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ID: 543999

Title: Faith: Greater Heights

Author: Julie Murphy

Narrator: Joy Nash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:28:27

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Tough Topics

Summary:

From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin, comes the exciting conclusion in the origin story of fan-favorite comic character Faitha fierce, plus-size superhero.

Faith Herbert can finally admit that shes not a regular teenand take advantage of her new flying superpowers. After the chaos of her first semester, Faith just wants to end her senior year in a normal wayenjoying all the hallmarks of graduating high school, like prom, with her best friends Matt and Ches.

But a cryptic warning about psiots going missing and a rash of inexplicable fires means things are off to a strange start. Life goes from weird to worse when Colleen Bristow, the quiet nerd-turned-supervillain, reappears, acting like nothing ever happened.

As if that werent enough, rumored sightings of Faiths ex, the beautiful Dakota Ash, who was thought to have died months ago in the warehouse fire that exposed more than a few secrets, start to emerge. Faith cant seem to shake Dakotas betrayal from that tragic day, but she also cant help hoping the rumors are true. . . .

As Faith tries to balance her quest for a memorable senior year and the heartbreak of Grandma Lous increasing decline, she learns to have faith in herselfand that sometimes fate will point you in the right direction.

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ID: 518751

Title: Paradise Found: A High School Football Team's Rise from the Ashes

Author: Bill Plaschke

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:02:27

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, Other

Summary:

''Friday Night Lights meets Unbroken.'' Tony Reali | ''One of the most profound stories you will ever read.'' Ian O'Connor | ''Plaschke delivers a masterpiece.'' Jeff Pearlman

From L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the remarkable power of high school football in one small California town

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire ravaged the town of Paradise, California. The fire, which burned up to 80 acres per minute, killed 86 people, and nearly every building and home in the town was reduced to ashes. In a single day, Paradise, a proud working-class town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, saw its population fall from 25,000 to 2,000.

The Paradise High football team had long been the towns source of joy and inspiration. But in the wake of the fire, their season was abruptly cancelled on the eve of the playoffs. Their championship hopes were gone. Their programs survival seemed doubtfulit wasnt even clear whether Paradise High would continue to exist.

Coach Rick Prinz had planned to retire that year after guiding the Paradise High Bobcats for two decades. But after the fire forever altered his beloved town, he realized he couldnt walk away. What ensued was the challenge of a lifetime. Of the 104 football players at Paradise, 95 had lost their homes. His varsity squad, which had stood 76 strong the previous season, was down to 22. Most of those who remained were homeless, sleep-deprived, lost. On the first day of spring practice, on a debris-ridden patch of grass at nearby Chico Airport, Prinzs team didnt even have a football. It was the humble beginning to a memorable journey.

Bill Plaschke, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, followed the Paradise Bobcats throughout a most remarkable season. In this gripping, deeply-reported story of tragedy and resilience, Plaschke reveals the unique power of sports to unite, to inspire, and to heal. As the Paradise players fought to rebuild their broken lives, they found strength in the support of their teammatesand as football returned to Paradise, so, too, did the spirit of the town itself.

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ID: 520858

Title: Bohemian Magick: Witchcraft and Secret Spells to Electrify Your Life

Author: Veronica Varlow

Narrator: Veronica Varlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:10:29

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Health & Wellness, Naturopathy & New Age

Summary:

The remarkable Veronica Varlow seizes life with both hands and bends it to her will. Learn from her. Neil Gaiman

In Bohemian Magick, Veronica Varlow, the last daughter in a line of Bohemian witches, weaves together witchcraft knowledge and ancient secret spells with an exotic rock-and-roll magick style that has earned her a devoted following worldwide. This beguiling grimoire-style guide is filled with potent, never-before-revealed spells, hand-written rituals, magick ephemera, hand-drawn sigils, potions, charms, and rhyming incantations that will call your power back to you and electrify your life!

This sumptuous companion is brimming with spells for everlasting confidence, radiant self-love, healing, manifesting your dreams, and love with a desired partner. Veronica calls upon the ancient and hidden Czech-Romani magic passed down to from her grandmother Helens lineage and infuses it with her own signature sorcery to help you awaken and amplify your truest self. Each spell that you cast, each potion that you brew, and each chant you speak into the universe will rouse the most powerful part of your being!

In Part I, The School of Spectaculus, Veronica reveals, step by step, her personally crafted steps to spellcasting with power. She shares her secrets regarding writing and preparing for spells, calling on ancestors to give your spells oomph, and writing your own badass spells. She also provides information on when to cast spells and other basics that you need to know to perform the mind-blowing rituals she introduces in Part II.

In Part II, Initiations, she introduces you to the hidden magick of Bohemia. She leads you on five initiations, each focused on specific themes including self-love, sizzling confidence, healing, juicy mojo, and love.

Each initiation begins with an experiential journey of discovery, a story in which you are the protagonist, whether following a trail of candles through a dark wood to a river filled with tiny message-filled paper boats or venturing into a tarot parlor on a hot, sultry night to meet a Witch who has come back from the Afterlife to help you find true love. 

And, of course, each initiation includes spells with a rock and roll vibe, such as:

Hello, I Love You: Use mirror magick to boost your confidence and magnetism.

Return to Sender: Create a magick candle and burn it upside down to protect you and send bad vibes back to where they came from.

Search and Destroy: Literally pulverize the false stories you tell yourself by writing them on china plates and smash those poisonous words to bits with a hammer!

Bohemian Rhapsody: A secret knot-tying spell to do with a partner to increase passion and intimacy

For each badass bewitching enchantment, Veronica explains its importance, the purpose of practice, and the necessary tools and preparation youll need to cast it correctly. 

With Bohemian Magick, youll discover your adventurous side and your own unique magick. Get ready to rise up, call your power back to you, realize your purpose, and make your life story truly legendary! 

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ID: 543994

Title: Psalm of Storms and Silence

Author: Roseanne A. Brown

Narrator: A.J Beckles, Bahni Turpin, Jordan Cobb

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:52:17

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:

The highly anticipated secondand finalbook in the immersive fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore that began with the New York Times bestselling A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, from author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Renée Ahdieh, and Sabaa Tahir.

Karina lost everything after a violent coup left her without her kingdom or her throne. Now the most wanted person in Sonande, her only hope of reclaiming what is rightfully hers lies in a divine power hidden in the long-lost city of her ancestors.

Meanwhile, the resurrection of Karinas sister has spiraled the world into chaos, with disaster after disaster threatening the hard-won peace Malik has found as Farids apprentice. When they discover that Karina herself is the key to restoring balance, Malik must use his magic to lure her back to their side. But how do you regain the trust of someone you once tried to kill?

As the fabric holding Sonande together begins to tear, Malik and Karina once again find themselves torn between their duties and their desires. And when the fate of everything hangs on a single, horrifying choice, they each must decide what they value mosta power that could transform the world, or a love that could transform their lives.

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ID: 524350

Title: Burntcoat: A Novel

Author: Sarah Hall

Narrator: Louise Brealey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:07:25

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE

''An extraordinary work that will stand as blazing witness to the age that bore it. -- Sarah Perry

A ''masterpiece'' (Daisy Johnson) of mortality, passion, and human connection, set against the backdrop of a deadly global virusfrom the Bookernominated writer

You were the last one here, before I closed the door of Burntcoat. Before we all closed our doors . . .

In an unnamed British city, the virus is spreading, and like everyone else, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness retreats inside. She isolates herself in her immense studio, Burntcoat, with Halit, the lover she barely knows. As life outside changes irreparably, inside Burntcoat, Edith and Halit find themselves changed as well: by the histories and responsibilities each carries and bears, by the fears and dangers of the world outside, and by the progressions of their new relationship. And Burntcoat will be transformed, too, into a new and feverish world, a place in which Edith comes to an understanding of how we survive the impossibleand what is left after we have.

A sharp and stunning novel of art and ambition, mortality and connection, Burntcoat is a major work from one of our most influential short story writers (The Guardian). It is an intimate and vital examination of how and why we createmake art, form relationships, build a lifeand an urgent exploration of an unprecedented crisis, the repercussions of which are still years in the learning.

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ID: 544624

Title: Second Sleep

Author: Diane Stanley

Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:05:57

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

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

Summary:

The time by the lake is everything perfect about a childhood summerand maybe it also holds the answers Max needs. Give this tender middle grade novel to readers who love the mystery, friendships, and touches of magic in novels by Rebecca Stead and Laurel Snyder!

To get Max and Rosies minds off their mothers mysterious disappearance, their grandmother, Mozelle, suggests that they visit the old log cabin where their mom spent her summers as a child. This is a place where, when it gets dark, you go to bed. But according to Mozelle, their mother had her happiest dreams during her nights at the lake. 

That first night, Max and Rosie travel in their dreams to an almost impossibly beautiful place where they meet a wonderful new group of friends. But was it really just a dream? Or is there something extraordinary and magical about this compound by the lake?

As Max slowly grasps what is really going on, he wonders if he might have found the key to the mystery of his mothers disappearanceand how to bring her safely home.

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ID: 526279

Title: Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racismand How to Do It

Author: Celeste Headlee

Narrator: Celeste Headlee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:54:16

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

A Boston Globe Most Anticipated Fall Book

In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.

A self-described light-skinned Black Jew, Celeste Headlee has been forced to speak about raceincluding having to defend or define her ownsince childhood. In her career as a journalist for public media, shes made it a priority to talk about race proactively. Shes discovered, however, that those exchanges have rarely been productive. While many people say they want to talk about race, the reality is, they want to talk about race with people who agree with them. The subject makes us uncomfortable; its often not considered polite or appropriate. To avoid these painful discussions, we stay in our bubbles, reinforcing our own sense of righteousness as well as our division.

Yet we gain nothing by not engaging with those we disagree with; empathy does not develop in a vacuum and racism wont just fade away. If we are to effect meaningful change as a society, Headlee argues, we have to be able to talk about what that change looks like without fear of losing friends and jobs, or being ostracized. In Speaking of Race, Headlee draws from her experiences as a journalist, and the latest research on bias, communication, and neuroscience to provide practical advice and insight for talking about race that will facilitate better conversations that can actually bring us closer together. 

This is the book for people who have tried to debate and educate and argue and got nowhere; it is the book for those who have stopped talking to a neighbor or dread Thanksgiving dinner. It is an essential and timely book for all of us.

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ID: 525568

Title: Cokie: A Life Well Lived

Author: Steven V. Roberts

Narrator: Steven V. Roberts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:00:19

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, Arts & Entertainment, Women

Summary:

The extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Robertsa trailblazer for womenremembered by her friends and family.

Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie Roberts was an inspiration and a role model for innumerable women and girls. A fixture on national television and radio for more than 40 years, she also wrote five bestselling books focusing on the role of women in American history. She was portrayed on Saturday Night Live, name checked on the West Wing, and featured on magazine covers. She joked with Jay Leno, balanced a pencil on her nose for David Letterman, and was the answer to numerous crossword puzzle clues. Many dogs, and at least one dairy cow, were named for her. When the legendary 1980s Spy Magazine ran a diagram documenting all her connections with the headline Cokie Roberts Moderately Well-Known Broadcast Journalist or Center of the Universe? they were only half-joking.

Cokie had many roles in her lifetime: Daughter. Wife. Mother. Journalist. Advocate. Historian. Reflecting on her life, those closest to her remember her impressive mind, impish wit, infectious laugh, and the tenacity that sent her career skyrocketing through glass ceilings at NPR and ABC. They marvel at how she often put others before herself and cared deeply about the world around her. When faced with daily decisions and dilemmas, many still ask themselves the question, What Would Cokie Do?

In this loving tribute, Cokies husband of 53 years and bestselling-coauthor Steve Roberts reflects not only on her many accomplishments, but on how she lived each day with a devotion to helping others. For Steve, Cokies private life was as significant and inspirational as her public one. Her commitment to celebrating and supporting other women was evident in everything she did, and her generosity and passion drove her personal and professional endeavors. In Cokie, he has a simple goal: To tell stories. Some will make you cheer or laugh or cry. And some, I hope, will inspire you to be more like Cokie, to be a good person, to lead a good life.

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ID: 538229

Title: Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust

Author: Chloe Dulce Louvouezo

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:13:53

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

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

Summary:

Foreword by Elaine Welteroth

In this stunning essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black women reflect on self-love and healing, sharing stories of the trials and tribulations theyve faced and what has helped them confront pain, heal wounds, and find connection. 

With essays by Eniafebiafe Isis Adewale Lauren Ash Gabrielle Williams Lindsey Farrar Nneke Julia Elaine Welteroth Meryanne Loum-Martin Lili Lopez Deun Ivory Morgan Ashley Dydine Umunyana Adriana Parrish Orixa Jones Offeibea Obubah Alex Elle Kalkidan Gebreyohannes Esther Boykin Brooke Hall Qimmah Saafir Josefina H. Sanders Julee Wilson Shay Jiles Danasia Fantastic

Life, I Swear is a chronicle of transformation and growth by and for modern-day Black women. Some of todays most influential Black female voices chronicle their private journeys, offering testimonies of living through pain and joy with raw honesty and unapologetic self-love.

In each episode of her podcast, Life, I Swear, diversity and inclusion storyteller Chloe Dulce Louvouezo explores the nuances of our diverse experiences. In one-on-one interviews and personal prose, the podcast centers on personal stories that offer universal insights into topics relevant to modern womens lives, from identity and family to trauma and motherhood, told through the lens of Black women. A catalyst for change, this revelatory book builds on the premise of the podcast by diving deeper into themes of mental health, identity and resilience. Life, I Swear is sure to spark lively, thought-provoking, and necessary conversations that encourage Black women to return home to themselves through self-examination and grace.      

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ID: 543998

Title: Dreams Lie Beneath

Author: Rebecca Ross

Narrator: Chloe Dolandis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:07:18

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-21

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Tough Topics

Summary:

From Rebecca Ross, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals, comes a story about magic, vengeance, and the captivating power of dreams. A must-read for fans of Stephanie Garber, Olivie Blake, and Isabel Ibañez.

The realm of Azenor has spent years plagued by a curse. Every new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicianswho serve as territory wardensstand between people and their worst dreams.

Clementine Madigan is ready to take over as the warden of her small town, but when two magicians arrive to challenge her father for his domain, she is unknowingly drawn into a century-old conflict. She seeks revenge, but as she gets closer to Phelan, one of the vexingly handsome young magicians, secretsas well as romancebegin to rise.

Clementine must unite with Phelan to fight the realms curse, which seems to be haunting their every turn. But will their efforts be enough to save Azenor from the nightmares that lurk around every corner?

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