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ID: 393491

Title: Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

Author: Morgan Jerkins

Narrator: Morgan Jerkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:03:49

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, North America, Social Science, Political Advocacy

Summary:

One of Buzzfeed's 24 New Books We Couldnt Put Down

One of the smartest young writers of her generation.Book Riot

From the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoinga writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as a force to be reckoned withcomes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America.

Between 1916 and 1970, six million black Americans left their rural homes in the South for jobs in cities in the North, West, and Midwest in a movement known as The Great Migration. But while this event transformed the complexion of America and provided black people with new economic opportunities, it also disconnected them from their roots, their land, and their sense of identity, argues Morgan Jerkins. In this fascinating and deeply personal exploration, she recreates her ancestors journeys across America, following the migratory routes they took from Georgia and South Carolina to Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California. 

Following in their footsteps, Jerkins seeks to understand not only her own past, but the lineage of an entire group of people who have been displaced, disenfranchised, and disrespected throughout our history. Through interviews and hundreds of pages of transcription, Jerkins braids the loose threads of her familys oral histories, which she was able to trace back 300 years, with the insights and recollections of black people she met along the waythe tissue of black myths, customs, and blood that connect the bones of American history. 

Incisive and illuminating, Wandering in Strange Lands is a timely and enthralling look at Americas past and present, one familys legacy, and a young black womans life, filtered through her sharp and curious eyes.

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ID: 404942

Title: Universe of Two: A Novel

Author: Stephen P. Kiernan

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:15:06

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, War & Military

Summary:

From the critically acclaimed author of The Bakers Secret and The Curiosity comes a novel of conscience, love, and redemptiona fascinating fictionalized account of the life of Charlie Fisk, a gifted mathematician who was drafted into Manhattan Project and ordered against his morals to build the detonator for the atomic bomb. With his musician wife, he spends his postwar life seeking redemptionand they find it together.

Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the ages greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb.

As he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brendaunaware of the true nature of Charlies top-secret taskmistakes as self-doubt. She urges him to set aside his qualms and continue. Once the bombs strike Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the feelings of culpability devastate him and Brenda.

At the wars end, Charlie receives a scholarship to pursue a PhD in physics at Stanfordan opportunity he and Brenda hope will allow them a fresh start. But the past proves inescapable. All any of his new colleagues can talk about is the bomb, and what greater atomic weapons might be on the horizon. Haunted by guilt, Charlie and Brenda leave Stanford and decide to dedicate the rest of their lives to making amends for the evil he helped to birth into the world.

Based on the life of the actual mathematician Charles B. Fisk, Universe of Two combines riveting historical drama with a poignant love story. Stephen Kiernan has conjured a remarkable account of two people struggling to heal their consciences and find peace in a world forever changed.

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ID: 400772

Title: You Had Me at Hola: A Novel

Author: Alexis Daria

Narrator: Seraphine Valentine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:27:55

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Multicultural & Interracial, Contemporary Women

Summary:

''I could not get enough of Jasmine and Ashton! I adored Jasmine--her ambition, her confidence, her attacks of self-doubt, and especially her hilarious, snarky, and loving cousins. She and Ashton have such a steamy, swoony, love story that I didn't want the book to end!''--Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author

RITA Award Winning author Alexis Daria brings readers an unforgettable, hilarious rom-com set in the drama-filled world of telenovelasperfect for fans of Jane the Virgin and The Kiss Quotient.

Leading Ladies do not end up on tabloid covers. 

After a messy public breakup, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids. When she returns to her hometown of New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number one streaming service in the country, Jasmine figures her new Leading Lady Plan should be easy enough to followuntil a casting shake-up pairs her with telenovela hunk Ashton Suárez. 

Leading Ladies dont need a man to be happy. 

After his last telenovela character was killed off, Ashton is worried his career is dead as well. Joining this new cast as a last-minute addition will give him the chance to show off his acting chops to American audiences and ping the radar of Hollywood casting agents. To make it work, hell need to generate smoking-hot on-screen chemistry with Jasmine. Easier said than done, especially when a disastrous first impression smothers the embers of whatever sexual heat they might have had. 

Leading Ladies do not rebound with their new costars. 

With their careers on the line, Jasmine and Ashton agree to rehearse in private. But rehearsal leads to kissing, and kissing leads to a behind-the-scenes romance worthy of a soap opera. While their on-screen performance improves, the media spotlight on Jasmine soon threatens to destroy her new image and expose Ashtons most closely guarded secret.

 

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ID: 408133

Title: Friendship List #4: 13 and 3/4

Author: Lisa Greenwald

Narrator: Cassandra Morris, Jorjeana Marie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:15:26

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Genres: Kids, Health & Family, Sports

Summary:

BFFs Ari and Kaylan make a new bucket list as they set out for different summer camps in the fourth and final Friendship List novel. The perfect summer read for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russos Dork Diaries!

Ari and Kaylan arent sure how theyre going to survive their first summer apart. No pool. No sleepovers. No emergency late night chats on the porch.

So as Ari returns to Camp Silver and Kaylan heads off to comedy camp, they come up with a new list of 13 and 3/4 ways to keep their friendship strong as they tackle everything from bias to batik and moping to matchmaking.

Told in alternating perspectives, the fourth book in the popular Friendship List series is sure to make readers cry, laugh, and start plotting their own friendship lists.

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ID: 408132

Title: Girl and the Ghost

Author: Hanna Alkaf

Narrator: Mirai Booth-Ong

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:30:30

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: HarperCollins

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

Summary:

* Chosen as a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature! *

A Malaysian folk tale comes to life in this emotionally layered, chilling middle grade debut, perfect for fans of The Book of Boy and The Jumbies.

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmothers legacy. I am yours to command.

Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable.

But Suraya doesnt know that pelesits have a dark sideand when Pinks shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness.

Fans of Holly Blacks Doll Bones and Tahereh Mafis Furthermore series will love this ghostly middle grade debut that explores jealousy, love, and the extraordinary power of friendship.

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ID: 408123

Title: Set Fire to the Gods

Author: Kristen Simmons, Sara Raasch

Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Stacey Glemboski

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:41:56

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Summary:

Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Gladiator in the first book in this epic fantasy duology in which two warriors must decide where their loyalties lie as an ancient war between immortals threatens humanityfrom Sara Raasch, the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series, and Kristen Simmons, acclaimed author of Pacifica and The Deceivers. Perfect for fans of An Ember in the Ashes, And I Darken, and The Winners Curse.

Ash is descended from a long line of gladiators, and she knows the brutal nature of war firsthand. But after her mother dies in an arena, she vows to avenge her by overthrowing her fire god, whose temper has stripped her country of its resources.

Madoc grew up fighting on the streets to pay his familys taxes. But he hides a dangerous secret: he doesnt have the earth gods powers like his opponents. His elemental gift is something elsesomething that hasnt been seen in centuries.

When an attempted revenge plot goes dangerously wrong, Ash inadvertently throws the fire and earth gods into a conflict that can only be settled by deadly, lavish gladiator games, throwing Madoc in Ashs path. She realizes that his powers are the weapon her rebellion needsbut Madoc wont jeopardize his family, regardless of how intrigued he is by the beautiful warrior.

But when the gods force Madocs hand, he and Ash uncover an ancient war that will threaten more than one immortalit will unravel the world.

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ID: 408129

Title: Vanishing Falls: A Novel

Author: Poppy Gee

Narrator: Caroline Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:41:50

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Contemporary Women

Summary:

One of CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of the Year!

''This literary thriller paints as vivid a landscape as any book coming out this summer...Gee creates a lush, tantalizing world that readers will want to travel into deeper and deeper.''CrimeReads

Celia Lily is rich, beautiful, and admired. Shes also missing. And the search for the glamorous socialite is about to expose all the dark, dirty secrets of Vanishing Falls

Deep within the lush Tasmanian rainforest is the remote town of Vanishing Falls, a place with a storied past. The towns showpiece, built in the 1800s, is its Calendar Housecurrently occupied by Jack Lily, a prominent art collector and landowner; his wife, Celia; and their four daughters. The elaborate, eccentrically designed mansion houses one masterpiece and 52 roomsand Celia Lily isnt in any of them. She has vanished without a trace.

Joelle Smithton knows that a few folks in Vanishing Falls believe that shes simple-minded. Its true that Joelles brain works a little differentlya legacy of shocking childhood trauma. But Joelle sees far more than most people realize, and remembers details that others cast away. For instance, she knows that Celias husband, Jack, has connections to unsavory local characters whom hes desperate to keep hidden. Hes not the only one in town with something to conceal. Even Joelles own husband, Brian, a butcher, is acting suspiciously. While the police flounder, unable to find Celia, Joelle is gradually parsing the truth from the gossip she hears and from the simple gestures and statements that can unwittingly reveal so much.  

Just as the water from the falls disappears into the ground, gushing away through subterranean creeks, the secrets in Vanishing Falls are pulsing through the town, about to converge. And when they do, Joelle must summon the courage to reveal what really happened to Celia, even if it means exposing her own past

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ID: 413776

Title: Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey

Author: Kelly Slater

Narrator: Todd Haberkorn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Other, General Comedy

Summary:

Now an ABC reality series entitled Ultimate Surfer, starring 11-time World Surf League champion Kelly Slater

Eleven-time world surfing champion, actor, and American heartthrob Kelly Slater tells his inspiring story of triumph over adversity

From Beach Blanket Bingo to Baywatch to Blue Crush, surfing has fascinated people for years, and Kelly Slater is the sports hottest star. He has won more world championships than any other competitor, and he continues to change peoples minds about what can and cant be done on a surfboard. His wild ride has included fame, fortune, a stint on Baywatch, and a high-profile relationship with Pamela Anderson. Not bad for a skinny kid from a broken home in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

In Pipe Dreams, Kelly takes the reader into oceans around the world to take on thunderous walls of water and shares the outrageous stories, solemn moments, and undeniable spirit that have made him a superstar.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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ID: 394062

Title: Blue-Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure Your Future, and Find Happiness for Life

Author: Ken Rusk

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:17:56

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development

Summary:

A prescriptive and timely guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree by Ken Rusk, the Ohio-based entrepreneur and million-dollar ditch digger who believes it is time to celebrate the possibilities and financial opportunities that a Blue-Collar life can bring.

A BLUE-COLLAR APPROACH TO CREATING A LIFE YOU LOVE

In a period of skyrocketing student loan debt without the promise of high-paying employment, and in an economy in desperate need of skilled tradespeople, many are seeking new paths. Ken Rusk, the million-dollar ditch digger, is here to show you that blue-collar trades are a source of pride and that you canand willfind your version of happiness by pursuing a good old-fashioned craft. 

In Blue Collar Cash, Ken shares his insights from over 30 years working in blue collar trades as an entrepreneur, mentor, and life coach. Ken knows from his own experiencefirst as a young kid digging ditches, and then as the owner of a successful concrete construction businessthat working with your hands at a job that takes skill and practice can be monumentally rewarding and life-affirming. Since then, he has built a multi-million-dollar business and gone on to mentor hundreds of employees in how to manage their money and set achievable goals. 

Using the stories of those who have discovered lives of comfort, peace, and freedom, Ken creates a step-by-step, interactive guideincluding financial planning and savings adviceto creating alternative and realistic routes to success and fulfillment. 

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ID: 420399

Title: Farewell Summer

Author: Ray Bradbury

Narrator: Robert Fass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:19:11

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics, Coming of Age

Summary:

The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Winea sequel 50 years in the making

Some summers refuse to end . . .

October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth.

But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesnt know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.

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