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ID: 414746

Title: Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

Author: Azar Nafisi

Narrator: Azar Nafisi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:28:59

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticism

Summary:

The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide to the power of literature in turbulent times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood.

''[A] stunning look at the power of reading. ... Provokes and inspires at every turn.'' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives, and the way we meet our enemies on the page in fiction? How can literature, through its free exchange, affect politics?

In this galvanizing guide to literature as resistance, Nafisi seeks to answer these questions. Drawing on her experiences as a woman and voracious reader living in the Islamic Republic of Iran, her life as an immigrant in the United States, and her role as literature professor in both countries, she crafts an argument for why, in a genuine democracy, we must engage with the enemy, and how literature can be a vehicle for doing so.

Structured as a series of letters to her father, who taught her as a child about how literature can rescue us in times of trauma, Nafisi explores the most probing questions of our time through the works of Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, James Baldwin, Margaret Atwood, and more. 

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ID: 504998

Title: Flying, Falling, Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom

Author: Carolyn Whitney-Brown, Henri J. M. Nouwen

Narrator: Bj Harrison, Karen Gundersen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:30:11

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Flying, Falling, Catching is a beacon of hope. It reminds us that despite all the perils and sufferings that surround us, with which we often collide, we can find healing, peace, and awe even in the most unusual detours that life offers. A must read.  Marina Nemat, Author of international best-seller Prisoner of Tehran

''In Carolyn Whitney-Brown's deft hands, Henris intentions literally, vividly swing alive. This is a beautiful, moving story about interconnectivity, interdependence, and life's rich, beautiful, complicated pageant. I devoured it in a sitting.  Lisa Napoli, Author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

Henri Nouwens real-life story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe.

What will we do with our lives, and with whom will we do it? In this story of flying and catching, Nouwen invites us all to let go and fly, even when we are afraid of falling.

During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwens own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction. 

In Flying, Falling, Catching, Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. Readers will meet Nouwen as a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters.

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ID: 538237

Title: Angels of the Pacific: A Novel of World War II

Author: Elise Hooper

Narrator: Fran De Leon, Karissa Vacker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:56:21

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Contemporary Women

Summary:

''Absolutely riveting. A stay-up-all night read about two very different women who discover just how strong they can beand just how much they'll dareduring the brutal Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. This story of endurance and sisterhood will have you turning pages late into the night.'' Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author

If you loved Beantown Girls by Jane Healey and Hazel Gaynors When We Were Young & Brave, then you wont want to miss critically acclaimed author Elise Hoopers powerful new novel of the Angels of Bataan, nurses held as prisoners during the occupation of the Philippines in World War II.

Their survival would depend on sisterhood and service.

Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War IIs American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance, this novel transports us to a remarkable era of hope, bravery, perseverance, and ultimatelyvictory.

The Philippines, 1941: Tess Abbott, an American Army nurse, has fled the hardships of the Great Depression at home for the glamour and adventure of Manila, one of the most desirable postings in the world. But everything changes when the Japanese Imperial Army invades with lightning speed and devastating results. Tess and her band of nurses serve on the front lines until they are captured as prisoners of war and held behind the high stone walls of Manilas Santo Tomas Internment Camp.

When the Japanese occupation of her beloved homeland commences, Flor Dalisay, a Filipina university student, will be drawn into the underground network of resistance, discovering within herself reserves of courage, resilience, and leadership she never knew she possessed.

As the war continues, Tess and Flor face danger, deprivation, and terror, leading them into a web of danger as they unexpectedly work together to save lives and win their freedom.

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ID: 546756

Title: Book of Living Secrets

Author: Madeleine Roux

Narrator: Kate Marcin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:46:44

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Romance, Historical

Summary:

Perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood and Small Favors, this genre-bending page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux follows two girls who transport themselves into the world of their favorite book only to encounter the sinister alternate reality that awaits them. 

No matter how different best friends Adelle and Connie are, one thing theyve always had in common is their love of a little-known gothic romance novel called Moira. So when the girls are tempted by a mysterious man to enter the world of the book, they hardly suspect it will work. But suddenly they are in the world of Moira, living among characters theyve obsessed about for years. 

Exceptall is not how they remembered it. The world has been turned upside down: The lavish balls and star-crossed love affairs are now interlaced with unspeakable horrors. The girls realize that something dark is lurking behind their foray into fictionand they will have to rewrite their own arcs if they hope to escape this nightmare with their lives.

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ID: 548838

Title: Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate

Author: Barry Nalebuff

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross, Mike Chamberlain, Teri Schnaubelt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:42:41

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Negotiation & Communication, Business Development

Summary:

From a leading Yale expert and serial entrepreneur, a radical, principled, and field-tested approach that identifies whats really at stake in any negotiation and ensures you get your halfso you can focus on growing the pie. 

Negotiations are incredibly stressful and can bring out the worst in people. Wouldnt it be better if there were a principled way to negotiate? Wouldnt it be even better if there were a way to treat people fairly and get treated fairly in a negotiation?

Split the Pie offers a new approach that does botha field-tested method that reframes how negotiations play out. Barry Nalebuff, a professor at Yale School of Management, helps identify whats really at stake in a negotiation: the pie. The negotiation pie is the additional value created through an agreement to work together. Seeing the relevant pie will change how you think about fairness and power in negotiation. Youll learn how to get half the value you create, no matter your size. 

Filled with examples and in-depth case studies, Split the Pie is a practical and theory-based approach to negotiation. Youll see how it helped reframe a high-stakes negotiation when Coca-Cola purchased Honest Tea, a company Barry cofounded with his former student Seth Goldman. The pie framework also works for everyday negotiations. Youll learn how to deploy logic to determine truly equitable solutions and employ empathy to expand the pie and sell your solution. Split the Pie allows both sides to focus their energy on making the biggest possible pieto have your pie and eat it too.

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ID: 544604

Title: Westside Lights: A Novel

Author: W.M. Akers

Narrator: Bailey Carr

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:32:01

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Historical

Summary:

The Alienist meets the magical mystery of The Ninth House as W. M. Akers returns with the third book in his critically acclaimed Jazz Age fantasy series set in the dangerous Westside of New York City, following private detective Gilda Carrs hunt for the truthone tiny mystery at a time.

Like a literary shot of Prohibition-era rotgut moonshinebracing, quite possibly hallucination-inducing, and unlike anything youve ever experienced before.  Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Westside

The Westside of Manhattan is desolate, overgrown, and dangerousand Gilda Carr wouldnt have it any other way. An eccentric detective whose pursuit of tiny mysteries has dragged her to the brink of madness, Gilda spends 1923 searching for something thats eluded her for years: peace. On the revitalized waterfront of the Lower West, Gilda and the gregarious ex-gangster Cherub Stevens start a new life on a stolen yacht. But their old life isnt done with them yet.

They dock their boat on the edge of the White Lights District, a new tenderloin where liquor, drugs, sex, and violence are shaken into a deadly cocktail. When her pet seagull vanishes into the District, Gilda throws herself into the search for the missing bird. Up late watching the river for her pet, Gilda has one drink too many and passes out in the cabin of her waterfront home.

She wakes to a massacre.

Eight people have been slaughtered on the deck of the Misery Queen, and Cherub is among the dead. Gilda, naturally, is the prime suspect. Hunted by the police, the mob, and everyone in between, she must stay free long enough to find the person who stained the Hudson with her beloveds blood. She will discover that on her Westside, no lights are bright enough to drive away the darkness.

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ID: 539693

Title: Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education

Author: Luke Rosiak

Narrator: Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:19:58

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Education

Summary:

Everyone wants: High schoolers to graduate well-prepared for jobs. Improved STEM literacy. Greater achievement for inner-city children. Happiness for all children. So why are liberals spending billions of dollars working against those goals?

In Race to the Bottom, Luke Rosiak uncovers the shocking reason why American education is failing: Powerful special interest groups are using our kids as guinea pigs in vast ideological experiments. These groups initiatives arent focused on making children smarterbut on implementing a radical agenda, no matter the effect on academic standards.

Nonprofits pump billions into initiatives meant to redress racial inequities. Rather than fixing the problem, districts with a big gap between white and black test scores hire consultants who claim the tests are meaningless because they are racist. These consultants judgments allow school districts to ignore their own failuresultimately hurting minority students and perpetuating racism.

That is just one example. Drawing on his years in investigative journalism, Rosiak did a deep dive into school files, financial records, and parents stories. What he found is that nonprofit influence has crept into the educational bureaucracy all over America. Corrupt school boards and quack diversity consultants abound. Teachers drawing government pay claim its unsafe to return to in-person school, but double dip teaching in-person private classes. And amid all this focus on money and equity, academic standards are crumbling, which hurts American kids in ways well be suffering for decades.

Race to the Bottom is the first comprehensive exposé of the way radical ideology and self-serving administrators are destroying academic quality in Americas K-12 schools. Rigorous and deeply-researched, this is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of our kids.

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ID: 550093

Title: Prince of Dreams

Author: Lisa Kleypas

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:05:31

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Romantica

Summary:

A wealthy and bitter exile, the most dangerous and desirable man in all of England, burns to possess a proud, headstrong beauty who is promised to another. 

Winning Emma Stokehurst's exquisite hand through threats and determination does nothing to fill the empty spaces in Nikola's heartuntil passion's magic carries the handsome, tormented prince back to a bygone era of splendor and romantic dreams. For there his destiny awaits him in a distant life. And in one remarkable woman's tender touchachingly familiar but gloriously newhe must seek the elusive promise of ecstasy . . .and learn, at last, to love.

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ID: 550100

Title: Woman on Fire: A Novel

Author: Lisa Barr

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:59:26

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Contemporary Women

Summary:

An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history. Lisa Barr has created an unforgettable story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge.Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds

From the author of the award-winning Fugitive Colors and The Unbreakables, a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpieceforcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth.

After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusualand very secretassignment. Dan needs her to locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier: legendary Expressionist artist Ernst Engels most famous work, Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dans help to find it. But Jules doesnt have much time; the famous designer is dying.

Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector familys millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet the passionate and determined Jules has unexpected resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Elliss grandson. A recovering addict and brilliant artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margauxs clutches. He knows how ruthless she is, and hell do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux gets to it first.

A thrilling tale of secrets, love, and sacrifice that illuminates the destructive cruelty of war and greed and the triumphant power of beauty and love, Woman on Fire tells the story of a remarkable woman and an exquisite work of art that burns bright, moving through hands, hearts, and history.

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ID: 536634

Title: Hook, Line, and Sinker: A Novel

Author: Tessa Bailey

Narrator: Lauren Sweet

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:10:14

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER

In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man

King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows hes a guaranteed good timein bed and outand thats exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. Shes immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.

Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Foxs spare bedroom. She knows hes a notorious ladies man, but theyre definitely just friends. In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westports resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworkers eye yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can't deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost. 

Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now shes walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and and man overboard! Hes fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah hes all in, she'll choose him instead?

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