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ID: 597934

Title: Lola at Last

Author: J. C. Peterson

Narrator: Sara Sheckells

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:38:02

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-23

Publisher: HarperTeen

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance

Summary:

Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story.

Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lolas summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk.

(The boat was barely on fire, for the recordand all the partygoers were just fine.)

Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her: a path of self-discovery she never saw coming.

Given an ultimatumjail time, or spending the summer with the nonprofit Hike Like a Girlshe laces up her hiking boots and takes to the wilderness. Along the way, shell encounter unexpected friends, a sweet romance, strength she didnt know she hadand herself, Lola, at last.

This Pride and Prejudiceinspired tale, a companion to J. C. Petersons Being Mary Bennet, spins a modern Lydia Bennets life into a tumultuous and hilarious coming-of-age journey, complete with misadventures, misunderstandings, mayhem, and a romance worthy of Darcy and Elizabeth themselves. 

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ID: 597931

Title: If I Can Give You That

Author: Michael Gray Bulla

Narrator: Avi Roque

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:43:54

Language: English

Release date: 02-28-23

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Tough Topics

Summary:

For fans of Kacen Callender and Mason Deaver comes a heart-tugging coming-of-age YA debut that takes a poignant look at gender identity, sexuality, friendship, and familyboth the one were born into and the one we find for ourselves.

Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to himself. Though his best friend convinces him to attend a meeting of Plus, a support group for LGBTQIA+ teens, Gael doesnt plan on sharing much. Where would he even start?

Between supporting his mother through her bouts of depression, dealing with his estranged father, and navigating senior year as a transgender boy at a conservative Tennessean high school, his life is a lot to unload on strangers.

But after meeting easygoing Declan, Gael is welcomed into a new circle of friends who make him want to open up. As Gaels friendship with Declan develops into something more, he finds himself caught between his mothers worsening mental health and his fathers attempts to reconnect.

After tragedy strikes, Gael must decide if he can risk letting the walls around his heart down and fully opening up to those who care for him.

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ID: 551333

Title: Transitional: In One Way or Another, We All Transition

Author: Munroe Bergdorf

Narrator: Mia Juul

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:17:36

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture, General

Summary:

The wise, life-changing, ground-breaking book from writer and activist Munroe Bergdorf.

Transitioning is an alignment of the invisible and the physical. It is truth rising to the surface. It is one of the most fundamental aspects of the human conditiona part of our experience as a conscious being, no matter who we are.

As time goes on, we all develop as people. None of us ever becomes someone else entirelyregardless of how we identifybut nor do we stay the same forever. We all transition. It's what binds us, not what separates us.

In Transitional, activist and writer Munroe Bergdorf draws on her own experience and theory from key experts, change-makers and activists to reveal just how deeply ingrained transitioning is in human experience.

This is a book to help bring us closer to a shared consciousness: a powerful guide to how our differences can be harnessed as a tool to heal, build community, and construct a better society.

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ID: 595305

Title: Unspoken Magic

Author: Emily Lloyd-Jones

Narrator: Chloe Dolandis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:11:08

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-23

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

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

Summary:

Well-crafted . . . Endearing.Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books

A second cup of enchantment best savored slowly.Kirkus Reviews

Deep in the redwoods, in a magical town, anything can happen, and any creatureor monstercould exist. But when a team of myth-busters comes to Aldermere, they threaten its very existenceand eleven-year-old Fin will do anything to protect her home. For fans of Nevermoor and Amari and the Night Brothers, Emily Lloyd-Joness sequel to the acclaimed Unseen Magic is a story of trusting yourself and finding the friends who believe in you, no matter what.

Aldermere is a town with its own set of rules: theres a tea shop that vanishes if you try to force your way in, crows that must be fed or theyll go through your trash, and a bridge that has a toll that no one knows the cost of. Some say that there may even be bigfoots wandering through the woods.

Its been six months since Fin saved Aldermere from someone intent on exploiting its magic. With spring break just around the corner, Fins plans are to relax, try to train her new raven friend, and read some of the mystery books she loves. But her plans are derailed when she and her friends find a baby bigfoot whos been separated from her pack.

Then a film crew shows up, intending to add Aldermere to their web show debunking strange and magical legends. Fin cant let the film crew put the bigfootand Aldermereat risk. Now Fin, Eddie, and Cedar must keep the bigfoot hidden and find a way to track down her family. But Cedars been hiding a secret of her own; one that may complicate everything.

As monsters, friends, and enemies collide, Fin, Eddie, and Cedar have to trust one another with secrets both good and bad if theyre going to save the town they all love.

Emily Lloyd-Jones crafts a novel infused with magic that is sometimes wonderful and charmingand sometimes dangerous. The sequel to Indie Next Pick Unseen Magic, Unspoken Magic is perfect for fans of Christina Soontornvats A Wish in the Dark and Claribel A. Ortegas Ghost Squad. 

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ID: 595304

Title: No Matter the Distance

Author: Cindy Baldwin

Narrator: Reena Dutt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:06:51

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-23

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family

Summary:

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in this captivating novel in verse by award-winning author and disabled activist Cindy Baldwin.

Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing Penny knows about herself for sure.

From her point of view, everyone around her can make sense of their place in the world. So why cant Penny even begin to write a poem about herself for school?

Then during spring break Penny spots something impossible in the creek behind her house: a dolphin, far from its home. Penny names the dolphin Rose and feels an immediate bond, since the dolphin is also sick.

But as Pennys CF worsens, she realizes that Rose needs to return to her pod to get better. Will Penny be able to help guide Rose back to the ocean, even if it means losing her friend?

This heartwarming story, which marks the first time an author with cystic fibrosis is writing a protagonist with CF, will transport readers into a world full of friendship, family, and powerful self-discovery.

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ID: 597926

Title: Never Seduce a Duke

Author: Vivienne Lorret

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:39:38

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance, Rom-Com

Summary:

In USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorrets latest romance, a young lady engages in a steamy flirtation with a bespectacled, studious duke while on holiday, only to return with more than just memories...  

After being jilted, Margaret Stredwick has sworn off men and marriage. What she needs is a holiday. But a detour along the way takes a surprising turn that leads Meg to him. And soon she starts to wonder if she should indulge in one grand flirtation before shes firmly on the shelf.

The instant Lucien Ambrose, Duke of Merleton, finds a strange woman touring the halls of his ancient estate, he knows the minx is up to something. So, when a family heirloom is stolen, its clear who the culprit is. She may tempt him beyond reason, but he isnt about to let her get away, even if he has to chase her across the continent. 

Meg never imagined that anyone would mistake her for a notorious thief, known for seducing men to distraction. Its the most thrilling thing ever! She eagerly plays along. . . until she finds herself falling in love with a man who has no idea who she really is. And by the time she returns to her ordinary life, she discovers that her grand flirtation wont be a secret for long. Apparently, she brought home an unexpected souvenir...

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ID: 550043

Title: Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

Author: Will Sommer

Narrator: Joe Knezevich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:12:32

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Current Affairs, Social Science, Political Ideologies

Summary:

''A story so bizarre, only Will Sommer could report it. Molly Jong-Fast

The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, how it has gained a mainstream following among Republican lawmakers and ordinary citizens, the threat it poses to democracy, and how we can reach those who have embraced the conspiracy and are disseminating its lies.

The Storm is Coming. Trust the Plan. WWG1WGA. Youve seen the letter Q on TV and in the news its been everywhere from Trump rallies to the January 6th insurrection. QAnon used to sound vaguely familiar, somewhat ominous, but not quite mainstream. But what was once a fringe conspiracy theory has now become a household name and its symbols recognizable around the world. How did this happen, who is actually involved, what do they believe, and what do they want?

Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer has been on the ground with Qs followers since day one, and in Trust the Plan Sommer has written the definitive book on the movementwho started it and who grew it, what they really believe is going on, and what they want to see the Storm accomplish on the day of its reckoning. At once a character study and a journalistic exposé, Sommer lets his cast of characters do the talking as he visits them around the world, from their makeshift compounds to the rallies they are still holding.

The great tragedy of this story is ultimately the legitimization of this ideology by mainstream politicians eager to gain access to a large and growing cohort of voters. Though 2020 brought the end of Trumps presidency, his following within the QAnon community has simply pivoted and grown stronger. Trust the Plan shows us in granular detail who well be up against for years to come, in the US and abroad. Understanding why and how something like Q happens is an indispensable exercise, and in showing us how we got here we can chart a path out.

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ID: 593043

Title: Grace of Wild Things

Author: Heather Fawcett

Narrator: Aven Shore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:29:18

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-23

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

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

Summary:

An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gableswith magic and witches!that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Serafina and the Black Cloak.

''A magical, witchy, and thoroughly successful homage to a classic.'' Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Grace has never been good at anything except magicnot that anyone believes her.

While other children are adopted from the orphanage, nobody wants Grace. So she decides to make a home for herself by running away and offering herself as an apprentice to the witch in the nearby woods. After all, who better to teach Grace to use her magic? Surely the witch cant be that bad.

But the witch is that badshe steals souls for spells and gobbles up hearts. So Grace offers a deal: If she can learn all 100 spells in the witchs grimoire, the witch will make Grace her apprentice. But if Grace fails, the witch can take her magic. The witch agrees, and soon an unexpected bond develops between them.

But the spells are much harder than Grace expected, and when a monster from the witchs past threatens the home Grace has built, she may have to sacrifice more than her magic to save it.

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ID: 516038

Title: Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseballs Brightest Minds Created Sports Biggest Mess

Author: Evan Drellich

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:07:56

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Baseball, Outdoor Recreation

Summary:

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dramatically descend into corruption, with never-before-told details of a broken management culture, the once-revered leaders who enabled it and the scandal itself.

Baseball, that old romantic game, has been defaced and consumed by corporate America. As Moneyball-thinking and Ivy League graduates grabbed hold of the sport, the Astros set out to build a cost-efficient winning machine on the principles of the outside business world, squeezing every dollar out of every transaction, player and employee.

In less than a decade, ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow helped revolutionize the game. He created an environment that led to one of the worst cheating scandals in baseball history, a Shakespearean tragedy of innovation and failed change management. Through years of extensive interviews, former Houston Chronicle beat writer Evan Drellich, now a national writer for The Athletic, delivers the definitive account of baseballs most controversial franchise and how a modern baseball team truly workswithout the usual myth-spinning.

Drellich reveals the rise and fall of the Astros to be a collision of subcultures. The teams top boss was a former McKinsey consultant who lived on the bleeding edge with no guardrails. He hired outsider after outsider to change the organization as quickly and cheaply as possible. The wins piled up, and so did the cash for the billionaire owner with a checkered business past. But not even a World Series title could cover up the rot.

All of it came at a cost to fans, employees, and the sport on a whole. But as Winning Fixes Everything makes clear, The Astros Way isnt going anywhere. Drellich uses the saga of the Astros scandal to detail the evolution of baseball itself.

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ID: 593028

Title: Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Author: Matt Higgins

Narrator: Matt Higgins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:14:40

Language: English

Release date: 02-14-23

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Accounting & Finance, Business Development

Summary:

*A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!*

Read the book that has inspired thousands of people around the world to pursue their Plan Amaking bold career moves, launching dream businesses, fleeing toxic relationships, and silencing the naysayers.

Feel like youre always settling for Plan B? Have big goals but somethingor someoneis holding you back? 

There is a counterintuitive but effective strategy used throughout recorded history to overcome impossible odds and achieve breakout success: Eliminate any thoughts of retreat.

In Burn the Boats, youll learn:

How to break patterns that undermine total commitment (such as imposter syndrome, anxiety, and toxic leadership habits)

How science proves that a perfectly crafted plan B saps motivation and diminishes successful outcomes 

How to achieve financial independence by leveraging the stream of data you consume in your daily life, known as proprietary insights

How to harness the personal power of your pain and shame to turn flaws into your superpower

How dozens of the people you admire first burned their own boats before becoming household names

In this gripping rags-to-riches instant classic, Matt Higgins provides the blueprint he used to go from a desperate sixteen-year-old high school dropout caring for his sick mother in Queens, New York, to a shark on Shark Tank. Now a serial entrepreneur with a billion-dollar portfolio of some of Americas most beloved brands, Higgins unpacks the burn-the-boats strategy with raw emotion and radical transparency.

Now translated into numerous languages worldwide, Burn the Boats is the definitive tome on the oldest life hack in history. From Sun Tzu to Tariq ibn Ziyad, the ancient Israelites to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskywhen leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they self-sabotage their own retreat so all energy is directed on a singular objective. They burn their metaphorical boats that sow doubt; its win or perish, and their unshakable resolve propels them to victory.

But the clarity of crisis decision-making can also be harnessed in our everyday lives. Higgins draws upon extensive research, historical precedent, and dozens of firsthand case studiesfrom actress-turned-entrepreneur Scarlett Johansson to NFL Coach Rex Ryanthat prove merely contemplating Plan B diminishes the probability of ever achieving Plan A.  

Written in the reassuring tone of a mentor and drawing upon Higginss experience as a teacher at Harvard Business School, Burn the Boats will carry you through any rough seas on the most exciting journey of your life. 

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