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ID: 514454

Title: Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutors Code and Corrupted the Justice Department

Author: Elie Honig

Narrator: Elie Honig

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:21:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: American Politics

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Elie Honig has written much more than a compelling takedown of an unfit attorney general; he also offers a blueprint for how impartial and apolitical justice should be administered in America.Preet Bharara

An essential analysis for anyone committed to understanding the abuses of the Trump administration so we can ensure they never happen again.Joyce White Vance

Essential reading for all who cherish the rule of law in America.George Conway

''Written with all the color and pacing of a legal thriller.''Variety

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig exposes William Barr as the most corrupt attorney general in modern U.S. history, with stunning new scandals bubbling to the surface even after Barr's departure from office.  

In Hatchet Man, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig uncovers Barrs unprecedented abuse of power as Attorney General and the lasting structural damage done to the Justice Department. Honig uses his own experience as a prosecutor at DOJ to show how, as Americas top law enforcement official, Barr repeatedly violated the Departments written rules, and those vital, unwritten norms and principles that comprise the prosecutors code.

Barr was corrupt from the beginning. His first act as AG was to distort the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, earning a public rebuke for his dishonesty from Mueller himself and, later, from a federal judge. Then, Barr tried to manipulate the law to squash a whistleblowers complaint about Trumps dealings with Ukrainethe report that eventually led to Trumps first impeachment. Barr later intervened in an unprecedented manner to undermine his own DOJ prosecutors on the cases of Michael Flynn and Roger Stone, both political allies of the President. And then Barr fired the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York under false pretenses. Finally, Barr amplified baseless theories about massive mail-in ballot fraud, pouring gasoline on the dumpster fire battle over the 2020 election results and contributing to the January 6 insurrection that led to Trumps second impeachment.

In Hatchet Man, Honig proves that Barr trampled the two core virtues that have long defined the department and its mission: credibility and independence ultimately in service of his own deeply-rooted, extremist legal and personal beliefs. Honig shows how Barr corrupted the Justice Department and explains what we must do to prevent this from ever happening again.

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ID: 513390

Title: Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy

Author: Jeffrey E. Garten

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: History, North America, American Politics, Public Policy

Summary:

The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally ended the last vestiges of the gold standardbreaking the link between gold and the dollartransforming the entire global monetary system.

Over the course of three daysfrom August 13 to 15, 1971at a secret meeting at Camp David, President Richard Nixon and his brain trust changed the course of history. Before that weekend, all national currencies were valued to the U.S. dollar, which was convertible to gold at a fixed rate. That system, established by the Bretton Woods Agreement at the end of World War II, was the foundation of the international monetary system that helped fuel the greatest expansion of middle-class prosperity the world has ever seen.  

In making his decision, Nixon shocked world leaders, bankers, investors, traders and everyone involved in global finance. Jeffrey E. Garten argues that many of the roots of Americas dramatic retrenchment in world affairs began with that momentous event that was an admission that America could no longer afford to uphold the global monetary system. It opened the way for massive market instability and speculation that has plagued the world economy ever since, but at the same time it made possible the gigantic expansion of trade and investment across borders which created our modern era of once unimaginable progress.

Based on extensive historical research and interviews with several participants at Camp David, and informed by Gartens own insights from positions in four presidential administrations and on Wall Street, Three Days at Camp David chronicles this critical turning point, analyzes its impact on the American economy and world markets, and explores its ramifications now and for the future. 

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ID: 516025

Title: Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime

Author: Bernd Heinrich

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:48:49

Language: English

Release date: 07-06-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Fitness

Summary:

An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime

Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age. 

Why do some bodies age differently than others? How much control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being active have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit of his classic Why We Run, Heinrich probes the questions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable surroundings and circumstances. Beyond that, he examines how our bodies change while we age but also how we can work with, if not overcome, many of these changesand what all this tells us about evolution and the mechanisms of life, health, and happiness.

Racing the Clock offers fascinating and surprising conclusions, all while bringing the reader along on Heinrichs compelling journey to what he says will be his final racea fifty-kilometer race at age eighty. 

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ID: 514456

Title: What She Wants

Author: Lynsay Sands

Narrator: Duncan Lennox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:58:32

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: General, Historical Romance

Summary:

A brand-new look for this beloved novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of HUNTING FOR A HIGHLANDER and LOVE IS BLIND...

Earl Hugh Dulonget of Hillcrest was a formidable knight, used to getting what he wanted. This time, he got himself into a bind. His uncles will had a codicil: He must marry. And Hugh had just insulted his would-be bride by calling her a peasant! How could he win back her esteemand her hand?

Everyone seemed to have advice. Some men-at-arms thought that Hugh could win the fair Willas love by buying her baubles. The old witch who was her guardian wanted Hugh to crawl back on his belly. And his castle priest proffered De Secretis Mulierum, a book on the secrets of women. But Hugh had ideas of his own. Hugh would overcome every hindranceand all his friends helpto show Willa that he had not only what she needed, but what she wanted. And that the two of them were meant for a lifetime of happiness.

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ID: 518084

Title: Address Unknown: A Novel

Author: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

Narrator: George Newbern, Rob Shapiro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1:08:20

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Classics

Summary:

A rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany 

In this searing novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power.

Originally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. Credited with exposing the dangers of Nazism to American readers early on, it is also a scathing indictment of fascist movements around the world and a harrowing exposé of the power of the pen as a weapon.

A powerful and eloquent tale about the consequences of a friendshipand societypoisoned by extremism, Address Unknown remains hauntingly and painfully relevant today. 

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ID: 520267

Title: Dead Even: A Novel

Author: Brad Meltzer

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14:11:05

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Legal Thriller

Summary:

Heart-stopping intensity. San Francisco Chronicle

Meltzer has come up with a gem of a plot.It breezes along in high gear.[A] highly recommended suspenser. Chicago Tribune

In this second novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the one you love?

Sara Tate, a Manhattan assistant DA, is on the brink of losing her job. But then she takes a case that may be able to secure her future. Trouble is, its much more complicatedand deadlythan it initially appears. While forces within her own office plot against her, an outside threat takes things to another level: Win the case or her attorney husband, Jared, will die. But Jared has received threats, too. Forced to defend the opposition, he learns that, if loses the case, Sara will be killed. With everything on the line for both of them, husband and wife battle it outat court and at homewhile maintaining the terrible secret behind their motives. Caught in a struggle of rollercoaster emotions and shocking betrayals, Jared and Sara must face the unthinkable: No matter who wins, one of them may die.

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ID: 487902

Title: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel

Author: Quentin Tarantino

Narrator: Jennifer Jason Leigh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:42:52

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Action & Adventure

Summary:

Narrated by Jennifer Jason Leigh

Quentin Tarantinos long-awaited first work of fiction  at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal  is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award- winning film.

RICK DALTON  Once he had his own TV series, but now Ricks a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?

CLIFF BOOTH Ricks stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because hes the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. . . .

SHARON TATE She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharons salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.

CHARLES MANSON The ex-cons got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking hes their spiritual leader, but hed trade it all to be a rock n roll star.

HOLLYWOOD 1969 YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

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ID: 520256

Title: Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works

Author: John Ashbery

Narrator: Fred Sanders

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4:44:07

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry

Summary:

A stunning collection of work from beloved poet John Ashbery, his first posthumous book 

Renowned for his inventive mind, ambitious play with language, and dexterity with a wide range of tones and styles, John Ashbery has been a major artistic figure in the cultural life of our time. Parallel Movement of the Hands gathers unpublished, book-length projects and long poems written between 1993 and 2007, along with one (as yet) undated work, to showcase Ashberys diverse and multifaceted artistic obsessions and sources, from childrens literature, cliffhanger cinema reels, silent films, and classical music variations by Beethovens pupil Carl Czerny to the history of early photography. Ashbery even provides a fresh and humorous take on a well-worn parable from the Gospel of Matthew. These works demonstrate that while producing and publishing the shorter, discrete poems often associated with his late career, Ashbery continued to practice the long-form, project-based writing that has long been an important element of his oeuvre.

Edited and introduced by Ashberys former assistant poet Emily Skillings and including a preface by acclaimed poet and novelist Ben Lerner, this compelling and varied collection offers new insights into the process and creative interests of a poet whose work continues to influence generations of artists and poets with its signature intertextuality, openness, and simultaneity. A landmark publication of never-before-seen works, this book will enlighten scholars as well as new readers of one of Americas most prominent and celebrated poets.

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ID: 502918

Title: Fair Pay: How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses

Author: David Buckmaster

Narrator: Joe Knezevich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:11:07

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Business & Economics, Politics, Public Policy, Business Development, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

An expert takes on the crisis of income inequality, addressing the problems with our current compensation model, demystifying pay practices, and providing practical information employees can use when negotiating their salaries and discussing how we can close the gender and racial pay gap.

American workers are suffering economically and fewer are earning a living wage. The situation is only worsening. We do not have a common language to talk about pay, how it works at most companies, or a cohesive set of practical solutions for making pay more fair. Most blame the greed of Americas executive class, the ineptitude of government, or a general lack of personal motivation. 

But the negative effects of income inequality are a problem that can be solved. We dont have to choose between effective government policy and the free market, between the working class and the job creators, or between socialism and capitalism, David Buckmaster, the Director of Global Compensation for Nike, argues. We do not have to give up on fixing what people are paid. Ideas like Universal Basic Income will not be enough to avoid the severe cultural disruption coming our way.

Buckmaster examines income inequality through the design and distribution of income itself. He explains why businesses are producing no meaningful wage growth, regardless of the unemployment rate and despite sitting on record piles of cash and the lowest tax rates[0] in a generation . He pulls back the curtain on how corporations make decisions about wages and provides practical solutionsas well as the corporate languageworkers need to get the best results when talking about money with a boss. 

The way pay works now will not overcome our most persistent pay challenges, including low and stagnant wages, unequal pay by race and gender, and executive pay levels untethered from the realities of the average worker. The compensation system is working as designed, but that system is broken. 

Fair Pay opens the corporate black box of pay decisions to show why businesses pay what they pay and how to make them pay more. 

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ID: 515379

Title: Wrong Marquess

Author: Vivienne Lorret

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:48:56

Language: English

Release date: 06-29-21

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Historical Romance, Rom-Com

Summary:

USA Today bestselling author Vivienne Lorret continues the Mating Habits of Scoundrels series with a debutante who believes she is destined to marry the lord next door until a fateful encounter with a rogue makes her wonder if she might be falling for the wrong marquess!

The wrong place

Elodie Parrish can feel spinsterhood breathing down her neck. Thats the trouble with waiting for the marquess next door her entire life. But Ellie knows if she gives him one last Season, hell finally propose. The only problem is, her path keeps crossing with the arrogant Lord Hullworth, who is convinced she has designs on him.

The wrong time

Brandon, Marquess of Hullworth, never wanted to be Londons Most Elusive Bachelor, or have a horde of hopeful debutantes and their scheming mamas follow him around. His past has left him too jaded to consider marrying any of them. At least, thats what he thinks... until he meets Ellie. Shes quirky, opinionated, blushes easily, and drives him absolutely wild. The only problem is, she believes shes in love with someone else.

Ellie never imagined that one sultry summer could change everything. But the more time she spends with Brandon researching her book on the mating habits of scoundrels, the more she starts to fall for

The Wrong Marquess

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