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ID: 540092

Title: Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy

Author: Gayle Jessup White

Narrator: Karen Chilton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:01:14

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, North America, History & Culture

Summary:

A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings family explores Americas racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestorsboth the enslaver and the enslaved.

Gayle Jessup White had long heard the stories passed down from her fathers family, that they were direct descendants of Thomas Jeffersonlore she firmly believed, though others did not. For four decades the acclaimed journalist and genealogy enthusiast researched her connection to Thomas Jefferson, to confirm its truth once and for all. 

After she was named a Jefferson Studies Fellow, Jessup White discovered her family lore was correct. Poring through photos and documents and pursuing DNA evidence, she learned that not only was she a descendant of Jefferson on his fathers side; she was also the great-great-great-granddaughter of Peter Hemings, Sally Hemingss brother.

In Reclamation she chronicles her remarkable journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it, and offers a compelling portrait of what it means to be a black woman in America, to pursue the American dream, to reconcile the legacy of racism, and to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor.

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ID: 513378

Title: Duke, Actually: A Novel

Author: Jenny Holiday

Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:29:24

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Holiday, Contemporary

Summary:

USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance between a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love.

[A] master of witty banter.Entertainment Weekly

Theres a royal wedding on, and things are about to get interesting.

Meet the man of honor

Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is not having a merry Christmas. Hes been dumped by a princess, hes unemployed, and his domineering father has sent him to New York to meet a prospective bride he has no interest in. In the city, he meets Dani Martinez, a smart (and gorgeous) professor hes determined to befriend before their best friends marry in the Eldovian wedding of the century.

Meet the best woman

Newly single, no-nonsense New Yorker Dani is done with loveshe even has a list entitled Things I Will Never Again Do for a Manwhich is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. Hes the perfect partner for snow angels in Central Park and deep conversations about the futility of love.

Its all fun and games until their friendship deepens into attraction and, oops

Falling in love was never part of the plan.

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ID: 533042

Title: Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

Author: Ben Silverman, Brian Baumgartner

Narrator: Ben Silverman, Brian Baumgartner, Bronson Pinchot, Greg Daniels, Marin Ireland, Multi Cast

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:13:36

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music

Summary:

Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious inside story of how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe.

Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of The Officethe actors, writers, producers, directors, network execs, and crew, and read by Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels, Bronson Pinchot, Marin Ireland, MacLeod Andrews, Brittany Pressley, Prentice Onayemi, Gabra Zackman, James Meunier, Alister Austin, Michael Crouch, Bryson Carr, James Fouhey, Graham Halstead, Gary Tiedemann, Curt Bonnem, Oliver Wyman, James Patrick Cronin, Joel Froomkin, Rainn Valdez, Patricia Santomasso, Laruen Fortgang, Stacey Glemboski, Andi Arndt, Amy Landon, Lisa Flanagan, and Robin Miles

This book is full of the memories and stories of the cast and crew and how we all found our way to each other, from everyones point of view. ... Its pretty great. GREG DANIELS

In this definitive oral historyincluding the voices of the actors, writers, producers, directors, network execs, and crewWelcome to Dunder Mifflin pulls back the curtain as never before on all the absurdity, genius, love, passion, and dumb luck that went into creating the beloved show.

Featuring a foreword by Greg Daniels, who adapted the series for the U.S. and was its guiding creative force, and narrated by star Brian Baumgartner (aka Kevin Malone) and executive producer Ben Silverman, here at last is the indispensable Office book.

Includes original interviews with Steve Carell, John Krasinkski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Oscar Nunez, Amy Ryan, Ellie Kemper, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, Greg Daniels, Ben Silverman, Mike Schur, Ricky Gervais, and many more.

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ID: 526914

Title: Chouette

Author: Claire Oshetsky

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:19:57

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Feminist Fiction

Summary:

''Claire Oshetskys novel is a marvel: its language a joy, its imagination dizzying.'' Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind

An exhilarating, provocative novel of motherhood in extremis

Tiny is pregnant. Her husband is delighted. You think this baby is going to be like you, but its not like you at all, she warns him. This baby is an owl-baby.

When Chouette is born small and broken-winged, Tiny works around the clock to meet her daughters needs. Left on her own to care for a child who seems more predatory bird than baby, Tiny vows to raise Chouette to be her authentic self. Even in those times when Chouettes behaviors grow violent and strange, Tinys loving commitment to her daughter is unwavering. When she discovers that her husband is on an obsessive and increasingly dangerous quest to find a cure for their daughter, Tiny must decide whether Chouette should be raised to fit in or to be herselfand learn what it truly means to be a mother.

Arresting, darkly funny, and unsettling, Chouette is a brilliant exploration of ambition, sacrifice, perceptions of ability, and the ferocity of motherly love.

The Chouette audiobook features original music composed and performed by Claire Oshetskys daughter, Patricia Taxxon.

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ID: 528839

Title: Confessions of a Puppetmaster: A Hollywood Memoir of Ghouls, Guts, and Gonzo Filmmaking

Author: Adam Felber, Charles Band

Narrator: Charles Band, Sean Patrick Hopkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:23:07

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

Confessions of a Puppetmaster is a fast, funny, wild ride through some wild times. Plus, Charlie compares me to Harrison Ford, so Im all in! Bill Maher

Renowned producer, director, and B movie showman Charles Band takes readers on a wild romp through Hollywoods decidedly un-Oscar-worthy underbelly, where mayhem and zombies reign supreme, and cheap thrills and entertainment are king

''This book is a blast. It made me want to stay up all night and watch terrible movies.'' Peter Sagal

''One of the most entertaining film bios ever.'' Larry Karaszewski

''Reads like a Tarantino film written by Hunter S. Thompson.'' Booklist

Zombies, aliens, a little skin, lots of goreand even more laughsthe cinematic universe of Charles Band is legendary. From the toilet-invading creatures of Ghoulies to the time-travelling bounty hunter in Trancers to the pandemic-crashed Corona Zombies, Band has spent four decades giving B-movie lovers exactly what they love. In Confessions of a Puppetmaster, this congenial master of Grindhouse cinema tells his own story, uncut.

Born into a family of artists, Band spent much of his childhood in Rome where his father worked in the film industry. Early visits to movie sets sealed young Charlies fate. By his twenties he had plunged into moviemaking himself and found his calling in exploitation moviesquick, low-budget efforts that exploit the zeitgeist and feed peoples desire for clever, low-brow entertainment. His films crossed genres, from vampire flicks to sci fi to erotic musical adaptations of fairy tales. As he came into his own as a director, he was the first to give starring roles to household names like Demi Moore, Helen Hunt, and Bill Maher.

Off set, Bands life has been equally epic. Returning to his beloved Italy, he bought both Dino De Laurentiiss movie studio and a medieval castle. After Romanias oppressive communist regime fell, he circumvented the U.S. State Department to shoot films in Draculas homeland. He madeand then losta moviemaking fortune. A visionary, Band was also at the vanguard of the transition to home video and streaming, making and distributing direct-to-video movies long before the major studios caught on.

In this revealing tell-all, Band details the dizzying heights and catastrophic depths of his four decades in showbiz. A candid and engaging glimpse at Hollywoods wild side, Confessions of a Puppetmaster is as entertaining as the movies that made this consummate schlockmeister famous.

 

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ID: 516043

Title: You Feel It Just Below the Ribs: A Novel

Author: Janina Matthewson, Jeffrey Cranor

Narrator: Adepero Oduye, Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:22:31

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian

Summary:

A haunting, provocative novel, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one womans unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.

Born at the end of the old world, Miriam grows up during The Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family. Devastated by grief and loneliness, she emotionally exiles herself, avoiding relationships or allegiances, and throws herself into her workdisengagement that serves her when the war finally ends, and The New Society arises.

To ensure a lasting peace, The New Society forbids anything that may cause tribal loyalties, including traditional families. Suddenly, everyone must live as Miriam has chosen todisconnected and unattached. A researcher at heart, Miriam becomes involved in implementing this detachment process. She does not know it is the beginning of a darkly sinister program that will transform this new world and the lives of everyone in it. Eventually, the harmful effects of her research become too much for Miriam, and she devises a secret plan to destroy the system from within, endangering her own life.

But is her confession honestor is it a fabrication riddled with lies meant to conceal the truth?

A jarring and uncanny tale of loss, trauma, and the power of human connection and deception, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs is a portrait of a disturbing alternate world eerily within reach, and an examination of the difficult choices we must make to survive in it.

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ID: 537162

Title: Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19

Author: Alina Chan, Matt Ridley

Narrator: Gavin Osborn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:16:48

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry

Summary:

'Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature.' (New York Times Book Review) 

Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the most incisive and authoritative book about the search for the source of the virus.

A new virus descended on the human species in 2019 wreaking unprecedented havoc. Finding out where it came from and how it first jumped into people is an urgent priority, but early expectations that this would prove an easy question to answer have been dashed. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the crucial mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is not only unresolved but has deepened.

 In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually create: no infected market animals or wildlife, no chains of early cases in travellers to the city, no smouldering epidemic in a rural area, no rapid adaptation of the virus to its new host-human beings.

 To try to solve this pressing mystery, Viral delves deep into the events of 2019 leading up to 2021, the details of what went on in animal markets and virology laboratories, the records and data hidden from sight within archived Chinese theses and websites, and the clues that can be coaxed from the very text of the virus's own genetic code.

 The result is a gripping detective story that takes the reader deeper and deeper into a metaphorical cave of mystery. One by one the authors explore promising tunnels only to show that they are blind alleys, until, miles beneath the surface, they find themselves tantalisingly close to a shaft that leads to the light.

THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.

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ID: 410644

Title: Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

Author: Mackenzi Lee

Narrator: Christian Coulson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:38:57

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Genres: Teen, Romance, Tough Topics

Summary:

Return to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately seeks the now adult Monty and Felicitythe older siblings he never knew he had.

Adrian Montague has a bright future. The sole heir to his fathers estate, he is an up and coming political writer and engaged to an activist who challenges and inspires him. But most young Lords arent battling the debilitating anxiety Adrian secretly lives with, or the growing fear that it might consume him and all he hopes to accomplish. In the wake of his mothers unexpected death, Adrian is also concerned people will find out that he has the mental illness she struggled with for years.

When a newly found keepsake of hersa piece of a broken spyglasscomes into Adrians possession, hes thrust into the past and finds himself face to face with an older brother he never knew he had. Henry Monty Montague has been living quietly in London for years, and his sudden appearance sends Adrian on a quest to unravel family secrets that only the spyglass can answer.

In pursuit of answers about the relic, the brothers chart a course to locate their sister Felicity. But as they travel between the pirate courts of Rabat, Portuguese islands, the canals of Amsterdam, and into unknown Artic waters, the Montague siblings are thrown into one final adventure as they face a ghostly legend that threatens their whole family.

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ID: 521357

Title: Termination Shock: A Novel

Author: Neal Stephenson

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22:54:28

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Action & Adventure

Summary:

New York Times Bestseller

From Neal Stephensonwho coined the term metaverse in his 1992 novel Snow Crashcomes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.

Stephenson is one of speculative fictions most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded.  New York Times Book Review

One manvisionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as elemental. But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?

Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming. Ultimately, it asks the question: Might the cure be worse than the disease?

Epic in scope while heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.

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ID: 509872

Title: Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship

Author: Annabel Abbs

Narrator: Bianca Amato, Ell Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:10:56

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick * A Country Living Best Book of Fall * A Washington Post Best Feel-Good Book of the Year * One of the New York Times's Best Historical Fiction Novels of Fall

In a novel perfect for fans of Hazel Gaynors A Memory of Violets and upstairs-downstairs stories, Annabel Abbs, the award-winning author of The Joyce Girl, returns with the brilliant real-life story of Eliza Acton and her assistant as they revolutionized British cooking and cookbooks around the world.

Before Mrs. Beeton and well before Julia Child, there was Eliza Acton, who changed the course of cookery writing forever.

England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refusesuntil her bankrupt father is forced to flee the country. As a woman, Eliza has few options. Although shes never set foot in a kitchen, she begins collecting recipes and teaching herself to cook. Much to her surprise she discovers a talent and a passion for the culinary arts.

Eliza hires young, destitute Ann Kirby to assist her. As they cook together, Ann learns about poetry, love and ambition. The two develop a radical friendship, breaking the boundaries of class while creating new ways of writing recipes. But when Ann discovers a secret in Elizas past, and finds a voice of her own, their friendship starts to fray.

Based on the true story of the first modern cookery writer, Miss Elizas English Kitchen is a spellbinding novel about female friendship, the struggle for independence, and the transcendent pleasures and solace of food.

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