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ID: 396871

Title: Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All

Author: Suzanne Nossel

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:46:44

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Public Policy, Philosophy, Political Advocacy

Summary:

''A must read. ''Margaret Atwood

A vital, necessary playbook for navigating and defending free speech today by the CEO of PEN America, Dare To Speak provides a pathway for promoting free expression while also cultivating a more inclusive public culture.

Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. The daily hazards and debates surrounding free speech dominate headlines and fuel social media storms. In an era where one tweet can launchor endyour career, and where free speech is often invoked as a principle but rarely understood, learning to maneuver the fast-changing, treacherous landscape of public discourse has never been more urgent.

In Dare To Speak, Suzanne Nossel, a leading voice in support of free expression, delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate that is open, free-wheeling but at the same time respectful of the rich diversity of backgrounds and opinions in a changing country. Centered on practical principles, Nossels primer equips readers with the tools needed to speak ones mind in todays diverse, digitized, and highly-divided society without resorting to curbs on free expression.

At a time when free speech is often pitted against other progressive axiomsnamely diversity and equalityDare To Speak presents a clear-eyed argument that the drive to create a more inclusive society need not, and must not, compromise robust protections for free speech. Nossel provides concrete guidance on how to reconcile these two sets of core values within universities, on social media, and in daily life. She advises readers how to:

- Use language conscientiously without self-censoring ideas;

- Defend the right to express unpopular views;

- And protest without silencing speech.

Nossel warns against the increasingly fashionable embrace of expanded government and corporate controls over speech, warning that such strictures can reinforce the marginalization of lesser-heard voices. She argues that creating an open market of ideas demands aggressive steps to remedy exclusion and ensure equal participation.

Replete with insightful arguments, colorful examples, and salient advice, Dare To Speak brings much-needed clarity and guidance to this pressingand often misunderstooddebate.

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ID: 406445

Title: My Highland Rogue

Author: Karen Ranney

Narrator: Liam Gerrard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:32:43

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, Contemporary Women

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney takes readers back to beautiful Scotland in the first novel in her breathtaking new series.

Since she was a little girl, Jennifer Adaire, daughter of the Earl of Burfield, has loved Gordon McDonnell even though his station as the gardeners son made him strictly forbidden to her. After Gordon was forced from Adaire Hall, taking Jennifers heart with him, he headed for London, intent on making a better life for himself. Though theyve kept in touch through letters and Jennifer has waited patiently for him, its taken Gordon five years to return to Scotland. Now Jennifer doesnt know if she can manage seeing again the man she lovesbut can never have.

In the time since his departure, Gordon has achieved the success hes always sought. When he learns that his father is dying, he returns home and discovers much to his surprise that the feelings hes always had for Jennifer burn ever stronger.

But when a family secret surfaces, Jennifer and Gordons chance at a future together could be threatened 

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ID: 406436

Title: Empire of Wild: A Novel

Author: Cherie Dimaline

Narrator: Michelle St. John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:16:51

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Paranormal, Multicultural & Interracial

Summary:

Deftly written, gripping and informative. Empire of Wild is a rip-roaring read!Margaret Atwood, From Instagram

Empire of Wild is doing everything I love in a contemporary novel and more. It is tough, funny, beautiful, honest and propulsiveall the while telling a story that needs to be told by a person who needs to be telling it.Tommy Orange, author of There There

A bold and brilliant new indigenous voice in contemporary literature makes her American debut with this kinetic, imaginative, and sensuous fable inspired by the traditional Canadian Métis legend of the Rogaroua werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of native peoples communities.

Joan has been searching for her missing husband, Victor, for nearly a yearever since that terrible night theyd had their first serious argument hours before he mysteriously vanished. Her Métis family has lived in their tightly knit rural community for generations, but no one keeps the old ways . . . until they have to. That moment has arrived for Joan.

One morning, grieving and severely hungover, Joan hears a shocking sound coming from inside a revival tent in a gritty Walmart parking lot. It is the unmistakable voice of Victor. Drawn inside, she sees him. He has the same face, the same eyes, the same hands, though his hair is much shorter and he's wearing a suit. But he doesn't seem to recognize Joan at all. He insists his name is Eugene Wolff, and that he is a reverend whose mission is to spread the word of Jesus and grow His flock. Yet Joan suspects there is something dark and terrifying within this charismatic preacher who professes to be a man of God . . . something old and very dangerous.

Joan turns to Ajean, an elderly foul-mouthed card shark who is one of the few among her community steeped in the traditions of her people and knowledgeable about their ancient enemies. With the help of the old Métis and her peculiar Johnny-Cash-loving, twelve-year-old nephew Zeus, Joan must find a way to uncover the truth and remind Reverend Wolff who he really is . . . if he really is. Her life, and those of everyone she loves, depends upon it.

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ID: 438579

Title: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout

Author: Lauren Redniss

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:05:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Marjane Sartrapi, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINIALIST.

'Vivid and ethereal.'New York Times

Radioactiveis quite unlike any book I have ever readpart history, part love story, part art work and all parts sheer imaginative genius.

Malcolm Gladwell

Radioactiveis the mesmerizing, landmark biography of Marie Curie, by acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. Through brilliant storytelling, Redniss walks us through Curies life, which was marked by extraordinary scientific discovery and dramatic personal traumafrom her complex working and romantic relationship with Pierre Curie, to their discovery of two new scientific elements, to Pierres tragic death, to Maries two Nobel Prizes.Ahauntingand wondrous portrait of one of history's most intriguing figures,Radioactiveis a stunning biography and a true work of art. Whether young or old, scientific novice or expert, no one will fail to be moved by Lauren Rednisss eerie and wondrous evocation of one of historys most intriguing figures.

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ID: 406437

Title: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Author: Natasha Trethewey

Narrator: Natasha Trethewey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:09:34

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Literary

Summary:

An Instant New York Times Bestseller 

A New York Times Notable Book 

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Esquire, Electric Literature, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and InStyle

A chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy

At age nineteen, Natasha Trethewey had her world turned upside down when her former stepfather shot and killed her mother. Grieving and still new to adulthood, she confronted the twin pulls of life and death in the aftermath of unimaginable trauma and now explores the way this experience lastingly shaped the artist she became.

With penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Natasha Trethewey explores this profound experience of pain, loss, and grief as an entry point into understanding the tragic course of her mothers life and the way her own life has been shaped by a legacy of fierce love and resilience. Moving through her mothers history in the deeply segregated South and through her own girlhood as a child of miscegenation in Mississippi, Trethewey plumbs her sense of dislocation and displacement in the lead-up to the harrowing crime that took place on Memorial Drive in Atlanta in 1985.

Memorial Drive is a compelling and searching look at a shared human experience of sudden loss and absence but also a piercing glimpse at the enduring ripple effects of white racism and domestic abuse. Animated by unforgettable prose and inflected by a poets attention to language, this is a luminous, urgent, and visceral memoir from one of our most important contemporary writers and thinkers.

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ID: 406438

Title: Until It's Over: A Novel

Author: Nicci French

Narrator: Natalie Britton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:23:46

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Police Stories

Summary:

From the internationally bestselling author of the Frieda Klein series, Nicci French, comes this steamy and suspenseful stand-alone thriller about a group of housemates who must determine the killer among them when a series of murders occur.

Be careful of the ones closest to you

London cycle courier Astrid Bell has known most of her housemates for years, but while they have a tangled history togetherromantic pairings, one-night stands, friendshipsthey each have secrets.

Astrid is on her way home one day when her neighbor accidentally knocks her off her bike. Suffering a few bruises, her roommates help her home. The next day, they learn that same neighbor was bludgeoned to death only hours after the accident. Each of them tells the police what little they know and are dismissed. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a wealthy woman called Ingrid de Soto. When she arrives, the client is lying in the hall of her luxurious homeand its apparent shes also been murdered.

For the police, its more than bad luck. For Astrid and her six housemates, it's the beginning of a nightmare: suspicious glances, bitter accusations, and a growing fear that the worst is yet to come.

As the difference between friend and stranger grows harder to judge, the line between attraction and danger thins. The housematesunsure if theres a killer in their midstguard themselves against becoming the next victim. Because if its true that bad luck comes in threeswho will be the next to die?

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ID: 370558

Title: Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble

Author: Judy Gold

Narrator: Judy Gold

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:32:16

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Satire & Parody, General Comedy

Summary:

''No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy.'' Amy Schumer

From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing that they undermine the artand purposeof comedy itself.

You can say anything that comes to mind as long as it is funny. Richard Pryor

The fallout after Michelle Wolfs roast at the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner, Samantha Bees forced apology after calling Ivanka Trump a feckless c*nt, Kathy Griffins being blacklisted from Hollywood after posting a photo with what looked like the presidents severed head, all represent a dangerous and growing trendto censor comedians.

In Yes I Can Say That, comedy veteran Judy Gold argues that ''no one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about. Laughter is a unifier. It's the best medicine. It's also the most palatable way to bring up seditious, subversive topics. For Gold, nothing is more insidious than enforcing silence and repressing jokesthe job of a comedian is to expose society's demons, and confront them head-on, no prisoners allowed. In ten impassioned polemics, she frames comedy as a tool of empowerment, a way to reclaim hateful rhetoric and battle the democracy-crushing plight of censorship.

Uninhibited and bold, Gold is as skilled at making readers laugh as she is at exposing uncomfortable truths about our culture and society. In this era of partisan politics and gaping inequalities, Yes I Can Say That is the refreshingly candid, wickedly funny and deliciously blunt manifesto we need. 

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ID: 406920

Title: Stepping Off Place

Author: Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Narrator: Hope Newhouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:14:03

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and mental health as one girl must process her friends death and ultimately learn how to stand in her own light. Perfect for fans of All the Bright Places and We Were Liars.

Its the summer before senior year. Reid is in the thick of Scofield Highs in-crowd thanks to her best friend, Hattie, who has been her social oxygen since middle school.

But summer is when Hattie goes to her familys Maine island home. Instead of sitting inside for eight weeks, waiting for her to return, Reid and their friend, Sam, enter into a pactto live it up, one party at a time.

But days before Hattie is due home, Reid finds out the shocking news that Hattie has died by suicide. Driven by a desperate need to understand what went wrong, Reid searches for answers.

In doing so, she uncovers painful secrets about the person she thought she knew better than herself. And the truth will force Reid to reexamine everything.

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ID: 405847

Title: Be Your Best Self: The Official Companion to the New York Times Bestseller Best Self

Author: Mike Bayer

Narrator: Mike Bayer, Will Damron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:31:17

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Mental Health

Summary:

Based on Mike Bayers New York Times bestseller Best Self, a motivational, do-it-yourself workbook teaching you how to reinvent your life and live every day as your Best Self.

In Best Self, Mike Bayer, known to his fans and followers as Coach Mike, empowered his listeners to embrace authenticity, break through obstacles, and discover the freedom to be their best selves. By working through each of the Seven SPHERES of lifeSocial, Personal, Health, Education, Relationships, Employment, and Spiritual DevelopmentCoach Mike distilled his wisdom into a focused guide to get real results. Now, Coach Mike, a regular on The Dr. Phil Show, expands upon his tried-and-true strategy for igniting change and shows you how to design a life that is deeply fulfilling.

In this fully interactive workbook, Coach Mike builds on the revealing quizzes, provocative questionnaires, and paradigm-shifting prompts he introduced in Best Self. Using his important but tough questions and exercises, he can help anyone see what their Best Selves and Anti-Selves really look like. The truth is, we all show up in slightly different ways within each of our seven SPHERES. We behave differently when we are in parenting mode, versus career mode, and so on. Thats to be expected to a degree, but where we run into trouble is when we arent always acting as our Best Self within all of our SPHERES. This workbook helps the reader discover personalized strategies for consistently staying connected to and behaving authentically within each SPHERE, because if we arent, then we run the risk of getting way out of balance in some areas of our lives.

As a mental health specialist, a personal development coach, and an all-around change agent, Coach Mike understands our struggles intimately, because hes facedand overcomehis own. With this essential handbook, he makes you see that change is possible.

Be Your Best Self will give listeners the tools to build a better life, in real-time.

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ID: 410309

Title: Break the Good Girl Myth: How to Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life

Author: Majo Molfino

Narrator: Majo Molfino

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:25:46

Language: English

Release date: 07-28-20

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Social Science

Summary:

''A must-read for any woman who is ready to design a life on her own terms. Sophia Amoruso, Founder and CEO, Girlboss

Women: its time to break the good girl myths that are holding you back and share your true gifts with this groundbreaking book from Stanford University-trained designer and womens leadership expert Majo Molfino.

For thousands of years, women have been taught to be good instead of powerful. But when we embody the good girl, we hold back their voices and gifts in a world that desperately needs female perspectives. 

Drawing on countless coaching sessions and conversations with female leaders, Majo identifies five self-sabotaging tendencies (the five Good Girl Myths) every woman must overcome to unleash her power and design a more purposeful life: 

- The Myth of Rules

- The Myth of Perfection

- The Myth of Logic

- The Myth of Harmony

- The Myth of Sacrifice

While there are many womens leadership books, Majo uses her knowledge and training in design thinking (which is used by the worlds most innovative people and companies) to help you build creative confidence and break free from these disempowering myths once and for all. 

Discover how each myth negatively affects your relationships, career, and well-being and identify your primary good girl myth the blindspot thats zapping most of your power as a creative badass. 

If youre a woman who cant seem to get your voice or ideas out into the world, Break the Good Girl Myth will finally help you understand why and light the way out so you can become the woman youre meant to be.  

Your time our time is now. 

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