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ID: 540253

Title: Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

Author: Greg Brennecka

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:42:46

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics

Summary:

A Short History of Nearly Everything meets Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in this humorous, accessible exploration of how meteorites have helped not only build our planet but steered the evolution of life and human culture.

The Solar System. Dinosaurs. Donkey Kong. What is the missing link? Surprisingly enough, it's meteorites. They explain our past, constructed our present, and could define our future.

Impact argues that Earth would be a lifeless, inhospitable piece of rock without being fortuitously assaulted with meteorites throughout the history of the planet. These bombardments transformed Earths early atmosphere and delivered the complex organic molecules that allowed life to develop on our planet. While meteorites have provided the raw materials for life to thrive, they have radically devastated life as well, most famously killing off the dinosaurs and paving the way for humans to evolve to where we are today.

As noted meteoriticist Greg Brennecka explains, meteorites did not just set us on the path to becoming human, they helped direct the development of human culture. Meteorites have influenced humanity since the start of civilization. Over the centuries, meteorite falls and other cosmic cinema have started (and stopped) wars, terrified millions, and inspired religions throughout the world. 

With humor and an infectious enthusiasm, Brennecka reveals previously untold but important stories sure to delight and inform readers about the most important rocks on Earth.

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ID: 518096

Title: When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town

Author: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

From John Douglasthe legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhuntercomes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him.

On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductors repeated and taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived the next day entitled Last Will & Testament, in which Shari, knowing she was to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents, siblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they would persevere through their faith. The abduction rocked her quiet town, triggering a massive manhunt and bringing in the FBI, which enlisted profiler John Douglas. A few days later, a phone call told the family where they could find Sharis body.

Then nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was kidnapped from her yard, confirming the harsh realization that Smiths murder was no random act. A serial killer was evolving, and the only way to stop him would be to use the study of criminal behavior to anticipate his next move before he could kill again. Douglas devised a risky and emotionally fraught strategy to use Sharis lookalike older sister Dawn as bait to draw out the unknown subject. Dawn and her parents courageously agreed.

One of the most haunting investigations of Douglass storied career, this case details how the eerily accurate profile he createdalongside his carefully crafted and stage-managed manipulation of the killers psychologycombined with dedicated police work and cutting-edge forensic science to end a reign of criminal terror. As Sharis family took incredible personal risks to lure her killer from the shadows, Douglas and the FBI pushed criminal profiling to its limits, culminating in one of his most dramatic and effective confrontations with a sadistic and remorseless killer.

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ID: 502919

Title: How to Kidnap the Rich: A Novel

Author: Rahul Raina

Narrator: Homer Todiwala

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:55:02

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Coming of Age

Summary:

A raucous novel, narrated in deadpan voice-over by Ramesh, a self-described lower lower middle class 24-year-old scammer. . . . His perspective is a delight. . . . a tartly entertaining novel, a potential summer blockbuster. New York Times Book Review

A fresh look at modern-day India hailed as ''a monstrously funny and unpredictable wild ride'' by Kevin Kwan, New York Times bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy

The first kidnapping wasnt my fault. The othersthose were definitely me.

Brilliant yet poor, Ramesh Kumar grew up working at his fathers tea stall in the Old City of Delhi. Now, he makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elitea situation that becomes complicated when one of his clients, the sweet but hapless eighteen-year-old Rudi Saxena, places first in the All Indias, the national university entrance exams, thanks to him.

Ramesh sees an opportunityperhaps even an obligationto cash in on Rudis newfound celebrity, not knowing that Rudis role on a game show will lead to unexpected love, followed by wild trouble when both young men are kidnapped. 

But Ramesh outwits the criminals whove abducted them, turning the tables and becoming a kidnapper himself. As he leads Rudi through a maze of crimes both large and small, their dizzying journey reveals an India in all its complexity, beauty, and squalor, moving from the bottom rungs to the circles inhabited by the ultra-rich and everywhere in between.

A caper, social satire, and love story rolled into one, How to Kidnap the Rich is a wild ride told by a mesmerizing new talent with an electric voice.

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ID: 550046

Title: Getting to Neutral: How to Conquer Negativity and Thrive in a Chaotic World

Author: Andy Staples, Trevor Moawad

Narrator: Ciara , Russell Wilson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:18:38

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness, Psychology

Summary:

Read by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Trevor Moawads long-time friend and business partner, with a foreword written and read by Ciara.

In this breakthrough book, the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller It Takes What It Takes provides life-changing, step-by-step guidance on how to successfully navigate adversity and defeat negativity by downshifting to neutral thinking. 

Its easy to be positive when everything is coming up roses. But what happens when life goes sideways? Many of us lapse into a self-defeating negative spiral that makes it hard to accomplish anything. Getting to Neutral is a step-by-step guide that shows readers how to use mental conditioning coach Trevor Moawads innovative motivational system to defeat negativity and thrive.

Neutral thinking is a judgment-free, process-oriented approach that helps us coolly assess situations in high-pressure moments. Moawad walks readers through how to downshift to neutral no matter how dire the situation. He shows us how to behave our way to success, how to determine and practice our values in a neutral framework, and how to surround ourselves with a team that helps us to stay neutral. 

Filled with raw, inspiring stories of how Trevor navigated health challenges with neutral thinking as well as insights drawn from some of the worlds best athletes, coaches, and leaders, Getting to Neutral will help readers learn to handle even the most complex and turbulent situations with calm, clarity, and resolve.

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ID: 540100

Title: Unbreakable: How I Turned My Depression and Anxiety Into Motivation and You Can Too

Author: Jay Glazer

Narrator: Jay Glazer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:43:30

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Football

Summary:

Jay Glazera top NFL insider on Fox NFL Sunday, an MMA coach, actor, and a veteran advocate and founder of MVP (Merging Vets and Players)offers honest, in your face advice and insights gleaned from his fight through depression and anxiety, his successful careers in NFL journalism and business, as well as his work with military vets struggling with PTSD; the result is a relentless, unapologetic, and no-nonsense approach to overcoming your self-doubts, fears, and excuses with the goal of becoming Unbreakable.

In Unbreakable, Jay Glazer talks directly to you, his teammates, and shares his truth. All the success from his screeching-and-swerving joy ride through professional football, the media, the MMA fighting world, Hollywood, the military-warrior community, comes with a side of relentless depression and anxiety. Living in the gray, as Jay calls it, is just a constant for him. And, in order to work through and work better, Jay knows he has to keep going, to be of service, to believe in himself when no one else will, and be stronger, tougher, and more dedicated than anyone. Unbreakable is his story of how he has done this in all of his many endeavorsa relentless insider who wont quit talking or take his foot off the gas, whether detailing how he got his big break inside the NFL (it involves a friendship with Michael Strahan that seems too unlikely even for Hollywood) or helping veterans fight for their lives in gyms around the country or playing himself on the hit show Ballers, Jays ability to laugh at himself and take on his mental struggles has given him a clarity, toughness, and openness that few people can rival.

Throughout Unbreakable, Jay will use his storiesfeaturing some of the biggest, baddest, and most fascinating characters in the public eye todayto tackle the toughest subjects by making you laugh. He will also use them as motivation to outline a prescriptive plan for you to get to the top of your game, whatever your game is, and to stop making excuses. He will show you how to use your insecurities, your own battles with mental health, to get where you need to go, scars and all.

Especially scars and all.

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ID: 536641

Title: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Author: Imani Perry

Narrator: Imani Perry

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16:32:36

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, North America, Social Science

Summary:

An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American Southand thus of Americaby an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.

Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American Southand a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America

We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole.

This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life.

Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line.  

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ID: 550118

Title: Supervillain's Guide to Being a Fat Kid

Author: Matt Wallace

Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:10:20

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family, Humor

Summary:

Matt Wallace, author of Bump, presents a personal, humorous, and body-positive middle grade standalone about a fat kid who wants to stop his bullies . . . and enlists the help of the worlds most infamous supervillain. Perfect for fans of Holly Goldberg Sloan, Julie Murphy, and John David Anderson!

Maxs first year of middle school hasnt been easy. Eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no other reason than Max is fat and an easy target. Max wishes he could fight back, but he doesnt want to hurt Johnny . . . just make him feel the way Max feels.

In desperation, Max writes to the only person he thinks will understand: imprisoned supervillain Master Plan, a gentleman of size. To his surprise, Master Plan wants to help! He suggests a way for Max to get even with Johnny Pro, and change how the other kids at school see them both.

And it works! When Master Plans help pays off for Max in ways he couldnt have imagined, he starts gaining confidenceenough to finally talk to Marina, the girl he likes in class who shares his passion for baking. With Master Plan in his corner, anything seems possible . . . but is there a price to pay for the supervillains help?

* A Junior Library Guild selection *

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ID: 540235

Title: Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win

Author: Peter Schweizer

Narrator: Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:48:24

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: American Politics, Political Ideologies

Summary:

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Peter Schweizer says that, in a quarter-century as an investigative journalist, this is the scariest investigation he has ever conducted. 

That the Chinese government seeks to infiltrate American institutions is hardly surprising. What is wholly new, however, are the number of American elites who are eager to help the Chinese dictatorship in its quest for global hegemony.   

Presidential families, Silicon Valley gurus, Wall Street high rollers, Ivy League universities, even professional athletesall willing to sacrifice American strength and security on the altar of personal enrichment.

In Red-Handed, six-time New York Times bestselling investigator Peter Schweizer presents his most alarming findings to date by revealing the secret deals wealthy Americans have cut to help China build its military, technological, and economic might. Equally as astonishing, many of these elites quietly believe the Chinese dictatorial regime is superior to American democracy.

Schweizer and his team of forensic investigators spent over a year scouring a massive trove of global corporate records and legal filings to expose the hidden transactions Chinas enablers hoped would never see the light of day. And as Schweizers past bombshells like Profiles in Corruption, Secret Empires, and Clinton Cash all made clear, there are bad actors on both ends of the political spectrum.

Exhaustively researched, crisply told, and chilling, Red-Handed will expose the nexus of power between the Chinese government and the American elites who do its bidding.  

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ID: 538239

Title: Notes on an Execution: A Novel

Author: Danya Kukafka

Narrator: Jim Meskimen, Mozhan Marno

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:42:35

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological, Contemporary Women

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling. Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)

''A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking.'' BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half

Recommended by New York Times Book Review  Los Angeles Times  Washington Post Entertainment Weekly  Esquire  Good Housekeeping  USA Today Buzzfeed  Goodreads  Real Simple Marie Claire Rolling Stone Business Insider  Bustle  PopSugar  The Millions  The Guardian  and many more!

In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his lifefrom the bestselling author of Girl in Snow.

Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what hes done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesnt want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. 

Through a kaleidoscope of womena mother, a sister, a homicide detectivewe learn the story of Ansels life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansels wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sisters relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake. 

Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.

''Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope.'' USA TODAY

A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece.''ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

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ID: 540240

Title: American Injustice: Inside Stories from the Underbelly of the Criminal Justice System

Author: David S. Rudolf

Narrator: David S. Rudolf, Sean Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:46:09

Language: English

Release date: 01-25-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, Law, Political Advocacy

Summary:

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflixs The Staircase comes a bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system. (The Guardian)

A fine companion to Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy and Emily Bazelons Charged. A stellarand often shockingreport on a broken criminal justice system. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

In the past thirty years alone, more than 2,800 innocent American prisonerstheir combined sentences surpassing 25,000 yearshave been exonerated and freed after being condemned for crimes they did not commit. Terrifyingly, this number represents only a fraction of the actual number of persons wrongfully accused and convicted over the same period. 

Renowned criminal defense and civil rights attorney David Rudolf has spent decades defending the wrongfully accused. In American Injustice, he draws from his years of experience in the American criminal legal system to shed light on the misconduct that exists at all levels of law enforcement and the tragic consequences that follow in its wake. Tracing these themes through the lens of some of his most important casesincluding new details from the Michael Peterson trial made famous in The StaircaseRudolf takes the reader inside crime scenes to examine forensic evidence left by perpetrators; revisits unsolved murders to detail how and why the true culprits were never prosecuted; reveals how confirmation bias leads police and prosecutors to employ tactics that make wrongful arrests and prosecutions more likely; and exposes how poverty and racism fundamentally distort the system.

In American Injustice, Rudolf gives a voice to those who have been the victim of wrongful accusations and shows in the starkest terms the human impact of legal wrongdoing. Effortlessly blending gripping true-crime reporting and searing observations on civil rights in America, American Injustice takes readers behind the scenes of a justice system in desperate need of reform.

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