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ID: 543919

Title: Frankie and Amelia

Author: Cammie McGovern

Narrator: Josh Innerst

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:14:45

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, Animals & Nature, Health & Family

Summary:

A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo.

After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a service dog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to be Franklins personGuss classmate, Amelia.

Amelia loves cats, but has a harder time with people. Franklin understands her, though, and sees how much they have in common. When Amelia gets into some trouble at school, Franklin wants to help the girl whos done so much to help him. Hes not sure how, yet, but hes determined to try.

This sweet and moving novel demonstrates how powerful the bond between pets and people can be, while thoughtfully depicting a neurodivergent tweens experience.

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ID: 516576

Title: As the Wicked Watch: The First Jordan Manning Novel

Author: Tamron Hall

Narrator: Susan Dalian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:53:33

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Black Literature

Summary:

The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award-winning TV Host and Journalist Tamron Hall, As The Wicked Watch follows a reporter as she unravels the disturbing mystery around the deaths of two young Black women, the work of a serial killer terrorizing Chicago.

When crime reporter Jordan Manning leaves her hometown in Texas to take a job at a television station in Chicago, shes one step closer to her dream: a coveted anchor chair on a national network.

Jordan is smart and aggressive, with unabashed star-power, and often the only woman of color in the newsroom. Her signature? Arriving first on the scenein impractical designer stilettos. Armed with a masters degree in forensic science and impeccable instincts, Jordan has been able to balance her dueling motivations: breaking every big storyand giving a voice to the voiceless.

From her time in Texas, shes covered the vilest of human behaviors but nothing has prepared her for Chicago. Jordan is that rare breed of a journalist who can navigate a crime scene as well as she can a newsroomoften noticing what others tend to miss. Again and again, she is called to cover the murders of Black women, many of them sexually assaulted, most brutalized, and all of them quickly forgotten.

All until Masey Jamesthe story that Jordan just cant shake, despite all efforts. A 15-year-old girl whose body was found in an abandoned lot, Masey has come to represent for Jordan all of the frustration and anger that her job often forces her to repress. Putting the rest of her work and her fraying personal life aside, Jordan does everything she can to give the story the coverage it desperately requires, and that a missing Black child would so rarely get.

Theres a serial killer on the loose, Jordan believes, and hes hiding in plain sight.

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ID: 536393

Title: Glorious Beef: The LaFrieda Family and the Evolution of the American Meat Industry

Author: Cecilia Molinari, Pat Lafrieda

Narrator: Brian Hutchison

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:46:49

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Cooking, Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

An insightful and engaging insiders look at the real story of the meat industry, from master butcher Pat LaFrieda.

It all began when Pat LaFriedas great-grandfather Anthony LaFrieda decided to pack up and move his family from Italy to New York in search of a better life, setting up the familys first retail butcher shop in 1922 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Almost one hundred years later, Pat LaFrieda, a fourth-generation butcher and third-generation meat purveyor, is at the helm of a family-run business that has been providing meat to customers for decades, through wars, the Great Depression, the tumultuous years when New York City was dubbed Fear City, the fall of the Twin Towers, unprecedented hurricanes, and even a pandemic.

Most people dont know the amount of time, commitment, and extenuating work that goes into bringing them the piece of meat on their plate. What are the real implications of grass-fed beef on climate change? What is involved in humanely processing animals at harvesting facilities? Why is grading, labeling, and traceability essential for the consumer? And whats the beef with eating meat?

There are two sides to every story; however, in the beef industrys case, only one side seems to get most of the airtime. In Glorious Beef, LaFrieda shares his family's legacy and pulls back the curtain to reveal a behind-the-scenes view of each stage of the process involved in bringing beef from pasture to plate and the truths behind the industrys story of survival and constant evolution.

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ID: 538781

Title: Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent

Author: David Harsanyi

Narrator: Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:29:42

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Global Politics, Public Policy, Political Ideologies

Summary:

Why should America try to be more like countries that are worse in nearly every way? 

Europe has been declining under the weight of its antiquated institutions, economic fatigue, moral anemia and cultural surrender. Yet American politicians, technocrats, academics, and pundits argue, with increasing popularity, that Americans should look across the Atlantic for solutions to the nations problems, including on issues like health care, the welfare state, immigration, and a bloated bureaucracy.

In Eurotrash, David Harsanyi argues we are looking in the wrong place. By every economic and societal measure, the United States is more tolerant than Europe. It is more welcoming of immigrants, but also far more successful at assimilating them. Minorities do far better in United States. Our economy is dominant. Only one European company appears in top 10 corporate powerhouses in the world and only seven in the top 50. Americans make up nearly half of the list.

Americans are far more charitable and happier than Europeans. Our slightly lower life expectancy and our slightly higher infant mortality rate are not a result of substandard care, but a statistical misunderstanding based on the fact we treat every life as one worth saving.

In this biting, fast-moving, and well-researched polemic, Harsanyi debunks prevailing notions about European supremacy and makes an unapologetic case for American exceptionalism, offering insight and reasoned arguments to counter current policy prescriptions.

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ID: 513383

Title: Holiday Ever After: One Snowy Night, Holiday Wishes & Mistletoe in Paradise

Author: Jill Shalvis

Narrator: Erin Mallon, Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:25:05

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Holiday, Contemporary

Summary:

Three fan-favorite Jill Shalvis novellas are together for the first time in this holiday anthology!

One Snowy Night

Its Christmas Eve and Rory Andrews is desperate to get home to her family. Problem is, her only ride to Lake Tahoe comes in the form of the annoyingly handsome Max Stranton, her long-time crush, and his big, goofy, lovable dog. A long road trip in a massive blizzard might be just what they need to face their pastand one steamy, snowy night is all it takes to bring Max and Rory together at last.

Holiday Wishes

When Sean ORiley shows up for his older brothers bachelor weekend, the last person he expects to see is Lotti Hartford, the woman he lost his virginity to a decade ago. As the weekend continues, Sean realizes he wants to leave his hook-up life behind, but can he convince Lotti to open her heart to him again?

Mistletoe in Paradise

Years after their secret fling ended, Hannah isnt eager to see James during their families annual joint holiday-themed yacht adventure. But when theyre the only people who show up, James and Hannah are stuck together on the high seas for days. As the former lovers try to make the best of the Christmas snafu, they soon realize the best things in life cant be planned, and sometimes love is sweeter the second time around. 

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ID: 524354

Title: Second Chance Christmas: A Twilight, Texas Novel

Author: Lori Wilde

Narrator: Lisa Zimmerman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:41:55

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women, Holidays

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde returns to Twilight, Texas, with a love story filled with the magic of the season, about a couple who discover an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve-Eve.

Its Christmastime in Twilight, TX. The lights are twinkling, carols are being sung, and the cookies are baking. And this year, best friends Joel and Jana discover a shocking surprise: as they are organizing the living Nativity, they find a sweet little baby in the manger with a note saying the mother will return...soon.

Jana tucks the infant into her arms, and she and Joel make the impulsive decision to take the baby home. Jana is spontaneous, Joel is a planner, but they agree that its better to care for this precious bundle for the holidays, in hopes that the mother really will come back by New Years.

As the days pass, the pair begins to fall in love with the child and theyre also forced to face facts: their relationship goes far deeper than friendship. As the spirit of Christmasand the magic of Twilight, TXtakes over, this unlikely couple must open up to the feelings theyve been hiding from each other all along. 

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ID: 546750

Title: 10 Rules for Resilience: Mental Toughness for Families

Author: Joe De Sena, Lara Pence

Narrator: Joe De Sena, Lara Pence

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:03:18

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Self Development, Health & Wellness

Summary:

10 principles for leading your family to True Resilience, from the bestselling author of Spartan Up and the CEO/founder of Spartan

Joe De Sena has spent his life running toward challenge and discomfort. Why? Because how we react to challenging situations defines us and our families. The only tools we have as humans to survive the many peaks and valleys of a full life are preparedness, health, leadership, and most importantly, resilience. Why do so many parents struggle to finish things we start, delay gratification, and protect our healthand why do our kids continue to struggle in every facet of life? Because we havent showed them a path to resilience, and we havent fought for it ourselves.  

In 10 Rules for Resilience Joe De Sena outlines his 10 principles for leading your family to True Resilience, a term he uses for a body and mind that have been carved out of hard work, challenge, and failure. It takes True Resilience to approach overwhelming situations with calm and confidence, to not get rattled, anxious, or angry, and even to embrace failure, setbacks, and redirections.

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ID: 538782

Title: Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Author: Caela Carter

Narrator: Hope Newhouse

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:22:53

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-21

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Genres: Kids, Health & Family

Summary:

From the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes a moving own-voices story that shines a light on how one girls learning differences are neither right nor wrongjust perfectly individual. For fans of Alyson Gerber, Cammie McGovern, and Kathryn Erskine.

No one can figure out what Gwendolyn Rogerss problem isnot her mom, or her teachers, or any of the many therapists shes seen. But Gwendolyn knows she doesnt have just one thing wrong with her: she has fifty-four.

At least, according to a confidential school report (that she read because she is #16. Sneaky, not to mention #13. Impulsive). So Gwendolyn needs a plan, because if she doesnt get these fifty-four things under control, shes not going to be able to go to horse camp this summer with her half-brother, Tyler.

But Tyler cant help her because theres only one thing wrong with him: ADHD.

And her best friend Hettie cant help her because theres nothing wrong with Hettie. Shes perfect.

So Gwendolyn is hopeless until she remembers the one thing that helped her mother when her own life was out of control. Or actually, the twelve things. Can these Twelve Steps that cured her mother somehow cure Gwendolyn too?

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ID: 543917

Title: Wind Riders #2: Search for the Scarlet Macaws

Author: Jen Marlin

Narrator: James Fouhey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:55:04

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-21

Publisher: HarperCollins

Genres: Kids, General, Animals & Nature

Summary:

Hop aboard Wind Rider, a magical sailboat, with Max and Sofia, two kids trying to save the environment one problem at a time. Their second mission? Protecting majestic scarlet macaw chicks in the most biodiverse place on Earth, the Amazon rain forest.

Max and Sofia are ordinary kids whose lives are changed when they discover an abandoned sailboat. Theyre given the chance to make a real impact when the boat magically transports them to a different corner of the world to help other kids save their environment.

Wind Riders: Search for the Scarlet Macaws is the second book in a chapter book series about Max and Sofias adventures tackling real world problems. Each story visits a new location and introduces a human-made problem endangering animals and the environment.

With natures highest stakes and environmental activism baked into each book, as well as fun scientific facts included at the end, Wind Riders promises to be the chapter book series for newly independent readers who love nature documentaries and are hungry to learn about the world around them.

There is an emphasis on collaborative problem-solving, compassion for the Earth and all its inhabitants, and friendship. Wind Riders is the perfect STEM chapter book series for fans of Magic Tree House, The Magic School Bus, and Zoey and Sassafras.

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ID: 538794

Title: Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day

Author: Amishi P. Jha

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:28:43

Language: English

Release date: 10-19-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Self Development, Career Development, Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation

Summary:

***NATIONAL BESTSELLER***

STOP FOR A MOMENT.

Are you here right now?

Is your focus on this page? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone?

Whether youre simply browsing, talking to friends, or trying to stay focused in an important meeting, you cant seem to manage to hang on to your attention. No matter how hard you try, youre somewhere else. The consequence is that you miss out on 50 percent of your lifeincluding the most important moments.

The good news: Theres nothing wrong with youyour brain isnt broken. The human brain was built to be distractible.

The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively.

Stay with me a little longer and soon you will be able to:

Focus without all the struggle.

Take back your attention from the pull of distraction.

And function at your peak, for all that truly matters in your life.

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