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ID: 614322

Title: Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life

Author: Mark Matousek

Narrator: Stephen Graybill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:28:29

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Psychology, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

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ID: 626425

Title: Hands of Time: A Watchmakers History

Author: Rebecca Struthers

Narrator: Anna Ploszajski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:07:39

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, World, Science & Technology, Antiques & Collectibles

Summary:

''A hugely entertaining achievement.'' Esquire

An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists.'' Wall Street Journal

''As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy. Simon Winchester, author of The Perfectionists and Land

An award-winning watchmakerone of the few practicing the art in the world todaychronicles the invention of time through the centuries-long story of one of mankinds most profound technological achievements: the watch.

Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social and economic development of modern society; it is an object that, when disassembled, can give us new insights both into the motivations of inventors and craftsmen of the past, and, into the lives of the people who treasured them.

Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attempts at time-keeping, to the breakthrough in engineering that gave us the first watch, to today where the timepieces hold cultural and historical significance beyond what its first creators could have imagined. Acclaimed watchmaker Rebecca Struthers uses the most important watches throughout history to explore their attendant paradigm shifts in how we think about time, indeed how we think about our own humanity. From an up-close look at the birth of the fakes and forgeries industry which marked the watch as a valuable commodity, to the watches that helped us navigate trade expeditions, she reveals how these instruments have shaped how we build and then consequently make our way through the world.

A fusion of art and science, history and social commentary, this fascinating work, told in Strutherss lively voice and illustrated with custom line drawings by her husband and fellow watchmaker Craig, is filled with her personal observations as an expert watchmakerone of the few remaining at work in the world today. Horology is a vast subjectthe study of time. This compelling history offers a fresh take, exploring not only these watches within their time, but the role they played in human development and the impact they had on the people who treasured them. 

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ID: 622313

Title: Camp Sylvania

Author: Julie Murphy

Narrator: Katie Ladner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:27:54

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-23

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Mystery & Fantasy, Sports

Summary:

From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin, comes a hilarious and creepy middle grade summer camp story that takes a bite out of fat camp and diet culture. Perfect for fans of Spooky Stories and Starfish.

Magnolia Maggie Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight . . . if she can just get over her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp shes been dying to go to for three whole summers.

But on the last day of school, her parents break the news: Maggie isnt going to Camp Rising Star. Shes being shipped off to fat campand not just any fat camp. Shes going to Camp Sylvania, run by world-famous wellness influencer Sylvia Sylvania, who is known for her soon-to-be-patented Scarlet Diet.

When Maggie arrives at camp, things are . . . weird. There are the humiliating weigh-ins and grueling workouts, as expected. But the campers are also encouraged to donate bloodat their age! The cafeteria serves only red foods and the oddly specific rules change every day. There are even rumors of a camp ghost.

Despite these horrors, Maggie makes friends and starts to actually enjoy herself. There are even tryouts for a camp production of The Music Man! This place might not be so bad . . . until campers start going missing and other suspicious things begin happeningespecially after dark. The camp ghost might be the least scary thing about this place. . . .

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ID: 616794

Title: Land of Broken Promises

Author: Jane Kuo

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:32:55

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-23

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Kids, General, Health & Family

Summary:

Taiwanese immigrant Anna and her family make a shocking discovery that puts their American dreams at risk in this searing companion to In the Beautiful Country, which Gene Luen Yang called vivid and hopeful.

* A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices List Selection *

After a rocky first year, Annas family has settled into life in Californiatheir small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: Their visas have expired.

Annas world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like undocumented and inequality. She longs to share with a friend the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone.

As Anna grapples with the complexities of being undocumented, the strain that it places on her family, and the loneliness of keeping it all to herself, she has to wonderif America is the promised land, why does everything shes hoped for feel like a lie?

Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Reem Faruqi, and Jasmine Warga, this middle grade novel in verse, inspired by the authors own experiences, focuses on themes of legal documentation, identity, and languages ability to divide and unite. 

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ID: 603556

Title: Starboard

Author: Nicola Skinner

Narrator: Eilidh Beaton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:01:55

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-23

Publisher: HarperCollins

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

Summary:

Nicola Skinner's inventive, funny, surprising prose once again tells an honest story of big emotions, making Starboard the perfect follow-up to the critically acclaimed Storm.

Kirsten Bramble is too famous to have friends. Thats what she tells herself, anywaybut with the end of her hit reality TV show barreling toward her, Kirstens not sure shes ready to say goodbye to her lonely life of fame.

Luckilyor unluckilyKirsten cant help being plunged headfirst into a new adventure when shes dragged on a class trip to visit the SS Great Britain. Because somehow, the ancient ship can speak to herand she wants Kirsten to be her new captain.

The ship pulls out of the harbor with no sails and no working engine, and try as Kirsten might, she cant convince the ship to turn back until they find a way to help her finish her final quest.

Kirsten doesnt feel like a captainbut along the way, she may just realize that the ending of an adventure, while scary, can be just as special as the beginning.

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ID: 620950

Title: When the Vibe Is Right

Author: Sarah Dass

Narrator: Antonevia Ocho-Coultes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:17:00

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-23

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance

Summary:

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers, contemporary romance set during Trinidads Carnival celebration. 

There are two things Tess Crawford knows for sure: 

Shes destined to be a great Trinidadian Carnival costume designer like her renowned uncle, Russel Messina, and will one day inherit leadership of the familys masquerade band, Grandeur. 

Her classmate, the popular social media influencer, Brandon Richards, is the bane of her existence. Everything about him irks her, from his annoying nickname for Tess (Boop) to his association with David, her awful ex. 

But when the future of Grandeur nears the brink of collapse in the face of band rivalry, Tess finds to her chagrin that she must team up with Brandon in a desperate attempt to revive the company. 

As Tess and Brandon spend more time together, Tess begins to wonder if everything she thought she knew might not be so certain after all. 

Set in lush, gorgeous Trinidad, this is a novel about finding love in the most unexpected places. 

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ID: 620440

Title: Matteo

Author: Michael Leali

Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano, Gary Tiedemann, Mark Sanderlin, Sura Siu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:34:22

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-23

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

A 2024 LAMBDA AWARD FINALIST

''This enchanting, modern homage to Pinocchio reminds us anything is possible if we're true to ourselves.'' Cynthia Leitich Smith, award-winning author of Ancestor Approved and Sisters of the Neversea

Eleven-year-old Matteo has never felt like one of the other boys. Hes sure that will change when he joins the Blue Whales, the baseball team his dad once played for. This is his chance to grow into a son his father can be proud of.

And grow Matteo does, but not the way he expected. Instead, he starts sprouting leaves and finding bark all over his skin. Alarmed, Matteo starts digging for the truth about whats happening to himand finds that all clues lead back to the oak tree at the center of town, which Creeksiders have always believed is a little bit magic. As his parents start noticing something is wrong, the truth gets harder to hideand Matteo makes some surprising discoveries about himself, his hometown, and his entire family tree.

From Michael Leali, author of The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, this earnest deconstruction of what it means to be a real boy is full of humor and heart, and a surefire home run for readers of Mark Oshiro, Anne Ursu, and Katherine Applegate.

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ID: 616334

Title: Read This or Die!: Persuading Yourself to a Better Life

Author: Jeff Goins, Ray Edwards

Narrator: Ray Edwards

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:05:44

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Religion & Spirituality, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a leading marketing consultant discovers that what he has learned about persuading others might help him save his own life.

Ray Edwards was one of the top marketers and copywriters in the business with A-list clients like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Michael Hyatt when he was diagnosed with Parkinsons. The diagnosis brought his life to a screeching halt and propelled Edwards to question everything he thought he knew about his Christian faith, his relationships, what kind of person he was, and how the world worked.

Out of options and deeply depressed, Edwards decided he needed to turn his life around or die a failure. He had to let go of false beliefs and find better ones. To his surprise, he found that the principles of persuasion hed honed for over four decades to move others could work for him. In the vein of The Last Lecture and Tuesdays with Morrie, Read This or Die! Is the tale of one mans transformation and how he achieved it.

Edwards outlines the powerful, time-tested PASTOR process he created that helped him identify and untangle the beliefs that were holding him back and provided a game plan for how to change his life:

Pain: start with what hurts

Amplify: determine how it will get worse before it gets better

Story: find the story of a better future

Transformation: choose the evidence worth believing

Opportunity: discern where change can happen

Response: set up a system that makes transformation stick

For anyone who wants to turn their life around but does not know how, the PASTOR method teaches how to harness marketing wisdom to get honest about what we really want from life and craft better beliefs and plans to help us start living life on our own terms.

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ID: 620437

Title: Always Her Cowboy: Rustlers Creek

Author: Addison Fox

Narrator: Tim Paige

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:42:20

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance, Contemporary

Summary:

Back in Rustlers Creek, one cowboy discovers that a lifelong feud could become his forever romance

Charlotte Wayne has detested Chance Beaumont since the fourth grade. Her bickering with the big, rugged cowboy has become legendary around their small Montana town. But little does anyone know, Charlottes animosity masks unspoken feelings because underneath it all, Chance is the only man who ever truly claimed her heart. 

Chance has spent his whole life in Rustlers Creek, but hes always been on the outside looking in. He needs to focus on keeping his ranch afloat amid the massive debt left by his late father, and the feelings he harbors for Charlotte dont make it any easier. Shes ranching royalty and hes perpetually scrubbing mud off his boots. Its safer to push her away than hope for something he can never have.

When a business opportunity forces Charlotte and Chance to work together, they share a heated moment in each others arms. The simmering attraction theyve fought for years can no longer be ignored, but will Chances doubts stand in the way of their happiness? Or will he finally declare his love and prove to Charlotte that hes always been her cowboy?

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ID: 600953

Title: Fatal Conveniences: The Toxic Products and Harmful Habits That Are Making You Sickand the Simple Changes That Will Save Your Health

Author: Darin Olien

Narrator: Andrew Eiden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:51:54

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Medicine, Home & Garden

Summary:

The New York Times bestselling author of SuperLife and cohost with Zac Efron of the hit Netflix series Down to Earth, Darin Olien offers invaluable advice for addressing the health of our bodies and the health of the planet by identifying common products and behaviors that are harmful and providing alternatives that are non-toxic and life-enhancing.

Fatal conveniences are the toxic products we routinely use and the unhealthy things we do that our culture and corporations have made us believe are safe and necessary for living well and efficiently. These thingsfrom deodorant, cosmetics, dental floss, and sunscreen to laundry detergent, air fresheners, carpets, and crayons to candles, tea bags, cell phones, and chewing gumare ubiquitous in daily life . . . and they are wreaking havoc on our health and our planet. The environmental toxins found in these products create a cascade of problems, including chemical sensitivities, auto-immune issues, obesity, chronic health diseases, and more.

 Darin Olien has spent most of his adult life obsessively researching these conveniences and in this book, he raises our awareness of their dangers, demolishes the myth that if its easy, it must also be good, and gives us alternative choices to take control of our lives and our health. Fatal Conveniences offers a fresh perspective and achievable, small tweaks that will lead to big, life-enhancing changes.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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