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:46:46

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-23

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance

Summary:

From Not Here to Be Liked author Michelle Quach comes a smartly funny, heartfelt story told in dual POV about a young woman roping in her childhood crush to act as an honorary male heir to fulfill her grandfathers dying wish. A story about first love, familial duties, and finding yourselfperfect for fans of Emiko Jean and Loan Le.

Francine loves her grandfather, but their time together is running out. He has one final wish: to see a male heir carry on the family traditions. Francine knows his ideas are outdated, but she would do anything for him. Her solution? Ask Ollie Tran, a family friend (and former crush, not that it matters), to pretend to be ceremonially adopted and act like the grandson her A Gung never had.

Ollie has always made a point of avoiding the odd, too blunt (and fine, sort of cute) Francine, whose intensity has always made him uncomfortable. So when she asks him to help deceive her dying A Gung, Ollies definitely not down. He doesnt get why anyone would go to such lengths, even for family. Especially with a backwards (and sexist, Ollie keeps stressing) scheme like this.

Francine, however, is determined to make it work, and soon Ollie finds himself more invested in her planand in herthan he ever thought possible. But as the tangled lies and feelings pile up, Francine will have to discover what exactly she needs for herselfand from Ollie. Because sometimes the boy you always wanted isnt what you expected.

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ID: 640026

Title: Prom Mom: A Novel

Author: Laura Lippman

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:47:56

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past but compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for.  

Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as Prom Momthe girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chanceas long as she stays away from Joe, now a successful commercial real estate developer, married to a plastic surgeon, Meredith, to whom he is devoted. 

The problem is, Amber cant stay away from Joe. And Joe finds that its increasingly hard for him to ignore Amber, if only because she remembers the boy he was and the man he said he was going to be. Against the surreal backdrop of 2020 and early 2021, the two are slowly drawn to each other and eventually cross the line theyve been trying not to cross. 

And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable . . . and she must decide if she is willing to let their toxic and dangerous past repeat itself.

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ID: 637486

Title: Not That Duke: A Would-Be Wallflowers Novel

Author: Eloisa James

Narrator: Susan Duerden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:23:10

Language: English

Release date: 07-25-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, Contemporary Women

Summary:

The Duke of Huntington has no interest in an eccentric redhead who frowns at him over her spectaclesuntil he realizes that she is the only possible duchess for him. A new enemies-to-lovers romance by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James.

Bespeckled and freckled, Lady Stella Corsham at least has a dowry that has attracted a crowd of fortune-hunting suitorswhich definitely doesnt include the sinfully handsome Silvester Parnell, Duke of Huntington, who laughingly calls her Specs as he chases after elegant rivals.

And then

The worst happens. Marriage.

To the duke. To a man marrying her for all the wrong reasons.

How can Silvester possibly convince Stella that hes fallen in love with the quirky woman he married?

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ID: 551274

Title: Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark

Author: Greg Skomal, Ret Talbot

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:17:24

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true nature of these mysterious apex predators, as well as the fascinating story behind their history and startling resurgence

With its quaint villages, local restaurants serving up lobster rolls, and miles and miles of warm, sandy beaches, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is famous for being Americas carefree seaside getaway. But in August 2012, the first confirmed white shark attack in almost eighty years occurred in the region. As shark sightings quickly began to increase on Cape Cod and elsewhere, and large beachside billboards warning about the growing shark population became a common sight, a boogie boarder died after being attacked by a great white shark in Cape Cods shallow waters. What had changed to cause news of human-shark interactions to go from being a rarity to being the new normal? As some citizens called for shark culls, nets, drone surveillance, and other extreme solutions, interactions between local residents and scientists, politicians, and those responsible for public safety became tense and frantic.

Dr. Greg Skomal, a shark biologist whose lifelong passion has been to gain a more refined understanding of great white sharks, was at the center of it all. This is the story of the great white sharks return to the eastern seaboard, told through the life of the scientist who found himself in the oftentimes thankless position of having to balance conservation efforts and the drive to do important science with panic and fear in the court of public opinion. Greg has spent decades on a quest to tag, track, and demystify this animal, using every high- and low-tech method at his disposal, including those he invented, and he frequently comes face-to-face with these shadows of the deep. He leaves no stone unturned in his pursuit of the secrets behind the largely unknown lives of these charismatic creatures and in his duty to solve the intricate puzzle of how humans can coexist alongside them. Chasing Shadows is a too-rare conservation success story about restoring an apex predator to an ecosystem that provides a profound, new understanding of a beast so notoriously fierce that its nearly impossible to imagine how vulnerable it truly is.

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ID: 551312

Title: Wolf and the Dove

Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21:51:53

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

From New York Times bestselling author Kathleen E. Woodiwiss comes one of her most beloved romances...

The Wolf

Noble Aislinn grieves as the Iron Wolf and his minions storm through her beloved Darkenwald. And she burns with malice for the handsome Norman savage who would enslave her. . .even as she aches to know the rapture of the conqueror's kiss.

The Dove

For the first time ever, mighty Wulfgar has been vanquished - and by a bold and beautiful princess of Saxon blood. He must have the chaste, sensuous enchantress who is sworn to his destruction. And he will risk life itself to nurture with tender passion a glorious union born in the blistering heat of hatred and war.

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ID: 551316

Title: Forever in Your Embrace

Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21:44:56

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance, Rom-Com

Summary:

On a dark and dangerous road, a daring British adventurer saves the life of a countess of royal blood. In all his travels, Colonel Tyrone Rycroft has never encountered a woman as breathtaking, alluring, and inscrutably mysterious as the bewitching Synnovea. But his selfless bravery has drawn him into peril -- and into an inescapable web of intrigue and seduction.

In an opulent and treacherous imperial court, the proud, headstrong lady's dashing champion has become a pawn in a dangerous game of power and influence -- and only his great courage and wits will enable him to survive it. But Rycroft's enflamed desire will not let him escape to the safety of his own world -- not until his dream is realized, and the enigmatic, highborn beauty has given herself to him freely, honestly, and forever.

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ID: 551313

Title: Shanna

Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrator: Robin Miles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29:41:15

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance

Summary:

From New York Times bestselling author Kathleen E. Woodiwiss comes one of her most iconic and beloved romances of all time

A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for one night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her from an impending and abhorred arranged union.

But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows unfulfilled.

Ruark Beauchamps destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. He will be free . . . and he will find her. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. And no hangmans noose will keep Ruark from the bride and ecstasythat he craves. 

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ID: 551314

Title: Petals on the River

Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Narrator: Cassandra York

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18:08:31

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance, Rom-Com

Summary:

A proud and spirited woman whose life was stolen from her... A man of secrets accused of a terrible crime... In a place of new beginnings their destinies are joinedin a gloriously romantic new work from the incomparable storyteller.

The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable a women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life of privilege: by falsely convicting Shemaine of thievery and sending her in shackles to America, where she is to be sold in indentured servitude to the highest bidder.

In a bustling port city in the colony of Virginia, she becomes the servant of Gage Thorntona shipbuilder with a young child in need of a nanny. And despite whispered rumors condemning the handsome widower for the untimely death of his wife, Shemaine cannot ignore her desire for this caring, generous and enigmatic stranger who silently aches with his growing need for hereven as grave peril reaches out from across a vast ocean to threaten their flowering love. The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life of privilege: by falsely convicting Shemaine of thievery and sending her in shackles to America, where she is to be sold in indentured servitude to the highest bidder.

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